Scrawny Old Man

By richtoller

Without a cause

Back at Bridgefoot looking around the gravestones. This is the back of one. Interesting multicoloured lichen, but it's the inscription that stopped me in my tracks:

"BUT THIS COMETH TO PASS THAT THE WORD MIGHT BE FULFILLED THAT IS WRITTEN IN THEIR LAW, THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE."
JOHN. XV. v. XXV.

There's a load of bitterness beyond grief there.

The inscription on the front:
1868
ERECTED
BY
P & J WALKER
IN MEMORY OF THEIR BROTHER
THOMAS BELL WALKER
WARPER DUNDEE
WHO DIED 17 MARCH 1860
AGED 28 YEARS
ALSO HIS DAUGHTER
ROBINA
WHO DIED 23 APRIL 1860
AGED 1 YEAR AND 10 MONTHS

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