Leaving Epitaph: The Sons of Daniel Shaye

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He never expected that a handful of dirt striking the top of a coffin would make such a loud sound.

Daniel Shaye stepped back from his wife’s open grave to allow his three sons to approach. One at a time they opened their hands and let the dirt fall. Each time it sounded loud as a drum to Shaye.

The three boys stepped back and stood abreast of their father, and the four of them folded their hands in front of them. As the townspeople filed by them, offering their condolences, the four men stood like stone. No one in the town had done a thing while Ethan Langer and his gang had ridden Mary Shaye down in the street while making their escape after robbing the bank. Neither her husband nor any of her sons would ever forgive them for that.

The last to approach them was the reverend.

“You can’t hold these good people responsible for what happened, Daniel,” Reverend Henry Mitchell said.

“Why not, Reverend?” Shaye asked.

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