"The Maker of Coffins."

And old lady receives her eldest son, a coffin-maker, on his weekly Sunday visit, and they chat, eat, and he plays the fiddle. In Argosy (May 1953, with title "The Tune of Love"),The Daffodil Sky (1955), Seven by Five/The Best of H.E. Bates (1963), The Good Corn and Other Stories (1974), A Month by the Lake & Other Stories (1987).

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ID: 
b224
Title: 
"The Maker of Coffins."
Genre: 
Story
Page Count: 
11
Word Count: 
ca. 2900
Publisher: 
Argosy
Year of Publication: 
1953
Topic: 
Death
Mothers
Music
Sons
Document Type: 
Full-text Online