It was my pleasure to meet Walter Walker, Yankee character and raconteur, in Sunapee. He told a story about his father, Perley Walker. Seems Perley was driving his hoss and buggy to Newport when he spotted a man sitting by the side of the road.
The man panted, “Quick, get a doctor. My heart has stopped!”
“If that’s the case,” Perley said, “you don’t need a doctor, you need hearse.”
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