The cemetery is a favorite Sabbath resort for the natives of Bayport, who usually speak of it as the graveyard.

It is a pleasant, shady spot, and to visit it is considered quite respectable and in keeping with the day and a due regard for decorum.

The ungodly, meaning the summer boarders and the village no-accounts, seem to prefer the beach and the fish houses, but the cemetery attracts the churchgoers.

One may gossip concerning the probable cost of a new tombstone and still remain faithful to the most rigid creed.
Captain Cy was not, strictly speaking, a religious man, according to Bayport standards.

Between his attendance to churchly duties and that of the Honorable Heman Atkins there was a great gulf fixed.