DR. BRACKETT was a medical
practitioner in the southern part of the United States.
He devoted his life to serving the poor and would travel
miles on cold nights to visit needy souls.
He fell in love, but his bride-to-be forsook him on his
wedding day because he failed to appear - he had gone to
save the life of a Mexican child.
When he died there was a large funeral, but the people
couldn't agree on a suitable memorial and one was never
erected. Two people, however, did not forget... the
parents of that Mexican child.
Dr. Brackett's surgery had been over a clothing store,
so, being too poor to erect a stone themselves, they took
the old brass plate from the entrance to the shop and put
it on the grave. It simply said:
Dr.
Brackett
Office Upstairs
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