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Show titnr; ancl at la:t, "·l1en he hacl crone arouncl t \VO ,'id(1 ,.; of tlt<\ roo1n, he eli app )ars down c liar. Th n, in about two .-·ccond we h anl a whack, ancl th dog he fini:.;l1ecl up with a 1no:t arnazino- ho\vl or two, ancl then <'V rything wn <kacl till ancl fh parson c gun hi-. olen1n talk "\Yh re h ' J cfL off. In a 1ninut or two her co1ne this unclcrtak0r·s back and ~houlclcr~ gliding nl ong t h ) -wall again ; and so he gl icl d, and glided, around t hre ·ide. of Lhe roOJn, aud then ro:c up a1Hl , ·hallcd "118 HAD A lL\'1'! '' his mouth witl1 111·. l11) l l t t l 1 1 · J ullt ·, anc rr ·c 1 < 11 · nee~ ouL to\ranls the preach r, OY0r ih p opl 's heacl:, ancl t:ay .. , in a kind of a coar~e whi. per, ' lie hacl a 1'(( t! ., Then he drooped down and ghded along the wall again to hi place. lT ou could see jt was a great sat.i 'faction to the people, because natura1ly they wanted to know. A little thing lik that U.on·t cost nothin<r and it's just the little things that makes a man to be lookr<l ~' i o and liked. There warn 't no 1nor popular man in towu than vdw.t that undertaker was. 'YPll, t h<.' fnn<'ral I · nnon wa v ry good, bu! pi~m1 long an<~ · 1 ttre.onl ; an< t11e11 t lH' j"- ing h ·s hov •cl in and goL off I ·otne of hi. u ual rehhag ', a1Hl at la:L the job was Lhn~ngh,. an<l ih · unc1ertaker bC'g·un to ·neak up on the coflin wtth ltts scr ·w- <ln. ver. 1 \\-.· t. · 1·1 1 .· t s·w -c•<· tt t h u , ·~ u1d watch 'tl hint prcU ~Y k<·en. But h ~ lH'n·r 1ucchlled at all· ju ·t slicl th' lid ;dong·, <ts :ofL as 1nnsh, and scn'W'd iL down t1· gl 1t nne 1 '1 a ·4l . •~ o Lh \r ' 1 w.(·ts· '· I (lid 11 't know ''" h ct ber i. h c· HlOll<'Y \\·as in tlH'rC', or not. So, say: 1 s']>O ~ c ~mnebccly ha:.; hog·gl'<1 that b<1g· on i h<' :ly ?- . n w how d'o [ knO\\- \\-h 'l her to wn· te to 11 \I~ 1ry . J·~ nH, ot · no t '..; •~ ">1o ··c. · :be <lug hiu1 up and di<1n·L fin<l nothing-\vhaL wou]cl .-h. ' _tl:tn.k ~f ) ? ]>}· 111e it I 'ays I tnio·ht g 't hunt ~d up a1Hl J~Ul d, I <l 1!1( • ) cl ' ' h 1 . • h t t r lay 10 ,,- an<l keep <lark, and not writC' at all ; th _.. 1. 11ng s awf U l HU·X. t '<1, 11 () \\- ,• tryiuon· to h .. tter it, l'V(' wor.· 'n. ed Jt a hun- <lr ·cl tinH'S, and l wish to goodn ~_. 1\l jusL ]e;L lt alon ' datl f·tch the whole busin •:.;:! They hurie<1 hin1, ancl we eo1nc bad~ houH', an<1 T w, nL_ 't~) " "'lLchincr fal'C'S no·ain- I cvnl<1n·L h ·lp It, and I ·o11h1n t lC!"t <~,:sy. J~ut 11otl~ng eou1c of it; t hC' fa ·e: didn·t 1.. 'll In~ nothing. TlH" kiu<r he vi~ite<l aronucl, in th' 'V('lling, and ·we 'te1~ed vcryho<lv t~l> antl n1a<l, hi1n:-;elf ever so fri<'ndlv; <.tnu h' g1:'(' 0nt the id· <·a t'h nt hi: coHgrC'gati·O ll over I·l l 1"i_ .ngl (nH l \\·O Ul <l be 111 a . w at ;d){)ut hitn, so he nntst hurry an<l 'Lll up t..h c.·tat<· ri crht a.w;l \', m1d ] <>ave for ho1ne. J [ e \ras vpry sorry h wa~ ~o pu ·heel, <~11 <1 .-o \ra~ ·v ~ryhocly; they \ri .·he<l h could ,·bl.Y longer, lntt t l11·y sai(l they could s it couldn't b don'. And _he ~aiu of eo llr '<• 11 1·1 11 an cl W'1l l"l< · Un \\· o u1 < l i (· tke th hcr irls hom va. t h them; and i bat pl ca ·d cv 'ry bo ly too, bccaus ' ih_ n t h .. gtr: s \V ulcl be w 11 tixed, an<l <unmlg,·t their own r ·lat 1on ' ; and IL pl 'a· d i ht~ girl~, t.oo- 1..iekl d them so ih y clean _e rgot ih 'Y <'VCr ha<l a t ~·nubl \ in th \Vorl<1 ; and tol<l hin1 to · 11 ou~ a: <pliek as he wanted to, tlH'Y would be ready. Then1 poor tlnng:-; T ?, |
