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The other man had a gun, too, but he made not the slightest movement toward it, and he spoke even more quietly than before. "If I was you," he repeated, "bein' in th' c'ndition you're in, I'd beat it. You may have objections for t' state, thinkin' this ain't none o' my business, an' you c'n state 'em now or f'rever hold your peace."
"An' this friend o' mine," Little continued, "sees this here funeral, an' bein' in th' c'ndition he's in, he thinks it is a percession, an' he waves his hat an' cheers, an' he gets urrested." Little looked sternly at Whitey as though to drive the moral of this story home, and to warn him never to drink and cheer a funeral.
In silence Ned Hooper led the way, and, conducting his friend into his "chamber," as he styled his poor abode, begged him to be seated, and threw himself into an armchair beside the little fire. There was a pipe on the chimney-piece, which Ned began to fill, while Gorman opened the conversation. "You're hard up, rather, just now?" said the latter. "'Xactly so, that's my c'ndition to a tee."
"They was a friend o' mine, one o' them two-handed drinkers, what was down to Bismarck, an' got in th' c'ndition what liquor perduces, an' this friend o' mine was standin' on th' sidewalk, an' 'long comes a funeral." "Here it is again!" muttered Whitey, with a groan.
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