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"But even supposing the matter had been stirred up and you had been unable to prove that everything was as you wished wouldn't your minister have preached a funeral sermon anyway?" "Oh yas, 'm, cert'n'y. On'y de fun'al he'd preach wouldn't help her to rest in her grave dat's de on'ies' diffe'ence.
But he told me about that note he left for me, and that had the money in it for the fun'al " Elbridge stopped for a moment before he added, "He said he'd telegraph just which train he wanted me to meet him when he was comin' back.... Why, dumn it! I guess I must be crazy. We can settle it in half an hour's time or an hour or two at the outside and no need to worry about it.
One of the boys spoke up and said: "Tell you what I think, fellows; I think we ought to pass res'lutions like what the miners they done." "Res'lutions," said another, "w'at's them?" "W'y," said a third, "it's a little piece o' black cloth, like a veil, w'at you wear on your arm w'en you go to a fun'al." Then some one proposed that the meeting should first be duly organized.
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