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'I know every gentry's house in the neighbourhood, not to speak of Brambleton, where Patty goes reg'lar once a week to market. But as to sleepin' away, that we never mean to do till we be taken to our last restin'-place! 'And are you great readers? I am afraid we disturbed you from your books when we came in. Patty took up her book, which was on the window-ledge.

I'll sure nail him like you said; but if he goes for his gun I don't want you plantin' no cucumber seed on my restin'-place. Guess I'll finish those reports." The lank man yawned, and, rising, strode to the window. The assistant sauntered to the inner office and drew up to his desk. "Pablo's whiskey is rotten!" he called over his shoulder. The lank collector smiled.

It showed a home where Love had made its sweet restin'-place vines grew up round the pleasant door-way, emblematic of how the heart's deep affection twined round the spot. But in the door-way stood a mighty form, veiled and shadowy, but relentless. It has torn the vines down, they lay witherin' at its feet. It wuz bound to enter.

Altogether, suh, we shall expend at this point mo' than mo' than one million of dollars;" and the colonel threw back his head and gazed at the ceiling, his lips computing imaginary sums. "Befo' these improvements are complete it will be necessary, of course, to take care of the enormous crowds that will flock in for a restin'-place.

I allers aimed to do right by my husbands when they was dead no less 'n when they was livin', an' I allers planted each one's favourite flower on his last restin'-place, an' planted it thick, so 's when the last trump sounded an' they all riz up, there wouldn't be no one of 'em that could accuse me of bein' partial. "Some of the flowers was funny for a graveyard.