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being a sore trial for him and his poor brother to lose the diseased, and to miss

seeing diseased alive, after the long journey of four thousand mile, but its a trial

that's sweetened and sanctified to us by this dear sympathy and these holy tears,

and so he thanks them out of his heart and out of his brother's heart, because

out of their mouths they can't, words being too weak and cold, and all that kind

of rot and slush, till it was just sickening; and then he blubbers out a pious

goody-goody Amen, and turns himself loose and goes to crying fit to bust.

And the minute the words was out of his mouth somebody over in the crowd

struck up the doxolojer, and everybody joined in with all their might, and it just

warmed you up and made you feel as good as church letting out. Music is a

good thing; and after all that soul-butter and hogwash, I never see it freshen up

things so, and sound so honest and bully. ssssssssss

Then the king begins to work his jaw again, and says how him and his nieces

would be glad if a few of the main principal friends of the family would take

supper here with them this evening, and help set up with the ashes of the dis-

eased; and says if his poor brother laying yonder could speak, he knows who he

would name, for they was names that was very dear to him, and mentioned often

in his letters; and so he will name the same, to-wit, as follows, vizz: -- Rev. Mr.

Hobson, and Deacon Lot Hovey, and Mr. Ben Rucker, and Abner Shackleford,

and Levi Bell, and Dr. Robinson, and their wives, and the widow Bartley.

Rev. Hobson and Dr. Robinson was down to the end of the town, a-hunting

together; that is, I mean the doctor was shipping a sick man to t'other world,

and the preacher was pinting him right. Lawyer Bell was away up to Louisville

on some business. But the rest was on hand, and so they all come and shook

hands with the king and thanked him and talked to him; and then they shook

hands with the duke, and didn't say nothing but just kept a-smiling and bob-

bing their heads like a passel of sapheads whilst he made all sorts of signs with his

hands and said "Goo-goo -- goo-goo-goo," all the time, like a baby that can't talk.

So the king he blatted along, and managed to inquire about pretty much

everybody and dog in town, by his name, and mentioned all sorts of little things

that happened one time or another in the town, or to George's family, or to

Peter; and he always let on that Peter wrote him the things, but that was a lie,

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