? ? ? ? Well, the old man he went on asking questions till he just fairly emptied that young fellow. Blamed if he didn't inquire about everybody and everything in that blessed town, and all about the Wilkses; and about Peter's business- which was a tanner; and about George's- which was a carpenter; and about Harvey's- which was a dissentering minister; and so on, and so on. Then he says:
? ? ? ? "What did you want to walk all the way up to the steamboat for?"
? ? ? ? "Because she's a big Orleans boat, and I was afeard she mightn't stop there. When they're deep they won't stop for a hail. A Cincinnati boat will, but this is a St. Louis one."
? ? ? ? "Was Peter Wilks well off?"
? ? ? ? "Oh, yes, pretty well off. He had houses and land, and it's reckoned he left three or four thousand in cash hid up som'ers."
? ? ? ? "When did you say he died?"
? ? ? ? "I didn't say, but it was last night."
? ? ? ? "Funeral to-morrow, likely?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, 'bout the middle of the day.
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