? ? ? ? "Poor William, afflicted as he is, his heart's aluz right. Asks me to invite everybody to come to the funeral- wants me to make 'em all welcome. But he needn't a worried- it was jest what I was at."
? ? ? ? Then he weaves along again, perfectly ca'm, and goes to dropping in his funeral orgies again every now and then, just like he done before. And when he done it the third time he says:
? ? ? ? "I say orgies, not because it's the common term, because it ain't- obsequies bein' the common term- but because orgies is the right term. Obsequies ain't used in England no more, now- it's gone out. We say orgies now, in England. Orgies is better, because it means the thing you're after, more exact. It's a word that's made up outin the Greek orgo, outside, open, abroad; and the Hebrew jeesum, to plant, cover up; hence inter. So, you see, funeral orgies is an open er public funeral."
? ? ? ? He was the worst I ever struck. Well, the iron-jawed man he laughed right in his face. Everybody was shocked. Everybody says, "Why doctor!" and Abner Shackleford says:
? ? ? ? "Why, Robinson, hain't you heard the news? This is Harvey Wilks.
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