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Sketches New and Old

CHAPTER V
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But a dead man always takes a deal of pride in his monument.

Yonder goes half a dozen of the Jarvises now, with the family monument along.

And Smithers and some hired specters went by with his awhile ago.

Hello, Higgins, good-by, old friend! That's Meredith Higgins--died in '44 -- belongs to our set in the cemetery--fine old family--great-grandmother was an Injun--I am on the most familiar terms with him--he didn't hear me was the reason he didn't answer me.

And I am sorry, too, because I would have liked to introduce you.


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