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"And why not, Wyman? Did n't you know they employed music at both

functions nowadays? Besides, it is not every man who is permitted to

assist at his own obsequies--the very uniqueness of such a situation

rather appeals to , don't you think? Picked it up on 'The Pike' in Cincinnati

fifteen years ago Sorry I don't recall the words, or I'd sing thehtly to repress the pain racking

him, stifled his resentht-hearted when you learn that the last of our auns," he remarked, stiffly

"I suspected as much" And the speaker lifted hiures "To be perfectly frank with

you, sergeant, the stuff has held out considerably longer than I

believed it would, judging fro at every shadow in front of them It 's a marvel to me,

the mutton-heads they take into the army Oh, now, you need n't scowl

at me like that, Wyman; I 've worn the blue, and seen some service

where a fellow needed to be a man to sport the unifor as there re affair, I did it, did n't I?

But I tell you, ainst