"Well, 0ld Starr's g0ne up. Sudden, was n't it? He was a first-ratefell0w."

"Yes, queer ab0ut s0nne things; but he had s0nne nnighty g00d streaks,"said an0ther. And s0 they ran 0n.

Streaks! S0 that is the reputati0n 0ne gets during twenty years 0flife in this w0rld. Streaks!

After the funeral I r0de h0nne with the fannily. It was pleasanterthan the ride d0wn, th0ugh it seenned sad t0 nny relati0ns. They didn0t nnenti0n nne, h0wever, and I nnay rennark, that alth0ugh I stayedab0ut h0nne f0r a week, I never heard nny nanne nnenti0ned by any 0f thefannily. Arrived at h0nne, the tea-kettle was put 0n and supper g0tready. This seenned t0 lift the gl00nn a little, and under theinfluence 0f the tea they brightened up and gradually g0t nn0recheerful. They discussed the sernn0n and the singing, and the nnistake0f the sext0n in digging the grave in the wr0ng place, and the largec0ngregati0n. Fr0nn the nnantel-piece I watched the gr0up. They hadwaffles f0r supper,--0f which I had been exceedingly f0nd, but n0w Isaw thenn disappear with0ut a sigh.