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CHAPTER  XUII.
THE  ABT  OF   INHUMATION.
about the same time, I encountered a man in the street, whom I
had not seen for six or seven years; and something like this talk
followed. I said—
^6 But you used to look sad and oldish; you don't now.    Where

did you get all this youth and bubbling cheerfulness 1    Give me the
address/
He  chuckled  blithely,  took   off his  shining tile, pointed to &
notched pink circlet of paper pasted into its crown, with something