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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