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 What has become of him?" "Oh, he is dead.

I told some people of him, and we made

A decent funeral for him. At the end

It came out that his mother was alive—

An outcast—and she asked our leave to attend

The ceremony, and then asked us to give

The silver coffin plate, carved with his name,

And the flowers, to her." "That was touching. She

Had some good left in her infamy."

"Why, I don't know! I think she sold the things,

Together with a neck-pin and some rings

That he had left, and drank....But as to blame....

Good-morning to you!" and my friend stepped down

At the street crossing. I went on up town.

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