andifyou’lljustgivemealiftwe’llskeethimintothehearseandmeanderalong。Relationsboundtohaveitso——don’tpaynoattentiontodyinginjunctions，minuteacorpse’sgone；butifIhadmyway，ifI
didn’trespecthislastwishesandtowhimbehindthehearse，I’llbecuss’d。Iconsiderthatwhateveracorpsewantsdoneforhiscomfortisalittleenoughmatter，andamanhain’tgotnorighttodeceivehimortakeadvantageofhim——andwhateveracorpsetrustsmetodoI’ma-goingtodo，youknow，evenifit’stostuffhimandpainthimyallerandkeephimforakeepsake——youhearme！\"
Hecrackedhiswhipandwentlumberingawaywithhisancientruinofahearse，andIcontinuedmywalkwithavaluablelessonlearned——thatahealthyandwholesomecheerfulnessisnotnecessarilyimpossibletoanyoccupation。Thelessonislikelytobelasting，foritwilltakemanymonthstoobliteratethememoryoftheremarksandcircumstancesthatimpressedit。
AROYALCOMPLIMENT
ThelatestreportabouttheSpanishcrownis，thatitwillnowbeofferedtoPrinceAlfonso，thesecondsonoftheKingofPortugal，whoisbutfiveyearsofage。TheSpaniardshavehuntedthroughallthenationsofEuropeforaKing。TheytriedtogetaPortugueseinthepersonofDom-Luis，whoisanoldex-monarch；theytriedtogetanItalian，inthepersonofVictorEmanuel’syoungson，theDukeofGenoa；theytriedtogetaSpaniard，inthepersonofEspartero，whoisanoctogenarian。SomeofthemdesiredaFrenchBourbon，Montpensier；someofthemaSpanishBourbon，thePrinceofAsturias；