The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-10-25
CHEERFTLNESS.
a New Mark TapIey Created by
MARK Twain
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W" NA4ssA - A's-s'-
-aEe-, pat;!n- ne tOiiei hands Of the
.eaease.i apD7ovinglg)was abrick-eyerv
way sou took him ne was q brick. He
vas - real accommodating, and 81
mo6rst-like and simple N ms last mo-
mencs Friends wanIe,i metallic burial
c-~e-aothIng -lse would 10. L cOu!in :
Eet Il. There warn going to be time
anvtolv could see that Corpse said
never mind. snake him rps some kind Of
a hox ne could stretch ont in, comfort
able. he warnt.. particular bout
The genera. Style Of it SAID he
went more On room than STYLE,
any xav. in q last fnal con-
.a.nrr. Friends wanted \ silver door
plate or the coffin, signIfying who he
wa> and vher' he Was rom. Now, You
know a fellow couldn't roust out such
.a..v thing a. that in a little country
-1wn ike this. What did Corpse say Z?
Coru.e SAIL. vhtewash his old canoe
ana dob MS address ard general destI:
nation Onto :; wilma backing Jrusa
ana -rrnc,l plate. leng with a verse
of -ome hvmn OF other. anu D nj aim
t1- he tomb, and mark MIN {. .. D,
AMI lust let him skip along. He warn
anv more distressed than YOU be-on
the contrary. iust as c,rm and collected
A. hrar~e horse and ne judged that
vhe- lie vas going 70, body would
lnd Il considerable better TO attract 81
re2r;on bv 4 picturesque moral charac-
re- Than aatty burial case with 4
swell iOOr-p'ate on II Suiendla man
ne was. II I've irrrther 10 for 2
crr--e Ike that any I've tackled IN
seven year There some satisfaction
la Jury!u a man Ike thai. You ieei
mat what YOU Re doin is appreciated
Lori bless you. 80 : ne cot planted be-
lore he ID led. ne was perfectly saIis-
fed All MS relations meant we'll, per
tecr!v We'll. but al Oi them preparations
vas ound "a ieiav the thing more OF
less. and he iidn wish 10 BE- kept layln
around. You never see such clear
head n What he had-and 20 calm ana
- cool JUST a hunk of bra.ns-that
vas what he vas. Perfectly awful.
II vas a ripping distance from one end
NJ that man : mead 10 tother Often
and over a-ain mes had brain fever
a--a-ing in one place and the rest OF
Tie pie ,iiiut know ANYTHING about II
-iidn affect :; any more than an In
dian iusarrecrOn IN Arizona affects the
Atlantic states. " ell. the relations they
wan,e,I j big funeral. out corpse said he
vas down on immersion want any
n-Dce-=iun-fll the hea-se full Of mourn
- and get.out a sIern-lIne ami tow
him behind. H was the most down
an -rv'a 0f anv remains Y ever struck.
: Haauritul =imple-mnded creatUre-tt
vas what he was, YOU can depend on
hat lie vas Iust set on having things
the vav ne wanted them, and he took 3
solid comfort IN laying his little plans
He had NE measure him and take
whole raft Of directions: then he had
the minister stand up behind a long box
wiki 4 -ab,e-cloth over It and read MS
funeral sermon. saving Angcore, ang-
core AZ the good places and making
MIN scratch out every bit OF brag about
him. and al the hifalutIn; and then
ne made them trOt ont the
choir 20 ne could help them pick out
he -unes Tor the occasion, AMI ne got
hem 70 sing Pop Goes the Weasel, be-
-qu<e he always liked that tune when
la ras iown-hear,ei. and solemn mu-
IL male him sad aud when they sang
-bsr win tears M their eyes tbeeause
rb-v al loved him.. and his relations
--,eved around. he aid there Is happy
= q bu-. and irving 10 beat tune anu
; showing al dver how much ne enjoyed
and presently he got worked up and
excited. and tried 10 JOIN IN. Tor mind
Sou he was pretty proud OF his abilities
N the singing line; but the trst tune
-. oneraI his mouth anu was INST no
N, 70 spread himself, MS breath took
yalk never saw a man snu-tei ont
- suilen. All. il was a great .oss-i
,vss prverfrI loss 20 this poor lttlt
,nr-ho-Se town. Well. well. well
Egir- rot time 70 he paiverrng along
b.re-sor 70 nail on the lid and mose'
} Along with him and if YOU j Just Wv
No a III ven ske4t him into the hears
and meander along Relations boun'
70 have !, so-ion pay no attention L
lying iniunctiOns, minute corpse
.,cre- hut II had nv wav. II didn
-e-rect his last wishes and Tow him be
hipt the hearse. I'll be cussed. con
-;.Ee- that whatever a corpse wants 10
HI. comfort Is little enough matter
ami a man haiut got no advantage Q
bim Whatever, ana Whatever corps
,-usts me TO 10 I'm agoins to DO, yo
low even If It's 10 stuff him and pam
nm waller and keep MIN for q SeeE
sake-you hear me-
He cracked ms whip ami went luu
boring axay with his ancient run OF
bsqyse and I continued my walk art
valuable lesson lea-ued-that
healthy ami wholesome eheerfuines
:, M, 1arassarilv impossible 10 any o