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Show "MR. DOOLEY" ON FUNERALS. Joyous Occasion In City Boy's Life, According to Humorist. "Whin I was a llttlo boy, 1 classed " fun'rnls among th' greatest lv mts adventures. ad-ventures. They glvo me a ride In a hack through parts lv town that I'd Y nlver' seen befure an' out fnto th counthry whero I nlver wtnt except I wns Invited to n fun'ral an' I had Jovyal comp'any an' something to eat different fr'm what I got at home. Lookln' back on how I felt whin I was a kid, I can't remember that anny distant dis-tant relation made hlmsllf unpopular with us by dyln' Evon If I wasn't lot go tp a' fun'ral thero wns something exciting about It. It stirred up th' neighborhood. Thero was something to talk nbout. Ivrybody asked: 'Did he leave annythlng?' as If th' poor man was n burglar or a Arc. People got out their gooJ clothes an' dusted off their high hats. On th' day lv th' fun'ral all th' chlldher lv th' neighborhood neighbor-hood gathered around th' house an' envied their llttlo playmates that had th' luck to lose a fond parent." P. P. Dunno, In American Magazine. |