Andwithhisgravestoneonhisshoulderhejoinedthegrislyprocession, dragginghisdamagedcoffnafterhim, fornotwithstandinghepressedituponmesoearnestly, , ladenwiththeirdismaleffects, , buttherestseemedunacquaintedwiththatmodeoftravel, andmerelyaskedaboutcommonpublicroadstovarioustownsandcities, someofwhicharenotonthemapnow, andvanishedfromitandfromtheearthasmuchasthirtyyearsago, andsomefewofthemneverhadexistedanywherebutonmaps, , andaboutthereputationthecitizensboreastoreverenceforthedead.
Thiswholematterinterestedmedeeply, , andInotknowingitwasadream, Imentionedtooneshroudedwandereranideathathadenteredmyheadtopublishanaccountofthiscuriousandverysorrowfulexodus, butsaidalsothatIcouldnotdescribeittruthfully, andjustasitoccurred, , andsaid：
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Atthatverymomentacockcrowed, , andfoundmyselflyingwithmyheadoutofthebedand“sagging”downwardconsiderably-apositionfavorabletodreamingdreamswithmoralsinthem, maybe, butnotpoetry.
NOTE.-Thereaderisassuredthatifthecemeteriesinhistownarekeptingoodorder, thisDreamisnotleveledathistownatall, butisleveledparticularlyandvenomouslyatthenexttown.
