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           Whatwerehabituallyhisfinalmeditations?

           Ofsomeonesoleuniqueadvertisementtocausepasserstostopinwonder,aposternovelty,withallextraneousaccretionsexcluded,reducedtoitssimplestandmostefficienttermsnotexceedingthespanofcasualvisionandcongruouswiththevelocityofmodernlife.

           Whatdidthefirstdrawerunlockedcontain?

           AVereFoster’shandwritingcopybook,propertyofMilly(Millicent)Bloom,certainpagesofwhichborediagramdrawings,markedPapli,whichshowedalargeglobularheadwith5hairserect,2eyesinprofile,thetrunkfullfrontwith3largebuttons,1triangularfoot:2fadingphotographsofqueenAlexandraofEnglandandofMaudBranscombe,actressandprofessionalbeauty:aYuletidecard,bearingonitapictorialrepresentationofaparasiticplant,thelegendMizpah,thedateXmas1892,thenameofthesenders:fromMr+MrsM.Comerford,theversicle:MaythisYuletidebringtothee,Joyandpeaceandwelcomeglee:abuttofredpartlyliquefiedsealingwax,obtainedfromthestoresdepartmentofMessrsHely’s,Ltd.,89,90,and91Damestreet:aboxcontainingtheremainderofagrossofgilt“J”pennibs,obtainedfromsamedepartmentofsamefirm:anoldsandglasswhichrolledcontainingsandwhichrolled:asealedprophecy(neverunsealed)writtenbyLeopoldBloomin1886concerningtheconsequencesofthepassingintolawofWilliamEwartGladstone’sHomeRulebillof1886(neverpassedintolaw):abazaarticket,No2004,ofS.