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           "Hi!groundflooro’42’sa-moving." 

           Thegrocer’sboycameacross,andtookupapositionontheothersideofthestep. Thentheyounggentlemanfromtheboot-shopstopped,andjoinedBiggs’sboy;whiletheempty-cansuperintendentfrom"TheBluePosts"tookupanindependentpositiononthecurb. 

           "Theyain’ta-goingtostarve,arethey?"saidthegentlemanfromtheboot-shop. 

           "Ah!you’dwanttotakeathingortwowithyou,"retorted"TheBluePosts,""ifyouwasa-goingtocrosstheAtlanticinasmallboat." 

           "Theyain’ta-goingtocrosstheAtlantic,"struckinBiggs’sboy;"they’rea-goingtofindStanley." 

           Bythistime,quiteasmallcrowdhadcollected,andpeoplewereaskingeachotherwhatwasthematter. Oneparty(theyoungandgiddyportionofthecrowd)heldthatitwasawedding,andpointedoutHarrisasthebridegroom;whiletheelderandmorethoughtfulamongthepopulaceinclinedtotheideathatitwasafuneral,andthatIwasprobablythecorpse’sbrother. 

           Atlast,anemptycabturnedup(itisastreetwhere,asarule,andwhentheyarenotwanted,emptycabspassattherateofthreeaminute,andhangabout,andgetinyourway), andpackingourselvesandourbelongingsintoit,andshootingoutacoupleofMontmorency’sfriends,whohadevidentlyswornnevertoforsakehim,wedroveawayamidstthecheersofthecrowd,Biggs’sboyshyingacarrotafterusforluck.