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CHAPTER IX 

 THE BEEF SUPPLY 



N New York State some time since a 

 worthy and distinguished gentleman 

 died. At the funeral the officiating clergy- 

 man naturally dealt in eulogy. When he 

 had used up an hour and a quarter in dis- 

 coursing upon the luminous and extraor- 

 dinary virtues of the deceased, members of 

 the congregation began to withdraw. Gath- 

 ering himself in the way of peroration, the 

 speaker asked, "Now, beloved friends, in 

 view of the lofty and unparalleled virtues 

 of our departed brother, where shall we 

 place him? Shall we place him among the 

 angels?" Pausing an instant, as if someone 

 had replied that an angel's altitude was not 

 exaltation enough for so good a man, the 

 clergyman cried again, "Shall we place him 

 among the archangels?" Seeming to hear 

 that even an archangel's eminence would 

 not suffice, the preacher vociferated still 

 more loudly, "Where, then, shall we place 



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