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was sick the week before with a " hackness or ki-tarrh of 

 the throat." 



" What yer riverence was sayin' about castin' bread upon 

 the waters, applies to fish too," said Barney, and then and 

 there he gave utterance to that famous saying, " I supposed 

 it had went, but it has came," which will always live. 



" It looks that way," the good father answered. 



So one might delve into the annals of the Porch Club of 

 Avalon, and find innumerable tales that would surprise and 

 delight the stroller along these sunlit shores by the western 

 sea. 



