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driver somewhat reproachfully. " Do- 

 ing well ! " he continued, " I should 

 say so ! There ain't a fence-rail left 

 in this neighborhood within two mile 

 of that meetin'-house." 



King's cheerful spirit remained with 

 him to the end. His latest remem- 

 bered intelligible words were spoken 

 in pleasantry the day before he died, 

 to his doctor, who, having, shortly 

 before, given him a remedy known as 

 " heroin," which, as it sometimes does, 

 caused a temporary wandering of the 

 mind, had said to King in explana- 

 tion of this result, " I think the heroin 

 must have gone to your head." "Very 

 likely," King replied, "many a heroine 

 has Qrone to a better head than mine 

 is now." 



King possessed an inexhaustible 

 fund of anecdote, from which he drew 

 and has told in print many stories 

 and incidents of his own experiences. 

 Some skeptical hearers or readers 

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