And so on through a dozen pages or more of lively satire, ending with anextract from Adam's Diary. It was a plain case of telegraphy. Noble and commoner, friend andstranger--humanity of every station--sent their messages of condolence tothe friend of mankind. It consists--utterly and entirely--of diversions which he cares next to nothing about here in the earth, yet he is quite sure he will like in heaven.
I have worked faster than if I had been well. They came out & stood around with their hands in their pockets & discussed the matter with each other. He played always at high pressure. Papa read Huckleberry Finn to us in manuscript,--[Probably meaning proof.