Well, he died and was buried.

One day I visited the cemetery and gazed on his tombstone.

On the top of the stone was his name and on the bottom were these words: 'I am not dead, but sleeping.' Now that man was lying in his grave, for his habit--" Parker flung a slipper at Emery, who dodged it.

The slipper struck Tad Horner and knocked him off the back of the chair.
"That's all right," said Swallows, nodding at Emery, who was laughing.
"I'll square that the first chance I get." "Do! But when you get a roll, remember there are Others who are looking for you." "Drop this persiflage and come down to business," said Browning, winking at the others and nodding toward Hartwick, who did not seem to be taking any interest in what was going on.

"Let's talk about the races." "Yas, by Jawve!" drawled Willis Paulding, who tried to be "deucedly English" in everything.