His generosity, his friendliness, and all the rest he possessed.

I knew him from his youth up, and I am well aware of his goodness, as are you.

He was a good husband, a good father, and a good friend.

It is hard to give him up, but it must be.

He died at the age of----' "Here the speaker glanced at the casket beside which he stood, and read the following: MICHAEL DOOLEY DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN HIS PRIME, AT THE AGE OF 7777.
"'Yis, my bereaved friends,' he continued, 'he was a good father, husband, and friend, and none knows that better than I.He was cut off in the pride of manhood, you might say--in his prime, at the age of----' "He glanced at the inscription again, then, after a painful pause, blurted forth: 'Well, how the divil did he escape the flood ?'" The sound of "tattoo" interrupted our laughter at this point, and all Hands tumbled below.
The following day we got rid of the last of the ammunition to the "Massachusetts." A sigh of relief and thankfulness went up as the last charge of powder was taken over the side.
The same day we saw some of our prize money vanish into thin air.