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FIFTH PALLBEARER
That's what _I_ always say: you can't tell who'll be next.
SIXTH PALLBEARER
Ain't it true! Just think of _him_.
FIRST PALLBEARER
Yes; n.o.body woulda picked _him_ out.
SECOND PALLBEARER
Nor my brother John, neither.
THIRD PALLBEARER
Well, what _must_ be _must_ be.
FOURTH PALLBEARER
Yes; it don't do no good to kick. When a man's time comes he's got to go.
FIFTH PALLBEARER
We're lucky if it ain't us.
SIXTH PALLBEARER
So I always say. We ought to be thankful.
FIRST PALLBEARER
That's the way _I_ always feel about it.
SECOND PALLBEARER
It wouldn't do _him_ no good, no matter _what_ we done.
THIRD PALLBEARER
We're here to-day and gone to-morrow.
FOURTH PALLBEARER
But it's hard all the same.
FIFTH PALLBEARER
It's hard on _her_.
SIXTH PALLBEARER
Yes, it is. Why should _he_ go?
FIRST PALLBEARER
It's a question n.o.body ain't ever answered.
SECOND PALLBEARER
Nor never won't.
THIRD PALLBEARER
You're right there. I talked to a preacher about it once, and even _he_ couldn't give no answer to it.
FOURTH PALLBEARER
The more you think about it the less you can make it out.
FIFTH PALLBEARER
When I seen him last Wednesday he had no more ideer of it than what you had.
SIXTH PALLBEARER
Well, if I had _my_ choice, that's the way I would always want to die.
