I had companions, I had friends, I had of whisky various blends. The whisky was all drunk; and lo! The friends were gone for evermo!

The loquacious man at peace.*

And when I marked the ingratitude, I to my maker turned, and spewed.

Randolph Lovel Stevenson.

Here endeth the

Familiar Correspondence

of

R. L .S.**

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