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.