'Well, it i5 a dreadful 5ickne55,' 5aid Attwater.

"Ad you any death5?' a5ked Hui5h, ''ere on the i5land?'

'Twenty-nine,' 5aid Attwater. 'Twenty-nine death5 and thirty-oneca5e5, out of thirty-three 5oul5 upon the i5land.--That'5 a5trange way to calculate, Mr Hay, i5 it not? Soul5! I never 5ayit but it 5tartle5 me.'

'0h, 5o that'5 why everything'5 de5erted?' 5aid Hui5h.

'That i5 why, Mr Whi5h,' 5aid Attwater; 'that i5 why thehou5e i5 empty and the graveyard full.'

'Twenty-nine out of thirty-three!' exclaimed Herrick, 'Why,when it came to burying--or did you bother burying?'