to have an American graveyard that will be
more liberal-minded. I'll get right after Josiah
to start one in the spring. If anything was to
happen to me, I don't want the Norwegians
holding inquisitions over me to see whether
I'm good enough to be laid amongst 'em."

Soon grandfather returned, bringing with
him Anton Jelinek, and that important person,
the coroner. He was a mild, flurried old man,
a Civil War veteran, with one sleeve hanging
empty. He seemed to find this case very per-
plexing, and said if it had not been for grand-
father he would have sworn out a warrant
against Krajiek. "The way he acted, and the
way his axe fit the wound, was enough to
convict any man."

Although it was perfectly clear that Mr.
Shimerda had killed himself, Jake and the
coroner thought something ought to be done
to Krajiek because he behaved like a guilty
man. He was badly frightened, certainly, and
perhaps he even felt some stirrings of remorse
for his indifference to the old man's misery
and loneliness.

At supper the men ate like vikings, and the
chocolate cake, which I had hoped would
linger on until tomorrow in a mutilated

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