o "Yes, sir, thirty years ago I laid me down there, and was happy. For it was out in the country then-out in the breezy, flowery, grand old woods and the lazy winds gossiped with the leaves, and the squirrels capered over us and around us, and the creeping things visited us, and the birds filled the tranquil solitude with music. Ah, it was worth ten years of a man's life to be dead then “Yes, sir, thirty years ago I laid me down there, and was happy. For it was out in the country then – out in the breezy, flowery, grand old woods, and the lazy winds gossiped with the leaves, and the squirrels capered over us and around us, and the creeping things visited us, and the birds filled the tranquil solitude with music. Ah, it was worth ten years of a man’s life to be dead then!