The wedding at Sommerton Place came on the Wednesday following the fall election. Besides the great number of guests and the striking beauty of the bride there was nothing notable in it, unless the song prepared by Barnaby for the occasion, and sung by him thereupon to a captivating banjo accompaniment, may be so distinguished. A stanza, the final one of that masterpiece, has been preserved. It may serve as an informal ending, a charcoal tail-piece, to our light but truthful little story. “Stan' by yo' frien's and nebber mek trouble, An' so, ef yo's got any sense, Yo'll know hit's a good t'ing ter be sorter double, An' walk on bofe sides ob de fence!” THE END End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Southern Lights and Shadows, by Various