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made his appearance in his shirtsleeves and stocking but with tallow candle about an inch long in his hand. I informed him that he wold have to get a longer candle than that to find anything to eat on that table or layout of his. Taylor after passing his hand over the box and dishes - with the aforesaid short candle looking dimly on - concluded that there was not very much there but dishes but there was two little pieces of pie - all he had of that kind - and he though perhaps we would not want much. I asked him how about the butter - he looked again at the layout and soberly said he though we might want to put a little of it on the pie -