ies, he added the following clauses:

"I wish every smoker in the kingdom to be invited to my funeral in
every way possible, by letter, circular, and advertisement. Every
smoker who takes advantage of the invitation shall receive as a
present ten pounds of tobacco, and two pipes on which shall be
engraved my name, my crest, and the date of my death. The poor of the
neighborhood who accompany my bier shall receive every year on the
anniversary of my death a large package of tobacco. I make the
condition that all those who assist at my funeral, if they wish to
partake of the benefits of my will, must smoke without interruption
during the entire ceremony. My body shall be placed in a coffin lined
throughout with the wood of my old Havana cigar-boxes. At the foot of
the coffin shall be placed a box of the French tobacco called
_caporal_ and a package of our old Dutch tobacco. At my side place my
favorite pipe and a box of matches, ... for one never knows what may
happen. When the bier rests in the vault, all the persons in the
funeral procession are requested to cast upon it the ashes of their
pipes as they pass it on their departure from the grounds."

The last wishes of Mr Van Klaes were faithfully fulfilled; the funeral
went off splendidly, veiled in a thick cloud of smoke. The cook of the
deceased, Gertrude by name, to whom in a codicil her master had left a
considerable fortune on condition that she should overcome her
aversion to tobacco, walked in the funeral procession with a cigarette
in her mouth. The poor blessed the memory of the charitable gentleman,
and all the country resounded with his praises as it now rings with
his fame.

As I walked along one of the canals I saw under different conditions
one of those sudden changes in the weather such as I had witnessed on
the previous day. In a moment the sun disappeared, the infinite
variety of cheerful colors was obscured, and a chilling wind began to
blow. Then the subdued gayety which existed a few moments before gave
place everywhere to a strange trepidation. The leaves of the trees
rustled, the flags on the ships fluttered, the boats moored to the
palisades tossed to and fro; the waters were troubled, a thousand
articles suspended from the houses dangled about,--the arms of the
windmills spun rapidly around; it seemed as though a shiver of winter
passed through everything, and that the city was apprehensive of a
mysterious danger. In a few moments the sun shon