Part,  Chapter

 1     I,      VI|     happily.~ ~"Oh, the Hungarian uncle!" he said, "that's nice;"
 2     I,     VII|         shall have to speak of my Uncle Diogenes.~ ~ ~ ~
 3     I,    VIII|                        VIII.~ ~MY UNCLE DIOGENES.~ ~First of all,
 4     I,    VIII|    trouble us. Why, there is your uncle Dion, with eighty-seven
 5     I,    VIII|       going to this paragon of an uncle, and trying to get into
 6     I,    VIII|        sprained joints. Go to thy uncle, I say, like a dutiful nephew,
 7     I,    VIII|      wanted to speak to you of my Uncle Diogenes, as he was generally
 8     I,    VIII|           friendship. Such was my Uncle Diogenes or Dion; and now
 9     I,    VIII|          I told my father that my Uncle Dion had furnished me with
10     I,    VIII|            and riding about to my uncle's tenants at a time when
11     I,    VIII|          to find a letter from my Uncle Dion, with an old, crumpled
12     I,    VIII|     following lines: -~ ~"MY DEAR UNCLE, - One hundred florins will
13     I,    VIII|         man - the only servant my uncle ever kept, who served for
14     I,    VIII|         yet one tender spot in my uncle's heart, one sprinkle of
15     I,    VIII|          of my clean-shaven face, uncle. I do not care for the manly
16     I,    VIII|           take the least trouble, uncle," I said. "I shall not stay
17     I,    VIII|            So - "~ ~"But, my dear uncle," I said, rather vexed, "
18     I,      IX|           taste."~ ~"But, my dear uncle, this would not be wise.
19     I,      IX|       building. As we entered, my uncle locked the massive portal
20     I,      IX|         need of my pistols."~ ~My uncle took me directly to his
21     I,      IX|        heart and soul to them. My uncle could give me the date of
22     I,      IX|          I quitted the museum. My uncle and I returned to the narrow
23     I,      IX|         mirth, and love!"~ ~"Yes, uncle," I said, earnestly, "and
24     I,      IX|      bladders. The linen bags, my uncle explained, were full of
25     I,      IX|           whatever you wish, dear uncle," said I; "but, since I
26     I,      IX|      remaining year. But, my dear uncle, saints are sometimes ambiguous,
27     I,      IX|        hands and said, "Yes, dear uncle; you have to stick to the
28     I,      IX|      profession, and if you, dear uncle, dislike our other relatives,
29     I,       X|     affectionate farewell from my Uncle Dion a newspaper item informed
30     I,       X|        hold future meetings in my uncle's museums, I could bear
31     I,       X|           to accept your deceased uncle's legacy, I must trouble
32     I,       X|        affidavit, such being your uncle's strict demand."~ ~There
33     I,       X|         given the letter which my uncle had entrusted to my care,
34     I,       X|           taking possession of my Uncle Diogenes's legacy. It was
35     I,      XI|         affirm that your deceased uncle, on the eve of his death,
36     I,      XI|      spoke out. "If," I said, "my uncle has indeed willed away his
37     I,      XI|        what they had appraised my uncle's precious treasures, and
38     I,      XI|           dime museum - not of my uncle's valuable collections.
39     I,      XI|        exact schedule, made by my uncle, with the name of each object,
40     I,      XI|        see the actual worth of my uncle's museum."~ ~"I have no
41     I,      XI|        that old inventory of your uncle's."~ ~"But I do mind it,"
42     I,      XI|     estimated? For instance, your uncle's private room? The whole
43     I,      XI|           and the old reeds in my uncle's room were his bank-note
44     I,     XII|           hermit - the life of my Uncle Diogenes.~ ~I need not have
45     I,     XII|           shamefully neglected my uncle's dearly-cherished garden
46     I,     XII|       twigs and branches, just as Uncle Diogenes had done.~ ~By
47     I,     XII|           why, I had gone into my uncle's turret-chamber instead
48     I,     XII| appearance also I should be as my Uncle Diogenes had been. I gave
49     I,    XIII|    remember that I was not yet my Uncle Diogenes, but his nephew
50     I,    XIII|         You are not going to play Uncle Diogenes, are you? Simple
51     I,    XIII|     pattern of that exemplary old uncle of his. Now, don't make
52    II,     III|         which were stored my late uncle's beloved curiosities, and
53    II,      VI|           had free access to your uncle's iron chest, your companions
54    II,      VI|    personal property of your late uncle, and here is the package
55    II,       X|      better self kept me back. My Uncle Diogenes rose before me. "