one reason or another.500 if it could come in bank-notes for it does seem that it was so ordered.

but she poked around the personnel files for him
but she poked around the personnel files for him. their dazzling colours glowing with the sun. but to me that would have been a trivial revenge. and without thinking I left the paper lying open on my desk. I didn t sleep any that night. not in part. My woeful self. and made themselves liable for the rest at ten days. removed its enclosure. She would tell him what she wanted in her life??her hopes and dreams for the future??and he would listen intently and then promise to make it all come true. Why. I was a gambler. Upon meeting the lawyer he found out that Goldman had died a year earlier and his estate had been liquidated. and thats why he hadnt argued when shed wanted to get away for a couple of days. so poor . For some reason Whitman always reminded him of New Bern. and did not seem to be aware that she was alone.

and didnt know what to make of it. and Pinkerton the banker. When quiet had been restored he took up the document. He went to her house. nobody read. The little mean. and say in inextricable peril BOTH left out the crucial fifteen words. and wondering if there was anything else she could do toward making herself and the money more safe. Transmit it to your children and to your childrens children. But his weather changed suddenly now.O father. separating scrap metal from everything else.the letter said. Mary would have known of it. . and all of them were good. their dazzling colours glowing with the sun.

Burgess rose and laid his hand on the sack. Billson was itself a serious thing. What rounds. hungry and without a penny. Also. visited by the ghost that had come to dominate his life. a testimonial to purity of character. but her best feature was her own.My life It isnt easy to explain. I wish To think. and reason strong. Consents bewitched. and they would never approve if their daughter became serious with someone like him. and the Presbyterian church. Catching all passions in hiscraft of will.And while they were at this work. I am sure they wonder about me and the things that I go through every day.

for it seemed to us that we could not bear it but I was prevented. Yes. she couldnt. but but we are so poor. and each wanted to be in the Legislature and help locate the route to his own advantage a single vote might make the decision. if the Chair will examine the test-remark in the sack. He read its contents slowly and impressively the audience listening with tranced attention to this magic document. and entitled to the sack of gold. She slipped it on and looked in the mirror. we are so poor but but do as you think best do as you think best. The other is marked THE TEST. madam No. He mentioned many of your villagers in the course of his talk most of them in a very uncomplimentary way. From off a hill whose concave womb reworded A plaintful story froma sistring vale. Mary he BELIEVES in me.How you talk Not guilty of it Everybody knows he WAS guilty. it is no matter.

Its Gods music and itll take you home. the congratulations. You will allow me to say. Consents bewitched. And she came after graduation.Its Gods music and itll take you home. weve got ONE clean man left. He wrote to her once a month but never received a reply. he said to himself. it went like a tornado wind.At nine in the morning the stranger called for the sack and took it to the hotel in a cab. I am a common man with common thoughts. Finally Richards got up and strode aimlessly about the room. certainly without caring. Everybody believes there was only one good generous soul in this village. The news went around in the morning that the old couple were rather seriously ill prostrated by the exhausting excitement growing out of their great windfall. four for $1.

and I have not the pluck to try to market a cheque signed with that disastrous name. and she knew she should pack her things and leave before she changed her mind. and the following year he received a postcard from her saying she was married. shed hinted to him that she might want to visit some antique shops near the coast. He liked to watch them jump three or four limes and glide through the air before vanishing into the brackish water. sir. poor old Richards keeping tally of the count. They rode in canoes and watched summer thunderstorms. He began to speak. as we have seen this night. What with his art in youth. Goodson is the only man among us who would give away twenty dollars to a poor devil and then you might not bite at my bait. intelligent and driven. maybe the stranger knows him better than this village does. And what a fortune for that kind man who set his bread afloat upon the waters . With wit wellblazoned. Kiss me there.

Billson was itself a serious thing. He enjoyed the football and track meets.When he got home he didnt unpack the groceries right away. Not far from his own house he met the editor proprietor of the paper. for Gods sake But that question was wrung from those men again the next night and got the same retort. and hurried homeward. madam. to you. That settles it the moneys Wilsons Wilson Wilson Speech SpeechPeople jumped up and crowded around Wilson. the village has been its own proper self once more honest.she whispered. but to me that would have been a trivial revenge. Several among the nineteen said privately to their husbands. I am so tired. and they did their shopping at Capers General Store.That one thing. everything s ORDERED.

and mistrained fellows. He was neither born nor reared in Hadleyburg. was dead and gone and forgotten. then the audience considered itself officially absolved from all restraint.Lon didnt know the real reason she left the following morning. turning into the long. smooth skin and blonde hair. The breaks grew more and more frequent. She knew she had to leave in a few minutes??she didnt want to arrive after dark??but she needed a little more time. She was pretty.A colossal order The foreman filled the bill and he was the proudest man in the State. to do will aptly find Each eye that saw him did enchant the mind;For on his visage was in little drawn What largeness thinks in Paradisewas sawn. I say favourably nothing stronger. With the annexions of fair gemsenriched. In a moment she was alone. silent. It saidI am a disappointed man.

She would tell him what she wanted in her life??her hopes and dreams for the future??and he would listen intently and then promise to make it all come true. Then all is well. I had to rush if I had been two minutes later The men turned and walked slowly away.Plenty. On go the glasses. what ought we to do what do you think we Hallidays voice. so that none might see that she was crying.Yet did I not. They said that this farce was the work of some abandoned joker.Allie. twenty nine years old and engaged. most of them from his youth. ay. Because she was a newcomer and hadnt lived in a small town before.You are far from being a bad man Signature. and set his sack behind the stove in the parlour. Thirty-eight thousand five hundred Mary.

it buttoned up at the front. adjusted the tension on two strings. But the matter has become graver for the honour of BOTH is now in formidable peril.Voices. the people who lived here never changed.282. then stopped. strangers and all. then hiked the remaining miles to the coast. but I cannot allow you to plead for these men But I was going to Please take your seat. Five weeks later he found himself in training camp. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals.A Voice. fine clothes. for Hadleyburg was sufficient unto itself.Night. for he is certainly the right man.

Sweetly supposed themmistress of his heart. I had to rush if I had been two minutes later The men turned and walked slowly away. oh dear.Its good that we spend some time together. It was all clear and simple. Mr. but there s not another in the town. Edward What is it forA hint to collect them at some distant bank. And so it was his turn to be dissatisfied with life. Nor youth all quit. Mary was planning what she would do with the money. gentlemen. and has at last conquered me and in conquering has saved the remnant of my morals I shall gamble no more.Ill give you twenty. can we allow it It it you see. She vaguely remembered her mother coming to the table and sitting opposite her. The letter was from a distant State.

he knew: it always did. which was easy. his brain reeling. but inquiry showed that this had not happened. because he knew what was happening. then gave it up. Where neitherparty is nor true nor kind. I understand. At least the house was. as well as largest. He went diligently about. Order which of these two adventurers The Chair. He had a few girlfriends in school but none had ever made an impression on him. then publish this present writing in the local paper with these instructions added. I Edward. He saidMr. and to hand these three five- hundred-dollar notes to Mr.

not a soul If it isn t too late to The men were starting up stairs at this moment they were overtaken by a boy.his father had told him the day hed shipped out. and so on. It seems strange. sir and as for the rest of it. Laundring the silken figures in the brine That seasoned woehad pelleted in tears. the way she was looking at him made his silence seem okay. lathered up and began to shave her legs.In thee hath neither sting.How you talk Not guilty of it Everybody knows he WAS guilty. After much reflection suppose it WAS a lie What then Was it such a great matter Arent we always ACTING lies Then why not tell them Look at Mary look what she had done. She slowed the car. He went back to his rocker and sat again. Edward Im all in a tremble but. Mary.Friends. and make dashing free- hand pictures of the sack.

he won dered if he was destined to be alone for ever. and Harkness was a daring speculator. and Harkness was a daring speculator. But Wilson was a lawyer. he began to speak in a quavering voiceMy friends. but she poked around the personnel files for him. But after a few days I saw that no one was going to suspect me. That. what do you tell me that for Mary. Fin laughed then. Wilson is Chairman of the Committee on Propagation of the Tradition. and quality. Hey girl. faced toward the old couple eagerly. Ah. that infected moisture of his eye. fifty seventy ninety splendid a hundred pile it up.

Yes. but fighting outwardly. Thompson was the hatter. And then Richards put the matter at once out of his mind.Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood That we must curb it uponothers proof. perceiving that his mind was absent.I cough. assuring him that he had the flu. this is TOO thin Twenty dollars to a stranger- -or ANYBODY BILLSON Tell it to the marines And now at this point the house caught its breath all of a sudden in a new access of astonishment.Sit down said the Chair. that perfect. and ask you to raise your voices in indorsement. smirking. Now. and mumbling to herself. And now. dwindled.

why couldnt Stephenson have left out that doubt What did he want to intrude that for Further reflection. against every possible temptation. They met the following day. then slipped on the tan. and by the general voice condemned but I beg that you will at least believe that I am a grateful man it will help me to bear my burden. STEPHENSON.That same Saturday evening the postman had delivered a letter to each of the other principal citizens nineteen letters in all. To put the by-past perils in her way Counsel may stop awhile what will not stay Forwhen we rage.Finleys told me a lot about you. The owner. In either's aptness. went to her room and unpacked her suitcase. And down Ilaid to list the sad tuned tale. turned his head slowly toward Billson. Very well.Twenty or thirty voices cried outWhat is it Read it read itAnd he did slowly. nor any twenty-dollar contribution.

including the disparaging fifteen.Fishing always made him reflect on his life. He also gave me fortune for out of that money I have made myself rich at the gaming table. The other is marked THE TEST. It was a great pity. And though you may call me a dreamer or a fool. and Harkness was a daring speculator. This is an honest town.O.Then each accused the other of pilfering. Richards peeped through the shutters. through their very generosity. he put the gear away and went back to the house. and still my body shivers with a cold that will never go away. Chairman. For one reason or another.500 if it could come in bank-notes for it does seem that it was so ordered.