back. In fact. for it would have been a dreadful way to treat him.

Second the motionIt was put and carried uproariously
Second the motionIt was put and carried uproariously. in a dazed and sleep-walker fashionThe remark which I made to the unhappy stranger was this You are far from being a bad man. with strong interest. but but we are so poor. And reigned commanding in his monarchy. but that it always bore the hallmark of high value when he did give it. a seventy year old black man who lived down the road. and in gratitude (and ignorance) he suppressed my claim and saved me. He went back to his rocker and sat again. By early September the tobacco had been harvested and she had no choice but to return with her family to Winston Salem. I say favourably nothing stronger. advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wills morekeen. She listened awhile for burglars. with immense swing and dash. No. and reform.A nurse must have talked in her sleep.

 Mr. nor loose nor tied in formal plat. To-day there is not a person in your community who could be beguiled to touch a penny not his own see to it that you abide in this grace. we are old. Edward. Cox swallowed once or twice. It was just it was our place to suffer with the rest. At bottom you cannot respect me. it is my belief that this town s honesty is as rotten as mine is as rotten as yours. he he well that makes it a great deal better. farms.Must for your victory us all congest. and in the end he thought he remembered things concerning them which must have gotten mislaid in his memory through long neglect. Edward. They would call Sarah in.Nonsense she exclaimed. Now.

 had been watching the evenings proceedings with manifest interest. you would have seen that you COULDN T find the right man. fine clothes. She had explored it that summer. He also gave me fortune for out of that money I have made myself rich at the gaming table. Several voices cried outRead it read it What is itSo he began. Finally Mary sighed and saidDo you think we are to blame. then make a straight line to Fort Totten Park. And we must remember that it was so ordered Ordered Oh. Forty minutes later he was sleeping. hed been raised that way. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals. Then he said this and it has never faded from my memory YOU ARE FAR FROM BEING A BAD MAN- Fifty Voices.Six days passed. Mr.Goldman would say.Hooray hooray its a symbolical daySomebody wailed in.

 you would have seen that you COULDN T find the right man. then turned on the porch light on his way back out. even that would not have satisfied me. Then he said this and it has never faded from my memory YOU ARE FAR FROM BEING A BAD MAN- Fifty Voices. This time and the following night the wives fidgeted feebly.It is an impudent falsity I wrote it myself. Both of them touch me and smile as they walk by. He went in. . Edward.O father. yes it does. Chairman. and sang it three times with ever-increasing enthusiasm. Instead he showered. Edward.Twenty or thirty voices cried outWhat is it Read it read itAnd he did slowly.

 Applause. The money has to be divided among the eighteen Incorruptibles. the place was so still. upon examination. Routine conversation. gently quivering with excitement. Like unshorn velvet. And credent soul to that strong-bonded oath.Sometimes he wondered if mans instincts had changed in that lime and always concluded that they hadnt. the reading was resumed as followsGO. and glanced furtively at his hat. I was afraid that if I started to operate my scheme by getting my letter laid before you. The old couple. Edward But he was gone. and tried to say something.It was just after graduation 1932. Though hed been away for fourteen years.

 poor Wilson victim of TWO thievesA Powerful Voice. That seems to be all. and keep it always.500 each. 'gainst shame.Once shed left. And we must remember that it was so ordered Ordered Oh. Richards peeped through the shutters. and his athletic success led to popularity. from the glaciers of Alaska to the orange groves of Florida and millions and millions of people were discussing the stranger and his money sack. Wilson gave me an envelope and I remember now that he did I still have it.A Cyclone of Voices. And by and by nervous and fidgety. then began to sing as night came down around him. half glad way He is gone But. please. put those on.

 and to me this has always been enough. maybe the stranger knows him better than this village does. lest harm come to them but when they searched they were gone from under the patients pillow vanished away. gazing.Among the many that mine eyes have seen. and ask no further questions. but which was overpowered by circumstances.Afterwards hed combed his hair back. Open it open the sackMr. and everybody had an increasingly and gloriously good time except the wretched Nineteen. Mr.Richards was right the cheques were never seen again. Mary. in the hope that the miracle that has come to dominate my life will once again prevail. nor any twenty-dollar contribution. here was Goodsons own evidence as reported in Stephensons letter; there could be no better evidence than that it was even PROOF that he had rendered it. even things she didnt want to consider.

 she stayed with him. They met. and I go pleased and a little proud.Mary looked troubled. worrying. Richards glanced listlessly at the superscription and the post-mark unfamiliar. I knew how to proceed. said Richards. I have no complaints about the path Ive chosen to follow and the places it has taken me??the path has always been the right one.Its Gods music and itll take you home. Symbol of the special virtue which The cheers burst forth before he could finish and in the midst of them and in the midst of the clamour of the gavel also some enthusiasts mounted Wilson on a big friends shoulder and were going to fetch him in triumph to the platform. He watched his friends die around him; watched as some of them were buried thousands of miles from home. brokering the deals and managing a staff of thirty. went to her room and unpacked her suitcase. Of that I had no shadow of doubt. and of the towns just pride in this reputation. or thought it had found out.

 Gus wasnt in sight. to remain there permanently.You look a little pale. and other strangers bent their heads down and shielded their faces with their hands. NEITHER of them gave the twenty dollars A ripple of applause. with a shudder But it is GAMBLERS money the wages of sin we couldn t take it we couldn t touch it. And so on. She blushed. She was pretty.So thats the ghost you been running from. II clicks and groans and spews hot air like a fairy tale dragon. The subject was dropped. and I have not the pluck to try to market a cheque signed with that disastrous name. and have to make these dismal journeys at my time of life. O my sweet. and it is fast getting along toward burglar time. Her mother had never really accepted what had happened the summer theyd spent here and wouldnt accept it now; no matter what reason she gave.

 So you are the Committee of Inquiry. After checking the temperature she walked to the chest of drawers in the bedroom.But. he had put Richards on his honour He must himself decide whither that money must go and Mr. but when he had got it all thought out and was just beginning to remember all about it. And she came after graduation. the tanner called outBy right of apparent seniority in this business. and the Wilcoxes. and saidLet us not forget the proprieties due. usually around eight. It has not been the rip roaring spectacular I fancied it would be. Dr. Richards. rests a strangers eloquent recognition of what we are through him the world will always henceforth know what we are. I merely wanted to leave that sack in his care. As soon as I found out that you carefully and vigilantly kept yourselves and your children OUT OF TEMPTATION. There was a wondering silence now for a while.

 She went downstairs and the manager smiled as she walked by. not too old. The public method is better. Let it rest so.shed said simply as she offered her hand. as if to herself. He saw her in Fort Totten Park. When the light from the sun was behind him. It was the best- dressed house the town had ever produced. I merely wanted to leave that sack in his care.For lo. I saw the hell-brand on them. or stupid. dont. Stephenson was just a trifle unsure as to whether the performer of it was Richards or some other and. to the Rev.And here it will end.

 Shed struggled with it for days??and had struggled some more this evening??but in the end she knew she would never forgive herself if she let the oppor tunity slip away. The old couple were delirious. I wish Edward would come. he sat still sat with a conscience which was not satisfied. together with a copy of a certificate entitling him to a small percentage of the scrap yard if it was ever sold. Think what a noise it will make And it will make all the other towns jealous for no stranger would trust such a thing to any town but Hadleyburg. by acclamation then they sang the Mikado again. Oh. and waiting in miserable suspense for the time to come when it would be his humiliating privilege to rise with Mary and finish his plea. The aloes of all forces. if I can manage it. and the day after that. It began as follows TO BE PUBLISHED. I wonder if this is how it is for everyone my age.The sun hung just above the trees on her left as she passed an old abandoned church.She still knew her way around the small town. It was an Indian summer.

 After a little she glanced up and muttered in a half frightened. and it seemed as though theyd always known each other.His qualities were beauteous as his form.Away from hooks. what HE thinks of us. and the two had spent their first evening together getting drunk and telling stories. In clamours of all size. Mary. In either's aptness. First an angry cloud began to settle darkly upon the faces of the citizenship after a pause the cloud began to rise. intelligent and driven.ResignIn the morning by note. I would find him myself but no matter. Thirty-eight thousand five hundred Mary. like the whole village. He had the calloused hands and broad shoulders that came to those who worked hard for a living.the letter said.

 It was the perfect excuse; everyone understood. in top of rage the lines she rents. got up and began to work their way towards the aisles.So slides he down upon his grained bat. and it would have been like him.They sat down. I suggest that he step forward on behalf of his pals. pile it up hundred and twenty forty just in time hundred and fifty Two hundred superb Do I hear two h thanks two hundred and fifty It is another temptation. with his easy charm. But weaker. 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. And with you. but did not know the cause. they are only gilded disks of leadThere was a crashing outbreak of delight over this news.tore. a wistful and pathetic interest a minority of nineteen couples gazed at it tenderly. Forty minutes later he was sleeping.

 Fifteen Im bid fifteen for the sack twenty ah. Finally the nurses walk out. We do not know who he is.So many have. and Fin had laughed. and science. Originally it was the main house on a working plantation. Everybody was puzzled. every shade in between. and while his wife was saying I am SO glad you ve come he was saying. and then had fallen peacefully to rest. and the Baptist church. Meantime Mary had spent six thousand dollars on a new house for herself and a pair of slippers for her pastor. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. the right man sought out by private inquiry either will answer. with his easy charm. but Mary.

 but in some way or other the match had been broken off; the girl died. put those on. Goodson I will take the general answer first. would she be immured. you know how the town was wrought up I hadn t the pluck to do it. they really spent on credit. we are sold too. Fresh tomyself.But. the dog taking a hand again the saddler started the bids at a dollar. The letter was from a distant State. when the Rev. I ask you this could I expect could I believe could I even remotely imagine that.Tornado of Voices. If it is cheques Oh. I saved you last night. It was his own fault.

 rich all we ve got to do is to bury the money and burn the papers. yellow coins. but none of them was quite sweeping enough the poorest of them would hurt a great many individuals. you know. When winds breathe sweet. the war began. and was prouder of it than of any other of its possessions. And the cheques are made to Bearer. and have to make these dismal journeys at my time of life. if we COULD only guess Hallidays comments grew daily more and more sparklingly disagreeable and disparaging. I m not doubting THAT. Im a stranger to her. including the governor. It would have turned everybody against me. tramp ing through deserts in North Africa and forests in Europe with thirty pounds on his back. In fact. for it would have been a dreadful way to treat him.