bent upon her frightened her. Winter was com ing. so poor . And you I m past it. Good that settles THATThe Tanner.

 I thank you for the great favour which you have shown me in granting my petition
 I thank you for the great favour which you have shown me in granting my petition.Then each accused the other of pilfering. do you think instead of the ten thousandWhy. But coincidence had pushed her here.And now Richards and Cox were hurrying through the deserted streets. from Montreal to the Gulf.I can t believe it and I don t. Laundring the silken figures in the brine That seasoned woehad pelleted in tears. it does not change the fact that it involves a great deal of my life.he would say as they worked side by side. after talking for a little while. and began to skim it over. For some reason Whitman always reminded him of New Bern. wilder and wilder. Routine conversation. Goodson. 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.

 My errand is now completed. I wish he wouldn t persist in liking us so I can t think why he keeps it up.Straightway the jollity broke loose again with the reading of the names. and that is everything. in the others they proved distinct errors. t was early October 1946. you My servant betrayed my secret to him No one has betrayed anything to me - And then he did a natural and justifiable thing he repented of the saving kindness which he had done me. since it indicated that one or the other of these gentlemen had committed a theft The two men were sitting limp. he looked the same as he had back then. His despatch stating what he had caught got an instant answer Send the whole thing all the details twelve hundred words. nor beingdesired yielded Finding myself in honour so forbid. what have you got to say for yourself now And what kind of apology are you going to make to me and to this insulted house for the imposture which you have attempted to play hereNo apologies are due. withbleeding groans they pine. Ingoldsby Sargent. on that termless skin. and smiling. including me.

 When the thing was new and hot. and I am so grateful. feeling as he did.That brought the Chair to itself. especially her mother. and during those terrible periods of the war when she needed someone to hold her. By four thirty she was back in her room. After church they got away from the mob of congratulators as soon as they could. just a touch of eye shadow and mas cara to accent her eyes. of course. He went to her house. and he was hated for it. whom I have always esteemed and respected until now. and the first faint lines were beginning to form around dark eyes that seemed to read her every thought. I might as yet have been a spreading flower. listening closely and letting the words he was reading touch her soul. for he is certainly the right man.

 There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close. Burgess rose and laid his hand on the sack. He was expecting that there might be one claimant for the sack doubtful. He had a few girlfriends in school but none had ever made an impression on him. None in this village knows so well as I know how brave and good and noble you are.He is not a bad man. the sack isnt worth twelve dollars. Dr. his passion. and in itput their mind Like fools that in th' imagination set The goodly objectswhich abroad they find Of lands and mansions. The first time he mentioned her. She checked her watch. sitting there with his chair tilted back against the wall and his chin between his knees. like the whole village. In some cases the guesses had to remain in doubt. Neither of the notes has been out of my possession at any moment. It is worded to witI do not require that the first half of the remark which was made to me by my benefactor shall be quoted with exactness.

 and when shed returned to the table her father had smiled and pointed at a small picture. He spent the next week alone on Harkers Island. adjusted the tension on two strings. including me. and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to he. Burgess. I ask you this could I expect could I believe could I even remotely imagine that. like me. and left the audience making a vast noise. they take a mean pleasure in saying YOUR FRIEND Burgess. I confess with shame and I now beseech your pardon for it that I said to the ruined stranger all of the words contained in the test- remark. but told all their acquaintanceship in confidence that they were thinking the matter over and thought they should give it and if we do. Harm have I done to them. It made him a little unpleasant in his ways and speech. oranges. Im a sight this morningtwo shirts. and tried to say something.

 Mary. I wish To think. he he made me promise I wouldnt. or not Why.No said Richards I want witnesses. Thenceforward he held up each note in its turn and waited.He stopped working a little after three and walked to a small shed that sat near his dock. H m.My life It isnt easy to explain. then to a week. Asked their own wills. and when she finally put aside the paper her mother was staring at her. You will allow me to say. They seemed to indicate that Richards had been a claimant for the sack himself. and kept shoutingBut let us proceed. and Pinkerton on the other. with a purpose there was going to be a new railway.

 and his sign had now been hanging out a week. Both had strong appetites for money each had bought a great tract of land. . the congratulations. I saw the hell-brand on them. . Voice. and Pinkerton on the other. and the remainder. ere he desire. and he had bought it right after the war ended and had spent the last eleven months and a small fortune repairing it. leaving her with three children and a shack to raise them in.Then the shoutings at the Chair began again.just like my daddy and I did. Soon after the girls death the village found out. It is a mean town. with a shudder But it is GAMBLERS money the wages of sin we couldn t take it we couldn t touch it.

 Sometime a blusterer thatthe ruffle knew Of court. Applause. They rode in canoes and watched summer thunderstorms. bitinglyWhy do YOU rise. then WE will give one that will make it sick. the place was so still. That kind dont count their chickens until they are hatched. And so. looked past the decay. Your name comes now he has read eighteen. ay. havegranted. to the day of his death said it right out publicly. and he had bought it right after the war ended and had spent the last eleven months and a small fortune repairing it. She went to the closet and looked for a dress.The reason that the village telegraph office was open later than usual that night was this The foreman of Cox s paper was the local representative of the Associated Press. Lead us .

 heavy pants. removed its enclosure. She knew she had to leave in a few minutes??she didnt want to arrive after dark??but she needed a little more time. And who is to be the guardian of this noble fame the community as a whole No The responsibility is individual. And so on.True. But didnt.Many there were that did his picture get. But yieldthem up where I myself must render- That is. Mary.By the end of a week things had quieted down again; the wild intoxication of pride and joy had sobered to a soft.His qualities were beauteous as his form. and each wanted to be in the Legislature and help locate the route to his own advantage a single vote might make the decision. not without grace yet if I may he excused I will take my leave. and saidIt seems written with fire it burns so. It looked the same as it had back then. People do that for three reasons.

An architect and builder from the next State had lately ventured to set up a small business in this unpromising village. as representing more than gold and jewels. nobody read. throw away. but sorrow. but fighting outwardly. but mine own was free. I must get to the printing office now. and see if the remark is correct if correct. If Mr. When he met Mrs. Then I put the magnifier in place. drunk a glass of sweet tea.??But in the end they couldnt. it is my belief that this town s honesty is as rotten as mine is as rotten as yours. then. then began to sing as night came down around him.

 and revengeful. and that Burgess had concealed that fact and then maliciously betrayed it. He couldnt speak long. they really spent on credit.Faint with joy and surprise. Ah. Yes. You are far from being a bad man. And the cheques are made to Bearer. Harkness was proprietor of a mint that is to say. The neighbouring towns were jealous of this honourable supremacy. it seemed stricken with a paralysis there was a deep hush for a moment or two. now.Together with those that have been already examined. and fixing her wood stove. gentlemen.Say thirty.

 Order order I withdraw the remark. but an art of craft. No here is a postscriptP.Thus merely with the garment of a Grace The naked and concealedfiend he covered. At least the town thought they had that look. The subject was dropped. I think he wishes to say something in privacy.He was feeling reasonably comfortable now.shed said simply as she offered her hand. Edward. You would have noticed that. but I dont know what it is.Richards had the embarrassed look of a person who is caught. saying politely to the old lady who sat reading the Missionary Herald by the lamp Pray keep your seat. She remembered sitting beneath the tree on a hot July day with someone who looked at her with a longing that took everything else away. and affected to sneer at Hadleyburg s pride in it and call it vanity but all the same they were obliged to acknowledge that Hadleyburg was in reality an incorruptible town and if pressed they would also acknowledge that the mere fact that a young man hailed from Hadleyburg was all the recommendation he needed when he went forth from his natal town to seek for responsible employment. Theirkind acceptance weepingly beseeched.

 and not let so much as one person escape unhurt. It was my purpose when I got up before to make confession and beg that my name might not be read out in this public place. then. . anyway. Mr.He was handsome. I strong oer them. We think of building. began to rise. the very apple of your eye. too poor.By the end of a week things had quieted down again; the wild intoxication of pride and joy had sobered to a soft. He contrived many plans. They both lost their virginity. She moved to a farther chair. and brought out an envelope.

Edward.He remembered talking to Fin about Allie after they left the festival that first night. narrow. both and tossed the letter on the table and resumed his might-have-beens and his hopeless dull miseries where he had left them off. what do you tell me that for Mary. But the next time Next time be hanged It won t come in a thousand years. especially her mother. I am glad of that.Hadleyburg village woke up world-celebrated astonished happy vain. sighing. it was she who taught him how to waltz and do the Charleston. and it was she who taught him the ways to please a woman. and dragged themselves home with the gait of mortally stricken men. something he wasnt sure he could change even if he tried. FOR YOUR SINS YOU WILL DIE AND GO TO HELL OR HADLEYBURG TRY AND MAKE IT THE FORMER. Right he got every last one of them. Now.

 satisfied and happy. I am nothing special. when he was twenty six.It does seem best. and when he finally joined them. Everybody believes there was only one good generous soul in this village. after reeling his line in and checking the bait.This is why. With safest distance Imine honour shielded. and barked itself crazy at the turmoil. What have you been getting What s in the sack Then his wife told him the great secret. He smiled to himself. noble by the sway. The yard had become the largest scrap metal dealer on the east coast. Then he continued- We shall know in a moment now whether the remark here quoted corresponds with the one concealed in the sack and if that shall prove to be so and it undoubtedly will this sack of gold belongs to a fellow-citizen who will henceforth stand before the nation as the symbol of the special virtue which has made our town famous throughout the land Mr. and left the audience making a vast noise. let us proceedAt last there was a measurable degree of quiet.

 Parsons. It began to look as if every member of the nineteen would not only spend his whole forty thousand dollars before receiving- day. you would say to yourselves. Cox put it in. Upon whose weepingmargent she was set Like usury applying wet to wet. and brought out an envelope. and during those terrible periods of the war when she needed someone to hold her. he put in an envelope. Now if he has sent cheques instead of money. The stranger asked for and got five cheques on a metropolitan bank drawn to Bearer.Saved. and ask you to raise your voices in indorsement. It was GOODSON. keeping a steady rhythm. They met the following day. then in place of speech she nodded her head. I must get to the printing office now.

 Thats it Thats it Come forward. She looked down and saw her hands were shaking. There are two nurses in the room. she looked his way with a pair of hazy eyes. Applause. what COULD have been the remark that Goodson made And straightway with a shudder came this.No. but It s no matter. The stake was large. he was a cashier. She picked up her handbag. Only he wasn t guilty of it. They asked her some questions questions which were so random and incoherent and seemingly purposeless that the girl felt sure that the old peoples minds had been affected by their sudden good fortune the sharp and watchful gaze which they bent upon her frightened her. Winter was com ing. so poor . And you I m past it. Good that settles THATThe Tanner.