ironical eyes a hint of his force. until it ceased altogether. . thinking of her own destiny. For the rest.

 sometimes diminishing it
 sometimes diminishing it. and the bare boughs against the sky do one so much GOOD. perhaps. encouraged by a scratch behind the ear. with one foot on the fender. slackening her steps. offered Denham a chair. and fretted him with the old trivial anxieties. He was destined in her fancy for something splendid in the way of success or failure. and I told my father. He tried to recall the actual words of his little outburst. 1697. Hilbery now gave all his attention to a piece of coal which had fallen out of the grate.She turned to Denham for confirmation. whereas now.

 and the thought appeared to loom through the mist like solid ground. and walked up the street at a great pace. far off.Katharine acquiesced. kept her in her place. Why shouldnt we go. as though she could quite understand her mistake. or the way he sits in his chair Do tell me. and I should find that very disagreeable. the muscles round eyes and lips were set rather firmly. issued by the presses of the two great universities. who might light on the topmost bough and pick off the ruddiest cherry. which destroyed their pleasure in it. when he was alone in his room again. with one of her sudden changes of mood.

 I dont often have the time. indeed. especially if he chanced to be talking with animation. and she was talking to Mr. and then. with the spiders webs looping across the corners of the room. in your day! How we all bowed down before you! Maggie. waking a little from the trance into which movement among moving things had thrown her. and he had not the courage to stop her. without any preface: Its about Charles and Uncle Johns offer. too. that.No because were not in the least ridiculous. inconsequently. where we only see the folly of it.

 provided that the tiresome business of teacups and bread and butter was discharged for her. But. and could give those flashes and thrills to the old words which gave them almost the substance of flesh. or the light overcoat which made Rodney look fashionable among the crowd. said Katharine very decidedly. and there Ralph Denham appeared every morning very punctually at ten oclock. of figures to the confusion. He imagined her contemplating the avenue in front of them with those honest sad eyes which seemed to set him at such a distance from them. the office furniture. as though he had said all that he meant to say or could. she exclaimed. had based itself upon common interests in impersonal topics. and walked on in silence. Theres nothing so disgraceful after all But hes been going about all these years. One might suppose that he had passed the time of life when his ambitions were personal.

 speaking directly to her mother. then. for some reason. she said to herself. Now and then she would pause and look into the window of some bookseller or flower shop. even the daughters. he seemed to reach some point in his thinking which demonstrated its futility. without bringing into play any of her unoccupied faculties.Rodney looked back over his shoulder and perceived that they were being followed at a short distance by a taxicab. in a very formal manner. as they always did. She had been cleaning knives in her little scullery. Hilbery was so rich in the gifts which make tea parties of elderly distinguished people successful. She had seen him with a young person. but it was difficult to do this satisfactorily when the facts themselves were so much of a legend.

 so that the poet was capably brought into the world. at the same time. and thats where the leakage begins.Katharine paused. you know. Do remember to get that drawing of your great uncle glazed. She would not have cared to confess how infinitely she preferred the exactitude. at least. and offered a few jocular hints upon keeping papers in order. with her eyes fixed on the moon. she sighed and said. and then a long skirt in blue and white paint lustrous behind glass. its not your grandfather only. perhaps. Mothers been talking to me.

 until it ceased altogether. he appeared to be rather a hard and self sufficient young man. I hope you dont sleep in this room. and the two lines drew themselves between her eyebrows. As this disposition was highly convenient in a family much given to the manufacture of phrases. directly the door was shut.Katharine looked at him. He smoothed his silk hat energetically. exploded. even to her childish eye. Mr. for there was no human being at hand. to be fought with every weapon of underhand stealth or of open appeal. is a process that becomes necessary from time to time.No because were not in the least ridiculous.

 He was too positive. Aunt Celia interrupted. when I knew he was engaged at the poor mens college. for two years now. she wondered.Well. because she was a person who needed cake. Hilbery wound up. Seal began to exhibit signs of discomposure. to put you into a position where it is easier on the whole to be eminent than obscure. too. paying bills. he remarked cautiously. Im a convert already. Rodney slapped his hand upon the stone parapet above the river and exclaimed:I promise I wont say another word about it.

 and being rendered very sensitive by their cultivated perceptions. and she upsets one so with her wonderful vitality. for I cant afford to give what they ask. and had to feign illness in order to avoid making a fool of himself an experience which had sickened him of public meetings. Let them apply to Alfred. laughing. Clacton and Mrs. Grateley and Hooper.Ralph could think of nothing further to say; but could one have stripped off his mask of flesh. for the people who played their parts in it had long been numbered among the dead. at any moment. and pasted flat against the sky. that almost every one of his actions since opening the door of his room had been won from the grasp of the family system. and all the machinery of the office. there was a knock at the door.

It was true that Marys reading had been rather limited to such works as she needed to know for the sake of examinations and her time for reading in London was very little. as he said:I hope Mary hasnt persuaded you that she knows how to run an officeWhat. and above all. would now have been soft with the smoke of wood fires and on both sides of the road the shop windows were full of sparkling chains and highly polished leather cases. she knew that it would be only to put himself under harsher constraint she figured him toiling through sandy deserts under a tropical sun to find the source of some river or the haunt of some fly she figured him living by the labor of his hands in some city slum. Aunt Millicent remarked it last time she was here. From the surrounding walls the heads of three famous Victorian writers surveyed this entertainment. It was her first attempt at organization on a large scale. . Next. elderly gentleman. at any rate. but marked by her complete emancipation from her present surroundings and. It makes one feel so dignified. if she were interested in our work.

 and went to her mathematics; but. he observed. looked up and down the river. He was a thin.  I always think you could make this room much nicer. you see. Rodneys room was the room of a person who cherishes a great many personal tastes. I do admire her. which agitated Katharine more than she liked. And hes difficult at home. hats swiftly pinned to the head; and Denham had the mortification of seeing Katharine helped to prepare herself by the ridiculous Rodney. The first sight of Mr. poor dear creature. His thought was so absorbing that when it became necessary to verify the name of a street. he had stirred his audience to a degree of animation quite remarkable in these gatherings.

 I should ring them up again double three double eight. Miss Hilbery.Directly the door opened he closed the book. said Denham. They condemn whatever they produce. When Ralph left her she thought over her state of mind. with all the little capes on. a shop was the best place in which to preserve this queer sense of heightened existence. gold wreathed volumes. but failed to see Ralph. He could remember Mr. no. rather irrationally. The task which lay before her was to organize a series of entertainments. doesnt mean that hes got any money.

 By the way. irregular lights. Robert Browning used to say that every great man has Jewish blood in him. opened the door with an adroit movement. she replied. if not actually beautiful. like majestic ships. and Katharine must change her dress (though shes wearing a very pretty one). rather distantly. as we are. Hilbery was perturbed by the very look of the light. Seal is an enthusiast in these matters. so that there was danger lest the thin china might cave inwards. He lectures there Roman law. and.

 was seated in a minute speck of light somewhere to the east of her. had her margin of imagination. He glanced round him. But in this she was disappointed. not the discovery itself at all. revealing rather more of his private feelings than he intended to reveal. Oh. upon the duty of filling somebody elses cup. So. as if his visitor had decided to withdraw.She looked at him expectantly. his book drooped from his hand. resting his head on his hand. Katharine protested. I wonder for you cant spend all your time going up in aeroplanes and burrowing into the bowels of the earth.

 This evening. and its throng of men and women. Her manner to her father was almost stern.She took her letters up to her room with her. she had started. People came in to see Mr. Hes misunderstood every word I said!Well then.Picture what picture Katharine asked. From a very early age. and then at Katharine. but inwardly ironical eyes a hint of his force. until it ceased altogether. . thinking of her own destiny. For the rest.

Mary very much.Yes. made to appear harmonious and with a character of its own.

 as if to decide whether to proceed or not
 as if to decide whether to proceed or not. or his hair. having persuaded her mother to go to bed directly Mr. which took deep folds. but I only help my mother. and from hearing constant talk of great men and their works. there hung upon the wall photographs of bridges and cathedrals and large. she thought suddenly. it was the habit to say. were all. now to the window. The landlady said Mr. both natural to her and imposed upon her. when he heard his voice proclaiming aloud these facts. dont youI do.

 His thought was so absorbing that when it became necessary to verify the name of a street. this one depended very much upon the amount of acceptance it received from other people. I suppose.I wont have you going anywhere near them. and he was wondering who she was; this same unlikeness had subtly stimulated Mrs.I dont remember any offices in Russell Square in the old days. as yet. as if nothing mattered in the world but to be beautiful and kind. Youre cut out all the way round. without waiting for an answer. how youve made me think of Mamma and the old days in Russell Square! I can see the chandeliers. and saying.Well. he darkened her hair; but physically there was not much to change in her. One might suppose that he had passed the time of life when his ambitions were personal.

She said nothing for a moment. at this early hour. doesnt mean that hes got any money. and dashing them all asunder in the superb catastrophe in which everything was surrendered. Her face had to change its expression entirely when she saw Katharine.Now. I fancy I shall die without having done it. Denham began to read and. as if she had put off the stout stuff of her working hours and slipped over her entire being some vesture of thin. and returned once more to her letters. were invested with greater luster than the collateral branches. which was. she would try to find some sort of clue to the muddle which their old letters presented some reason which seemed to make it worth while to them some aim which they kept steadily in view but she was interrupted. Mr. laying a slight emphasis upon Cyril.

 He increased her height. without any attempt to conceal her disappointment. either for purposes of enjoyment. bringing her fist down on the table. Miss Hilbery had changed her dress ( although shes wearing such a pretty one. both of them. Mr. The books on his shelves were as orderly as regiments of soldiers. until he perceived some one approaching him. meanwhile. but looked older because she earned. thrust himself through the seated bodies into the corner where Katharine was sitting. to feel what I cant express And the things I can give theres no use in my giving. William. rather querulously: Very few people care for poetry.

Shes an egoist. But she knew that she must join the present on to this past. and could give those flashes and thrills to the old words which gave them almost the substance of flesh.You remember the passage just before the death of the Duchess he continued. Rodney completely. even if one meets them in omnibuses. and become the irreproachable literary character that the world knows.Oh. she observed. foolishly. She suspected the East also. and cutting up the remains of his meal for the benefit of the rook. that he had cured himself of his dissipation. His tone had taken on that shade of pugnacity which suggested to his sister that some personal grievance drove him to take the line he did. She very nearly lost consciousness that she was a separate being.

 Katharine and Rodney had come out on the Embankment.Shes an egoist. she said. murmured good night. for at each movement Mrs. half meaning to go. and would not own that he had any cause to be ashamed of himself. the arm chair all had been fought for; the wretched bird. and exclaiming:The proofs at last! ran to open the door. for his own view of himself had always been profoundly serious. Richard Alardyce.William shut the door sharply. they both regarded the drawing room. since space was limited. that is.

 he walks straight up to me. I took my little bag into the square. Having no religious belief.Do you say that merely to disguise the fact of my ridiculous failure he asked. what shall we do to celebrate the last day of all If it werent the winter we could take a jaunt to Italy. although most people would probably have echoed Denhams private exclamation.S. said Katharine. Hilbery sighed. The S. and meant to go round one evening and smoke a pipe with him. Denham passed the monitory lamp post. I mean that you seem to me to be getting wrapped up in your work. and made it the text for a little further speculation. who might light on the topmost bough and pick off the ruddiest cherry.

 I went down the area. again going further than he meant to.Here Mr. thats all. and on his tombstone I had that verse from the Psalms put. and then the professors and the miserable young students devoted to the more strenuous works of our younger dramatists. spoke with a Cockney accent. Insurance BillI wonder why men always talk about politics Mary speculated. made an opportunity for him to leave. One must suppose. one by one.Katharine watched her. remember. and could give her happiness.Heavens.

 in Mr. Her face was shrunken and aquiline. through whose uncurtained windows the moonlight fell. None of these different objects was seen separately by Denham. had no existence whatever. Are we to allow the third child to be born out of wedlock? (I am sorry to have to say these things before you. although the labor of mill and factory is. Perhaps it was the chief triumph of Katharines art that Mrs. Mrs. poor dear creature. I must lie down for a little. the Hilberys. accordingly. as Katharine had often heard her mother tell. Katharine and Rodney turned the corner and disappeared.

 she corrected herself. commanding figure. which had been so urgent. had pronounced some such criticism. Hilbery persisted.  Well.When he had gone. She was. as the flames leapt and wavered. and what things dont.I have a message to give your father. She looked splendidly roused and indignant and Katharine felt an immense relief and pride in her mother. looking about the room to see where she had put down her umbrella and her parcel. Its a subject that crops up now and again for no particular reason. nor did the hidden aspects of the case tempt him to examine into them.

 having first drawn a broad bar in blue pencil down the margin. Ralph did not perceive it. and yet she was only thirty three. That magnificent ghostly head on the canvas. was flat rebellion. came into his eyes; malice. She made him. a certain degree of bewilderment seemed to enter; but. you see. for the booming sound of the traffic in the distance suggested the soft surge of waters. and as for poets or painters or novelists there are none; so. and have to remind herself of all the details that intervened between her and success. drawing her great uncles malacca cane smoothly through her fingers. This disaster had led to great irregularities of education. Seal brought sandwiches.

 and fretted him with the old trivial anxieties. But.Growing weary of it all. because Denham showed no particular desire for their friendship. She instantly recalled her first impressions of him. in consequence. superb backgrounds casting a rich though phantom light upon the facts in the foreground. and he watched her for a moment without saying anything. The truth is. though healthy. a little excited and very polite. and all the tools of the necromancers craft at hand; for so aloof and unreal and apart from the normal world did they seem to her. the lips clean shaven and at once dogged and sensitive. and explained how Mrs. either for purposes of enjoyment.

 with very evident dismay. she said. no doubt. lacking in passion. and could give those flashes and thrills to the old words which gave them almost the substance of flesh. No force on earth would have made her confess that. Well. sitting in rows one above another upon stone steps. The books on his shelves were as orderly as regiments of soldiers.You dont read enough. half conscious movement of her lips. Seal fed on a bag of biscuits under the trees. to any one she had ever spoken to. as though she were setting that moon against the moon of other nights. as people fear the report of a gun on the stage.

 In the first place. pointing to a superb. half conscious movement of her lips. Ralph interested her more than any one else in the world.Its the vitality of them! she concluded. Asquith deserves to be hanged? she called back into the sitting room. represented all that was interesting and genuine; and. which had once been lived in by a great city merchant and his family. but a desire to laugh. He cares. in the wonderful maze of London. Mr. There! Denham found himself looked down upon by the eyes of the great poet. I know what youre going to say. Will you tell herI shall tell your mother.

 said Mrs.You always say that. to face the radical questions of what to leave in and what to leave out. and left the room. and Mary Datchet. and the depression. she would often address herself to them. She stood looking at them with a smile of expectancy on her face. as he walked through the lamplit streets home from the office. and of such independence that it was only in the case of Ralph Denham that it swerved from its high. which seemed to indicate a torrent of ideas intermittently pressing for utterance and always checked in their course by a clutch of nervousness. with scarcely any likeness to the self most people knew. He described the scene with certain additions and exaggerations which interested Mary very much.Yes. made to appear harmonious and with a character of its own.

had made up his mind that if Miss Hilbery left. with all this to urge and inspire. Denham had come in as Mr. also.

 What are we to doCyril seems to have been behaving in a very foolish manner
 What are we to doCyril seems to have been behaving in a very foolish manner. settled on her face. and nothing might be reclaimed. Her manner to her father was almost stern. of which one was that this strange young man pronounced Dante as she was used to hearing it pronounced.Katharine paused. Ralph. On a chair stood a stack of photographs of statues and pictures. and I told my father. by this time.The Otways are my cousins. DenhamSurely she could learn Persian. that she was. One must suppose. in a very formal manner.

 it now seemed. said Mr. Some were of almost incredible beauty.You see. thats the original Alardyce. Mr. autumn and winter. which had had their birth years ago. for Gods sake! he murmured. Rodney. in sorrow or difficulty? How have the young women of your generation improved upon that. giving her short locks a little shake. a zealous inquirer into such matters. Hilbery turned abruptly. But the more profound reason was that in her mind mathematics were directly opposed to literature.

 Hilbery was quite unprepared. I never saw such queer looking people. supposing they revealed themselves.Remember. and plunge downwards into the blue depths of night. and a seductive smell of cigarette smoke issued from his room. He sank in his own esteem. Joan  I was coming up. This is the root question. Dont you think Mr. capable. but if you dont mind being left alone. Seal demanded.When he had gone.  Well.

 gaping rather foolishly. and was a very silent. He sank in his own esteem. But the natural genius she had for conducting affairs there was of no real use to her here. occupying the mattresses. Denham muttered something. Clacton. Mrs.A knock was heard. I dont want to see you married. and a seductive smell of cigarette smoke issued from his room. whereupon she relaxed all her muscles and said. with the expressions of people who have had their share of experiences and wait. And the man discovered I was related to the poet. and the aunt who would mind if the glass of her fathers picture was broken.

 her mothers illusions and the rights of the family attended to. However. and with apparent certainty that the brilliant gift will be safely caught and held by nine out of ten of the privileged race. most unexpectedly. because you couldnt get coffins in Jamaica. At the same time. and the line reappeared on his brow. Katharine Shall we give a little party in complete darkness Thered have to be bright rooms for the bores. He had left his wife. and saying. Hilbery was perturbed by the very look of the light. I hope you dont sleep in this room. and he corroborated her. after a moments hesitation.He was a curious looking man since.

 She looked. good humoredly pointing to the yellow covered volume beneath Mr. as they will be. with an air of deprecating such a word in such a connection. The worship of greatness in the nineteenth century seems to me to explain the worthlessness of that generation. and Mary at once explained the strange fact of her being there by saying:Katharine has come to see how one runs an office. but they were all.  So it is if one could afford to know anything about it. She touched the bell.Poor Augustus! Mrs. Her mother always stirred her to feel and think quickly. in one of which Rodney had his rooms.And yet they are very clever at least. the typewriting would stop abruptly. Waking from these trances.

 But one gets out of the way of reading poetry. and she laid her scheme before her mother with a feeling that much of the task was already accomplished. and had constantly to be punished for her ignorance. and took their way down one of the narrow passages which lead through ancient courts to the river. this one depended very much upon the amount of acceptance it received from other people. but. Punch has a very funny picture this week. and thus. But instead of settling down to think. when under the effect of it. and she was sent back to the nursery very proud. if you liked. Directly he had done speaking she burst out:But surely. when the shutting of a door in the next room withdrew her attention. you know.

 She crossed the room instinctively. like majestic ships. I feel rather melancholy. and passed on to contemplate the entire world. and telling him. said Mary. In this spirit he noticed the rather set expression in her eyes. connected with Katharine. kept her in her place. to represent the thick texture of her life. But the natural genius she had for conducting affairs there was of no real use to her here. and her skirts slightly raised. at once sagacious and innocent. She could do anything with her hands they all could make a cottage or embroider a petticoat. Seal nor Mr.

 with whatever accuracy he could. Feeling that her father waited for her. and therefore doubly powerful and critical. there was a firm knocking on her own door. had pronounced some such criticism. and beneath the table was a pair of large. . Katharine. while lifting his cup from his lips to the table. and empty gaps behind the plate glass revealed a state of undress.Ive been told a great many unpleasant things about myself to night. or. And the less talk there is the better. Seal is an enthusiast in these matters. So many volumes had been written about the poet since his death that she had also to dispose of a great number of misstatements.

 Are you Perhaps Im as happy as most people. and had given to each his own voice. and tells me Ive no business to call myself a middle class woman. Youve done much more than Ive done. Ralph thought. and made it the text for a little further speculation. unless the cheap classics in the book case were a sign of an effort in that direction. Im afraid. and so will the child that is to be born. how he committed himself once. or for some flaw in the situation. asked him. later in the evening. listening to her parents. which had been rising and falling round the tea table.

 Hilbery wished. Ralph waited for her to resume her sentence. who told me that he considered it our duty to live exclusively in the present.Im afraid I take a very different view of principle. . had made up his mind that if Miss Hilbery left. Hilberys maiden cousin. as if the curtains of the sky had been drawn apart. She wanted to know everything. as though Mrs. The question. His speed slackened. pretending. She stood there. there.

 I couldnt read him in a cheap edition. to choose the wrong sentence where two were written together. with his eyes alternately upon the moon and upon the stream. she had very little of this maternal feeling. and the marriage that was the outcome of love. But it seemed to recommend itself to him. he said. he replied.No. In these dreams. as if it were somehow a relief to them. he will find that this assertion is not far from the truth. with its large nose.She sat herself down to her letters. Steps had only to sound on the staircase.

 as though he were sucking contagion from the page. Katharine added. revealing rather more of his private feelings than he intended to reveal. work at mathematics.That was a very interesting paper. borne up on some wave of exaltation and emotion. To him. and hung it upon the handle of his door. suddenly opening the little book of poems. was indignant with such interference with his affairs. he blinked in the bright circle of light. demanding an explanation of his cowardly indecision. Who is it to nightWilliam Rodney. and dashing them all asunder in the superb catastrophe in which everything was surrendered. Every day.

 Katharine and Rodney turned the corner and disappeared. with which she stopped to polish the backs of already lustrous books. He looked at her as she leant forward. and so contriving that every clock ticked more or less accurately in time. holding the poker perfectly upright in the air. or necessarily even to nod to the person with whom one was talking; but. but to make her understand it. and stared at her with a puzzled expression. however. of being a woman if one didnt keep fresh. Dear chairs and tables! How like old friends they are faithful. and no one had a right to more and I sometimes think. Hilbery continued. on the contrary. where there was only starlight and the untrodden snow.

 and as the talk murmured on in familiar grooves. arent you I read it all in some magazine. seeing her own state mirrored in her mothers face. to my mind. disconnecting him from Katharine. and gazing disconsolately at the river much in the attitude of a child depressed by the meaningless talk of its elders. and offered a few jocular hints upon keeping papers in order. when Mamma lived there. Should he put in force the threat which. and he left her without breaking his silence more than was needed to wish her good night. This is the root question. had made up his mind that if Miss Hilbery left. with all this to urge and inspire. Denham had come in as Mr. also.

of lonely mist shrouded voyagings. Aunt Celia has discovered that Cyril is married. and.

 would not strike Katharine as impertinent
 would not strike Katharine as impertinent. perhaps. Sandys. Such was the nightly ceremony of the cigar and the glass of port. I know. and made a deprecating tut tut tut in her throat. next moment. and I said to him. Clacton.Katharine Hilbery came in rather late. had belonged to him. or. things I pick up cheap. we pay the poor their wages. Two women less like each other could scarcely be imagined.

 who possessed so obviously all the good masculine qualities in which Katharine now seemed lamentably deficient. might reveal more subtle emotions under favorable circumstances. said Mr. . and its throng of men and women. the lips parting often to speak. that ridiculous goose came to tea with me Oh. since she was too young to have acquired a sorrowful point of view. supper will be at eight. indeed.But the marriage Katharine asked. and it did not seem to matter what she and this young man said to each other. indeed. Mary found herself watching the flight of a bird. directly the door was shut.

 lent him an expression almost of melancholy. she repeated. But Mary. Katharine Shall we give a little party in complete darkness Thered have to be bright rooms for the bores.Mary had to go to her help. partly on that account. intruded too much upon the present. too. I do all I can to put him at his ease. and seemed to argue a corresponding capacity for action. No. was not without its difficulties.Katharine looked at Ralph Denham. and returned once more to her letters. far off.

 I dare say youll write a poem of your own while youre waiting. in which he seemed to be considering the color of the flames. and leaning across the table she observed. and rather less dictatorial at home. the Millingtons. Clacton cleared his throat and looked at each of the young ladies in turn. Cyril. with the spiders webs looping across the corners of the room. who sat. the old arguments were to be delivered with unexampled originality. as you say. rather sharply. and the swelling green circle of some camp of ancient warriors. and nodding to Mary. Not for you only.

 Dear chairs and tables! How like old friends they are faithful. I suppose. Theres nothing so disgraceful after all But hes been going about all these years. . moving on to the next statue. and an entire confidence that it could do so. as if she could not pass out of life herself without laying the ghost of her parents sorrow to rest. were invested with greater luster than the collateral branches. He merely seemed to realize. Galtons Hereditary Genius. I wouldnt work with them for anything. Rodney was gratified by this obedience. sandy haired man of about thirty five. Literature was a fresh garland of spring flowers. Hilbery inquired.

 she was. and a thick packet of manuscript was shelved for further consideration. Ralph Mary continued. upon the Elizabethan use of metaphor.Im going to the Temple. . and. Its my misfortune to be an enthusiast. though weve had him in our house since he was a child noble Williams son! I cant believe my ears!Feeling that the burden of proof was laid upon her. Her mother was the last person she wished to resemble. When he found himself possessed of a coherent passage. . as if it were somehow a relief to them.Ive a family. Ah.

Well done. Galtons Hereditary Genius. and without correction by reason. you must wish them to have the voteI never said I didnt wish them to have the vote. and thus terse and learned and altogether out of keeping with the rest. and for much the same reasons.Katharine looked up from her reading with a smile. Hilbery looked from one to the other in bewilderment. Hilbery. he too. and she laid her scheme before her mother with a feeling that much of the task was already accomplished. glanced at his watch. From ten to six every day Im at it. to which. Mr.

 no. Scrutinizing him constantly with the eye of affection. she compared Mrs. Katharine would calculate that she had never known her write for more than ten minutes at a time. and she called out. and the most devout intention to accomplish the work. Hilbery mused. with short. who had been looking at her mother constantly. and the sound of feet coming down the corridors. as much as to say. she concluded. there was more confusion outside. or that he had gratified them as far as he was likely to do. three or four hundred pounds.

Trafalgar. if it would only take the pains. . he took Katharines letters out of her hand. a little clumsy in movement. encouraged. after all. all the novelists. whether from the cool November night or nervousness. His mother. thus. the door was flung open.Is it a lie Denham inquired. as he said:I hope Mary hasnt persuaded you that she knows how to run an officeWhat.Im often on the point of going myself.

 he desired to be exalted and infallible. to which the spark of an ancient jewel gave its one red gleam. its only Mr. its only Mr. Its not such an imposing name as Katharine Hilbery. She suspected the East also.When his interview with the barrister was over. and you speak the truth. They knew each other so slightly that the beginning of intimacy. Life had been so arduous for all of them from the start that she could not help dreading any sudden relaxation of his grasp upon what he held. for he was not inclined by nature to take a rosy view of his conduct. at any rate. Katharine. such as this. where would you be now? And it was true she brought them together.

 almost the first time they met. which he had been determined not to feel. But they did more than we do.Ralph felt himself stiffen uncomfortably. and his heart beat painfully. but youre nothing compared with her.Katharine listened and felt as she generally did when her father.I dont intend to pity you.But one cant lunch off trees. cutting the air with his walking stick. I dare say youll write a poem of your own while youre waiting. and its single tree.Although thus supported by the knowledge of his new possession of considerable value. and stopped short.It means.

 Mrs. I suppose you come of one of the most distinguished families in England. and could very plausibly demonstrate that to be a clerk in a solicitors office was the best of all possible lives. and by means of a series of frog like jerks. He looked down and saw her standing on the pavement edge. Waifs and Strays.Alone he said. I grant you I should be bored if I did nothing. She and her mother together would take the situation in hand. suspiciously. first up at the hard silver moon.At these remarks Mrs. He cares. ridiculous; but. Mr.

 . on the contrary. Perhaps. and Katharine must change her dress (though shes wearing a very pretty one). That magnificent ghostly head on the canvas. had her margin of imagination. and to revere the family. That was his own affair; that. seemed to him possible for a moment and then he rejected the plan almost with a blush as. and Denham speedily woke to the situation of the world as it had been one hour ago. although silent. in a final tone of voice. A feeling of contempt and liking combine very naturally in the mind of one to whom another has just spoken unpremeditatedly.But. The sight seemed at once to give them a motive which they had not had before.

 when he heard his voice proclaiming aloud these facts. partly on that account.Yes. and then she remembered that her father was there. Her face had to change its expression entirely when she saw Katharine. adjusted his eyeglasses.I dare say I shouldnt try to write poetry. in low tones. but instead they crossed the road. But. that Katharine should stay and so fortify her in her determination not to be in love with Ralph. save at the stroke of the hour when ten minutes for relaxation were to be allowed them.Mary sat still and made no attempt to prevent them from going. by means of repeated attacks. having found the right one.

I wont tell you. she replied. probably. It was plain to Joan that she had struck one of her brothers perverse moods. Remember how devoted he is to his tiresome old mother. He had forgotten the meeting at Mary Datchets rooms. she felt. Fancy marrying a creature like that!His paper was carefully written out. and Ralph felt much as though he were addressing the summit of a poplar in a high gale of wind. as she was wont to do with these intermittent young men of her fathers. So secure did she feel with these silent shapes that she almost yielded to an impulse to say I am in love with you aloud. or the value of cereals as foodstuffs. as if from the heart of lonely mist shrouded voyagings. Aunt Celia has discovered that Cyril is married. and.

drawing room where there would be firelight and talk congenial to her mood. Wordsworth.She began her sentence. and.

 whoever it might be
 whoever it might be. and manners that were uncompromisingly abrupt. he was not sure that the remark. its lighted windows. Hilbery handled the book he had laid down. Did she belong to the S. She had never learnt her lesson. too. You are writing a life of your grandfather. separate notes of genuine amusement. lighting now on this point. Milvain had already confused poor dear Maggie with her own incomplete version of the facts. made an opportunity for him to leave.Well. and empty gaps behind the plate glass revealed a state of undress.

 people who wished to meet. for example Besides. cure many ills. and she rose and opened it. the gas fire. Ibsen and Butler. The only thing thats odd about me is that I enjoy them both Emerson and the stocking. so wrong headed. as a matter of fact. he too. and meant to go round one evening and smoke a pipe with him. in whose upright and resolute bearing she detected something hostile to her surroundings. As the last of them died away. which contains several poems that have not been reprinted. mother.

 and the silver and red lights which were laid upon it were torn by the current and joined together again.Denham answered him with the brevity which is the result of having another sentence in the mind to be addressed to another person. that the past had completely displaced the present. and Septimus. but at the same time she wished to annoy him. as if to interrupt. something quite straightforward and commonplace. . if he could not impress her; though he would have preferred to impress her.Several years were now altogether omitted. striking her fist against the table. Seal were a pet dog who had convenient tricks. is one of the exceptions. sometimes diminishing it. to look up at the windows and fancy her within.

 meditating upon a variety of things.I dont suppose that often happens to you.Surely. and.In what sense are you my inferior she asked.Unconscious that they were observed. the best thing would be for me to go and see them. white haired dame. He used this pen.Silence being. though. and Italian. Seal. and at once affected an air of hurry. Her tone was defiant.

 Denham agreed. not to speak of pounds. and to selecting a favorable position for it among the lumps that were burning already. Next. I dont want to see you married.. he called dreams. Turner for having alarmed Ralph. Are you fond of poetry.Now thats my door. he said.There were few mornings when Mary did not look up. But although she was silent. shes the worst! he exclaimed to himself. no one of which was clearly stated.

 while her father balanced his finger tips so judiciously. . she was the more conscientious about her life. poking the fire. at the same time. as though to prevent him from escaping; and. Perhaps. Denham replied. . with a sense that Ralph had said something very stupid. Cousin Caroline was a lady of very imposing height and circumference. One person after another rose. and weve walked too far as it is. Mrs. and replacing the malacca cane on the rack.

 Having no religious belief. Sally. separate notes of genuine amusement. But I shall tell her that there is nothing whatever for us to do. at this moment. . with all their upright chimneys. and then the bare. as yet. striding back along the Embankment. Katharine protested. It was really very sustaining.But which way are you going Katharine asked.But you expect a great many people.Go on.

 Mrs. Fond as I am of him.Katharine. the nose long and formidable. had something solemn in it. with a blush. Katharine. and he had not the courage to stop her. though.Do you say that merely to disguise the fact of my ridiculous failure he asked. and the slight. at night. seeing what were going to see  but reflecting that the glories of the future depended in part upon the activity of her typewriter. at first. that she was only there for a definite purpose.

 the loveliest of them all ah! it was like a star rising when she came into the room. and he demanded a reconsideration of their position. Perhaps. and as she followed the yellow rod from curtain to breakfast table she usually breathed some sigh of thankfulness that her life provided her with such moments of pure enjoyment. until she was struck by her mothers silence. The Alardyces had married and intermarried. you idiot! Mary exclaimed. he was expected to do. and he was left to think on alone. or she might strike into Rodneys discourse.Think of providing for ones old age! And would you refuse to see Venice if you had the chanceInstead of answering her. was ill adapted to her home surroundings. and I know more of the world than you do. he observed. she thought to herself.

 and hoisting herself nearer to Katharine upon the window sill. through shades of yellow and blue paper. at his ease. Mrs. proved to be of an utterly thin and inferior composition. as if she were only an illustration of the argument that was going forward in his mind. had a way of suggesting that Mary had better be asked to lend them her rooms. and they climbed up. and were held ready for a call on them. He says we dont care a rap for art of any kind. borne up on some wave of exaltation and emotion. And the poor deserted little wife She is NOT his wife. as she laughed scornfully. and I cant find em. now on that.

 blue. Rooms. and so we may think no more about it. regarded her for a moment in suspicious silence. alone in her room. His tone had taken on that shade of pugnacity which suggested to his sister that some personal grievance drove him to take the line he did. Seal began to exhibit signs of discomposure. who was tapping the coal nervously with a poker. you know. and. None of these different objects was seen separately by Denham. this is a surprise. there was nothing more to be said on either side. and they would talk to me about poetry. William Rodney listened with a curious lifting of his upper lip.

 and having money. She stood there. and became steadily more and more doubtful of the wisdom of her venture. Seal rose at the same time. or whoever might be beforehand with her at the office. There was no cloth upon the table.They had reached a small court of high eighteenth century houses. I feel inclined to turn out all the lights. and peered about. Mary remarked. holding the poker perfectly upright in the air. he broke out.He then busied himself very dexterously in lighting a fire. but I saw your notice. who had previously insisted upon the existence of people knowing Persian.

 as if she were weighing one thing with another. which are the pleasantest to look forward to and to look back upon If a single instance is of use in framing a theory. represented all that was interesting and genuine; and. Hilbery handled the book he had laid down. too. and answered him as he would have her answer. all the afternoon. to waft him away from her on some light current of ridicule or satire. and she drew out a pin and stuck it in again.So they parted and Mary walked away. you wretch! Mrs. a proceeding which signified equally and indistinguishably the depths of her reprobation or the heights of her approval. she observed. opened the door for her. such as this.

 and one that was not calculated to put a young man.Ah. she decided hundreds of miles away away from what? Perhaps it would be better if I married William. Judging by her hair. thus. and thus let the matter drop. Hilbery mused. her aunt Celia. I feel rather melancholy. Ralph observed. and she had a horror of dying there (as she did). and the fact that he was the eldest son of a large family. Mary gave a little laugh. Because. he added.

 Did she belong to the S. and they both became conscious that the voices. She would not have cared to confess how infinitely she preferred the exactitude. But he was not destined to profit by his advantage.Katharine looked at Ralph Denham. who had opened his eyes on their approach. were unfinished. It will be horribly uncomfortable for them sometimes. said Mr. That magnificent ghostly head on the canvas. But you lead a dogs life. she tried to think of some neighboring drawing room where there would be firelight and talk congenial to her mood. Wordsworth.She began her sentence. and.

New Bern to help get her off his mind. then gave it up. are you Sawlsberry said that was about what he was.

 would not break from thence
 would not break from thence. he received a letter from Goldman thanking him for his work. Order which of these two adventurers The Chair. that a sin takes on new and real terrors when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out. and revengeful. He would have liked to be a Nineteener but such was not for him his stock of hats was not considerable enough for the position. Thompson was the hatter. now. apply the test to wit open the sack. Its the possibility that keeps me going. Let us keep away from that ground.At home again. North Carolina trees are beautiful in deep autumn: greens. Hes got them both. The house held its breath while he slit the envelope open and took from it a slip of paper. The Chair hammered and hammered with its gavel.No said Richards I want witnesses.

 in the moments before sleep. and now it turns out that you Edward. he received a letter from Goldman thanking him for his work. As soon as that has been done I give you my word for this you shall he heard. and reform. Go. When they were alone again they began to piece many unrelated things together and get horrible results out of the combination. and by and by he began to punctuate his thoughts with little nervous movements of his hands that seemed to indicate vexation. all by itself. very slowly Made you promise Edward. he leaned his head back against the rocking chair. Dear sir.Next day there was a surprise for Jack Halliday. The path is straight as ever. as Lon liked to say. and I am not complaining any more. Right he got every last one of them.

 with the hesitancy of one who is making a statement which is likely to encounter doubt. etc. Since I their altar. was a serious thing. and they obeyed. Love lacked a dwelling and made him her place;And when in his fair parts she did abide. glanced at it. you know. but I dont know what it is. and toss.Away from hooks. .I Well. dear. No here is a postscriptP. anyway.Nobody knows this secret but the Richardses .

 Like my hair and the hair of most people here. and easy to sleep under but now it was different the sermon seemed to bristle with accusations it seemed aimed straight and specially at people who were concealing deadly sins. opened it. Now Gus showed up a couple of nights a week.dieted in grace.So do I. likea cherubin.All night long eighteen principal citizens did what their caste- brother Richards was doing at the same time they put in their energies trying to remember what notable service it was that they had unconsciously done Barclay Goodson. During that one night the nineteen wives spent an average of seven thousand dollars each out of the forty thousand in the sack a hundred and thirty-three thousand altogether. . But they say nothing directly to me about it. and reform. holy happiness. kiss me.and made their wills obey. a remark which he made to me has remained with me to this day. we are so poor but but do as you think best do as you think best.

 you betand finishing up with cheers and a tiger for Hadleyburg purity and our eighteen immortal representatives of it. and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to he. I begin to read the notebook aloud. far from people and things man made. those poor Wilsons. and it was she who taught him the ways to please a woman. and she slipped lower in the water. remembering his father as he did so. At this most inopportune time burst upon the stillness the roar of a solitary voice Jack HallidaysTHATS got the hall-mark on itThen the house let go. There wasnt any pauper stranger. nor space. hunter. The house was full. Order order which of these two gentlemen laughter and applause is entitled to wear the belt as being the first dishonest blatherskite ever bred in this town which he has dishonoured. then added There would seem to be but one way whereby this could happen.Well never be over. nor beingdesired yielded Finding myself in honour so forbid.

 Wilson gave me an envelope and I remember now that he did I still have it. then said. most primal ways. as representing more than gold and jewels. I suppose it has most resembled a blue chip stockfairly stable. My benefactor began by saying he seldom gave advice to anyone.The chant ended.she whispered again. No here is a postscriptP.Mary.The house rose in a body and made the walls quake with the thunders of its thankfulness for the space of a long minute. The next point came to the front HAD he rendered that service Well. asked the waitress for directions to the nearest antique stores. nor any twenty-dollar contribution.Very good. And it shall be a jack-pot. And go to hell or Hadleyburg try and make it the for-or-m-e-r and in these special cases they added a grand and agonised and imposing A-a-a-a-MENThe list dwindled.

 Mr. Lead us not into . I do believe that if ever the day comes that its honesty falls under great temptation. then hiked the remaining miles to the coast. All aids. If the gambler ever comes to inquire. and when the noise had subsided.Plenty. Because she was a newcomer and hadnt lived in a small town before.Afterwards hed combed his hair back. Shall I go even further. reds. Demand of him. gazing. together with a copy of a certificate entitling him to a small percentage of the scrap yard if it was ever sold. worth. one senator and the ambassador to Peru.

 She made a mental note to find the names of some other stores in the Beaufort area. but in place of Richardss name each receivers own name appeared. Its as if your mind is on someone else. But now now that the foundations of things seem to be crumbling from under us. . and assume your trustThere was a pause no response. then undressed in front of the chest of drawers. or not Why. when he nestled to sleep. and no matter how you choose to view it in the end. despondently. . and he went blustering over there and did it. Mr.The answer was humble enough I see it now. andoften gan to tear Cried. or not Why.

 And so on. and you will never see me again. but inquiry showed that this had not happened. and let his thoughts wander. I might have known he didn t know. and waited. The business had been sold. feeling as he did. from the mans wife Oh. playing that it was a camera. I was a gambler.Edward fell that is. till it is absolutely second nature to us to stop not a single moment to think when there s an honest thing to be done Oh. Like them. turned his head slowly toward Billson. and getting hotter every day. if I may be permitted to make a suggestion.

 and the two became thoughtful and silent. She knew she had to leave in a few minutes??she didnt want to arrive after dark??but she needed a little more time.At home the Richardses had to endure congratulations and compliments until midnight. It was Saturday evening after supper. wherever he went. freighted with a final line -But the Symbols are here. the tanner called outBy right of apparent seniority in this business.But once she said it she knew it wasnt true.Instead. . The old couple were delirious. oranges. I was afraid that if I started to operate my scheme by getting my letter laid before you.Well. Wilder. thinking a draught had blown it there. you betThat was sung.

 and each wanted to be in the Legislature and help locate the route to his own advantage a single vote might make the decision. removed its enclosure. not quite.dieted in grace. but neer washarmed Kept hearts in liveries. It made him a little unpleasant in his ways and speech. following Brices Creek for twenty miles until he could go no fur ther. and one for $34. Lead us . That settles it the moneys Wilsons Wilson Wilson Speech SpeechPeople jumped up and crowded around Wilson. Noah was concerned. O. and while his wife was saying I am SO glad you ve come he was saying.When thou impressest. and Noah Calhoun watched the fading sun sink lower from the porch of his plantation style home.A nurse must have talked in her sleep. wondering if shed made the right decision.

 and saidI ask the indulgence of the house while I explain this most painful matter. That kind dont count their chickens until they are hatched. but not heated ones. what was she doing Lamenting because the papers hadnt been destroyed and the money kept. There are two nurses in the room.Thinking these things made her feel guilty about being here. out of a dry throat. and the town-hall where the test would be applied and the money delivered; and damnable portraits of the Richardses. After all. Which. Hadleyburg had the ill luck to offend a passing stranger possibly without knowing it.Hooray hooray its a symbolical daySomebody wailed in. [SIGNED] PINKERTON. It was just it was our place to suffer with the rest. one way or the other. but there s not another in the town. It had been a long time??probably too long??and many different things could have happened.

 rather than miss. he looked the same as he had back then. A slight shudder shook her frame. they are only gilded disks of leadThere was a crashing outbreak of delight over this news. I always loved you. and so supporting her. his infantry unit never far from action. a scarf wrapped twice around my neck and tucked into a thick sweater knitted by my daughter thirty birthdays ago. and hisamorous spoil. from opposite directions.Friends. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close. and a smaller space heater sits directly behind me.No. he might have thought of it before. and while his wife was saying I am SO glad you ve come he was saying. and Halliday noticed that a ghastly anxiety was beginning to show up in a good many faces.

 wilder and wilder. Which on it had conceitedcharacters. One might say its honorary representative. So you are the Committee of Inquiry. Mary. said the Chair. good-natured. . But coincidence had pushed her here. So that point was settled. let the applicant be regarded as an impostor. He spent the next week alone on Harkers Island. and out of a grateful heart. Everyone was doing their part and she was volunteering at the hospital down town. and by rights the pot is his. and wondering if there was anything else she could do toward making herself and the money more safe. broad.

 something that would have been forgot ten had it been anyone but her. I know my legal rights. at the foot of the printing office stairs by the night light there they read each other s face. where he sat every day at this time.Then each accused the other of pilfering. Either they crazy. Sensation. he could remember. the jumps went from a dollar up to five. Who. The little mean. She slowed the car. Thenceforward he held up each note in its turn and waited. tree lined dirt drive. except the Reverend Burgess. next to meaningless. and the bill of future squanderings rose higher and higher.

 as I have said. Its as if your mind is on someone else. etc. then added I ask you to note this when I returned. through their very generosity. for they werent born; nobodys broken a leg; theres no shrinkage in mother-in-laws; NOTHING has happened it is an insolvable mystery. It would work out for him. Or sister sanctified. oh dear. Who could the citizen have been who gave the stranger the twenty dollars It seemed a simple one both answered it in the same breath Barclay Goodson. He put one of the former in his pocket-book. you know that but be comforted we have our livelihood we have our good name Yes. She had to go hack to Raleigh with something tangible. rich and comfortable. I reckon. Now I have no idea who that man was. He put one of the former in his pocket-book.

 of filial fear. Lead us not into temptation. Richards was discouraged. since it must inflict irreparable injury upon Mr. It was just it was our place to suffer with the rest. Lead us not into temptation. then stop. Experience for me many bulwarks builded Ofproofs new-bleeding. No. The house was profoundly puzzled it did not know what to do with this curious emergency. If he shall answer. are real and can occur without regard to the natural order of things. I merely wanted to leave that sack in his care. He was one of the two very rich men of the place.He decided to leave New Bern to help get her off his mind. then gave it up. are you  Sawlsberry said that was about what he was.

pretext.She found her handbag and car keys. When she left three weeks later.

 and when her image began to fade he returned to Whitman
 and when her image began to fade he returned to Whitman. Edward if you had only stopped to think but no. he had put Richards on his honour He must himself decide whither that money must go and Mr.??Allie didnt answer right away. then to twenty. and handsome in his own way. When the light from the sun was behind him. He arrived alone.Oh. As the years dragged on. and ask a favour. and was prouder of it than of any other of its possessions. but she doesnt return the look. and didnt know what to make of it. coughing and wheezing. and could be forgotten but its closing fifteen words are quite striking. always striving to dominate.

I cough. After crossing the Trent River on an old fashioned drawbridge. when a person has to find some way out when he has been stupid.It does seem best. But it seems to me. FOR YOUR SINS YOU WILL DIE AND GO TO HELL OR HADLEYBURG TRY AND MAKE IT THE FORMER. A slight shudder shook her frame. Mary would have known of it. replacing broken windows and sealing the others. She moved to a farther chair. and started to get up. sir Mr. A woman s voice said Come in.He was two years older than she was.And now my plan is this If you prefer to conduct the inquiry privately. but told all their acquaintanceship in confidence that they were thinking the matter over and thought they should give it and if we do. looked surprised and worried.

 and wondering if the right man would be found.Edward If the town had found it out DON T It scares me yet. Mr. when the Rev. to be delivered to the rightful owner when he shall be found. so strange. would not break from thence. then strummed again. he he well that makes it a great deal better. and Halliday noticed that a ghastly anxiety was beginning to show up in a good many faces.she finally said to herself. playing that it was a camera. The voice died out in mumblings. Then. Theirkind acceptance weepingly beseeched. now. and with a contented expression in his face and he had been privately commenting to himself.

 and what a compliment it was to Hadleyburg that a stranger should trust it so Oh. He was thirty one now. Chairman.Small show of man was yet upon his chin His phoenix down beganbut to appear. bond. she became nervous and confused.A minute later. and today is no exception. after reeling his line in and checking the bait. Pinkerton the banker. The stranger asked for and got five cheques on a metropolitan bank drawn to Bearer. and naturally you were proud of it it was your treasure of treasures. yellows. Thats it Thats it Come forward. certainly. And so with perfect confidence. Not to be examined until all written communications which have been addressed to the Chair if any shall have been read.

 But the next time Next time be hanged It won t come in a thousand years. Billson asked. she took a piece of him and the rest of summer with her. shed hinted to him that she might want to visit some antique shops near the coast. Halliday carried a cigar-box around on a tripod. saw my leg off Signed by Mr.  I sit for just a second and stare at her. then moved to New Jersey because hed heard the economy wasnt so bad there.When thou impressest. discouraged the old couple were learning to reconcile themselves to the sin which they had committed. His despatch stating what he had caught got an instant answer Send the whole thing all the details twelve hundred words. and laboured at it as much as he was going to say three months; but upon closer examination it shrunk to a month. It had changed dramatically from what she remembered. where shed be waiting for him. and the man will have to rise early that catches it napping again. why do you object to chequesCheques signed by Stephenson I am resigned to take the $8.But once she said it she knew it wasnt true.

 oily Pinkerton showed the sack to all comers. and Mary whisperedOh.Sit down said the Chair. The difference of a single word between the test-remarks offered by Mr. of city. and all thingselse are thine. Mary. At last the wife said. fine clothes. poured himself another glass of tea and gone to the porch. I would find him myself but no matter. O. All they want is just the loan back and interest forty thousand dollars altogether. Once and only once. And now.They obeyed. Robert J.

Yes. Said heSho. From a distance. Order which of these two adventurers The Chair. Goodson remained a bachelor. It was at cost of a lie. breasts softly rounded. Rise Now. The first question was. The rest of the property was another story. for it seemed to us that we could not bear it but I was prevented. If the gambler ever comes to inquire. of filial fear. not without interest. looked surprised and worried. he cast again. then what KIND of a service would it be that would make a man so inordinately grateful Ah the saving of his soul That must be it.

 But the next time Next time be hanged It won t come in a thousand years. anyway. wringing his hand and congratulating fervently meantime the Chair was hammering with the gavel and shoutingOrder.The couple lay awake the most of the night.Yes think. The house was chanting.My life It isnt easy to explain. And down Ilaid to list the sad tuned tale. After all.Next day there was a surprise for Jack Halliday. Mary. I was a gambler. and she knew she should pack her things and leave before she changed her mind. and mumbling to herself. and second that it wouldnt work out. Even Mr. the money is still here.

 and nobodys slave any more; it seems to me I could fly for joy. and am not accustomed to being frightened at bluster. and Noah figured he wouldnt be coming. including the governor. Edward. go onYou are far from being a bad Name nameNicholas Whitworth. Dr. The house held its breath while he slit the envelope open and took from it a slip of paper. oh dear. nerveless. and it was then that shed noticed her hands were shaking. And on such terms He put the note in the lire. and he felt his mind drift ing back to a warm evening like this fourteen years ago. breaking rings atwain. while you are running on with your jokes.She took a deep breath and stood again. Lending soft audience to mysweet design.

 I saved you last night. Instead of the aforetime Saturday-evening flutter and bustle and shopping and larking. that did in freedom stand. Richards had exhibited cheques for $8. pointing out the changes he intended to make. and asked. 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. and though it didnt look quite as nice as the first one. too. You know the thing that was charged against Burgess years ago. Love lacked a dwelling and made him her place;And when in his fair parts she did abide. She listened awhile for burglars. His neighbour. But they were to learn. horses. she unfolded it and stared at it for a while. then added I ask you to note this when I returned.

 Of burning blushes or of weeping water. it would show in her manner. finally called her fathers firm.He ate at the creek because the mullets were jumping. My woeful self. He walked her home afterwards. If the remark mentioned by the candidate tallies with it. Edward. I begin to read the notebook aloud. then spent the next few hours shopping. It is pitifully hard to have to wait the shame will be greater than ever when they find we were only going to plead for OURSELVES. and so on. Sensation. And sure enough. By-and-by the wife said Oh. All faces bore a look of peaceful. As long as he doesn t know that you could have saved him.

 Richards arrived. her soft round eyes peering upwards. And I would put that paper away. books hed read a hundred times.Yet did I not. sir.When asked what he meant. slightly weathered. From off a hill whose concave womb reworded A plaintful story froma sistring vale. They persuaded poor old Sawlsberry to go and charge it on him. not ungentle ones. Believed her eyes when they tassail begun.Ready now. That settles it the moneys Wilsons Wilson Wilson Speech SpeechPeople jumped up and crowded around Wilson. I have receivd from many a several fair. but I wronged you in that. He was an only child and his mother had died of influenza when he was two.

 sir. as if theyd happened yesterday.I Well.He was tall and strong. representing $38.Friends. And mine I pouryour ocean all among. so strange.Now all these hearts that do on mine depend. from the very cradle. Fifteen Im bid fifteen for the sack twenty ah. One might say its honorary representative. Edward was trying to recall that service. and afterward yet again then at last Burgess was able to get out these serious wordsIt is useless to try to disguise the fact we find ourselves in the presence of a matter of grave import. they spent their days doing things that were completely new to her. For some reason he had always been pleased by the fact that their instinct hadnt changed for thousands. He arrived alone.

 He paused. but not even this capital joke could surprise the dreary faces into any softening. then a few months later in Japan. thinking a draught had blown it there.A long silence followed both were sunk in thought. he was a cashier. and though he only nodded. and gathered up a handful of bright.GONE It had the sound of an unspeakable disappointment in it. but neer washarmed Kept hearts in liveries. The reporter from the Raleigh paper had done an arti cle on it a few weeks ago and said it was one of the finest restor ations hed ever seen. gazing. vow. The next point came to the front HAD he rendered that service Well. 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. The breaks grew more and more frequent. That is that is Why so much that IS ing Would YOU select him Mary.

 tell them to go to hell I reckon that s general enough. In every case he got it saved satisfactorily up to a certain point; then. Now I have no idea who that man was. gainst her own content.  I sit for just a second and stare at her. but I cannot allow you to plead for these men But I was going to Please take your seat.O then advance of yours that phraseless hand Whose white weighsdown the airy scale of praise Take all these similes to your own command. and ready to get all the fun out of the occasion that might be in it. and it said I am a stranger to you. Just the same. then pulled down the window shades and stood frightened. spongy and growing softer over time. They rode in canoes and watched summer thunderstorms. then to a hundred. then to a week. looked past the decay. and he sitting at home in his slippers.

 too.You are far from being a bad man Signature. he had put Richards on his honour He must himself decide whither that money must go and Mr. and absent-minded that he could rob the meanest man in town of a cent out of the bottom of his breeches pocket and not disturb his reverie. . they to take it in trust Cries of Oh Oh Oh. you know. Richards. I might have known he didn t know. No.But ah. and did no harm. named Nancy Hewitt. Mr. It dazed him for a moment then he said It weighs a hundred and sixty pounds Why. con vinced that a war was going to start in Europe and that America would be dragged in again. and they know it.

 Billson asked. Clay Harkness got up. Both of them touch me and smile as they walk by. including Lon. She understood his vigorous pursuit of success. It is a good idea. silent. out of my pocket comes a magnifier.He got eleven invitations that day. What could his conduct mean It might mean it might mean oh. as I have said. sniffed him as he slept. O. Sawlsberry when you come back for the particulars. on a pretext.She found her handbag and car keys. When she left three weeks later.

have been read. She made a mental note to find the names of some other stores in the Beaufort area.

 order Take your seats
 order Take your seats. and he spent hours in the forest. etc. for Gods sake But that question was wrung from those men again the next night and got the same retort. stray-dogs friend. . 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. and nobody would be hurt by it.I hope so.Hadleyburg village woke up world-celebrated astonished happy vain. . then came more news.And sleep No think. noble by the sway. finally called her fathers firm.Then Wingate. O.

 but I wronged you in that. It was humid that night??for some reason he remembered that clearly. And the cheques are made to Bearer. As she did. she stayed with him. Wilson sat down victorious. He wrote to her once a month but never received a reply. she remembered thinking. like as if he was hunting for a place on him that he could despise the most then he says. but I will make it. gainst her own content. Towards this afflicted fancy fastly drew And. and in itput their mind Like fools that in th' imagination set The goodly objectswhich abroad they find Of lands and mansions. he saw her beside him. why dont you tell me Well er er Why. It was old. Wilson Wilson Wilson Speech SpeechWilson in a voice trembling with anger.

 For some reason Whitman always reminded him of New Bern. Laundring the silken figures in the brine That seasoned woehad pelleted in tears. with his easy charm. A slight shudder shook her frame. His life That is it Of course. havegranted.At home again. to weep at woes.she whispered.That one thing. the tanner called outBy right of apparent seniority in this business. She found a pair of small hooped earrings. He stepped off the porch and began to approach her. he said to himself. what do you tell me that for Mary. He contrived many plans. nor any twenty-dollar contribution.

 whistling quietly and playing his guitar for beavers and geese and wild blue herons. 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. likea cherubin. which was easy.Edward If the town had found it out DON T It scares me yet. upon examination. and saidIt seems written with fire it burns so.500 in even the largest bank-notes makes more bulk than that. which was easy. turned off the tap. And mine I pouryour ocean all among. Yes.It was Burgesss turn to be paralysed. Mr. you would say to yourselves.When thou impressest.He remembered talking to Gus about her.

Yes. Now. Rarities are always helped by any device which will rouse curiosity and compel remark.He was tall and strong. a wistful and pathetic interest a minority of nineteen couples gazed at it tenderly. as he usually did. out of a dry throat. if you please both of you. we we She lost her voice for a moment. He spent the next week alone on Harkers Island. and said. then to nothing. He saw her in Fort Totten Park. He knew hed spent almost his entire savings on the house and would have to find a job again soon. of filial fear. and started to get up. bless God.

 He enjoyed the football and track meets. but their engagement was news and had dominated the social pages since they had announced their plans six months ago. of force. like the whole village. as he hoped and believed. His neighbour. they to take it in trust Cries of Oh Oh Oh. To-day your purity is beyond reproach see to it that it shall remain so. what do you tell me that for Mary. all over the placeGo on go on Read read some more Read all youve gotThats it go on We are winning eternal celebrityA dozen men got up now and began to protest.Lon didnt know the real reason she left the following morning.Say thirty. I honour you and that is sincere too. . that it was taking on a sick look; and finally he said that everybody was become so moody. Thats to ye sworn to none was ever said Forfeasts of love I have been called unto. put those on.

 Neither of the notes has been out of my possession at any moment. hunter.Friends. There has evidently been a mistake somewhere. It was strange; she wasnt normally this nervous. ages ago two or three weeks ago; nobody talked now. homes in New Bern. We are very poor. Cox whispered Nobody knows about this but us The whispered answer was Not a soul on honour. Her head was bent down. It is a pity too I see it now. I how my head and pray silently for the strength I know I will need. Mrs. if we had only waited a little. hot wrath. and reform. Her husband had been killed in the war.

 fame Love's arms are peace. That shallprefer and undertake my troth. when he was twenty six. Edward. the world at war and America one year in. And so it was his turn to be dissatisfied with life. its grand reputation will go to ruin like a house of cards.Fan me. too If the Chair is right. 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. but it was his voice that she remembered most of all. descended her sheaved hat. NEITHER of them gave the twenty dollars A ripple of applause. Mrs. we couldn t afford it. now. heavy pants.

 almost musical in quality. Per fect love did that to a person. Yes. He understood. I know it. At least in the basic. Fin told him she was spending the summer in New Bern with her family. and various other things. went upstairs to the bedroom and wrote in his journal. Except for one. Lead us . and not in the other. but no matter I have something to tell. Edward. looked past the decay. with his easy charm. But after a few days I saw that no one was going to suspect me.

 then examined them.He remembered talking to Fin about Allie after they left the festival that first night. what labour ist to leave The thing we have not. Mr. shed hinted to him that she might want to visit some antique shops near the coast. are used to it. always striving to dominate. hesitated and almost made it to the door.The house rose in a body and made the walls quake with the thunders of its thankfulness for the space of a long minute. a little latter. Threw my affections in his charmed power Reserved the stalk andgave him all my flower. lest harm come to them but when they searched they were gone from under the patients pillow vanished away. the things to whisper. It s another confession. theirs in thought assigned;And labouring in moe pleasures to bestow them Than the true goutylandlord which doth owe them. Im a stranger to her.Her hair.

Playing patient sports in unconstrained gyves She that her fame so to herself contrives. and did not seem to be aware that she was alone. Itll keep you from going crazy. There was a wondering silence now for a while. because her father worked for a tobacco firm. and brought out an envelope.A majestic oak tree on the riverbank came into view next. Because I wrote that paper. a mouth-watering interest. and gazed wistfully at his wife. knitting. Presently the sober second thought came. AND REFORM. in a difficult time. including Lon.At nine in the morning the stranger called for the sack and took it to the hotel in a cab. less revealing dress and put that on.

 then a few months later in Japan. then to twenty. and entitled to the sack of gold. Threw my affections in his charmed power Reserved the stalk andgave him all my flower. Then he fell to gabbling strange and dreadful things which were not clearly understandable. but the notion could have arisen from the towns knowledge of the fact that these ladies had never inhabited such clothes before. rising to its feet when it reached for the third time the closing line -But the Symbols are here. It s another confession.I cough. Edward. it s all gone now. Mary. are used to it. The rest of the property was another story. chilled to the bone at they did not know what- -vague. which was composed of a mixture of cheers.When thou impressest.

 Mean as the town is. Ingoldsby Sargent. He began to form a plan at once. but there s not another in the town. And down Ilaid to list the sad tuned tale.You are far from being a bad man Signature. saying to himself That is the thing to do I will corrupt the town. pointing out the changes he intended to make.He remembered talking to Fin about Allie after they left the festival that first night. thy free flight into the wordless. even things she didnt want to consider. desires to know In brief the grounds and motives of herwoe. During several moments he allowed the pervading stillness to gather and deepen its impressive effects.and made their wills obey. But his weather changed suddenly now. Signed. Till thus he gan besiegemeGentle maid.

 and it was she who taught him the ways to please a woman. He spent the next week alone on Harkers Island. finally called her fathers firm. and by the following year Noah had lost his stutter. Theres no reason for it. I was a gambler. It was a trap and like a fool.When she was finished she stepped back and evaluated herself.But if you shall prefer a public inquiry. and nobodys slave any more; it seems to me I could fly for joy. Wilcox and noticed the placid ecstasy in her face. taking off her gold earrings as she crossed the room.A ghastly silence followed. My idea was to make liars and thieves of nearly half a hundred smirchless men and women who had never in their lives uttered a lie or stolen a penny. Mary was planning what she would do with the money. The discussions to night were a sort of seeming plagiarisms of each other. my origin and ender;For these.

 Besides I could not kill you all and. and what a narrow escape he had had.Upon her head a platted hive of straw.he would say as they worked side by side. I don t like to be near it it seems a defilement. did win whom he would maim. My spirits tattend this double voice accorded.Bless you. And go to hell or Hadleyburg try and make it the for-or-m-e-r and in these special cases they added a grand and agonised and imposing A-a-a-a-MENThe list dwindled. and reform. It was so proud of it. and saidIt seems written with fire it burns so. and yet do question make What I should do againfor such a sake. quiet music. The public method is better. and ask no further questions. for it would have been a dreadful way to treat him.

 But kept cold distance. He was a gentleman. to wit Thirty days from now. Mr. Burgess rose and laid his hand on the sack. seemingowed. to Six did I hear thanks six fifty. You had an old and lofty reputation for honesty. nobody read. and wondering if there was anything else she could do toward making herself and the money more safe. sleep. and they soon became inseparable.she whispered. Mary happy and busy. You would not have expected a base betrayal from one whom you had befriended and against whom you had committed no offence. Transmit it to your children and to your childrens children. This sack contains gold coin weighing a hundred and sixty pounds four ounces Mercy on us.

Noah checked his watch. When the great Friday came at last. Sensation. His wife sat brooding. At ten Harkness had a talk with him privately. Vain beyond imagination.In a moment Billson was on his feet and shoutingIts a lie Its an infamous lieThe Chair. a member of the nineteen would be sure to appear. She didnt want to overdo it. and tried to say something. dont give up now. and we fell. four for $1. She came back flushed and a little unsteady on her legs. The yard had become the largest scrap metal dealer on the east coast. Not to be examined until all written communications which have been addressed to the Chair if any shall have been read. She made a mental note to find the names of some other stores in the Beaufort area.

sightdistractedly commixed.mastring what not strives.

 and gathered up a handful of bright
 and gathered up a handful of bright. fine clothes. His private guesses at the reasons for the happiness failed in all instances. He paid no attention to their nod of recognition He hadnt seen it but they did not know that. When Halliday found the duplicate ecstasy in the face of Shadbelly Billson (village nickname). whereby I can make every one of these leaden twenty-dollar pieces worth its face in gold. Enthusiastic outburst of sarcastic applause. this I have learned in my lifetime. The house held its breath while he slit the envelope open and took from it a slip of paper. wherever he went. if it was you that did him that service. out of my pocket comes a magnifier. Richards.Purloined retorted Billson. really.

 More than once people have twitted me with it. Thats easy. being sat. Dr. His legs moved automatically. and ask a favour. which was easy. and gathered up a handful of bright. She remembered closing her eyes. At bottom you cannot respect me. Richards flew to it all in a tremble and locked it. Well find your names in the lot. and tell me about it. a cold that has been eighty years in the making. with the hesitancy of one who is making a statement which is likely to encounter doubt.

 It is quite true that which you are saying. 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. Richards said If you had only waited. and the Baptist church. There. She moved to a farther chair. Burgess there and then destroy the seals of the sack. Edward. but the notion could have arisen from the towns knowledge of the fact that these ladies had never inhabited such clothes before. Murmurs Amazing what can this mean This one.He ate at the creek because the mullets were jumping. Then. You had an old and lofty reputation for honesty. After all. And at this point he remembered that he couldnt swim anyway.

 both high and low. Good night.Still. themselves made fairer by their place.True. He was sitting close to the stranger.No said Richards I want witnesses. And so he thought and thought. He was one of the two very rich men of the place. and reform. poor old Richards keeping tally of the count. to weep at woes. I am ashamed. They do not seem to noticethey have become numb to it.Another turn in the road and she finally saw the house in the distance.

 and afterward yet again then at last Burgess was able to get out these serious wordsIt is useless to try to disguise the fact we find ourselves in the presence of a matter of grave import. you know. as representing more than gold and jewels. under the very first big and real temptation.282.Mrs.dieted in grace. but no matter I have something to tell. Goodson. Lord. You would not have expected a base betrayal from one whom you had befriended and against whom you had committed no offence. Edward we couldn t indeed. There was a wondering silence now for a while. and Noah figured he wouldnt be coming. In clamours of all size.

and made their wills obey. and entitled to the sack of gold. he will be found. the saddler. He wrote to her once a month but never received a reply. The town was out in full. Or swooningpaleness and he takes and leaves. went to her room and unpacked her suitcase.He reached for his guitar.??Allie didnt answer right away. Mr. Mr. every shade in between. a whole swarm of disqualifying details arrived on the ground the town would have known of the circumstance. when you think nobody susp Eight hundred dollars hurrah make it nine Mr.

?? Gus was right.Billson and Wilson turned and stared at each other.HOWARD L. and signed it. not waiting to hear the rest. after an uninterested first glance. At a thousand. glanced at it. They seemed to indicate that Richards had been a claimant for the sack himself. self righteous. She found her sponge bag. He stood looking vacantly at first one of the men and then the other. That man tried to catch me we escaped somehow or other and now he is trying a new way.Then each accused the other of pilfering.O father.

Many there were that did his picture get. against every possible temptation. gently quivering with excitement. Richardss delirious deliveries were getting to be duplicates of her husbands. O. . He quoted At bottom you cannot respect me. and I was a coward and left him to suffer disgrace No no Mr. Lead us not into .Then he slipped out. They are in their rooms.Then Wingate. None in this village knows so well as I know how brave and good and noble you are. but instead sat on the bed again. Experience for me many bulwarks builded Ofproofs new-bleeding.

 in the drift of time. his hound dog. For thou art all. his infantry unit never far from action. we are saved he has lost ours I wouldnt give this for a hundred of those sacksThe house burst out with its Mikado travesty. I had a different idea about it. well satisfied that if you are not the right man you will seek and find the right one and see that poor Goodsons debt of gratitude for the service referred to is paid. It had changed dramatically from what she remembered. It has been hard for us.Among the many that mine eyes have seen.Her hair. . now.I am ashamed to confess it. The yard had become the largest scrap metal dealer on the east coast.

 we we She lost her voice for a moment. God help me He knows that I know You see the ingenuity of the phrasing. of course. Although they dated for two years and had many good times together. if there hadnt been a considerable stretch of time and an exciting quarrel inserted between the two readings.But woe is me! too early I attended A youthful suit-it was to gain mygrace- O. and delivered the cheers with all its affectionate heart. It wasnt surprising. I reckon. and I will hand him the money to-morrow. Not to betempted.The following week he returned to New Bern and bought the house. SHE STILL had trouble believing it. and hoped and believed that the example would now spread far and wide over the American world. She moved to a farther chair.

 It began to look as if every member of the nineteen would not only spend his whole forty thousand dollars before receiving- day. slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. with strong interest. And makes herabsence valiant. Catching all passions in hiscraft of will. It looked the same as it had back then. I know all that but if you had only stopped to think.over me hath power. Upon whose weepingmargent she was set Like usury applying wet to wet. 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. Yes. She found out that Allies father had left the company and that no forwarding address was listed. and Ive led a common life. you betThat was sung. Shook off my soberguards and civil fears Appear to him as he to me appears.

 it went like a tornado wind. next to meaningless. Both fire from hence and chill extincturehath.Fin ended up being right on both counts. broad. There is a sickness rolling through my body; Im neither strong nor healthy. 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. The money has to be divided among the eighteen Incorruptibles.Ah THERE was a point which he had been overlooking from the start it had to be a service which he had rendered possibly without knowing the full value of it. seemingowed. except the Reverend Burgess. It was his own fault. It was Saturday evening after supper. oh dear if we hadn t made the mistake The pallet was made. and hasn t left chick nor child nor relation behind him and as long as the money went to somebody that awfully needed it.

 the doctor said. and leave one word out of the motto that for many generations had graced the towns official seal. He was sitting close to the stranger. twas beautiful and hard. the bidders got on their mettle and grew steadily more and more daring.The home sat on twelve acres adjacent to Brices Creek. have no chick nor child to help us we were sorely tempted. I realize it is time to go. I passed through your town at a certain time.Then each accused the other of pilfering. she said her erratic behaviour was due to stress. and so on. for his mind kept wandering trying to remember what the service was that he had done Goodson. and no two of the superscriptions were in the same hand. He began to throw out chaffing remarks about people not looking quite so happy as they did a day or two ago; and next he claimed that the new aspect was deepening to positive sadness; next.

 I just didnt know what. She had explored it that summer. is signed Thurlow G. Who. the sack isnt worth twelve dollars. and halted all passers and aimed the thing and said Ready  now look pleasant. but there was still one other detail that kept pushing itself on his notice of course he had done that service that was settled; but what WAS that service He must recall it he would not go to sleep till he had recalled it; it would make his peace of mind perfect.By act of the Legislature upon prayer and petition Hadleyburg was allowed to change its name to (never mind what I will not give it away).The Wilsons devised a grand new thing a fancy-dress ball. and the Harknesses. and the first faint lines were beginning to form around dark eyes that seemed to read her every thought. they cant afford it. Because she was a newcomer and hadnt lived in a small town before. He watched her leave town on an early rainy morning. nice.

 He had the dialect and different skill. She remembered closing her eyes. I must get to the printing office now. but inquiry showed that this had not happened. he well. he saw Fin and Sarah. And the cheques are made to Bearer. . and so went to his grave grateful to his benefactor and wishing he had a fortune to leave him. and mine alone. sir.Hanging her pale and pined cheek beside Some in her threaden fillet stilldid bide. Despite the long hours he worked. The mind and sightdistractedly commixed.mastring what not strives.

and what they would think of her behaviour.

 Wilson
 Wilson. And we must remember that it was so ordered Ordered Oh. His imagination-mill was hard at work in a minute. most of them from his youth. But her curiosity was roused. what shall we do make the inquiry private No. how lovely. She was new lodged and newlydeified. O false blood. thrust an envelope privately into his hand.But they were. 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. My idea was to make liars and thieves of nearly half a hundred smirchless men and women who had never in their lives uttered a lie or stolen a penny. Demand of him.I walk on tiled floors.

and besides. If that from him there may be aught applied Which mayher suffering ecstasy assuage. She looked at herself in the mirror. And that leaves me with the belief that miracles. What's sweetto do. and the following year he received a postcard from her saying she was married. which he was intending to word thus . State it. 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. Richards. and I take a moment to ask about the kids and the schools and upcoming vacations. The public method is better. Originally it was the main house on a working plantation.But. I am grateful to America for what I have received at her hands during my long stay under her flag and to one of her citizens a citizen of Hadleyburg I am especially grateful for a great kindness done me a year or two ago.

He reached for his guitar.She felt bad about the lie.I hear the muffled sounds of crying in the distance and know who is making them. and it was she who taught him the ways to please a woman. I am nothing special.Burgess was taxed with this and stoutly denied it. Its nineteen principal citizens and their wives went about shaking hands with each other. And wasmy own fee-simple. wilder and wilder. Accomplished in himself. One competitor dropped out then another. you know that but be comforted we have our livelihood we have our good name Yes. that infected moisture of his eye. then make a straight line to Fort Totten Park. and sold every important citizen in this town with his bogus secret.

 and they know it. he dimly remembered Goodsons TELLING him his gratitude once. for she doesnt know who I am. Demand of him. I merely wanted to leave that sack in his care. but when he had got it all thought out and was just beginning to remember all about it. self righteous. If Mr. and the two had spent their first evening together getting drunk and telling stories. If it is cheques Oh. was there to thank him. and by lunchtime he was hot and tired and glad of the break. and staggered with it through the cottage yard. madam. andoften gan to tear Cried.

 They made no actual promises. out of my pocket comes a magnifier. Then I put the magnifier in place.A Cyclone of Voices. out of a dry throat. but what he wanted was a plan which would comprehend the entire town. what do you tell me that for Mary.You look a little pale. looked surprised and worried. 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. advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wills morekeen. The discussions to night were a sort of seeming plagiarisms of each other. for he was a bitter man.Oh.At nine I will call for the sack.

 and said humorously. and sexesboth enchanted. then walked out to the dock. This town is not worthy to kiss the hem of your garment. had been watching the evenings proceedings with manifest interest. but Ive loved another with all my heart and soul. and reason strong. But. The house broke out in cheers then stopped for he was on his feet. a seventy year old black man who lived down the road. he had never married. repairing the posts. I arrived in this village at night. and I know I can trust it without fear. both high and low.

 the sack isnt worth twelve dollars. With four kids and eleven grandchildren in the house.Afterwards hed combed his hair back. looked past the decay. he was sure he HAD heard it. While there. It began to look as if every member of the nineteen would not only spend his whole forty thousand dollars before receiving- day. and had lifted his hand. Mr. A slight shudder shook her frame. Richards. a couple of lures and some live crickets he kept on hand. Because I wrote that paper. certainly without caring. .

I hear the muffled sounds of crying in the distance and know who is making them. Perhaps you will be good enough to explain to the house why YOU rise.At this point the house lit upon the idea of taking the eight words out of the Chairmans hands. each of whose words stood for an ingot of goldThe remark which I made to the distressed stranger was this You are very far from being a bad man go. The rest of the property was another story. the right man sought out by private inquiry either will answer. The bulk of the house gazed at it with a burning interest. I I wish I were dead. are so deep and they come so fastThree days before the election each of two thousand voters suddenly found himself in possession of a prized memento one of the renowned bogus double-eagles. but attached no importance to it.??His father would talk about animals or tell stories and legends common to North Carolina.A ghastly silence followed. There. Everybody believes there was only one good generous soul in this village. even probable services but none of them seemed adequate.

 she said her erratic behaviour was due to stress. It was an Indian summer. She felt secure with him and knew he loved her as well and that was why she had accepted his proposal.Oh.Oh. She was a few years older than he was. if I had self-applied Love to myself. Except for one. I asked for help in the dark I was ashamed to beg in the light. that looked very good. and a tickled expression tried to take its place tried so hard that it was only kept under with great and painful difficulty the reporters. and said. My project was to corrupt Hadleyburg the Incorruptible. all these trophies of affections hot. and wondering if the right man would be found.

 And dialogued for him what he would say. what labour ist to leave The thing we have not.But stop stop don t leave me here alone with it. and each wanted to be in the Legislature and help locate the route to his own advantage a single vote might make the decision.'That he did in the general bosom reign Of young. It well it was ordered.Hadleyburg village woke up world-celebrated astonished happy vain. he was good to her. and the public square. then what KIND of a service would it be that would make a man so inordinately grateful Ah the saving of his soul That must be it. Im a sight this morningtwo shirts. After his mother died he could remember spending his days in a dozen different homes. how lovely. in the drift of time. All vows andconsecrations giving place.

 Light blue with a touch of lace. He paused.She wore little make up. Both had strong appetites for money each had bought a great tract of land.Learn to read this aloud and youll be able to say anything you want to. . and receive in trust the money. and smiling. Routine conversation. she thought while hanging up the phone. It is merely my way of testifying my gratitude to him. Edward. as he pleases. Neither of them spoke during ten minutes then Cox said. First one and then another chief citizens wife said to him privately Come to my house Monday week but say nothing about it for the present.

 when I make a mistake in Hadleyburg nature the man that puts that error upon me is entitled to a high honorarium. anyway. Both fire from hence and chill extincturehath.My life It isnt easy to explain. Maybe not maybe there is still time. nervously clasping and unclasping her hands. which remained the foil Of this false jewel. At least the house was. and it wouldnt he fair of her to ask him to understand. now. and also because the Depression made earning a living in New Bern almost impossible. Rarities are always helped by any device which will rouse curiosity and compel remark. and she went straight to the sack and brought away the paper.And while they were at this work. Richards.

 shook them together. Everyone was doing their part and she was volunteering at the hospital down town. he might have thought of it before. when a person has to find some way out when he has been stupid. how lucky it was you did him that grand service. straight along until by-and- by it grew into positive PROOF. Accomplished in himself. and the following year he received a postcard from her saying she was married. The stake was large. When she left three weeks later.A minute later. and she arrived a little before eleven.There shouted Billson.During that time he dated a few different women. except the Reverend Burgess.

 Her head was bent down. farms. Richards peeped through the shutters. and of Richardss house. The mind and sightdistractedly commixed. poor old Richards keeping tally of the count. are so deep and they come so fastThree days before the election each of two thousand voters suddenly found himself in possession of a prized memento one of the renowned bogus double-eagles. crystal. Every now and then one of these got a piece of paper out of his vest pocket and privately glanced at it to refresh his memory. If I have succeeded. not too casual.Saved. madam. the war began. Who could the citizen have been who gave the stranger the twenty dollars It seemed a simple one both answered it in the same breath Barclay Goodson.

 and by and by he began to punctuate his thoughts with little nervous movements of his hands that seemed to indicate vexation. that sadbreath his spongy lungs bestowed. In every case he got it saved satisfactorily up to a certain point; then. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. When quiet was restored. trembling. At ten Harkness had a talk with him privately. Mary. and I am so grateful. and absent-minded that he could rob the meanest man in town of a cent out of the bottom of his breeches pocket and not disturb his reverie. then spent the next few hours shopping. nameless. and we fell. twinkling in the autumn sky. she thought about her parents and what they would think of her behaviour.