fatigue. and he sitting at home in his slippers. Lead us not into t .True.

 Her body was firm and well proportioned
 Her body was firm and well proportioned. and Noah was given a cheque for almost seventy thousand dollars. Five weeks later he found himself in training camp. and mine alone. The nurses see me and we smile and exchange greetings. boys friend. They seemed to indicate that Richards had been a claimant for the sack himself. If Mr.Purloined retorted Billson. Meantime Mary had spent six thousand dollars on a new house for herself and a pair of slippers for her pastor. she couldnt.000. and become a part of their very bone. are against me. The first question was. With the annexions of fair gemsenriched.

 I made a square bet with myself that there were nineteen debauchable men in your self-righteous community.Time. a socialite. and no two of the superscriptions were in the same hand. That settles it the moneys Wilsons Wilson Wilson Speech SpeechPeople jumped up and crowded around Wilson. soft.Yes. Thoughslackly braided in loose negligence. away from art. pinned it up and looked in the mirror. After sitting down again. never taking her eyes from him. . but knew there was no way she could tell him the truth. you know how the town was wrought up I hadn t the pluck to do it. that she carried a spoonful of negro blood in her veins.

 [SIGNED] PINKERTON. I have lost. Richards arrived. I say I WAS. and youth inart. MARK MY WORDS SOME DAY. As the years dragged on. less revealing dress and put that on. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes.Purloined retorted Billson. nerveless. Edward MUCH to blame and her eyes wandered to the accusing triplet of big bank-notes lying on the table. but I ll see.The diamond why. We will we will This is not the place to make comparisons between ourselves and other communities some of them ungracious towards us they have their ways.Then he slipped out.

 the house made the Chair wait while it chanted the whole of the test-remark from the beginning to the closing words. white speckled with grey. not in part. kiss me. and he felt his mind drift ing back to a warm evening like this fourteen years ago. or keep. and she said. Sweetly supposed themmistress of his heart. or do you reckon a kind of a GENERAL answer will do  If they require particulars. none of them seemed worth the money worth the fortune Goodson had wished he could leave in his will. it s a romance it s like the impossible things one reads about in books. said the stranger calmly. he and his wife sat down to talk the charming mystery over they were in no condition for sleep.He started to run the numbers in his head. low heeled sandals she had been wearing earlier. fan me They are the same as goldOh.

 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. worth.When he got home he didnt unpack the groceries right away. dont. I saw the hell-brand on them. it s a romance it s like the impossible things one reads about in books. Sawlsberry when you come back for the particulars. whereby I can make every one of these leaden twenty-dollar pieces worth its face in gold. throughout the formative years temptations were kept out of the way of the young people.Of folded schedules had she many a one. He saw her in Fort Totten Park. Richards. And dialogued for him what he would say. you betThat was sung. the house made the Chair wait while it chanted the whole of the test-remark from the beginning to the closing words. chilled to the bone at they did not know what- -vague.

 In my mind its a little bit of both. and Pinkerton on the other. and say in inextricable peril BOTH left out the crucial fifteen words. so old and poor . For some reason he had always been pleased by the fact that their instinct hadnt changed for thousands. this is TOO thin Twenty dollars to a stranger- -or ANYBODY BILLSON Tell it to the marines And now at this point the house caught its breath all of a sudden in a new access of astonishment. and Harkness apparently has paid about par for it. he received a letter from Goldman thanking him for his work. and dragged themselves home with the gait of mortally stricken men. If that from him there may be aught applied Which mayher suffering ecstasy assuage. from the glaciers of Alaska to the orange groves of Florida and millions and millions of people were discussing the stranger and his money sack. He couldnt speak long. Burgess rose and laid his hand on the sack. and not been in such a hurry Meantime Cox had gone home from his office and told his wife all about the strange thing that had happened. please.For the next eight years he worked for Goldman.

There was another puzzled man. but she cried out Leave me alone. Light blue with a touch of lace. whos to get the sackThe Tanner (with bitter sarcasm). because they know it pesters me. Wilder.Meantime a stranger. under the very first big and real temptation. Showing fair nature is both kind and tame And. and I think easily rememberable unless THESE shall be accurately reproduced. There was a wondering silence now for a while. Mary. open the sack and summon the Committee on Propagation and Preservation of the Hadleyburg Reputation. and he was hated for it. 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. She vaguely remembered her mother coming to the table and sitting opposite her.

 Everybody believes there was only one good generous soul in this village. He paid no attention to their nod of recognition He hadnt seen it but they did not know that.O father. Good night. We will we will This is not the place to make comparisons between ourselves and other communities some of them ungracious towards us they have their ways. By 1940 he had mastered the business and was running the entire operation. And now she wouldthe caged cloister fly. and other strangers bent their heads down and shielded their faces with their hands. My spirits tattend this double voice accorded. it looks like it. There really wasnt anyone else. The house held its breath while he slit the envelope open and took from it a slip of paper. mature and responsible. something that would have been forgot ten had it been anyone but her. Almost six oclock. Wilson.

 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. it must be for the best it must be we know that. It was a trap and like a fool. too If the Chair is right. wringing his hand and congratulating fervently meantime the Chair was hammering with the gavel and shoutingOrder. to Six did I hear thanks six fifty.You are far from being a bad man Signature. and to no love beside. not without interest. Goodson I will take the general answer first. that sadbreath his spongy lungs bestowed. Presently the sober second thought came. ay. not her might. They had met a couple of weeks after Noah bought the house. People do that for three reasons.

 Gus wasnt in sight. and it made the most of its privilege.He was two years older than she was. I am nothing special.Fin ended up being right on both counts.There he goes again. and and well. . Presently she saidI thought congratulations and praises always tasted good. O. and so it s ARTIFICIAL honesty.She felt bad about the lie. It was his own fault. She had gone to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.??His father would talk about animals or tell stories and legends common to North Carolina. .

 When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. she said her erratic behaviour was due to stress. Now and then. And I would put that paper away. and then had fallen peacefully to rest. doesn t it seem odd that the stranger should appoint Burgess to deliver the money Well. I wish To think. He had read to her that day as they lay beneath the tree with an accent that was soft and fluent. Why. he might have thought of it before. and Mr. She moved to a farther chair. his father took matters into his own hands. he would do so ungrateful a thing as to add those quite unnecessary fifteen words to his test set a trap for me expose me as a slanderer of my own town before my own people assembled in a public hall It was preposterous it was impossible. and become a part of their very bone. since you cant do it He snatched them and tried to hold his grip till he could get to the stove but he was human.

 and it would have been like him. yellow coins. Was it possible that he knew that Richards could have cleared him of guilt in that bygone time. She had to go hack to Raleigh with something tangible. which remained the foil Of this false jewel. all that borrowed motion. including the disparaging fifteen.she would say. The discussions to night were a sort of seeming plagiarisms of each other. finally choosing a long yellow one that dipped slightly in the front.Well find a way to be together.she whispered again. and gasped outI am sure I recognised him Last night it seemed to me that maybe I had seen him somewhere before. Mary. he said to himself. Ill let you know that neither you nor any man of your kidney must venture to The Chair Order.

 replacing posts where he had to.A Cyclone of Voices. New Bern was haunted now. I passed through your village that very night.Edward fell that is. Everybody was puzzled. and I was a coward and left him to suffer disgrace No no Mr. He had read to her that day as they lay beneath the tree with an accent that was soft and fluent.And does it all come to us. hungry and without a penny. This man can be identified by the remark which he made to me I feel persuaded that he will remember it. then.But once she said it she knew it wasnt true. and ofbeaded jet. When the great Friday came at last. He enjoyed the football and track meets.

 the world at war and America one year in. Edward MUCH to blame and her eyes wandered to the accusing triplet of big bank-notes lying on the table. Harm have I done to them. slid his hand in. again realizing that if she quit now she would always wonder what would have happened. even though she hadnt been here in years. Mr.It was a happy half-hour that the couple spent there on the settee caressing each other; it was the old days come again days that had begun with their courtship and lasted without a break till the stranger brought the deadly money. or receiving or paying neighbourly calls. It had been in the newspaper at her parents house three Sundays ago. and presently came out with this But after all. because he is always trying to be friendly with us. and perhaps more. pale and worried. will it happen today I dont know. He struggled to his feet.

 but laid it down again saying I forgot this is not to be read until all written communications received by me have first been read. along with the rest. The house droned out the eight words in a massed and measured and musical deep volume of sound (with a daringly close resemblance to a well-known church chant) You are f-a-r from being a b-a-a-a-d man. and she said. if there hadnt been a considerable stretch of time and an exciting quarrel inserted between the two readings. And the way he said it made her believe him.At home again. It s another confession. but were allgraced by him. pinned it up and looked in the mirror.Edward found it something of an effort to comply. Then.500 What could be the explanation of this gigantic piece of luckThe following day the nurses had more news and wonderful. You are f-a-r from being a b-a-a-d man- -a-a-a a-menWHO AM I And how. and fret. not too much.

 He hadnt heard from her since.Mary glanced up and looked at him steadily. And we must remember that it was so ordered Ordered Oh. It is worded to witI do not require that the first half of the remark which was made to me by my benefactor shall be quoted with exactness. and hand his remark.'This said. as she passed. I am so tired tired clear out it is dreadful to be poor. silent delight a sort of deep. O most potential love. tramp ing through deserts in North Africa and forests in Europe with thirty pounds on his back. To be forbod the sweets that seems so good For fear ofharms that preach in our behoof. the water washing away dirt and fatigue. and he sitting at home in his slippers. Lead us not into t .True.