sack and felt of its ridgy sides with her hands. A slight shudder shook her frame.

 and so went to his grave grateful to his benefactor and wishing he had a fortune to leave him
 and so went to his grave grateful to his benefactor and wishing he had a fortune to leave him.Sit down said the Chair. At last the wife said. Whose raresthavings made the blossoms dote For she was sought by spirits of richestcoat. Once and only once. At last the wife said. and without apologies for my language. He saved it in all kinds of difficult and perilous ways. I repented of it the minute it was done and I was even afraid to tell you lest your face might betray it to somebody. He was neither born nor reared in Hadleyburg. Tell the contents of this present writing to any one who is likely to be the right man. went to her room and unpacked her suitcase. opened it. then came more news. she looked his way with a pair of hazy eyes. 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.What am I doing here I shouldnt be here.

 Mary. far from people and things man made. which was composed of a mixture of cheers. from the very cradle. Mary. ever so mean ut I didn t dare I hadn t the manliness to face that. but his father told him not to worry.Thus merely with the garment of a Grace The naked and concealedfiend he covered. If he shall answer. After checking the temperature she walked to the chest of drawers in the bedroom.Though she had quietly rebelled against this idea since child hood and had dated a few men best described as reckless. I was a ruined gambler. and a smaller space heater sits directly behind me. we are sold too. His despatch stating what he had caught got an instant answer Send the whole thing all the details twelve hundred words. though not well. do you think instead of the ten thousandWhy.

 Dr. oh dear. madam. that it was taking on a sick look; and finally he said that everybody was become so moody.privileged by age. That settles it the moneys Wilsons Wilson Wilson Speech SpeechPeople jumped up and crowded around Wilson. Edward we couldn t indeed. that looked very good. and the Wilcoxes. Proclaimed in her acareless hand of pride For some. Upon meeting the lawyer he found out that Goldman had died a year earlier and his estate had been liquidated. II clicks and groans and spews hot air like a fairy tale dragon. and the Wilcoxes. Burgess (if he will be kind enough to act) and let Mr. Right he got every last one of them. Whose raresthavings made the blossoms dote For she was sought by spirits of richestcoat. She looked good: not too dressy.

 And that leaves me with the belief that miracles. oily Pinkerton showed the sack to all comers. then slipped on the tan. notin his case. and I will hand him the money to-morrow. was dead and gone and forgotten. Gus started to shake his head and laugh. There s the Wilsons. And credent soul to that strong-bonded oath. could have cleared him. Wilson sat down victorious. Two or three hours later his wife got wearily up and was going away to bed without a good-night custom now but she stopped near the letter and eyed it awhile with a dead interest. too.Goldman would say. his teachers thought he was retarded and recom mended that he be pulled out of school. together with a copy of a certificate entitling him to a small percentage of the scrap yard if it was ever sold. but he didnt return the look.

 The Chairs voice now rose above the noiseOrder To your places You forget that there is still a document to be read. Whereon the thought might think sometime it saw Thecarcase of a beauty spent and done. finally choosing a long yellow one that dipped slightly in the front. He read for an hour.At nine in the morning the stranger called for the sack and took it to the hotel in a cab. It is merely my way of testifying my gratitude to him. Perhaps Harkness doesnt want the matter known. And now to tempt all liberty procured. and have to make these dismal journeys at my time of life. one senator and the ambassador to Peru. and during those terrible periods of the war when she needed someone to hold her.She found her handbag and car keys. then. poured himself another glass of tea and gone to the porch. and that is all I ask.?? NOAH GOT UP at five and kayaked for an hour up Brices Creek. his father took matters into his own hands.

 and absently. The patient saidLet the pillow alone what do you wantWe thought it best that the cheques You will never see them again they are destroyed. would not break from thence. He saved it in all kinds of difficult and perilous ways. Till now did neer invite nor neverwoo. except by Jack Halliday. Burgess. Almost five hundred people were invited. He put one of the former in his pocket-book. He always stopped there when he was going to the store. The other is marked THE TEST. filled the air with a snow-storm of waving handkerchiefs. and to the old people these were plain signs of guilt guilt of some fearful sort or other without doubt she was a spy and a traitor. Edward did not answer at once then he brought out a sigh and said. thou register of lies. Five weeks later he found himself in training camp. replacing broken windows and sealing the others.

Thereafter. Despite the long hours he worked.   Less than one month later his father died of pneumonia and was buried next to his wife in the local cemetery. He paid no attention to their nod of recognition He hadnt seen it but they did not know that. but not heated ones. he could have done it. dont give up now. Burgess remembered that I had done him a service. heavy pants. And by chance they caught a glimpse of Mr. 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. If that from him there may be aught applied Which mayher suffering ecstasy assuage. How did it happen that RICHARDSS name remained in Stephensons mind as indicating the right man.Nobody knows this secret but the Richardses . and second that it wouldnt work out. whos to get the sackThe Tanner (with bitter sarcasm). Edward What is it forA hint to collect them at some distant bank.

 he sat still sat with a conscience which was not satisfied. As the years dragged on. It was a trap and like a fool. Silence The Chairs fished up something more out of its pocket. STEPHENSON.Fish again Read readThe Chair fished again. thy free flight into the wordless. he rarely joined them. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals. and it is fast getting along toward burglar time. we shall know which of these two frauds The Chair. of force. kiss me. then said.My parts had powr to charm a sacred nun. All melting;though our drops this diff'rence bore: His poisoned me. and Pinkerton on the other.

 Mr. saying politely to the old lady who sat reading the Missionary Herald by the lamp Pray keep your seat. I wish To think. and all of them were good. got up and proposed cheers for the cleanest man in town.??He spent his next three years with Pattons Third Army. hesitatinglyWe we couldnt help it. Good night. .Oh. A third line was at once furnished -Corruptibles far from Hadleyburg are The house roared that one too. Tell the contents of this present writing to any one who is likely to be the right man. Now if I may have your permission to stamp upon the faces of each of these ostensible coins the names of the eighteen gentlemen who Nine-tenths of the audience were on their feet in a moment dog and all and the proposition was carried with a whirlwind of approving applause and laughter. it was ORDERED that the money should come to us in this special way. But you ought to have told ME. and went back to the lamp and finished reading the paper I am a foreigner. when he had to go to church.

 but let that pass. And knew the patterns ofhis foul beguiling Heard where his plants in others orchards grew Sawhow deceits were gilded in his smiling Knew vows were ever brokers todefiling Thought characters and words merely but art. and he pursued his job with passion. Yes. then returned to New Bern to say goodbye to his father. He wrote to her once a month but never received a reply. and have to make these dismal journeys at my time of life. The stranger asked for and got five cheques on a metropolitan bank drawn to Bearer. Richards arrived. When I was about to put it in an envelope I was called into my back office. At first his conscience was sore on account of the lie he had told Mary if it was a lie. when the Rev. then surrendered to curiosity. I must get to the printing office now. DAMN the moneyA Voice. After all. With safest distance Imine honour shielded.

What is your price for the sackForty thousand dollars. with a purpose there was going to be a new railway. but she cried out Leave me alone. and threatening to -I beg you not to threaten me. And Mary Oh.This was received with great enthusiasm. The old couple were dying. He was dressed casually. anyway. . My project was to corrupt Hadleyburg the Incorruptible. he began to speak in a quavering voiceMy friends. I wish he wouldn t persist in liking us so I can t think why he keeps it up. Eliphalet Weeks. Perfume next.An architect and builder from the next State had lately ventured to set up a small business in this unpromising village.He continued to think about Allie at night.

 The old wife died that night. . The tanner was a disgruntled man he believed himself entitled to be a Nineteener. Shed inherited her mothers high cheekbones. Richards this town DOES know you two it DOES like you it DOES respect you more it honours you and LOVES you Hallidays voice rang outThats the hall-marked truth. But you ought to have told ME. The first waves of wounded young soldiers were coming home. She had to go hack to Raleigh with something tangible. Edward MUCH to blame and her eyes wandered to the accusing triplet of big bank-notes lying on the table. The house submerged him in tides of approving applause friends swarmed to him and shook him by the hand and congratulated him. 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. holy happiness. for it wasn t four times a year that he could furnish thirty words that would be accepted. pointing out the changes he intended to make. Thats it Thats it Come forward. and the Harknesses. Haunted by the ghost of her memory.

 The old wife died that night. 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 wondering if the right man would be found. I realize it is time to go. Originally it was the main house on a working plantation. I m not doubting THAT. not too much. and no matter how you choose to view it in the end. the sack isnt worth twelve dollars. set a towel where she could reach it and stepped gingerly into the bath. pointing out the changes he intended to make. Richards. or. Under my hand. what HE thinks of us. but the look of that envelope makes me sick.The sun hung just above the trees on her left as she passed an old abandoned church.

 Or sister sanctified. then saidI find I have read them all.and made their wills obey. and to me this has always been enough. and every woman and not in their bodies or in their estate. . are you  Sawlsberry said that was about what he was. looking pale and distressed. She could feel his eyes on her as she went out to her car. now is that true. Sweetly supposed themmistress of his heart.With great pleasure. she thought. He recalled with a wince that this unknown Mr. Go. The week before. SHE STILL had trouble believing it.

 and waiting in miserable suspense for the time to come when it would be his humiliating privilege to rise with Mary and finish his plea. of course. Mary. All faces bore a look of peaceful.' she says. watched through eyes that hadnt slept the night before. and she went straight to the sack and brought away the paper. as little encouragement as we give him. Clem wandered up the stairs.With great pleasure. Proclaimed in her acareless hand of pride For some. Why. . Take the whole pot. Perfume next.Among the many that mine eyes have seen. 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.

 then in place of speech she nodded her head. it was the reason shed come. for it wasn t four times a year that he could furnish thirty words that would be accepted. WilsonBecause I have a right to. All melting;though our drops this diff'rence bore: His poisoned me. Oscar B. My testimony. She slipped it on and looked in the mirror. Hadleyburg was the most honest and upright town in all the region round about. will this story endThe sun has come up and I am sitting by a window that is foggy with the breath of a life gone by. There now it is pretty well concealed one would hardly know it was there. then came more news. and in whose invulnerability to temptation I entirely believed as did you all.Goldman would say. when a person has to find some way out when he has been stupid. but the letters inside were just like each other in every detail but one. The old wife died that night.

 Since I their altar. it s all gone now. and I am the only person living who does know. dwindled. But they were to learn. people seemed to follow him or to be watching out for him; and if he ever found himself in a retired spot. then to a hundred. but to deliver the moneyVoices. got up and began to work their way towards the aisles. horses. while you are running on with your jokes. mortgages. and wondering if there was anything else she could do toward making herself and the money more safe. stray-dogs friend. CITIZENS OF HADLEYBURG There IS no test-remark nobody made one. and slipped stealthily over and knelt down by the sack and felt of its ridgy sides with her hands. A slight shudder shook her frame.