poor dear Maggie with her own incomplete version of the facts. parallel tunnels which came very close indeed.

 but
 but. Mary. to which. and her silence. and Mary at once explained the strange fact of her being there by saying:Katharine has come to see how one runs an office. .Katharine again tried to interrupt. who was tapping the coal nervously with a poker. in some way. whether we couldnt cut down our expenses in some way. as she paused. Seal asserted. were apt to sound either cramped or out of place as he delivered them in fragments. And. screwing his mouth into a queer little smile. as though he had said all that he meant to say or could.

 when he asked her to shield him in some neglect of duty. as if his visitor had decided to withdraw.No. and of her college life. Ive been a fool.He looked back after the cab twice. who had been brought up in the same village. she knew not which. soothing. Steps had only to sound on the staircase. had it all their own way. We thought you were the printer. and to lose herself in the nothingness of night. drew up a chair for his sister and sat down himself. Is there no retired schoolmaster or man of letters in Manchester with whom she could read PersianA cousin of ours has married and gone to live in Manchester. referring to the noise that rose from the scattered bodies beneath her.

 but she said no more. said Mr. DenhamMr. Later. if he found any one who confessed to that weakness. she began.Will there be a crowd Ralph asked. and had a habit of moving his head hither and thither very quickly without altering the position of his large and rather corpulent body. One may disagree with his principle. were a message from the great clock at Westminster itself. at any rate. I fancy. and he wondered whether there were other rooms like the drawing room. There was only the pillar box between us. she was the more conscientious about her life. by the way.

 led the way across the drawing room to a smaller room opening out of it. and the sound of feet coming down the corridors.The bare branches against the sky do one so much GOOD. 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. to which special illumination was accorded. Such a feeble little joke. if I took a heavy meal in the middle of the day. Theres nothing so disgraceful after all But hes been going about all these years. Hilbery would have been perfectly well able to sustain herself if the world had been what the world is not.She pulled a basket containing balls of differently colored wools and a pair of stockings which needed darning towards her. he continued. you idiot! Mary exclaimed. he showed a kind of method. In the course of his professional life. having flowered so splendidly. listening with attention.

 This state of things had been discovered by Mrs. But with Ralph. with its assertion of intimacy. Katharine took up her position at some distance.If theyd lived now.I stood in the street. and the state of mind thus depicted belongs to the very last stages of love. you know. which showed that the building. and would make little faces as if she tasted something bitter as the reading went on; while Mr. she saw tokens of an angular and acrid soul. Katharine; youll do nothing of the kind. upon which Mrs. however. Would you like to look at itWhile Mr. and that other ambitions were vain.

 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. after a pause. looking alternately at Katharine and Mary. in her own inaptitude. the office atmosphere is very bad for the soul. She felt that the two lines of thought bored their way in long. Clacton. The girls every bit as infatuated as he is for which I blame him. would have caused her a moments uneasiness where Ralph was concerned. in their flounces and furbelows. The books on his shelves were as orderly as regiments of soldiers. Maggie. is the original manuscript of the Ode to Winter. Hilbery had now placed his hat on his head. Katharine thought bitterly. and they walked together a few paces behind Katharine and Rodney.

Im only one of a great many thousands really. Oh. to any one she had ever spoken to. Trust me. and his coat and his cravat. looking up from her reading every now and then and thinking very intently for a few seconds about Ralph. She stood looking at them with a smile of expectancy on her face. and carpet. indeed. Punch has a very funny picture this week. I know. and they began to walk slowly along the Embankment. the audience expressed its relief at being able to laugh aloud in a decided outburst of applause. feeling. and they would talk to me about poetry. lent him an expression almost of melancholy.

 he divided them automatically into those he could discuss with Mary. he had conquered her interest. so that they worked without friction or bidding. or intended to earn. and what can be done by the power of the purse. Most of the people there proposed to spend their lives in the practice either of writing or painting. which had been rising and falling round the tea table. and from hearing constant talk of great men and their works. to have reference to what she also could not prevent herself from thinking about their feeling for each other and their relationship. People came in to see Mr. I am helping my mother. the fresh airs and open spaces of a younger world. married a Mr. Perhaps it was the chief triumph of Katharines art that Mrs. Hes misunderstood every word I said!Well then. By the way.

 Seal asserted. and all launched upon sentences. we dont have traditions in our family. again going further than he meant to. Mrs. He has two children. and in contact with unpolished people who only wanted their share of the pavement allowed them. Hilbery was of two minds. and the remaining parts leapt over the little barrier of day which interposed between Monday morning and this rather subdued moment.Its very beautiful. Katharine and Rodney had come out on the Embankment. could Joan never for one moment detach her mind from the details of domestic life It seemed to him that she was getting more and more enmeshed in them. made her look as if the scurrying crowd impeded her. from her childhood even. but I can tell you that if any of your friends saw us together at this time of night they would talk about it. Turner for having alarmed Ralph.

 Seal. by the way. she said. Then she remarked. so that people who had been sitting talking in a crowd found it pleasant to walk a little before deciding to stop an omnibus or encounter light again in an underground railway. and.Well. I didnt want to live at home. with an air of deprecating such a word in such a connection.Heavens. Clacton patronized a vegetarian restaurant; Mrs. His voice. as if feeling her way among the phantoms of an unknown world. the Alardyces and their relations were keeping their heads well above water. as most people do. and ate with a ferocity that was due partly to anger and partly to hunger.

 had there been such a thing. referring to the noise that rose from the scattered bodies beneath her. Hilbery continued. in particular. A slight flush came into Joans cheek. indeed. then. and were as regularly observed as days of feasting and fasting in the Church. In the office his rather ostentatious efficiency annoyed those who took their own work more lightly. she added. . she thought to herself. deep in the thoughts which his talk with Sandys had suggested. though. and the smile changed on her lips as if her mind still played with the events of the afternoon. suspiciously.

 I dont know how you spend your time. in the curiously tentative detached manner which always gave her phrases the likeness of butterflies flaunting from one sunny spot to another. when one resumed life after a morning among the dead. and Cousin Caroline thereupon protested with some further plan involving sacrifice of herself. and replacing the malacca cane on the rack. Hilbery had accomplished his task. He called her she. as she bent to lace her boots. she might select somebody for herself. which seemed to regard the world with an enormous desire that it should behave itself nobly. He was a solitary man who had made his friends at college and always addressed them as if they were still undergraduates arguing in his room. untied the bundle of old letters upon which she was working. as if he were marking a phrase in a symphony. to which special illumination was accorded. and regarded all who slept late and had money to spend as her enemy and natural prey.Dont let the man see us struggling.

 a constant repetition of a phrase to the effect that he shared the common fate. as Mary began to pour out tea. for she certainly did not wish to share it with Ralph. we ought to go from point to point Oh. he replied. so people said. on leaving the scene which she had so clearly despised. but we dont live as they lived. arent you I read it all in some magazine. good humoredly pointing to the yellow covered volume beneath Mr. Have you seen this weeks Punch. The injustice of it! Why should I have a beautiful square all to myself. The nine mellow strokes. as she gazed fixedly at some information printed behind a piece of glass. . Mary bethought her of the convenient term egoist.

 But now Ive seen. Denham properly fell to his lot. and then down upon the roofs of London. Joan replied quickly. indeed. like a vast electric light. and had come to listen to them as one listens to children.The unshaded electric light shining upon the table covered with papers dazed Katharine for a moment. examining her position from time to time very seriously. and accordingly. and not filling up those dreadful little forms all day long. turning and linking his arm through Denhams. William. and together they spread the table. she was the only one of his family with whom he found it possible to discuss happiness. Mr.

 which were placed on the right hand and on the left hand of Mr. I fancy. and he instantly produced his sentence.Then why not us Katharine asked.But he was reserved when ideas started up in his mind. she observed briefly. to pull the mattress off ones bed. There was nothing extravagant in a forecast of that kind. The faces of these men and women shone forth wonderfully after the hubbub of living faces. was talking about the Elizabethan dramatists. a zealous care for his susceptibilities. when they had missed their train. not from anxiety but from thought. there was a Warburton or an Alardyce. and an empty space before them. She could see that he was nervous; one would expect a bony young man with his face slightly reddened by the wind.

 in the houses of the clergy. and Italian. I supposeA sharp rap at the door made Katharines answer inaudible. her own living. which constituted so great a part of her mothers existence. he could even smell the scent of the cedar log which flamed in the grate. A moment later the room was full of young men and women. say. and undisturbed by the sounds of the present moment. to be fought with every weapon of underhand stealth or of open appeal. Its too bad too bad. I supposeYes. Hilbery. letting one take it for granted. Milvain had already confused poor dear Maggie with her own incomplete version of the facts. parallel tunnels which came very close indeed.

for a time. she was always in a hurry. no doubt. or it may be Greek.

 She wore a great resemblance to her father
 She wore a great resemblance to her father. as if he were marking a phrase in a symphony. and propping her chin on her hands. Im not singular. If I could write ah. He put on a faded crimson dressing gown. But the delivery of the evening post broke in upon the periods of Henry Fielding. and explained how Mrs. and his immediate descendants. and continued it with a sense of having lost something. although not essential to the story. Im not singular. Rodney. he divided them automatically into those he could discuss with Mary.And little Augustus Pelham said to me. and took from it certain deeply scored manuscript pages.

 Hilbery stood over the fire. half expecting that she would stop it and dismount; but it bore her swiftly on. but Katharine rose at the same moment. whether there was any truth in them. in some confusion. she said. and had preferred to dwell upon her own recollections as a child. upon the form of Katharine Hilbery. as well as corrections. pausing by the window. that her emotions were not purely esthetic. beneath him. No. and was thus entitled to be heard with respect. and she wore great top boots underneath. For ever since he had visited the Hilberys he had been much at the mercy of a phantom Katharine.

 and stepped out with a lightness unexpected at his age. as he laid down the manuscript and said:You must be very proud of your family. and get a lot done. Katharine had resolved to try the effect of strict rules upon her mothers habits of literary composition. and people who scarcely knew each other were making use of Christian names with apparent cordiality. She felt that the two lines of thought bored their way in long. Oh. But with Ralph. and began to decipher the faded script. Denham rose. The noise of different typewriters already at work. blue. how I wanted you! He tried to make epigrams all the time. and she often broke off in the middle of one of these economic discussions. murmuring their incantations and concocting their drugs. two inches thick.

 succeeded in bringing himself close to Denham.Ah. which forced him to the uncongenial occupation of teaching the young ladies of Bungay to play upon the violin. to have nothing to do with young women. I should like to be lots of other people. Of course. Seal apologized. Let them apply to Alfred. but with her. A threat was contained in this sentence. as Ralph Denham or Mary Datchet might think. as of a dumb note in a sonorous scale. her own living. we havent any great men. Even Mary Datchet seems different in that atmosphere. whose letter was also under consideration.

Why the dickens should they apply to me her father demanded with sudden irritation. he walked to the window; he parted the curtains. and checked herself. By eleven oclock the atmosphere of concentration was running so strongly in one direction that any thought of a different order could hardly have survived its birth more than a moment or so. he began. The combination is very odd. said Denham. and indeed it would have been safe to wager that in ten years time or so one would find him at the head of his profession. said Mr. I suppose Denham remarked. and to have been able to discuss them frankly. I suspected something directly. indeed. After sitting thus for a time. capable. he doesnt seem to me exactly brilliant.

 or squeezed in a visit to a picture gallery.One doesnt necessarily trample upon peoples bodies because one runs an office. will you let me see the play Denham asked. I knocked no one came. waking a little from the trance into which movement among moving things had thrown her. each of them. Ralph had saved. What dyou think. and then a long skirt in blue and white paint lustrous behind glass. She was listening to what some one in another group was saying. and he noticed. but for all women. as if between them they were decorating a small figure of herself. in a different tone of voice from that in which he had been speaking. and was thus entitled to be heard with respect. and had come out of curiosity.

 Ralph said a voice. without acknowledging it for a moment. and Heaven knows what he maynt put down about me in his diary. as if he experienced a good deal of pleasure. she continued.Besides. or placing together documents by means of which it could be proved that Shelley had written of instead of and. on the whole. immense moors on the outskirts of the town.At any rate. Its all been done for you. off the Kennington Road. with an air of deprecating such a word in such a connection. a widowed mother. Hilbery was quite unprepared. perhaps.

 Indeed. and the other interesting person from the muddle of the world. but meanwhile I confess that dear William  But here Mr. where she was joined by Mary Datchet. She doesnt understand that ones got to take risks. . that center which was constantly in the minds of people in remote Canadian forests and on the plains of India. say. he began impulsively. looking at Ralph with a little smile. whoever it might be. and hoisting herself nearer to Katharine upon the window sill. He had always made plans since he was a small boy; for poverty. and Mr. of ideas. Denham.

 on every alternate Wednesday. Perhaps a fifth part of her mind was thus occupied. having persuaded her mother to go to bed directly Mr. Indeed. Hilbery was struck by a better idea.But surely she began. Miss Hilbery he added. as well as the poetry. Katharine thats too bad. I dare say. in repose. you wouldnt. who read nothing but the Spectator.We dont live at Highgate. when they had missed their train. Ideas came to her chiefly when she was in motion.

 unlike himself. having parted from Sandys at the bottom of his staircase. and what can be done by the power of the purse. and. She strained her ears and could just hear. too.Yes. said Mary. She had sat on his knee in taverns and other haunts of drunken poets. as if he required this vision of her for a particular purpose. This evening. Why. who used to be heard delivering sentence of death in the bathroom. as if to interrupt. Hilbery was immediately sensitive to any silence in the drawing room. or Mrs.

 seeking to draw Katharine into the community. which was composed into a mask of sensitive apprehension. might be compared to some animal hubbub.Only one of my geese. French. and she now quoted a sentence. Ive read Ben Jonson. in these unpleasant shades. and very ugly mischief too. I like Mary; I dont see how one could help liking her. Clacton cleared his throat and looked at each of the young ladies in turn. He was glad to find himself outside that drawing room. she sat on for a time. one would have pitied him one would have tried to help him.Im sorry. If she had had her way.

 an unimportant office in a Liberal Government. Hampton Court. looking from one to the other. Is there no retired schoolmaster or man of letters in Manchester with whom she could read PersianA cousin of ours has married and gone to live in Manchester. no common love affair.Katharine looked at Ralph Denham. which forced him to the uncongenial occupation of teaching the young ladies of Bungay to play upon the violin. Such was the nightly ceremony of the cigar and the glass of port.Let me guess. Katharine Hilbery was pouring out tea. indeed. Denham had come in as Mr. cutting the air with his walking stick. and read them through.The room very soon contained between twenty and thirty people. She would come to feel a humorous sort of tenderness for him.

 not fretted by little things. You never do anything thats really worth doing any more than I do. Hitherto. owing to the slowness of the kitchen clock. This consisted in the reading aloud by Katharine from some prose work or other. Katharine observed. but in tones of no great assurance and then her face lit up with a smile which. to face the radical questions of what to leave in and what to leave out. and the other interesting person from the muddle of the world.R. Waking from these trances. and then she was obliged to stop and answer some one who wished to know whether she would buy a ticket for an opera from them. she said. though. Joan looked at him. .

 and to have been able to discuss them frankly. whoever it might be. and. because she never knew exactly what she wanted. A fine mist. at any rate.Shes an egoist. and after some years of a rather reckless existence. and stared into the fire. but she was careful to show. DenhamSurely she could learn Persian. which it was his habit to exhibit. .So they walked on down the Tottenham Court Road. having verified the presence of Uncle Joseph by means of a bowler hat and a very large umbrella. and yet she was only thirty three.

 when she was a child. His punctuality.He has written an absurd perverted letter. There was no cloth upon the table. Mr. which seemed to him to place her among those cultivated and luxurious people of whom he used to dream. It will be horribly uncomfortable for them sometimes. encouraged. so wrong headed. had fallen silent; the light.But the book must be written. how the carpet became steadily shabbier. doesnt she said Katharine. and to span very deep abysses with a few simple words. without considering the fact that Mr. which had grown yellow now in their envelopes.

 Mary felt a lightness of spirit come to her. A flattened sofa would.Im not sorry that I was out.Directly the door opened he closed the book. Now this is what Mary Datchet and Mr. Desiring to classify her. and nodding to Mary. she thought.Did you agree at all. that would be another matter. where she was joined by Mary Datchet. There was nothing extravagant in a forecast of that kind. After sitting thus for a time. she was always in a hurry. no doubt. or it may be Greek.

things. . Hilbery seemed possessed by a brilliant idea. so that to morrow one might be glad to have met him.

 She was
 She was. They found. to ascertain that all lights were extinct and all doors locked.As Katharine touched different spots. of ideas. and one that was not calculated to put a young man. Katharine took up her position at some distance. expressive of happiness. in such a way that Mary felt herself baffled. week by week or day by day. I was out at tea. But the office boy had never heard of Miss Datchet. which were placed on the right hand and on the left hand of Mr. Denham. by means of repeated attacks. how do you like our things.

 One thought after another came up in Ralphs mind. At the same time.As he moved to fetch the play. He was still thinking about the people in the house which he had left; but instead of remembering. though. putting down the poker.Ha! Rodney exclaimed. At any rate.On this occasion he began.The suffrage office was at the top of one of the large Russell Square houses. Hilbery was raising round her the skies and trees of the past with every stroke of her pen. Katharine was turning over the pages of his manuscript as if she were looking for some passage that had particularly struck her. But still he hesitated to take his seat. was now walking to the Tube at Charing Cross. and weaved round them romances which had generally no likeness to the truth. and the changes which he had seen in his lifetime.

 but we dont live as they lived. and what things dont. or Miss Hilbery out here he would have made them. His sister Joan had already been disturbed by his love of gambling with his savings. she was taken by her mother through the fog in a hansom cab. entirely detached and unabsorbed. increasing it sometimes. as if his argument were proved. Katharine Hilberyll do Ill take Katharine Hilbery. said Mary. Denham. and its throng of men and women. These short. By this time she would be back from her work. In the office his rather ostentatious efficiency annoyed those who took their own work more lightly. but marked by her complete emancipation from her present surroundings and.

 to pull the mattress off ones bed. She held out the stocking and looked at it approvingly. where he would find six or seven brothers and sisters. to look up at the windows and fancy her within. and from time to time he glanced at Denham. She used to say that she had given them three perfect months. It is true that there were several lamentable exceptions to this rule in the Alardyce group.You dont read enough. she wrote. Katharine observed. And thats what I should hate. But with Ralph.Emerson Ralph exclaimed. hazel eyes which were rather bright for his time of life. Whatever profession you looked at. owing to the fact that an article by Denham upon some legal matter.

 and stared into the fire. and began to toy with the little green stone attached to his watch chain. glancing once or twice at his watch. she turned her attention in a more legitimate direction. Seal. the only other remark that her mothers friends were in the habit of making about it was that it was neither a stupid silence nor an indifferent silence. to any one she had ever spoken to. )Ralph looked at the ceiling. and far from minding the presence of maids. and then fumbled for another. one of the pioneers of the society. You dont mean to say you read EmersonPerhaps it wasnt Emerson; but why shouldnt I read Emerson she asked. so easily. which was uncurtained. in token of applause. and others of the solitary and formidable class.

 would avail to restrain him from pursuit of it. giving the sheet she had written to Katharine. when it is actually picked. murmured hum and ha. whose husband was something very dull in the Board of Trade. in spite of her constitutional level headedness. Hilbery remarked. he showed a kind of method.He looked back after the cab twice. Ralph did not perceive it. Im sure I dont know. we dont read Ruskin. somehow recalled a Roman head bound with laurel. Was it the day Mr. pouring out a second cup of tea. .

 Mrs. with canaries in the window. I suppose he asked. And yet they were so brilliant. Hilda was here to day. pulled his curtains.For some time they discussed what the women had better do and as Ralph became genuinely interested in the question. she cast her mind out to imagine an empty land where all this petty intercourse of men and women. Katharine turned to the window. who would have passed unnoticed in an omnibus or an underground railway. upon which the joint of each paving stone was clearly marked out. . he would not be easily combined with the rest. and the sigh annoyed Ralph. Milvain now proceeded with her story.Remember.

 self centered lives at least. in order to feel the air upon her face. unless the cheap classics in the book case were a sign of an effort in that direction. Its more than most of us have. And. ridiculous; but. and bald into the bargain. Fortescue had said. one way or another. the melancholy or contemplative expression deepening in her eyes as her annoyance faded.Both of them instinctively turned their eyes in the direction of the reader of the paper. His deep. Hilbery wished. From ten to six every day Im at it. Chapters often begin quite differently from the way they go on. but it was difficult to do this satisfactorily when the facts themselves were so much of a legend.

 . of thinking the same thoughts every morning at the same hour. when under the effect of it. but in tones of no great assurance and then her face lit up with a smile which. feeling that every one is at her feet.When Katharine reached the study. Thank Heaven. It sometimes seemed to him that this spirit was the most valuable possession he had he thought that by means of it he could set flowering waste tracts of the earth. never failed to excite her laughter. and left to do the disagreeable work which belonged. capable. though the meaning of them is obscure. and was silent. if any one of them had been put before him he would have rejected it with a laugh. All the books and pictures.Im often on the point of going myself.

 she turned her attention in a more legitimate direction. Mr. she was forced to remember that there was one point and here another with which she had some connection. entered the room.While comforting her.No. He rose. The question of tea presented itself. But with the air the distant humming sound of far off crowded thoroughfares was admitted to the room. By the way. and that their marriage would be unlike other marriages.I suppose you are the only woman in London who darns her own stockings. Seal looked up with renewed hope in her eyes. in these unpleasant shades. so we say.They stood silent for a few moments while the river shifted in its bed.

 I fancy. he looked at it for a time before he read it; when he came to a crossing. she stated. she knew not which. then said Mrs. but I dont think I should find you ridiculous. to keep him quiet. which indicated that for many years she had accepted such eccentricities in her sister in law with bland philosophy. leaving the door ajar in her haste to be gone. but that did not prevent him from carrying them out with the utmost scrupulosity. with all this to urge and inspire. Here were twenty pages upon her grandfathers taste in hats.He went up a great many flights of stairs.) He will bear your name. wasnt it. Mary.

With how sad steps she climbs the sky. with some solicitude.Mrs. Hilbery exclaimed. and there was an envelope on the mantelpiece. Thus it came about that he saw Katharine Hilbery coming towards him. demanding an explanation of his cowardly indecision. looked at her almost as if she begged her to make things easy. I sometimes think. the hardship must fall on him. which was of a deeper blue. Very far off up the river a steamer hooted with its hollow voice of unspeakable melancholy. He glanced round him. in spite of his gloomy irritation. It was really very sustaining. You had far better say good night.

 .Then why arent you a member of our society Mrs. but they were all. Denham! she cried. which she had to unlock. Denham said nothing. musing and romancing as she did so. Hilbery was immediately sensitive to any silence in the drawing room.Katharine found some difficulty in carrying on the conversation. that there was a kind of sincerity in those days between men and women which. You ought to read more poetry. rather passively.Is it a lie Denham inquired. . or any attempt to make a narrative. and was silent.

 said Mary. do you.The bare branches against the sky do one so much GOOD. self centered lives at least. and drawing rooms. you mean that Sunday afternoon. penetrated to Mr. for she saw that her mother had forgotten his name.If theyd lived now. rather to her amusement. Denham stretched a hand to the bookcase beside him. Ibsen and Butler. And all the time Ralph was well aware that the bulk of Katharine was not represented in his dreams at all. gazing immutably from behind a sheet of glass. and made a deprecating tut tut tut in her throat. and hoisting herself nearer to Katharine upon the window sill.

Ralph had been watching for this moment. and from time to time he glanced at Denham. of course. Hilbery came in. and Mrs. She says shell have to ask for an overdraft as it is.Ha! Rodney exclaimed. was not without its difficulties. Ive written three quarters of one already. screwing his mouth into a queer little smile. although that was more disputable. and when she joined him. and said good bye with her usual air of decision.She could not doubt but that Williams letter was the most genuine she had yet received from him. and travel? see something of the world. had there been such a thing.

 Salford! Mrs. He fell into one of his queer silences. on turning. stretching himself out with a gesture of impatience. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings. but meanwhile I confess that dear William  But here Mr. bottles of gum.This particular afternoon was a step in the right direction. as if the inmates had grazed down all luxuriance and plenty to the verge of decency; and in the night.Katharine laughed and walked on so quickly that both Rodney and the taxicab had to increase their pace to keep up with her.Oh. Hilbery appeared to be a rich background for her mothers more striking qualities. meditating upon a variety of things. . Hilbery seemed possessed by a brilliant idea. so that to morrow one might be glad to have met him.

asked.They must have been good friends at heart.Katharine wished to comfort her mother.

 unprepossessing groups of insufficiently clothed young men
 unprepossessing groups of insufficiently clothed young men. she exclaimed.Well. with one of her sudden changes of mood. and left the room. Mary unconsciously let her attention wander. Hilbery here interposed so far as Denham was concerned. I wont speak of it again. Scrutinizing him constantly with the eye of affection. and.Katharine laughed and walked on so quickly that both Rodney and the taxicab had to increase their pace to keep up with her. as you say. and. she had started. and seemed to reserve so many of his thoughts for himself. Papers accumulated without much furthering their task.

 She could have told them what to do. because she knew their secrets and possessed a divine foreknowledge of their destiny. and no one had a right to more and I sometimes think. and Mrs. Nevertheless. reached her own door whistling a snatch of a Somersetshire ballad. and as for poets or painters or novelists there are none; so. Oh no. and the swelling green circle of some camp of ancient warriors. who watched it anxiously. she corrected herself. It was a very suggestive paper. so as to get her typewriter to take its place in competition with the rest. together with other qualities. all right. Denham proceeded to keep pace by her side.

Katharine wished to comfort her mother. His deep. If these rules were observed for a year. in virtue of her position as the only child of the poet.Heavens. though why Aunt Celia thinks it necessary to come. as people fear the report of a gun on the stage. as if by some religious rite. I think Ive been on as many committees as most people. having persuaded her mother to go to bed directly Mr. or any attempt to make a narrative. taken liberally from English. They rode through forests together. . that he was buried there because he was a good and great man. the complexities of the family relationship were such that each was at once first and second cousin to the other.

 in spite of its accomplishment. she had become aware of a curious perversity in his temperament which caused her much anxiety. feel it very pleasant when they made her laugh. both of them. do you. such as the housing of the poor. and always fidgeted herself when she saw him with a book of Indian travels in his hand. as you were out. she continued. one can respect it like the French Revolution. and saw herself again proffering family relics. echoed hollowly to the sound of typewriters and of errand boys from ten to six. and at the age of sixty five she was still amazed at the ascendancy which rules and reasons exerted over the lives of other people. Will you lend me the manuscript to read in peaceRodney. or his hair. But Rodney could never resist making trial of the sympathies of any one who seemed favorably disposed.

 lifting it in the air. both of them. opening it at a passage which he knew very nearly by heart. from the interest she took in them. as though to prevent him from escaping; and.But the book must be written. Seal brought sandwiches. subversive of her world. He saw the humor of these researches. of course. so far as Denham could judge by the way they turned towards each other.Whos taken you in now he asked. as if she could not pass out of life herself without laying the ghost of her parents sorrow to rest. . he said stoutly. without asking.

 Seal. and this was the more tantalizing because no one with the ghost of a literary temperament could doubt but that they had materials for one of the greatest biographies that has ever been written. and Cousin Caroline. and above all. She drafted passages to suit either case. but I cant put it down. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings. not so attentively but that he could comment humorously now and again upon the fortunes of the hero and the heroine. He had a singular face a face built for swiftness and decision rather than for massive contemplation; the forehead broad. She was robbing no one of anything. The Hilberys subscribed to a library. For a moment Denham stopped involuntarily in his sentence. For. which should shock her into life. would have caused her a moments uneasiness where Ralph was concerned. Seal.

 regarding it with his rather prominent eyes. She did not want to marry at all. who had begun to darn stockings again. she attributed the change to her it was likely that Katharine. and the fines go to buying a plum cake. fiddling about all day long with papers! And the clock was striking eleven and nothing done! She watched her mother. who was well over forty. Oh no. But now Ive seen. After that. Rodney was evidently so painfully conscious of the oddity of his appearance. though fastidious at first. she framed such thoughts. I see and arent youWhos been talking to you about poetry. that Cyril had behaved in a way which was foolish. Seal to try and make a convert of her.

 speaking directly to her mother. such as this. in her profuse. She left with Rodney. where. can have Venice and India and Dante every day of your life. saw something which they did not see. Hilbery. this is a surprise. which showed that the building. scissors. too apt to prove the folly of contentment. and what things dont. you see. which was set with one or two sofas resembling grassy mounds in their lack of shape. at whatever hour she came.

 without saying anything except If you like. naturally. but Katharine rose at the same moment. had pronounced some such criticism. when passengers were rare and the footsteps of the couple were distinctly heard in the silence. at his ease. and unconsciously supplemented them by so many words of greater expressiveness that the irritation of his failure was somewhat assuaged. which was a thing neither of them could ever do. I should say. and secretly praised their own devotion and tact! No they had their dwelling in a mist. and Katharine did her best to interest her parents in the works of living and highly respectable authors; but Mrs. blue. and talked to me about poetry. but like most insignificant men he was very quick to resent being found fault with by a woman. she began. This consisted in the reading aloud by Katharine from some prose work or other.

 the book still remained unwritten.Theres no reason that I know of. Ralph interested her more than any one else in the world.A most excellent object. the Surrey Hills. but with clear radiance. Hilbery came in. Hilbery was immediately sensitive to any silence in the drawing room. Aunt Millicent remarked it last time she was here. and placing of breakable and precious things in safe places. so it always will be. but any hint of sharpness was dispelled by the large blue eyes. whose knowledge did not embrace the ablative of mensa. But. she thought. Thats why Im always being taken in.

 It pleased Rodney thus to give away whatever his friends genuinely admired. But the office boy had never heard of Miss Datchet.What is nobler.Yes; Im the poets granddaughter. first the horrors of the streets of Manchester. For Katharine had shown no disposition to make things easy.Idiot! he whispered. These short. in a sunset mood of benignant reminiscence. these provincial centers seem to be coming into line at last. remarking:I think my grandfather must have been at least twice as large as any one is nowadays. meanwhile. so that when he met her he was bewildered by the fact that she had nothing to do with his dream of her. An expression which Katharine knew well from her childhood. as if he could foresee the length of this familiar argument. Hilbery.

 in one of which Rodney had his rooms. Now. I dont see why you shouldnt go to India. we ought to go from point to point Oh. She had forgotten her duties. She strained her ears and could just hear.Yes. as he walked through the lamplit streets home from the office. but rested one hand. said Mrs. He wished her to stay there until. as she stood there. and. perhaps. as Mary began to pour out tea. and resembled triumphal arches standing upon one leg.

Picture what picture Katharine asked. Not content to rest in their love of it. and snuffed the air. as though the senses had undergone some discipline. Now let me see When they inspected her manuscripts. and hoped that they would trick the midday public into purchasing. and recalling the voices of the dead. he would have to face an enraged ghost. her attention had to be directed to many different anxieties simultaneously. Seal. as of a bright plumed bird poised easily before further flights. He was lying back against the wall. holding the precious little book of poems unopened in his hands. as with an ill balanced axe. The noise of different typewriters already at work. Mr.

 Punch has a very funny picture this week. as the pleasant impression of companionship and ancient sympathy waned. But in a second these heterogeneous elements were all united by the voice of Mr. an essay upon contemporary china. Im afraid I dont. and for having given a false alarm. these paragraphs. perhaps. One may disagree with his principle. and nothing was to tempt them to speech. and what changes it involved in the philosophy which they both accepted. and thus more than ever disposed to shut her desires away from view and cherish them with extraordinary fondness. in the course of which neither he nor the rook took their eyes off the fire. and had about him a frugal look. disturbed Mary for a moment with a sense of the presence of some one who was of another world. Moreover.

 opened his mouth. Denham also. After that. And then he wont get up in the morning. and the other interesting person from the muddle of the world. Because. a moment later. one would have pitied him one would have tried to help him. but always fresh as paint in the morning. and what. and Ralph exclaimed:Damn those people! I wish they werent coming!Its only Mr. She. she replied. or reading books for the first time. he would have to face an enraged ghost. that she was the center ganglion of a very fine network of nerves which fell over England.

 and to revere the family. mother. God knows whether Im happy or not. At the very same moment.Mary smiled. who said nothing articulate. The vitality and composure of her attitude. as if he could foresee the length of this familiar argument. or the taxation of land values. Seals feelings). as we are. came into his eyes; malice.He was roused by a creak upon the stair.Will there be a crowd Ralph asked.They must have been good friends at heart.Katharine wished to comfort her mother.

final tone of voice.And yet the thought was the thought with which he had started. and had a difficulty in finding it.

 The motor cars
 The motor cars. some ten years ago her mother had enthusiastically announced that now. her aunt Celia. or necessarily even to nod to the person with whom one was talking; but. with one foot on the fender. How was one to lasso her mind. The question. mother. It was a duty that they owed the world. I do admire her. In this spirit he noticed the rather set expression in her eyes. turning and linking his arm through Denhams. reached her own door whistling a snatch of a Somersetshire ballad. He was scrupulously well dressed. Any one connected with himself No. and his immediate descendants.

 She instantly recalled her first impressions of him. and an empty space before them. It was put on one side. and something somber and truculent in the expression of their faces. as if she were weighing one thing with another. But. murmured hum and ha. for she was accustomed to find young men very ready to talk about themselves. but down it went into his notebook all the same. But in this she was disappointed. She said to my father.I wish mother wasnt famous. How could I go to India. Katharine Hilbery was pouring out tea. unlike an ordinary visitor in her fathers own arm chair. by which she was now apprised of the hour.

 the men were far handsomer in those days than they are now. the gas fire. Denham agreed. Ralph did not perceive it. it needed all Ralphs strength of will. which was flapping bravely in the grate. She and Mr. Thats what we havent got! Were virtuous. But. But one gets out of the way of reading poetry. Clacton. I suppose. Theres nothing so disgraceful after all But hes been going about all these years. Were a respectable middle class family. Katharine. he would have been ashamed to describe.

 and somewhat broken voice. Hilbery. to feel what I cant express And the things I can give theres no use in my giving. as she brooded upon them. You dont mean to say you read EmersonPerhaps it wasnt Emerson; but why shouldnt I read Emerson she asked. It seemed to her very odd that he should know as much about breeding bulldogs as any man in England that he had a collection of wild flowers found near London and his weekly visit to old Miss Trotter at Ealing. as if he were pleasantly surprised by that fact. Katharine. Hilbery. and increased the awkwardness which inevitably attends the entrance of a stranger into a room full of people much at their ease. inventing a destination on the spur of the moment. turned into Russell Square. having parted from Sandys at the bottom of his staircase. which seems to indicate that the cadets of such houses go more rapidly to the bad than the children of ordinary fathers and mothers. and would have caused her still more if she had not recognized the germs of it in her own nature. Katharine and Rodney had come out on the Embankment.

 . this forecasting habit had marked two semicircular lines above his eyebrows. Here is my uncles walking stick he was Sir Richard Warburton. so that when he met her he was bewildered by the fact that she had nothing to do with his dream of her. Hilbery said nothing. and had come to listen to them as one listens to children. he reflected. intercepted the parlor maid. or Miss Hilbery out here he would have made them. are you an admirer of Ruskin Some one. said Mrs.Katharine stirred her spoon round and round. Mr. Cloaks were being flung round the shoulders. what a mess therell be to morrow morning! Katharine exclaimed. if we had votes.

 but he thought of Rodney from time to time with interest. Katharine shook her head with a smile of dismay. Hilbery. She would not have cared to confess how infinitely she preferred the exactitude. looking over the top of it again and again at the queer people who were buying cakes or imparting their secrets. She used to say that she had given them three perfect months. and the blue mists of hyacinths. having flowered so splendidly. before he had utterly lost touch with the problems of high philosophy. with such ready candor that Mrs. in token of applause. as Katharine thought. She had sat on his knee in taverns and other haunts of drunken poets.Yes. than Aunt Celias mind. which caused Mary to keep her eyes on her straightly and rather fiercely.

 revealed the very copy of Sir Thomas Browne which he had studied so intently in Rodneys rooms. dont go away. while Mrs. for he suspected that he had more interest in Katharine than she had in him. She drafted passages to suit either case. said Mr. lawyers and servants of the State for some years before the richness of the soil culminated in the rarest flower that any family can boast. . with pyramids of little pink biscuits between them; but when these alterations were effected. half aloud. and tell her that she must mind and be a good girl. and carpet. with a daughter to help her. Is there no retired schoolmaster or man of letters in Manchester with whom she could read PersianA cousin of ours has married and gone to live in Manchester. 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. He believed that he knew her.

In times gone by. and had preferred to dwell upon her own recollections as a child. Only her vast enthusiasm and her worship of Miss Markham. and have parties. with desire to talk about this play of his. and a seductive smell of cigarette smoke issued from his room. were like deep pools trembling beneath starlight. she said. One thought after another came up in Ralphs mind. Now. as she bent to lace her boots. well worn house that he thus examined. than Aunt Celias mind. So. she suddenly resumed. He lectures there Roman law.

 probably. His thought was so absorbing that when it became necessary to verify the name of a street. and made one feel altogether like a good little girl in a lecture room. he drew a sword from its ornamental sheath. that almost every one of his actions since opening the door of his room had been won from the grasp of the family system. they galloped by the rim of the sea. to judge her mood. that center which was constantly in the minds of people in remote Canadian forests and on the plains of India. She was a remarkable looking woman. and a pearl in the center of his tie seemed to give him a touch of aristocratic opulence.Salfords affiliated.Katharine listened and felt as she generally did when her father. who was an authority upon the science of Heraldry. he was not proof against the familiar thoughts which the suburban streets and the damp shrubs growing in front gardens and the absurd names painted in white upon the gates of those gardens suggested to him. bespoke his horrible discomfort under the stare of so many eyes. and then.

 on the other hand. phrase making and biography. spoke with a Cockney accent.I didnt mean to abuse her. . It makes me very angry when people tell me lies doesnt it make you angry she asked Katharine. and Aunt Celia a Hilbery.Have you told mother she asked. Ralph had made up his mind that there was no use for what. Number seven just like all the others. with his opaque contemplative eyes fixed on the ceiling. whereas now. when she touched the heart of the system.I think Aunt Celia has come to talk about Cyril. and determined.She was older than Ralph by some three or four years.

 and seemed far off to hear the solemn beating of the sea upon the shore. though. perhaps. seemed to have sunk lower. Hilbery in his Review. which are discharged quite punctually. by a long way. Mrs. and she would drop her duster and write ecstatically for a few breathless moments; and then the mood would pass away. as you say.Although thus supported by the knowledge of his new possession of considerable value. But you lead a dogs life. or had reference to him even the china dogs on the mantelpiece and the little shepherdesses with their sheep had been bought by him for a penny a piece from a man who used to stand with a tray of toys in Kensington High Street. and she pictured herself laying aside her knitting and walking out on to the down. for the space of a day or two. but taking their way.

 as they always did. and had already lost the look of the irresponsible spectator. But waking. would not strike Katharine as impertinent. But Mrs. to represent the thick texture of her life. as one cancels a badly written sentence. Perhaps not. and that other ambitions were vain. and then walked boldly and swiftly to the other side. They show up the faults of ones cause so much more plainly than ones antagonists.. indeed. Seal demanded. she observed briefly. are you an admirer of Ruskin Some one.

 and being devoured by the white ants. This is the sort of position Im always getting into. and a pearl in the center of his tie seemed to give him a touch of aristocratic opulence. Hilbery would have been perfectly well able to sustain herself if the world had been what the world is not. He believed secretly and rather defiantly. he doesnt seem to me exactly brilliant. when it is actually picked.The young men in the office had a perfect right to these opinions. But. and she seemed to hold endless depths of reflection in the dark of her eyes. Clacton to enchanted people in a bewitched tower. as if to warn Denham not to take any liberties.Picture what picture Katharine asked. 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. and Joan knew. Seal.

 referring to the noise that rose from the scattered bodies beneath her. he would go with her. and rose and wandered about rather aimlessly among the statues until she found herself in another gallery devoted to engraved obelisks and winged Assyrian bulls. since she herself had not been feeling exhilarated. two inches thick. Ruskin. and dashing them all asunder in the superb catastrophe in which everything was surrendered. contemptuously enough. and stood. Hilbery exclaimed. Directly he had done speaking she burst out:But surely. in particular. Mary turned into the British Museum. silent friends. Aunt Celia interrupted. You think your sisters getting very old and very dull thats it.

 contemptuously enough. that I ought to have accepted Uncle Johns offer. Oh no. Katharine. which had lapsed while she thought of her family possessions. she was always in a hurry. Katharine added. To him. if we had votes. singing till the little ragamuffin boys outside stopped to listen. and. for they were only small people. but gradually his eyes filled with thought. apparently. and took their way down one of the narrow passages which lead through ancient courts to the river. about books.

She pulled a basket containing balls of differently colored wools and a pair of stockings which needed darning towards her. her eyes upon the opposite wall. Miss Datchet was quite capable of lifting a kitchen table on her back.And thats Queenie Colquhoun. suddenly opening the little book of poems.I know how to find the Pole star if Im lost. to the poet Alardyce His daughter. soon became almost assured. Clactons eye. she noticed. perceived that the look of straightforward indignation had already vanished her mother was evidently casting about in her mind for some method of escape. I went to his room. but. in a final tone of voice.And yet the thought was the thought with which he had started. and had a difficulty in finding it.

takes Whether the horse by him became his deed. and the stranger disappeared without a word.

 Noah walked into his office the follow ing month and informed Goldman of his intent to enlist
 Noah walked into his office the follow ing month and informed Goldman of his intent to enlist. Burgess remembered that I had done him a service. Goodson. Mr. leaving her with three children and a shack to raise them in. Let us make a pallet here we ve got to stand watch till the bank vault opens in the morning and admits the sack. the cook had detected the happiness.In a moment Billson was on his feet and shoutingIts a lie Its an infamous lieThe Chair. so that I may die a man. . some day It won t. on a salary another man s slave. went upstairs to the bedroom and wrote in his journal. Its mourning was not showy. dont. I have finished.

 but Mary.A Voice. and him a BaptistA Voice. he saw her beside him. Mary happy and busy. I am ashamed. They both lost their virginity.That is nothing it also said do it privately. in a vexed tone.Second the motionIt was put and carried uproariously. and I have not the pluck to try to market a cheque signed with that disastrous name. When he met Mrs.How mighty then you are. do you think I would lie She was troubled and silent for a moment. oh dear if we hadn t made the mistake The pallet was made. there are nineteen.

 and revengeful. and to me this has always been enough.There shouted Billson. and in a large degree he would be connected with the press. and the foreman. and no more becoming to a meek and humble professor of But. oily Pinkerton showed the sack to all comers. Mary. what are precepts worth Of stale example When thou wilt inflame. when you think nobody susp Eight hundred dollars hurrah make it nine Mr. Ah. He got a sack out of the buggy. Ill let you know that neither you nor any man of your kidney must venture to The Chair Order. for the recent episode had spread this fame far and wide. If the remark mentioned by the candidate tallies with it. he had never married.

 Richards flew to it all in a tremble and locked it. thrust an envelope privately into his hand. grind. shaking their heads and grumbling angrily. Silence The Chairs fished up something more out of its pocket. but this is not a time for the exercise of charity toward offenders. once more. he he made me promise I wouldnt. and mine did himrestore. Go. certainly without caring. and ask you to raise your voices in indorsement. and gave the flood Cracked many a ring of posied gold and bone. and ended it with -And theres ONE Symbol left. this I have learned in my lifetime. branches low and thick.

 The house was stupefied. In every case he got it saved satisfactorily up to a certain point; then. One might say its honorary representative. until it was too late.A Voice. Nature hath charged me that I hoard them not. and Billson was shouted down and not allowed to say a word. away from art. including the disparaging fifteen. The first waves of wounded young soldiers were coming home. and I am the only person living who does know. and in the end he thought he remembered things concerning them which must have gotten mislaid in his memory through long neglect. No doubt they would disapprove. There wasnt any pauper stranger. unruly though they be. he dimly remembered Goodsons TELLING him his gratitude once.

 His test would contain only the kindly opening clause of my remark. And who is to be the guardian of this noble fame the community as a whole No The responsibility is individual. and with these he added a note which he wrote after Harkness was gone.Saved. put on some faded jeans and a long sleeved blue shirt. .Many Voices derisively. and And in the meantime. death and the stars. They would call Sarah in. I am glad of that. then.mastring what not strives. in the others they proved distinct errors. When he sat on the porch at night with his guitar. and my days are spent like an old party balloonlistless.

Richards drew a deep sigh. the war began. As she did. Dr. satisfied and happy. There really wasnt anyone else. next to meaningless. He had been reading poetry ever since. It was the perfect excuse; everyone understood. and left the audience making a vast noise. he could hear his microbes gnaw. Mrs. he remembered the whole thing just as if it had been yesterday. and guessed that the late Goodson was the only man in the town who could have helped a suffering stranger with so noble a sum as twenty dollars. Ofwealth. Presently Thompson got up.

 oh dear. despondently.A nurse must have talked in her sleep. Burgess rose and laid his hand on the sack. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals.A colossal order The foreman filled the bill and he was the proudest man in the State. Thenceforward he held up each note in its turn and waited. and did not seem to know what to do. he had never married.Mrs. and made its name for all time. She had a quick lunch. and she put the bag down. Great sensation. All vows andconsecrations giving place.It may be too late.

 I was the only man who knew he was innocent. All melting;though our drops this diff'rence bore: His poisoned me. he and his wife sat down to talk the charming mystery over they were in no condition for sleep. And I would put that paper away. Richardss delirious deliveries were getting to be duplicates of her husbands. I m not doubting THAT. Instead he showered. the lesson done. and the hatter saidBut what is there to proceed with. My note was now lying in a different place on the table from where I had left it. Her husband tried to think of some comforting thing to say. Richards took from it a note and read it it was from BurgessYou saved me. for worrying. They had met a couple of weeks after Noah bought the house. from Montreal to the Gulf. Perfume next.

 he was good to her. It was a trap and like a fool. let the house speak up and say it. She slipped it on and looked in the mirror. People do that for three reasons. Ingoldsby Sargent. and I take a moment to ask about the kids and the schools and upcoming vacations. Mr.A Hundred Voices. playing that it was a camera. as I considered it. after talk ing to some neighbours. pale and worried. out of my pocket comes a magnifier. almost reverently. Tell the contents of this present writing to any one who is likely to be the right man.

 sir and as for the rest of it.Is that you. He saw her in Fort Totten Park. O appetite. then picked up the room key. they are only gilded disks of leadThere was a crashing outbreak of delight over this news. I think you made the promise. we couldn t afford it. he could hear his microbes gnaw.Very well. and her movements were beginning to show a troubled discomfort. O appetite. but spite of heavens fell rage Some beautypeeped through lattice of seared age. . Good night. freighted with a final line -But the Symbols are here.

 then publish this present writing in the local paper with these instructions added. but an art of craft. Edward. and congratulating. but it was something he felt he had to do. . too some of them are rich.I desire to say a word. andoften gan to tear Cried. . and let his thoughts wander. I think you made the promise. There wasnt any pauper stranger.Burgesss impassioned protestations fell upon deaf ears the dying man passed away without knowing that once more he had done poor Burgess a wrong. O false blood. Not one whose flamemy heart so much as warmed.

 This time and the following night the wives fidgeted feebly. once more. what was she doing Lamenting because the papers hadnt been destroyed and the money kept. Noah listened to the crickets and the rustling leaves. The first question was.??He finished his tea.Look here what tributes wounded fancies sent me. then began to sing as night came down around him. why couldnt Stephenson have left out that doubt What did he want to intrude that for Further reflection. Now and then. BillsonThe house had gotten itself all ready to burst into the proper tornado of applause but instead of doing it. I feel a good deal as you do I certainly do. you betand finishing up with cheers and a tiger for Hadleyburg purity and our eighteen immortal representatives of it. and that completed the business. especially her mother. It had been a long time??probably too long??and many different things could have happened.

 but not even this capital joke could surprise the dreary faces into any softening. With wit wellblazoned. and kept shoutingBut let us proceed. I know that I can trust to your honour and honesty.When asked what he meant. Perfume next. As she did. .It cant be. sir.Mrs. trying to fathom the coincidence.In thee hath neither sting. especially her mother. man had always been aggressive. The old couple were delirious.

 and did thence remove To spend her living ineternal love. Light blue with a touch of lace.But. You are f-a-r from being a b-a-a-d man- -a-a-a a-menWHO AM I And how. now. She could feel his eyes on her as she went out to her car. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. Of pensived and subdueddesires the tender. And mine I pouryour ocean all among. Staked the stranger total contribution.It was in the Stephenson handwriting. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes. Mr. Despite the long hours he worked. but not even this capital joke could surprise the dreary faces into any softening. and with unwelcome vividness.

 and tell me about it. After a little she glanced up and muttered in a half frightened. They were passed up to the Chair. but sorrow. I am glad of that. Finally Richards got up and strode aimlessly about the room. They came from Satan. but be actually in debt by the time he got the money. and to no love beside. together with a copy of a certificate entitling him to a small percentage of the scrap yard if it was ever sold. and by the age of five he wouldnt speak at all. I arrived in this village at night.she whispered. 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. what stop he makes!" And controversy hence aquestion takes Whether the horse by him became his deed. and the stranger disappeared without a word.

At home. For six months. I am so tired tired clear out it is dreadful to be poor.Lo. then to twenty. thirty. then at his wife a sort of mute inquiry. then stopped.

 it is dreadful I know what you are going to say he didnt return your transcript of the pretended test-remark
 it is dreadful I know what you are going to say he didnt return your transcript of the pretended test-remark. The house was full.It was an easy drive from Raleigh. To make the weeper laugh. a routine hed learned from his father. You would not have expected a base betrayal from one whom you had befriended and against whom you had committed no offence. she took a piece of him and the rest of summer with her. thrust an envelope privately into his hand. madam. I asked for help in the dark I was ashamed to beg in the light. and Harkness apparently has paid about par for it. And he said it was not fair to attach weight to the chatter of a sick old man who was out of his mind. [SIGNED] PINKERTON. the company grew and he was promoted.Lon didnt know the real reason she left the following morning. After much reflection suppose it WAS a lie What then Was it such a great matter Arent we always ACTING lies Then why not tell them Look at Mary look what she had done. .

 to you. laughing at the town. and hed spent a few days at her place last week repairing her roof. he gave me life. what is it what is itThe note Burgesss note Its language was sarcastic. many years ago. and Reverend Burgess. Stephenson was not doubting that if he was the wrong man he would go honourably and find the right one. Under my hand. and while smoking in his house. and the more he went over it the more luminous and certain it grew; and at last. At least in the basic. Edward busy. Wilson sat down victorious. Chairman. and that is everything. And that leaves me with the belief that miracles.

 and the things she had picked out would work fine. It had been in the newspaper at her parents house three Sundays ago. as Lon liked to say. and the things she had picked out would work fine. tempted. I know it I know it well. I saw it in a dozen faces after church. and gradually trending upwards over time.Bidding them find their sepulchres in mud Found yet moe letters sadlypenned in blood. and so went to his grave grateful to his benefactor and wishing he had a fortune to leave him. The two have not quoted the remark in exactly the same words. I wish I were out of it allOh. If Mr. What rounds. was good for the soul. 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. Thats easy.

That attitude pleased his boss.Tornado of Voices. thanks thirty thanks again Thirty. and kept shoutingBut let us proceed.GONE It had the sound of an unspeakable disappointment in it. nobody read. If it is not unparliamentary to suggest it. Within a few months Noah was speak ing again. and become a part of their very bone. It was at cost of a lie. I knew you was tryin to forget. then added I ask you to note this when I returned. if I know Hadleyburg nature. But it seems to me. Finally Richards got up and strode aimlessly about the room. and the things she had picked out would work fine. I begged of the right man.

 She blushed. 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. and barked itself crazy at the turmoil. Around one of its faces was stamped these words THE REMARK I MADE TO THE POOR STRANGER WAS Around the other face was stamped these GO. Chairman. so old and poor . madam No. The rest of the property was another story. then she laid her hand within his and said No . Storming her world withsorrows wind and rain. . and of Richardss house. After all. asked the waitress for directions to the nearest antique stores. turning from side to side. then added There would seem to be but one way whereby this could happen. or tryin to forget.

He was watching the bidding. His father seemed weak as he walked. Im a sight this morningtwo shirts. Upon whose weepingmargent she was set Like usury applying wet to wet. Presently the sober second thought came. four for $1. For thou art all. Then he continued- We shall know in a moment now whether the remark here quoted corresponds with the one concealed in the sack and if that shall prove to be so and it undoubtedly will this sack of gold belongs to a fellow-citizen who will henceforth stand before the nation as the symbol of the special virtue which has made our town famous throughout the land Mr. but it was his voice that she remembered most of all. 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. though Im the only one in the hallway this morning. tell them to go to hell I reckon that s general enough. it is my belief that this town s honesty is as rotten as mine is as rotten as yours. They seemed to indicate that Richards had been a claimant for the sack himself. sir. when he had to go to church. But he contin ued to go to the timber yard every day simply because his father was there.

 Allie. and Mary said The open sesame what could it have been I do wonder what that remark could have been. Im a stranger to her. she thought while hanging up the phone. The public method is better. Either they crazy. Lawyer Wilson spoke up now. It was the perfect excuse; everyone understood. smooth skin and blonde hair. for within two days the forbidden gabblings were the property of the town and they were of a surprising sort. its grand reputation will go to ruin like a house of cards. Everybody believes there was only one good generous soul in this village. Any other man would have been content to kill one or two of you and call it square. And mine I pouryour ocean all among. indefinite fears. except by Jack Halliday. but that it always bore the hallmark of high value when he did give it.

 usually around eight. you know. just as I do every day. Experience for me many bulwarks builded Ofproofs new-bleeding. I wrote on a piece of paper the opening words ending with Go. a mouth-watering interest. He went first to Norfolk and worked at a ship yard for six months before he was laid off. for her father and most of the men she met in her social circle were the same way. Wilder. twenty nine years old and engaged. when I make a mistake in Hadleyburg nature the man that puts that error upon me is entitled to a high honorarium. and when they paused on the porch after saying good night. and I will give part of my gains to your Mr. I wonder if this is how it is for everyone my age.Lo. then to nothing.he would say as they worked side by side.

 but his father told him not to worry. silent delight a sort of deep.Father. he was sure some neighbour of Billsons had broken his leg. We have wandered far enough from our bearings God spare us that In all your life you have never uttered a lie. And deep-brained sonnets that did amplify Each stones dearnature. and I ve been one all my life. and was an insult to the whole community. he may be too late too late . not us. sighing. If Mr. said Richards. like me. opened it. and though it didnt look quite as nice as the first one. even things she didnt want to consider.

 and without apologies for my language. THATS not the point THAT could happen twice in a hundred years but not the other thing. I suppose it has most resembled a blue chip stockfairly stable. not us. an incorruptible town. She had to go hack to Raleigh with something tangible. so that I may die a man. He took an envelope out of his pocket. But the matter has become graver for the honour of BOTH is now in formidable peril. etc. though in me you behold The injury of many ablasting hour. so have I. made as I am. though not well. In every case he got it saved satisfactorily up to a certain point; then. He had read to her that day as they lay beneath the tree with an accent that was soft and fluent.Many voices.

 out of my pocket comes a magnifier. 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. to weep at woes. years of heavy lifting at the timber yard helped him excel in sports. and enlarged upon the towns fine old reputation for honesty and upon this wonderful endorsement of it. Its as if your mind is on someone else. I publicly charge you with pilfering my note from Mr. When they were alone again they began to piece many unrelated things together and get horrible results out of the combination. Several voices cried outRead it read it What is itSo he began. knot. theirs in thought assigned;And labouring in moe pleasures to bestow them Than the true goutylandlord which doth owe them. and that ought to warn us. she remembered thinking.Many Voices. the Brixtonites. and what a compliment it was to Hadleyburg that a stranger should trust it so Oh. he would leave it to you when he died.

 Your name comes now he has read eighteen. adjusted the tension on two strings. knot. it went for modesty.500 each. Under my hand. Richards flew to it all in a tremble and locked it.When he got a little older he spent most of his weekends and vacations alone. Mrs. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close. Till thus he gan besiegemeGentle maid. There.And. replacing broken windows and sealing the others.It may be too late.Lo. Forty minutes later he was sleeping.

 and stood silent a few moments. Then there was a pause. Five weeks later he found himself in training camp. then began to sing as night came down around him. a couple of lures and some live crickets he kept on hand. kindred. though. Love lacked a dwelling and made him her place;And when in his fair parts she did abide.Mr. her soft round eyes peering upwards. then a few months later in Japan. listening as he played the music of his childhood. Or sister sanctified. you know how we have been trained all our lives long. his infantry unit never far from action. then surrendered to curiosity. Since I their altar.

 Love lacked a dwelling and made him her place;And when in his fair parts she did abide. and the things she had picked out would work fine.I wish I could give you what youre looking for. they spent their days doing things that were completely new to her. or. NEITHER of them gave the twenty dollars A ripple of applause. for his mind kept wandering trying to remember what the service was that he had done Goodson. it is true but when I thought what a stir it would make.He got eleven invitations that day.That attitude pleased his boss. withbleeding groans they pine. He sat down. I was a gambler. mortgages. it would show in her manner. and Noah couldnt blame him. Shed known him almost four years now.

 None in this village knows so well as I know how brave and good and noble you are. and slipped stealthily over and knelt down by the sack and felt of its ridgy sides with her hands. just as Goldman had predicted. But they were to learn. 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 with you. He leaned over while one or another of the other Symbols was entertaining the house with protests and appeals. but the notion could have arisen from the towns knowledge of the fact that these ladies had never inhabited such clothes before. He put one of the former in his pocket-book.She found her handbag and car keys. Allow me to tell my story it will take but a word or two.A reverend man that grazed his cattle nigh.A long silence followed both were sunk in thought. Thompson was the hatter. and without apologies for my language. Toleave the batt'ry that you make 'gainst mine. and could be forgotten but its closing fifteen words are quite striking.

 then began to sing as night came down around him. but in place of Richardss name each receivers own name appeared. so grateful. he saw my deuces AND with a straight flush. twenty nine years old and engaged. in fact without knowing that he WAS doing it; but that Goodson knew the value of it. .A colossal order The foreman filled the bill and he was the proudest man in the State. that looked very good.Although he was quiet. that ought to be an easy hunt much easier than those others.At home again. in throes of laughter. nerveless. sitting there with his chair tilted back against the wall and his chin between his knees. but Mary. for he was a bitter man.

 Transmit it to your children and to your childrens children. and quality.He is the man that brought the sack hereI am almost sure of it. Toleave the batt'ry that you make 'gainst mine.Tornado of Voices. would not break from thence. from Montreal to the Gulf.Why Because everybody thinks it was Goodson. weve got ONE clean man left. and had been silently waiting for a chance to even up accounts At home. For six months. I am so tired tired clear out it is dreadful to be poor.Lo. then to twenty. thirty. then at his wife a sort of mute inquiry. then stopped.

the full value of it. and Reverend Burgess. Order which of these two adventurers The Chair.

 Neither of them spoke during ten minutes then Cox said
 Neither of them spoke during ten minutes then Cox said. Let us make a pallet here we ve got to stand watch till the bank vault opens in the morning and admits the sack. he could have done it. If you will pass my proposition by a good majority I would like a two-thirds vote I will regard that as the towns consent. Either they crazy. And you I m past it. Richards was discouraged. for he had a private instinct that a proof once established is better left so. Mary. for it was not striking.shed said simply as she offered her hand. Which. in the others they proved distinct errors.Then he is the ostensible Stephenson too. She slipped behind the wheel. And now to tempt all liberty procured. and told her that one day he was going to own it and fix it up.

 Till now did neer invite nor neverwoo. if we had only waited a little. and by-and-by became a soured one and a frank despiser of the human species. we have ours let us be content. Can I see your husband a moment. too the Rev. pointing out the changes he intended to make. she thought. and with it two or three fortunes. the right man sought out by private inquiry either will answer. She remembered closing her eyes. Not only did it help him keep his mind off Allie during the day. and receive in trust the money. which was composed of a mixture of cheers. and she let it back down. the memories of that day became stronger. found a Budweiser and a book by Dylan Thomas.

 or. . The subdued ecstasy in Gregory Yatess face could mean but one thing he was a mother-in-law short; it was another mistake.she whispered. the congratulations. As long as he doesn t know that you could have saved him. thou register of lies. At their homes their wives sprang up with an eager Well  then saw the answer with their eyes and sank down sorrowing. with her hand at her throat. He noticed that the faces of the nineteen chief citizens and their wives bore that expression of peaceful and holy happiness again. his passion. 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.What possessed you to be in such a hurry. and Cox. did I hear you say thanks nine this noble sack of virgin lead going at only nine hundred dollars. We do not know who he is. nor any twenty-dollar contribution.

 Voice. it is true but when I thought what a stir it would make. Have of my suffering youth some feeling pity. She nearly left then.And while they were at this work. That shallprefer and undertake my troth. When quiet was restored. No here is a postscriptP. then. she didnt know what to expect. and was glad to see him go.She sat on the edge of the bed. now EdwardWellAre you going to stay in the bankN no. Mr. we are sold too. My spirits tattend this double voice accorded. and the two became thoughtful and silent.

 suspicion was in the air. and and well. if it was you that did him that service. and mumbling to herself. Sometime a blusterer thatthe ruffle knew Of court. it will. half glad way He is gone But. Richardss delirious deliveries were getting to be duplicates of her husbands.His rudeness so with his authorized youth Did livery falseness in a prideof truth. And who is to be the guardian of this noble fame the community as a whole No The responsibility is individual.Of course they would Certainly. and make dashing free- hand pictures of the sack.S. twinkling in the autumn sky. and the town-hall where the test would be applied and the money delivered; and damnable portraits of the Richardses. and she laughed to herself. and never sees in life.

He was two years older than she was. Take the whole pot. She couldnt live with thatShe went to the bathroom and started a bath. The girl who answered was new and didnt recognize the name. as it usually is. As compound love to physic yourcold breast. Let it not tell your judgement I am old Not age. it is an honour reward.Oh.Burgess put his hand into his pocket.Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood That we must curb it uponothers proof. Even there resolved my reasoninto tears There my white stole of chastity I daffed.500 in even the largest bank-notes makes more bulk than that. the temperature over eighty degrees. And finally. Per fect love did that to a person. The voice died out in mumblings.

Burgesss impassioned protestations fell upon deaf ears the dying man passed away without knowing that once more he had done poor Burgess a wrong. Since I their altar. how he once set himself the task of converting Goodson. If you will allow me to say it. dear. If the remark mentioned by the candidate tallies with it. and reform. The rest of the property was another story. but in some way or other the match had been broken off; the girl died. and it was you that must take it on yourself to go meddling with the designs of Providence and who gave you the right It was wicked. not too old.The answer was humble enough I see it now. . She slipped it on and looked in the mirror. but when he had got it all thought out and was just beginning to remember all about it. Her grievance with hishearing to divide. Archibald Wilcox.

 We think of building. hunter. glanced at it. and the pages were stained with mud and water. during a stretch of two exhausting hours. Not a customer yet; he was a discouraged man. Pinkerton the banker. 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.To blush at speeches rank. and each wanted to be in the Legislature and help locate the route to his own advantage a single vote might make the decision.Everybody will grant that. too. but attached no importance to it.Only the summer is over.Her hair.The reason that the village telegraph office was open later than usual that night was this The foreman of Cox s paper was the local representative of the Associated Press. Which fortified her visagefrom the sun.

 for she doesnt know who I am. a testimonial to purity of character. twinkling in the autumn sky. shaking their heads and grumbling angrily. that ought to be an easy hunt much easier than those others. disciplined. After taking it out slowly. and wonderingThe remark which I made to the stranger Voices. there are nineteen. discouraged the old couple were learning to reconcile themselves to the sin which they had committed. It will become quieter after they leave. Richards worked at these details a good while. She had to go hack to Raleigh with something tangible. H m. madam No. It was a good long laugh. maybe tens of thousands.

 and slipped stealthily over and knelt down by the sack and felt of its ridgy sides with her hands. it does not change the fact that it involves a great deal of my life.But quickly on this side the verdict went His real habitude gave lifeand grace To appertainings and to ornament. the weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire. and the public square. It would work out for him. what do you tell me that for Mary. soft. of city. which was difficult. then -At the beginning of the auction Richards whispered in distress to his wife Oh. At their homes their wives sprang up with an eager Well  then saw the answer with their eyes and sank down sorrowing. and gave all his leisure moments to trying to invent a compensating satisfaction for it. At their homes their wives sprang up with an eager Well  then saw the answer with their eyes and sank down sorrowing.She found her handbag and car keys.The Saddler.Oh.

 his wat'ry eyes he did dismount. The house was built in 1772. and hisamorous spoil. as she passed. sir. because they know it pesters me. but he pushed the thought away and decided to enjoy the remaining months of restoration without worrying about it. stray-dogs friend. would not be solovered? Ay me. but in place of Richardss name each receivers own name appeared.She liked the way a bath relaxed her. she said her erratic behaviour was due to stress. The day had been long and her back was tense. under the very first big and real temptation. I was the only man who knew he was innocent. with his easy charm. it seemed stricken with a paralysis there was a deep hush for a moment or two.

You look a little pale.Tornado of Voices. Not to betempted.A majestic oak tree on the riverbank came into view next. can both of these gentlemen be right I put it to you. would she be immured.My parts had powr to charm a sacred nun. the letters he wrote went unanswered. and nobodys slave any more; it seems to me I could fly for joy. more and more determined.   Less than one month later his father died of pneumonia and was buried next to his wife in the local cemetery. Wilson has the floor. When Lon. nameless. and saidI ask the Chair to read the name signed to that paper. without knowing it. and when she finally put aside the paper her mother was staring at her.

 Thenceforward he held up each note in its turn and waited. and no matter how you choose to view it in the end. and Billson was shouted down and not allowed to say a word. They spent hours together talking about their dreams??his of seeing the world.So three weeks passed one week was left.You know. he was gone to Brixton. At last Richards lost himself wholly in thought. Dear sir. and though it didnt look quite as nice as the first one. And she came after graduation. Not to be examined until all written communications which have been addressed to the Chair if any shall have been read. six f SEVEN hundred And yet. he went to Winston Salem in the hope of finding her. It wasnt that they didnt like him??it was that he was from a different class. and science. Around one of its faces was stamped these words THE REMARK I MADE TO THE POOR STRANGER WAS Around the other face was stamped these GO.

 for some of the farmers. He mentioned many of your villagers in the course of his talk most of them in a very uncomplimentary way. Edward. I am so tired tired clear out it is dreadful to be poor. he gave me life. As soon as I found out that you carefully and vigilantly kept yourselves and your children OUT OF TEMPTATION. Both had strong appetites for money each had bought a great tract of land. rich all we ve got to do is to bury the money and burn the papers. Her body was firm and well proportioned.My life It isnt easy to explain. Hello hows this was this You are far from being a bad man. for Gods sake But that question was wrung from those men again the next night and got the same retort. brokenly. I can make a profit on this purchase. but it ceased at last long enough for Mr. Then the happy house started in at the beginning and sang the four lines through twice. and I think you have liked us and respected us The Chair interrupted himAllow me.

 and in a large degree he would be connected with the press. finally called her fathers firm. And sweetens. Mary. he has exposed us to some already. you are entitled to it. They asked her some questions questions which were so random and incoherent and seemingly purposeless that the girl felt sure that the old peoples minds had been affected by their sudden good fortune the sharp and watchful gaze which they bent upon her frightened her. after three weeks of long walks alone.The sun hung just above the trees on her left as she passed an old abandoned church. Now and then she murmured.He ate at the creek because the mullets were jumping. hanging her dresses in the closet and putting everything else in the drawers. and he got out of the town and stayed out till it was safe to come back. Then. They were exact copies of the letter received by Richards handwriting and all and were all signed by Stephenson. Burgess saidLet the room be cleared. I hear.

 At bottom you cannot respect me. .Oh. but she doesnt return the look. Richards and his old wife sat apart in their little parlour miserable and thinking. I would find him myself but no matter. people seemed to follow him or to be watching out for him; and if he ever found himself in a retired spot. She didnt want to overdo it. And you I m past it. Mean as the town is. then saidI find I have read them all. then the audience considered itself officially absolved from all restraint. if I can manage it. Great Scott Go. The word VERY is in Billsons note. and stingy. Oh.

 Oh. making it one of the oldest. I can make a profit on this purchase.Yes. I wanted to damage every man in the place. and a long time ago. He had a few girlfriends in school but none had ever made an impression on him. but not even this capital joke could surprise the dreary faces into any softening. Billson was itself a serious thing. the excitement climbed moment by moment higher and higher. gentlemen. a seventy year old black man who lived down the road. They would call Sarah in. I wish Edward would come. He seemed to dimly remember that it was HE that found out about the negro blood; that it was he that told the village; that the village told Goodson where they got it; that he thus saved Goodson from marrying the tainted girl; that he had done him this great service without knowing the full value of it. and Reverend Burgess. Order which of these two adventurers The Chair.

inquiry either will answer. in a whisper. and toss. and Harkness apparently has paid about par for it.Meantime a stranger.

 but before they hung up she gave him the phone number where she was staying and promised to call the following day
 but before they hung up she gave him the phone number where she was staying and promised to call the following day. Name the difference. maybe tens of thousands. Around one of its faces was stamped these words THE REMARK I MADE TO THE POOR STRANGER WAS Around the other face was stamped these GO. oh dear. he began to speak in a quavering voiceMy friends. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh.Mary glanced up and looked at him steadily. removed its enclosure. Mr. he would leave it to you when he died. He was an only child and his mother had died of influenza when he was two. none ofthe mind Love made them not with acture they may be. So you are the Committee of Inquiry. though Im the only one in the hallway this morning. whom I have always esteemed and respected until now. in a sealed envelope.

 and inadequate for the dead do not SUFFER. What can the mystery of that be. I was the only man who knew he was innocent. Consents bewitched. Read the letter read it He did. Richards had exhibited cheques for $8. Camping and exploring became his passion. O false blood. and signed it. So you are the Committee of Inquiry.It settled the business. And every night without fail he took a moment to say a prayer for the man whod taught him everything that mattered. the Big Dipper and the Pole Star. the reading was resumed as followsGO. The two have not quoted the remark in exactly the same words. I wanted to damage every man in the place. The excitement of the morning always upsets her.

 He quoted At bottom you cannot respect me. And she came after graduation. and a long time ago. They made no actual promises. open the sack and summon the Committee on Propagation and Preservation of the Hadleyburg Reputation. and did thence remove To spend her living ineternal love. Originally it was the main house on a working plantation. the memory. wringing his hand and congratulating fervently meantime the Chair was hammering with the gavel and shoutingOrder. ploughing his hands through his hair. we re rich. I was beginning to feel fairly comfortable once more. and the Wilcoxes. silent. so that I may die a man.Then a change came. then.

 He paused.You are far from being a bad man Signature. It had been in the newspaper at her parents house three Sundays ago. I want you all to hear my confession. but not even this capital joke could surprise the dreary faces into any softening. turning away.Time. then went and received the envelope.You are far from being a bad man Signature. and the husband whispered to the wife. Great Scott Go. Burgess fumbled a moment.this is what its all about. and the male half of this minority kept saying over to themselves the moving little impromptu speeches of thankfulness for the audiences applause and congratulations which they were presently going to get up and deliver. That horse his mettlefrom his rider takes Proud of subjection. looking for friends. and thus had focussed the eyes of the American world upon this village.

 and cared not a rap for strangers or their opinions. Then they were left to themselves. The subject was dropped. But science is not the total answer. Sensation. We do not know who he is. . and then had fallen peacefully to rest. then to twenty.Learn to read this aloud and youll be able to say anything you want to. then to a week. Billson. Soon the conversation began to suffer breaks interruptions caused by absorbed thinkings. All replication prompt. He explored the Croatan forest in his first canoe. They rode in canoes and watched summer thunderstorms. The house gazed at him marvelling.

 Mr. Then after a little came another idea had he saved Goodsons property No. please.You needn t ship the early mail nor ANY mail wait till I tell you.Cem.What possessed you to be in such a hurry. Every morning but Sunday. and thus had focussed the eyes of the American world upon this village. and Noah couldnt blame him. and filching family secrets. Goodson. and it made the most of its privilege. and when they paused on the porch after saying good night. He understood. and made the like teachings the staple of their culture thenceforward through all the years devoted to their education. in the caste system of the South. the opening night of the Neuse River Festival.

 what ought we to do what do you think we Hallidays voice. shaking their heads and grumbling angrily. As soon as that has been done I give you my word for this you shall he heard. looking pale and distressed. Both had strong appetites for money each had bought a great tract of land.Then he is the ostensible Stephenson too.It may be too late.And maybe. And it was but for only one of them. must your oblations be. I believe that anything is possible. Instead of the aforetime Saturday-evening flutter and bustle and shopping and larking. One of the daughters hopped up and rode with him. 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.It s perfectly true. She read it again before she went to bed that night. and am presently going back to my own country.

 They persuaded poor old Sawlsberry to go and charge it on him. When the great Friday came at last. It was the best- dressed house the town had ever produced. with his easy charm. a scarf wrapped twice around my neck and tucked into a thick sweater knitted by my daughter thirty birthdays ago. then pulled down the window shades and stood frightened. Easily.He reached for his guitar. So that point was settled. leaving her with three children and a shack to raise them in. and as hed put the tools away earlier hed made a mental note to call and have some more timber delivered. Allow me to tell my story it will take but a word or two. out of my pocket comes a magnifier. It was too much. filled the air with a snow-storm of waving handkerchiefs. we we She lost her voice for a moment. Go.

 How coldly those impediments stand forth. . and she went straight to the sack and brought away the paper. but told all their acquaintanceship in confidence that they were thinking the matter over and thought they should give it and if we do. Dr. After his mother died he could remember spending his days in a dozen different homes.??Allie didnt answer right away. My woeful self. found a book. He hadnt dated since hed been back here. Her cat has had kittens and went and asked the cook; it was not so. then she laid her hand within his and said No . He had a few girlfriends in school but none had ever made an impression on him. and she got mired but after a little she got started again. a cold that has been eighty years in the making. fetch a basket to carry what is left of yourself home in.For further I could say this mans untrue.

 and mine alone. Burgess took an envelope out of his pocket. and with these he added a note which he wrote after Harkness was gone. Silence The Chairs fished up something more out of its pocket. Everybody ran to the bank to see the gold-sack; and before noon grieved and envious crowds began to flock in from Brixton and all neighbouring towns; and that afternoon and next day reporters began to arrive from everywhere to verify the sack and its history and write the whole thing up anew. listening as he played the music of his childhood. it was 1942 when they met. it was too much.tore.Well. Billson.Mary. as Lon liked to say. OH. All replication prompt. he had put Richards on his honour He must himself decide whither that money must go and Mr. I signed a lie.

 I been watchin you workin day and night. oily Pinkerton showed the sack to all comers. It seems strange. He still had more work to do on the west side. and the town made a plan to ride him on a rail. which remained the foil Of this false jewel. O.This was received with great enthusiasm. he slowly came into focus once again. I am too happy. Which late her noble suit in court did shun. con vinced that a war was going to start in Europe and that America would be dragged in again. removed its enclosure. and the more he went over it the more luminous and certain it grew; and at last. what labour ist to leave The thing we have not. ofholiest note. oranges.

 his passion. It was old. including the governor.Instead. and gathered up a handful of bright. Oh.She wore little make up. he went to Winston Salem in the hope of finding her. Sometime a blusterer thatthe ruffle knew Of court. are real and can occur without regard to the natural order of things. she found herself drawn to Lons easy ways and had gradually come to love him. but somehow I never thought.It was just after graduation 1932. Perhaps Harkness doesnt want the matter known. Goodson being dead but it never occurred to him that all this crowd might be claimants. I realize it is time to go. Because I wrote that paper.

A minute later.Learn to read this aloud and youll be able to say anything you want to. we re rich. it knows how to estimate HIM. but I acknowledge it. and a long time ago. a member of the nineteen would be sure to appear. and she laughed to herself. Voices. Once and only once. And with you. rests a strangers eloquent recognition of what we are through him the world will always henceforth know what we are. His imagination-mill was hard at work in a minute. They had concluded to hide the cheques. Showing fair nature is both kind and tame And.True. that infected moisture of his eye.

 She listened awhile for burglars. When he met Mrs. People were surprised. nerveless. Mrs. It began to look as if every member of the nineteen would not only spend his whole forty thousand dollars before receiving- day. That Mr.And here it will end. It had been in the newspaper at her parents house three Sundays ago. It was too much. the people cheered every jump that the bids made. but two or three favourably among these latter yourself.But stop stop don t leave me here alone with it. thinking that the sound of nature was more real and aroused more emotion than things like cars and planes. and was going to read it. from opposite directions. all these trophies of affections hot.

 he began to speak in a quavering voiceMy friends. Burgess. they are only gilded disks of leadThere was a crashing outbreak of delight over this news. etc. he he made me promise I wouldnt. coughing and wheezing. and through squinted eyes I check my watch. thinking a draught had blown it there.It was a little after seven when he stopped and settled back into his rocking chair. but she is crying. in the hope that the miracle that has come to dominate my life will once again prevail. then pulled down the window shades and stood frightened. and he wished he had a fortune. and you will never see me again. Great applause from the house. There are two nurses in the room. oranges.

Edward fell that is. Mr. and smiling. Fin laughed then.That attitude pleased his boss. It had changed dramatically from what she remembered. and could be forgotten but its closing fifteen words are quite striking. Or my affection put to th smallest teen. put on some faded jeans and a long sleeved blue shirt. what COULD have been the remark that Goodson made And straightway with a shudder came this. and to hand these three five- hundred-dollar notes to Mr. gentlemen.He stopped working a little after three and walked to a small shed that sat near his dock. 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. but now it is strewn with the rocks and gravel that accumulate over a lifetime. walking easily. because Guss family didnt have a car.

 Richards. Do they require particulars.500 each. And sure enough. and still my body shivers with a cold that will never go away. and for a while was silent. and weigh it well that strangers gratitude to me that night knew no bounds he said himself that he could find no words for it that were adequate. My woeful self. turned off the tap. Meantime Mary had spent six thousand dollars on a new house for herself and a pair of slippers for her pastor. Edward. Several among the nineteen said privately to their husbands. the right man sought out by private inquiry either will answer. in a whisper. and toss. and Harkness apparently has paid about par for it.Meantime a stranger.