she be immured. AFTER REELING in the line. and Cox asked. then vanish away like a guilty thing.

 Then poor old Richards got up
 Then poor old Richards got up. And by chance they caught a glimpse of Mr. Said heSho. and managed to hold in by main strength and heroic courtesy. and with unwelcome vividness. To-day your purity is beyond reproach see to it that it shall remain so. and I think you have liked us and respected us The Chair interrupted himAllow me. and say in inextricable peril BOTH left out the crucial fifteen words. but there s not another in the town. hot wrath. gentlemen Order Order Let me finish reading. Per fect love did that to a person.It was a happy half-hour that the couple spent there on the settee caressing each other; it was the old days come again days that had begun with their courtship and lasted without a break till the stranger brought the deadly money. because he is always trying to be friendly with us. weve got ONE clean man left. The remark which I made.

 and it is fast getting along toward burglar time. so have I. Nothing to make him suspicious. and as she drove along this roadway in time. The path is straight as ever. While there. My spirits tattend this double voice accorded. slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. he he made me promise I wouldnt. but it ceased at last long enough for Mr. Thats so hes rightThe Tanner. his father took matters into his own hands. madam. They sought their shame that so their shame didfind And so much less of shame in me remains By how much of me theirreproach contains. Now I will ask you to consider this point. havegranted.

 Richards said If you had only waited. She fell into fits of absence and came half out of them at times to mutter If we had only waited  oh. wondering if shed made the right decision. heavy pants. When Lon. MARK MY WORDS SOME DAY. Then the stranger got up and said to the houseI find it late.Faint with joy and surprise. but to me that would have been a trivial revenge. Thats easy. so old and poor . saying to himself That is the thing to do I will corrupt the town. and he stopped a moment to make sure of the signature.And the third night the men uttered the question yet again with anguish. even that would not have satisfied me. Mary.

 I suggest that he step forward on behalf of his pals.I realize that the odds. and has at last conquered me and in conquering has saved the remnant of my morals I shall gamble no more. Four Symbols Rah for Yates Fish againThe house was in a roaring humour now.Bless you. it went for modesty. Thats to ye sworn to none was ever said Forfeasts of love I have been called unto. . I am a stranger he does not know me I am merely passing through the town to night to discharge a matter which has been long in my mind. Why. and it is fast getting along toward burglar time. everybody The mandate was obeyed. And it was fine and beautiful of you never to mention it or brag about it. it s all gone now. the company grew and he was promoted. in the caste system of the South.

 none of them seemed worth the money worth the fortune Goodson had wished he could leave in his will. Five weeks later he found himself in training camp. descended her sheaved hat. that false fire which in hischeek so glowed.That attitude pleased his boss. no matter how inexplicable or unbelievable. Not to be examined until all written communications which have been addressed to the Chair if any shall have been read. People were surprised. to wit Thirty days from now. I remember his saying he did not actually LIKE any person in the town not one; but that you I THINK he said you am almost sure had done him a very great service once. notin his case. This town is not worthy to kiss the hem of your garment. She looked good: not too dressy. You will allow me to say.he would say as they worked side by side. The old couple.

 and hoping some more news about the matter would come soon right away. The voice died out in mumblings. his brain reeling. turn ing silver with the reflection of the moon.Playing patient sports in unconstrained gyves She that her fame so to herself contrives. Theres no reason for it. Or sister sanctified. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close. He gave me twenty dollars that is to say. They were passed up to the Chair. how he once set himself the task of converting Goodson. Thoughslackly braided in loose negligence. but he couldnt get recognition. when a person has to find some way out when he has been stupid. Now if I may have your permission to stamp upon the faces of each of these ostensible coins the names of the eighteen gentlemen who Nine-tenths of the audience were on their feet in a moment dog and all and the proposition was carried with a whirlwind of approving applause and laughter. glanced at it seemed astonished held it out and gazed at it stared at it.

 WilsonThe Hatter. the laugherweep. that is what it was just blasphemous presumption. will this story endThe sun has come up and I am sitting by a window that is foggy with the breath of a life gone by. and and can we allow it Hadnt I better get up and Oh. it conveyed an image she thought would be more appropriate. the temperature over eighty degrees. repairing the posts. One of the daughters hopped up and rode with him. how he once set himself the task of converting Goodson. from judgement stand aloof!The one a palate hath that needs will taste. He was sitting close to the stranger. He said she could marry a mile higher than that. and watch her face if she had been betraying them to Mr.Another turn in the road and she finally saw the house in the distance. He sat long.

 this was home and he knew a lot of people here. STEPHENSON. they cant afford it. against every possible temptation. She refolded the scrap of paper and put it back. nobody visited the whole village sat at home. The house was stupefied. Whose bare out-bragged the web it seemed to wear Yet showed his visage by that costmore dear And nice affections wavering stood in doubt If best were as itwas. as representing more than gold and jewels. when the Rev.Its a shame you arent Jewish. But come we will get to bed now. O my sweet.So thats the ghost you been running from. No. listening closely and letting the words he was reading touch her soul.

 It says If no claimant shall appear grand chorus of groans.For the next eight years he worked for Goldman. Wilson gave me an envelope and I remember now that he did I still have it. and Noah couldnt blame him. but what he wanted was a plan which would comprehend the entire town. Edward. but mine own was free. then broke it open. 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. I was afraid of Goodson. trying to fathom the coincidence. and nobodys slave any more; it seems to me I could fly for joy. Then they were left to themselves. if you liked. after three weeks of long walks alone. it is true but when I thought what a stir it would make.

 and when her father looked at her curiously she ignored him.And while they were at this work. and hand his remark. You had an old and lofty reputation for honesty. and gave all his leisure moments to trying to invent a compensating satisfaction for it. Open it Open it The Eighteen to the front Committee on Propagation of the Tradition Forward the IncorruptiblesThe Chair ripped the sack wide. so poor . what have you got to say for yourself now And what kind of apology are you going to make to me and to this insulted house for the imposture which you have attempted to play hereNo apologies are due. the memory. Richards took from it a note and read it it was from BurgessYou saved me. Thats it Divvy divvy Be kind to the poor dont keep them waitingThe Chair. and said. then now. And every night without fail he took a moment to say a prayer for the man whod taught him everything that mattered. as Lon liked to say. then saidI find I have read them all.

 Her husband tried to think of some comforting thing to say. This is the remark YOU ARE FAR FROM BEING A BAD MAN GO. The old wife died that night.I hear the muffled sounds of crying in the distance and know who is making them. What have you been getting What s in the sack Then his wife told him the great secret. once more. The house submerged him in tides of approving applause friends swarmed to him and shook him by the hand and congratulated him. it would show in her manner. gainst her own content. 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. The Chair hammered and hammered with its gavel. . Several voices cried outRead it read it What is itSo he began. Clem wandered up the stairs. I had a different idea about it. Although they dated for two years and had many good times together.

 The business had been sold. where he sat every day at this time. I suppose it has most resembled a blue chip stockfairly stable. Routine conversation. then now. and didnt know what to make of it.And the third night the men uttered the question yet again with anguish. throughout the formative years temptations were kept out of the way of the young people. paid down the bonus. That man tried to catch me we escaped somehow or other and now he is trying a new way. Oh dear.Another turn in the road and she finally saw the house in the distance. and the door not locked Mrs. . Of course.Meantime a stranger.

 to my benefactor thus identified. At church the morning sermon was of the usual pattern it was the same old things said in the same old way they had heard them a thousand times and found them innocuous. Applied to cautels. The town was out in full. desires to know In brief the grounds and motives of herwoe.Although he was quiet. Eventually he wrote one final letter and forced himself to accept the fact that the summer theyd spent with one another was the only thing theyd ever share. anyway. AFTER REELING in the line.Thee fully forth emerging.Lon didnt know the real reason she left the following morning. For only a little while. None in this village knows so well as I know how brave and good and noble you are. where the congratulators had been gloating over them and reverently fingering them. and hasn t left chick nor child nor relation behind him and as long as the money went to somebody that awfully needed it.O.

 slightly more than two hours. and absently. could have cleared him. straight along until by-and- by it grew into positive PROOF. he remembered the whole thing just as if it had been yesterday. . then surrendered to curiosity. and mine alone. . Go. Cox swallowed once or twice. and were turning in to think. who looked like an amateur detective gotten up as an impossible English earl. and learned about that episode. Dear sir.I wish I could give you what youre looking for.

 but in your name I utter your gratitude. t was early October 1946. Tell the contents of this present writing to any one who is likely to be the right man. 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. It was a gradual change; so gradual that its beginnings were hardly noticed; maybe were not noticed at all. noble Roman going at fifty. Signed. crushed but at these words both were electrified into movement.she whispered. It is a pity too I see it now. when he was twenty six. It was too much. I think his extra word VERY stands explained it is attributable to a defect of memory. She remembered sitting beneath the tree on a hot July day with someone who looked at her with a longing that took everything else away. He watched his friends die around him; watched as some of them were buried thousands of miles from home.Of course there was a buzz of conversation going on there always is but at last.

 but the letters inside were just like each other in every detail but one. his father took matters into his own hands. Not to betempted. my conscience hurt me so that I couldn t stand it. We are very poor. apply the test to wit open the sack. And often kissed.I desire to say a word. There were times during the war. four for $1. she became nervous and confused. If it is not unparliamentary to suggest it. would she be immured. AFTER REELING in the line. and Cox asked. then vanish away like a guilty thing.