pocket and privately glanced at it to refresh his memory. ofholiest note.

 and reform
 and reform. in another part of it Lawyer Wilson was doing the same. by-and- by he found it. if we had only waited a little. I think his extra word VERY stands explained it is attributable to a defect of memory. then slipped on the tan.Then Wingate. He explored the Croatan forest in his first canoe. It was so proud of it. Richards and his old wife sat apart in their little parlour miserable and thinking. what course. Only he wasn t guilty of it. just as he was beginning to get well persuaded that it had really happened. Suspicion flamed up into conviction. It was his own fault. two people hed grown up with. Two or three hours later his wife got wearily up and was going away to bed without a good-night custom now but she stopped near the letter and eyed it awhile with a dead interest.

 Gregory Yates. nor any twenty-dollar contribution. He always stopped there when he was going to the store. No doubt they would disapprove. but his father told him not to worry. I know. It was humid that night??for some reason he remembered that clearly. and did not seem to be aware that she was alone. every shade in between. these are bitter.tore. But you ought to have told ME. I stand and shuffle across the room; stopping at the desk to pick up the notebook I have read a hundred times. and I wonder. not only winning cases but also making a name for himself. why dont you tell me Well er er Why. she turned onto a gravel road that wound its way between antebellum farms.

 Tell the contents of this present writing to any one who is likely to be the right man.At home the Richardses had to endure congratulations and compliments until midnight. She rose and stood thinking. and left the audience making a vast noise. He read its contents slowly and impressively the audience listening with tranced attention to this magic document.He skimmed through it and said Isn t it an adventure Why. Everywhere he looked. Yes. He went to her house. For six months. given enough lime. On go the glasses. His despatch stating what he had caught got an instant answer Send the whole thing all the details twelve hundred words. And she came after graduation. smirking. It began as follows TO BE PUBLISHED. gazing vacantly at the floor.

 but not so happy. He contrived many plans.Hanging her pale and pined cheek beside Some in her threaden fillet stilldid bide. He kept him in school and afterwards made him come to the timber yard where he worked. possessed the secret of its wording. And often kissed. but in some way or other the match had been broken off; the girl died. It says If no claimant shall appear grand chorus of groans. faced toward the old couple eagerly. he remembered now. That shallprefer and undertake my troth. Sensation. my conscience hurt me so that I couldn t stand it. and he felt his mind drift ing back to a warm evening like this fourteen years ago. Billson. Per fect love did that to a person. And by chance they caught a glimpse of Mr.

Bidding them find their sepulchres in mud Found yet moe letters sadlypenned in blood.That attitude pleased his boss. keep it rolling fifty thanks. Noah tried to stop by regularly to leave some flowers; occasionally he left a note. As far as he could tell. Not one whose flamemy heart so much as warmed. No two of the envelopes were alike. and gave the flood Cracked many a ring of posied gold and bone. including me. he will be found. the Brixtonites. they to take it in trust Cries of Oh Oh Oh. hungry and without a penny. Kiss me there. It was a gradual change; so gradual that its beginnings were hardly noticed; maybe were not noticed at all. Open it open the sackMr. that looked very good.

 She looked good: not too dressy. and reform. He related the curious history of the sack. let us proceedAt last there was a measurable degree of quiet. replacing posts where he had to. it was she who taught him how to waltz and do the Charleston. turn ing silver with the reflection of the moon.The old lady was afraid of the mysterious big stranger. And at this point he remembered that he couldnt swim anyway. I am done. Towards this afflicted fancy fastly drew And. . and he had carried it with him throughout the war. Why. a seventy year old black man who lived down the road. then added I ask you to note this when I returned. Meantime Mary had spent six thousand dollars on a new house for herself and a pair of slippers for her pastor.

 how lucky it was you did him that grand service.Ah THERE was a point which he had been overlooking from the start it had to be a service which he had rendered possibly without knowing the full value of it. His private guesses at the reasons for the happiness failed in all instances. and one for $34. I wish he wouldn t persist in liking us so I can t think why he keeps it up. thirty one. then to twenty. The patient saidLet the pillow alone what do you wantWe thought it best that the cheques You will never see them again they are destroyed. . And it was but for only one of them.There he goes again. I desire that you open the sack and count out the money to the principal citizens of your town. The old wife died that night. those poor Wilsons. he could remember. Archibald Wilcox. But come we will get to bed now.

 The door has been propped open for me. Oh. and she let it back down. must your oblations be. To put the by-past perils in her way Counsel may stop awhile what will not stay Forwhen we rage. 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.Towards the end of their relationship shed told him once. Though hed been away for fourteen years. began to rise.Goldman would say. you would say to yourselves. pointing out the changes he intended to make.All right. All aids.I desire to say a word.A Voice. I wish To think.

 If I could stay. who ever shunned by precedent The destined ill she mustherself assay Or forced examples. what was she doing Lamenting because the papers hadnt been destroyed and the money kept.Then he slipped out. what ought we to do what do you think we Hallidays voice. The reporter from the Raleigh paper had done an arti cle on it a few weeks ago and said it was one of the finest restor ations hed ever seen. Edward. did I hear you say thanks nine this noble sack of virgin lead going at only nine hundred dollars. He paused.The postman left a letter. . and halted all passers and aimed the thing and said Ready  now look pleasant. Lord. but which was overpowered by circumstances. For thou art all. and naturally you were proud of it it was your treasure of treasures. But they were to learn.

 his wat'ry eyes he did dismount. He said she could marry a mile higher than that. And sweetens. they are only gilded disks of leadThere was a crashing outbreak of delight over this news. What rounds. certainly without caring. and cared not a rap for strangers or their opinions. advice is often seen By blunting us to make our wills morekeen.She still knew her way around the small town. and he spent hours in the forest. he needed to get out now and then. now.Once shed left. and the Presbyterian church. A slight shudder shook her frame. Right he got every last one of them. .

 The tanner was a disgruntled man he believed himself entitled to be a Nineteener. sir had to get the papers in twenty minutes earlier than common. You would have thought as I did. Mary. but before they hung up she gave him the phone number where she was staying and promised to call the following day. Great sensation. worth.Mary. Mary he BELIEVES in me. How do you know It is a confession. Wilson has the floor. Richards had exhibited cheques for $8. untucked.O. They persuaded poor old Sawlsberry to go and charge it on him. keep it rolling fifty thanks.Well never be over.

 gazing. ere he desire. what ought we to do what do you think we Hallidays voice. I listen as they begin to whisper among themselves when I pass. and cryit is thy last. despondently. And it was but for only one of them.And long upon these terms I held my city.And long upon these terms I held my city.Pinkerton the banker and two or three other well-to-do men planned country-seats but waited. I signed a lie. And so on. When I was about to put it in an envelope I was called into my back office. though not well. never taking her eyes from him. It was all clear and simple. Just before he was discharged he received a letter from a lawyer in New Jersey representing Morris Goldman.

 It was with the cheques. we we She lost her voice for a moment.Look here what tributes wounded fancies sent me. shaking their heads and grumbling angrily. then WE will give one that will make it sick. They are in their rooms.But at last. smiled. The door has been propped open for me.The house rose in a body and made the walls quake with the thunders of its thankfulness for the space of a long minute. He went to her house. I saw it in a dozen faces after church. He was now soliloquising somewhat like this None of the Eighteen are bidding that is not satisfactory I must change that the dramatic unities require it they must buy the sack they tried to steal they must pay a heavy price. and often men would say. When he finished he changed into his work clothes. turn ing silver with the reflection of the moon. years of heavy lifting at the timber yard helped him excel in sports.

To blush at speeches rank. mature and responsible. people seemed to follow him or to be watching out for him; and if he ever found himself in a retired spot. we are so poor but but do as you think best do as you think best. Mr. without waiting for it to come in words.and made their wills obey. nor any accompanying benediction and compliment these are all inventions. sir. They looked a little sad.Six months later he went to Hadleyburg. What with his art in youth.You needn t ship the early mail nor ANY mail wait till I tell you. I walked into it. To put the by-past perils in her way Counsel may stop awhile what will not stay Forwhen we rage. pile it up hundred and twenty forty just in time hundred and fifty Two hundred superb Do I hear two h thanks two hundred and fifty It is another temptation. and the husband whispered to the wife.

 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. 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. hot wrath. and Halliday noticed that a ghastly anxiety was beginning to show up in a good many faces. but there was still one other detail that kept pushing itself on his notice of course he had done that service that was settled; but what WAS that service He must recall it he would not go to sleep till he had recalled it; it would make his peace of mind perfect. ay. he could have done it. Her cat has had kittens and went and asked the cook; it was not so. neither was he able to invent any remarks about it that could damage it or disturb it. please. When things had got about to the worst Richards was delivered of a sudden gasp and his wife askedOh. For six months. And another thing. that Goodson had told him to go to thunder and mind his own business HE wasnt hankering to follow Hadleyburg to heaven So that solution was a failure he hadnt saved Goodsons soul. Good-night. and delivered the cheers with all its affectionate heart. and the two had spent their first evening together getting drunk and telling stories.

 to weep at woes. Richards.Father. He saidOne of these is marked. are so deep and they come so fastThree days before the election each of two thousand voters suddenly found himself in possession of a prized memento one of the renowned bogus double-eagles. O false blood. Experience for me many bulwarks builded Ofproofs new-bleeding. Or my affection put to th smallest teen. He watched his friends die around him; watched as some of them were buried thousands of miles from home.You were thinking. so grateful. his hound dog. and in it you will find a sealed envelope containing that remark. he might have thought of it before. and the things she had picked out would work fine.The couple lay awake the most of the night. And dialogued for him what he would say.

 and has at last conquered me and in conquering has saved the remnant of my morals I shall gamble no more.He started to run the numbers in his head. It was so proud of it. on that termless skin. you betand finishing up with cheers and a tiger for Hadleyburg purity and our eighteen immortal representatives of it. we are sold too. for Gods sake But that question was wrung from those men again the next night and got the same retort. Instead of the aforetime Saturday-evening flutter and bustle and shopping and larking. He watched his friends die around him; watched as some of them were buried thousands of miles from home. when you think nobody susp Eight hundred dollars hurrah make it nine Mr.Ah THERE was a point which he had been overlooking from the start it had to be a service which he had rendered possibly without knowing the full value of it. The old couple were delirious. it went for modesty. And who is to be the guardian of this noble fame the community as a whole No The responsibility is individual. By-and-by the wife said Oh. Every now and then one of these got a piece of paper out of his vest pocket and privately glanced at it to refresh his memory. ofholiest note.