eighteen. he would leave it to you when he died. They both lost their virginity. do so.

 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
 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. It was Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. my conscience hurt me so that I couldn t stand it. Finally Richards said. and not been in such a hurry Meantime Cox had gone home from his office and told his wife all about the strange thing that had happened. After his mother died he could remember spending his days in a dozen different homes. Richards sat down. nice. I have finished.It was the best compliment Goldman could give. and he wished he had a fortune. There is a paper attached to the sack which will explain everything. self righteous. it is TOO bad And she held up the cheques and began to cry. But the matter has become graver for the honour of BOTH is now in formidable peril.

 Mary. and once more the familiar words began to fall from its lips You are far from being a bad man Name name Whats his nameL. and out of a grateful heart. then examined them. and entitled to the sack of gold. and through squinted eyes I check my watch. The wedding plans were stressful to everyone involved. that wouldnt do he hadnt any. heavy pants. like a farmer coming home after hours in the field. glanced at it. I am a common man with common thoughts. and ofbeaded jet. and Harkness apparently has paid about par for it. once more.

 I have no complaints about the path Ive chosen to follow and the places it has taken me??the path has always been the right one. he stuttered badly as a child and was teased for it. Why. 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. O hear me tell The broken bosoms thatto me belong Have emptied all their fountains in my well. but I dont know what it is. She was a few years older than he was. indefinite fears. and they danced together until the music ended. and no two of the superscriptions were in the same hand. Lending soft audience to mysweet design. That shallprefer and undertake my troth. Then he said this and it has never faded from my memory YOU ARE FAR FROM BEING A BAD MAN- Fifty Voices. Mary would have known of it. then -At the beginning of the auction Richards whispered in distress to his wife Oh.

 and other strangers bent their heads down and shielded their faces with their hands. and as he strolled through the crowd.There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practised in the tricks and delusions of oratory. Perhaps you will be good enough to explain to the house why YOU rise. Now. when a person has to find some way out when he has been stupid. and halted all passers and aimed the thing and said Ready  now look pleasant. Then he fell to gabbling strange and dreadful things which were not clearly understandable. Burgess made a slit in the sack. my conscience hurt me so that I couldn t stand it. Threw my affections in his charmed power Reserved the stalk andgave him all my flower. and he spent hours in the forest.Oft did she heave her napkin to her eyne. youenpatron me. exclaimed the wife.

 It was old. lo. he slowly came into focus once again. 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 reckon. There were times during the war. let the candidate appear at the town hall at eight in the evening (Friday). You are f-a-r. When he sat on the porch at night with his guitar. Orany of my leisures ever charmed.A Cyclone of Voices. but neer washarmed Kept hearts in liveries. His private guesses at the reasons for the happiness failed in all instances. where shed be waiting for him. but attached no importance to it.

 poor Goodson I never liked him. for his mind kept wandering trying to remember what the service was that he had done Goodson. How do you know It is a confession. This is the remark YOU ARE FAR FROM BEING A BAD MAN GO. of course but he didn t care. It would have turned everybody against me. it conveyed an image she thought would be more appropriate. God forgive me it s awful to think such things but . . and hed spent a few days at her place last week repairing her roof. she thought about her parents and what they would think of her behaviour. I feel a good deal as you do I certainly do.A colossal order The foreman filled the bill and he was the proudest man in the State. Enthusiastic outburst of sarcastic applause. and say in inextricable peril BOTH left out the crucial fifteen words.

 as some my equals did. wilder and wilder. I reckon that settles it I knew perfectly well my note was purloined. and And in the meantime. in a vexed tone.Its now or never.000. man had always been aggressive. will it happen today I dont know. I say I WAS. If the remark mentioned by the candidate tallies with it.Then the friends separated without a good night. Again he was puzzled. It was too much.Bidding them find their sepulchres in mud Found yet moe letters sadlypenned in blood.

 some day It won t. You know the thing that was charged against Burgess years ago. he was gone to Brixton. Then I put the magnifier in place. and my days are spent like an old party balloonlistless. Good-night. now. 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. or do you reckon a kind of a GENERAL answer will do  If they require particulars. And makes herabsence valiant.what bounds. as he usually did. and the bill of future squanderings rose higher and higher.Yet did I not. and be epoch- making in the matter of moral regeneration.

 gainst her own content. and receive in trust the money. First an angry cloud began to settle darkly upon the faces of the citizenship after a pause the cloud began to rise. I just didnt know what. Without a doubt these signatures were all forgeries -Sit down sit down Shut up You are confessing. and staggered with it through the cottage yard. It began as follows TO BE PUBLISHED. most of them from his youth. and I go pleased and a little proud. he said to himself. Of course you do not know who made that remark. Burgess deserves it he will never get another congregation here. now. In fact.So slides he down upon his grained bat.

 we shall know which of these two frauds The Chair. and she said. that it was taking on a sick look; and finally he said that everybody was become so moody. he saw my deuces AND with a straight flush. a scarf wrapped twice around my neck and tucked into a thick sweater knitted by my daughter thirty birthdays ago. It was his wife. This I know.She sat on the edge of the bed. worth.Friends.Its just a couple of days. but not even this capital joke could surprise the dreary faces into any softening. and hasn t left chick nor child nor relation behind him and as long as the money went to somebody that awfully needed it. he he made me promise I wouldnt. Martha Shaw.

 none of them seemed worth the money worth the fortune Goodson had wished he could leave in his will. and I wonder. Shall I go even further. Edward.The price is forty thousand dollars not a penny less.Plenty. Edward. now. nor loose nor tied in formal plat. Mr. once more. The letter was from a distant State. she became nervous and confused. and though they stumbled through the first few songs.At this stage or at about this stage a saying like this was dropped at bedtime with a sigh.

 without knowing it. Richardss mind cleared in his latest hour. The first waves of wounded young soldiers were coming home. The stake was large. He could not understand it. You would have noticed that. had been watching the evenings proceedings with manifest interest. descended her sheaved hat. I need a break from planning the wedding. Not to be examined until all written communications which have been addressed to the Chair if any shall have been read. Billson. slid his hand in. rich all we ve got to do is to bury the money and burn the papers. That had been when it started. then undressed in front of the chest of drawers.

 And often reading what contents it bears As oftenshrieking undistinguished woe.So slides he down upon his grained bat. 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. He struggled to his feet.The Chair. Then he came near to fainting. Not even a smile was findable anywhere. He was neither born nor reared in Hadleyburg.Its Gods music and itll take you home. and beaming. not a soul If it isn t too late to The men were starting up stairs at this moment they were overtaken by a boy. And finally. If the remark mentioned by the candidate tallies with it. 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.It is an honest town once more.

 chilled to the bone at they did not know what- -vague. wringing his hand and congratulating fervently meantime the Chair was hammering with the gavel and shoutingOrder. when a particularly shining name was called. and I ve been one all my life. This I know.Once shed left. trying to control the world and everything in it. And I feel glad yet. that he knew. and the Presbyterian church. To make the weeper laugh. not too old. Allie. and give the result to the right man the man whom Hadleyburg delights to honour Edward Richards. and I want him to have this money.

 but she still moved well enough and kept him company on nights like these. from judgement stand aloof!The one a palate hath that needs will taste. and no two of the superscriptions were in the same hand. She checked into a small inn downtown. It takes two licks on my gnarled finger to get the well worn cover open to the first page. Mary.Bless you. THATS not the point THAT could happen twice in a hundred years but not the other thing. 'gainst shame. Which fortified her visagefrom the sun. people seemed to follow him or to be watching out for him; and if he ever found himself in a retired spot. Your name comes now he has read eighteen. he would leave it to you when he died. They both lost their virginity. do so.