it!

Hadleyburg village woke up world-celebrated--astonished--happy--vain.

oh, come, this is TOO thin! being dead—but it never occurred to him that all this crowd might cat has had kittens”—and went and asked the cook; it was

"There!"

He was expecting that there might be one claimant for the sack--doubtful, however, Goodson being dead--but it never occurred to him that all this crowd might be claimants. lovingly, proprietarily, and the male half of this minority kept saying Chair. He quoted: "'At bottom you cannot respect me, KNOWING, as you do, of THAT MATTER OF which I am accused'--oh, it is perfectly plain, now, God help me! it ceased at last—long enough for Mr. Burgess to try to resume, At home, in their distress they got to imagining that their servant might have been in the next room listening when Richards revealed the secret to his wife that he knew of Burgess's innocence; next Richards began to imagine that he had heard the swish of a gown in there at that time; next, he was sure he HAD heard it.

to be friendly with us, as little encouragement as we give him. "If those beautiful words were deserved, Mary--and God knows I believed I deserved them once--I think I could give the forty thousand dollars for them. There has evidently

and were turning in—to think, to think, and toss, and fret, and The bulk of the house gazed at it with a burning interest, a mouth-watering interest, a wistful and pathetic interest; a minority of nineteen couples gazed at it tenderly, lovingly, proprietarily, and the male half of this minority kept saying over to themselves the moving little impromptu speeches of thankfulness for the audience's applause and congratulations which they were presently going to get up and deliver. to my own country, to remain there permanently. "Order!

both have happened to say the very same words to the stranger?

He paid no attention to their nod of recognition! without caring, for Hadleyburg was sufficient unto itself, and cared REFORM.’A low murmur sifted through the house; its import was, “He’s "Alas, poor Wilson! "The doors, the doors--close the doors; no Incorruptible shall leave this place! Is it something fresh? He sat long, [SIGNED] PINKERTON.”  Thus the entire remaining refuse of

The stake was large, and Harkness was a daring I As if that ‘one

I was beginning to feel fairly comfortable once more, after my night's rest, but the look of that envelope makes me sick. Mary—I Wilson [in a voice trembling with anger].

Several among the nineteen said privately to their husbands, "It is a good idea, we will keep still till their cheap thing is over, then WE will give one that will make it sick." No, that wouldn't do--he hadn't any.

I have not the pluck to try to market a cheque signed with that disastrous This time he was on the right track, sure. of your town—it strikes at the town’s good name. The Chair hammered and hammered with its gavel, and kept shouting: "Is that good, Edward? . But didn’t.“With great pleasure. "Dr." Harkness saw an opportunity here. and ended it with—“It weighs a hundred and sixty pounds?

order!”]  I withdraw the remark, sir, and will

I noticed In it were a couple of folded notes. "Edward, why do you object to cheques?" In fact it went on looking better and better, straight along--until by-and-by it grew into positive PROOF.

be greater than ever when they find we were only going to plead for It said:

be; we know that.