fe him that tomething had jut been sald fle but he did net mane whet: He owe with Wie math wide opens Thanhe perceived that the man whe was darting hime wis frahtfeleWhotly absorbed in his own deazlea ade; he hea not uptothat momint sbservtd tha other man sr rile per. tan Valjean unud the black ernvet whisk supported his ight-caves uneolea the Ucn from erounat his hand bare his thumb and showed fo Marian 2535 There iy nothing the matter wilh my hands, 30d he Mery Looked ofthe thumbs There her not been anathing the melter with Uf went om “ane Valjenne Thave way in fuck nrtrace of tng inj. seam Valine continued was fifing thet | should be abtent from your marrage absent: myelf es mucho es wim mu power Se Unventt thi injony im oder that | might not commits forgery, that! might not introduce a flaw inte he marriage dovemint in ortee that! might seape rome signing Morir tamanertse What the meaning ofthis? The meaning of it replied Jean Valjean, that hee been tn the geegy You are airing me mal tqcleimed Mavis in tervor Monsieur Ponmerey seid ean Valjean, | wey nuneeen Yeery in the galleys For theft. Then. [was condemned for Life for tat for estcond offence. At tha present momand hae broken my bens Invi sit Maris reco before the reality, refuse the fact, ris the evidence, he was fore to-give wey, He be gen to understand nl a always heppeny in such eartn he understood for much. An inurl sudden of hideous to Lighfenment Reshed thevugh: his anil Which mace him paiver traversed his mind He cought « imipne of wre eb etna for haved} i the fre. Saal, lt he ead Yow eve Cosette fothert Anche rtreted « couple of paces withew movement of 2556 indesribabe horror, Jean Vatican cevedeschis east with Se muich majesty of attitude that he seemed lo qrve trent the etling. Wis ntcesery that gow Shevat beet ma here Sar, ab~ though owt onthe ihary mass nob be received iw lane. Here he pest thin, with w Sort of joverian and ypucheel authority, Me ede, Seficulofing slowly, and-enr phasiaing the wlablen Yow will belie mathe father of Cpete before Guay no Mowatenr eson Pontmerey, | me peasend of Forerotles{ earnest miy Using by proning tretn Hy neme tenet Peuckelevent, bul Jee Vekjans ane net related to Co stl, Reassure yours Matin wemmared: Whe will prove that to me? | Since #L yowso Maris Looked af the mans He wer melancholy yet tran quik No Ue conta proceea from such acelin That whieh i Cey wr vineere. The frath cout be felt in thet Chi of the fm | belueve you, soi Movin Jam Valjean bent his heads though taking note of this and continued: What amet Conte? A passer by Tam years ah | dadonot knew that she wav iw existence: love har it itraa One lovers thal whew one hee sear when very Jound, being old oneself Wham one i ay ome fel onaself x arsndfothar towed ll Uitte children You med, seams tome, suppore that! have something which revmbler thee She wes 2537 orphans Without ether father oF smother. She needed: me. That ts wha! begen to Love her Children ore so weak that the fpt comer, even ass Uke mt can become thei prom Hector. | have fulfied this day fowaray Cosel de ne thinks tad ssa thing cen be cated e god actions but bem good ation, wills that aur dona i gsr this ottenating czcumstence, Today, Comte passes out of my Lifes our two roe pact Henceforti I camko-noth ing for her She i Modeme Pontes. Her providence hav chenged. An Corte gains by tha henge: AU ix wl. Ay forth son healed thowanl ranch you donot mention them fo me, but! foretels your though hey ave a depoal How dt that deposit come indo my hands? What dows that matter? ( rslore the deposit Nothing more can be demand tb of mt complete fhe rtituion ty announcing my true nants Thal tonearm mt | hank a feciow or datiring that you howd know who- {ame And tan Veljten looked arias full inthe focts Als that Moria experiences wer tamativony tn inco- hartnt Carte gusty of destiny protuce there billows in our outs. We hewe a undenjone moment of rouble in which ee erything within wae persed: we vs he fark thingy thad staan try, which one nol abweay preciel thoye which shouts be wis. There ae Sudden revtlations whith: one cennct beat nde whizh:inonieate Ue baleful wine Maras was supe by the novel situation which prsendes help Yo kins tothe print of addrvasing thet man aloont Uke e periom who wes angry with: Kim or this avowed: 2938 Sat wha, he exctatmad, do yow fll me al this? Who forces gow to o's? You cou hast hep your sere fogour= sel You are neither denounced, nor (racked nor purus. You hee reason for wantonly making cha rertlofn Conclude. “There i something mare what eonnaciion de you make this confeiion? What i your motive? My motuye? replied Jean Valjtan im A weicesolow ant dul that ome won have vid that ha wet adedng thls rather than fo Maras, From. what motive, i fact: has this conch jh said! exe Convict? Well, yt! the moti is srange His Sul of honesty. Sey, the unfortunate point in that have three: in mi heart which beepy me fst Ite whenone told that thet sor of thread: iv paricularly soli AU Life fll iri round one; one ree Had heen able te fear out tha thread, fo bruset unde tha ato feat tose for lan | howl have been soft I had only faa there are diigencey in the Rae Soul: yw ere he: [em going hae fied to bree thet thated I hee jerked at ty Uewould not bree, [ore mi hecrt with it The | aid | cannot Lire anywhere toe than here. me sf. Well, yer you are ight eeu foot why) not snp Pemain here? You offer mae cheanber in thir house, Modeme Panter ir vincerely attache fo es she sai tothe enmechair Siretch-owt your arms t-hine your grindfutnar demand nothing beler thane have mes! ib hi we shal Live fener, an fake our rsa in ome | shall give Covele my enme-~ Madame Pandmarey, note ee, itive habit, we shall have but one roof one table, one fore, the sam chisnty-cornar in winter, the Same [promanedl in amener, thet i jo that 2384 is heppinen thet i ever hing We shell Live one family Onewas tosee the tquatoriah nd most age of these species sweeping over the playin the Level sunlight: their (egy were oftenas tell ana Lender an eshipry mech. now and then they would yaerre, with Long necks evened fo natch some seurrying ereatu oF pluck ome bunch of foliage wach constant anal rapid migration would here beens imporiible in world Ley rich in joer entry. human. intelligence seep never fo have betnetfsine in ong of thee world untesy it had been etfaintd already before night and dey became encessivey Long, andthe difference of their Heptreturee exceniatly grat. ix worlds where plant-man-or other oreturts hedechieved curiliaetiowond-seiance before rotefion hed: btcome seriously retard, great efor wore made to cope with the increasing hershintiy of te enaionment. sometimes civlination merely rire tethe poles, abandoning the ret of the planet sometimes wibferrancan-ietlemanty were tablished in other ragiont the inhabitant tuiing ole anon erat sunset to ulate the Lands Sowitions wsastens of rales along the parallels of latitude carried w migresory popuetion from one ngrialurel center frenother, following the fwilight inetly, however, when rotediow hed been enfirtly los; evellede Ciilination would: be crowded: along the whole lenalhvof the sefionery grdle between night endl dag. by Chis ates if netbefore the afmonphere would hare been Lot also: itean well be imagined thate rece Hrsggiing {o yurvire in thse Literally sraightenadl-cireumatences would not beable fo meintnin tng Hehnayy and delceney of mente Ufes iy company withthe increasing band of our fellow explorers visited mans) worldly of many Hrange Kinds: im Some we spent only few wesku of the local tomes i othary we remains for eonturitn or skimmed: from point to point oP hatory as our interest dictates Uke a rer of Locusts we woud kescand pore newr found wind each of tingling ute tullable beth after a period of abservediom, long OF short we woul eae, alight again, Perhaps, om the same world im ancther of Uv age, or te-dstrcbufe our company among many world, far epee In time ancl in space. thir Hrange Life tarmed me uno-e very diffrent being from the enalishman whe hed sh ecertein dete of human history welked af night upon a-hill not onli hed my oven immediate euperience increased fer beyond the normel age, bub alia; by means of a peculiarly intimate union with wa fellows & myself hed been, soto speak, mailtipliads for in a-yense wes now ay muich bral and cach: ont of ry colleagues ay i wor thet tnglishman this change thet had come over wh deservey fo be carefully described, not Imerely for Uy indrinuia interes but elie because Uf efforbed sa hey for understanding many eoimicel beings whove nedwre (rola otherwise have bean bicurt fros in our mew tandifion our tommuniiy was so perfected that the enperiencer of ach were available fo all thr the neve &, participated in the nlventures ofthat englshman and of brattte nl the vet with equal cave. and Lponersed all thelr memoriey of former, seperate enislence in thelr respective nafire worlds. some philoiophiceliy winded reader may ash, "do you maar that the mend) tperuencing indinidualy became a ingle individual, hoving Pringle srean of experience? oF de you mean thet here remained many experiencing individuely, having numerically distinct bul exactly Hmilar experiances?” the enswer is thet odor not know. but thin know tthe tnlishesany en imiderty tock of my colleagues gradually “woke” inte possession of techs other experiance, andi also into mare Lucid intelligence, whether, taperiants, we rtmeined many or became ont, donot know but Ciuipect that the question i one of there which cam navtr be truly nswered because in the leat anal ly maaminglasn tn the course of my communal obvervadion of the mand) worlds, tn equally im the course of my inieapeckion of maj oumcommamal mankal proves, now one end nowenother individual explorer end now perhepy e group of explorers, would form the mein instrument of Henin, offording thrsugh thelr perlizolar nafure end experiance materiel for the confemplation of Ul Jometimer, when we were exceptionally alert nek eager, cach aniehened infos morke of perception andl thought and-imadinadiow edt will more lucia thaw any experiencing benown fens) of say individuals tha, thoughe cach of uy become in ejenge identical with: tach: of his friends, he else became in a manner & wind of higher arber than Any of usin sotedion but in this "wading! there seemed fo be nothing more musterious in Kind than in those many) secesions in normed if when the mind dalightedly relates together experiances that hat hidherle been inuutated: rom one anathar, oF discovery in confuse sjeehy Cpattern oy wsiqnificence hitherto unnoticed i must not be supposed that this shrange menial conumaincly blotted oud the peronalitiae of the individual explorers. huanan speech has nonccurate forma fo desercbe our peculiar relationship. would be as nirue fore thet we hed lot ou individuality, oF were dissolved ine commumncl individuality, oo seq thet we were a the while difinet individals though the promos "U! now applied tows eUl coUeetirely, the pronoun. "We lie appliza tous. in one respect namely unity of consciovinesy we were indeed esingle euperiancing individual: yet of (he some Fane we were ine-very Emportont end dlighlful manner dstinch fomone enother. (hough there wer only the single, communal "Zr there wesralse, soto peaks « menifola end: yeriegetea "Lyi" an sbverved company of ery diverse personality techs of whow enpresed erties hi own unique contribution to the whole inferprise of covmicad exploration, while a were bound: together ine Hasna of ible personel relationships vem well aware thet this ectount of the matter ust seem tomy readers sef-contradictory, as indeed it does tomes but ican fen no hee wsendl he celled their names efter the names by which hin fother hed colled: them: 26:24 And hee yserventy diggedl in the valley, andl found there a well of Uiving water. 26:20 ? Genesis - Chapter 026 Andie herdmen cf Geran strove with liane yherdmen, sexing: The water ix ours. And he called the name of the well Exel; becouse they contended with hin. 26:21 And they digged amother well, end-they strove for that else: And he called the name oft Sitnel 26:22 And he removedt from thence, end digged another well; ancl for Hed they strove not: And he called: the name of it Rehoboth; and: he seid: For now the Lord: hath: made, room for us, endl we shell bt fruitful inthe lends 26:23 Anct he went up from thence to Beer-shebes 26:24 And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, andl seid | ame the God of Abrakan thay father. Feax mot; for | ann with thee, and- will bless thee, end multiply thy seed for My servant Abrahams seke. 26:25 And he builded an aller there, andl called upow the name cf the Lord, andl pitched hir tent there; endthere eee s servants digged-t well. 26:26 Then Abimelech went-to- him from Gerar, and Ahuzzadic his friend, and Phicol the captain of hit hot: 26:27 And: Ise said unio-them: Wherefore are ye come unto me, seting yohote me, and heve send me ewey from you? 26:28 And they seid: Wesewr ploinly thet the Lord. was with thee; andl we seid: Let there now be an cathe betwint us, oven betwint us and thee, andl Let wy make a covenant with thee; 26:29 thet thow wilt do wy no-huurt, ay we hewe not foucked thee, enciay we here dene unto-thee nothing but good, anc have sent {hee ewes Un peace; {how art now the blessed of the Lord. ? Genesix - Chapier 026 26:50 And: he made them a feast, ond they didi tod ancl drink. 26:51 And they rose up belimes inthe morning, and wore one to-ancther; and: luaae sent them away, andi they departed: from him in peace. 26:52 Ant it come to pas the same dey, thet hanes servants came, andtold him concerning the well which they hed digged, enc said unto him: We have found water. 26:33 And he called if Shibahe Therefore the neame of the city iy Beer-sheba unte-thit dey 26:34 Andl when Esew wer forty yeary old, he took to- wife Juditithe dewghter of Beeri the Hittite, end Basemath the daughter of Elow the Hidtite. 26:35 And: they were a bitterness of spirit unto-lbaae andl fo Rebekede == Genesin ~ Chapier 026 -- ? Genesiv ~ Chapter 027 27:1 Andi it come to- pass, that when (eae wes old), anal hix eyes were dim, sorthet he could not see, he called sew hiv elder son, andl seid untor him: My son j end he said under him: Here caw | 27:2 And he seid: Behold now, Vemw old, | know not the deg of my decdhs 27:3 Nowtherefore take, | pray thee, thy weapons, thay quiver and thy bow, andego-out-to-the field ancl take me venison 27:4 amc make me seuroury food, sich 041 love, ends bring Ut to-me, that! may eat; the my soul mes bless thee before die. 27:5 And Rebekel heard when lace poke to Ese his son. And Esew went tothe file Yo-hunt for venison, and fo bring it 27:6 And Rebekah spoke unto Jacob her sow, seuing: Behold, | heard thy father speaks unto Esau thy brother, saying: 27:7 Bring me venison, andl make me savoury food, thot! mary cet, end bless thee before the Lord before muy deaths 27:8 Now therefore, my som, heorkenio-my voice according to thet which | commend thee. 27:9 Go now tothe flock, ond felch me from thence two good kids Of the gooty; and:| will make then sewoury food for tha father, sich as he loveths 27:40 ? Genesiv = Chapter 027 end thow shelt bring it-te-thy fether, that he mes tet so-thet he mey bless thee before his death. 27:14 And Jacob seid to Rebekoh hiv mother: Behold, Esaw my brother tsa hairy mon, andl | anwar smooth mam. 27:42 My father peradventure Will feel me, andl shall seen to-himy ay ee mocker; andl shall bring a curse upow me, and not a blessing. 27:13 And hiv mother said unter him: Upon me be thy cure, my son: only hearken tomy voice, and go fetch me them. 27:14 And he wend; andl fetched, and brought them to-hir mether; and his mother made savoury food, such os his father loved: 27:45 And Rebekak tork the choicest germenty of Eseu her eller son, which were with: her inthe houses endl put them upon Jacob her Younger son 27:16 Andh she put the skins of the kidly of the gouty upon hit hands, andl upow the smooth of his necks 27:17 And se gove the savoury food andthe bread, which she hac prepared, into-the hens of her son Jacob: 27:18 And he come unto-hit father, and sade My fother ; and he said: Here ane l; whorert thou, my son? 27:44 And Jacob seid unto hie fether: | am Esau thy first-born; | have done according ex thow badert me. Arise, I preg hee, sit and cot of my venison, thet thy soul mey bles mes 27:20 ? Genesix - Chapter O27 And leet said under hiv som How is it that thow hast found Ub so-quieily, my son? Andi he said: Beceuse, the Lord thay God vent me good) speed: 27:21 And Isaac yeid unto Jacob: Come near, | prey thee, that! mag feel thee, my sow, whether thow be my very son Etaw or mot. 27:22 And Jacob went near unto lene hie father; and he felt hia, and said: The yoiee isthe voice of Jacob, but the handy arespeeding vehicles inte immovebe objects the male can ow occasion completely lose the ability fo think rationally, thivanasheticing infsence Up indensified by the female by varying end eljusting the sean), bounce, and pese of her hey, tov delibersde an for! has been hnowntorparelice the mate completely, Lsmapped: myself out of "what are you ting here?” "feel just Fine, adien deer" "Lose of blord cam couse feelings of euphoria, yowknowe id cen make you do thingy you might not otherwise” "Ihe doctor loppes me off; homey. Lm. isk ines besides, gow ve used thet once elreedy.” "lok, nire, his sortof thing happens st the Fae Jouhewe eseriour neer-misy and someone ethene t-help you out of Ut there depresiion andl tlefion efferwerd. you get to thinking you owe {thet persow something you restly dow! U-weery off efter aqrhile, but you cow do somathing really spi before Gaoen something you resrebefierwerd. there yn bil, nina you dan Fount me enathing © wer jot doing my job we re mot en item” i thought thet would be encudh inguefion, enough removal rhe wey one of the most dynamic, successful indixideady Uhed ever met the mare suggestion of rejection wes Uikely fo infurtede her insincere morality cam be one of the best possibte conceatmenty for ingecusrity. fo feign diinterest would certainly yond this beatiful, creature Horming out; and when sha finely regained her comport she would recize what an impulsive mised she had eleest maddest out anc iriding entre of hip and sat onthe tdge of the bed. facing mt se (anal forwanse anal bracts herself with ome hand ow tither side of may heed, ering down mer string of damp hale broshting my face. "wl aks jut war hopin to show all ma greftude tr masher mista buck regen Ue ole country gobs like me bing se-faken. we jet dow tenove whad we art doin she leaned forwarsiand kissed me Ughdly ow the Lips she backed off enough f-Look me squarely the tye anal i suddendy mene’ was los: “quest mnat mich of e-prychologst” she smiled inowingly. she spoke sflly, “something happened cut there between us, cattiaas we were teding tach: other ybrtethe caw think ofa-lo-belter weuy fofrede breath wilh someone, cant you? something sot Hevted out there. must be Ronsheds ome here to nish it" Nout you re on medications ou re probable under the inflences” “Umunder more influence then madicetion, darting "but; the Lecerafion. you thous be resting." har voice became Low ond hypnotically mellow. "ove been glued beck together, deer. guarentee for Uf. but f your realy so worried about may et boo- boo; why dow t show ite you” Lenpected her fo pull pone sleeve feed, she Hoot ands very deliberately unaipptd har flight saittothe nerth she reached ip Hill ering me inthe ey fend pulled the thin febris fre from her shoulders. fell ive heap at har feet: wide bandage covered: one writ: Chaat lanes imagined niray bod forbe muscled ends compact i was softand voluphicus Ceould not help but store thet pert of my) mind which is responsible for refional, sensible behenior gant me Uitte fur fingered. wore, mechs Yoye-byt", end dropped. out of Hight complete. she hovked: one knee up nde ver me, exposing herself complete, and i dow ine sraddlle across ma Ugh ioctl, while, even breasts bounced gently es sha adjosies herself. Fine, burgundy nipples became fight and erect locked back up inte her tuts she sed own at me knowingly. Copened mij mouthto spect, andi reatined U knew nothing fos) she Leama forward tend clamped! her sot, wed moudh-over my mine, shack end-sensuality seem to-go-wrell fogtar there ere these ‘man when you here been se-severely frightened so-wathinkably traumatized thet eresidel shock effect four Wille you for tery jometimey forever. you canter this lingering shadow of fear inthe egur of people whe heer skyy-dored ana dhoulel not have, oF inthe soldieny of weer whe han been forced info hand fo hand combot when. they where not expecting UU rep though some childish pat ofthe soul ty Hie ening out for help er though Uther not yet received word thal oll iy wall ne-amount of therapy wouelly eurey this condition. very fewthinay de: confronting the seme lev of danger for exyeconds time ovcesioneliay wil, but the real, bests fea tested antidote ty hard seem wit love mined: in has eve of reseting the necessery cureut breaker. the worl become w sensuous poot of tolor endl warmih: we sipped: and jlid our wey) info tach other, over nd over, finding the places thet had not yet been touched, ant testing tech other y vulmersbiliy. the visual became strobe of seemuel Light accented by the sounds of pasion and effort indurance gure out before desire. we reluctantly grin down nee angle on the bed and hela to eachother ln tnhaasied sdisfactions the hey hed eben Us toll, but id had seed the best for Lat: Love making has iy oven Se of roles for Hames or, maajbe time has no eontrol over Love. when it goo; fe hours eam seem Uke ten minutes and whew itis goon, you hari cere. he sight movement brought me half awake she wes lying on her ye Ce gainst mes her right Leg sprenaledscrosy my thighs, her right erm desped-over my chest she made ew annoyeal porving sound aft her ooze ears from me endl out of eda theoudh eglasy eye dsfare Ceeull see her Lacking down ad me as she polled the wrinkled coveralls beck om she bent ver,passively receptive demce toward: an tnternal worlds once this is recognized, if becomes clear hat critical cetvity involves actually changing the mode of production, afer ery from Yopping wilhcthe initial step of changing few people minds, fr dial hegel and eaerbech. (2) the question whether human thinking can reech abjetine truth incl « quastion of theory, bute practical jusstion, in practice man must prove the truth, thet ts achuelity and power, this-sidedmely of hie thinking the dispute about the setvality or non-eetuality of thinking, thinking soled: from practic, re purely ehotastic question: thought cannot meaningfully be divorced fromthe reality of social practi: not onty because that provider oy abject, bul because the thinker ishistoricelly sdveteds thus, exten inthe cose of wdopns vision, Uy trate Uy inthe posite of sachievement; not merely in the abstract validity of is erguments end velucss (of thesis #11 ow the unity of theory and preciice) the materialistic docirine concerning the chang of circumslancty ands education forgets that cireumslancesere changedy men land that the educetoy mun himself be eauceed. hence this doctrine mot? divide soccty info two parts, ome of which owers above: the coincidence of the change of coreumetancer and: of human activity or rlf-change can be comprehended: and raftonatisy Undenfood: only oy revoustionary prectice. the glianmers of hope twinklong ithe foture endl the most progressore thovght of he gu have e-common source: poyibilidiy inherent inthe pest and present there inno Hendpoint of objective knowledge ow the other sult of now and ansjone who wants to help-conseiously create w better future forthe future wil be erected by people whether they consciously and democratically direct their efor or lt other people manipulate them mast educate himself about the society and potentials for change by vkvating his thought inthe content of the revolutionary task of his society, such self-education cam take place oli in vniy with an activity which transforms the soviet cireumetences in whith: ‘AL thought is founded, trensformative practice, ifs tobe self-conscious, neceserily transforms the theory of society along with the motte of production. feuerbech Hertyout frow the fect ofriligiows selfetienetion, the duplication of the word ioe "eligious andl secular wor: hs work consisy nvresobving the religious world indo Uy seul basi: but the fact that the secular bests becomes seperate from Uself andl eiteblishey anv independent reclaim the clouds con, only be explained: by the clecwage and s4lf-contradictorinty ofthe stealer basis thus the latter must Ubelf be both understood in ip contradiction and reyolationtaed in practice, for instance, aftr the earthly femily is found-tobetheseeret of the holy fei, the former Uslf must then be theoreicatly andl practically mullifieds ublimated images he chains which ore the proeteriat y only possession: become an abomination to their capllvts the Hrsadle for emancipation ixthe natural consequence of tas ibeotoay critique foamed in social objectivity end encourage: frum ity course, fuserback, not satisfied wilh absiraet thinking, wands perception but he dows not comprehend sensuousnasy cy prectizel human-sensuous ecforily. the rejection of the delist y transcendental eo-cannot res content with placing the inl in a body conceded of in ahivforizal biological terms ap sentially practiced actinly, feaerbach reobrer the religious envence info the human enence but the erence of men iene abyiaction inkering in each single individuel. in Uy actuelity ir the ensemble of social relationships, feuerbachy whe does not goin the eidciom of this echual uence, iv hence compelled {te ebstract row the historical proctss and-to tablish: rligiousfealing esomething self-comfaineds and to presuppose anv chstrect isolated human individual; view the wsence of mam merdly bs Specie es the inner, dam fnerality which unites the many) individuals naturally, the sence of mam isin each instance related tothe pristnd and Uningyptsias, defined by Uv sovial practice the enstnce is nol to-be sought in the biological specimen; but inthe ensemble of social relations: Locial theory » suition, whet iy man?, fodey funda Uy answer nthe capitis! relations of production, notin supporedly Hemel abstractions feuerbechs does note, consequandlis, hat "iligions feeling’ tbelfesociet product endthet the obstrset indixidiel heematines belongy foe pasticula form of ioely. the individual underljing wbsivete for ahistorical kefinitions of man Uself eprotuctof historical development and ideological sophistication: alk yoccal life i tyrentiatly practical all musteres that Lead theory fo aphcisa fond their rational olution in human practice and the Comprehension of this practice. the comprehension of bowrstets social practice Ao tha origin of feishism iy the kay fo untangling the confusions eval Wasions surrounding sovial tnistence. the hishest point tleined by percepinel materialism thet is, materalisi that dots not comprehend sensuousnasy aspractizel eetbity, ivthe vewrof seperate individuals ands ci soeiay, the highest sage reached by philosophy before mare, or by thoxe subsequent philosophies whisked not earn from him, wes ill rested by the Vmitshions of bouryes sovinly and the controling intertsty of the bourgeois, for Uedianot reflect upon the effects of ip social precondilions. the Hemalpount ofthe old muatevielin ix tinh yecely, the Handpoint of the new tr human sotialy ot jovialined humendty. im transcending the Limietions of bourectr philorephy by reflecting pow the Limifetions and contradictions of bourgeois society, many srints for a iciety in which conflicting the philosephery hee mart) interpreted the world different; ererything depends, however, ow transforming i mere interprelstion i notte bereplaced:by mere cetiily: the two momendy goin new meaning from @ pervesine unity. the initial phese of demathotogiaing Ur motored by w orcad: nupizionsthok the bust of ell posible workdy ie-btterstraggewres),« wspiciow which seeky different interpretetion: of the world in the hopes that ib specifics wild point the way tore sotiel transformation and helprals) the necesany forces the initial step of interpreation is therefore crucial. from it mash folloe the slf-edaicntion of thesews and e verdebLe army of knife and spear carrier set forthak great speed to even up the oda Lille, which they dit caeireblay. i wer e-piy thet the ereahurts of the fore didnt have the af af speech, for the ory ofthe masieere had! sone the round they wouldnt have troubled! the humans agen, bu they didnt and they di if yoursee what meen. co the years rolLedby, the new generations hed fo move further into the forest but this posed w probler. the deeper into the forest they went: the darker jot et ground Level, sothere was a natural limit tothe degree of penetration: that wes viable, uni some bright spark suayeselen, alternative tak they move up inde te Levels just below the canopy. the tress deeper inthe forest were truld gam, and the massive branches whith: Uinked each tre te Uy neighbour made avery efficient higharay for the mew fortst darters te trawth on eau) threadening predators were quickly despatched cocky mene encleore kept iw communizediow will ily neighbours via: the Linking branches they diet have Wott their own was. the forest wos developing Uy own brand of fe formn anal theve migreted hither andl thither or pace and fod wapplicy dcteted, and occasioned (here were clashey and conuelfiay ow both iden, but unwell the human Wome er tache neve generation matured, andthe strongest membery tok wp the senior postions in each: group, the raciel memory of thai beginnings began fo fale e4 urvival necesvitias become of prime Umportence, only ef dedizatea people passed on the old stories down tothe nent generation, anal that was only tothose whe were infereved. the metal cutting blades so-painstehingly wrought by erbise-Long 4gr; began t-wear out endl tventually became vstlis, ond pisces of meted were found but the mutha of converting theme ine useful devices wesLong forgotien, andthe find became obeky Of maslicisn,edaling tothe tela fold by the tery of bygone eqesto-enteiaia the young oF enone tLe who would Listen the radcafion detector Lested for every Long ioe, but what U- defected and the vgnificence of Uprignats were forgotten Long before the toler powered regeneration and: power Horege nilen falleds whisk were pity, a4 several group wanderts into arty of high rediotion ond subjequentiy suffered mastine radiation burnt and genetic demege, whish ted to ‘their demise ong formof clothing hed been discerded-long agr, ex the femperste climate suited the uncle igure, ena was Lu rastrictine of movement « fer eriefect survintd-and: were eed toby fndy from the ol ring of the pre destruction periony but their uses were beyond the comprehension of hex who fund then and generally they were eleqeted tothe safe heeping ofthe storytellers, which most groups seemed te kane acquired the ory tellers performed useful service fo the groupe, avthay Hudied the use of herbi andl other useful gifs of the forest for the trectment of eilmenty endl accidents, worked out method of combating the more decdly invedery of «group (to, andl generally Lapham eye on the mover of their enclants the forest grew and: yadually (ook over most Of the land messer new ypeciey appeared from fume te lime edding tothe tonlinucl divenity of Life ow earth nd esortof ability wes achioved, nature, for went of w better word rested for while, ellowing har new creations to fun their own nicher iw the rich: panoply of life which now pervaded tha shattered emainy of what so-called chylized man had wrought upow the earthy andl although: it would never be the same 4s before, eas surviving well, despite the differences ss alae she would take her toma before the next great theustforwerd topepulade the universe with seniient beings, whatever form they might fake, but generally speaking, those which survived the best ames: tobe egucppes with two erm; two Legh a trunk end head, although whet went om im the heed wer not clweyy es thove whe lovkat the balance, order, harmony, and-distipline im wnt with mind thet lr free from prejudicey recline thet thin rate of means, which unwary people cet the Lewy of nature, tractuelly ke an sutomatio machine thet under aulahy commend; and that the only relevant lave the Lew of harmony, balance, and etireétion in all the universes which allah: elmighty hey pricriained the law of harmony, balance, snl ettrection sebup of eLlah almighty ivealled the cours of allah no power tan change the course of allahe the arth we hare fe Live om mover around: both Ut ania ant the bun of a Ypeed whisk ine Aecordance with the law of harmony, balance, and eivachion mainlained by allah: elmishy. the earth moves along te aniv a rake of 1,666 keh per dea snl erouind the Hun tt 365 dah, hours, end 48 minutes the weight of the earth 6:000,000 000,000,200 000,000 bs, allehs elmiahty maker thir unimaginably mensive object (ut. the World) reel ensued i preorrengea orbit a he wishes. Ukewine, he maker the win, that is 552,000 lomer hasrier than the eet, revolve ersuind: the center ofthe milky was) about once every 200-225 million yeery af wspeed of 250 ban/see the am with ty orbiting object trewels throughs the mikey way. since the earths planet of the solar wpe ine thi Leng jurney along with Uy mounlniny, wen shmorphere, and all crechuren our place elwedy changer in ipace. where were we yesterday? where ore ifthe wealthicst end mort developed coundriey of the world were to-come together, work for hundred Of ylervand: put forth their trongest effors, we kmowthet they would not een be able te produce & crane powerful encugh to Lift just mount erarat: if this ithe ease, Lets maging the owner ofkeeping a-hends near her face to block the swirling snow, she clined the hillsite, following the trail of wreckage. eoshort weg up, she shumbled, fell, anc almost rolled back down. & wheel from the airoraft wer hidden under the snow: U wes too bulky tobe worth draaging beck: she continued up, and fonclly Kicked something under the snow was a small fuel cell, the size of wsuidease, i war emply but intact, except for reaged holes where tubing haat once been she looked beck at the seca, andiihen back atthe empty tanks grebbing thertenk by one of the opensholes, she-dreggea it downs the hill to her Lever. inside, she collected more seat beli- harness ancl tore off severeh seclions of duct npe, vaing ilo make a harness for the: tanks returning oubside, she suspencled: the teak: from the end of her spar-Lever. the long hike began. using the thermos: andl the gallon, jug, she began io-FiLL the emppy tank with water fromthe sream if was a frustreding Yesks a layer of ice kept forming in the plastic jug. hed: fo be broken up each tome to pour, but with cock trip the tank begem to-enert mare weighton the sper-lever. offer a half hour of mind numbing wading through the mow, wes nearly full. the wreckage holding markman war under feniow anc pushed: back Highly ferthar. cassiopie oppedio-catch her breathvand- gather herself she moved inio-position andl slipped her foot back intorthe originel harness Hi hanging fromthe endl of the sper. bouncing slightly for momenta she stood onthe harnesn eduding her weight to thot of the full tenks insealy an explosion of noise anc motion filled the air the sper sprang down end: wip and then crashed to Hee ground, throwing caxsiopie- beckwards into the snow the fel tank swung wildly, smashing ageinet the side of the fuselage, Hiding away. the spar benged down against the airframe, bevels missing markman. cessiopie quickly pushed: herself up into sitting position. she half crawled and half ren around: tothe front of the plants the wood: end-twisted: instrument panel le fled inthe snow ot her fect: merkmen, 4 Hrapped: im hin seok, wes free. cexsiopia climbed: or marketen yyide and pulled off the piled up clothing. be wer Hill unconscious, his heal turned fo one sides she brushed the debris off hix Lege anal repositioned his ami: the pulse inv his neck was rong anc regular. he neededto-be moved ewes) fromthe front: she looked: beck of the last two seats: owthe floor beside her, a section of wooden pamel had broken free: she drabbed if and dragged it back. if fo- well aerosy the le, joining the rear seats together. se returned: snd contemplated how beit to move hin there hed fo-be rome impact damage tothe knees oF Legis the found eoshirt inthe pile of clothes, andl genlly secured his Legy together. as tenderly ab possible, she pulled: him onto-his side, carefully sHeadgiing his heeds she reached out andl pushed: the adjoining seat forward to-coUlapse it with: her hands under his erms, she worked him ewes fromthe side of the clrereft so thet she could. rest biz upper body sidewaay om the flat seatback of the edjcining seet she checked: hig pockety end cursed under her breeds thet his ce phone wor nol there. caxsiopie rested andl tudlied Une remaining distance. with the seaibacks of the nent row of Healy im the flat position, she resumed: her cautious pulling end twisting of markman bulky form somehow, she dragged him back tothe reas seat ands worden pladform Handling over hin, se hoisted hia sidenensy onder the wooden: panel. from there it was cas to-Lift his legv and: feet he wes so-cold frightened: her. hurriedly, she gothered up the jackely andl elothey ancl covertd him from, head to foot: mowflakes began to dif ino the cabim: despite how hal she had been working, tne air seemed tobe getting colder. she Looked at markman + wristweieh and had: fo- wipe the frovt fromthe Lens to-read id four oaths fear wurgea through cossiopies would they have trspend the night here? why hed te reseve already come? cessiople suddlenly become even more frightened. she had not heard or seen any aieplamer or helicoplers! why werent they searching? hove cou she pousibly wurive the night in the freezing inoue, alop some mountain in the middle of nowhere? eaxsiopie thought to ry, but rectized her mouthed tyes were sodry they were numb: wos the elfitude, they must ELL be at a very high elevations thed was wha) se kept running out of breathe she Looked ad markmen something wes wrong, there was cerisinly injury to his leas, but he wes not waking up: concussions she went to kina uncovered his face, ancl Lifled-one eyelias the pupil wes widely dilated. severe concussion, she set ow the seedback im Front of him, ands triads to collect herself. more snove flurries rushed in around: thems se Looked back ot the front of the wreckage. ithed tobe closed off somehow. she climbed tothe beck, pulled out the canvas cover andl brought it forward. there were torn wire bundles evenwhert. using the folding knife, she began to cutbe nothing they con der fo outwit the will of the ship, ox they sev ts: the other matter of concern to-some of wh, but nat-me, Ur the way in whizh the bedier of those who-dce are disposed of they exe faken tow Little room where the lest forewelly ere seit, ancl hen the body) which hes been placed ow atable Like structure disappears intore hole inthe wall, fo be broken down ann ity materials recycled: somehow: esmall quasi relisious body, Luckily with few members, objeet o-the recyeling system, and are in constant arjument-with teacher shout it but tone avail. ide mot umderstend their reasoning, andi suspect there ip none that will Hemel up-to cLose seruiny. iy said-thed id takes all sorts to make a world, andl thet rule seemy to-empply here anour Uidile world yesterday there wast commotion in one of the hydroponics chambers, but Lonly heart about U; evtean of three were gedhering fruit when it war discovered thed one tree hed: produced several fruity which were twize the sine we were wed to; and they had wsomewhat distorted shepe, when this wes commentedion the capplein must have overhears it; ancl ordered the fruit and the tree to be destroyed oF L should say recyeledl one of the team objected seying thet he thought U-ware good: iden to keep the entra Lange fruit amd even. breed nave trees from this did not ge-down well with the captain, who then reinstated his earlier orders andi threatened todesiroy the whole chamber Of freer if they did not comply at once, when L heart about iti caked teacher why the eaplain, hed ected: this wos), end teacher seid it wos importent fo keep every growing thing pure inv ergenetic sense, ae noone knene whet effect a mutated Life form would have on ut if we commumed ut it maker sense terme, but i wonder whi the captain did not explain i ef the time. have often thought strange thet we sil use the old- earths time, hours; das, weekr and years, when we here the chance Ho make a nene andi more redionel time marking systema teacher seidid wat to-give ws e feeling of continuity withe the pest, Csuppose ity right: we ere kept bun) most of the tome, doing thinay which Cromelimes uupect ere not really necenary. there ive machine shop where those who-have been taught the necessery Hilly are called upon to manufacture spare perl for the ship; bul i sometimes wonder {this iy only ee means of keeping wy occupied, ox Lam sure the ship could: make emything it requcren: we Hil heore- sevens dey week, panda being the only dass when we are not called: upon to-do something, unlery there ty anv emergency. everyone is expected to-go-to the sunning room ow thiy ded, andl bathe ourselves in iby Light: anyone whomisses more than twer sessions Uysoom detected by the medic, who-then-Lnstructs that person to teke alight baths, and checks thet he docs! i somelimes goto the observation room, where a view of the: stor Field oxounds us-cons be seems UF is wonderful vat, andi changes slightly eck: tome i visit. we donot hart any Her maps, oils mot pouible to work out where we are, but tee ship knows, oF so-we are informed if will be many generations into the future before we reach our destination, something i shell never see, ex the distance tothe nearest sun witlve poxsible hebideble planet io vest i would very mutch like to visit the power plant which drives the ship, but every fome i try to-engege teacher onthe whiech ix ereaive end seu thet i do not need to know about it oF thet Une dangerous arta, the latest vipeste fo my more wubile enguixiey ow the subjtel clested a response whith: surprised: me somewhet, being: you hawt apbed this question in ome form or amother yererel times, anil the answer reaeaing the same, yow ere not allowed. in thet areas Ubegemto-wonder if teacher was human after all! glum read on, each page revealing a tile mere about the aftituley of the ship y membery af thed tome toward the projtet end their hoper emi aspirations for the filure, reeliaing thet he hadl spent 6 litle more tae ia the book room. them he hedl intended, he corefully nofed-the page number he hed reached and replaced the diary onthe end of the fop self where he hed found it resolving fo return of the ment possible opportunity returning forhis cabin, he foundl mia-in a ste of great encitement. arki hay worked it out that we- are the movt likely couple tobe allowed fo hart «child, nove thel-bolim ha gone, what de you think of thet? & me delighted of course, but it seems « pity thet we hed fo Lose bolin in orier for this fo heppen. but we would have to Love somebody before i could conceine, 1o-whet date ot master? looked of Vike thed; Udomt wippose Ut does matter, U ws just the wag we Lost hime that hurts. glyn decide’ to-let the matter dap, es ia his opinion, mia view of things always seemed eLttle puperficiel fo-hiae, andl it wasnt worth the trouble to try andl explain howe he felt he changed the subject by trying to interest min in his discovery inthe book room, but she showed tlle more. than polite interest: so-the conversadion died ay i azuelly did: on madtery other than the more mumdlane happenings on bontl the ship: mia wouldnt have been his natural choice for a male, butarthey had beenof youwantto bring w-ease against then he seid to cheiatepher. somehow, Uke jock ponderousmesy young het elf importance seemed torhave been magnified by erent whe da you meen? the repartee? the Kidmappen? said christopher. anabods), eid young dae, waving his toest around se-that the hunky from the tnfrenchunkyy marmalade HYarted te fly off around the kitchen. fortunately he himself wes the only) person there who wes fusy enough to object fo geting marmalede chunks ow his clothes: he brashed a particularly Large chunk: festediousty from his trackoutt top on tothe kitchen flsor owt think ia go-to those endths thank seid cheistopher. he glanced arouind. where 5 faised? gone to school, said big dave proudly. the council should give mea jay anattendance officer. just fold him ed be im prizon beforehe wes fifteen if he didnt 9; andi off he went ey pee) Yo said christopher uneasily. thanks for tehing marina there yesterday. the headmistress rang me up to ween me about you, bby the wea. whet? big dawe wos seandeliseds the nerveof i s-respectsble elderly mens ke mel some of those people are just to vigilant for their own good. seting the worsteverysehert. Ll, took jemimerabong foes) so thet haadmistrsy cam put thet in her pipe and smoke of: cheatopher deviled af once not fo stehs on nix mobile at day, tensa: having fo speeds tothe heed teacher again then he remembered that his mobile had bean thrown out of the cer somewhere tn route t-euchlerderran. he smiled fo hiatal. some Good hed: come out of thin after all has enwione contacted the hospital this morning? he asked, hoping thet someone had o-thad he wouldat have tosptek tothe head nurse woman aden tither. there wes a peuse we dda t think they dl give information fo amsjone who-isn ta relative, said mer stevenson in mitigation: Youre ight: they probably wouldnt; he agreed: UU ring them Leer. he got up-to put more fosst om anal foun mes stensonin bis we. you sa where you art, Christopher, she seid Formby. CU. get yow anathing you want: just coffee and toust he mattrtas he dada t want tohrow these Kind: people out but he hed the feeling that he woul prefer tobe ow ix own so-that he could reesremble his jemgled though end try egain tor make sense of all thet hed happencil: the post arrived: young dave brought-in a Letter Jor christopher and-then left rather abruptly. maybe he heal realises: how much: jugur ha hed congumadl im the form of chunky marmalade and wes going foiny and work itoff with: extreme tnereise Looky kind of offzial, ial joc moleany, peering ot the portmar endl Looking ow the back flap for rans of wher hed: yenk isthe council egein aud christophar wonder what thes want ths times U-way'e massive ands incomprehensible orm; couched: in couneilnspeats something to do-witheeppling for funding. trang & yubdsel nd dishent bell iw hy Inaad. remember, aid amarilliy, picking wp the form, yow sete: Letter yesterday about this before before everything Kicked off they were more or lerrtelling you to apply. de-you need help filling Ut in? are you afering? © Cerfsinky fa, jhe Sods Lent fo jee thet vilbege hell resored toy former ~ vam glory ~ or jomething sory? seid bis dave. when war it ever slorious? chrisopher wenfed-to ask her about sory inthe content of the tunnel, bub he wesrreluctent tosey anuthing sbout U iw fromtof the others jest Regure of speech murmared-omeryllias were going tbe Filling in formy ends thet seid: big deur, we better att thet Rit derrenolong fo get the young persowy point of view jock melon made Ideour waifling noise, and wrinkled up his face Like a pi fo ae withs Ut point of vow? the young person point of vianr ie usielly that they jt wand fo be Left alone torheng out withy their Pelsend bene o brink. oF twelve and then mayb go end vandelise some school or old people y home. we shown needs fo pander fo that: U think we U hat to; if we want the mond), cheitopher pointed out ty probebly pert of council policy thet they dowt give money toenubeody who dosnt reir the right buttons: it wes strange, reflected christopher, how guistly he hed sLipped beck infer hivusuel routine of ating foest and having mild disegrecmenty with jock meleans in jome wedi wes mare rstfl then telking people deen, from roofs then being Lidnopped and almost thrown down. & disused mine sheft end in other wea it wer guite depresing to relist how Ute hed. changed. he hed vaguely imagined up to now thet the only ruesow why he Lachad confudence in staring, and wes offen ignored when sthery were cenvaiting opinions, war thet he were men of infellectond note men of action. but now thet he wah, uninfenkonely, aman of action too, wes ELL happening, ehratopher found himself winding down and becoming more onde more monciyllabie, and somehow they all detected that he wendedio be Le om his ov, ain they afi off in ones and wos jock meLean, least sensitive person. vthe room as alivegi, was the Ltt to leant, par! from amarylis, who seemed f-be minding christopher, fhe ow her own behalf or that of the authorities. she woulda Let him anawar the telephone when Uf rang, bod she dd pasy one message fromthe muting supervisor in the hespial, to sey thd carctine was comfortable, an thad she was now being monitored night nd dey ensure that they didnt have ameter highsthe beach far from shore, sudalenly notices that for several minades past, he has been walking with some difficully, The beach wader oot ir Uke pitehs hin ster sick fat to Us Uy me Longer rand, Uy bard-Lime, The rand perfectly dry, bat of every step thet he token, ex soon en the foot io aise the print is Filled with woler. The lye however, has perctivtd nochange the immense beech ivsmooth end: tranquil, all the sand hay the seme aspect: nothing distinguishes, the sol thet is stil from thad whiths is not slid the joyous Lite clowal of sande continues 16-2270 Leap tmuliucnsty lander the fee of the pesser-by, The man purses his was) he wadkirow, turns towers the landl endeavors to approach the shore: He x not uneary. Uneeny aout what? Only he in conscious that the hea” neny of his fect reems fo be nereasing a every sep thet he tekes. AUL at once he Jinks inc He sink im tworor three inch th Decided, he ipnoton the right reed: he heli toot hi bearing. Sudaendy he lancer at his fet: his feet eve sep peared. The sand! has covered theme He dreary his fee out of the sand he true toredrace his sep he furnt bach, he sinks im more deeply thas befores The snd is wp torhiv ankles, he fears himself free from it en ling himself fo the Left, the sendh reaches lo mid-leg, he Ring himself tothe right the send comes upto hiv keen. Thee, withe indescribable terror, Me recognizes the fact that he ur caught ina guichsendl and thet he hay beneath him that reghtful madinninewhich neither wan: can wel nor fish can sora He flings ewey his burden, if he hae ont, he Ughtens himself Uke a ship im distress bts fo late, the Sanat is thove his knees He showd he wots his hol oF his handherchitf the sends confinusely goons ow hans if the beach Ur deserted if the Lend {oo fou owed ifthe bont of rand: irtoe i fomed, there tyne her-in the neightorhood ll iy over, he Grcon damned fo be engulfed. He ix condemnad:fo that erribLe interment, long, infelible, implacable, which itty impossi- be fo Uithar rele or hasken, whith ast for hour which will not come tosis tnd which: seiney you erect; free, in the Foss of healthy which: deags you dow by the fet, which ad every effort thet yow alert, af every shout that you ter, 22.75 draws you Uitte Lower, whichshet the cir of punishing you for your resistence by w redoubled grosp, which: Forces «man freuen Showa to-atthe while Leng hia Hime to sur wey te hertaons the trees the verkant Country, {he smoke of the vilLegey ow the plein, the sells of the shipy ow the seer the birds which fi endsing, the jun end thes. This en~ gulfment ithe xepulehre which apumey etide, and which: mounty from the depth of the earth towsre Wing man. Each minate i an inenorabte layer out of the dead The wretched man trey to si hove, folie down, fo-climby every movement thet he malas buts him deeper; he straighdens himself up, he sinks, he feel thad hee being allowed ups he shrieks, implants eias tothe clouds, wings hit hands, gre desperate. hold Kine intha san Lip thir belly, the send reaches te har breast he tr only « bust now: He wplify har hendi,ulfery furious groans, clanches Wi naily onthe beschs ties t-cling fost to that ashes, upporly himself ow his ebowy inorder fo raise himself from thet soft sheath, snd soby frantically) the sande mounts higher. The sand: hay reached his shoulders the send reaches ferhis thaoel: nly his face te vsthle now: His month ore aloud, the wand flat; lance. Hus ogee sil gant orth the emt closer them night: Then hiy brow decreeseh, e-Uitle hale guivery above the Jena hand project, piercer the surjece ofthe beach, wares anal dsappeaty. Siniser abliteration of & man Somalis rider iy engulfed with bir horve;rometenes the Carter is pelLowed up with: his cart aL foundry Un thet renal Hiv shipwereck elsewhere than im the water this the earth drowning a men. The terthy permeated with the 2472 cttan, becomes t pitfall. Krpresenty self im te gue of plan anit yoorns Le a wants The abyss iv subjet todhese treacherias This melancholy fale, always possible ow ceriain, sea beeches, wow lie posible, hirly yeaa ego; iv the sewery of Peri Before the imporiend works, undertaken in 3833, the sb terrancen drain of Por wer subject fo these udder slides. The weler fered inio-cerieia subjacent sreten which were pariteuterty friable; the Joot-weu, which was of flag sons; ty inthe amciant sewers oF of cement on concrete, es inthe new gellar, having no limger am undarpinnling, gave ws A fol im t Rooting of this tor! mean crack, meane crumbling. The framework crumblad ews for e-cer~ tein lengths This crevice, the hiatusof qulf of mire, wes callad-t forks, inthe speciak fongue. whet isa fonts? Ihe the quceksondt 3 the eeshore wuddlenty encountered under the purface of the cathe ie the beach of Mont Sein Michel ine ewer. The soaked soiL iy ina Yate af fusion, oy were all iy moleeules ere in suspension, in soft mediums itis not earthand ity not water The depte iv sometimes very gre Nothing can be mere formidable than such an encounter, Ifthe wader pridowinadts deeth is prompt the man: isu lowed up op eartheprulominetes deaths slow: Can ana) ome pichure t-himelf sucha death? If being srallowed by the tart ferible onthe seashore, what isin ecesr-poot? Insleed of the opens ci, the broad delight, the clear horizon, (hoe: vestsoundy, thoy free cloudy whence rainy if, instead of those bars deseried in tha distence, 2379 ofthat hope under ald tort of forms of proveble passers-by, of meter ponible upto the very ast mowanh-insteed of ell thin, anfnese, blinds o black vault the ine of tomb ready prepared death inthe mine beneath a cover slow suffocation by like w some bow where cuphynie opens y clenr in the mire and: clues yow'by the thavel feldaesy mingled with tha deate-reitle; ime instead of the irandl yalfuretted hydrogen in place of the hurricane, dang in plece ofthe second Anal fo shout gmaths one Heeth anit tonite, and to rags, and to agonize, with that enor- mous city which kmows nothing of Ural, over one head! inenpressdbe i the horror of djing thust Death some tomes rdeemy his atrocity by ecertain fervible dignity, On the funeral pile, in shipwrecks one can be great inthe flames sin the foam, a superb atude is possible; one there becomer tronsfigured ap one perishes. But not here. Death is fully. Its hamnilzeding fo expire The nipreme fetingWall, then he Looked af himuelf, wondering thet it hould be thet chamber and thet U-should be he. He had eaten: nothing for four ond: twenty hours; he wes worn oot by th jot ofthe cart but ha wes not conscious of GH seemed torhiae that he felt nothing. He epprouched-eblack freme which wes suspended om the wl end wich imlainea, under slat, cov anclent ea tograph later of Jeam Nicolas Pache, maser of Per endl minister, and dated, through tn. ervor, ne doubt the tof Jume, of he year Il, anain which Poche forwerded tothe: (he Uist of ministry fend deputiey held in arrst by theme Any spectator whe had chanced foe him atthek moment, and who hed wetched- In, woul aye Umaga doves, thal thi Letier struck Wim as very Cutout, for he-4¥ dl notte his yee fom Up anal he read i two or three mes He reed it without peying and attention fo ond unm congeiously. He Wer thinking of Fanfine and Cotete. Ay he dreamed he fwemed: Youndl and Kix yer fel upon the brave knob of the oor whizhoseparsted hin from the Court of Aizen He had: elmost forgotten thet door His glance, eabmeat fst, pease there, remained: xed ow that brass handle, than. areve ferris and: Uitte by Wile became impregnated with far, Beads of persration: burst forthe ong his hols andl (yickLed downs upon his temple. Nva cerfsin moment he made thet indescribable gesture of sort of athority mingled with rebdlion, which iv in tended to convey, ands which does so will cons, Perdieu! who compels mete this? Then he wheeled brisk ly round casight sat of the dacr thecugh which he had enteretin fom of in wend - opened it and passed ov: He wesne longer in thed chamber; he wes cube in w-corrlr, mg, matroNe convidor, broken by sep end: yrfingy, mak~ ing olLsortyof angles Lighted here endl there by lanterns similer (othe night taper of alia the corridor through which he hed approschad. He breathed, he Listened not. sound in fronts nota ound behind him, anal he fled though pursued; When he had wend man) angles im thi corridor, he sl Uskeneds The vane lance reigned, end there wer the jame dernejy auind him He wap out of breothi he Hag gered he leaned ageinet the wall. The Hone wer coud; the perspiration ley ice-cold ow his brow; he Hraishlentel hin self up witha thiver. 4477 Then there clone in the darinesy rembling with cold andl with somathiing tse, foo perchance, he meditettds He hed meditated ald night Long: he had meditated oll the dey he haces within him but one voive, which said Alas! A quarter of an hour passed ‘hss At Length he howl his head shed with agony, dropped: his arms; nd retraced his steps He walled shove, and though crushed. teamed os thoush some one had: overinkan ian in his flight anal wer Leading him bach He re-entered the council-chamber, The fart thing he cought sight of wos the knob of the door. This knob, which was round-ent of polished bres shone Uke wteerible Har for him. He goat at say w lamb might gaat into the tye of © ger He could not fake his es fro Ut. From te t-te he advanced estoy end appronched the door. Hod he Ustened, he would have hasr the ound! of the adsining hall Uke otort of confused murmur but he ded not Uislens anal he did not hear. Susldents), without himself knowing how it happentd, he found hiavelf near the door: he grasped: the nob cml vty the door opened He wer tx the courtroom: 448 XA PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FORMATION He edvancedbespece, closed the door mechanically behind in, caulrimained sending, contemplating what he sear Iwasa vsh and belly ighted apartment, now full of uproce, now full of silence, where all the apperstur of e-eviainal cose, with itr petty fend mournful gravity in te mids ofthe trong, wat in provesy of development: At the ont end ofthe hall the one where he was, were judge, with abstracted air, tm threaabare rober, whe were gnawing thelr na or Csing thelr eli: of (he other end aroaged crowd Lawyery in all sory of aftuder,soldiery with hard but honest faces; anctent potted woodwork, & Arty ceiling, tables covert withe serge that was yelovereth~ then grn; doory blachenal by handamarksy tep-roowe Lamps which emitled mort smoke then light suspended from nails in the vsinstots on the tables candy in brady canalestichs, harness, vglintsy Sade and row ell {his 444 there was disengaged av austere tnd cagust impress, for one there fll that grand! hasman thing whieh twealled the enn and thet grenadine thing which Us ealled junfice. No-one im al that Yorong pais any attention fo hiwt oll lances wore dinsctedfownrds e vingue print, e wood tn bench placed egeintt imal door, tthe Hreich of wall om {he Presidents lft; om this bench, Wsiminated by several candles, af a man betwetm te gendarman This man wes the mane He didnot seek hin he senr him; his eyes went thither nefurelly, ey though: they heat known beforehand where thet gure wets He thovght he war Looking of him, grown old not ebjolutely the seme in face, ofcourse, but enact ymtler tn ettdude and aspect; with his bristling heir, with that wild and wineaty eye, with that blower just es Lt wey om the ass when he enlered Dnn, full of hatred, concealing his soul in that hidecns mast of frighiful thevghts which he hed spent ‘nineteen yeary in colecting ow the flor of the prison. He said fo himself witha shudder, Good God hall | be oma like thet gain? This creature seemed to be at east inty) there wer some~ thing indeseribably course spi end frightened shout him Atte sound: made by the opening door, people hed drenem aside to make wes for him, the President hed turned hs head and, understanding that the personage wher had: use endertd wes the mayer of M. sy Mie haat bowed fo hit the altornesy-genarel, whe hed yen M. MadLeine af 450 M. sur Mu whither the dufey of his office hed called him more than once, reeogniatl hin and buted hin alse: he hed hardy perceived; he wes the visti of sort of halla timation: he wes wnkching, Judges, clerks gendarmes, athrong of cruelly curtow heads, al these he had-adrcady beheldomee, in egy gone by, fwenly-seren yeery before: he hed tncounteredthose fol thingy once more; there (hey wert; they moved: they exis e8 wag ne Longer an effort of hiv memory, e-missge of hir though: they were reckgendermes en reek dae, e real roves nd ral min of flash end bloods wes AL over: he behell the monstrous aspect of his past reappear nl ine once move ero hint with all that there is formidable in reatidy, AU this was yesming before him Heroubideew though she hed: just escaped from (errible danger, laughter bubbled up in her soft throet, mirth rippled over her mobile Little face. she expressed: herself with swift, impulsive gestures ef tomes. hen again she wiggested anv inheritence of sow grace fromthe southland of her mether. he did mot understends the contradictions of her amd they worried hint itle, billie haat fold him that she couldl rope aml shoot ax well a4 any men he hadl ween for himself thet she wor en expert rider. her nerves were good enough to sit beside him. at quiet cose within we Htone ythrow of three sprawling bodies from which she hed seem the Lusty Ufe driven scarce a half-hour ince, already he divimed the boyish camaraderie that wes so-simple andh direct an expression of good-will. and yor there wer something sbout her queer Litile smile he could not make out it hinted thed she wes really old enough: Iebe his mother, thet rhe wer halves of wisdom handed down by her seem ti ough all the generations: ox et he had not found out thet he war only a-boy and she wera woman. pealine roubiaenu: kien the frontier codes se evinced no-cusiesity eboud the pest of thix boy-man whe hed-come into her Ufe ot the nick of time. nome the levy she was tager fokmow whet connection Lay between himand the renegaate her brother hed killed. she hed: heard: jim, clanton sea) that he hed waited four years for hiv revenge andl act followed: the men oll over the west: wha)? whet motive could be powerful: enowgh with: 6 boy of fourteen fo wes) so-completely his whole life foward: vengeence? she set herself lo-finel out widhout asking, inside of few minattey the secret which had: been, Locked so-Long in hix waaped: soul had: been, confided tor her. the bow broke down when he tout her the story of hiv sister y deaths he wes greatly ashamed: of himself for his emotion, but tie touch of her warm sympathy melitd the ice in hix heart and set him sobbing. quickly she come aerory to hia ands knelt down: by hit side. "you poor boy! you poor, poor bey!" she murmured her armerept round his shoulders with: the infinitely fender caress of the mother that Us, dormant or eurakey in ll good! wromen. "iii me nothing bute beby;" he qulped, trying desperately to master hi sobs. "dow Helle foolishnesi" shee scolded: to-comfort him. woulda? think much of you if you dike? Love your sister enough to-ery for her" there were teary in her own eyes, her Uvely young imagination pictured vividly the desolation of the young hill girl betrayed io cruelly, the swift decline of her stern, broken-hearted fother. the thought of the half-grown boy following the betrayers of hix sister acvosy the continent, his Life dedicated for years fo vengeance, wes be dreadful thing fo-contemplate, U-shocked her sense of ell that wes filling, no-doubt hiv mission hed become a: religion with him, he hed lain down at night with thet single purpore before hina he heel risen with: it inthe morning. i hed been hir companion throughout the des). from one season teramether he hed cherished it when he should! have been filled withthe happy, healthy play impulses natural fo-hivegts the boy foldthe ory of thet men-hunt without e suspicion that there wer anaithing in it to outrage the feelings of the gir. "fH hadnt been for old nance euunninghan, Eveckow devil dase an his brothery would: hawt fined up some cock an bull ory about how Lindy was drowned: by acciient: but folks heard nanze an. then woulda. + believe «word: they said. ded swore wy clantons to wipe out the whole cla of ent oven Last man inthe hills that wes decent got to-cussinw the roushe ouifid: their own friends turned their backs on all Herce. then the sheriff come up: fromthe seitlemintam they jent mefurally Utout "cheerd tell they were Ln arizona an after dad dedi took after em. but seemed Like i had no-Lick. when ¢ struck thetr trail they hac’ aluays just gone. today i got ramsen-Leastweyy t woulda got how if yore brother hed interfered. mect up with the others one o these tomer & UL girem foo" he spoke With guiet conviction, exif i were « business matter thet had-to-be Looked offer, “lid you ever heer thist vengeance iy mine; i will reped, saith the Lord ™ he nodded: "iad usedito-reed: thal {> mes there-ve heap in the bible about killin yore enemies ded seid thet vengeance verse meant that we-ell wes the lords deputies, ike w sheriff hes folks to help hinm an we wey certainly o-reped the roushey av not to forgit interest neither." he girl shook her head vigorously, "odow think: thats whet meany of all. if you UL read the verser above andl below, you UL yee it doewnt: we re fo feed-our enemies when they ere hungry. we re-to-do-them good for evil" “had y oll right for common, ertm-dag ememiay, but the roushe claw aim | ther kind,” explained lie boy Hubbornly. shore ix laid on me to destroy emeroot anv branch, Vike the bible seus! by the was he waagedl hix heed: he might howe been a wise UitiLe old mane the sewage philosophy of the boy hadl been drown inv with his mother ¥ milks hed been tedked: by his elidery while ev «child he drowsed before the big fureplace om winter nights. after his sister v tragic deaths had been driven. home by bible texts and by & solemn cotheof vengeance. wos it Uikely that anything she could sexy would have weight withs hia? for thethe aggregate wealthy thet was mertly incidentee twas justes feasible anday commen toinertese one y private. hhowrss by practices injurious tothe general welfare, one y word enemas were necessarily those of hixewn rade for lander yous plan of making private profit the motive of protuctiom, e-seacity of the artile he prouced ws whet ach particular producer desiree i was for his interest tad me-more of should be prosced then he himself coulal produce trsecure this consummation as fur as circumstances permiitas by Killing off and: discouraging those engage in hisy Une of industry, was his constant effort: when he had bled off all he coulé, bir policy wes fo combine with those he cout not bil, andl comer! thelr muntval warfare inde warfare pow the public af Large by Cornering the market es Lbeliave you used-to tall i, and patting up prices tothe highest point peeple woul sand before ging without the gon the day dreamy of the nineteenth century prokucer weute gain absolute contro of the supply of some mecesity of Life, so-thad he might keep the public ad the verge of stereakions, end eLueay command! ferine pricts for what he supplitds this, mr. webs i whad wes called on the nineleenth ent essgstem of productions U wll Lease ib fo you if U does not seems some of Us expects, cartel dead more Uke system for preventing productions some fae when: we have plenty of Uasure vem [oing (oest you forit down why me endl try fo make me comprehend, ap Unerer yet could, thovgh-Dheve Hudied the melter @ great deal how-wich sree fellows ey your conlemporsriayeppecr (orhewt been ov manay rerpecy ever cameo enlrast the business of providing for the communi (ow class whore interest wer fosturee Uf: Lasnure you that the wonder withe ur is not thot the world did not gt Fick under wehve wplem, but thet i did not perish oulvight from wen: thls wonder Unereeney 8 we 32 cule consider tome of the other prodigious wert thet chevacteriaed Ur Yepaet from the wate of labor and capilal by mindinecfed indtry, and that from the constant bloodletting of your industrial warfare, your lem wer Liable te periodical coneuliionts Dverwhelming alike the wine andl unwise, the wceersful out-thrsat or well en his victian Lefer fo the busines erser eb infercelsof fore totem ytery, which wrecked the industries of the netion, protrsting elL weak enterprises endl erippling thestrongut, endl were followed by Long periods, often of many yor, of so~celLed dal tima, ding which: the-cepiteishy ows regthured thete disnipated srenath while the laboring canes arya andl rote. then would nse another brief season of prosper, followed inturw by enother crisis and-the ensuing seer of exheustions ecommerce devtloped, making the notions maituetly dependent, these erises became worlwide, while the obstinacy of the tesning Heke of elapse increased withthe area effected by the connulsions endl the consequent lack of rallging centres in proportion ay the industrias of the word muitiplizd andl becene complenn end the volume of capital iawolved was increased: these business eeleclypms become more frepuent, il, inthe latter pertof the nineteenth century there werd two ylery of bad fats to-one of soos andthe upton of industry, never beforese extended or soimposing, seemed: in danger of collapsing by ityown weight: offer ndlasy discussions, your teonomishy eppeae by that time to-have settled down tothe despairing conclusion that there wes no-more possibility of preventing or controlling these crises than: if thay heal been droutht or hurricanes t-ondy remained to endure theme es necessary toils and when they hed passed: over fo build ups agein the shattered fracture of indusiry, ay dwtlLery in an arthquakee country keep ow rebsilaling their cities on the Sam Ske. Se far ey Considering the causes of the trouble Unherent in their industrial sytem Your condemporeriay were certain correct. they were im i very basin and mast needy become more ends more femaleficent the business fabric gree in Sixt end complenity, one of these const wes the Lacke of any common controu of the different induriay, ands the consequent imprssilily of thelr orderly amd covrdonate derelpment inevitably resulted: fromthis Lack that they were continually geting out of sep witheone encther and. out of relation wibte the demand “of the ladle there was no criterion such: es rgunintd: hshribudion, gies Ws ands the irk notice that Ut had been enceesed: in any qroup of industries was ar crash: of prices bambrupley of producers, soppge of production, reduction of wages oF discharge of workmen. this process was Conshandly going om im many indivi, even in wad Were called rod: nes, bub eerie took place only when the indairias effected were intensive. the marke than were glade with goons of wich nebony waded beyond a wficiancy of ans price. the wegtv and: profly of those making the slatted classes of goods being reduced or wholly stopped, their purchasing power es consumers of other classes of §oodin oF Which there were no-matural glut, was feben eaves), anal, eseconsequenct, goods of which there wat ne nahurel slut became orleficielly gic [their prices else were broken down end: Uneir mekery thrown out of workend’ deprinta of incomes the cris was by this tiae fairly under yee, andl nothing Cowal check it tba nation's ransom had: been wasteds "scans, alse inherent in your Sastenn which offen produced ancl alwayy terribly aggravated crise; waie the machinery of money and ered: money was essential when production wus in many private handy end buying en seing ws necenary tor seeure what one wend. if wes, however, open: tothe obi objeetion of substituting for fron, clothing, nd thar thingy a merely conventional represendadint of them. the confusion of mind which this fevered, between gos and:OF HL washed my handy and face and necks in the cool water. suddenly L heard a yoice i knew singing: barney Leave the girly alone. Liurned andl sone - your mother, my son{t]. she war in the Hern of wbixehe canoe, all dressed im white with rosey in her hai. i raised: my hed ands she threw erkisyed mes old kate sof inthe bow waving her handkerchief they Hopped end:sally asked in e fone of playful seriousness "young man, why have you come here?" Yo get you" Lanuwered. "what do-your wand of mem" she wer looking of her face inv the weler. "want to marry you" vemswertd bravely, "then you mag help me ashore if you please. i amvin ay best, white slippery andl youre to be very cerefuls" beatiful! she westhe spirit of the fields of june then ond elareus U helped her ashore ands fuel her inv my exms-enat, you kanow, the Lips hewe a wey of speaking then in the old, conincing, final argument of Loves they left no doubt in our hearty, my som "when do you wish to- merry mei" she whispered. "ex soon a4 possible, but my peg iv only vnty doUlarye mont-now" "we shall make do" she answered: "my mother and father and your aunt and-uncle andlihe heckely and the minister and e number of our friendy ere coming in fleet of books" “we ere prepared: either for « plente or a wedding," war the whisper of kade. "ety make it both" - proposed: te sally. “surely there couldet bea better place than here under the big pine ~~ Ux scrsmovtiv andlsopt endl shady," sid the. "nor could there be a better dag or better company,” i urged, for i wea not wire that the would agree. the boets came along. sally andi weed a welcome fromthe bank endshe merrily proclaimed: piorbe w wedding." then a cheer fromthe boats, in which i joined. & shall never forget how, When the company hed-landled andthe greetings were over, uncle peabody approcched your mother end-said "sex, sally, 2 ne goin to plas « kisy ow bothy them red checks o- yours, anv do U-delcberede, foo" hee Hid if enh so dich ound deel anne old kate, andl Utrinks thad; next to- your mother end me, they were the happiest people af the wedding. there ix a Lonely grave up in the hilly — thet of the Hranger who died Long ago on ratilersed. one deg) i found old kate sitting beside band ow ee stone Lstely erectedthere was the mame, enceh rane. we walked on in silence while i recalled the circumstances: how srenge thet those teley of blovd: and Lawless daring whith kate hed givento- amos arimshowr hed Led to-the: Hagjing of her own Sond yet: so-U happened, andthe old wines will {ULL yow the story up-there: iv the hills the Plog enaly jst ox the might iy falling with kate amd me entering the little home, 2 femiliae now, where she liver and: ix ever welcome with-eunt deel endl uncle peabody. the Letter meeti-us atthe door and: iy saying inve cheerful voice: "come inv to-supper, you rovers. how selena ye Look! sey, Uf you expect sally and me forder aL the leaghin here you re minlakens there ye lot OF i fo be done right now, emit sfime you ined in we ain t done nothin but Laugh since we got up; an we re in need chal whet the madter, kate? look wp ab the Light im godt winder, how bright itshimes to-night! when i feel bed L alwege look a the stews" wes happening to them. the ultimotum: figured prominently inthe morning papers thet come fo matehing + cea) on friday, but Ut by no-meens dominated: the rest of the news; sr eyed consons rejtetion of the government proposely for ulster wer giver the pride of place, end elmost equally conspicuons with the serbien news wert the Callen trial andthe Hormiing of they: petersburg barricedey by Cossacks herr heinrich y questions of lunch {ime received: reasniring replien cinie yedomote of her sister » puychology had beew just the reverie of revenge hed not yet taken a grip upon Letty + mind suffisiendly strong to meet the chellenge of thir conclusive evidence of teddy + deaths she walled out infore world of sunshine nove almost completely convinced tha feldy wos dead, and she knewe guide well thet her dream of some dramatic andl terrible vindication hed gone from her. she knew thet in-truthe she could do- nothing of thet sort... "dy Fenimore s compliments, six, andi will yow be so-kind0gto- Hep roundteiie anthony atonce® heaven knows that never ancther Hep shall i take in thix world again, but sergeant marigold: hay alwvedy ignored the fect thet irone of the many thingy i admire about marigold he dow not throw ma poor perelysed: Lege, soto speak, in my face. he accepts theme the normal equipment of savemplayer. i dant know what Ushould de without marigolda.. yousee we were oud comrades invthesoutieofricen wer, where we bolle got bedly knocked-to pieces: he wes sergeant in my bettery, endl the same boer shell did for both of vss of times we join in cursing thad-shell heartily, bude aewnot sure thet we donot hold it in pecking affection: i initiated wy inte the brotherhood of deat. shorily afterwards when we hed-evossed-the border-Uine back inte-Uife, we exchenge, ar iobens, bity of the shrapnel which they hed extracted from our respective corcases. Uhere not enquired what he dict with his bit; butvosko, leo oF even plain oll rosko-eppear. besides, Lm going over to-the mary station tnd try or cell ang Loving wifes if Cdow tYelkte her inthe neat 32 owes & me going te pe through major withdrawal and ivy fo Howeney om e-conuy boxnd aircraft maybe i UL Heal «piper cube rom the sere club and wee how fer Lean get" eam gow fly am airplane? "tll, non bute Wry anathing right nove "Csuggest that you stick tothe mary Heion and be satisfied with an audi bit "geeks but the mélitery wont Leb ut fale dirty,” ods youre really fusn. go tebe cold shower, UU see you Later. Um out-of here amd going fo meet mi fate and tke my medicine Vea good Ute boy. endian other elichey Lean think of rick way wire thet head cheryl woul haart « good vist fone. the bus trip indo neha by wea) of the tart short endl nishchars- wer relening even when he pointed out kimike y home when they framiferred buses in niahthaess Whe Ue shu gale wae the entrance foshur castle which tome longer here, the us miLitery had tx dastvoy Ub during the invesion because the japanese nexy hed put ther commend headquarters undernceth-it* twhat are those buildings over there cheryl ese ricks hot y the university of the ryukiyns" thet » where your friend: Kian goes to school "yeohs onde her grondmother feachen english there port fe! "very educated: women. surprises me.” "whet ke-you mean: tby thet, may Love? Noguety nething cheryl answered ay she lookad rick in the tye and sem to be eppraciing his reaction. "Ut + well down the bibl fo kokusele dori i venice walk anal yow tan get encther view of climewen life “ound good to me. she aaswertd ap rhe reached for icky hand ends they Harted welling." really cleans the reels and yerd, you cam tll that not erenone haw aloof mona, but i doesnt op thems from taking care of whet ther have.” sence they both had had w Late breakfast they were inne hurry fo get lanchs also rick wes hoping to-postpone having cheryl and-tomi meet: & doubt Gf fomi will be around much offer noonlime. we can Hop at ryubo rand e couple af jouvenie shop nd that will give tomb enough time fo gehen where ithe coffee shop thet bob fold me about that you gus Uke to go-to? Une ready for some Lunch anda chance to set my weary boner downs" “weary hones? jenuy cheryl that maker you sound 80 yeary ald oF Like w 30 yeaw old ie” "i may not be Uish, bul Lmonot 80 nor enw Lam obie either UL have you nye nowrshewe some respect for am older woman. andl mother of fwe-hallions and fad me take me fo the coffee house. "yeh my dear. this wes) shout e block! bushi she's mot going flab ape Gvafter + aloe masbe tomi her gone home. Lean hope anuwey. older women my butt she hex the body of e twenty year ola andl the endurance of ons ethLete thove tight jeans erent really necessary but are nice to-look ob cool your jb ticks sey your best frlandl y wife anki eljore best friends nota Lover riek took cheryl yhand-endl ea her exuind the iro rail endl osied: dow the Hairs. "youl went fo teke off your sheder before we go inthe door. really dar and cool im there "honnichi wa, ek-tan sord, Uhinks michake te here, s0tomd mith hat sone home already, she remembers my manne? ive never talked terher tnd she was only) here the lest fome Cr heres "would yow and your friends Like to eet? “daze, mizhake:" cheryl ands rick followed the petite gel (othe feble where fomi vyelly pul bien "who-ts she? she ton t pregnent” cheryl whispered in ricky ter being careful thal michakon coulda! hear her. he va receptionist amde wattris the vem to fill-in when omit t hare! ort me not going to get to matt the pregnant lady who hay tnchantee my rarband onal his bet rian "gutsy thot so: iden tyee the enchantren here ab the moment: she must have gone home" "you would Uke Lehi?" michase asked ay she seated them amd laid two of the coffee house vhalf page menus om the table. "L will be back shorty." she addled et she furmed and Harted back towards the fronof the coffee house." hace tose, this ive very nice place, rick, opecially fo fake w girlfriend or meet one” she added witha imile. “wel y good fo eal here! Paeaffee house anc you tan tee the menue mite, bud thedr spesialiy te dombuuris i dom think thet your cam jo-wrong there. oF if the cook iv ina Cetatine mood fried rie ivelaras Jefe ‘now, who-tsthis very pretty lady) caring coffee and. coming this waa)? would: she be tomeko? my god Hicks youare bushing redder thant have tver seem you do before inthe four years of our eff: ohoshast up cheryl. yes thet ytomin" "gow mast be fomako-” cheryl stefed ay tom set their coffee copy ln front of thems “om cheryl. ricky friends, bobs wifes ma... yoware es Preity as mij men seid you were. andi m managing fo tmberrass both of yous! the tw pele ana dart haired women made eye contect end sailed simatiemecssi). ome has big round dark brown tyes withs fanned skithink i ams friend? you dont eckoally tupect ma torbeliove you re sande class younger brother, do-you? tide from not hoving the red juil you dan teren have the big middle. La gutsy even thet beard ive fake. now hil the road before veall the cops "owes hoping youd jost sccept sy enistence Like you dd with ma brother when you were si butccan ee you rea mite more stapticel nove sent had iby ow the red suit sot had fost for running wp huge accounts At menswear sorts all over the world es for asthe jtLy bell iy concerned ola the Kids appreciate thet Loot my eldenteLe is more interested in buns of eal and sta epee, So grt sts on shape to Umpres them Leen se tvtn that lim # working with you thowah hush?” “yon break and ender on me tn then ry fo-feed me some Lame sory about being santeclaus younger brother endl then, wonder whi ie Um skapticol. didnt fl of the hog wegow thir morning, pal vitoppedbelceving in tanta cleat, when Uwer about eight; and Unever hed any reason to-believe there wer a younger brother, guppie or ctherwine” set, thet ythe worst peat of this job, mar" sonny sighed’ at he seh down. onthe sofes ‘eal tnough thet i gots spends fen monthy out of the eer working my we) into condoy Uke this one, lovely though they may be. Could deal with thet but he worst part is that not one ingle person i visit beiavey in me thet 5 even hander for me to handle thas tring t-come op with something mene anal tneiting forgive bill odes every year” “ove break nom gas toor” every year. tind et me el oon i ae easy with gos Like nian i men, what ke-yow gt «person: who could buy the universe? "oreally wish you wouldnt put U guite that wed, bul yes visit iL jst ike te you hey tried to get wel merge with hime (wice clreedy,goonline land alt that tort of Huff and dont thinks heen ¢ given Ut rome thought: wish he a hairy wp ond doi owe could get «curate dead ow nen’ Letterhead. cna)war), et Lest he acy ke he believes in me; even if he doesnt maajbe hey ust being hospitable. yousheve any eutty and weter, mary? {jure could stand fo wet maj whistle "how di you know deen catty?” "hey. sande: beepirhis iss U heap mine. ont of these has me gonna reine end ell it fo penthovse, boy, woul that ever raise w fear eyebrowst” mat chuckled that one, nervousty es sonny naticeds "if yow did that, ow dover be able toleane the north pole Fwhad novih pole? Ce gt w beach: hovse tx bimini al that ynow ancl ice giver me liner problems. end there demnea reindeer my brother Reepr oround the place. ye soda there thingy ave filthy. olk they do eat anal crap all over the berm, ana they get rest if gow dow fesd them every three hours gat me the send, sun ond yurf ony ol deg. [and yow ought fo s0e Some of the babes ow bintinin mare they make some of the wonrdn You We been dating Lok Like rejtey frome Ubrarian academy. tet muy word for ib mare te gal re bean seting i pretty nica” “who, nikki? © mow mare. Yowean do-better them that y know whet th ated for this year? am allan sporty car, ander tan to gr withvit yon shoul hear web she Seay shoud yow when Shes widheher friend and: youre not arunds she Seay you canta merc hela hi hen up, "caw imagine, you reclly do-know e-Lot shout may dow you?” ol es de you belice imme nove? okeay, marr fold himalf Lay pu thin ol gout (othe fet and end thir chavacle ance ond for all whet did anh for thir yeer, andl every yeer since Z was ekidy thet cwemerer, eer gotten2® mary fguetd hed plag the game ot lest Long enovghe to smeads beck into tha bedrooms end call 43:2. %eamt give you ele mepherion, mary mach es i love to mare chuckled, more thane Ubla nowplasseds her too, butt ws thinking of something tse. something franc my dad never eve me” Sonny Hood wp and stretch "how about that dink, mary? ibs geting realy) late end sl hae the whole sous sade toder yet fomigh "sure culty anal weer, coming raht wp another year, ancther disappeintmtn, mary thought. end to think ‘almost bought all of this, mare tried ferhide hit very reok disappointment ot he reuters frend the bar. sonny elas, indeed jest another freclonder with «Line of be semi Long. megbe Ucar even get back (osleep ofler get rib of this ker, mare thovahh, although he fered thet decidedly un-sugerplumlike visions of nikki arm-in-atw with somone nemed certo would: ne doubt dence teroughe hit eect the rest ofthe might: "marr" ronna) said ao you remember beck in L463 when the dodgers rept the yanks im four iveight" marr Hopped mining the drinks thir guy must be some sort of mind reader, he thought doremember? Yoremember i Uk it wes yesterday my dad ands i, we were wippose to 90 3 Janel Kowfenepiteh that key, but had: got called nae ow busines right before we wert to Leave for the: gemes hed promise me he wes going to buy mabe and hawt Roufen init: sadornot distort behaniar inundesnable wea Ifthe pores of sovermmantart indeed Conmnsurate wit the spe of trish transfer ne eblcation servis why show id encosrage Us compton? The grates the wetely of insurance este offers =the mort eanstapandl the more pests Uicen lish on Up bureaucres Whi wont forgo nich bana? nt more rationale npect ie fostifa the deivetnts mattatyandstorishic th ole tnd the proc ine of insutence Companies? “This went be tre ola if we essome tht the private seer is boc ble en willing fase ll Fak sn ha fe folly mode for the Hake Yeh, ths i patndly androe.Ingorance compandey cover mth pate Vs! Ua ding ‘ihuekonvand events The fnanciek markel cover mols "Wptculelnt vista” Wensechons thet Com pel eitha osteo profit: Eoth ry om ‘ane of arte numbers” that in tsufiiznty Urge population, try erent has feito ince probability, Nowe 9f ‘eamwcanor Wil ingore fing, ensephamat popnlationsegenat onguantfable se tithe market filure hick gas Ys ede impeirement the bonny of ial Het with: Conair tha September 31 fervor ottecky wth their mammoth damage fx properly snd unprecedented” eat fOt. Recording fo "The Geonomist in tha wake ofthe wire, tnmurence tompanity shed hele coverage fo 450 million pr alee per erent EU govrmmante had: to fap in and provide unlemtusingurtnce for month he fete damage nowpegie ot 160 Clem contitater oe guaster of he epifaination ofthe tnkre hel insurance marta! Congrar wink trem frther prviding teverage for 320 Aegyandwrefond of aL wor and rtoit Unbilifey shove $300 milion per srlina The Americans ater extended he overage eli ‘mid-May The Earspeans followed it. Despite thr pubic display of comunttwent tothe ae franoport industry by Jenucry ths yee, no e-inguree greed tounderwrite enor snd wer ris, The market goundteasertshing halt AG wns theo one fr last March fohaitantty resnter fra mathat Alsann awed ait in Europe, bot om condifion that EU govermeventv ach ay inwury of ath rscrt Eran avewea paragos fhe free meshet~juch ex Warren Goffe aud Kannels Artow~talled on tha Fesereljovernmant {ovtepin Some sververy noted the “te guarantee funds ~ which guarantee full selement of poicgholdery claims ov tnsctrantingurance company the veriows ete Crop files en flows are slrtads inset este program Othar Country sodh ty Bren tnd Frente “hat for maa ary hod serangimnt i uient fonda from injarance premiomy in cene of an umuhucl celsrepha, nafutal oF mite aI lael South: Africas and Spain, ferret ands wat damage indannifad by the Yate oF ingutunce conser runs Siar ‘hemes ore of im Geemans, But fereve and wer ov, self, lL rains. Evtn before September 5, nsarance compantes wert tn the ‘neoeyofw frente for to resyrt thematic tha foce of sf competion offered by he caps market wel (6 Rnandial intermediaries puthots banks ands brokerage hovsts, They have ineededl the latter tor by insuring homed of billions of baltarsim pots of ered instrament, sn, ceyporate debt, ansbonas = yeti aredd by thins pry reding sents Insurance compen he ‘ha become beckor Undary through specie spun monoUine” pier Movtover, mon tolaterlices dat sligtions~ the rescminentfnentiel vehicle wed fetvansfr Fs row banda te asurance fas ~ re “nychati” and roprsent not rat (onns bubs eoseut ofthe ning bande eset Insurance compan hawt kre refuse te pup om specific Enronnrlates re sarin» Calming not hor insure egainhw pertinar nsurance even The ngursnce perioined fe lobed pools inked and vers default rey they prterled. Th encunjion of the ingonance inet nlothe fnanciel mertet wer lng Un the making Though trees vey sffertnty by necountants»Fnanciel foto Ufa dsfenction bebe ‘insurance pie and gay copa Botan nied to oft basins rab, orto lors intarria hae 0 anion enbsslomant, or eccident =the rm can rset ether tes eu capt (f i uninsured) oF toy insurances nsatance, therefore server o Leverage the frm} egal. By ping prem the fame nereaser Uy pool of equi. The fn alas by CTnsoranee pin, though art tncumbere end confongnt I fkay am ngurance event release” them Cqucly copied ip wpually made immediately ‘nd untonditionaly sveitabls for ang busintss ponpost. insurance companits art moving rslatty trast his sstinetion berten wend off balance Sheet ‘per cf capital They wand te iransform ontinjent equity foreleg dof by Unring ote hatin at» inelading (nine altos or a-dineppoinding bottom Line. Sr Ra hay been nung nich polar Un the Lest 5 yee. Other insurer — aches Zurich - move info project finencing They guarantee lant and then nance U based ou their oy inurence pli) Sreealiateral, Paradoyiet as financial markets move ean fone portflie ingurence” (a form of slf badging folowing the 2.407 ents om Wall ‘Sheet = Lending ngorury ad their lian are inceuninglcontemplakng elf insurance! throvgh toptiey and other wber fs The blaring of enfwhila benndarey betwen: Unsaronce enascopiel is most tent tn Aerating Rist Transfer (ART) Fnancing fe tshyorbafwenn creatine financiak engineering én medieval muta oreashev invents Hf off innttre capt? = insorence or inueronte fame owmta by hale nueva tants end-lcatee im (fran climar wecho ay Oermudar the Cayman: andy Barbas, Iran and inthe USA: Vermat, Colavede, na Hie Compari - from: inenufectureryfolnuurance aginty~ att willing fein more rsk than ever before: ART conftuls Lip than ove tenth fre alobel iniorance martatcccording "The Feonomit but elma we thi of erin colegetth iuchos the US property ana conuely marth stoning totem August 2000 arte tin by Alber Ber of Amerce Rs ART i alse Common in the public nnd not Jor pe vectors, Captives counts tha edandages of lp insurance: "Tha eliumativ to Wading dalary with commer: inuuttry im he werking agers of (idk direct eeesv tothe insarance merhely coerogt filer fo your spuifc needs, ecesmsladion of nvedmend income thal race nel 3 eo proved cash flow, incendie for on contil, gel contro over tuaimp,uanderirling and relenion funding Reilly nd raced top of operon Ceptnts come in any format ingla partnt Ut, owned ona towpeny fowhosetaslomized nsutance nats the taper ctr, multiple ferent also tno os soup, homginant, or int vnture, hefrogenaouscaphire~ ewes rms from different indus an egret tall Caplirs ln whlch the nef anal Unbiifey of each "el ate ugly insalafece Thee ae even copter for hixe, know rent a caplaa” The more riluctant the cassicalingirence compantay er fo provide covertge ~ endl higher thee eft the rier ha allt of ART. According o Tha Etonowist the number of eptivas tsfeblshad in Berman stone houbied fo 200 las ar aching wiotal of mere than 4000, Flin KLowan of Rist Management Raper wkimattt th 421 blisw intel ann primalare you thinking of?" "L wer thinking how sorry jack kenniion will be to hawe missed thir de.” andl then there happened the most remarkable, the mov waprising thing inthe whole of this uurprising campaign. there wou & movernend among the man in front; followed by lowd Laughing anc showing and then « pariy of girls, some of the company of women which followed the ermy, come fling acroyythe heath breethless, because they heal run all the-wor from marble erchto convey thelr news: Nhey here run cured, my Lordi they ered alb together. "who- ewe rum away? "he exrmy of axengery—- the comvizt wardens. they hare all run anes, and there ix not one Lei" "rn ewe? what docs it mean? why did-they raw aweg?” then the gals looked at each other andl laughed, but were e Wille ashamed, becouse they were not guite sure how the chief would: foke th. "ob seemed sicheepiy)" seidone cf them, presently, "thet ony of our own, brave fellows should: be kilLed.! chs a dreadful pity," they murmured "ands by wich cruel man." “wich eruel,, horrcble men," they tehoede "so trad we we sfote into-the camp when they were asleep ant we frightened: them; and they all Yan awe), Leasing thelr army behind hem” lordchester looked at captain dunguergue. womens wii” he seis "woutle you andl ewe thought of suche a trick? go, gurl #lL the bishop" but clay Looked: sedi Tend offer ell this drilling" he said, witha sigh, Yama all our showing, there ia to be mo Fighting! the awful nature of the erisin, andl the strangeness of the siahd, kept the ireety in the neighbourhood of the comp in kyle park full Of women, young and old they roamed: bout emong the tents, ooking ef the sullen faces of the men, examining their arms, andl gearing upon them curiously, a+ if they were wild beast not one among them expressed the Leert friendliness oF Kind fecling the men were regarded by (hove who ped them, a well ax by the rebels, with undinguised Loething. about midnight the crows Lessenedl; ed two-e clock, though there were UL a few stragglers, most of the curiouy andl anniouy politicians hed gone home torbed; of Hrce, some of them sill remelned; af four — the darkest and decdest time of an eutumin night -- all were gone home, every sptciel constable even, and the camp wes leftinsilence, the men in thar fenty, and asleep. there Hill remained, however, a(ittle crowd of some twoor three dozen girls they were collected together about the marble arch. they hed formed, during the evening, pert of the crows; but nowthet this wes dispersed, they seemed to gether together, ends total in whispers Presenily, ox if some resolution wes errived ot, they el poured into the perk, ond entered the sleeping comp: the men. were lying down, molly asleep but they were mot undressed, sas lorbe ready for Uneir early march. no senériny were on duty, nor wresthere any welch: kept: presenily the girs foundl, in the darkness, «cert containing dra Hey seized them and began druonaiing with a thelr might: then they sepereded andl rem about fromtent tortent; they pulled: and: haLedthe sleepers, storied by the-drua, into-terrifiad: wekefulnesy; they cried ey soonves their men were wide ewake, "wake upp ell -- wake up! -— runs for your Ves! -— the rebels will be on win fom minuter! thay axe a huindlrtel thousand song rum for your Une =~ they hawt sworn Ferhang every convict wardlen wher iy not shot obo rte rn, Fun then they ran tothe nent font andl siailerly exhorted: ilysleepern consider the effect of thin nocturnel alerm the men slept eight inertent: there Were about thinly girls, andl somenrhel more thane thousand lent Uw eredideble to the gure thet the thinly made sor mutch noise that they seemed Like three thowianel fo-the seriled soldiers fo be awakened suddenta inthe ead of night, orbe told thet their enemies were upow thea, fo-hear eves andl sereemyof warning, with: the becting of drums, produced encctly the consequences that were expected. the man, who had noexperience of collective action, Who had no-officery, who had-no-heart for their work, were bewildered; they ran about here and there, esking where wasthe enemy: then shots were heard, for the girls found ihe rifles and. fared random. shoty iw the air; endl thane pemie followed andl ther fled — fled: in wild-terror, running in every direction Leaning thele guns behind them in the fenty, so thet ine quarier of anv hour there werrnet one single men of ell the exmy of evengers left in the camp, -~ ~- the orders were thet the march shoul begin about sino clack iw the morning ~~ that is es Seow after untise os wes possible, if wes also oritered thet the army of exvengery should: be followed by the heed of the police deperiment, Ledly princetowne, with: her einistent secreteries, clerks, andi officers, andthe they should be supplied with: tumbrily for the eonreyance fo prison of ony) Who might acape the vengeance preparta for them and be faker, prisoners af a quarler pat sino chock an orderly clerk proceeded to-the comp. to"her great joy the comp wos empty; she did not observe the guns ing abouts butter there were no-man visible, she concluded thatthe army wer already on the merch. she returned endl reported the feck: then the ovler of the police procession wes repiilly arranged endef for followed os they thoughé, the march of the avengers: by this tome a good mama women, were in the streets oF af the windows of the houen most of the reety were draped: with, blsck hanging in token of general shameexact wot where william had come from. Yok mo: dow tell me whet you think happened,” william groaned. "she com ts she didnt" Withink she did" the black fact all supporied whal they feared: zeldehad found thetruck, anda way forge-to-williea 5 world. "ore we now officially serewed?™, williaa wondered. "depends ow how you Look of it we re free of zeldlas that could be good." hildle felt the worry that took Williaa in ity elev: "yes your world now hese wieh on the loose." "U hove to-go back there ands do-something about that" bilder nodded, "ancl have to-go-widk yous" william looked ef her. "eam glad you will de-thed:" "mind yow thet Lam: not crazy about Ul: your world ix insane, 5o-yow have fo-help me, willienn! hilde Looked ed her wineril and her face showed feor. her memories of thet erany place were daunting. williae, hugged her. “i will. nothing will happen torus, hilda. 2 make sure of thad:” the nodded end drew ine Lot of breathe "then we hee to-go: now." williow modded. "iy met whet we planned but you are right" they mounted their broomy ancl flew towards the opening inthe mountain well, the rift wos black: i looked: ey if the Light thed fell: into- it just diseppeered. they Looked! indo it, but there war mothing but blackness. "Lots go;" said hide. she took willie s hand. together they flew into the void the magizel couple wes salted into akind of whirl, tossing andl turning them around for several Long seconds: theavthe strange fecling was over andl they were ime different darkness, "willie. where are wer william Looked axoundh before he could answer the question there were trees. no-stredlights, he used his wand to make Light and: gesped. "we are where t was when Lceme inte your worlds" he Leoked behind then “and that iy whet we come throughs" evsérange blob, Looking ou air Uiquifice, hung inthe air. it seemed to- welt for someone for diice into: kilde- popped up her wend alto endl eneained the blob. "wo we ere in your world? salt oa elf.» this thing hay 2eldey signature all over it: looks Like she managed fo-secure the route becks well, Let y make w surprises." she mumbled «few words, stated thet she hated Letim, andl then put a spell onthe blob thet if should not allow pessage or any medlling by anyone else but herself emcl William. "right: of least we hove a way back home” sernow we are facing an entire world in which eo wieheis om the loose." williem looked atthe road ihey were next-to: aihe remembered, the town where bert Lived war closestby. "think we sould head over there, tothe fown you know, sweetwidehs Ut te mearest, endl my bet ithed she went there." "willie? pleese make sure ident go-crany tw thix place. i am not faking any responsibilifiey now we re here" hilde touched: his arm ande Looked very serious. we U be Fine, hilden we re together nour you help me in your world. iW help yow in eines o thinks the fort thing to-do- in to- become Lesy prominent: get clothes people wear here." Yoh yes!" hildes grinned: "Uremember those, look!" e whooshvof the wand Later she wore e white toshirt and: faded bluenjeans ‘agein, with black Loafery on her feet she hopped eff the broom and: {wirled youndl for william, hix wand: fill Lighting up the erea. "how deri Look?" "hile, you should wear that af home. you Look so-incredibly seemy ike thet.” williem flicked hit wand end wore something thet looked Uke hit regulor clothes, but there was neneckice tit lime. Udi not belong tore wizard, and hiv shirt wer wizerdly blue, with siver Hidehing in the colle, Nob UUike you Uke that" seid hildes she huggee william, who hed also depped off his brooms he Hidd mot fight the hug. "esuggest we fly te-the town Liat ancl proceed: on foot inte towne” the wizard saidvafter the hugging andiceuddling way done. "we dont wand to attract attention with the brooms" "ood. 2 Udo what you sey, willow, i UL be e good Litile witel: for once. justonce, remember?” he grinned. "gow Ub try, you mean” Nim tthe te same?” hildla, hopped ow her broom. "guess for you Uta the wizard grinned o4 he mounted: hix broom again. "now, Let ygoto-the town and sto out of sight Uy best if we go- across the fialuly and lay away fromthe road.” william dimmed the Light on hiv wandl and male it just Light the ground in. front of them. they set-off, crowed: the road end flew over the fulds, towards the bright blob inthe difance ther warthe town they had touched down behinds one of the fart houses: Un Uy shadow hide had shrunk thelr brooms and now they welked into-the maim shreet. welking wes difficult, 64 the former esphelt rosd hed epparenily been turned upside down dere sayy thet zeldey been: here," hides remarked about the obvious in places, remainy of cary showed: in the debris. most streetlights lay onthe ground, exif ergiant hand had snapped them Like matches the street was silent inva wary thed wes different fromthe normal night silence. usuelly, williom knew, here would be the oecesioneh sound of ecan driving, w redio-or ty blaring. but mow there war nothing but silence. "sthink you re Fights! williew said ax they ried to make their waa over the large Liaps of road: "william, thir isnot going to-work. we need our brooms, or we U spend: all night geting through this streek” now thisgucstions, his pt comments quite effectually removing the fr from agreeable doubly born of his earlier words and: demeanor, "will, [Fhe looney, ory onky ow tome pointy, noter the whole porter, angwad) confidentially exerted waldo, when an opportunity offered. conn him {ole hove he knocked the redskin out, uncle pheeton Uitte need of recalling thet perplesing incident o-the worthy sevemt for, try aha might, letherwit could not keep frow/brooding over thet wondrous Collection of relics perteining tow long-sinee tntinch peopl ofcourse the last one hed perished ages ego; and yet-vand ye throughc his helf-ewildertl brainy flashed: the account givin bg the coest tribes, membery of which he heal so frequendly nderviaared concerning this unknown Land one ands aL of whom hadl more or esta) Un rege f-ee range peaple, terrible Fahers, mighty bankers one burning ance frow whose eyes cerriad eaths and devas) unde all whe were Poothardenovghe even fo adtempl fpass these mighty berries, built up by w beneficent nature, only for had nears) Cmpassebe wall, the entire earthy would: be overrin end dominated by these monsfery in human: guise ther off the ership wos cored for tothe best of hiv shility, andthe night-quors set in place so thet nvelerm might Fae werning of ony legel intrusions the Lille perly returned tothe cavern home of the exile where, after ancther refusal ow his part; the professor fled anal lighte his beloved pipe, almoytin spite of himself featharwit wes aren towarky those marvellous articley depending fromthe wall, and aha geztd-in ilant marth, Cooper edgtcombe hen nigh with: Hill cthar erliclestocomplete the collection, "yow may possibly Find-something of interest in these, to, daar sr, elthoughe Chane given thane rather rough viage. this formed a rather comforiabla cap, and" "ashalmel an tandala tothe Which isn-yes! worm about the waist mainly fo-suppert weapons, dnt fermad-tmanilad, which-vand all yuffcientls well preserved to bereadily recognised ey genuinen-uatessn-surely vam dreaming!” inet precisely that, the worthy profesor assurtly wes elaost besiale himself White exemining these erficles of warrior weer, one by one, knowing thet neher eyeynoy memory were of faut, et fld unoble fo believe thre very rensen upto thtn cooper edgecombe hed: fel but-o parsing interest im the matter, forming ox dil but single incident in a mare thaw ordinarily eventful Uf; bat now he egantordivime at Least eportion ofthe thy and his face wes ighted wp withs unasial animetion, whim Pheston featharwit turned: thet wad, toelmost sherply demands where di you goin ponenion of these weapont tnd gorménty si? land howernofrome whow2" "ook them from an indliain nearly tr years ager he caught me off my gute any when Usa that J could neither hile ney foes & fought for my life,” explained the exile, than giving short, biter Lash tors “érange, (ait mei? although i had: Long since grown. weary of existence sche fi thin © fought for i Ltuemed: wild bees: ari were! then, offer oll was over, v foot these thingy, more becouse U feared his comrades might suspect" his comandes? echotdthe professor. "more thew the one, then? You kilLed hime, but--there were others, LL? "mana of thems for too many for any ont mer te withstand" earnestly declared the tn made all haste in bearing the raskin here, obliterefing a signs es guickly es posible; yor for kay endl nights cowertd hare in utter darkness each minute enptcting av etinch from too powerful «force for standing sainst uncle phestow rubbed his hana briskly, shifting his weight hurriedly from-one foot orb matt, then becteagain, the very personification of tager interest antl growing comaiction. "mere of them? wrong free? ermedi-ndnd gerbedies of ald? the clothing, the footwear, ends abow all else the weapons, purely exltcan? and hart, only iwe-shor! years ege7 edly Long end hideously drcery yeory have founds thems si" the este seal dejected. omen the profesor but info-esheill, exci laugh, which sounded almorthyericol, end not «Utils to the amantment of hiv nephew broke info e regular dence, faging right merry, handy on hip, head: perked end chin in cir, ot the sama time proving to cerry the tome Un his for from melodious youve. after a, perhepy ne better method: could awe been fakento work off hixalmoy hupterieal eneitements and presently he paused pening and heated chuckling after en bashed fashion ay he encountered the tyes of his nephews Mote wor, mj dear boys" he hastened to-plesd "Chad torhersomething oy-nor tnplose! Lfeel beter, new: cam behave myself, U hopes Lem calee cook, and compored asthe genuine ariee! anal we are te onet to discover that--oly U forge! fr wilder wa fairy xploding with: mirth whibe brane smcledy end tute the tnile appeared to be amuses te cern extend at his cupense Life by Little, the worthy revel calmed! doy, and then, almort forcing the enile to indulge in another detiziouy smote, he led up othe beet in which his interest wes fairly ienses cooper tagtcombe wes willing enovgh(o- HL oll thet Ley in his power, elthoughc he wou only beginning fo reatise howe much thet might mane to the worl af Lange, judging by the actions ofthe profenor. according te his account: the greet Lek, oF veinage reservoir of the olympize, wes a-sort of vemi-yeaety rendexyour fore werldke (ibe of red: men, where they congregitea for the purpose of celching endl trying vost quantiles of Fisha doubrlasy tobe used: kuring the winter." 8 general thing they pitch their camp ow the other Sule, over towers the northeast but snall partes are pretty sre toro for and wide, Coming around this wea) quite es often as nol Yand thar jerb;the weapons theywiley silting on his tailgate inal the Liquor Hove, his shoulders shimping tnd hit heed: hanging downs wiley didnt move ep they got out ends epprocched: him. "o-ehead:” wiley said without Looking around, "errest me, sheriff. CL be sefer ow the inside, anghows "you cher, wiley? deputy herlow shes! through the shedtered hole inthe big window wiley herned and Looked at theme plaintirely. then he pointed to the ground ot their feet “ete my deg” he oenad: Bemis and horton jumped: back, Hterileds in fromt of them on the pavement wer fo hogy oF what wes La of thems sails thighbons rib coats and pieces of hide, but not eserap of meat: sheriff bemis took off hiv trooper hat ands wiped the louisiana: humidity from hi brows Ub full belly. oil hex w ‘cond Heals our primar mam, had taken Uf" ke oi rose, kabing a naphin at he months ei Ine sei, "yowere tebe commanded. for your SKILL with w SkLleh potate masher end rang beet: Uwe rarely hed-so-fine ee mesk bu novi mash get backs f-gor” while chese wos helping her cleer the dishes, Kit seid “wend fog Look for he horsey before Ut gly darks will yow come with eo" pune chose agreed, "Uf you dom t mind me bringing mij Hfle along” after the disher were pot extey, they wont out the back door together intorthe arly evening twilight, hotivcerrying rfuan withc the cregy of tandstone mountain sthowatteain the afterglow, Kit went tothe garlen-endl Let herself in through the gett inthe white Pisket fence and began gethering w bouquet of mined. flowers not quite ure what she wes upto; chest scanned: the landscape around him: bud founel nothing threatening his eyes then were kravin tothe gurien y profusion of erly semaer blooms ands tothe pretest thing inthe gern, hit dante she was es enchanding stn) JFK ever seem, gathering anvermbond of cartel columbine, longi daisiey and snaparagons: he upped "you plan om giving pecce- offering foe dinozeur™ Looking yrs, she hook her head. “there romething L went fo de while we Suk UU just fake w minote.” she went out through the gett end he followed: her for echusndede Yorke tore low knoll witha cluster of huadstoney where the tell areiy hed: been tyemntd she pul the Douguet in fromtof e granite marker engraved withthe name "eel daniels” lowertd her headend paused a moment a thought chase pulled the bi of his cap low over his ey and seannedthe hilly for trouble there wes mone, offer eminade he esbed“ivthat your mother? bid models “she hit whem wey only eight: dadaly brings her lowers of east once a week im tha tammartioe, bud hes chase soul ioe har fase wer rained: wlot had happened ther since he d-met her yesterday. ancther headstone casighd his eye andl Ine rea the inscription alouds, "charlie rammermoon. berm 3848. died 3958. wrelatire? "yeahs" the ald, cheered e Use by his tater my greeh-greet-aranlfather. he wes half blackfoot inden. his daughter married my great grandfather orth daniels they re over there she pointed foamelehed paix of heedsioner on the fr suse of the group. here» four seneralions of dainty buried here," she sai bending fo-eerange the flowery by her mother F headstone. "where are your folks, chase?" “thas Lore in statis ob Lees hope thay re il olive "hope so; to" sail bit whee she finished: withvthe flowery she pounted-to eller gresy hill overlooking the rancly compounds “we might beable see chy from up there” she Led the way up e narrow deme path: that meander tothe top of the RL halfrey up, they pase fo Listen fre sound kehoiing of tha elif face of tenaatome mowinbains if wore wolf-howl it Rashes eprelly smile soundly Uke your pel projet is file elit” "geeks" seid hase. U- Pasod to heer they re ches they howl Uke thal when they re hunting” arrender thought mode Kim chuctle. "maybe they reefer adinozeur. thet would even the wore w Uitte" the evening wer delightfully warm oe Lit and: chape reached the top of the paths the almont-querter moon hadet set yet and though the beam il Wickared, it seemed Uisile sy thecatening coming through the roy) Urening Light ow the flat othe top of the hi there was a large Uichen-coverdd boulder. Lit proppud her rifle aguinst U-and climbed up toi wl her arms wrapped arvana her knees chase jrinad har. “this was my favorite geleway whan Ly a bid she sails "Yow gel a pancremi view of the homestead: U must haat come wp here a thousand tomes Lotiing out over the ranches Lille valley, they saw the parsseurolophus emily Casieres- together af the end-of the paskore Jerthert from the howe, just ince w yekion of te equesttion fence wilh the fp rail knocked off kit caught chase parm and pointed fo a spot near them. "Look she cried happily, “there y Uicky, buck, ana nelle.” the hone end: cow wert grazing ow pasture gress not for fromthe Huckbill omily, seemingly ob tose nase the coloisel creatures. Hi sighadim yelief "Looky Like they ve made hemuebres past of the perasauralophay family, andthe dvckbily sow teem to mind heiring them ansuinde chose spotted something "Look of the mother parsiaurstophus. ir she one nest? the femele squctiea of the cender of ee hage mound! of dirt dag out of the pasture soils her boy covered a centred crater shaped: hole the mee squatted on his haumches near her, keeping ante on the paeroundingy lhe hin head hala highs hk mused "owed of there art any e9gy in that mest” Matesatche end such: a person. the levi almighty replied, wheris the one swearing thes will mot forgive suche andl suche person? i hawe forgiven him-and canceled alt ef your (good) deeds! * (muslin bier, 137) the mathnawis "elleh WiLL not wreak ruin upon © perple unless they huurt-e-prophet, a-teint or a govly person! (2: 312) the couplet Heder that ome of tne maim reesons for the destruction of apecple ir thet they awe hurte prophetor a penen. close to-allah. thitalse means that individuals oF groups thet respect; value nul exleemnthove whoare close to allah will be rewarded with: an increase Un thet honor andl dignity. in e hadith al-qudsi it i idl, “whosoever showy enmity osomeone devoted tome,’ shall be at wer with: Inia my served drones not near forme with enthing more Loved: by methen the religious dade (hawt enjoimeel up him end my served continues to draur naar forme with supererogaiory works xo thet i shall Love, nina when i Love hint, Lamehis hearing wilh whith he heats, hiv seting with which he-seeh, his hana with which he sriker, end: his foot widh which he walks were he fo ask: (something) of mei would purely give UF fo hin, and were heto-enk me for refuge, © would yurely grant Wéaw (buthert, rigag, feur better examples than muse (et) exiatin this regard. recogniaing hit yubliaee endl spiritual power, the magiciens of the pheraoh asked him if he would Like tobe the Fist-to throw his sesh thar withe the berakahe (blessing) ofthis kimdnesy, ay they hedaccepied the supremacy of & person who- wes close to-elLeh, rey were blessed with guidance, ow the other hand they were requited with a punishment for their audacity in competing with: prophet ax we know, they were Fast tortured amd then martyred, their handy and. fee cut off ow the order of the pharaoh. whilst in compellion, with mase-the magicians hed reached the Lowest point of kufr (disbelief) yet om the very tame day they maneged: fo reach the highest yperitual heights from where they defied the pharach; when faced by hiv oppreniion end menace they were able deur from the Level of their cman such thel-they preferred the eternal tothe transient: “ey (magicians) answered, "never shell we prefer thee fo-all the evidence of the truth thet hes come untorus, nor torhine wher hes brought ur into being! decree, then, whatever thow art going fordecree: thow canst decree only [something thed pertains te] this worldly Ufel” ia ancther verse of the qu Ane we areola, "they answered, "no harw [eanst thow do-fous} verily, unto-our susteiner ho-we turn)” worried ahout-the weakening of their iman a1 the phersoh overtly fortured them, they pleaded with allah for Headfartnen in patience endl imams 'o-our sslsiner! shower us withe pelience in edversy, anc make wy dia os men who-heee sorrenderta themselves unto thee!" (eraf, 7: 126) rami enclyser the spiritual dimension of thir event ot follows: Whe cursed on tyrannized pharaohs threatening the magicians becouse of their Eman iid i will hawt your handy and: feet cut off (Lternadels) endl then i will not forgive you, but have you hanged: the phareoh-thought that the magicians would: be frightened andl startled bowing dowen before him, trembling. but the pharaoh didnot know thed the magicians were free of fear anal worry, ancl were evwere of divine secrets ands truths tvtm if they were beaten ehutndred timer andl becaae powder in the mortars of fale, they nove hed the window anal forcight differentiate their shadows from themuelven" this means thet the magizianr understood: thet the soul Ur the reality and the body is bul-eshedow. they seerificed this shedow immediately endl recched the tote of fomefillehs "o mankindl this words but a rusting place onde Arena. donot be taken in by the merriment and splendor of i even if dour hamdeixeut off OF Uf yow are sized into places in a dreaae, donot be frightened! the prophet muhammed: (mas) god bless hime anal grand kin, peace) said this world: ivmesight but w dreams "the mathnawis some people attempted: te Struggle ageinst the prophets they sew their bodes (the prophets bodes) andl thought them tobe ordinary peoples (v2: 5113) those who-regard prophets tobe Uke thet fillow beings and do-not 40 the divine manifestations, the wisdom end the privideger thet hare been bevlowed upon them connat sere thelr nafs from being dragged ino erroneous ections or Umpiely, this tye state thet has enisted throughout history. people whe could nat-pereeine the prophels their divine dutiey or their complete wpiritual worldy hewe been ruined because of their audacity and because they are unable toratiain submission oF obedience. the Likes of obu:johl endl chu: Leheb thought of the prophet muhammad es: mere flesh ands blood, no- different te themselves, ax w result they were destroyed fer thee inability #o comprehend: the Companions whe knew ihe prophet Well observed hin in ane abu bebe (re) who-wes one ofthe most prominent of the companions, fell © yearning for the prophet even when they were together; heclvely abuerved the messenger, the nun. to- both worlds, withe almixations the veke of he prophets maicazim, biLal (re), wes-e different sory. whew the messenger of aah passed: awed, wes a4 if blak had Los his voice unable forspeak, he could not Hag in medina eng Langer. abu baler the caliph pleaded with Wan to-eall the prager once more, but biel venuwver wens abu: baker! ski me whol L wish for Udo not hare the strengths focetl the prayer after the death of the mesenger of allah. donot force me. please let me-be.." but cba baker wanted tothe bright speck in the distances Uf increesel in cleanness im the gathering shadler of evening. “cenit bee ship? asked the captein "if sot must be in flames, otherwise we should mot be able tose it Je far off! replied procope "doer not moves" aud yervadae; and untasy Lam gredly deceived, com hear (bind of reverberation in the air fr tome second fhe we min Hod training tts an Cary in rapt ttendioms uiddenlay env ilen such servedac s mind. "the volcano! ha cried: "may i not be the volcano thal wt Jew whilst we were ow breed the dobryne? * the Ututimant egrted-thet if wes very probeble, heen be praised cjeculoted the taploin, anal he went-ow in the toner of sheen excitement: mature has provided up with our winder quarters the srcem of burning Lavarthat is flowing there ib the gif of « bounteous providence; if will provile wall the warmth we needa no-time to-Losel fommorrow, mu dear procope, toomorrove we will explore it ALL; ne doubt the Lifer the heat we want Up reserved for uy in the heart and bowels of out un gallinl" whit the eaptncn wes inaulging Ln his expreniions of enthusiasm, proeope wer endearoying {o 2oLlect his thoughts ditinetly Ihe remembered the Ling promontory which had barréd the dobryna's progres while coasting the southern confines af the 100, and which had obliged her foascend northwerdy es fer asthe former latitude of ran; he remembered alse that at the extremity of the promontory there was a-roeky hecdlend erowmed with mobe; and now he wer conuinced that ne wen right in identifying the petition, ancl in believing that the ymoke had gorem plece foam eruption of Hama, when servedac gave him a chance of speaking, he said "he more iconsider i, explain, the more i a satsficdthat your conjecture incorrect beyonal wloubt, what we see inthe volcano, andl tonmorronr we wi not foil to vit "on refunding tothe sour they Communicates their discovery to-eount fimascheff only, deeming en) farther publization of ta be premature the count at once placed hir yechtat their disposal, and expressed his Unlentiom of accompandiing them: “the yacht, ’think" said provope, had better remain where the ix the weathar i beauty cali, andthe sfeam-Leunnch will answer our purpose better; at anu) rate, Ut WiLL convey ws much closer foshere then the schooner” the count repliad thet the Lizatenant wey by all means fo use bir own discretion, andl they OLL relive for the night: Uke meng other modern pleasurt-yechly, the dobryne’, in eddifion f-her fourmoer, wor Alek withew fastgoing Uitte steem-lasimchs idysereve being propel on the ovietLe system, by means ofa boiler, smatl but erg effective carly nent morning, thir handy Ute croft wos wificiendly fretghted with cook (of whiche there wes til aout tertonvon brted:the dobryne:), ends manned: by nobody except the cepiein, the count, andi the Vieutenants left {he herbor of the shelif, mucha (o-the bewilderment of ben 220f; whe-hed-not yet beer adimited: inthe Moret the orderly, however, consoled himuclf withthe reflection that hu had been temporarily invested will the full powers of Governor general, an office of whith he wes nota liHle prowd. the tightten miler behween the iand andthe headland were made in something ein then three hours the volconie eruption wen manifeHl) very consiuerable, the enfire wmanit of the promontory being enveloped in flemes produce Jo large a combustion either the onugen of gollia yetmoyphere hed been broughd inte condact withthe txplosire gests contained: beneath her soil ov perhuiin Hile move probable, the voleanc; like, those inthe moon, wes ful by awvinternel mupply of ovggen of her own ook mort then hedf an hour tesetle on apuiteble Landing place a Lendl, a-jmell remivireaten creck wer discovered: eaong the res, which eppeered:edventegeovs, becouse, if curcumstences shovldl se require, it would form-esefe onchorage for boll the dobryne: ond the Iransa’-the Leanch securely moored, the passengerr landed ow the side of the promontory epporite to that om whiske a torrent of burning lane wat descending tothe sta: with mach safisfaction thay experianced as they approached the mowndain, sensible differance in the teaapereture, and their piri could nat do otherwise then. rise ot the prospect of having their hoper confismed, thet a daliverence from the threatenea celamily had xo opportunely been: found om they went, Wp the Heep acclinity, serambling ever is rugyed projections sealing the irregularity of ty signmtie rade bounding from pola t-potnd with: the agility of chemois, but never alighting ow anything encept-on the accumulation of he seme hexagonal prisms with which they hel nowe become so-femiliar. their tserfions were heppily rewerded. behind e/huige pyremidel rock they foundies hole Unthe mouneiniise, ike the mouth of artat tunnel, liabiing up to thix orifice, which was more thaw sony eek above the Level of the seen they esceriained that Ut opened inte along dark gallery. they entered andl sropeal their way cautiously along the ides. eetonfinuous rumbling, thet increased: as thay ederamced, wade them envert that they must be approeching the cenlral funnel of he voleencr thelr only fee wer Lust some insuperable well of rock should laddanlay bar thelr further progrus sarvedae was some distance ahead "come oni” he cried cheery, his voice ringing through the: darknesy, "come on! our forvi lighted! no-Htint of fuel! nature provider that! Ut ux make haste ent worm: urzelve!” ingpired by his confesence, he count andthe Utufenant edyemced: bravely) along the uageen and winding peths the temperature wat now at least een degrees above stro, andthe walle of the gallery were beginning fo feel quite warm tothe touchy an indication, nottorbe overlooked, that the ssbstence of which: the rock wes compored wes“The Howe of a Thonsanal Caller Nicholuom, Meredith Published: 2005 Categorias} Fiction, Aekiow te Adventure, Romane Source: Mip//uwegutenbergorg/elenl/22442 About Nichotuon: Meredith Nicholson (December 9, 2866 ~ December 22, 3947) wer sbest-seUling author from indiene United Stes & poUitician, and LEplomah lio evatlable ow Feedbooks for Nicholson: ? A Reversible Sante Clauy (2427) ? The Medaess of Meg) (2427) ? Lady Lerkspor (2939) ? The Port of Mising Men(3907) ? Otherwise Phuliin(2433) ? Blacksheep! Blacksheep! (3920) ? A Hoosier Chronicle (3932) Copyright “Thix work ip areileble for eounliey where copy right in Lifer 50 or in the USA (published before $925) Hote: Thx boot. te brought fo you by Feedbooks Mtpt//wrrwnfeadboots com Sire for perionel age, de-not vie thi file for commerciat purpose. 2 Chopter 3 THE WILL OF JOHN MARSHALL GLENARM Pickering + Letter bringing mews of ma gramafaiier + death found me af Naples earl in October. oka Marshall Glenarm: had ddim Junts He had left a-will which gave me his property consltionaliy, Pickering wrote, anit wos necessary for me fo-rehuen imeediately fo guadify ey Legatee. wes the mertst lack thed the Letter come t-my) hands of all, for U hed buen sent fo Constendinopla, in cert of the-conaul-genarelinsttedof my benker there, Hewes: ot Pickering » foul that the conse wea friend of mine who kept track of my) wenderingy and wey able to hurry the executor Letter after ma tetely, where I had gone to mechan English Financier whe-hed. | wer dist, unm limited monty to spend ow African retbyregy: | enw ene engineer, er graduete of env American insfthufion fomilierly known es “Techot andl os my funds wert running love, {natureliy turned to muy profession for employment: Gut this lelter changed mi plan, nd the following day | cabled Pickering of my departure and: was outwrrd bound: ma sieamar for New Yorks Fourteen: dase Later {sat in Pickering yoffice Un the ALenis Building end Uatened intently while he reed, with much ponderows emphasis the provisions of my arand- father s will, Whan he concluded, | laughed: Pickering wes eserious wen endl wes gle to see that mi Levty padned him. | had: for thet matter, abweay been s-jeuree of annoyance to hin end his Look Of kisrunt ands rebue didnot rouble me in the Least | reeched-aevese the bla for the paper, end he sore the seated and beribbonea copy of John Marshals Glenermy will in- {2 muy hendi | reed UF thaaugh: for mypelf, feeling conscious mecnarhile that Pickering y cool gant was bent inquiring upon me, These ere the parearephs thet interested me most: 3 | sive and bequeath undo mi said granaliom, John Glan- arm, iomatima wresident of the Ciky and State of New York, and later a vagabond: of party unknown « certain property known ts Glenarm Howse, with the landlthere~ unde perlaining and hereinafter more perlicularty dle~ scribed, end-all penionel properly of whalioever Kind! thertunts belonging and efluched thervo;-the seid re~ alty Wing tm the County Of Wabeana: tn the Stet of Indi~ ane upon this condition, faithfully and honaslly performed Thet seid: ohn Glenern shall romain: for the period of one year am ceeupent-of told Gluneim House tnd mij nti ateched thereto, demeaning himself meanwhile in an orlerl) and: femperete manner. Should he fail ef eng fe duving soud-yeer focomply with this provision, said property shell revert to iy general etede emul become, without reserestion, ands withou! nectssty for eny pro- cay of law, the properly, ebsoLutey, of Merian, Deveretsn, Of the County and Slate of New Yorks “WelL," he demanded, sriking his hands wpm the arms of his chatr, what den Yow thinkiof U For the Uife of mel could not help Laughing again There was inthe fist place, & delicious irony inthe fact thet | should: earn through: hiaw of my arsndlthar + wishes with respect fo-magself Pickering end "haat grown wp in the same fow in Ver- mont: we hed attended the seme preparatory school, but there heal been rom boyhood: certeinantegonisan between, uss He hed elwegy succeeded where! hed felled, which ite seu, I must edit, that he hed wicceedea pretty freguentiy. When! refased fo yeltle down. tomy proferiion, bu chose fosee something of the World fost, Pickering seve himuelf seriously tothe law, anathere wer | knew fromthe buginning, no mon~ ner of chance that he would fall. lam mot mare or Leis than human, and! remembered with joy that once | had thasshaa him sounally athe prep school for bullying a smatler bey; but our scare from school daa ws mot without faey ow hie se, He wes easy the better scholar! grant ian that; and he was Shreve anal plausible. You never guite kneve the extent Of his powers and resources, and he had | alway maintained; the most amazing Jood lack;-es witness the fact that John Marshall Glenarm, had tek a friend) in teres ins hin wey whl Uke my sramlfhier, whe wee mas of mn whiny fo give his afatey info Pickering p Keep ing; and | oul not complain, for | had missed my oven chance with him tC wat, | neve readily enough, pert of my punishment for having succeeded: 12 sugnally in incurring mi grenalfathe + Aiaplessure thet be had made o naseisery for mato iveak withs Arthur Pickering in this matter of the wil; ant Piokering wat enjoying th sUuaklon tothe full. He sank back in his chatr with ans ele of complacency thet had alan been. onsuffereble av hime | wes quite willing fo-be patronizti by arma of years anc experiance but Pickering wees my own ge end his experiance of life seemed to me proposterously ineeguet, To find him setlad in New York, where he hed been tablished theoudh my grandfether ygenerosi, ands the executor of my gremd- father yevate, wer herd-te bear. But there wey something not wholly honestin my miaths for muy conduct during the three preceding years hed: been reprehensible, I hed used my grandfother shebbily, My parents died when! wer achild, and-he had cared for me ay for back ob muy memory ran He had suffertd me fo-apend without resraint the fortune Uf by ma father: he haat enpecies much ofThe Howse a Thousand Candies Nitholeon, Meredith Pablisheds 2905 Cetugorii) Firkion, Action Adventure, Romance Soubce: hiph//mwrwgutenbers sr/een/42464 4 About Nichotuons Meredith Nicholson (December 4, 22646 ~ December 22, 2247) wa trbest-seing author [row Indianay United Siete wpolificinny anda diplomat. Ase available ow Feedboots for Nicholuont ? A Reversible SaméeClanie(3947) ? The Madnast of Maa) (L487)? Leda Larkspur (5155)? The Port of Mising Mom(3407)? Otherwise Phullin( 4412) ? Blectuberp! Slacksncep! (420) ? A Hoosen Cheonicte(3422) Copyright “This work is evailabte for couniriee where copyright Lifes 50 or the USA (published before £925) Nate: This book ie brought fo you by Feeabooks halpe/ sew feealnoatcarm Siistly for personal uae, do-rot use this fle for comeateiad purpsien 2 Chapiey 2 THE WiLL OF JOHN MARSHALL GLENARM Pickering + letir bringing news of mj srundljather + dead fund me at Naps ean iv October hav Marshall Gamat had didi Jute HW hal ofthe wie whiche gant me hie propery tomdstionally, Pnkeving wrote, andl ib as necewany for me fo rehstw immediately fo qualify au Legatee. Hwa the mertat Wack that tne live tame to ma, any ab bly for Ut had btansend t- Covatundinopia, inert of te conaial general inshteds of my banker here. ewes: not Pekeyng + feild that the consul ws [pend of mine wha bap iach of my winderindy and was able te hater the eceaoy + Lefer after me fala, where Thad gone te meet am English financier who had, | wet int, as Limite money to ypendh tm Afvicane raepey: | tan tv engineer, we radate of ax Armco nif, familiarly town ae Teche anal ts oy fande were rameiing tow, | nautatla burned iy my profusion for employment But This elie change my pl, nd the following Hag) | cabted Pickering of my heperiee end wees outwaad bovnd ow stamer for New York Fowetten das Later tsa ine Poekering toffee im te ALEnit Butlaans and Uistined indent) while he rend wit rich ponders empha, He Provisions of my grind fathers will Wham he eoncbaded, | laaghed. Pinbering wit serious many, dst whi glad fe See thot ma Levy pains: hime | heey for thet matter, sbutay bees e Source of annoyance fe hia tnt hsrLeok, of Aisratt und rebuke did not trouble me inthe least | reached: scrote the fable fy the paper, and he gene the mated and bertbboned copy of Joka Marshall Glenarm s wil in to maj hand ead Ut thasuah for mused, foting coniciout mannachile that Plekering scoot gant wits bent inguiingly upon men These oe the partgraphs that inferesivd me mavk 3 f Boe nd bequest wate mg) sald grandist, ohn Glen utr, somthin to sidan OF te City and Shas of New Yorks ant. laters seasbonds of purty unknown & certian property knswn a4 Glentru Hosen wily Hue land thers sinks poriaining bad herein itor mors porticalarls den settbet, and ola personal poverty of whatouer hind thersunts belonging and attoehed tharelny the sold re abt ing in the County of Wabama- tw the State of indi~ ant por thin Conattionn faitidully and honeiteg performed: That wid Joh Glenerm shadl rere. for the period of ame yeor 1m sceupent of sald Glensr House and mij lends stiached thereto; demezuing Wmtelf mesnwhtle tn an orderiy aed eaperete manner. Shouts he feib at eny Kime daring said year tocomply wile His provision sack proparty shail revert Yo sy generat etote end become, without reservetion, endl without necessity for eng prom ces of Lawns te property, ebsetutely, of Marian Deversu, Of Hue County andl State of News Yorks Well," he emanated sting his hands upon he arm of his chair, whet ae ou think oF Por the life of mut could not help-teughing égaian There weds athe ft places delicious irony inthe fect thet shoulat asm theoudhe him of ma grendfether swishes with respect te myself Peekartng and { hael grownup i the tome Yow in Ver- mand: we hed etfnalen the rome praperetery whack, but there hod heen from bowled a certain antesoniien between vis He had elyeas yweceedea where | had filed, whieh Us tesed, | must eect, that he had succeeded pretty frequents When refused fe-stile hownte my profession, but chose fosee sowethin of Mat: world fest, Pakaring gore hime serievsty othe Law end there wbin {Later frowe the beginning, ne man ner of chante, that he wow foil tam not more or leis Then hens en! remembered with joy Prat one| had Freeshed him soundly atthe prep tehoot for bulging smelter hog: but our scare from ihoel-de wetrnat witout tiles ow hie Jide. He wor easily the better sehaLer~t grant hia thet: and he wes shrtud and: pleaschle. You never quite knsie the event of his powers ond resources, tnd he hed | elypaly mainfeined, the moftamacing abod lachy-ee witness the fect thet Joho Memhall Glene¢m, hed kano friendly ine erast in hime I er wholly Like mu arandfether, whe were mon of men! while, te alee his effates indo Pickering y keep tei ond! could net compleiiny for | hed missed: naj own chance withchion Pues, | tnese readily teoudhs part of my punishment for having succeeded sosiqrally ia incairying wa gramdiather Aispleasure that he hed. modeik necasery for eto treat with Artuur Pickering i this mati of the will; en: Pickering won enjoying tre situation tothe full He sank: beet tev hib-chate with anv air af complacency that had aby been inaattereble iw hin! wes quite willing fo be petreniaed by mon of sects enuk experiance; but Pickering wet may ome ge ond hi enperiance of Life seemed fo me prepcrterouils inadeguots. To Finl him yetted: im New Yor, where haa been alablished: through mi) qendfather + generciily, anu the tpacator of my grimd= fetner veslate, wes herd: torbenr Gal there wee sowathing not wholly honest ia mu) mits for my Condlset tuging the three preceding year had bean. reprehensible: | had usta mi gramafether shabbily. My parents died whens! wer trthild anda had cared for mas fur bec at ms memory rns Heche! sufferer to spend. without restraint the fortune Left by mu fathers he had enpected mutch of