Show M v CONDENSED CLASSICS I 1 THE SCARLET LETTER I 1 by 01 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE C d 11 tv AV Q ceoral q 5 ba bonfan aon MK kac chiw thornt american Amerl cin writer waa born in sit ra bags july 4 III earliest ear blest days dais were acro blint in salem hut but whon when he was tins 14 ieiri ears e old the family v moved to maine here the youir you ng lad ird continio il the solitary sol tary of v I 1 holcli tell he wa M is I 1 so fon r 1 mot hit iri I 1 th ir id n s I 1 instead 11 tead of t the h e narrow streets of nen even at this early flatt he had acquired a toi fisar 0 for writing and carri carried cl it a little wink 11 ink book in which he jotted down his notes after a year in maine ako returned to salem to to prepare for col ipke ho HB amused liim hirn self hv it manuscript periodical and tit at almos s cited upon tho ho profession he would follow foll 0 w in the fu fumire tire for some years lla Haw lived in concord ek n c r it mass in the ow old man manse an anil wr riidu I 1 morsel from an old aline 0 T telco WIC 0 told tales an and cl chier I 1 air ire he joined the brook farm colony at west 11 holbury bury iut hut faunl that the t e conditions 11 re suited ault d his t enste to nor his t temperament and lie he d but ono one year while s as burc of customs to nt at asilom s1 sa acm lcm lie he found somi some old a la larse r ge letter 11 A kl o marold prod on red doth I 1 and in d sp itani up upon n the origin ani and h history story of itil th letter itter his ill lin wa MIS s so d thit that upon hl lq i fr arm tile lie broto ft role th ahr S rl t r otar bonit ti alts of art an the ll 11 t P 11 the I 1 lie ann ir la bonk aito 71 sr snow v sp ep almus im u s fe relton n i id d 1 jh ho c nul nuil ller lver ro no mince tranee werk dipre loft left and I it bic author kliors deith 11 hii died it at N jr 11 on a tie the of mill alay ain und div d dibi Ys a liter wits was at a beautiful cenit tory it cn cl cord where lie he used to walk w ilk under andr ali pines pine wi ahen en living at the old manover IN his grave Is a simple stona ln ia with the single word hawthorne VE sumner morning over two 0 I 1 costill les nuo 10 it tin jariis plot lie lir forr fore the jill fill in frann ili nn T 1111 was nas occupied oc pled by many of the tilt nf lisoni lisl ni 1 in av ain kiil and tho the ton beadle cadle li appeared follow il liv iia a aming carrying n liili Iti lv tiloi lt three Irlon old on the lie breast Irp nt of lier ter in ili red rc il cloth ciolli appl ared tit tin letter A nril it wa ans tint that scarier arlt nr lt letter which drew all eci e toward tier her the 0 appointed for tier her punishment was vas nut not fur far aronn flit prison door and in spite of tile the agony of it tier her heart ilester hester irmine 1 pissed used with lh it 11 serene deportment to the flie sni irold here the pillory wa nas spi lit up find anol under the ol slit it f 11 thoun tid unrelenting eyes tile hie oner ism us talked herself ns as best a might A small intelligent mitti on the ont outskirts skirts of the crowd hesters tit mid lie in fit ills turn ced her till tillit slip to him lio lie laid lil ili on his lips then spen hing to a town ninn he said 1 I pray you ion grind sir vo alio 1 Is tills woman and wherefore is sliu site art t up ul to public you must needs he be it friend said the townsman town min elv el v you vou w 0 11 lot have heard ut of Ari fatres fk stress tres heller lle arr site she hutli baled it scandal in godly sinter mater church tim tho thereof Is but tile magistracy in their mercy luc doomed her to stand strind tt us pic of three hours on oil the platform of the pillory pillar Y find for the remainder renia luder of lier her life to navar a anark of ailaine in tier hosom lo srm 11 A use alse sentence tl alie st it lis zile tiie s I 1 that lint ahe I 1 lie partner of tier her sheild not nt at least stand by her side nut but lie will be knoma lie he 1 will l be known ln in rev mr it ft ym onn 1119 biln ln iter i ter tvr of bagh liil nativa ll tle gift tio bad i id nl 0 ready wide eminence in ili ills brofe simi anti was i urged to exhort closter llo to repentance pen tance and confession 9 her he advised Uhl tied she nanc lier her fellow anier nn ier even it if lie hid had to from froin a position to stand deside tier lier for it was better so than to tilde a heart through life shook liar head keeping ife place upon tho the pedestal of slit shame tine with un tin air of weary indifference that night her child writhed in n convulsions and a physician mr roger ioor Ch Illingworth none oilier than ill tho stranger hester lind noticed in ili the fowl was its culled called having ell 01 alir ilk bithas pain lie rind nii sald gifts tor ter I 1 iia ii A clr ilion aliat liat ill fallon into the pit it MS is dinv inv V folly anil and alliy aliv what had I 1 a man of I 1 h hoti ought plit to to do ind be Li lionly like alim triine I 1 lit liar lia r k tillit hint in ill iny illy lung I 1 tills 11 1 s A auld out I 1 hailen 1 I have greatly wronged aioo thoo ibur jurod Iles ilester tvr we have wronged each other it ho tin lint hut I 1 shall seek this nian chos naine thou lion wilt not reveal anil and s sooner 0 r or nr later lie ho dijt ho be liliie I 1 shall hall contrive ont rive nothing lit ills life sh let him tin live ono one thing thlick triou that mat vust my y wire I 1 jik n k thou hn enst t kept lit lilt in naina line secret keep 0 inyim lot illy lill lilliand band ho he to tile tho world ns its one alre lily dead aind in lir callic not tit lie sc seene crit dhove till all to ti tile tho thou vAt orl if I 1 aji aul alvel thy illy secret as I 1 lime a 4 ills i freed froni from prison ilester hester lid not flee but established lir herself self in a small cottage cot just outside tit town tomi incurring ui tit risk of want for she lie im ps tv 1 the tie art of needlework illi provided food for herself und and chihil chilil slip she had danied the little 0 one ne pearl of grent price and little pearl mow grew m ow up a lovely child people wished 0 to o take her enny and inc the mutter matter was as in III the mothers presence by governor 11 elling liani and its ills guerts rev key anlin john Wll sin rev mr air dile dr clod gave nio nie the cried leq t ter e r I 1 lia turning lii to the N ming clergyman ill it n mr 1 she exclaimed Si speak enic thou fur for itie inc thou eliou wast ast my pastor thou what Is in my givart tind lisit tire me a ni mother others rights and how much the stronger ngor they ar are that mother lias has but her child aind it the ie scarlet karlet letter 1 I 1 will not looga loo so till ali chilli child I 1 look to to it 11 there Is truth lii ILI what she says began the minister there Is a quality ty of awful ac redness between this I 1 mother and this chilli child it Is rood good for this poor floor sinful giuin oi uin that sh t lie hatt hath till nn infant confided conf adeil tn tl tier her care to be trained by her to let us leine leave thein us its providence hath seen lit fit to place you pona pon 1 iny friand with vw a strange said roger chit lin gorth smiling tit at hini him lie ile hith adduced such snell arguments that lint 0 wo o will lette the matter ns as it stands stand sald the governor Koer nor the nf lif fair twing so satisfactorily concluded IT hester es t 0 r pill and part departed rev hey mr health falling lie le consulted dr Ch illIngworth taking lihn hlin as a patient the doctor decided it to tn know tile the mans annio st nature before trying to honl him arrange Illin its wore for tita two men to emige together lier so that lie might he be con stanlly mider the doctors As doctor i proceeded with ills 1111 begun as I 1 he I 1 with etli the integrity of a judge oil only of truth a terrible fas illation seized ailin art ancl ansis insisted led that lie he do its bid lie now dur dug into ill alie poor cli i hoart like a I 1 miner lz kiili tind sir mr demmos dale grew to look tit it him it ith tin an un liui f often mr tried to I 1 the anil li of ills front from the pulpit but blit hid himself by inas bonfe ing ii ills his sinfulness lit in Keti gertril terni 5 i one once on e indulging Indi ilin in III the mockery iri if f lie he tit alie nl Told liere latt r had there was IM 11 dillig vr jf if Ilse oNery for everyone cie iyone i ii filepp lepp iven so so lie in natis MIS surprised I 1 liv y lle III ter and pearl Ici irl returning from I 1 a death be bed in thu ton and pres t by lj roger chilling worth who Is that pi ard mr daile lit in terror 1 I tit at him izeter If iio eter ennst thou do nothing cow nil ine I 1 ime a nai neless horror of IT the le billark remembering tier lier e hester was silona si lint worthy li sir clr sald the doctor nelor I nd ad va 1 c ing to to 1 lie I e pi plat forni pitons mils ter ler r din I 1 I 1 ailie 1 cain cnn this ile be you ou conic como goi rood goil l sir sar I 1 pray you ou lot let me lead you MIU hoduip you should study lo 10 or v ill gr aniu V upon i you ilester ll new n resolved to do d w lint oil clip could for tile llie victim 1 slip I e it w in her fortner hulti finds grill ono one il 11 lir ill alio old ld doctor in the woods wood herbs lind and him to bo lie merciful merel ful bayl nN iiii jig it eliut lit t SI she 1 C I 1 nimit 1 lit t j now reve reveal a I 1 tit the C secret re er C t of f their forin feinner e r iltis leip no watter nii itter what befell i 1 1 A aik oik later inter awaits d alie clergyman clerey ninn in the forest find told lilan eliout W ibur ger catill I 1 ing orth wid their filp bidding ailin dinise for a n now av life beyond the soil sea in soine rural village HORO thou not noi RO go alone ill one site lils arthur attal attained ned the pr enit nence a rw v england legmann could reach lit ile had pre eclied tin tho election kernion on the hollday holida i the elec electron rf of a it w alfeter till IK nan lit frig land und ind on alic ill iv ill alif ter informed Inform ud tier that R er corll lloid lild li bild IA ld pailan paIl ln 0 tho hir il aa a ing lii it I hintz if i d I 1 and anul stol liy hy the ali noth alli pear hiir the rii nili flOer IT by 1 ablit linsted lit t UK the in alil gilld calling full lit ilester till itina pearl to rd 1 l like nold 1 TIl 1 I liiv hr 11 tir to ir lie ANIs AN Is ii it 11 vind fiut lii to ills slit slitting tine lie he curneil to t the farhet place and saoko ith it colci that hut till nil could hear people of new lIng klinglund rn Klind lund at lust int nt at last I 1 stand inhere anre een beven yean etive I 1 I 1 i have isto stood ool lo 10 the lot let tor A aich hester bours I 1 yu ye have hae till nil nt lit it I 1 hut there stood one in ile IIII midst ot of ou nt fit ulnae ilk e 1 brand ra n I 1 of f sin ye ic have not shuddered with a convulsive motion lie ton fore away tho ministerial ron oan arom ills ili breast brea at it ions ns thon inking down don on the tit scaffold lio he died ills levad resting on Il esters mils brount about the scene sc tn on oil the valford val fold min to stilled to ti seeing a se let arr r in n thu the nihil ministers hosom bosom hilt hilr adi tit vr d denied it saying ig ablit dill confession implied no part ot of meters Mr roger ro lii ger dlou died ing its his property to pearl aik tor tind and pearl lived in lIn fingland gland for cor years then peart marrAl ng ailt ter jturner nione to the little twell jIg by the lie forest cops com right 1919 liv the tha fot ruMl ilni ro irh I rh c toll bost copyright in ill ME i kingdom KinRd oin the ho it I 1 anil m i it thi copyright att ait by bv the bot atoil il ill ro co boston 17 S 1 AI all rl 11 ll r re ored I 1 HouK loughton liton will co au U lla hi r izau izeu |