Its climax takes place at a town hall meeting, where many characters falsely claim to have told a stranger "you are far from being a bad man: go, and reform" in order to win a sack filled with gold.
One character in this short story strains to remember how he broke up a marriage by discovering Nancy Hewitt's supposed "negro blood." In its fourth section, Harkness wins an election after distributing objects stamped with the name of his opponent, Pinkerton. In its third section, Jack Halliday leads a sarcastic rendition of a song from The Mikado following a dispute between Billson and Wilson. Its key scene is precipitated by a letter written by Harold Stephenson about the alleged kindness of Barclay Goodson. At the end of this short story, Mary and Edward Richards die from guilt after learning that they were deliberately spared by Reverend Burgess. Its climax takes place at a town hall meeting, where many characters falsely claim to have told a stranger "you are far from being a bad man: go, and reform" in order to win a sack filled with gold. For 10 points, name this short story by Mark Twain, whose title character exposes the hypocrisy of a supposedly honest town.
One character in this short story strains to remember how he broke up a marriage by discovering Nancy Hewitt's supposed "negro blood."
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" [do not accept "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg"]