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"But the beans and the potatoes were found in his cabin, and that was evidence enough And then, just as they were about to go straight out into the blizzard that meant death within a few hours, then--"

Kent rose to his feet, and walked to the little , and stood there, looking out "Fingers, now and then a superman is born on earth And a superer-stricken and embittered men At the last moment he stepped out and in a loud voice declared that Tatuilty Unafraid, he made a remarkable confession He had stolen the beans and the potatoes and had slipped them into the Tatman cabin when they were asleep Why? Because he wanted to save the woers He lied because he loved the wife that belonged to another man--lied because in him there was a heart as true as any heart God everHe went out into that blizzard, strengthened by a love that was greater than his fear of death, and the caain Taters--" Kent whirled suddenly froers, like a sphynx, sat and stared at Kent

"You were thatnearer to him "You lied, because you loved a woman, and you went out to face death because of that woers The husband didn't know it And the girl, that girl-wife you worshiped in secret, didn't dream of it! But that was the truth, and you know it deep down in your soul You fought your way out You lived! And all these years, down here on your porch, you've been drea to die for a long tiht? And if I aers had risen froer were his eyes dull and lifeless, but flaain after ripped Kent's, still staring at hi had come back to him from the dead

"I thank you, Kent, for your opinion of that man," he said "Somehow, you haven't made me--ashamed But it was only the shell of a man that won out after that day when I took Tat happened I don't knohat But--you see enerated I became what I am"