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‘ answered.
. Whose lamethou wilt not reveal. and
"sooner Or later he must be mine. I
,‘ lhall cmtrive nothing agninst his life. l
CLASSICS
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THE SCARLET
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thorne,
in Salem,
July 4. 1804.
which he
fond.
of the
streets of Salem.
Even at this early
date he had acquired a taste for writ-
ing, and carried a little blank book
In which he Jotted down his notes.
After a year in Maine Hawthorne
returned to Salem to prepare. for col-
lege.
u manuscript periodical and at timcS
speculated upon “ the. profession he
would follow in the future.
I-or some years lllmthorne lived in
Concord. Mass. in the old Manse, and
wrote ‘Mosses from an Old Manse.’
"Twice Told Tales" and 'Grnndfather':
Chair." He joined the Brook Farm
colony at West R0\hur_V', but found
that the conditions thcre suited neither
his taste nor his trmpornment. and he
remained but Ont-311m
While serving as surveyor of cus—
toms at Salem he found umong 80ml
old papers :1 large lt‘lltl" "A" embroitL
cred on red violll .md speculating upon
the origin and history of (in letter his
[Imagination u' m: so stirred that upon
is retirement from office. he wrotv-
.. "The Scarlet Letter."
Some other stories of lianthorne arr
“The Blithednle Romance, “The Won-
der Book " ”The Know Im lgc "Sop
timus Felton" and 'The Dollivcr no-
malice" were left unfinishui at the nu-
thor’s death He died at Plymouth
N. H., on the 19m of May 1864. nml
live days later was buried at Sieepv
Hollow. a. beautiful (w'lmeter) at Con-
cord where he mud to walk under th'
pines when living at the old MnnS:
Over his grave is a sinlpln stone. in
scribed with the single V. ord, ":illw-
thorne."
NE summrr morning flvl'l‘ two
centuries ngo'tllc :TH'SS plot lu'
for» ”it" jail in l'rlSHH l,:l:.w
was occupied by many of the inhabi-
tents of Boston. T-ho (ion
the town bundle appl nrul l‘oilulu- :i hr
11 young ummm i lining .‘i h; ll‘_\
:illlpl“
three months Hill. (in llit' lll"’li\l “1'
her gown. in rcrl tic-lb, omit-arm} ll...
letter A. and it “as that \Ill'fl'l h-llvr
which drow all vycs tolvllni ilr-r.
The place uppc-frliwl fur hrr [villil>l:
mi‘lil “'th not for {non llli’ pri-zun door.
and in spite ol‘ llii‘ :.
Hester l’ryllnu ‘: \liill llllllosi :l
Gt'i'l-ne ili‘illli'l’ni'jli ‘n the .St‘ul‘folu?
where the pillnry 1.2m S‘hl up, lllill llli
Ilvr the \- i' 3'“! n.’ .‘l llllvlSlmd illii't‘-
leniihg 0y cs llii.‘ nuimppy prisoner sus-
tained herself :lS i-cst a \‘(uflltlfl might.
A small. intcliigent appearing mall
on the Olltskirlr. of llib‘ii and attracted
llcslcrs :lllnnlmn mui lie in hi 3 turn
eyld her till Swim; that She scemcil
to rccognlzl- h.‘ in. he :lllil ills linger on
his lips.
Then Speaking to a townsman he.
said, “I pray you. good sir who is this
woman, and \l'llert-fore is She set up to
public shame?"
“You must needs be a stranger.
friend " said the tow nsman, “else you
would have heard of Mistress Hester
Prynne. Shc hath raised a scandal
in godly MaSler Dimmesdale's church.
The penalty thereof is heath, but the
magistracy in their mercy, have
doomed her to Stand mepace of three
hours on the platform of the plllory,
and for the remainder of her life to
wear a mark of Shame In her bosom."
“A wise sentence!” remarked the
stranger. “It irks me. nevertheless,
that the partner or her iniquity should
not at least stand by her side. But he
will be know n—he will be known 1"
Rev. Mr. Dimmesdlle. I young min-
later or high native gifts, who had al-
ready wide eminence in his profes-
llOD, was urged to exhort Hester to re-
pentance and confession. Addressing
her. be amused that she mailer fel—
low siliuer even if he had to step from
a high position to stand beside her.
for it was better so then to hide a
guilty heart through life.
Hester shook her head, keeping her
place upon the pedestal of shame with
on air of Weary indliference.
That night her child writhed in con-
:vulslone, and a physician, Mr. Roger
Cbillingworth none other than the
tally r.’ imr lll-zlri,
lvff‘S‘
crowd, Wee called. Having eased the
baby's pain he turned and said: “Hes-
ter. 1 ask not wherefore thou hast
fallen into the pit. It was my folly
and thy weakness. What had I—a
man of thought—to do with youth and
beauty like thine? I might have known
that in my long absence this would
happen."
“I have greatly wronged thee," mur-
mured Hester.
“We have wronged each other," be
"But I shall seek this man‘
Let bi:- llve. One thing, thou that Wall: .
any wife. I .esk. Thou heel kept bu
Keep likewise, mine. Let
“sate the world as one ill-
lire-fie let the secret.
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w 11:! outblde the cm, lam
‘tflgn‘ofht‘ofwuut for Wildesessed
the art of net-limit whit-ii provided
She had
named the little one “Pearl," as being
of great price,‘and little Pearl grew up
a lovely child. People Wished to take
her away and the matter was dis
cussed in the mother's presence by
Governor Bellinng and his guests—
Mr. Dimmes-
. . ‘
Nathaniel Haw-
American
writer. was born
Mun.
His’
elrliest boyhood
days were spent
in Salem. but when
he was 16 years
lad continued the
solitary walks of-
waa so
but in the
wildernesginutend
narrow
He amused himself by publishing.
npv lit ll :lllllf
. -r"
food for herself and child.
Rev. John Wilson, Rev.
dale, and Dr. Chillingworth.
man, Mr. Dimmesdaie, she exclaimec
“Speak thou for me. Thou want in
pastor. Thou knowest what is in in
when that mother has
and the scarlet letter! I will not loos
the Child! Look to it!"
“There is truth in what She says.
begun the minister.
ity of awful .Stlcrcdncss between till
32%;”; fig: mother and this child. It is good to
Here the young this poor Sinful “’Ollllli'l that She llntll
trained by her to righteousness.
lit to place them!"
“You Speak. my friend.
strange enl'anncSS." said Roger (’hil
lingwortil. smiling at him.
"He hath adduced such
that we will [cure lllt" mutter
stands." :S'liltl the governor.
:ls l
iloster :llld i’l-nrl (ll-Diirll‘ll.
Rev.
In: lli'
l’IlllSllllt‘il Dr.
before trying: to honl him.
lilillIP togclllvl‘ .Sn ililll llt‘ inizlll
.Sulnily llluivr lin- doctor‘s (Ith'l'YiillHil.
AS llor-lol'
with his illleliL'nliull, lIl'L'iiii ZiS' lu-
lllulglllmi “llll lllo ill'vul‘lry of H ,iihl'fl‘ '
ill-tiil'ollS only of truth. :l lr-rl‘iiflv l'uS- ‘
"lliiilluii Sui/ml llll.i :illll illSiSle' l‘..:li
lil‘ (ll) llS‘ llltl'lilll: ll!‘ nun Illl, ill?!-
Elli lli'l'l 'h' \IIlI'll'S lll'hi‘i. llln' .l
Illllii'i' Si‘tk l _ .1."l;.'ill'l Mr, llimllnw
-l:lll- L'l- \ lllmll. ill lll'li “H“ H“ 'm
:Il'l'nlilliullll- llol‘l'ul‘. .
on.“ 1h: l‘fllelllv-Sllnlv : ml n-'
\lll‘nl. Elm i:::'~'l ut' .' S lmS‘ ii'vi"l 7|
pililil in: ii..i llu :l -.l l.‘..l.S~~.l' l:_‘.
«'olll‘r «‘lv: 'liS Sir Minn. is] L”lll'l'£!!
H'Ti'x“. “I H' llillloli.’:'!.. Ill 'l I‘ Huh It: 1‘}
if :‘e in :l':.'.' o l.‘ 'l“‘.lil"‘l ll." M‘UlT-ylrl
\‘xlll‘l‘l‘ lllw . l‘ l.ll ~HIw4l. 'l’liri'l' H:l~
lu- ninllulr xi; luxury for l-n-l'lulll-
MUS :iSiv up. l?."'l no l:" \\:lS Slil‘pl‘ii—n-ll
in “will I I" am. .w-illl'llilll: i'lmll
.! in." Ii .5 l. l.-- turn mill lll'l‘s‘
. _, iv: ' I'Ll'l'l ‘rnvl‘ilp
1 "RM,“ .S :tz.l mall?" :zlSpml Mr.
‘l'?:lllw-'=M.l'~-. lli li‘i‘l'lil‘. “i Silii'cr at
l,.. l'_::w' till-ll Ilib nulllllli:
ll‘ ." l l. ,\.- ii ll.llllclv=S horror of
"11‘ 1mm."
lll‘lll‘l‘lw‘l'llil! hcr promise. Hester
‘.\?I\' 'llI‘lil.
”dill-till Sir,“ will the doctor. :ld-
\:Iil<‘liil :.. liu- platform, “pious Mus.
(‘ml this be you?
L'Wlll .Sir. I pray you. let the loud
You Should study ich. or
will grow upon
Mr illllllllowsllllv!
l 'i‘llii'_
g on homo-l
'lll-Sl- lllflli(~\\lillilsll‘s
you."
llcslcr now resolved to do wiml
Sim could for the victim whom Silo saw
in her former husband‘s grip. (Im-
‘l:l.\‘ She met the old doctor in the
woods secklng‘herhs and implored him
to ho merciful. Saying that .She mllSl
now revoal the secret of their former
n-lnllonship no matter what bcfell.
A week later Hester awaited llu‘
clergyman in the. forest and toldlliul
about Roger (‘llillingworth and their
roiatlonship, bidding hlln hope for~ a
new life beyond the sea in some rural
village. ‘
“Thou shalt not go alone,“ She Wills-
per-ed.
Arthur Dimnlesdnle attained the
proudest eminence a New England
clergyman could reach. He had
preached the election sermon on the
holiday Celebrating the election of a
new governor.
Hester hlld taken herthe-to Eng-
land, and on the holiday the sbipnms-
ter informed her that Roger Chilling
worth had booked passage (3! the same
vessel; saying nothing, slit turned and
stood by the pillory withPenri.
The minister. surrounded by leading l
townsmen. halted at the scaffold and
calling Hester and Pearl to him mount-
ed the scaffold steps. Telling Hester
he was a dying man and must hasten;
to assume his shame. he turned to the
market-place and spoke with a voice
lhut all could hear.
"People of New England! At last. at
last I stand where seven years Since I
should have stood. LO, the scarlet lct-
ter which Hes‘te‘rwenrsi Ye have all
shuddered ut iti But there stood one
in the midst of you. at whose brand of
sin ye have not shuddered."
With a convulsivo motion he tore
away the ministerial gown from his
breast. It “as reVeuied! Then sink-
ing down on the scaffold he died, his
head resting on Hester‘s bosom.
Afterwards, conflicting accounts
arose ubout the scene on the scufl'oid.
Many testified to seeing a scarlet lEt~
tcr on the. minister‘s bosom, willie oili-
crs denied it, saying that Dimmesdule‘s
(oilfession implied no part of Hester's
guilt.
linger (‘hiilingworth died, bequeath-
ing his property to Pearl.
Hester and Pearl lived in,Engiaud
“God gave me the child i" cried Hes-
ter, and turning to the young clergy-
heurt and what are a mother‘s rights.
and how much the stronger they are
but her child
“There LS n qual-
tin infant confided to her cure—to h.
Let
us leave them as providence illlth .Secn
“ilh n
:l rmllnvll is
Tho :lf—
i‘uir being: so snliSl'm-torily Ciliit‘lutlvil,
Mr. DimlncSlinlc‘s honllh tail»
(‘lviliillzu'nl‘llL
’l‘uiting him as :l patient. the lim-lnr lion
l'illvll to know lhn mun‘s jmnnsl nullllw- .
Al‘l'ulluv-
monts were lnllliv for lhv i\\'n illI'ii to
lit‘ l'illl' ‘
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museum
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for years, then, Pearl marrying, Hester '
returned alone to the little dwelling
by the forest.
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