[Jonah by Louis Stone]@TWC D-Link bookJonah CHAPTER 21 10/31
Give me back mine shop and mine business that you stole from me.
You are a rich man and ride in your carriage, and I am the beggar, but I would not change with you. The great gods shall mock at you.
Money you shall have in plenty while I starve, but never your heart's desire, for like a dog did you bite the hand that fed you." Suddenly his utterance was choked by a violent fit of coughing, and he stared at Jonah, crazed with hate and prophetic fury.
A crowd began to gather, and Jonah, afraid of being recognized, walked rapidly away. "Now yer can see fer yerself," he cried, sullenly. "Yes, I see," said Clara, strangely excited; "and I think you would be as cruel with a woman as you are with a man." "I've given yer no cause ter say that," protested Jonah. "Perhaps not," said Clara; "but that man won't last through the winter unless he's cared for.
And if he dies, his blood will be on your head, and your luck will turn.
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