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Show page 83 MAGNIFICENT FACES OF HONOR Flam F a r r e l l was a lawyer of our town. He was a mixture of iconoclasm, compassion and l o g i c , sharp as a t a c k . He was a l l the things a good southern lawyer has t o be. F a r r e l l had counted c o r r e c t l y , t h i r t y five hundred d o l l a rs in c r i s p new twenty d o l l a r b i l l s . He placed the money on his desk and looked t h o u g h t f u l l y at Police Chief John Lattimore. The two of them, in t h e q u i e t n e s s of F a r r e l l ' s office above the leading drugstore of our town, were finding how d i f f i c u l t and tempting is the d i s p o s i t i o n of t h a t much unclaimed hard cash. They had found t h e money in Whipple's warehouse, each having stooped and placed h i s hand on i t at the same moment. " I t ' s not Whipple's," the chief said. "Remember, he said get a l l signs of the fight cleaned up so the morning shift wouldn't get u p s e t ." " I t ' s not t h e t o w n ' s , or t h e county's e i t h e r , " the lawyer said q u i e t l y , "inasmuch as I claim half of i t , and we don't know if i t belonged o r i g i n a l l y t o Fad or t o one of the t h i e v e s ." "We could s p l i t it r i g h t now," Lattimore suggested, "and forget about i t ." "Normally I would e n t e r t a i n that suggestion above a l l o t h e r s ," Flam F a r r e l l s a i d , rubbing his hands t o g e t h e r . "But in t h is i n s t a n c e my sharp legal mind - d o n ' t grimace when I say t h a t - t e l l s me t o use part of t h i s money for Fad's funeral - the other men ytll...bP hnrffll.in p o t t e r ' s f i e l d , at county expense - |
