Mr. Smith

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Louis Bromfield. Mr. Smith

Mr. Smith

Table of Contents

Prologue

I Oakdale

IIThe Jungle

III Oakdale

IV The Jungle

V Oakdale

VI The Jungle

VII Oakdale

VIIIThe Jungle

IX Oakdale

X The Jungle

XI Oakdale

XII The Jungle

XIII Oakdale

XIV The Jungle

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Louis Bromfield

Published by Good Press, 2021

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And then another thought occurred to me. The Sergeant had said that Ferris’ death had not been cleared up, that it had never been established either as accident or murder. If the Sergeant had bothered to open and read the manuscript he would have found a third possibility which seemed the true solution.... Ferris may well have gone out with the express purpose of being shot by a sentry. Perhaps his end may have been a confusion of all three—of accident, murder, and suicide. It seemed planned that way.... Perhaps for the sake of his extraordinary wife and his unfortunate children....

In any case, I did think the manuscript worth getting published and here it is. I have called it “Mr. Smith.” Perhaps you will understand why.

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