Book three

Chapter 1

           CataraquiCountyextendingfromthenorthernmostlineofthevillageknownasThreeMileBayonthesouthtotheCanadianborder,onthenorthadistanceoffiftymiles.AndfromSenaschetandIndianLakesontheeasttotheRockandScarfRiversonthewestawidthofthirtymiles.Itsgreaterportioncoveredbyuninhabitedforestsandlakes,yetdottedhereandtherewithsuchvillagesandhamletsasKoontz,GrassLake,NorthWallace,BrownLake,withBridgeburg,thecountyseat,numberingnolessthantwothousandsoulsofthefifteenthousandintheentirecounty.Andthecentralsquareofthetownoccupiedbytheoldandyetnotungracefulcountycourthouse,acupolawithaclockandsomepigeonssurmountingit,thefourprincipalbusinessstreetsofthesmalltownfacingit.

           IntheofficeoftheCountyCoronerinthenortheastcornerofthebuildingonFriday,Julyninth,oneFredHeit,coroner,alargeandbroad-shoulderedindividualwithasetofgray-brownwhiskerssuchasmighthavegracedaMormonelder.Hisfacewaslargeandhishandsandhisfeetalso.Andhisgirthwasproportionate.

           Atthetimethatthispresentationbegins,abouttwo-thirtyintheafternoon,hewaslethargicallyturningtheleavesofamail-ordercatalogueforwhichhiswifehadaskedhimtowrite.

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