Excerpt from The Peacemaker, and Other Stories If he had spoken of me after that fashion, replied Mr. W'illard, I rather think he would understand, before a great while, what is meant by the words, 'repenting in dust and ashes.' \vhy, just think of it' To say that a man is no better than Judas, is to say that he is capa ble of doing the most wicked things. Words have a meaning in them, neighbor Folsom; and words like these cannot fail to leave a strong impression against you, even in the minds of those who take them'with many grains of al lowance. Judas! Why, it's terrible! The more I think of it, the more indignant I feel. Judas, indeed! Judas! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.