After 20 years
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- the police man was walking down the street at 10pm when a man aproched him .... ....
- “It was here until five years ago,”
- “It’s all right, officer,” he said. “I’m waiting for a friend. Twentyyears ago we agreed to meet here tonight. It sounds strange to you,doesn’t it? I’ll explain if you want to be sure that everything’s all right.About twenty years ago there was a restaurant where this shop stands.‘Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurant.”
- It sounds interesting, A long time between meetings, it seems to me. Have you heard from your friend since you went West?
- Twenty years ago tonight, I had dinner here with Jimmy Wells, my best friend, we were raised together in New York. We agreed that night that we would meet here again in twenty years.
- Yes, for a time we did write to each other, But after a year or two, we stopped. The West is big. I moved around everywhere, and I moved quickly. But I know that Jimmy will meet me here if he can.
- You were successful in the West, weren’t you?
- I surely was! I hope Jimmy has done half as well. He was a slow mover. I’ve had to fight for my success. In New York a man doesn’t change much. In the West you learn how to fight for what you get
- I’ll go on my way, I hope your friend comes all right. If he isn’t here at ten, are you going to leave?
- goodnight.
- I am not!, “I’ll wait half an hour, at least. If Jimmy is alive on earth, he’ll be here by that time. Good night, officer.
- There was now a cold rain falling and the wind was stronger. Thefew people walking along that street were hurrying, trying to keepwarm. And at the door of the shop stood the man who had come athousand miles to meet a friend. Such a meeting could not be certain.But he waited.
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