"Mule in the Yard", 262 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
262
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
"The last time you never paid him.
Page Event Ends:
262
Era:
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present:
Narrative Status:
Told
Date:
Tuesday, April 1, 1924 to Wednesday, April 30, 1924
Notes:
The story is dated contemporary when Faulkner wrote it, which, according to Theresa Towner and James B. Carothers in _Reading Faulkner: Collected Stories_, "is uncertain, it may have been written in the late winter or early spring of 1933-34. The story was published in August 1934 by _Scribner's_" (133). This story was later incorporated into Chapter 16 of _The Town_ and narrated by Charles Mallison. The date of this day's events in _The Town_ would be 1927, the year that Eula Varner dies.
Summary:
Mrs. Hait reminds I.O. Snopes that he never paid her when Mr. Hait was killed on railroad track.
Chronological Order:
7.00
Keywords:
railroad fraud
Snopesism
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