The Town, 245 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2018-06-24 09:45
Text: 
The Town
Location: 
Courthouse and Square in The Town (Location)
Page Number: 
245
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
I mean, until they finally unravelled Mr Hait from the
Page Event Ends: 
246
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Lonzo Hait
V.K. Ratliff
I.O. Snopes
Unnamed Jefferson Townspeople
Unnamed Mule Buyers
Characters Mentioned: 
Unnamed Station Agent
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Friday, January 1, 1909 to Wednesday, December 31, 1924
Summary: 

Charles notes the town's curiosity about the source of Hait's and I.O. Snopes' income. He relies on Ratliff's perspective to explain it by locating their "livestock business" in the context of Snopes' long history of shady dealings (245).

Chronological Order: 
27.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Commerce: Disreputable Commerce: Livestock selling Character: Incompetence
Actions:
Economic›Blacksmithing | Economic›Purchase | Economic›Scamming | Emotional›Fear
Themes and Motifs:
Absence/Loss›Livestock | Animals›Mules
Aesthetics:
Narrative›Parentheses

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