Chapter 24

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌⁠Tom was a glittering hero once more—the pet of the old, the envy of the young. His name even went into immortal print, for the village paper magnified him. There were some that believed he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.

As usual, the fickle, unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him before. But that sort of conduct is to the wo