It was during those hard days in a small community． Food was in short supply． I used to stop by Mr．Miller's stand for
One particular day, while Mr．Miller wassome potatoes for me I noticed a small boyadmiring a basket of green peas． Soon I was alsoto the fresh green peas．
The boy left． Mrs．Miller _to me and said, 'There are two other such boys in our_, all from poor families． Jim always offers toour produce for their marbles（弹珠）． He somehow makes them believe he likes red marbles．Sometimes he even sends them home with some peas for．' I left the stand,with this man．
Years later, I went back to visit somein that community and while I was there I learned Mr．Miller had died． I agreed tomy friends to see Mrs．Miller． Upon our arrival, we offered whatever words of． Ahead of us were three young men． They moved to the casket（棺椁）． Mrs．Miller's eyes followed themeach young man placed his ownhand over the cold pale hand and then left．
Our turn came to meet Mrs．Miller．I told her who I was and mentioned theof the marbles． She said, 'Those three young men were the boys． They told me how theyJim's kindness．'
'We've never had much,' she said, 'but right now, Jim would consider himself theman．' Then she lifted her husband's lifeless fingers．beneath the hand were three shining, red marbles !
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