FrepIeS çre 0 8ay ~j4 l 9~Jage 7 Chapter one W~A twenty-four, she looked lier age, but the yaswr becomîng ver gneos.>y-Pom The Firm, y Johnr Grishami. yJh THENOVEL Thealune lept oit1he agelikeatruinfgh.lerbd hecin thoughfuliy Crjspclaan prose. That's the ticket. Maybe ha, toe. saul write a hast seller. THE VICTIM Best sellera bagin w'th narrative hooke.JaonAro shook hiniseif awake. No use getting killed on Page One of- Chapter Ona, he told himseaif Saturday was his lotterinight. Always the sainie nuni- bers. Always the sanie three dollars. Always the sanie______ fisp1ýointment. Maybe Mother was right. Maybe it is a tax Ho stepped up te tha countar. He handad the clerk a three dollzar bill and hie iottery slip. «Too bad, suckar,» the clerk said. She pulled a snub nosed AK-47 from her Lavis. The gun barked lika a trained seal,. Burp. Burp. Burp. Only fastar. It was the last thing Jason lever heard. Thara was a big crowd at hie funarai. THE L4WYER Harvey Hanimaretein jabbed at the alarni dock with ten f ingers. Yestarda was Sunday. The void of the day numbad hie knucklee. Now a full week, a six-day working week, stretched ahead of him. Five eighteen, thea dock said. Ay Em. The firet beanis of dawn hinted through the blinde. Hie wouldn't -wake lier, not this eariy. Ha would driva te, work naked in hie BMW and shower in the drinkingfountain. The quiet hours at work were hie favourites. No noise, ne interruptions, ne false politanese. He was stepping out of the drinkingfountain when hae realized hae had fergettan hie towel. Soe weake start like that. THE WIDOW She slipped inte hie office while hae was staring vacantly eut the window. She was draseed in black. Black bikini. Harvey leoked once, twice. Ha likad what hae saw. Particu- larly the string part. Pl'iî£ «Do yo hava an appointmentr he aeked. "Idon't niaka appointmenats," sha replied, striking a mhadon hSturday n i nd yo ep' lld BROCK STREET LOOKING NORTH 0F COLBORNE STRET, 1905 "To fnd nta erh ale. rhep The buildings in this picture arealal standing today. Notice the new cernenlt sidewalk, but the "No,» shatrepkilarligealnglgoe he othaeova ronds wera unpaved through the downltown until 1921. Notice aise the crookad Hydre poe at hefp me Whlid, urlngbne ongchives th photove and ovar afain until shle reamblad a corkecrew. To epm the four corners in the centre of the pictura. wib mdc ht colleet hie eottery winnings.» "Tell mea about it " ha said. This would be a long weak. Hie sacretary had net arrived yet With hie niorning mnuffin. It waseaight thirty. 10 YEARS AGO THEPOCEfroi haW;mad ,Mul 3, 1983 adition of the «Whaddaya want?» the datectiva snariad. «Whaddya tlink* More than 500 Sklar Furnitura workars went on strika illagally yastarday. I ot, al d? ?» A large commercial mail acrose froni the municipal building on Rossland Road will open na«;,reyu narnirarste ijabedia fincgr in hie lpft Aar- hard. by 198(3, esavsMarkhorough Propertias. THE ENDING from the Thursday, April 10, 1913 aditien of the Tha widow thanked him with a long, passienate kiss. She WIIITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE had tradad her black bikini for a yallow oe. With matching l ha first Brooklin SpringFair in 30 yeare attracted a large attendance. high haale Two prisoers building tLh a Ontanie Hosital escaped custody at; Whitby last weak. <'rt tyeu !tafutan ily?»sesi.*Messrs. Emmerson and King of Hamilton hava purchsdthea insr Hotel on Broc k At twanty-four, se lookad ber aga, but the years wera Street South. becoring,y ganarous. * 'ha iadders and pails of the Brookiin Fire Company ara kapt in the north end of Uriah 77IE END>Jonas' stor e.