Wilder's Our Town

The population of Grover's Corner, New England, suffered a loss today as one of our town's nicest residents, Emily Gibbs, died giving birth. Her husband, George Gibbs, commented "All she ever wanted was someone to love her." Mrs. Webb, Emily's mother, stated that "Things just weren't the same since Emily went off to eat breakfast in someone else's house at seventeen. I knew the way we send our girls off blind to be married was cruel, but I never expected this." Joe Stoddard, undertaker, admits he's "been busy supervising new-made graves" since he took his job. Townsfolk were pleasantly surprised at the return of one of their own, Sam Craig, who had left to seek his fortune west, outside Grover's Corner. As Joe Stoddard comm

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