Part VI.
Reading edition
Part VI.
VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
![[Illustration: Leaf before verse in chapter introduction]](/illustrations/a9a59e872c263a69.png)
The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
![[Illustration: Leaf following verse in chapter introduction]](/illustrations/b892af7eeecf031e.png)
Reading edition
VILLAGE CRONIES: A GAME OF CHECKERS AT THE GROCERY.
![[Illustration: Leaf before verse in chapter introduction]](/illustrations/a9a59e872c263a69.png)
The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
![[Illustration: Leaf following verse in chapter introduction]](/illustrations/b892af7eeecf031e.png)