Today, a powerful short story by Edith Ronald Merely's called Perjured.

Perjured, to be caught in a lie, something nobody wants to be involved in.

Sometimes, some people in some situations, just can't help it.

This is a great morality tale and a great short story.

Hope you enjoy it.

A Lie Well Stuck To and a great short story. Hope you enjoy it. A lie well stuck to. It began with no more than a word,

such as a man might speak and forget he had spoken. At the time of speaking, Robbins Nilsson was standing with a group of other youths, lads in their late teens and early 20s, on the Sutro Station platform.

All their eyes were on the approaching train, and all their tongues were busy with a single

topic. Robbins was the youngest member of the group, barely turned 16. Usually he hung somewhat

unregarded on its edge, but today, bold in the

possession of first-hand knowledge, he thrust himself into the heart of the talk.

"'I looked right down on him, close as I am to you. I was walking along that cut where the train

comes through. Gee, his head looked three-cornered.

I yelled, but the engineer didn't know what I meant.

Anyhow, they wouldn't have stopped.

Nothing but a hobo.

"'No good if they had,' an older speaker took up the words.

He was done for her.

Didn't speak but once after they got him

off. Don't hit me, he says. I suppose when they run into the tunnel and whatever it was jammed into

him. He didn't get hurt in any tunnel, Robbins asserted. The color flared into his face with the

intensity of his conviction.

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