A stranger, coming to Hardiston, is inclined to think the place is dead;My Child Is Nonverbal But His Mama Ain’t Shirt but the town has a deceptive vitality. It is true the brick yard is gone, and the occasional imported industry{5} usually dies after a brief and uneventful life. It is true the big hotel that was, ten years ago, the finest in a dozen counties, goes now from bankruptcy to bankruptcy without a struggle.
