Summary Of John Markham's Short Story: Genre Practice

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John Markham
Genre Practice
Genre: short story, mystery
There once was a man that lived in the small town of Valentine located in the foothills of the great Rocky
Mountains. The man was a collector by trade and had many precious artifacts that are very rare and hard to find. On one particular bright sunny day there was a letter in the mail box that was from the doctor. He stated that the man was very ill with a rare type of cancer and he did not think he would live for very much longer. The man and his wife were very upset and wanted to do something that would make people happy. The next day while the man’s wife was out visiting some friends; the man went to his collections and filled two wooden boxes with gold, silver, and many other precious

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