The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg - Part II

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg - Part II

Hadleyburg village woke up world-celebrated — astonished — happy — vain.  Vain beyond imagination.  Its nineteen principal citizens and their wives went about shaking hands with each other, and beaming, and smiling, and congratulating, and saying this thing adds a new word to the dictionary — Hadleyburg, synonym for incorruptible — destined to live in dictionaries for ever!