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And that afternoon Sue came to the bed where Johnsy laid. She put one arm around her.

“I have something to tell you,” she said. “Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia today in the
hospital. He was ill only for two days. Someone found him on the morning of the first

day, in his room. He was helpless with pain.”

“His shoes and his clothes were wet and as cold as ice. Everyone wondered where he

had been. The night had been so cold and wild.

“And then they found some things. There was a light that he

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had taken outside. And there were his material for painting. What y
There was paint, green paint and yellow paint. And— What did Johnsy see

the next morning ?
“Look out the window, dear, at the last leaf on the wall.
Didn’t you wonder why it never moved when the wind was

blowing? Oh, my dear, it is Behrman’s great masterpiece—he
painted.

–O Henry

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