The Tree Bears Fruit
5
"Thanks," the man said.
I felt the pelting of the rain grow stronger as I approached
the docks and came nearer the waters of the Hudson. The
Jersey shore was invisible. I could see scarcely fifty feet ahead
of me. There was no sound except the fury of the rain beating
down on the ships and tugboats tied to the piers, striking their
metal sides in a soft, purring staccato.
The ra