"black as the night" mustache, "black eyes", "dark face"...
dark or black is almost always used as a description for bad or evil.
Nice with my buddie the hurricane, and you?
I didn't find any information about the play "Joe Magarac and the Hunkietown Contest". I only read the summary of the short story.
<span>But my guess is that C)Steve gives his blessing so Pete and Mary can be married. is the best answer.
Even though Joe won the contest, he did not like to marry Mary. Instead he volunteered Pete to marry Mary because he came second to Joe. Steve has to give his blessing because Mary is his daughter and the main purpose of having the contest is to find a husband for Mary.</span>
Answer: ( I bearly remember the story)
excited at the time about getting new shoes, a gift by pure luck
but sadly for little stanley The shoes were stolen and were thrown over an ledge and landed near him an the police/peace keepers found him with the shoes and assumed he was working with the kid who stole them and was framed