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The Dry Wood Art and Poetry ) of Thomas and theBy Caryll Houselander The story of innocent suffering, in its authors own words, The Dry Wood centers on the London community of Riverside, in mourning for the death of its parish priest, Fr. Malone. A child of the parish, Willie Jewell, is terribly ill, drawing nearer day by day to deaths door. The people of Riverside storm heaven for Fr. Malone to intercede with God and obtain a cure for this child who is beloved by one and all. As Willie and his