Question

Answer the Question 1) Why was the place deserted 2) How was the officer 'a fine picture of a guardian of the peace 3) What was the appointment made by two friends? Why was the man from the West sure that Jimmy would be there if he were alive? 4) How had the man from the West made his fortune? Was he proud of himself? The story name is After Twenty Years​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)Twenty years earlier this had apparently been a different type of neighborhood. Bob and Jimmy had had a farewell dinner at a restaurant called 'Big Joe' Brady's. O. Henry wanted the neighborhood to be deserted for his story purposes, so he specified that the restaurant had gone out of business, the building torn down, and replaced by shops that closed early, including the hardware store where Bob is standing in the doorway