Werweiss returned with an aged manuscript book.
Kenneth, who were doubtless as rustic as they allegedthemselves to be
royal.
Going to be defiant, is he, thelittle
man!
Mine didnt eat boiled dog, like you Chippewas, said
Edgar.
He did not hear it, yet he heard it a
hundredtimes.
But, Neil improvised, Xaviers service to the
Anglican visky-guzzlers must have been involuntary. Thats why nonigger can hold down
a responsible position. My boy, as I often say, if a man has one drop of nigger
blood,hes a phony. As a Sylvan Park business man would, hecarried large life
insurance. I forgot all about great-great-great-grandmama,bless her tanned
hide!
It came to him, slyly, shockingly, that he could
best preserve thathome by his death. Probably eventhis joint thinks its too elegant
to serve us niggers.
He was no longer a comic oldgriper sitting by the
fire.
Couldnt the black veterans be heroes,
too?
Willshe, if she finds out what kind of hair it is?
He was no longer a comic oldgriper sitting by the fire.
Dont you ever pay the least bit of attention
tostories and dirty lies like that, Neil.
Judd and Eliot and Rod Aldwick would be coming back
now, Neilrejoiced. I hear lots of Southerners claim they can do that.
Edgar raged, Just exactly what do you think
yourehinting at, heh?
Afterall, I was in the War Against
Prejudice!
Why should I be so conceited as toimagine that God
has specially called me to be a martyr?
Werweiss went on, whether Pic had Indian blood or
not,he did marry a Chippewa wife. But her wrath was too facile, and toofacile was
Grampa Edgars fury. It aint true, not a wordof it, but even if it was, thered be no
need for anybody but us toknow it. As a Sylvan Park business man would, hecarried
large life insurance.