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ran 1nlo both of my regular readers nul only hadl1me1ol1slenla wl1ere you lo.-1 eemelery and put that pile of roeks
an a s1rle slreel 1n Baton Rou e wanlerl lu o, hul he had «he ah1l1 la al lhe head of lhe raye so lhal some
S 2: S
a eouple of weeks ago and was help you gel lhere. l Lhmk w:’d he a day a seaunng pany l1ke u~ eould find
asked about my old menrl and lot fuxtlmr 1n our damage preyemlon lhe1n and Icll lhe world ahoul lhe losl

everyday hero D1llard. They sa1d, enorls larlay 1: we had more people lnhe ul Eglais. l askerl h1m who huned
"Tell us anulher slary 11buulDlllard.” w11h sueh ah1l1ly. lhe lasl one when he d1ed anrl who pul
It has always been easy to tell slunes Th fl _ d H d lhe raeks at lhl: head of l11s grave? He
about my mend, parlly beeause he f “f‘ °’“§““‘,“*’“;‘° I 3”“ Y3’ "“ ‘Ek 1'-lgured 1l musl have been a banrl of
Wm a legendary slury-leller. lwas 1”!“ gm!‘ "mfg “"'“ :°°fi‘“‘ fumlgncrs ['mmTexr1~t1mlhadIravclL‘d
1m1ned1alely rem1nrled of days long t‘1‘ll’B U“ ‘:5 W‘ H E “ ,,;‘I‘P ‘?d‘° ,1“ lhrough Lhc eounlry durmg the summer
pasl ..haek 1n lhe limes down a long I‘: M‘_ F; ‘ ’l“‘l‘“ b ‘’ ;“ ,,°" of '23.

single lane din read in suulhwesl “ ‘” ‘“ “ ‘ “ °“ ‘ °° °“' ,

, . l1e 1em1nded me, knuwmg 11 wasn 1 we lhen lmaxd lhe vo1ee of my Aunl
Arkansas Lhal dearl-ended atD|lI11xd s
_ allowed at l1ome. Beulah hollenng mv name lhruugh lhe

eal11n at lhe edge of Lhe lug woods WOW“ MN‘ ‘MW, hug um [hf Wand
1~1.11:bl1.;1 aummurhdlay found me s..1.11g Ev$:“:§‘:‘;::(;",}};:!;";:‘:‘;jffijd 11.... am 1 knew |hatdLh‘e scuutgnfi ,,S,.,,
on 1s mm pore earung agalnsl one Y Y ' ’ ,, was eom1ng to an en gave 1 ar

of an eeaar aa1el1 columns 1}‘ walled 3;‘: ;1_j';1:3"§1; ;';;22:j*f;:§ W: .1 11111.1. hug and ”I’lll see £11}.
patlenlly for D1llarrl la pour 1mselr _ ' * lumurruw, uk?” and ran l1rou l e

a cup of eaaee and .-elae mo hls 3“§*;* "";;f°" " m“°*§' ’f"';f‘1j'“3 woods to reasane my Aunlle that no
old ruekmg eha1r on Ihl: imnl porch. L" t‘L‘}"““ 2”" {“'”°f ‘{‘‘Md‘‘ ‘“ l1a11 ur uger had ealen 1ne al1ve. l euuld
Finally, he walked oul of lhe huuse wlth °“ “ _‘“‘f“ “1"_:“ “j “I SW“ l1ardly wan to cell her ahuul Ihl: Eglafs.
h1s coffnc, He slrelehed realh1g as he ‘“ ‘,“"‘"‘"’ ° “ °’ °“" ““ '°“* ’ lfrmhfully told her lhe lrag1e sloryol
slepperl an lhe porch He l1ad the look ‘1‘‘‘‘ 5 ‘”1““D‘"“d ‘°'d "‘“ “'1‘°“ ‘ lhe losl lnlae and lhe 1ne1n1ng of Lhe 5
of a k1ng about la be eoronaled He ;‘1"‘l°ld }‘:("‘d“b§:‘l‘“V“f:}"P"°‘ ‘wk’ saered p1les 11: rueks

paused and slared a1 lhe ruek1ng eha1r ‘" °° “ ° ° "“ 9'“ “‘ “ ,, ,,

wuorls The roeks served as markers for cood grae1ous honey, she sa1rl.
He moved 1l shghlly anrl sluwlv sal . ,,
— lhe lnbe, so lhal hundreds of years laler your unele Alva hauled lhuse roeks
down. He allowed 1l was lmponanl for
_ people would remcmbnr lhe1n. from our yard wl1en we were bulldlng

a man of l11s hreerhng and years lo mck h d h h I d ‘h d I
w11h lhe gra1n «D as nol work lumseli Io Appamntly, lhe enure papulauon was W:"‘:n“3m fmabfimd ::‘m“"
“‘°"”' ‘“°'‘"‘*? “P‘““ 71;;-°=';W'lf*;°“‘ ‘=»;"° ‘}"L;‘Z“{db°‘ Them 5 no1l..‘11g saered about lhase old
l dldn’l 1-lghlly know how old he was, ““ d°", fh d’“‘";. f” :1 f Lg‘ “ roek p|ll:~' "

l would have guessed so1nelh1ng1n 2”?‘ ‘“ ‘“" “"‘ °"‘ “V ,, ,,

_ . , found lhe1r way to lhe lag woud~ yes, lhere 1sl says I, proleeung lhe
lhe ra11ge of Melhuselah, but 1: d1dn l ,
helween D1llarrl s home laee anrl m 1 le a of Ihl: E l.1i~.

really 1na«er. All l really knew from U I d A h ,_ Y H ‘Pk 1 3 E ‘Y 5

my 5-year-old orphan k1d perspeeuye 1 ,u;'3‘e“'_‘D‘r‘(; min’; And lhars when l learnerl lhal same
was lhal he had a hearl full of sense and ‘I >d « ’ umnlormed grownups w1ll ra1n on
somehuw found Lhe llme la leaeh me ‘ °“ °' your pararle

lhe important lhlngs of [lie lhal grarle Dlllazd lalrl me as we luokerl al lhe B .d I Lh k kn f

sehool lual wasn'l equ1pped In handle. markers Lhal lhey had d1erl one al a 1:: 1:; :";:"ng°t;°;d’mv2“l‘3" ”‘;‘“:“’°*"
lguewlw-1l's pm of what I mrncmbcr “"‘“ “"d "“1‘°" “3““ ““ ’“"‘“‘“"‘g heeause he had lhe best sloryl Q
mmabom dmgmt ‘_my_mlkL HE lnhe 1neml1ershur1ed Lhcm 1here1n the

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