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―Doug,‖ he murmured. ―Doug, boy, oh boy.‖ ―Sure,‖ said Douglas, warming to the altar glow. ―Him against me, me against Quartermain and the whole darn school board, the town council—Mr. Bleak, Mr. Gray, all those dumb old men that live at the edge of the ravine.‖ ―Can I watch you pick ‘em off , Doug?‖ ―What? Sure. But we got to plan, got to have an army.‖ ―Tonight, Doug?‖ ―Tomorrow . . .‖ ―No, tonight ! Do or die. You be captain.‖ ―General!‖ ―Sure, sure. I‘ll get the others. So they can hear it from the horse‘s mouth! Meet at the ravine bridge, eight o‘clock! Boy!‖ ―Don‘t yell in the windows at those guys,‖ said Doug. ―Leave secret notes on their porches. That‘s an order!‖ ―Yeah!‖ Charlie sped off, yelling. Douglas felt his heart drown in a fresh new summer. He felt the power growing in his head and arms and fists. All this in a day! From plain old C-minus student to full general! Now, whose legs should be cracked next? Whose metronome stopped? He sucked in a trembling breath. All the fiery-pink windows of the dying day shone upon this arch-criminal who walked in their brilliant gaze, half smile-scowling toward destiny, toward eight o‘clock, toward the camptown gathering of the great Green Town Confederacy and everyone sitting by firelight singing, ―Tenting tonight, tenting tonight, tenting on the old camp grounds . . . ‖ We’ll sing that one, he thought, three times.
CHAPTER NINE Up in the attic, Doug and Tom set up head quarters. A turned-over box became the general‘s desk; his aide-de-camp stood by, awaiting orders. ―Get out your pad, Tom.‖ ―It‘s out.‖ ―Ticonderoga pencil?‖ ―Ready.‖ ―I got a list, Tom, for the Great Army of the Republic. Write this down. There‘s Will and Sam and Charlie and Bo and Pete and Henry and Ralph. Oh, and you, Tom.‖ ―How do we use the list, Doug?‖ ―We gotta find things for them to do. Time‘s running out. Right now we‘ve gotta figure how many captains, how many lieutenants. One general. That‘s me.‖ ―Make it good, Doug. Keep ‘em busy.‖ ―First three names, captains. The next three, lieutenants. Everybody else, spies.‖ ―Spies, Doug?‖ ―I think that‘s the greatest thing. Guys like to creep around, watch things, and then come back and tell.‖ ―Heck, I want to be one of those.‖ ―Hold on. We‘ll make them all captains and lieutenants, make everyone happy, or we‘ll lose the war before it gets started. Some will do double-duty as spies.‖ ―Okay, Doug, here‘s the list.‖ Doug scanned it. ―Now we gotta figure the first sockdolager thing to do.‖ ―Get the spies to tell you.‖ ―Okay, Tom. But you‘re the most important spy. After the ravine meeting tonight . . .‖ Tom frowned, shook his head. ―What?‖ ―Heck, Doug, the ravine‘s nice but I know a better place. The graveyard. The sun‘ll be gone. It‘ll remind ‘em if they‘re not careful, that‘s where we‘ll all wind up.‖
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Page 8 and 9: CHAPTER FOUR There was a great rush
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―Coward,‖ she cried. ―And not
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Bleak said he wasn‘t sure whether
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―Of course not. Impossible!‖
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―Yes, Ebenezer.‖ ―No, not Ebe
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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Douglas stood wi
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―I don‘t know. I keep playin‘
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―Heck,‖ said Tom, ―I don‘t
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Douglas fell back, afraid that she
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE A huge question
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―Being dead, dummy.‖ ―Yeah, b
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jar, you could almost snap them to
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III. APPOMATOX CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX S
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―What?!‖ ―I dunno. I mean. I
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waiting. ―Well, to begin . . .‖
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―Of course.‖ The quilt and the
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Give me one. We always have names.
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Afterword: The Importance of Being
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