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Halloween gourds. ―Jesus,‖ he whispered. ―Those are the ugliest damned pumpkins I ever saw. So!‖ He brandished a crutch and whacked one of the orange ghouls, then another and another until the lights in the pumpkins winked out. He reared to chop and slash and whack until the gourds were split open, spilling their seeds, orange flesh flung in all directions. ―Someone!‖ he cried. His housekeeper, an alarmed expression on her face, burst from the house and raced down the great lawn. ―Is it too late,‖ cried Quartermain, ―to light the oven?‖ ―The oven, Mr. Cal?‖ ―Light the god-damned oven. Fetch the pie pans. Have you recipes for pumpkin pie?‖ ―Yes, Mr. Cal.‖ ―Then grab these damn pieces. Tomorrow for lunch: Just Desserts!‖ Quartermain turned and crutched himself upstairs.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The emergency meeting of the Green Town Board of Education was ready to begin. There were only two there beside Calvin C. Quartermain: Bleak and Miss Flynt, the recording secretary. He pointed at the pies on the table. ―What‘s this?‖ said the other two. ―A victory breakfast, or maybe a lunch.‖ ―It looks like pie to me, Quartermain.‖ ―It is, idiot! A victory feast, that‘s what it is. Miss Flynt?‖ ―Yes, Mr. Cal? ‖ ―Take a statement. Tonight at sunset, on the edge of the ravine, I will make a few remarks.‖ ―Such as?‖ ―Rebellious rapscallions, hear this: The war is not done, nor have you lost nor have you won. It seems a draw. Prepare for a long October. I have taken your measure. Beware.‖ Quartermain paused and shut his eyes, pressed his fingers to his temples, as if trying to remember. ―Oh, yes. Colonel Freeleigh, sorely missed. We need a colonel. How long was Freeleigh a colonel?‖ ―Since the month Lincoln was shot.‖ ―Well, someone must be a colonel. I‘ll do that. Colonel Quartermain. How does that sound?‖ ―Pretty fine, Cal, pretty fine.‖ ―All right. Now shut up and eat your pie.‖
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Page 4 and 5: CHAPTER TWO Laid out in his bed at
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Page 8 and 9: CHAPTER FOUR There was a great rush
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Page 18 and 19: ―Charlie, you‘ll spoil everythi
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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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