Like I was telling y'all the undertaker and his flunky was carrying out this stretcher with a body all covered in white sheets. I forget the undertakes's name, probably on purpose. He was kinda creepy with long, skinny arms and long, skinny fingers and you know what, his eye teeth was real long. We kids used to think he was a vampire, but we warn't too worried cause we figured he had plenty of blood to drink if that's what he after, as long as people kept dying which we figured they would. It's like I told this stranger visiting Harper last year. We was having a bunch of rain. I mean more'n usual and this fellow walked up to me as I was sitting out under the shed in front of the bus station. He asked me if I thought it was ever gonna
stop raining. Well I told him it always had. I mean somethings you can just count on. People dying, rain stopping, and strangers asking stupid questions. I asked this stranger where he was from and he said Louisiana. That's all I needed to know. Anyway we figured folks would keep on dying, of course, at that time we had no idea some of 'em was gonna get murdered.
Willie and me got as close as we could and lo and behold if that flunky didn't loose his footing and almost dropped that stretcher. What happened was the sheet slipped up enough to show a man's shoe, all polished and everything.
Tomorrow: The Bloody Spot
Nils Downe is very devout
Harry Legg is hirsute
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