The first we knew Emma Jean were missing, were when her mama, a mean old biddy, come running out into the street in front of their house screaming bloody murder. It were around 9 PM and she had just called The Beanery and found out Emma Jean had left at around 7:30. She just knew something were wrong. The sheriff looked all over town, behind buildings and even in ditches, but her car were nowhere to be seen. The next day the bank called Emma Jean's mama and told her they made a mistake. Emma Jean had meant to draw out all her money but they had forgot her Christmas savings account. Her mama went wild again. She said she had much rather Emma Jean have been in a accident or stabbed, shot, or strangled than to have her run away from home.
Emma Jean warn't no detective, not by a long shot, but Harper is a little place and information are as plentiful as leaves in Autumn. She were told by a conductor what come into The Beanery that a soldier on crutches had rode the train to New Orleans all those weeks ago. So she struck out after her love boat. It took her a while to find him 'cause he warn't really in New Orleans. She had to figure out that he were across the Hoopey Long Bridge (that what her mama called it.) Of course we found all this out later.
Tomorrow: Wilmer Wallace: Alias Charles Boyer
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