Silas and me talked a lot about his Uncle Legion during the years he were in the insane asylum. Neither one of us had no idea what the electrified shocks was all about, but Silas come up with this idea they was like little bolts of lightning put through the head of peoples what was crazy to turn 'em back to the real world. The doctors had to make sure the bolts was little enough not to fry the brain, but strong enough to unjumble the confusions. Silas said him and his family went regular to visit Legion and he were always just as peaceful and quiet as could be. They reckoned he were happy since he warn't crying no more. Then on one visit--Legion birthday--they figured he were getting a lot better. He smiled at them and called them by name. Silas said his uncle called him to come close and whispered in his ear. Silas said he said that Silas and all his folks didn't need to worry none. No matter what them doctors did they couldn't hurt him is what he said. Legion were scheduled for what they figured would be his last treatment on the next day. When the family left him, he were sitting there happy as a jaybird. Well, that treatment didn't come together like was planned. Somebody musta moved a dial in the wrong direction or miscalculated the size of the bolt and Legion were turned into man with a cooked brain. After that, when his family visited, he didn't even know they was there.
Tomorrow: Peace at Last
Hollis' book read in 2010:
The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole - Toole was fifteen when he wrote this little known work.
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