There, tied in a small bundle, was just what I needed.
Some time back my sisters had made some flowers for Decoration Day. They had given me a small bouquet for my room.
Taking them down, I could see they had faded a little, and looked rather old, but they were still pretty.
I blew the dust off and straightened the crinkled petals.
Putting them inside my shirt, I left the house. I hadn’t gone far when I heard something behind me.
It was my dogs. I tried to tell them I wasn’t going hunting.
I just had a little business to attend to, and if they would go back, I’d take them out that night.
It was no use. They couldn’t understand. Circling around through the flats, I came to the hollow above the Pritchards’ place.
Down below me, I could see the graveyard, and the fresh mound of dirt.
As quietly as I could, I started easing myself down the mountainside.
Old Dan loosened a rock. The further it bounced, the louder it got.
It slammed up against a post oak tree and sounded like a gunshot.
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