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They sure was good folks; patched me up an’ saw me through like I was their close kin. Hid me out by sayin’ as how I had th’ cholera. "An’ most of th’ time I didn’t know a rope from a saddle—outta my head complete. First there was that shoulder hole; then I got me a good case of lung fever. It was two months ’fore I could crawl round better’n a sick calf what lost its ma too early.
Shannon’s eyes flickered again, this time to the locked cupboard. "Heard tell—leastways Callie’s been spoutin’ it around—that you was with General Forrest." "Yes." "You sure musta pulled outta th’ war better’n th’ rest of us poor Rebs. Got you a couple of blooded hosses an’ a good heavy money belt. A sight more luck than th’ rest of us had—"
"Lucinda," she said in a curiously veiled tone, "give me a handkerchief—a big one. As big a one as I’ve got." Lucinda did as requested. "Now, go away," said Aunt Mary. Lucinda went away. She went straight to Joshua. "She’s had a letter an’ read it an’ it’s made her cry," she said. "That’s better’n if it made her mad," said Joshua, who was warming his hands at the stove.
"It sure is! Me, Johnny Shannon! An’ I’m ridin’ outta here free’n clear or else I’ll do what I said. I mean that, Rennie! I surely do mean it. You lose me an’ you git your real son—good bargain, ain’t it?" "You won’t ride free for long, Johnny. You know that." "I can have me a pretty good try, Rennie. This here’s my country an’ I know it well—better’n any but your men.
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