Following the Grass
“EVEN UNTO THE LOWEST.
WITH that peculiar reticence of men who lead lonely lives, old Peter refrained from asking the many questions which rushed to his tongue. That the lad was Joseph, here in the flesh and not dead, surprised him less than may be imagined.
The manner of the boy’s coming, his strange dress, the return of the coyote—these were matters of far greater interest at the moment. In fact, they occupied Peter’s attention so fully that many minutes passed before he spoke of that ...storm-tossed night when Kit Dorr was killed.
“Joseph,” he said solemnly, “I am afeerd that what I’m a-goin’ to tell you will lead to more killin’s—you bein’ here this-a-way. I see it in your eyes. I know what you’ve come back to do.
“A-fore I tell you, I want to say somethin’ about Angel. You know, these Basques ain’t a bad people; they’re fightin’-men. In some ways they’re right like the mountain-people yore daddy came from.MoreLess
WITH that peculiar reticence of men who lead lonely lives, old Peter refrained from asking the many questions which rushed to his tongue. That the lad was Joseph, here in the flesh and not dead, surprised him less than may be imagined.
The manner of the boy’s coming, his strange dress, the return of the coyote—these were matters of far greater interest at the moment. In fact, they occupied Peter’s attention so fully that many minutes passed before he spoke of that ...storm-tossed night when Kit Dorr was killed.
“Joseph,” he said solemnly, “I am afeerd that what I’m a-goin’ to tell you will lead to more killin’s—you bein’ here this-a-way. I see it in your eyes. I know what you’ve come back to do.
“A-fore I tell you, I want to say somethin’ about Angel. You know, these Basques ain’t a bad people; they’re fightin’-men. In some ways they’re right like the mountain-people yore daddy came from.MoreLess
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