A Stranger in the Kingdom
“My father, I think, was secretly proud of my loyalty to Nat, misguided though it was. But all he said was that I ought to use a hay hook on Frenchy the next time I tackled him, because he was probably impervious to anything less lethal.
Dad had a church trustees’ meeting at the parsonage that morning, at which Reverend Andrews intended to announce his plans for the big church fundraiser. “What are you going to do today, Ezzard Charles?” he asked me.
Although it hurt, I had to laugh through ...my swollen lips. I told him I’d planned to take Nat crawfishing this morning but in view of the way I looked I’d rather wait a couple of days before going overstreet.
“Get your crawfish trap,” Dad said. “We’ll walk over to the parsonage together.”
“Dad,” I said, “I really don’t—”
“Get your trap,” he said. “You don’t have a thing in the world to be ashamed of.”
But Nat’s reaction was altogether different, as I’d known it would be.
“Oh, no!”MoreLess
Dad had a church trustees’ meeting at the parsonage that morning, at which Reverend Andrews intended to announce his plans for the big church fundraiser. “What are you going to do today, Ezzard Charles?” he asked me.
Although it hurt, I had to laugh through ...my swollen lips. I told him I’d planned to take Nat crawfishing this morning but in view of the way I looked I’d rather wait a couple of days before going overstreet.
“Get your crawfish trap,” Dad said. “We’ll walk over to the parsonage together.”
“Dad,” I said, “I really don’t—”
“Get your trap,” he said. “You don’t have a thing in the world to be ashamed of.”
But Nat’s reaction was altogether different, as I’d known it would be.
“Oh, no!”MoreLess
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