“Henry knew that for certain because he was up and stirring at least an hour before. What he and Baltimore had done to that white man might have been despicable to some, but the kind of men they ran with at times, just to scratch a living, would have all agreed that Darby Kent had it coming. And that’s exactly what Henry kept telling his self when his conscience gnawed at him from the pit of his stomach. “It couldn’t have turned out no other way, because of how the man kept after Baltimo’, tryin...g to pinch at his dignity and mash his spirit,” Henry thought aloud. “If that’s not worth killing over, nothing is.” Just then he smiled, pulled the curtain back on his five-by-seven-foot sleeper compartment, and peeked into the one across from it. All he could see was a mess of coal black, curly hair resting on a pillow case. Baltimore was sleeping like a brand-new baby, one with a newly acquired gabardine suit and his share of the seventy-three dollars found in the pants pockets.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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