Chasing the Bear
Chasing the Bear
“When I thought we were about opposite where we had been, I pushed into the bank, tied the boat and we went ashore. It was jet dark in the woods and hard going. I went slow and careful and very low, pulling loose from the thorny vines, scraping myself on branches that stuck up unexpectedly from fallen trees, banging my knee at least once on a rock I didn’t see. Pearl proceeded without difficulty, though I noticed that she let me break trail.
I could smell the campfire, and if I looked up, I coul...d see the glow of it above the tree line. Finally when I figured I was opposite the place where Luke had seen me last, I got down on my stomach and wriggled closer through the brush.
They were there. Jeannie was still sitting on the ground by the fire. Luke was sort of lying down next to her, propped up on his elbow, drinking from a big mason jar of clear moonshine whiskey. On his belt was a great big bowie knife.
“Got as much right to you as she does,” he was saying. “You my flesh and blood, my own flesh and blood.”MoreLess
I could smell the campfire, and if I looked up, I coul...d see the glow of it above the tree line. Finally when I figured I was opposite the place where Luke had seen me last, I got down on my stomach and wriggled closer through the brush.
They were there. Jeannie was still sitting on the ground by the fire. Luke was sort of lying down next to her, propped up on his elbow, drinking from a big mason jar of clear moonshine whiskey. On his belt was a great big bowie knife.
“Got as much right to you as she does,” he was saying. “You my flesh and blood, my own flesh and blood.”MoreLess
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