Disappeared
“Minnie had at least twelve coats of paint plastered over her, and Bill had a fissure that ran down the center of his back, but in spite of their decrepit condition, David Hughes handled them with care and delight.
“They’re a motley pair, and at least fifty years old, but there’s plenty of game left in them,” he declared. “You can’t beat the old ones.”
Dermot drew closer. “‘For further arrangements, contact Bill.’ That’s what Devine’s obituary said.”
Hughes wasn’t listening. He had already found... the map. It was slotted inside the hole in Bill’s back like a half-posted letter.
The old man grinned. “‘If that old bird could talk, the tales he would tell.’ How right Devine was.”
He and Dermot Jordan pored over the map. The boy sensed that a decisive watershed had occurred in his life.
“Devine must have asked a lot of questions to come up with this,” remarked the old man.
The map showed a square mile of bog land above the village of Cappagh, in the foothills of the Sperrins.MoreLess
“They’re a motley pair, and at least fifty years old, but there’s plenty of game left in them,” he declared. “You can’t beat the old ones.”
Dermot drew closer. “‘For further arrangements, contact Bill.’ That’s what Devine’s obituary said.”
Hughes wasn’t listening. He had already found... the map. It was slotted inside the hole in Bill’s back like a half-posted letter.
The old man grinned. “‘If that old bird could talk, the tales he would tell.’ How right Devine was.”
He and Dermot Jordan pored over the map. The boy sensed that a decisive watershed had occurred in his life.
“Devine must have asked a lot of questions to come up with this,” remarked the old man.
The map showed a square mile of bog land above the village of Cappagh, in the foothills of the Sperrins.MoreLess
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