The Crack in the Lens
“Indeed, the vendors who work the crowds at a parade weren’t ones to miss this opportunity, and the vigilantes-in-waiting feasted on peanuts and popcorn and Dr Pepper while waiting to see justice done.
And the pushcart men weren’t the only ones hawking their wares. Even from a distance, it was easy to pick out a Bible-brandishing Brother Landrigan gliding through the throng, eyes blazing like hellfire. I spied Horace Cuff, too, the lanky Englishman marching behind Landrigan so stiff-spined he could’ve been a soldier on review—a platoon of one. He eventually peeled himself from Landrigan’s coattails, though, pausing to pull out a notebook and interview local notables on hand for the evening’s entertainment.
Mortimer Krieger was there to record the proceedings for posterity as well, setting up a tripod-mounted camera atop the boxy, hard-topped wagon he’d arrived in. The camera, I couldn’t help but notice, was trained on the towering oak that seemed to be the maypole around which this gri...m fandango was being danced.MoreLess
And the pushcart men weren’t the only ones hawking their wares. Even from a distance, it was easy to pick out a Bible-brandishing Brother Landrigan gliding through the throng, eyes blazing like hellfire. I spied Horace Cuff, too, the lanky Englishman marching behind Landrigan so stiff-spined he could’ve been a soldier on review—a platoon of one. He eventually peeled himself from Landrigan’s coattails, though, pausing to pull out a notebook and interview local notables on hand for the evening’s entertainment.
Mortimer Krieger was there to record the proceedings for posterity as well, setting up a tripod-mounted camera atop the boxy, hard-topped wagon he’d arrived in. The camera, I couldn’t help but notice, was trained on the towering oak that seemed to be the maypole around which this gri...m fandango was being danced.MoreLess
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