He said, "Yes."I put my finger on a spot about one inch east of Dallas and a little north and said, "I grew up here. Look closely. I think you will fi...nd that I grew up a lot further south than you did."I don't remember why I was so angry with him, but the incident stuck in my mind. I grew up with prejudice when most of us had never heard the word and had no idea what it meant. Blacks in my hometown lived in the nigger holler, a section of town beyond the railroad tracks. There were a few black. And, I don’t even love her.’ The lawyer took the document and slipped it into a folder as he looked at Jayne. ‘I’ll arrange for all the money to be made out to you Jayne. I think this case is done with.’ ‘No!’ Jayne stood up in anger. ‘You are a lawyer. You must force her to sign.’ ‘Yes, I am a lawyer. But I’m not the law. It sees clear to me that Miss Mason is not interested and that is entirely up to her. She refuses, and then the conditions are cancelled. Nobody can make her sign, not even. Dammit, that was another one that was too close for comfort! OK, time to move on!As much as I tried, I couldn't find a good shooting position. Oh, hell, it looked like it was time for me to quit for the night, so I went back to my camp and went to sleep.The next morning, I got up with the sun, but the Mexican bandits had beaten me to the draw. They were already finished with their breakfast and headed toward the pass. I grabbed a quick, cold breakfast and gathered up my stuff. I wanted to be. I suckled him on my swollen teat, and held him between my fingers, and as he developed more, allowed others to bath him, so they too could marvel at his size.My daughter, his elder by eight years, from my first marriage, was charged with his well-being, and looking after him.I would watch as they bathed together, through the hinged aperture in the door, I wanted to see as she soaped him how how he would react, and the joy I felt when he did one time, so I left the c***dren to enjoy their.
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