Chapter 4

           KingCottonhadbeendeposedintheSouthseventyyearsbeforeallthesethingshappenedandwouldneverbekingagain,butinthoseyearsofthethirtiesithadalittlerevival.Therewerenomorecottonplantations,buttherewerefortyorfiftyprosperouscottonfarmsinthesouthernpartofourstate.KlausDetterickownedoneofthem.Bythestandardsofthenineteen-fiftieshewouldhavebeenconsideredonlyarungaboveshirttailpoor,butbythoseofthethirtieshewasconsideredwell-to-dobecauseheactuallypaidhisstorebillincashattheendofmostmonths,andhecouldmeetthebankpresident’seyesiftheyhappenedtopassonthestreet.Thefarmhousewascleanandcommodious.Inadditiontothecotton,thereweretheothertwoc’s:chickensandafewcows.Heandhiswifehadthreechildren:Howard.whowastwelveorthereabouts,andthetwingirls.CoraandKathe.

           OnawarmnightinJuneofthatyear,thegirlsaskedforandweregivenpermissiontosleeponthescreen-enclosedsideporch,whichranthelengthofthehouse.Thiswasagreattreatforthem.Theirmotherkissedthemgoodnightjustshyofnine,whenthelastlighthadgoneoutofthesky.Itwasthefinaltimeshesaweitherofthemuntiltheywereintheircoffinsandtheundertakerhadrepairedtheworstofthedamage.

           Countryfamilieswenttobedearlyinthosedays"soonas"twasdarkunderthetable,"myownmothersometimessaidandsleptsoundly.CertainlyKlaus,Marjorie,andHowieDetterickdidonthenightthetwinsweretaken.

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