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           Talkinginthecamps,andthedeputies,fat-assedmenwithgunsslungonfathips,swaggeringthroughthecamps:Give’emsomepintothinkabout.Gottokeep’eminlineorChristonlyknowswhatthey’lldo!Why,Jesus,they’reasdangerousasniggersintheSouth!Iftheyevergettogetherthereain’tnothin’that’llstop’em.

           Quote:InLawrencevilleadeputysheriffevictedasquatter,andthesquatterresisted,makingitnecessaryfortheofficertouseforce.Theeleven-year-oldsonofthesquattershotandkilledthedeputywitha.22rifle.

           Rattlesnakes!Don’ttakechanceswith’em,an’iftheyargue,shootfirst.Ifakid’llkillacop,what’llthemendo?Thingis,gettougher’ntheyare.Treat’emrough.Scare’em.

           Whatiftheywon’tscare?Whatiftheystandupandtakeitandshootback?Thesemenwerearmedwhentheywerechildren.Agunisanextensionofthemselves.Whatiftheywon’tscare?WhatifsometimeanarmyofthemmarchesonthelandastheLombardsdidinItaly,astheGermansdidonGaulandtheTurksdidonByzantium?Theywereland-hungry,ill-armedhordestoo,andthelegionscouldnotstopthem.Slaughterandterrordidnotstopthem.Howcanyoufrightenamanwhosehungerisnotonlyinhisowncrampedstomachbutinthewretchedbelliesofhischildren?Youcan’tscarehim—hehasknownafearbeyondeveryother.

           InHoovervillethementalking:Grampatookhislan’fromtheInjuns.

           Now,thisain’tright.We’rea-talkin’here.Thishereyou’retalkin’aboutisstealin’.