Chapter 4

           ThenitwastimefortheexecutionofArlenBitterbuck,inrealitynochiefbutfirstelderofhistribeontheWashitaReservation,andamemberoftheCherokeeCouncilaswell.Hehadkilledamanwhiledrunkwhilebothofthemweredrunk,infact.TheChiefhadcrushedtheman’sheadwithacementblock.Atissuehadbeenapairofboots.So,onJulyseventeenthofthatrainysummer,mycouncilofeldersintendedforhislifetoend.

           VisitinghoursformostColdMountainprisonerswereasrigidassteelbeams,butthatdidn’tholdforourboysonEBlock.So,onthesixteenth,BitterbuckwasallowedovertothelongroomadjacenttothecafeteriatheArcade.Itwasdividedstraightdownthemiddlebymeshinterwovenwithstrandsofbarbedwire.HereTheChiefwouldvisitwithhissecondwifeandthoseofhischildrenwhowouldstilltreatwithhim.Itwastimeforthegood-byes.

           HewastakenovertherebyBillDodgeandtwootherfloaters.Therestofushadworktodoonehourtocraminatleasttworehearsals.Three,ifwecouldmanageit.

           Percydidn’tmakemuchprotestoverbeingputintheswitchroomwithJackVanHayfortheBitterbuckelectrocution;hewastoogreentoknowifhewasbeinggivenagoodspotorabadone.Whathedidknowwasthathehadarectangularmeshwindowtolookthrough,andalthoughheprobablydidn’tcaretobelookingatthebackofthechairinsteadofthefront,hewouldstillbecloseenoughtoseethesparksflying.

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