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           Therewasnopistol-shotsnapofanoldbranchgivingway,nosickeningplungeintoaholelinedwithjutting,weather-whitenedsplinters,eachonereadytocutandgoreandmangle.Hisshoes(HushPuppyloafershardlyrecommendedforclimbingdeadfalls)didnotslipontheolddrymosswhichhadovergrownmanyofthefallentrees.Hepitchedneitherforwardnorbackward.Thewindsangwildlythroughthefirtreesallaroundthem.

           ForamomenthesawJudstandingontopofthedeadfall,andthenhebegandownthefarside,calvesdroppingoutofsight,thenthighs,thenhipsandwaist.Thelightbouncedrandomlyoffthewhippingbranchesofthetreesontheothersideofthe...thebarrier.Yes,that’swhatitwaswhytrytopretenditwasn’t?Thebarrier.

           Louisreachedthetophimselfandpausedtheremomentarily,rightfootplantedonanoldfallentreethatwascantedupatathirty-five-degreeangle,leftfootonsomethingspringierameshofoldfirbranches?Hedidn’tlookdowntosee,butonlyswitchedtheheavytrashbagwithChurch’sbodyinitfromhisrighthandtohisleft,exchangingitforthelightershovel.Heturnedhisfaceupintothewindandfeltitsweeppasthiminanendlesscurrent,liftinghishair.Itwassocold,soclean...soconstant.

           Movingcasually,almostsauntering,hestarteddownagain.

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