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           LouisunshoulderedGageandpulledhimoutofthebabycarriersohecouldcrawl.Louis’sbacksighedwithrelief.

           Ellieranfromonemonumenttothenext,exclaimingovereach.LouisfollowedherwhileRachelkeptaneyeonthebaby.Judsatdowncross-legged,hisbackagainstaprotrudingrock,andsmoked.

           Louisnoticedthattheplacedidnotjustseemtohaveasenseoforder,apattern;thememorialshadbeenarrangedinroughconcentriccircles.

           SMUCKYTHECAT,onecrate-boardmarkerproclaimed.Thehandwaschildishbutcareful.HEWASOBEDIANT.Andbelowthis:1971-1974.Alittlewayaroundtheoutercirclehecametoapieceofnaturalslatewithanamewrittenonitinfadingbutperfectlylegibleredpaint:BIFFER.Andbelowthisabitofverse:BIFFER,BIFFER,AHELLUVASNIFFER/UNTILHEDIEDHEMADEUSRICHER.

           "BifferwastheDesslers"cockerspaniel,"Judsaid.Hehaddugabaldplaceintheearthwiththeheelofhisshoeandwascarefullytappingallhisashesintoit."Gotrunoverbyadumpsterlastyear.Ain’tthatsomepoime?"

           "Itsureis,"Louisagreed.

           Someofthegravesweremarkedwithflowers,somefresh,mostold,notafewalmosttotallydecomposed.OverhalfofthepaintedandpenciledinscriptionsthatLouistriedtoreadhadfadedawaytopartialortotalillegibility.Othersborenodiscerniblemarkatall,andLouisguessedthatthewritingonthesemighthavebeendonewithchalkorcrayon.

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