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           Herethecircularpattern,perceivedasanalmosthaphazardcoincidenceintheouterrows,wasveryevident.Judstoppedbeforeasmallpieceofslatethathadfallenover.Kneelingcarefully,theoldmansetitupagain.

           "Usedtobewordshere,"Judsaid."Ichiseledemmyself,butit’swornawaynow.Iburiedmyfirstdoghere.Spot.Hediedofoldagein1914,theyeartheGreatWarbegun."

           Bemusedbythethoughtthatherewasagraveyardthatwentfartherbackthanmanygraveyardsforpeople,Louiswalkedtowardthecenterandexaminedseveralofthemarkers.Noneofthemwerereadable,andmosthadbeenalmostreclaimedbytheforestfloor.Thegrasshadalmostentirelyovergrownone,andwhenhesetitbackup,therewasasmalltearing,protestingsoundfromtheearth.Blindbeetlesscurriedoverthesectionhehadexposed.Hefeltasmallchillandthought,BootHillforanimals.I’mnotsureIreallylikeit.

           "Howfardothesegoback?"

           "Gorry,Idon’tknow,"Judsaid,puttinghishandsdeepinhispockets."PlacewasherewhenSpotdied,ofcourse.Ihadawholegangoffriendsinthosedays.TheyhelpedmedigtheholeforSpot.Digginghereain’tthateasy,eitherground’sawfulstony,youknow,hardtoturn.AndIhelpedthemsometimes."Hepointedhereandtherewithahornyfinger."ThattherewasPeteLaVasseur’sdog,ifIrememberright,andthere’sthreeofAlbionGroatley’sbarncatsburiedrightinarowthere.

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