Сияние

The Scrapbook

           

           To:OVERLOOKHOTEL

           From:SIDEY’SWAREHOUSE,121016thStreet,Denver,CO.

           Via:CANDIANPACIFICRR

           Contents:400CASESDELSEYTOILETTISSUE,1GROSS/CASE

           SignedDEF

           DateAugust24,1954

           Smiling,Jackletthepaperdropbackintothebox.

           Heflashedthelightaboveitanditspearedahanginglightbulb,almostburiedincobwebs.Therewasnochainpull.

           Hestoodontiptoeandtriedscrewingthebulbin.Itlitweakly.Hepickedupthetoilet-paperinvoiceagainandusedittowipeoffsomeofthecobwebs.Theglowdidn’tbrightenmuch.

           Stillusingtheflashlight,hewanderedthroughtheboxesandbalesofpaper,lookingforratspoor.Theyhadbeenhere,butnotforquitealongtime…maybeyears.Hefoundsomedroppingsthatwerepowderywithage,andseveralnestsofneatlyshreddedpaperthatwereoldandunused.

           Jackpulledanewspaperfromoneofthebundlesandglanceddownattheheadline.

           JOHNSONPROMISESORDERLYTRANSITION

           SaysWorkBegunbyJFKWillGoForward

           inComingYear

           ThepaperwastheRockyMountainNews,datedDecember19,1963.Hedroppeditbackontoitspile.

           Hesupposedhewasfascinatedbythatcommonplacesenseofhistorythatanyonecanfeelglancingthroughthefreshnewsoftenortwentyyearsago.

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