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Carl's right, Candy. That dog
ain't
no
good
to
himself.
I
wisht
somebody'd
shoot
me if I got
old
an' a
cripple.
pitird
Whynt
you shoot him Candy? the old man
squirmed
uncomfortably
P
‘I had im
too
long’
‘I had him from
a
pup
P
When they
can
me
here
I wisht
somebody’d
shoot
me
P
“I’d make a will an leave my share to you guys in case I kick off” “cause I aint
got no relatives
nor nothung
p
out of the
sleeve
came around a
stick
like wrist with no
hand
P
I
ought
to have shot
that
dog myself George. I shouldn’t ought to have let no
stranger
shoot my
dog
P
He looked helplessly at curleys wife and gradually his
sorrow
and
anger
grew into
words
P
A
tall stoop
shouldered
old man
came in
P
“Swamper” ”old
man” ”old swamper”
P
S’pose I went in with you guys. That’s three hundred and
fifty
Id put in
Candy laid the stump of his
wrist
on his knee and rubbed
it
gently with his hand
Rubbing his
whiskers
with his
knuckles
as he went in
I planted crops for damn near everybody in this state but they
wasn’t
my
crops
They fell into a
silence
This thing they
never
really
believed
in
was coming true
I lost my hand
right
here
on this ranch. That’s why they give me a job
swampin
He’s all stiff with
rheumatism.
He ain’t
no
good
to you Candy
bad person
Sure you see the
stable
bucks
a n********
The guy said on account of the _____ got a
crooked
back
, smitty can’t
use
his
feet
The swamper warmed to his gossip “ you
seen
that
glove
on his
left
hand“
Curley says he’s keepin that
hand
soft
for his
wife
Well I think Curley has married a…
tart
I seen her give
slim
the
eye.
Curley never seen it. An’ I seen her give
Carlson
the
eye