Echoes of War Page #2

Hmm, now, if it was up to me...

I know it's not...

I'd go over there,

and I'd wring their necks,

teach them a lesson or two.

That's enough, Wade.

Mm, you have not instilled in me

the sense of patience that you've

instilled in my brother-in-law,

my brother-in-law,

who can pray for a problem to go away.

You're real good at that,

ain't you, Seamus?

I said that's enough.

You say your prayers?

You know, when I was

about your age...

my pa, he...

he asked me...

what I would do

if I came across a wolf.

Would I panic...

and run off?

Would I try to scare it off?

Or would I...

would I just leave it be

and act like I never

saw it to begin with?

You'd kill it.

Even if it never did me harm?

But it could.

Quite a spot you got you here.

I'll clean up for you

little bit.

Let's see.

I got you these.

I'm just gonna

set 'em right here for you.

You do with 'em what you want.

Kids are all right.

Abby's all grown up.

She's...

She's a woman,

reminds me of you.

Sammy's...

He's good.

He's strong,

and he's a sweet kid.

You done a good job.

Howdy, Mr. McCluskey.

Howdy-do, Wade.

Go on.

Make yourself at home.

I ain't seen you in a long time.

Been about five years

since my last visit.

Yeah, well, you're looking good.

You come back in one piece.

I did better than most.

I wanted to come by and give

my condolences for Jasper.

Yeah, well,

war has to have its consequences, don't it?

Yeah, it does.

So how long you

staying around here for?

Ah, you know me.

I like to come and go.

But I figured I'd try

to stay on for a while,

make sure the family's

all right.

I know it's tough around here.

Noticed your cattle's gone.

Yeah, well,

the Confederate boys,

they come in here and

commandeered everything,

but we're doing fine.

Good.

Well, if you need

anything from us,

you don't hesitate to ask.

Well, that's mighty

neighborly of you, Wade.

I appreciate you saying that.

But like I said,

we're managing just fine.

Yeah, cattleman without cattle

is doing just fine.

Don't go dancing

around a maypole, son.

You sound like

you got something to say.

Oh, I ain't dancing.

I'm just curious is all.

Curious?

A man, he ought to be careful

messing around with

another man's business.

Couldn't have said that

better myself.

You go mosey on now, Wade.

Get off my porch.

I was asking you nice.

You're so beautiful.

Don't.

Are you afraid

of a little water?

Oh.

That's it.

Okay, how do I do it?

So you sort of lean...

and just give it a smooth throw.

Give it a try.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Let's see what you got.

Ooh. Frog. Ooh!

What's wrong?

It's nothing.

Tell me.

Your uncle came

to the house today,

had words with Pa.

For some reason,

he's got it out for us.

Some reason?

You know the reason.

I know what Pop

and Dillard are doing

ain't right, but...

I ain't just them two.

What am I supposed to do?

They'd beat the white off of me

if I didn't go along with it.

That's coward talk.

I ain't no coward.

- Pa.

- Thank you, Abby.

Sammy.

Best make sure

that fire of yourn

don't spread on over to my land.

You ride all the way out here to

tell me about my fire, Randolph?

Don't sass me, Seamus.

I rode out here to tell you

to keep that wild dog of

yourn off my property.

Just trying to help.

Help?

I'm the one that helped your

sister when she got sick.

You didn't tell him that,

did you, Seamus?

Our debt's been paid, Randolph.

I'm the one that decides

when your debt is paid,

and you're far from it, boy!

"And God saw that the wickedness

of man was great in the earth,

"and that every imagination

of the thought

"of his heart was

only evil continually.

"And the Lord said,

'I will destroy men

"'whom I have created

from the face of the earth...

for it repenteth me

that I have made them.'"

Boy, they are wretched.

Why did you go there?

Why do you let them

do this to you?

That's not your concern, Wade.

Well, like it or not,

I am your family.

I have a right to know.

They don't take much.

That's not the point.

It's wrong.

And you, of all people,

should know that.

Let me help you.

I don't need your help.

"The earth was

filled with violence.

And God said..."

I was in the war...

I saw a lot of men get down on

their knees and start praying.

They died all the same.

Sometimes in this life

you need to do

things for yourself.

Oh, look. It's a 10.

All right, jeez, man.

Look at this here.

Nice. We got a...

Howdy.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

It's all right.

It's just me, Wade.

I was just sitting there,

and I saw you.

Just wanted to say hello, Dill.

It's been a while.

What you want?

Nothing.

You wanna put the gun down?

I ain't... I ain't

supposed to talk to you.

Ah, well, I ain't

gonna cause any trouble.

Then what you want?!

Nothing, like I told you.

Just wanna come by

and say howdy.

Can't a guy do that anymore?

That's nice.

That is a real nice

collection you got there.

No, no, no, I didn't

mean anything by that.

Got yourself a raccoon,

skunk, and a rabbit.

That's a big coon.

That is a big raccoon.

Hey, you remember that time

when we were out in your

father's pasture...

and we spooked the cattle?

You remember that?

And they went running.

Yeah.

Craziest thing I ever saw.

Them big dumb animals

running everywhere.

And then

your... your old man

comes crashing out

of that front porch,

and he starts yelling at us.

You remember that?

Uh-huh.

What happened after that?

Uh, he's chasing us.

- Uh-huh.

- And... And you says, "Run for it,

and I got away from him 'fore...

And you ain't

never said a thing.

Yeah.

Please!

Please!

Please!

Please!

Mama!

Mama!

Come on!

Please!

Please! God!

Please!

Abigail.

Just gonna go pick some flowers.

Mama,

you shouldn't be

in Jasper's room.

Mm. Mm.

I been...

It's all right.

It's all right, Mama.

Dillard?!

You seen your brother?

No. What was he doing?

He was due back hours ago.

Dillard!

Come here, son.

What...

He... He...

Who done this to you, boy?

He did it.

He stole it, Pa.

Who?

Aah!

It was Wade.

- Ohh!

- Don't move, boy.

Don't move.

You told me it would stop.

What do you want, pelts, meat?

I'll go get it

for you right now.

Abby, please,

can you just tell him to lay low, will you?

Just let this all

blow over. Come on.

What, so it can go back

to how it was?

Yeah, exactly.

Bet your father would like that.

Abby, I want the same as you do.

I just... I need a little more

time to figure this out, okay?

We... We ain't gotta

be like them.

We're different. We both...

We're different, and...

Why do you think I want

to see you all the time? Hmm?

I'm the only girl for miles.

Don't want no other girl.

I want you.

I don't know.

Hey,

ain't nothing to worry about,

you hear me?

You hear me?

Everything's gonna

be just fine, okay?

What's going on?

Eh, nice of you to join

your family for a change.

What are you doing?

What you think we're doing?

Think I'm gonna let that son of

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