Echoes of War Page #3

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

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