Swamp Water Page #3

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nor cutting the fool.

I ain't gonna hold nothin' against him, Lord,

even his trying to steal old Trouble.

So if you want to go easy on him for

killing Shep Collins, it'll be all right with me.

Amen.

Come on, Trouble.

Never thought to see you

around here no more.

I sort of stayed to bury you.

Looks like I worked all night for nothing.

If I let them things kill me,

I'd have been dead a long time ago.

You got some kind of snake cure?

I just make up my mind to get well,

think hard on it, and...

maybe do a little praying.

I bet I've been cottonmouth-bit a dozen times.

When I found my knife was took,

I figured you'd lit out.

No. No, I took it to cut that snake bite,

to make it bleed.

Thanks.

Reckon you can have your gun back

if you want it, Ben.

You ain't a-listening, Miss Hannah.

You better go now, Mr Wick.

How come you can't call me Jesse

like you used to 'fore you was married?

- You better go.

- How come, Miss Hannah?

You know how come.

Thursday'd kill any man he catched here now.

He ain't a-catching me. I'm safe

as long as I hear them hounds a-baying.

- He won't come back till they catch their fox.

- He ain't fox-hunting, he's hunting Ben.

He's working his way around Okefenokee,

blowing his horn till Ben'll hear it.

Thursday holds hisself to blame

for letting Ben get losted.

Ben don't never come back,

I reckon it'll just about kill him.

Somebody's coming.

Don't run.

Ben.

- Ben.

- Miss Hannah.

- Guess you all about gave me up.

- We feared you was dead.

- Howdy, Jesse.

- I was passing by. She asked if I'd seen you.

How come you were away so long?

We feared you was gator-ate.

I told you I'd be back when I got ready.

I just got ready.

- I just happened to be passing by.

- You've been in that swamp all this time?

Yes. Me and that darn dog

has travelled ourselves half to death.

I told her I ain't seen you.

I was just passing by.

- Be sure, Jesse.

- I better be a-rambling.

Good night, Jesse.

You forgot your guitar.

Thanks, Ben. I was just passing by.

- I'll get you something to eat.

- I could sure eat it, Miss Hannah.

It's Thursday.

Evening, Thursday.

I told you I'd get back, sir.

And I found old Trouble.

You took your time about it.

No, sir, I come back as soon as I could.

I catched me a lot of hide animals.

I told you to be back here in two days.

I was losted.

Just getting too biggety. I'm still the man

that can slim you down, you hear me?

- I might have been dead.

- You're butt-headed. Just gonna show me.

- You wouldn't care what happened to me.

- I said to be right back.

To show me who's boss.

If that's what you think,

that's what I aim to show you.

Thursday.

- Come here.

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