Thats what wer saying its self in my mynd nor I wernt going to let it happen like that. Phist wer some kynd of brother may be even a moon brother like the other 2. Cernly a Trubba brother nor I wernt going to leave him in the shit. How come he wernt in that Eusa family Goodparley ben talking of I wunnert. Nothing for him to be. The Littl Shyning Man may be only Goodparley hadnt said nothing about him coming in to it with the brazing boal.
Wylst thinking that I ternt and run for the gate house. In my mynd I seen Phist with his arms out stretcht like the Littl Shyning Man. In my mynd he wer hanging black agenst a redness. Redness like a berning.
I gone up the ladder and in to the gate house no 1 stoppt me the hevvys wer all stood back from Phist and a clear space lef all roun him. His arms wernt out stretcht he had his hans tyd behynt his back and they ben pult up with a roap over a beam so he wer hanging by them with his feet off the floor. His head wer down and his wite hair hanging over his face. I grabbit a knife from 1 of the hevvys I helt Phist up and cut the roap then I cut his hans luce. He seen it wer me and he knowit me. He like pult me to him with his eyes and he hispert:
He said it so qwick and qwyet I wernt even sure if Id heard him say it or if it ben jus only in my mynd. I waitit for the res of it but all he said wer, “Thats my onwith its yours now. He dint say nothing mor his pink eyes gone glazy and he wer dead.
1 of the hevvys it musve ben the 1stman of them he said, “We never done nothing to him Guvner only hang him up. We never done him no greavis at all.” He wernt calling me Guvner it wer Goodparley behynt me.
Goodparley said, “Whatd he say?”
The 1stman said, “He dint say nothing only yelt for his daddy 1ce and jus now he hispert some thing to Riddley Walker here.”
Goodparley said to me, “Whatd he hisper?”
I said, “He dint say nothing only that yellerboy stoan wud be my onwith then he dyd.”
The 1stman said, “You can see he aint ben bloodyd nor nothing we never done him nothing only hang him up.”
Goodparleys face lookit like he wer having a bad dream he cudnt wake up out of. He said, “Who cud know he wer that delkit? I never wantit him dead.”
I said, “Parbly thats what Eusa said when he pult the Littl Shyning Man in 2.”
Goodparley dint say nothing only shook his head. The hevvy Id took the knife from helt out his han for it and I give it back. Goodparley said to me, “You can have your weapons back and go where you like I wont keap you.”
I near larft when he said that. Becaws I knowit we wer tyd to gether from then on and Belnot Phist like Drop John on boath our backs. Goodparley wer terning me luce to let me happen but he knowit I cudnt get a way from him no moren he cud get a way from me. We myt do our diffrent moves and try new 1s if we cud but there wer jus only so much doing to go roun and if 1 of us done 1 thing the otherwd have to do the other.
When they give me back my gear Goodparley said, “You myswel have your onwith and all” which he give me the bag of yellerboy stoan. Then I did larf and off I gone.
I wer glad to be vacking my wayt befor the jobbing rota from How Fents ternt up I dint want to see none of them right then I jus wantit to road oansome to Cambry and my other moon brother qwicks I cud.
I lookit up at the gate house when I gone out and Goodparley wer looking down at me. He said, “Iwl see to it Belnot gets a parper berning.”
I noddit and put my foot tords Cambry. Soons I crost the clearing them dogs wer all roun me agen they wer like my oan pryvit nite in the morning of the day.
Roading with
Folleree sed, Lukin for the 1 yu wil aul ways fyn thay 2.
Folleroo sed, Thay 2 is 2ce as bad as the 1…
