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ran mlo both of my regular readers nol only had lune lo hslen lo where you losl eemelery and put that pile of roeks
on a srrle slreel ln Baton Rou e wamerl lo o, but he had Ihn ablll lo al lhe head of lhe rave so lhal some
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a couple of weeks ago and was help you gel lhere. l Lhmk w:’d he a day a seouhng parry lrke us eould find
asked about my old lnenrl and lol fuxtlmr m our damage prevemlon lhem and tell lhe world about lhe losl

everyday hero Dlllard. They sald, enorls lorlay ll we had more pnoplc lnhe ol Eglais. l askerl hun who huned
"Tull us anolher slory r1buulDlllard.” wuh sueh ablllty. lhe lasl one when he dlcd anrl who put
It has always been easy to tell slones Th fl _ d H 1 lhe roeks at lhe head of lus grave? He
about my frlcnd, parlly heeause he f “f‘ °’“§““‘,“*’“;‘° I 3”“ Y3’ "“ “Ek figured ll musl have been a baurl of
was a legendary slory-leller. lwas 1”!“ gm!‘ “Lh‘“}: “"'“ :°°fi‘“‘ fumlgnlzrs ['mmTexr1~t1mlhadIravclL‘d
munedlalely remrnrled of days long ‘1‘ PB U“ ‘:5 W‘ k‘ E “ ,,;‘I‘P ‘?d‘° , ‘‘ lhrough Lhc eounlry dunng the summer
pasl ..back m lhe limes down a long :‘l“l‘M‘_ F; ‘ ’l“‘l‘“ b‘°  ;“ ,,°“‘ of '23.

single lane din road in soulhwesl “ ‘” ‘“ “ ‘ “ °“ ‘ °° °“' ,

, . he rermnded me, knowmg u wasn l we lhen hearrl lhe voree of my Aunl
Arkansas Lhal dearl-ended al Dlllard s
allowed al home. Beulah hollenng mv name lhrough lhe

eahm al lhe edge of Lhe lug woods WOW“ ,,H‘_‘MH,, hug um um “and
ms ho. summer day found me suuag Ev5“::“:i:‘;::(;",}};:!;";“‘:‘;jffijd one and I knew that he seaaaag party
on his from poreh leanmg agamsl one V lk ,5 ‘ h l I Pd k ,‘ was eomrng to an end lgave Dlllazd
of Lhc eerlar poreh columns l walled :'1“:ug3h‘:‘:lm‘:';‘;; ;‘;;§  5;‘ W a quick hug and sand, ”I’ll see you
patlenlly for Dlllazd lo pour hlmselr W M m“ H n 1 mm m fiémcdun lomorrow, uk?” and ran lhrough lhe

a Cup of coffee and sellle mm his 1 5 ‘ M f“ ‘ b * ‘ Y 3 woods to reassure my Aunlle lhal no
old mckmg ehalr on Ihl: imnl porch. ‘gm t‘L‘}"““ 2”" {“'”°f ‘{‘‘:kD:l‘‘ ‘“ hon or uger had ealeu me alrve. I could
Finally he walked oul of lhe house wllh  °“ “ _‘“‘f“ “1"_“‘ “j “I SW“ hardly wall to cell her ahoul Ihl: Eglafs.
hrs coffnc, He slrelehed real blg as he E:lf:":‘3:‘::;“1ffl‘;’:;;’::“\;‘i:;q ‘ ’ l frmhfully told her lhe lragro slory of
slepperl on lhe porch He had the look L ah. ‘ b I V 1 .1 _ E k_ lhe losl lube and lhe meamng of Lhe 5
of a kmg about lo be eoronaled He “1‘ °l E" :3 l‘“ ‘fa?’ °‘ °1“" ’ saered pales ui roeks

paused and stated a. the mcklng  9"‘ 3° C ° _°"‘fi 9” m I“ ,,  ‘

uoorls The roeks sen ed as markers for cood graooushoney, she sarrl.
He moved u slrghlly anrl slowly sal . ,,
— lhe lube, so lhal hundreds of years laler Your unele Alva hauled lhose rocks

down. He allowed u was lmponanl for I Y M b 1 f V d 1 Y Y b M

a man of [m bmdmg and mm ‘D Mk peop e vlou remem er l mm. run; our y ard Eifin \;l edvxwn lfld mtg
wuh lhe gram so as nol work lumseli Io Appazl:ntly,t1m enure pnpulatlon was ":3 f’"‘“ “Y “ 2‘; d “l"‘::‘ ‘"
death mck-Hg “Pin” almosl wrped out by Lhe hhzzard of d‘:bo‘u““h:: 01 d
l dldn’l rlghlly know how old he was, "9 “““d°“,'fh5d’“‘";?’°f” cg ‘hf $5“ roek p|ll:~' "

l would have guessed somelhmg |n 2”?‘ ‘“ ‘°" “"‘ °"‘ “Y ,, ,,

_ . , found lherr way to lhe lug woods yes, lhere rsl says l, proleelmg lhe
lhe range of Melhuselah, but u dldn l ,
between Dlllard s home plaee anrl my legaey of lhe lzglals.

“Hy "‘“““" A" I "H" km” f"’"‘ Unele and Aunt|n’~' wlll likel reruam

my 5-year-old orphan kld perspeeuue 1 m “N N me Lord mm’; m the And lhars when l leamerl that some
was lhal he had a hearl full of sense and ‘I >d « ’ unmlormed grownups wlll ram on
somehow found Lhe llme lo leaeh me ‘ °“ °' your pararle

lhe important lhmgs or lrle lhal grarle Dlllaxd lolrl me as we lookerl al lhe B .d I Lh k kn f

sehool lual wasn'l cqulppcd In handle. markers Lhal lhey had dlerl one al a 1:: 1:; :’“:’m °k:°;el*’mv:l‘3"ll‘;’n:“’“"‘
iguewlw-1l's pm of what I mmcmbcr “"‘“ “"d ""‘1“" “3““ ““ ’“"‘“‘“"‘g laeeause heghadglhe best sloryl Q
mmabom dmgmt ‘_my_mlkL HE lnhe members honed Lhcm lherern the

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