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I follow her out, straighten the doctor’s clothes, and s"

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"Sorry"

"Beg pardon"

"Sorry"

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"No har so as not to hurt her bruised body "You need h Patience, the et her? There et out of here" I whisper this last part

All four of the girls walk us to the swinging bridge, the towheaded little ones holding Isaac’s big hands When I look back, theirporch, her hand on her neck

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It’s Independence Day in Liberty and the Hesters, Dr Blu the parade It begins with the Liberty High School band, wearing their worn dark blue uniforro Drule Corp from Delmont struts by dressed in spotless white shirts and black pants with black berets, raising their knees high and holding their proud heads back Finally, near the end, con Wars Charley Roote, dressed in his Spanish-American War uniform, is one of my delivery clients, and he catches my eye and winks

"Daniel was in the Great War," Patience whispers

"He never talks about it," I comment

"He can’t He’s not what you’d call a h He was in charge of the horses for his platoon One ht million horses also perished It ful I think he felt worse for the animals than his fellow soldiers At least the ht they did"

The horses in the parade come last, all decked out with red, white, and blue ribbons in theirup, points out the ones that he knows or has treated Little Danny is as