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“Well, suh, we just thinking with the crop coin,” said one of the boys

“That’s the trouble with you niggers, is when you set in to tryin’ to think,” said Leander Purneau He spoke in a friendly, jokey voice, which put uard But then he popped him a solid punch on the side of his face and sent the boy down onto his knees

The other boys skittered away like bugs fro Suddenly I really was back in the past, and the boy on the ground was in serious trouble, like poor George Pearson had been

There was one difference noas not a tirown man As I wiped my wet hands on my shirt, I considered what I was about to do

If I caused a coht endanger my mission even before it started

But if I did nothing?

Fortunately, the boy on the ground rolled over and ju his jaw, but at least he was getting away

And at that very ainst the side of my neck

It felt an awful lot like the barrel of a gun

A deep voice behind h, that’s the way to do it”

Chapter 29

“NOW, I WANT you to turn around real slow, partner Don’t make any fast moves”

I did exactly as I was told Real slow

And found ht into the face of Jacob Gill Jacob and I had been inseparable from as far back as I could ree

“You son of a bitch!” I shouted at him