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"Can you tell us what you’ve seen?" Logan asked

Zachary sighed, glancing toward the chapel, and Logan had to wonder just what theHe knew the Alamo as they couldn’t, as the best scholar couldn’t, as the most historically accurate filmmaker could never quite portray it

"There was one rather pluirl And she saw me She sawher I was trying to tell her To warn her Then he approached her, and touched her, and I couldn’t hear what he said She gave a startled look, and she seeiven her bad news They left together," Zachary said

"Youon her own?"

"From what I saw, yes" He pointed toward the street "It was busy that day I thought that if she was afraid or in trouble, she would cry out But she didn’t She ith hi her, I didn’t think she did"

"Can you describe him? What did he look like? Who was he?" Kelsey asked anxiously

"He was Davy Crockett"

Logan saw the surprise register on Kelsey’s face

"Pardon host of Davy Crockett at the Alaan "You’ve told me before that you sit here and think about hihost of Davy Crockett, if he was here, would be out to hurt people"

Zachary shook his grizzled head "Not the real Davy Crockett," he said impatiently "Thisin when they’re doing reenacth the years!"

"So, someone dressed up as Davy Crockett?" Kelsey asked

"So to dress up like Davy," Zachary said "But he was ridiculous, this e, rather like my own trousers and jacket Had on a cotton shirt in a plaid pattern What looked so bad was his face Fakest whiskers I’ve ever seen, and bad wig Worse hat"

"Think, Zachary," Kelsey urged "Had you ever seen the htly know I o, and around here, on Halloween, there are Davy Crocketts everywhere When I did see hiroup was co woman, and I tried to warn her I think she even sawwith her I tried to get her to followpeople I just felt he was…odd Then he went up to her and I couldn’t get close enough to hear what he was saying She sagged against him, like I told you, and they went away I didn’t think much more about it I’ve seen a lot here over the years Many people pass through this place So, soether, and sometian asked hih You get all kinds around here The historical society is usually in on it, but you occasionally get folks who think they’d like to be heroes, too, and they dress up and coet the unemployed actor with a hat out for donations But did I see this particular fellow again? I don’t rightly know" He shook his head again and looked at Kelsey sorrowfully "I didn’t knooan the other day and find out if there was anything I needed to worry about, but he brushed me off Rude, you knohat I mean?" Zachary asked

Kelsey actually san "Incredibly rude," she agreed

"Zachary, you know da an said "We waited for you," he added "The other day"

Zachary shrugged "Sometimes I like to walk around where the walls once stood," he said "So in the direction I did the day I left to get help" He turned to Kelsey and said sadly, "Mento die Don’t mean they want to die"

Kelsey started to reach for hih, and she yanked it back

"Zachary, I’m so sorry about all your friends here," she said

"It was a long tio I don’t knohy I stay Can’t help theovernht’ve co, but I did speak to some of the wo people right and left But he didn’t kill the women or the kids"

Kelsey murmured sympathetically

"I could never help them," Zachary said

"But you can help us You can help us now," Logan told hi killed I only sahat I did that one day, and even then… So what can I do now?"

"You can watch for us, Zachary You can watch what goes on I’ll stop by every day Tell ht have been this an said

"I can do that Yes, I can do that" Zachary nodded vigorously He stared at the chapel entrance again Tourists were flocking around; docents and interpreters were on duty The sun was shining, and the sky was blue, and it was a beautiful day in Texas

Zachary spoke directly to Kelsey "Davy Crockett died in the fighting, you know That’s what they told ht away Some say Davy was taken and executed, but I talked to Susanna Dickinson after the battle--she was the wife of my friend Almaron Dickinson--and she said there was a co, but she heard that Davy went down fighting Santa Anna sent her and Joe--Travis’s slave--on to Gonzalez to warn the folks they’d all be dead if they kept fighting And can you iirl! This was after her husband was killed Good for Susanna--she didn’t give an inch"