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Show page 114 school, opens a law office in the Masonic hall. He's known this chick Rebecca Wilhoyt since childhood. When she comes back from school, they get engaged, the wedding scheduled in a few months. They match like a broken saucer. He's casual,sympathetic, playing it cool. Rebecca is kind, sweet, generous, an accomplished musician on the harp. She and Almond spend a lot of time under the tall oak, with lemonade, cookies, and the harp. Lemonade and cookies are in style then. She likes to play the harp. He likes to hear the harp. I wish this Rebecca was living now; I'd pay royal for some live harp music at my fancy funerals. Lot of folks ask for live harp. This Almond boy knows he has something too good to last. Rebecca gets sick before the wedding. Doc Whiteside, the family doctor of the time - and there's another story, the Whitesides - is called, sees blood on her hanky, recommends she be sent to Saranac Lake. Rebecca bawls. She is really lit up on Almond. He offers to marry her, move with her to the lake, but she won't hear of him leaving his law business." Durango took a swig of beer and lit a cigar. "That's sad, ain't it?" "Do you think the workmen heard her harp?" Campbell asked. "Let's see," Durango said, continuing, "Rebecca returns home before she should, saying she isn't going to live long, and wants to be among her folks when she dies. They put her to bed, ply her with medicine, until she coughs less and can eat her rations. Young Almond begins making plans for the wedding again. He finds her one day under the oak, lemonade, cookies, harp and all. He gathers her up and holds her, he is a tender man it says, |
