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you buried him, too, didn't you, Henry?
:29:06
Yeah, high_spirited he was. And he
wasn't a man to back down to anyone.
:29:12
I remember when he was challenged
by old Thad to a duel.
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Your daddy
had the choice of weapons,
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and it being the Fourth of July, says
Bass, "I choose Roman candles."
:29:25
Well, sir,
they stepped off the ten paces,
:29:28
Iit the Roman candles,
then they started popping.
:29:31
Thad dark as thunder, Bass laughing,
those balls of fire bouncing off him,
:29:37
him laughing so hard
he was missing Thad by six feet.
:29:40
Finally, one of those balls of fire
landed in your daddy's pants.
:29:45
He grabbed his bottom, ran for
the watering trough, sat down in it.
:29:53
It was the funniest duel I ever saw!
:29:56
I declare it was.
:29:58
How did he die, Henry?
:30:05
From what I could see,
he was shot in the back.
:30:09
Did anybody try to find out who did it?
:30:13
I don't know about those things.
You'd better ask Billy, or Ben Latta.
:30:19
All right, Henry.
:30:35
I figured he'd go to the bank
and the store.
:30:38
But what was he doing
at Hyselman's so long?
:30:41
_ Do you want me to ask him?
_ It wouldn't hurt to ask. But just talk.