A Peach For Big Jim by Lisa Belmont

Author:Lisa Belmont [Belmont, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781733585514
Publisher: King's House Press
Published: 2019-08-11T22:00:00+00:00

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Chapter Twenty-Three

The next morning Caleb and I walked to school together.

“I don’t want to hear about how you trapped Big Jim,” I said.

I’d heard it all last night over supper. Pa was gloating something awful. He even took a second helping of sweet potato pie and said, “Caleb, you’re a fine trapper, boy.”

Chester caught up with us in front of Uncle Hickory’s General Store.

“You caught yourself a nigger, didn’t ya?”

“Knew them niggers weren’t as smart as coons,” Caleb said. “Ain’t caught a coon yet.”

“Just shut up. The both of you,” I said, clutching my books.

Caleb looked at me funny. “What’s the matter with you?”

“How’d you like to get caught in some trap?”

“I ain’t gonna get caught in no trap. They’re made for vermin.”

“Then I’d be careful,” I said. “Cuz that’s exactly what you are.”

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