The Redemption of Oscar Wolf by James Bartleman

Author:James Bartleman [Bartleman, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literary, Sagas, Cultural Heritage, Fiction
ISBN: 9781459709829
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2013-05-21T04:00:00+00:00

Although two hundred yards up the road, Oscar and Clem were lifted off their feet by the blast and thrown to the ground. Both got up unhurt and laughing. “That’ll show those bastards they can’t tangle with me!” Clem yelled.

Deaf from the explosion, Oscar could only guess at what Clem was saying, but he didn’t wait around to learn more. A stupendous cloud of dust was rising hundreds of feet into the air, obscuring a crater blasted out of the ground fifteen feet deep and twenty feet wide. All that remained of the trees for a good fifty yards into the bush were their trunks, sheared off ten feet above the ground. Oscar fought his way through the debris of broken branches around the hole and made it to the highway as the fire bells of all three churches began clanging, summoning the volunteer firemen to assemble at the fire hall.

Reverend Huxley, James and Mrs. McCrum, and the other parishioners of the Presbyterian church had evacuated the building and were outside looking up the street in the direction of the blast when Oscar came into view, his shirt-tails hanging out, covered in dust, his head down, and walking fast.

“Oscar, Oscar, what’s going on?” James McCrum called out as he drew near.

“Were you hurt in the blast, Oscar?” Reverend Huxley shouted to him as he went by. “Was anyone hurt, Oscar? Stop, Oscar, come back and tell us. We need to know.”

Oscar paid no attention. His ears were ringing, he was drunk, and he just wanted to find some place to lie down and sleep in peace.

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