Heed the thunder by Jim Thompson

Author:Jim Thompson [Thompson, Jim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Inheritance and succession, City and town life
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books
Published: 1994-11-14T05:00:00+00:00

jim thompson

only hope that that would be the end of the affair. And he was hideously afraid that it would not be. Jeff had many friends; he had become a man of importance. While he-well, he, so far, had merely been suffered, not liked.

Why, he thought, agonized, why did I do it? What has come over me?

Infinitely worse than his fear of what Jeff might do, was the knowledge that he had hurt the youth so inexcusably and deeply. He had always liked him, too. Of course, he was amused by his high-flown language and his gaudy mannerisms; and he could not bring himself to regard him as any very stout political timber. But he had liked him. He wished he could see him now and make some adequate apology; but that, naturally, was out of the question. It was too soon, and the conductor undoubtedly would take him in hand if he started wandering again. He would have to talk to him, though. He couldn't rest until he did.

He shuddered as he thought of the money in the grip. Suppose he had got in a real row and they had searched him! Jeff would have told them that he was a bank cashier, and with that twenty-five thousand dollars . . . !

A doctor, that was what he needed. He had been needing one for a long time. When he got to Omaha-Omaha? Why, particularly, was it necessary to go there? Lincoln was a big town, too, and it would serve his purpose as well as Omaha. There would be good doctors in the capital city.

A ghost of a smile returned to his well-bred face. Grand Island was a division point. Jeff would have to change trains there to go to Lincoln, and he would get off, too. He'd make him listen to an apology, and ride on to Lincoln with him. He'd show him the ropes, as Jeff had hoped he would do, and they would be friends again.

Sighing with relief, he straightened on the straw cushions.

Unconsciously, he lifted the bottle from his pocket and took a drink.

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