Blood From a Stone (143 page)

H
e
r
e
t
u
r
ned
t
hat
book
t
o
it
s
p
l
ace
and
f
ound
a
f
ew o
t
her 
boo
k
s 
and 
cu
rr
ent 
m
a
g
a
z
i
nes 
on   cu
l
t
u
r
e…
m
us
i
c, h
i
s
t
o
r
y
,
w
o
rl
d
e
v
en
t
s
of
t
he
past
fift
y
y
ea
r
s
and
d
r
ank
i
n
as
m
uch
of
i
t
as
he
cou
l
d.
T
he
coun
tr
y had
co
m
e
so
f
ar. Mon
u
m
en
t
al
s
tri
des
i
n
c
i
v
i
l
ri
g
h
t
s,
equa
lit
y
f
or
w
o
m
en,
m
us
i
c, cu
l
t
u
r
e,
tr
a
v
e
l
.
C
h
ri
s
t
,
w
hen
he
’
d
been a
w
a
k
e
l
as
t
,
t
he coun
tr
y had  been 
i
n  co
m
p
l
e
t
e
uphea
v
al
o
v
er
t
he
equa
lit
y
of  b
l
ack peop
l
e.
N
ot
nea
rl
y as
bad as
t
he s
l
a
v
e da
y
s, but
de
g
r
ad
i
n
g
, deh
u
m
an
i
z
i
ng  and
o
ff
e
r
ed
littl
e
oppo
rt
un
it
y 
i
n
t
he
w
ay
of d
e
cent
j
obs,
i
nco
m
e, educa
ti
on or
hope.

A
nd
no
w
…he
r
e
he
w
as
a
w
a
k
e
i
n
t
he
day and
a
g
e
of
A
m
e
ri
ca
’
s
fir
st
b
l
ack p
r
es
i
den
t
.
H
e
shook h
i
s
head
i
n a
m
a
z
e
m
ent
at
t
he s
tri
des
f
o
r
w
a
r
d hu
m
an
it
y
had
t
a
k
en.

We
ll
,
at
l
east
t
h
i
s
ti
m
e
a
r
ound
he
w
o
u
l
d be ab
l
e
t
o d
i
scuss
a
f
ew e
v
en
t
s
of
t
he
da
y
,
a
littl
e
po
liti
cs
and
k
now enou
g
h
about
t
hese
co
m
pu
t
e
r
s
t
o
g
et
by
i
f
he had
to
. W
ill
ow
w
as
no
du
mm
y
,
so
he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o ha
v
e
t
o
m
a
k
e su
r
e
he ca
m
e o
f
f
as
be
i
ng
at
l
east
ha
l
f
i
n
t
e
lli
g
ent
m
ost
of
t
he
ti
m
e
w
it
h
her as
he
g
ot
t
o
k
now
her
m
o
r
e and
v
i
ce
v
e
r
sa.
A
nd
so
he
spent
t
he
r
est
of
t
he a
ft
e
r
n
oon educa
ti
ng h
i
m
se
l
f on
             
as
m
any
             
d
iff
e
r
ent
cu
lt
u
r
a
l
,
po
liti
cal
a
n
d
t
echno
l
o
g
i
cal
sub
j
ec
t
s
as
he cou
l
d.

H
e
l
oo
k
ed
up
at
t
he
c
l
ock
han
g
i
ng
on
t
he
w
a
l
l
and
saw
t
hat
i
t
w
as
nea
rl
y
5pm
and
t
he
li
b
r
a
r
y
w
as
r
eady
t
o
c
l
ose soon.

H
e
put
t
he
boo
k
s
and
m
a
g
a
z
i
nes
back
i
n
t
he
i
r
p
l
aces and
t
hen
headed
out
t
o
t
he
tr
uck and
back
t
o
t
he a
p
a
rt
m
ent
t
o sho
w
e
r
.
H
e
’
d
be
p
i
c
k
i
ng up
W
ill
ow
i
n
a
f
ew
hou
r
s
a
n
d
he
fi
g
u
r
ed
i
t
m
i
g
ht
ea
r
n
h
i
m a
f
ew
of
t
hose
b
r
o
w
n
i
e
po
i
n
t
s
i
f
he
l
oo
k
ed and s
m
e
ll
ed as
g
ood as poss
i
b
l
e.

S
he
w
as
g
o
i
ng
t
o
w
ant
t
o
t
a
l
k
m
o
r
e
ab
o
ut
t
h
i
s
hea
l
i
ng
t
h
i
n
g
,
no
doub
t
.
What
m
o
r
e
w
as
he
g
o
i
ng
t
o
t
e
l
l
he
r
?
H
e
w
asn
’
t
so
su
r
e
i
t
w
as
a
g
ood
i
dea
t
o
d
i
sc
l
ose
a
n
y
t
h
i
ng
new he
’
d
l
ea
r
ned…a
lt
hou
g
h
t
hen
a
g
a
i
n, 
m
a
y
be  she
’
d  be 
le
ss sca
r
ed
i
f
she
k
new
w
hat
he
k
ne
w
.
Y
eah,
r
i
gh
t
.
H
e
cou
l
d
j
ust see
t
he
l
ook on
her
f
ace
i
f
he
t
o
l
d her
t
hat
he
’
d hea
l
ed an o
l
d bu
m
,
sha
r
ed
sou
l
s
w
it
h
h
i
m
and
sent
h
i
m
on
h
i
s
w
a
y
.
H
e hadn
’
t
e
v
en
t
o
l
d
her
about
t
he
sha
ri
ng
sou
l
s pa
r
t
y
e
t
.
H
ow
w
as he
g
o
i
ng
t
o
t
e
l
l
he
r
?
S
hou
l
d he e
v
en bo
t
he
r
?
I
t
w
a
s
n
’
t
r
ea
ll
y
g
o
i
ng
t
o
m
a
tt
er
m
uch
an
y
w
ay
i
f
he
d
i
dn
’
t
fi
nd
t
he
way
t
o
put an
end
t
o
h
i
s
e
t
e
r
nal
he
l
l
i
n
t
he next
coup
l
e of
w
ee
k
s.
S
h
it
.
H
e
’
d ha
v
e
t
o
fi
g
u
r
e
i
t
out
as
he
w
ent
a
l
ong
he supposed.