i don't see how i could'a lost both my boots; .they always was hard as hell to gat on but that little ole river just sucked 'em right off;
you see thornton;.,. i never did see him come up',
or that damned river.
now?
i don't know how we lost 'em except maybe in that big valley where the ground was. so hard.
i don't neither;
just leaving him here? he's worth money.
but what if he ain't dead?