Montana 1948

• From the summer of my twelfth year I carry a series of images more vivid and lasting than any others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all attempts the years make to erase or fade them.
  • Ch. 1.

• He's hard to see when you look for him.
  • Marie Little Soldier.

• "That's right. Why? Are you telling me this because I'm Frank's brother? Because I'm your husband? Because I'm Marie's employer?" He paused "Or because I'm the sheriff?"

"You, Wesley, I'm just telling you. Why? Which part of you doesn't want to hear it?" "I wish," He said, "I wish you hadn't told the sheriff."

• • Wesley Hayden and Gail Hayden.