Episode 39: The Blood of the Mountain
Old Gods of Appalachia
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Sheila Walker's Lie
Belle Callaway observed as Sheila helped the thing that called itself the colonel down the stairs and out the front door in the twilight. A young man helped get the old soldier into the back of his wagon and Sheila followed She covered his skinny twisted legs with a blanket and the young man clicked his horses into motion Hadn't up the road and around the mountain to the still smoldering side of the number eight grand-night mine outside eternity. When they drew near the mine, Sheila bade the young man to stop the cart And began to help the colonel down into the shadows on the side of the road. The boy made as if to protest, how could he leave them alone out here
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