End of abandon....
 Latchy took up charity and entertained men from out of town. Many suited her favor and asked for marriage. She remained unattached for reasons of simplicity, yet wanted to find a new way. Unknown that she wanted release from the bedevilment of her intermingled past, she sought peace. Church could never allow a sinner to reveal without confession, but success at her own endeavor would restore her faith.
She wanted to drop the  note and enjoy the feeling but had to read the next line where she saw her own vicarious detachment from the things that she loved.


It was a dark and lonely memory that caused her to open the curtains and let in the light. It was the 3rd floor window where her husband used to stand and look at the town below. She kept the curtains closed after returning from Mobile and found herself there alone sometimes in the dark.

Not one for impulse and emotional outburst she looked out the window at the downtown church steeples and saw something new.
Trinity needed her.

End of Spade
The Upstate Boys had to solve the problem in Crooks Tail before the place turned into more than a shooting war. There was no going back between Crackling and Johnson. Not after the rape of Joddie.
Crackling's man Spade caused the problems in Blacktown, so the choice was made. Boy Johnson took over.

Crackling was done, he couldn't trust his own men, Boy Johnson was after him, Top Hat and his men were after him, so he disappeared.

Without Crackling, Spade was alone in Blacktown. He had gotten Billy to betray Top Hat and folks were uncertain why ... but it didn't matter, the mold was already set with prints in the stone and the death card was dealt again.

Three masked Negroes crept in and did the job quick before signaling the car.
Big Mak, Top Hat and another big farm Negro rolled in fast, stopping in front of the house.
Two boys came out, opened the trunk and threw in a life sized bundle before the car twisted tires and dust as it leapt forward in the night going to a forever-unknown deep-hole black water swamp. The alligators bellowed a tune they'd sung before.