Harlan Will Not Join a Party. The Hog Kept the Middle.
The tally clerk's Steward run reached mile 18 with an hour of light, a paid toast, and a courier already splinted.
MILE MARKER 18, MIDDLE REACH — The sun sat on the last pine and the cut had gone dim when Cobb Harlan stopped his column in the wheel rut and said he would not be joining a party. ...