In 1958, Beaufort, Norted on t near Morey, o y rose so     to get t from April tober berees draped in Spa , and sea, a st uo ts al aterelevision, television ant to tead our lives ered around teen os alo by names like tian ent, and tist c    popular denomination around, and tist cically every er of toself superior to tist cype-Freeists, Soutists, gregational Baptists, Missionary Baptists, Indepe Baptists . . .    ture.

        Back t of tist co to knoion    on tmas pageant at t Playually a play t ten by    Sullivan, a mi old, but    you could almost see t    of clammy all time, and translut-kids ually sae as t stores arouer.

        Anymas Angel, because     to keep on perf t old Cmas Carol. In o ion only because s, not angels-and    to    bee directly from    exactly tell you in t sort of plays into fait    didnt trust gs if t actually sent by God, . A fe up e o Jerusalem to find taug didnt fly too    even to tion, aring    tacle-and t;t ainly iing, it    exactly to kno;

        So    decided to try    ing ten o admit, ually iing, especially    t;ors" and all t good stuff. t really got ell you,    tors. t . rees and s, " is a fornicator!" , and s, like tiest creatures ever to in t.

        Old , op dead in racks and o God, tually moved-and urn t s drunk gasoline, and tart stig out all over, like t you see in National Geograpo side, o slits as    as suddenly, art to go pale again, back to t fis before our eyes. Boy, it o cs for sure.

        So s , anyand ting for us to give ourselves up, as if     stupid. ed put our o keep from laug loud, but s from side to side, and top, t at us, rigree. "I kno; ;and too."    t sink in for a minute or so, and t ;God is merciful to c t be ; And    of los, not from embarrassment, but to    didnt uand us at all, range, being t    t, ter.

        Amas Angel one year and decided to put on t play instead. tself    bad, actually,    s basically tory of a man on, used to be real religious, but er tle girl all on     bee fat ttle girl really s for Cmas is a special music box op, a picture of    from an old catalog. to find t, but    find it anyores, raop at an orpo see some kids, t a lonely old ed some pany on Cmas Eve. At t terious om ton y fountain and tells o look in ter ale girl, and    terious lady runs off, and tom ton seart find ually o tle girls room, and    s of arts tain because    been a good enougo    m, magically, tree, and ts engraved on it looks exactly like t before.

        So it    t bad, really. If trutold, people cried buckets    every year it o its popularity,    eventually o move it from to t Play more seating. By time I o packed ually performed it, ory in and of itself.

        You see,    ed young people to perform t ter group. I re    it o college and came face-to-face ors.    kind of guy, you knoing to save us from temptation. ed us to kno God is out tc if you put your trust in God, youll be all rig    I ually learn in time, t        me.

        As I said before, Beaufort ypical as far as souto, t did eresting ory. Blackbeard te once o said t, but no ones certain just yet, being t it sank over 250 years ago and you t exactly reaent and cration. Beauforts e a long    its still ly a major metropolis or anyt    ed a pla to put it into perspective, trict t included Beaufort covered tire eastern part of tate-some ty t a sioy-five to    of Raleigon, all to trict my fated.

        I suppose youve    of a legend, even noy years. ion season ;orter represents ---," and to fill in ty name o srue family man, t ickers, stenciled in uff like t    fly, but back t ed publicity. I imagine if ried to do t nos of foul language in t    once. Okay, maybe once. A farmer from Duplin ty o in t, s bastard. S say exactly t I got t of it.

        So my fat everyone kne, including old man .    along, not at all, despite t t my fat to s co all t often. , in addition to    fornicators io    t unism ;a siess t doomed mankind to ; Even t a    find it in any diary-tion kne ing o my fat end not to listen. My fattees t oversa;Red influence" supposedly infiltrating every aspect of try, including national defense, ion, and even tobacc. You o remember t tensions    doo a more personal level. My fatently looked for facts, o people like . After;Reverend Sullivan oday. I    part about ture    t;

        Yeah, sure, Dad. . . .

        My fatried to defuse situations    babies knoo mankind and still e up o say. "le c;    ;Ill bet sest girl in t; if sire face. Oime a lady sook one look at ;Ill bet you ten to o youre smartest kid in your class." And    at stuff like t.     of em, ts for sure. And    suc really, especially if you sider t t    beat me or anyt    te to say t because no sort of stuff even if t    to excuse t love me . . . ts    using it to excuse t as a fact. My fat of toment t go ed me to gro;t;

        Of course, my fatook ing and fisaugo play ball, sies, all t small stuff t adds up to quite a bit before adultranger, someone I barely kne all. For t five years of my life I t all fat    until my best friend, Eric er, asked me in kindergarten    I realized somet quite rig tuation.

        "; I said proudly.

        "O; Eric said as ;I didnt know you ;

        talk about she face.

        So, I gre ale, t people dream about. But s, nor could s fact, coupled     a young age. Not a bad one, mind you. Me and my friends mig late and soap up car    boiled peanuts in t i    made ots so t;You dont    to be like t Carter boy.    track to prison."

        Me. A bad boy. For eating boiled peanuts in the graveyard. Go figure.

        Any did along, but it    only because of politio, it seems t my fat ky years older ter, o    lots of time rue bastard if tune, but I dont    you to imagine    of man e. My grandfat. tarted as a bootlegger, accumulating    Proion by running rum up from Cuba. to . ook y pert of tobacco crop, t at ridiculous i rates. Of course, eo collect tead    to o ; of inspiration," arted a bank called Carter Banking and Loan. ty radius eriously burned do of t never reope    a ribution, and t t eriously burned down.

        erest rates rageous, and little by little y as people defaulted on t ,    ty o tio    enougo keep to go. old t hem, and people always believed him.

        Never once, rolled a vast portion of tys ey, and    in every way imaginable.

        Id like to tell you ually    to a terrible deat .    a ripe-old age lived bot, eac s.

        But back to tory. . . . , once    a bastard my grandfat o try, to Beaufort and started ministering in ttended.     feing o     time for anyty-t married; y-five le ty years you t a er on his own.

        ory behe play.

        People kneory even before t performed. It ories t made its rounds ize a baby or attend a funeral. Everyone k, and ts ional        special meaning.

        Jamie Sullivan    t anyone else even ra special t year. It o be a big deal, maybe t ever-at least in Miss Garbers mind. Seac ties t time I met her in class.

        Noaking drama t year. I really , but it    or cry II. t it ests, no tables ons arons and bine elements in t could possibly be better for a    seemed like a sure t, I t Id just be able to sleep t every class, ing, ant at time.

        On t day of class I    to arrive, ing in just a feook a seat in turo ting ters, as if    kno to. S least six feet t so ies. S-Id say ly sy-and sterned muumuus. Sed every one ;; sort of singing t syllable. Miss Garber s for sure, and s even ter     feel sorry fal like her.

        Beed to aplis year. "Self-fidence" ;Self-a; and, t;Self-fulfillment." Miss Garber o t;self" stuff,    at time. Miss Garber    field. Maybe it o d to feel better about herself.

        But I digress.

        It    until tarted t I noticed somet    large, I k it ty muc fifty-fifty bet least y pert female. to my t I felt flus;look out     tests in sight.

        Okay, so I    t forhe block.

        So Miss Garber brings up tmas play and tells everyo Jamie Sullivan is going to be t year. Miss Garber started clapping rigoo-and t of people ic sort of    time I , I remember t it oo old to    togetranslut    gave everyone s of course, no one ever said anyt it, at least aniss Garber and . Gossip is oful gossip is pletely anot t mean.

        Miss Garber kept on clapping, all alone for a     ;Stand up, Jamie," sood up and turned around, and Miss Garber started clapping even faster, as if sanding in tar.

        No ary scire lives, and Id be lying if I said I alked to    in t rig to me for tions, but it did I spent a lot of time    ime, even back ter scely different, and Jamie had never been on my social dar.

        Its not t Jamie tractive-do me unately saken after ures Id seen,     Jamie    exactly tractive, eite t t s blue eyes, most of time s of . . . plain, and t    care muc outy," and I suppose ts part of tig like a spinster,    a stitc, so intervie to t    a p sually gro of it, but s t c all. t hes.

        But it    just t made ; it ed. Jamie didnt spend any time    at Cecils Diner oing to slumber parties    t sire life. Old    tack if s even if by some odd turn of events    , it still    tered. Jamie carried , and if    did teenage boy, but Jamie seemed to enjoy it in a    ely fn to me. Not only did so vacation Bible sc, but s sc just    normal, even if sers daugter , reading Pauls letters to t nearly as mug, if you know w I mean.

        But Jamie didnt stop ts influence, Jamie believed it ant to ly    ty, but for    simply    enougs to t    of ing tside of an elderly neig being asked or stop traffic to tle kids cross to buy a neball for turn around and drop to t on Sunday. S of us look bad, and y, even t done anything wrong.

        Nor did Jamie limit o people. If sance, sry to , too. Opossums, squirrels, dogs, cats, frogs . . . it didnt matter to , kne anotter inside. ake off ure and . " by a car, Dr. Ra o ry to save    you?"

        it ioalked to ter . t? Must be to prevent sory quiz t everyone in class fails? Must be in to give us c ture.

        t situation, and t    all. Being ters daug    s seem as if it    natural t so    s o say it, too. "Ive been so blessed to ; , all    sually came from.

        Despite all trikes, t really drove me crazy about    t ster    anyto t t o o reet, sers driving by in times ladies    of t seemed as if every adult in to;tter place if t;

        But my friends and I didnt quite see it t y.

        I    all tood in front of us on t day of drama class, and I admit t I    mucerested in seeing    strangely, o face us, I kind of got a sting on a loose    e blouse uer Id seen a million times, but t ter couldnt    I s till didnt, but san, probably from Bible sc time s pretty. Of course, I dismissed t t rig as sopped and smiled rig me, obviously glad to see t I     until later t I he reason why.
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