Fooling around with the migrant worker was Frank’s first
contact with another boy and he knew then that he was different than any of the
other boys he went to school with. Frank never heard from Roy again, but he
next year, Jimmy’s family moved to Audubon. They lived there for two years
until they moved away. The last letter said that his pa told him he couldn’t
write anymore. That had come from Colorado somewhere—Leadville, maybe. He said
he would try to sneak away and write, but he never did.
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I wonder why he wasn't allowed to write anymore, and why he never heard from him again. Sad and lonely snippet.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is a sad and lonely snippet. I can only assume Pa didn't agree with the relationship. Sad way for it to end.
ReplyDeletePoor Frank. He had a lonely path on his trek toward happiness. :-)
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of loneliness here.
ReplyDeleteHow painfully sad, poor fellow...
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