Looking back to the tree, I thought perhaps I had overlooked something.
I told Rubin I was going to climb it again. He laughed, “Go ahead. Won’t do any good. You climbed it once. Ain’t you satisfied?”
“No, I’m not satisfied,” I said. “I just don’t believe in ghost coons.”
Rubin said, “I don’t believe in ghosts either, but facts are facts.
To tell you the truth, I’ve climbed that tree a dozen times and there just ain’t no place in it for a coon to hide.”
Rainie spoke up. “Our old blue hound has treed the ghost coon in this tree more times than one.”
“Maybe you two don’t believe in ghosts, but I do. Why don’t you pay off so we can get away from here?”
“I’ll climb it one more time,” I said. “If I can’t find him, I’ll pay off.”
Climbing up again, I searched and searched. When I got through, I knew the ghost coon wasn’t in that tree.
When I came down, I saw my dogs had given up. That took the last resistance out of me.
I knew if they couldn’t find the ghost coon, I couldn’t.
Digging the two one-dollar bills out of my pocket, I walked over to Rubin.
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