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. She looked around, smiled at me, then said to the Moderator,
"Howdy, Jefferson. How's your momma?"
"She's well, thank you. Mistress Washington. But you-"
"What's this 'Mistress Washington' fancy talk? Boy, I've changed your
nappies; you call me 'Auntie' same as you always did. Now I heard about how you
were planning to pin a medal on Senator Richard for how he saved me from those
bandits ... and when I heard that I said to myself, 'Jefferson hasn't heard
about the other two that deserve medals quite as much as Senator Richard
does-begging your pardon. Senator."
I said, "Oh, you're quite right. Auntie."
"So I brought them. Gwen honey, say hello to Jefferson. He's the mayor of
this pressure. Gwen is Senator Richard's wife, Jefferson. And Bill- Where's
Bill? Bill! You come in here, son! Don't be shy. Jefferson, while it's true that
Senator Richard killed two of those bad men with his bare hands-"
"Not his bare hands. Auntie," Gwen objected. "He did have his cane."
"You hush up, honey. With his bare hands and his walking cane, but if Bill
hadn't been right there-and fast and smart- I wouldn't be here; Jesus would have
taken me. But the dear Lord said it wasn't my time yet and Bill put patches on
my suit and saved me to serve Jesus another day." Auntie reached out, took
Bill's hand. "This is Bill, Jefferson. Make sure he gets a medal, too
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