D’s cabin caught fire, D country. Half town-Christians drinkers alike- — John McPhee, Coming Country

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When D's cabin caught fire, D was out of the country. Half the town-Christians and drinkers alike-came out to fight the fire and loot the cabin. There were individual piles of loot, and fights over the piles. "That's my pile." "The hell it is, it's mine.

John McPhee, Coming into the Country

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