Bad Year in Bear Lake

[prelude] [main]

1,It all happened around [year]... 1,It was [year]... 1,That would have been [year]... 1,[year], that's when [Protagonist] died as I recall... 1,It was [year], whew... 1,You want to know about [protagonist]? That takes me back to [year]... 1,Back around [year]... 1,It was [year], quite a different time...
 * prelude

1,[beginning] [protagonist] had this [object] and frankly, it made everybody [emotion]. 1,[beginning] [protagonist] found a [object] at [location]. 1,[beginning] [protagonist] found a [object] right after [event]. 1,That thing with [protagonist] and the [object][exclamation] He just [action]. 1,That thing that happened at [location][exclamation] Damn [protagonist] and the [object]. He just [action]. 1,I saw what [protagonist] did[exclamation]. [ending] 1,[beginning] [protagonist], he [action]. He was obsessed with this [object] [timespan]. 1,We [community_action] and he [action]. [ending] 1,We [community_action]. [ending] 1,He [action]. Makes me [emotion][exclamation]. [ending] [ending] 1,[beginning] [Protagonist] got caught up at [location] after [event]. [ending] 1,[beginning] [protagonist] [action]. [ending] 1,You'd go to [location] and see [protagonist] every night, looking [emotion]. [ending] 1,Darn [protagonist] made me [emotion], what with the [object] and all. 1,I have to hand it to [protagonist] [persistence]. Just looking for the [object]. We [community_action], but too little too late I guess. [ending] 1,[beginning] that's when [protagonist] [acquired] [disease]. He used a [bottle] to try to dull the pain. [ending] 1,[protagonist] was as strong as a [dangerous_animal]. Man, [persistence]. [ending] 1,[beginning] [protagonist] was a real big deal back in [distant]. I heard he finally got killed in [accident].
 * main

1,I remember 1,As I recall 1,I think 1,Lets see now, then 1,Unless I'm mistaken, 1,I think it was around that time, yeah,
 * beginning

1,And right before [event], too. 1,End of story. 1,That's how it goes. 1,I still have the [object] around here somewhere. 1,I still get [emotion] when I think about it. 1,That's all I have to say about that. 1,I would have done the same, frankly. 1,I saw it all. 1,We [community_action]. No choice, really. 1,And that's just the way it was. 1,Things were sure different back then. 1,Can't change it now. 1,I heard he was killed when
 * ending

1, - who the hell knew? 1, - that was bad. 1,, aw hell. 1, - hot damn. 1,, I still can't believe it.
 * exclamation

1,angry 1,uncomfortable 1,all misty eyed 1,suspicious 1,uneasy 1,sad 1,glum 1,proud 1,dumb as a bag of hammers 1,sick 1,ashamed 1,restless
 * emotion

1,buried it with him 1,ran him out of town, sure as you're born 1,asked a lot of questions about that 1,tried to help him, honest to God we did 1,made sure it never happened again 1,had to talk to him about it 1,called the State Police, but they wouldn't do anything 1,tried to reason with him 1,took him out drinking, tried to get his mind off it 1,introduced him to a nice girl from Junction City 1,never looked at him the same, not really 1,never spoke of it 1,shot him in the face at [location] 1,strung his ass up down at [location]
 * community_action

1,wouldn't leave it alone 1,ignored it [timespan] 1,talked and talked about it until he finally went crazy 1,watched and waited [timespan] 1,let it all go to hell 1,tried so hard. No use in that, of course 1,bore that shame [timespan] 1,tried to make it right. As if he could 1,just kept pushing. Bastard wouldn't quit 1,bottled it up [timespan] 1,carried a great burden [timespan] 1,ended up killing himself over it
 * action

1,[recent] 1,[distant]
 * year

1,1970 1,the late sixties, early seventies 1,the time of the moon landings. 1970, I guess 1,1955 1,the mid-fifties 1,when Disneyland opened. What would that be, 1955? Yeah 1,1940 1,the early forties 1,around the start of World War Two
 * recent

1,the roaring twenties 1,the days before they built the fish house. Like 1925 1,the mid-twenties. Bootleggers out at the lake 1,1910 1,way back when you bought everything out of a Sears catalog 1,1910 or so, back just before we got electricity 1,1895 1,the damned Spanish-American War, I kid you not 1,the old days, a long time ago, turn of the century
 * distant

1,Dr. Hines 1,Sherrif Johnson 1,Bill Henderson 1,Paul Weatherby 1,that deaf guy 1,the Anderson boy 1,Walt 1,the fish house hermit 1,Albert Dexter 1,that damn murderer 1,Tweedy 1,Pondo 1,Jim Taylor 1,Wilson
 * protagonist

1,[book] 1,[bottle] 1,[gun] 1,[letter] 1,[money] 1,[toy]
 * object

1,bible 1,ledger 1,damned manuscript 1,box of dirty pictures 1,bit of "evidence" he had
 * book

1,flask of liquor 1,deadly poison 1,vial of medicine 1,quack cure-all [protagonist] favored 1,bottle of snake-oil
 * bottle

1,hunting rifle 1,pistol 1,farmer's shotgun 1,thing he brought back from the war 1,mail-order gun 1,kid's pop-gun [protagonist] always had
 * gun

1,letter [from] 1,letter [to] 1,[document]
 * letter

1,from his lover 1,from the military
 * from

1,to his lover 1,to the government
 * to

1,deed to [protagonist]'s farm 1,notarized letter 1,confession 1,plan he wrote out 1,sketch of [location] 1,weird map of [location]
 * document

1,buried jar of gold 1,load of cash in that mattress 1,wallet [protagonist] lost 1,bag of money he stole 1,bunch of money he needed 1,windfall he inherited
 * money

1,piece of jewelry 1,stupid toy [protagonist] gave his sweetheart 1,hand-me-down doll 1,key to the cellar 1,thing he gave the girl
 * toy

1,bear 1,wolf 1,raging bull
 * dangerous_animal

1,thresher 1,combine 1,tiller
 * farm_equipment

1,[holiday] 1,[funeral] 1,[birth] 1,[wedding] 1,[meeting] 3,[special]
 * event

1,Christmas 1,Easter 1,the Fourth of July 1,his big anniversary 1,the one day each year he'd always go out and get drunk
 * holiday

1,his Pa's funeral 1,his Mother's funeral 1,the time his boy died 1,the time his wife died
 * funeral

1,his boy was born 1,his daughter was born 1,that freak was born
 * birth

1,he got married 1,he finally got hitched 1,his sweetheart married that fella down in the Capitol 1,he ran off with whats-her-name
 * wedding

1,the tent revival 1,the circus 1,the vigilance committee
 * meeting

1,[happy] 3,[sad]
 * special

1,the big church supper 1,the homecoming game 1,the harvest festival 1,the school dance 1,the welcome home party for [protagonist]
 * happy

1,[accident] 1,[tragedy]
 * sad

1, - he was [emotion], but he'd make the trip to [location] every day anyway 1, he was one persistent bastard 1, that guy just never quit 1, he hounded [protagonist] [timespan]
 * persistence

1,the accident with the [gun] 1,the accident with the [farm_equipment] 1,the [farm_equipment] accident 1,that terrible accident with the [farm_equipment] 1,the trampling accident 1,a car accident 1,a hunting accident 1,that [dangerous_animal] attack
 * accident

1,the tornado [arrival] 1,the flood [arrival] 1,the hail storm [arrival] 1,the blight [arrival] 1,that damn swarm [arrival] 1,the heat wave [arrival] 1,that animal disease [arrival] 1,the big crop failure [arrival]
 * tragedy

1,hit 1,struck 1,rolled in 1,came 1,happened
 * arrival

1,the fish house 1,the crossroads 1,the lake 1,Weatherby's place 1,the pharmacy 1,the broke-down cooperage 1,the woods 1,Packet's farm 1,Junction City 1,the Capital 1,the old tumble-down farmstead 1,Cheek street 1,the dry goods store 1,Second street 1,the park 1,the high school
 * location

1,his whole life 1,all those years 1,for years 1,until the day he died 1,until it all came apart around him 1,until it blew up in his face
 * timespan

1,came down with 1,got hit with 1,had
 * acquired

1,the measles 1,pneumonia 1,lung cancer 1,some kind of tumor 1,tonsillitis 1,the flu 1,a heart attack
 * disease