Thread: "Stacey Ardine La Beau"

I was brainstorming for another project and this popped into my head. Just though I would go ahead and spin it out. Enjoy. (Please forgive lack of breaks. I didn't want to seperate it anywhere. Let me know if you have a better idea.)

"Stacey Ardine La Beau"

"Stacey Ardine La Beau was her name. She lived in yalls house for, I'd say, twenty some odd years. Always tied up her hair with that flashy red ribbon she always wore. Hell, the whole county knew when they saw that red ribbon that Stacey La Beau was on her way. And usually they just went ahead and let her on by. You see, Stacey had a lot in common with a bear in a trap. She would tear through town tellin' this one or that one they should go ahead and do this or they shouldn't have done that and so on. Mrs. La Beau had a way of yellin' that made you do what she said. I reckon that what she said might have been good some of the time. It was hard to tell over all racket she made. Shoot, when I was, oh about your age, I hid behind a wheel barrel so she couldn't see my new pants daddy bought me. Yea, she always had her hands up in the air about anybody buying somethin' new before they gave to the church. She was the secretary you see. Didn't nobody cross the church secretary. She knew one too many things that she didn't mind tellin', if you stepped outta line that is. That's not to say she was a mean women I don't suppose. She was nice enough at first anyway. That's what reeled old Mervin in you see. Flashed those pretty eyes and talked real sweet until they got married. After that, well I don't really know. Mervin shut himself up after that. I suppose he wasn't too happy but he was a good man and stuck by her. I didn't see too much of him. His wife was around a good bit though. Stacey Ardine La Beau was her name. Yes, she always wore a red ribbon in her hair. Everybody knew about Stacey La Beau's ribbon. They would know when she was comin' up the road before she did. Right up till that day of course. Now don't go telling your momma I told you but her and her husband's going didn't have nothin' to do with poison. A lot of folks said so 'cause there was children around. No sir, they was shot. Shot in that same house your daddy bought oh, thirty years ago or so. They lived there for about twenty years I believe. But it was Mervin's shotgun got her right in the heart. Her's wasn't nothin' compared to Mervin's though. It blew his head plumb off. Yea, it was a real shame. The worst of it was they never caught the fellers that done it. We figured there was two of them because Mervin was a strong man. He was quiet so most people didn't know too much about him but it didn't take long to see he could handle his own. I suspect whoever it was got him first. Anyway, don't you tell nobody I told you about all of that. Hard times can teach a good bit of lessons but times like those, well, they're for forgettin'. You go on. Your mommas probably got supper waitin' and I ain't gonna be the one to cross her."

Yeah. Like this a lot.
pete

Thanks peter. Like my last post it was just a quick write. I haven't spent any time polishing it because my attention is elsewhere. Nonetheless I'm relatively pleased. Glad you liked it.

a really good speculative story, loved the first person limited omniscience addressing the reader, great stuff Flapjack!

thanks!