Summary

In “He Went Up,” Arch was married to Cracker and given the bowling alley by his mother. His first order of business was to change the name of Truitt’s Alleys to Bowlaway. He put Bertha’s doll on display and revamped the entire alley. He bought bowling shoes, pulled out the bar, and installed gaming, pinball, and vending machines. The ghost hunter included his inconclusive findings in Bowlaway in his book bringing tourists, but Arch wanted to move away from the past. Cracker’s mother bought them a Victorian home, and Cracker understood that Margaret would be living with them indefinitely. Arch’s family visited a bowling alley with “automatic pinsetter prototypes,” and Arch decided to install them in the Bowlaway (287). Meanwhile, Cracker had bore a daughter, Amy. Over time, bowling had evolved—“pins thicker...