Chapter 9, A Final Farewell Summary

The group goes to see Clarence's body before leaving for home. Ma Dessie gives Cassie the letter that Clarence had been writing to Sissy. The group arrives in Jackson before dawn, where they contact the Army about Clarence. By noon, the group arrives in Strawberry. Although everything seems the same on the surface, Cassie will never think of the town in the same way. At Soldiers Bridge Crossing, the group sees Harris tied up and sitting on a truck bed. The sheriff explains that Harris is suspected of helping Moe escape. The group talks with Harris and Sissy. Sissy insists that someone tell the Sheriff that Moe escaped in the pickup truck that Jeremy drove, thus saving Harris. Jeremy drives up with Charlie and Statler, and Sissy accosts Jeremy to admit that he helped Moe. Statler pushes...