At the beginning of the school year, he had buried a quart jar of pennies underneath his house.
He drew a treasure map so he can find them again
A week later, his mom cleaned out his room and threw away the map.
Vern had been trying to find those pennies for 9 months.
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9 months, man.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Jesus Christ, dude. We gotta do something.
Why? Who cares?
We saw him.
So? It ain't nothing to us.
The kid's dead so it ain't nothing to him neither.
Who gives a shit if they ever find him? I don't.
That's the kid they're talking about in the radio.
Rocker, or Brower, Flowers, whatever his name is.
The train must've hit him.
Big fucking deal.
We'd all followed the Ray Brower's story very closely because he was a kid our age.
Three days before, he had gone out to pick blueberries and nobody'd seen him since.
I think we should tell the cops.
Yeah don't go squawking to the cops after you boosted a car, you idiot.
They're gonna wanna know how the hell we got way out on Back Harlow Road.
Now they know we don't got no car.
It's best we just keep our mouths shut, then they can't touch us.
Look, we could ... we could make a 'nomynous call.
They trace those calls, stupid.
I seen it on Highway Patrol and on Dragnet.
Alright.
I just wish we never boosted that goddamn Dodge.
I wish Ace had been with us. He could've told the cops we was in his car.
Well he wasn't!
We gonna tell him?
We're not gonna tell nobody! Nobody, never! You dig me?!
I know the Back Harlow Road.
It comes to a dead end by the Royal River.
The train-tracks are right there.
Me and my dad used to fish for Cossies out there.
Jesus Christ, man. If they would have known you were under they would've killed you.
Could he have gotten all the way from Chamberlain to Harlow? That's really far.
Sure.
He must have started walking on the train track and just followed them the whole way.
Yeah. Yeah. Right.
Then after dark, train must have come along... el smacko.
Yeah
Hey
Hey you guys
I bet you anything that if we find him we'll get our pictures on the paper.
Yeah, yeah we could even be on TV.
Sure!
We'll be herous.
Yeah!