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Six years ago, Arnold Curwing accidentally shot his brother with a .22 caliber rifle. He was nine years old at the time. Surrounding this incident, as you would expect, he was under fire by his neighbors and peers from thereon, even though it was an accident. Gene ....

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.... to get by when (we assume) he inherits the farm from his father. So he would not be very bright by today’s standards. Naivety would be a characteristic you would expect from him as well – it seems that in his community, mostly everybody would accept what is given to them and not question it. Uncle Andy for instance immediately believed the sheriffs verdict, be it correct or not, and is later quoted to have said, “He’s a reasonable fellow… …that’s what the sheriff said…” Everybody (when they were having a discussion in their living room) shared the same subjective view. Arnold would be quiet, bu ....