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leg and claim the statue of surfaces that had to be a little
Andrew Jackson for his own. warm to his touch in this April
There are plenty of people in New sunshine. I took a seat on one of
Orleans who want to do far worse
to the statue, unwilling to balance the metal park benches and he
his having saved the city from jumped up to sit next to me. I
British invasion against his have no idea where he learned to
egregiously genocidal campaigns sit in a chair like a human, but it
against Native Americans and his
being a slave owner. I know to is rather adorable. I pulled a
hold my tongue in their company bottle of water out of the
because I don’t have a record that messenger bag I carry anywhere I
holds up well against such narrow go and gave him as much of it as
judgment either. he wanted. I think he wound up
We emerged onto the slate paving slobbering as much as he gulped
stones in front of St. Louis down.
Cathedral and paused for a
moment to rest Roux’s feet. We Our unscheduled patrol led us
had walked almost a mile on hard down the Pirate’s Alley side of the
Cathedral to Royal Street. I
glanced into a stand-up bar next
to the Faulkner Museum. The bar
is my late-night emergency
rendezvous spot with Chief Avery,
but I don’t know any of the
daytime staff. It is hard to make
something a hiding place if
everyone knows you go there. The
only time Avery and I ever meet
at the bar is when we don’t want
to be noticed. I have similar spots
arranged with my sister, Katie,
Tony, and a handful of
informants who need to be
certain nobody knows they speak
with me. I meet them after we
exchange a text message
consisting of a single word that
identifies the sender. The word
also lets us both know the time
and the place to meet. This small
thing is among the handful of
pieces of tradecraft from my
Andrew Jackson for his own. warm to his touch in this April
There are plenty of people in New sunshine. I took a seat on one of
Orleans who want to do far worse
to the statue, unwilling to balance the metal park benches and he
his having saved the city from jumped up to sit next to me. I
British invasion against his have no idea where he learned to
egregiously genocidal campaigns sit in a chair like a human, but it
against Native Americans and his
being a slave owner. I know to is rather adorable. I pulled a
hold my tongue in their company bottle of water out of the
because I don’t have a record that messenger bag I carry anywhere I
holds up well against such narrow go and gave him as much of it as
judgment either. he wanted. I think he wound up
We emerged onto the slate paving slobbering as much as he gulped
stones in front of St. Louis down.
Cathedral and paused for a
moment to rest Roux’s feet. We Our unscheduled patrol led us
had walked almost a mile on hard down the Pirate’s Alley side of the
Cathedral to Royal Street. I
glanced into a stand-up bar next
to the Faulkner Museum. The bar
is my late-night emergency
rendezvous spot with Chief Avery,
but I don’t know any of the
daytime staff. It is hard to make
something a hiding place if
everyone knows you go there. The
only time Avery and I ever meet
at the bar is when we don’t want
to be noticed. I have similar spots
arranged with my sister, Katie,
Tony, and a handful of
informants who need to be
certain nobody knows they speak
with me. I meet them after we
exchange a text message
consisting of a single word that
identifies the sender. The word
also lets us both know the time
and the place to meet. This small
thing is among the handful of
pieces of tradecraft from my
