Howard Allison II
Character Key Number:
2225
Display Name:
Howard Allison II
Sort Name:
Allison, Howard II
Parent Character Key:
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
Judge Howard Allison's only son and namesake in "Beyond" is, as the Judge puts it, "the last of my name and race" (789). Young Howard loved riding his pony: "they were inseparable," the Judge says, and he carries a picture of the two of them (790). They boy was killed at the age of ten, found "dragging from the stirrup" of the pony (789). Although he does not appear in the story, one of the inhabitants of Beyond reports seeing him ride by on his pony "every day" (794).