Life During Wartime by Thomas Pluck

Author:Thomas Pluck [Thomas Pluck]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Joe strummed a flourish and bowed so deep I thought he’d break in half.

“Is that you, Joe Fahey?” Maw said.

“I’m just Blind Joe now, ma’am.”

“It’s Silphy Gibson,” Maw said, and squeezed Joe’s hand. “I haven’t seen you since my wedding day.”

“When you married Jeffrey. Where is the lucky feller?”

Maw winced, and I looked at my feet. “He died in the mine collapse last year,” she said. “But he always spoke kindly of you.”

Joe frowned. “I’m real sorry to hear of his passing,” he said. “He was a good man.”

I held up my tow sack. “Me and Shuck got three squirrels, Maw.”

“I’ll skin them up, and we’ll have a stew.”

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