Feather in the Wind
“Hester went through an old trunk, pulling out a couple of dresses she had long ago outgrown, and the two of them spent the afternoon altering them to fit Susannah. Sewing had never been high on her list of favorite things to do, but Hester made it fun.
“How long have you lived out here?” Susannah asked. She was standing on a stool while Hester pinned the hem of a blue muslin dress.
“Nigh on to four years,” Hester replied. “We come out after the war. We lost our place in Virginia. Yankee...s took it all.”
“Don’t you get lonesome out here all alone?”
“Oh we’re not as alone as it looks. There’s other spreads here ’bouts. The Cramers live a couple miles to the east, then there’s the Babbitts and the Hallidays to the south, and the Mortons over to the north. We all get together now and then.”
“Don’t the Indians bother you?”
“Naw.MoreLess
“How long have you lived out here?” Susannah asked. She was standing on a stool while Hester pinned the hem of a blue muslin dress.
“Nigh on to four years,” Hester replied. “We come out after the war. We lost our place in Virginia. Yankee...s took it all.”
“Don’t you get lonesome out here all alone?”
“Oh we’re not as alone as it looks. There’s other spreads here ’bouts. The Cramers live a couple miles to the east, then there’s the Babbitts and the Hallidays to the south, and the Mortons over to the north. We all get together now and then.”
“Don’t the Indians bother you?”
“Naw.MoreLess
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