The Black Jacks
“When he'd first moved onto the section which Captain McAllen had deeded to him out of the republic's generous land grant, Fuller had turned over forty acres of partially cleared land with a bar-share plow and then, with an eye on the future, proceeded to clear approximately forty acres more closer to the river. This meant cutting down trees a foot or less in diameter and "deadening" the rest, which was accomplished by girdling the trunk all around to the depth of six inches or so. In the intervening years all of these trees had died. Windstorms had stripped them of most of their limbs, providing plenty of firewood for the Fuller family. This spring, with the corn already planted and sprouting, Jellicoe Fuller was tackling the big job of felling the dead trees and burning out the stumps. Now, at least, his fourteen-year-old son, Billy, was big enough to wield an ax and lend him a hand.
Billy was hacking away at a tree about thirty yards from where Jellicoe was building a slow fire in a... hollow space carved out of a stump when the elder Fuller heard a sound resembling thunder.MoreLess
Billy was hacking away at a tree about thirty yards from where Jellicoe was building a slow fire in a... hollow space carved out of a stump when the elder Fuller heard a sound resembling thunder.MoreLess
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