The Handsomest Man in the Country
“You'd have thought anyone that dumb would've missed it altogether, but I had love...in all its shapes...and for the most part was too blockheaded to realize it. Those were hard times, just after the Civil War, with the country restless and all, men moving about from place to place. You couldn’t tell if a man was friend or enemy. A hard-faced gent might be one mighty fine man down on his luck, while a slicked-up well dressed pleasant looking hombre might be a thieving carpet-bagger with no regar...d for other folks’ rights. Trouble was, there was no way of knowing till you'd been around ‘em for a spell and by the time you figured out who was who, you could've lost your all.Folks that used to be right friendly to strangers just naturally got touchy and me and my folks were no exception. Pa had struggled back from the war, one eye missing and with a half-healed head wound, to a wife and seventeen-year-old daughter trying to keep a Tennessee hillside farm together for him. Ma and I had hidden many a night while the soldiers and night riders swept through the place, helping themselves to whatever we hadn't time to hide well enough.MoreLess
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