The Old Colts
“The day of 3rd May is buried at birth under a crepe of cloud blacker than any in local memory. For those good folk abiding in and around Dodge City, Kansas, it is a day of portent. The Lord, they believe, is madder than a wet hen about sin or something. He may at any moment unleash His wrath in the form of lightning bolts, or floods, or tornadic winds, or quaking of the earth, or all of the above at once. But at eleven o’clock in the morning there occurs a phenomenon the causes of which can onl...y be divine. It is as though He’s given things a think and changed His mind. It is as though a mighty hand passes o’er the heavens. The clouds roll back, as in ancient times the seas. A brilliant sun blesses His creation, set in a sky of benign blue. Some take note. A farmer, on his way to the elevator with a wagon of wheat, whoas his team in awe. Over a back fence, gossips lift their faces and their conversation to a higher plane. A minister, off on foot to console one of his flock, falls upon his knees in the middle of the street.MoreLess
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