The World Ends in Hickory Hollow
“Though they had depended on grocery-store goods for most of their necessities for years, both had been reared on farms. They had been used to storing up food against a time of need, and their years of following the oilfields hadn't affected their know-how. In addition to what they had put up for their own use, they had already scrounged what could be had from the Greens' adjacent estate. They had been left keys by the erstwhile owners, so that they might check on dampness in the house and such ...matters. As the Greens were either dead or permanently stranded in Europe, Horace and Carrie had had no qualms about the thing.
But I told them to go up the river, anyway. "There is a place there, past the Londowns', with a big bunch of cattle running free. We loosed them when we came downriver yesterday, and the house was empty. Had been since the blowup, it looked like. We saw some nice young stuff– springing heifers. That should help out." Horace nodded. "We hadn't thought of going that far.MoreLess
But I told them to go up the river, anyway. "There is a place there, past the Londowns', with a big bunch of cattle running free. We loosed them when we came downriver yesterday, and the house was empty. Had been since the blowup, it looked like. We saw some nice young stuff– springing heifers. That should help out." Horace nodded. "We hadn't thought of going that far.MoreLess
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