An unbelievable man
Jem sat in his rocking chair on his shady porch and watched his daughter Mandy hoe the garden. At eighteen, she was the youngest of his three saucy daughters. Sandy and Jondy lived with their husbands a yodel away down the dirt road that ran the length of the hollow. The merciless summer sun took its toll on every living thing. All of the wild critters sought safety in holes and under rocks. Mandy"s sweat saturated the top of her flimsy cotton dress, making it transparent. As Jem admired...