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Walter Floyd stood in the doorway of his aching store, having a nip of moonshine to steal

himself against the cold of the morning. It was unseasonably cold, even for mid-November

out on the plains. Walter had mined box-ide for a living. He'd been a fireman on the western

and Atlantic railroad between Chattanooga and Atlanta, and he'd picked cotton. So much

cotton. But with prices what they were, starting a store had been a shrewd move. He carried

grain and farming supplies and normal sundries that folks needed to avoid a trip into the

larger town of Salisau. The store wasn't lavish, but Walter wanted something for his

family to fall back on. And there was a lot of family to think about. His children had

given him a bunch of grandchildren, and most of his family members were within a few hours

by car. Except one, his son Charles Arthur. Walter worried about the young man as much

as he begrudged him. And maybe if Walter hadn't been thinking about his son, or if the

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