Page 59 - Crooked Letter Legends

Every afternoon, he would begin his rounds of the property, making sure the

gates were closed, the doors to the house were locked and that there were no
strangers lurking around the plantation. He moved his bed to the hallway

outside of Annie’s door, where he slept from that night on. He took to roaming

the grounds at various times throughout the night, carrying an oil lantern and
making sure that everything was secured. As time passed, he learned other skills

and began making repairs on the house and the farming equipment. He learned
to cook and prepare the meals and even to dark socks and make repairs on

clothing. Night after night, the light from Uncle Eb’s lantern circled the house,

the barn, the garden, the pasture and the orchards, reassuring himself that