Holy Mother, you near shot my foot off, you damned fool woman!"
"Next time, I won't miss."
Henry sputtered, so mad he looked fit to bust. "Rachel, I swear, I'll give you the hidin' of your life for this."
"Touch her, Uncle Henry, and I'll knock you senseless with a chunk of firewood," Loretta inserted.
"And if she don't do a good job of it, I'll finish it for her!" Amy yelled from the loft ladder. "Good for you, Ma! Give the old wart toad what for!"
Rachel returned the Spencer to the rack. "Well, Henry? It sounds like three to one. You gonna apologize to Loretta Jane or not?
"Next time, I won't miss."
Henry sputtered, so mad he looked fit to bust. "Rachel, I swear, I'll give you the hidin' of your life for this."
"Touch her, Uncle Henry, and I'll knock you senseless with a chunk of firewood," Loretta inserted.
"And if she don't do a good job of it, I'll finish it for her!" Amy yelled from the loft ladder. "Good for you, Ma! Give the old wart toad what for!"
Rachel returned the Spencer to the rack. "Well, Henry? It sounds like three to one. You gonna apologize to Loretta Jane or not?
( Catherine Anderson )
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