The Table
Sally Rasmussen
The leaven of life
A story of the Linton family of 18th century Pennsylvania.
It was fortunate for Thomas that he stumbled as he fled the house, or the heavy earthen jar hurled after him might have connected with the back of his head. Which was no doubt the intent of the hurler, his mother thought as she hurried to see if her son was injured. Thomas floundered in the bank of