Chapter 11: Henry
Henry didn’t like the looks of this storm. The temperature was below freezing, and the wind hurled the snow like needles against his skin. He was an Ohio farm boy and had been outside on many days like this, but today he was responsible for Missus Springer, and so he trudged on along Kidron Road.
She’s a strange duck. Real pretty but so sad. She and Reuben used to be so friendly when Jenna was still alive.
Henry remembered the Springer family as loving, happy, and very Amish. The Plain folk had been a part of Apple Creek since before his time, and having Amish folks around seemed as natural to Henry as fleas on a dog. Reuben had built a house on the Hershberger farm after he and Jerusha were married, just across the creek from Henry’s dad’s place, so Henry saw them alm
