Startled by a Wildflower

Amos Madden glanced over to his left, as he drove his tractor up the dirt road that had led him from his farm, and eased it to a stop. He frowned and pulled the tractor over, killing the motor and swinging himself down from the seat.

Why was the door to the old Kelly place open?

"I'd better not find squatters," he muttered darkly under his breath, as he made his way toward the old, ramshackle house that still stood, although that was all it was doing, and not very well.

He halted next to the p...