A.C. Brings Bad News

Florence heard A.C.'s car drive in the side yard and went to the side porch to see how his trip to the Albright farm had gone. A.C. said, "The news is bad, Florence. John Albright is dead!" "Oh, how awful! What happened up there?" asked Florence. A. C. said,"Well, he was cutting hay on the side hill, and the tractor hit a wood chuck hole, tipped, threw him off, and then landed on him crushing his chest. One of his sons saw the accident and ran to help but could not move the tractor, so he ran back to the house to call for help. John was still alive when I got there, but there was nothing I could do except give him a morphine shot for the pain. By the time they pulled the tractor off him, he was gone." "What is that poor family going to do without John to work the farm?" said Florence mostly to herself. "Their oldest son has just started into high school this year. I don't think that his wife Johanna can manage the farm just with her family." "Well. hard times cause people to rise to the challenge," said A.C.

"On another note, have you seen Helen?" asked Florence. A.C. put down his black leather doctor's bag on the hall table and burst out laughing. "Why do you ask?" he said. "Well, Helen was on the way to the fire, and there was a problem either there or at the feed store, and she hasn't been seen since." commented Florence. "She didn't tell you?" laughed A.C. "I thought you three sisters always told each other everything."