Mighty Old Bones (25 page)
Authors: Mary Saums
That’s not the reason I feel so attached to this land. Yet just as medieval Welshmen may have settled here because the hills and valleys reminded them of home, I do wonder if the land of my childhood calls to me here as well. At times, it feels like an echo in my soul. It reverberates through the mountain and moves my heart in the way of lush orchestras or a hundred strong male voices singing an ancient tongue. High on the watchtower’s bluff, looking down on the river valley and across the great expanse of thick autumn leaves and evergreens, I breathe in the world as it once was and give thanks for the joy of its riches and for being here, surrounded by its beauty.
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When the Last Magnolia Weeps
The Valley of Jewels
Midnight Hour
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
MIGHTY OLD BONES
. Copyright © 2008 by Mary Saums. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Saums, Mary.
Mighty old bones / Mary Saums. —1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-4668-0129-5
1. Widows—Fiction. 2. Human remains (Archaeology)—Fiction. 3. Alabama—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3569.A78875M54 2008
813'.54—dc22 2007051829