The Party

It was the night before the Tower family was going to leave for Oregon. One by one, neighbors began to show up bringing gifts like pork, jam, butter, bread, and other foodstuffs. One of them began to play a fiddle, someone strung a rope with lights on it across the barnyard. Dances began. It was the last time anyone would likely see the Towers, and the village was going to make sure it was a good last time.