The Bayou Spirit
William Hayes arrived in Saint Isabella on a Tuesday, carrying a canvas bag of tools and a widow's silence. The train dropped him at a platform that smelled of cypress and decay, and from there he walked two miles through mud and mosquito clouds to the de la Croix estate, which the church had entrusted to his care. The church needed its gold repaired. The gold of Saint Isabella had been...
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