The Distant Legend
The letter from the county clerk lay on the oak desk, its seal broken, the paper thin and yellowed with age. Elias Thorne, Sheriff of Harrow’s Gap, picked it up with a pair of brass tongs, treating the document as if it were contaminated. The ink was faded, but the intent was clear: the old mill on the riverbank was slated for auction on Friday. Elias knew the mill. He had known it since he was...
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