CANDLES AND MIRRORS: Darker than night

Darkness surrounded me. No moon or stars lit the path that led through our farm yard to the brooder house. “Check for chickens roosting in the trees, then shut them in for the night,” Mom instructed, though I knew the drill. But usually, a bit of daylight remained or Delmer walked with me. Tonight, I was on my own..My imagination ran wild anyway, but being all alone on a pitch-dark n...