Establishing Witness
by Joan Spilman
the halfwit is dead, the church folk are assembled and the pump organ is wheezing out hymns. In short, the stage is set for vernie lee hurlow, grandmother of the “poor little fellow” laid out in her living room, to declare her revelation, one she has been carrying for fifteen years. but in this story the suspense of her wait leads to an entirely different revelation than the one she anticipated.