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The Leatherwood God
William Dean Howells
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He knew whom she meant, but he had to ask, "Joseph Dylks? Why I thought he was—"
"Don't say it! It's murder! I don't want you to have his blood on you too. Oh, if he was only dead! Yes, yes! I have a right to wish it! Oh, God be merciful to me, a sinner!"
"When—when—how did you know it, Nancy?"
"Yesterday morning or day before—just after you left. I reckon he was waitin' for you to go. I'm glad you went first." The man looked up at the rifle resting on the pegs above the fireplace. "Laban, don't!" she cried. "I looked at it when he was walkin' away, and I know what you're thinkin'."
"What is he goin' to do?" the man asked from his daze.
"Nothing. He said he wouldn't do nothing if I didn't. If he hadn't said it I might believe it!"
Laban shifted his weight where he stood from one foot to the other.
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Community Reviews
William Dean Howells was a biggie in American letters during the second half of the nineteenth century. He was a novelist and critic and editor of the influential Atlantic Monthly literary magazine. Early on he spotted Henry James as a talent, and he was the first among the Eastern literary establi
This book is one of Howells' last and is very odd, very different from his others. It seems to be a contemplation of a cult of religious personality type who takes over a village and results in violance and civil discord. The narrative is strange in terms of Howells' work; usually, earlier narrative