Chapter 8 Summary

Kiser comes to the Luther house the next morning with a Hereford cow. He is eager to take Devola to get her driver's license, but he does not want to take Ima Dean. Mary Call tells Kiser that Ima Dean is going with them. She wants Ima Dean to keep an eye on the couple, and she warns Kiser not to try sneaking off to a judge to marry Devola. Kiser warns Mary Call that if he does not talk to Roy Luther soon, there will be trouble. Mary Call tells him that Roy Luther is not quite right in the head, but insists that her father listens to her, and she sent him up on the mountain to dig roots.

Kiser leaves with Devola and Ima Dean, but Mary Call is so distracted by their discussion that she does not ask for...