They made up stories, especially about Sister Eliza. Who was she? they wanted to know. Why was her grave different from the others? It was just a large rock that looked as if it had been pulled straight from a quarry and plopped down there. It had no decorative carvings, no engraved dates of birth and death. Only those two words. Sister Eliza. Was she Hannah’s sister or Samuel’s? Or was she their daughter?

