Along A Wider River — Janice Daugharty

First published in The Georgia Review

Revenge isn't sweet for tenant farmer Dump Watson when finally he faces off with his long-time enemy Boss Pender across the Alapaha River. Fishing, Dump, now retired, recalls all the torment and insults from his bossman over the years. But when Pender has an accident Dump does his dead-level best to help him. "The slow water rills. The hawk lifts over the river, crying."