We’ve all heard the warning cries on the evening news concerning the depletion of the ozone, global warming, and the wholesale polluting of air, earth, and water.For the most part, the hills and hollows of my native Tennessee have been minimally impacted by man’s inhumanity toward his earthly home. The streams are still fresh and flowing, the earth still prime for crops, and the forests are teeming with wildlife. But it wouldn’t take much at all to change that. It would only take a fool (or a corporation of fools) to dump some type of chemical agent into the nearby fishing hole and start a downhill spiral that would be impossible to contain.You might consider this a cautionary tale of sorts: a story of evil men and an equally evil substance. Jasper Horne knew something was wrong when he heard the cows screaming.He was halfway through his breakfast of bacon, eggs and scorched toast when he heard their agonized bellows coming from the north pasture. At first he couldn’t figure out what had happened.
