The Smithy Miracles

<I>The Smithy Miracles</I> begins and ends with mystery and mysticism. What drives this simple swamp hermit called Sonny to search for a long-lost and ancient father? What special bond does Sonny have with the redtail hawk that trails him?</p><P>Was the hermit's father really a water bearer to the dying at the Civil War battle of Cold Harbor a hundred years before? Does the smithy really perform miracles or are they just figments of Sonny's imagination?</p><p>Ain't no answers in the past. It don't exist the old man announces. With such sayings the smithy baffles Sonny and challenges him to question how he thinks and acts.</p><P>I declare you're a caution Sonny! the game warden tells him at the end having no idea the wonders Sonny has witnessed.</p>