Miss Colfax's Light

Miss Colfax's Light — page 3
Harriet Colfax stood before the Michigan City Lighthouse bag in hand The wind blew in off the lake It wrapped her long skirt and petticoats around her legs The cream-colored lighthouse was three years old Bricklayers had built the construction date 1858 right into the wall Harriet had watched them build the lighthouse Now here she stood a few years later with all of her belongings