Photo courtesy Heather Backus

Terry does Elsie

Terry frequently felt a touch of guilt for all the animals he’d killed over the eight years before leaving home. But thoughts of his father’s murder always brought a smile to his lips. For the first two years, he’d hopped freights and hitchhiked all over the country. It thrilled him to see different sights after spending his entire life on the dairy farm. He’d made one friend in his…