Seven Yellow Circles on a Plain Plate Saved My Family Home

was closed.”

“The county clerk did not sign this entry,” Samuel said, pointing to the blank space at the bottom of the column. “An assistant deputy named Miller did, two days later.”

“Arthur went to high school with a Miller boy,” I said.

Samuel pulled a notepad from his pocket and wrote down the registry number. “The filing date is wrong, and the signature continue reading …