Luckily, Darby died alone when the cave-in happened. Thank you, God, no one was hurt.
He had the feeling something would happen that day below his house as he climbed down the ladder to work on a cave Darby created in Salvage, Texas.
He was about 50’ below in one of the branches from the main area he had started many years before. Times had certainly changed; his comings and goings across the Cosmos had helped, but the success he had hoped for was not achieved. Outposts were not fairing well due to lack of population and support; the remains of society were locked into obedience or …
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