Category: PART OF A SERIES
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SUNLINERS AND LINGERIE, Chapter II
This is the second chapter in a Seven Part Series. “The only panties that ever really fit me right are the ones I get from the Sears catalog,” Mabel Malakoff told her sister-in-law, Agatha, as they sat in the shade of the old oak tree in between the Youth Building and the Second Baptist of…
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SUNLINERS AND LINGERIE, Chapter I
This is the first chapter of a Seven Part Series. His family having been wealthy and then losing it all on a stock speculation deal, Richard Warren Sears moved to Minneapolis to work as a railroad station agent. While he was working that job, a jeweler refused shipment on an entire delivery of watches. Proving the fact…
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HAPPY MOTORING, Chapter VIII
WE PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN THE TALE OF KELLY KERR AND HIS TEMPORARY RELOCATION TO FORT WORTH AND SUBSEQUENT RETURN TO FORT STOCKTON IN TWO RECENTLY DISCOVERED CHAPTERS. THIS IS THE SECOND OF THOSE TWO LOST CHAPTERS. And so it was that Kelly Kerr settled in. Settled into Fort Stockton. Settled in to the…
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HAPPY MOTORING, Chapter VII
WE PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN THE TALE OF KELLY KERR AND HIS TEMPORARY RELOCATION TO FORT WORTH AND SUBSEQUENT RETURN TO FORT STOCKTON IN TWO RECENTLY DISCOVERED CHAPTERS. Kelly Kerr was glad to be back in Fort Stockton in the late spring of 1964. Glad to be around people he knew and in…
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SUITS & VERDICTS, Missing Pieces
The final chapter of a story that has run all week. It was odd that nobody else was at the Grounds for Divorce. I mean it wasn’t like it was first thing in the morning. The Folgers had been sitting on the Bunn-O-Matic long enough for it to have a consistency and flavor that couldn’t be confused…
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SUITS & VERDICTS, Verdict Number 3
The sixth of seven chapters that will run all week. It seemed like the toughest part of the case of Jimbo Carthage versus Frontier Ford was going to be the jury selection. Jimbo thought that any prospective juror who’d bought a car from the dealership should be stricken. “That’s not how it works, Jimbo! I explained that already!” His…
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SUITS & VERDICTS, Verdict Number 2
The fifth of seven chapters that will run all week. It didn’t take long, once inside Franklin Danbury’s office with the door closed, for Rusty Hammer to break down into tears. For a guy who presented himself as a tough old redneck, Rusty was really as big hearted and emotional as anyone. He just kept it hidden. Or…
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SUITS & VERDICTS, Verdict Number 1
The fourth of seven chapters that will run all week. Prudence was dressed in a very conservative navy blue pantsuit that Franklin Danbury Jr.’s Jury Specialist had selected for her. It was ironic, in that everybody in the courtroom would have seen her completely naked in the pictures that had been posted online. “When they see you…
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SUITS & VERDICTS, Suit Number 3
The third of seven chapters that will run all week. Jimbo Carthage had spent several years barely getting by with his general contracting business. It seemed that just when he got a big job that would put him over the top, something would happen that made him break even or even lose money and he’d be…
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SUITS & VERDICTS, Suit Number 2
The second of seven chapters that will run all week. Brother Bob was finishing up his sermon on how the Lord will bless those who dig deeper when they tithe. It was the same sermon he gave every year when it was time for the congregation to sign their tithing cards and drop them in the…