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am and Lydia walked over to the bank around 10 after an early morning love
making session followed by a little nap and to top it all off a big
breakfast.
It was raining, it was cold, Lydia had a blue umbrella on her shoulder.
Sam said his grandpa had built the bank and he hoped it would bring them luck. The
bank was busy when Sam and Lydia walked in, it was the first of the month and
the relief checks had come in the mail. Sam walked over to the counter, a little
gun shy, and asked to see the man about a loan on the GI bill. Sam just was
about to sit down when the bank manager called his name, the pair went to his
office and sat down as he closed the door and asked "What can I do for you
today?"
"Well Sir I'd like a loan to buy Rudy's garage at the county
crossing, he wants $5000 for the place, lock, stock and barrel. We have $2200
that my wife Lydia saved while I was overseas taking care of stuff for uncle
Sam. I got some training in mechanics and my friend Donald will come work for me
as well, he used to bust his knuckles on a monkey wrench for the army, he's good
mechanic."
The bank manager said he knew Rudy's business and it was sound, he didn't
see a problem with the loan as he moved over to the other side of the desk to
help Sam and Lydia fill out the paperwork. "I'll call you later in the week
to let you know if the loan is approved."
It had stopped raining as Sam and Lydia walked back home. Lydia packed
up a picnic basket and put in the car, Sam said laughingly, "Let's go
the bottomless lake, smoke 'em if ya got 'em."
They drove to a look out point over a covered bridge and sat in the car
and smoked a reefer. Sam looked out at the gaping pit in front of them, it
went to the horizon and he swore how the coal company had tortured the timber
and stripped all the land.
Lydia opened the cooler and handed Sam a beer, and he replied "Let's
eat, I want to nibble on a chicken leg." Lydia agreed, she said that pot
sure makes one hungry.
Sam looked down at the mine and chuckled, "That crazy Rudy wanted to
buy one of those 40 foot cranes that were still rusting away in the pit and use
it as a fishing pole."
Sam and Lydia rolled on the picnic blanket, hugged and kissed, then
started in on the basket of goodies while they giggled.
be there when Sam says......"pink Cadillac."
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