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I’m confident when asking parents this question: “What are important things to consider when choosing a place to live?” Most, or perhaps all, would answer, “My child’s education, along with employment availability.” In Oklahoma and along The Corridor we have no bad schools! What we do have is a specialized co-op where select schools offer classes facilitated by faculty who understand that there are some students with special needs. I have been blessed by this program in the Cushing Public Schools. Where are you going with this Joe? When this issue falls in your hands, I will have moved to Cushing. I’m certainly no stranger here, having residency from 1970 to 1972, while working for the Daily Citizen as a Sports Writer. And when my Father passed away in 1950, my Mother and I spent most of our time in Cushing with my Grandparents, Frank and Katy Butcher, for 12 years. Trust me – with a few remaining relatives and thousands of friends in Cushing, I have come home. And I am excited and exuberant to be back! No changes in The Corridor Magazine. I will continue
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From Country Music to Jazz Home Grown Along The Corridor
Who’s Chet Baker? From Yale Oklahoma?
I had never heard of Chet Baker until he died in the 80’s, at the age of 59. Chet Baker was a noted jazz trumpet player and vocalist part of what I understand was called the West Coast ‘cool jazz’ movement. While his trumpet playing was lyrical, poignant and understated, I fell in love with his quiet, powerful, yet unassuming voice. His versions of some old classics like ‘I Fall in Love Too Easily’, ’Time After Time’ , ’The Thrill Is Gone’, ’I Get Along without You Very Well’, ’My Funny Valentine’, ’My Buddy’, to me, are the cream of the crop. His light touch vocals ( he often seems to sing, barely above a whisper) to me, are pure magic. Baker had a rough and troubled life as many such artists do, but he left us a legacy of music that is rarely achieved. The reason I bring this up is the fact that Chet Baker was indeed born in Yale, Oklahoma and spent his formative years there. Yale is also home to the 6 THE CORRIDOR / SEPTEMBER 2018
Chet Baker Festival which takes place in October. This year the free event will take place in October 13th from 5-9 pm and will feature a sampling of the best Oklahoma music has to offer. The festival is in its fourth year and offers a variety of Baker’s CD’s and other related merchandise for sale, as well, local food from area food trucks. The high point of course is an homage to the work of Chet Baker via musical performance by those who follow in similar footsteps. Among this year’s featured artists will be Tulsa keyboardist Scott McQuade who will be accompanied by Tulsa horn player Mike Cameron and crew from 5 to 6:30. From 6:30 to 7:30 vocalist Bruce Guthrie, will join McQuade with Mike Moore on trumpet, performing music from the Chet Baker era. According to the Tulsa Jazz website, McQuade, originally from Canada, spent 11 years performing in Florida before relocating to Tulsa several years ago. He’s performed across the U.S. as well as internationally. On Mike Cameron, also From the Tulsa Jazz website: ‘Mike Cameron is a freelance saxophonist, composer and woodwind instructor based in Tulsa, Ok. …..He has performed professionally with the Count Basie Orchestra, the Temptations, The O’Jays, Little Anthony and the Imperials...and many others. ‘ On Bruce Guthrie, again from Tulsa Jazz website: ‘Bruce has sung jazz professionally in the ‘west coast cool’ tradition pioneered by Oklahoma born …...Chet Baker for many years. Working with Chet’s son, Paul he has served as business representative of all the heirs of the Chet Baker estate…..and is the co-founder of the Chet Baker Foundation based in Tulsa…’ Headlining the event from 7:30 to 9 pm will be Tulsa
music veterans Janet Rutland on vocals, along with her husband Shelby Eicher, a violinist/mandolinist who’s performed with the Roy Clark Band and dozens of others. The evening’s performance has been described as a combo of ‘gypsy and classic jazz’. They’re probably most noted locally for their approach to western swing music and like true professionals they bring a sense of joy and wonder to all of their performances. According to an article in the Tulsa World: “... Janet is a Sand Springs native, well-known for her portrayal of Patsy Cline in the American Theater Company’s production, “Always ... Patsy Cline.” Her husband, Shelby Eicher, is a well-known Tulsa musician, who regularly plays in area clubs, restaurants and concert halls. Eicher was a longtime member of the Roy Clark Band, appearing on “Hee Haw” and “The Tonight Show.” Eicher and Rutland have also performed at the Tulsa Jazz Hall of Fame and countless other area venues. I’ve attended two of these events in the past and plan on seeing you at this one! It should prove to be a delightful evening! For more information on Chet Baker check the Chet Baker website: www.chetbakerjazz.com For more information on the event contact: Nancy Griffin Yale Chamber of Commerce ngriffin@yaleok.org 918-387-2135 For more info about many of these artists check www.tulsajazz.wordpress.com
ler Nichols, lead guitar- Josh Hebensperger, lead guitar/ backup vocals- Terry Bradley, bass/backup vocals- J.D. Mathes on drums. Tyler NIchols is from Claremore, Ok., a fifth year Sr. at OSU, he has been pursuing music as a singer/songwriter/guitarist for ten years now. J. D. Mathes spends his days at Tinker Air Force Base and has been working at music for fifteen years. Josh Hebenserger lives in Drumright and has been following the music road for fourteen years now. Terry Bradley is from Cushing and has been singing and playing for many years as well. Their combination of experience, talent and dedication to the craft serve their original music well drawing praise wherever they perform. Charlie is the primary songwriter/singer and has a fine voice that fits the genre well. The band is tight and effective.Their music is straight ahead, radio ready, country songs tackling the same topics and issues as other bands do, but they do it with their own flavor and subtlety that’s refreshing to me.“ They’re on the right track and the music the band released in February of this year proves it. The band has been on the move playing all over Oklahoma and northwest Texas, and especially hitting it hard here at home. From Oklahoma City to Stillwater, to Shawnee, to Norman to Amarillo to Dallas to Stroud they’ve been busy. Charlie says they’ll be back in Gainesville the first of Sept and are looking forward to their first booking in Colorado in October. If you want to hear some good home grown country music I highly recommend. They’re nice guys and they make good music. A great combination. Their first music release is a 5 cut EP simply titled ‘Comin’ Home’ by Charlie Hickman Band’ and can found on iTunes. You can follow them on Facebook under Charlie Hickman Band. For booking contact JD Mathes -jacobmathes87@ gmail.com
HOME GROWN COUNTRY The Charlie Hickman Band
Charlie HIckman, as luck would have it, is the leader of the Charlie HIckman Band. In his early twenties, originally from Sulphur Oklahoma, he has lived in Cushing since he was four years old. His father sent 15 years as the music minister at the First Baptist Church. And church, as it turns out, was the platform for his budding musicianship. Charlie says he began playing in church with a couple other fellas, that led to playing a few occasions outside the church and then to full fledged country music group performing all over Oklahoma and Texas. The group has gone through a few changes since then with the current lineup being : Charlie Hickman, rhythm guitar, vocals- TyTHE CORRIDOR / SEPTEMBER 2018 7
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Leaves Fallin’... Autumn’s Callin’ Fall is fast approaching. The evidence is all around us; shorter days, back to school, football practice, the crisp morning air and, of course, fairs and fall festivals. This month The Corridor’s focus is on all the fun-filled opportunities for your and your family and friends to enjoy. Events such as county fairs, carnivals, craft and quilt shows, music and pumpkin festivals, car shows and so much more will line The Corridor on historic Route 66 and surrounding areas for the next two months. Do any of you who are reading this remember when school was out for Fair Day? I remember how exciting that day was as it approached. The excitement did not come because school was closed. Instead, I was excited because it was State Fair time! (Those of you who remember such a school day are giving away your age, just as I did!) I recall the smells, the sounds, the colors, the animals, the entertainment and, not to mention, the food! Funny 20 THE CORRIDOR / SEPTEMBER 2018
how as time goes by and as we grow and age, special memories take on different meanings. As a child, attending the fair began the night before by watching the weather. It seems that it never fails to rain when fairs, festivals or craft shows are in the plans. But rain never curtailed the thrill I felt the next morning as it was Fair Day! If necessary, you wore a sweatshirt and drank hot chocolate. And then on the other hand, some fair days start with cool mornings and ended with heat and humidity. The Oklahoma weather is truly unpredictable, but that was part of the fun! And my agenda as a child was never the same as my Mom’s agenda. I wanted to hit the rides and the carnival rows; she wanted to explore and look at stuff! She wanted to listen to the demonstrations. “How boring,” I thought! But we always had one thing in common; we both wanted to spend time just looking at all the different kinds of food offered
from which to choose. Yet, it seemed I was never very adventurous when it came to actually choosing what to eat from what was actually offered. Everyone seems to have a favorite fair or festival foods. I was no different – corn dogs and curly fries were mine. Now, I enjoy walking through a craft show savoring all the creative ideas there are to see. I also enjoy spending time in the livestock barns while drinking a lemonade and soaking up all the hustle and bustle of a County Fair. As I grew out of my teenage years, I must admit I began to understand how adults still enjoyed a fair atmosphere without spending any time and money on rides. Just watching other people at the fair is enough entertainment for me as an adult! It seems all types of people take advantage of County Fairs and festivals. They are inviting and relaxing to adults, yet, exciting and energizing to children and teenagers. There is something to enjoy for every age. Music and car show lovers can spend time outside in the fall air. Chili cook offs are a time to show off cooking talents and always seem to be abundant in laughter. Even babies enjoy riding in the stroller at pumpkin festivals or watching a parade. The season change from summer to fall seems
to go hand in hand with festivals. Maybe it is the Lord’s way of reminding us things are always changing with opportunities and new beginnings ahead. This season of the year has smells and sounds like no other. As the leaves begin to change, it is relaxing to hear the sounds those colorful leaves make as they rustle in the breeze. I don’t know about you, but there is something calming about the smell of a bonfire. That woodsy smell and popping embers seem to slow the busy world all around us. This month, a short road trip to a town along The Corridor may be well over due. Fortunately, these kinds of adventures do not cost much money. Those memorable journeys may, however, cost some time but the memories last forever. Instead of quickly driving through the rural towns along The Corridor, plan to stop and enjoy what their fall festivals have to offer. Take a morning to feel the fresh fall breeze. Spend an afternoon eating s’mores, enjoy a hayride or check out the craft vendors. Pick out the perfect imperfect pumpkin while visiting a pumpkin patch along or near Route 66. Grab a lawn chair and enjoy a few hours of a music jam. Or better yet, do what I am going to do – find a corn dog and a basket of curly fries and remember how exciting it was to experience Fair Day! n
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Everlasting Passion by ROBBIE McCOMMAS
‘A horse doesn’t care how much you know, until he knows how much you care.’ ~ Pat Parelli
The year was 1978. I’d saddle my horse, ride up the hillside above our house using a logging road to reach “my spot” and prepare to take it all in. There, a 13-year-old girl, in awe of the mountains and fir trees, admired Oregon’s scenic wonders. Forty years later, a horse is still providing breathtaking experiences. The 1981 move to Oklahoma, that I thought had ended my life at 16-years-old, set me smack dab in the middle of horse country. Whoohoo, later, I married a cowboy! Things have a way of working out. I spent the next three decades raising kids who rode and showed horses. They grew up, married and had babies. And now grandma shows! I’ve come fullcircle. Back to where I started—my horse and I. A few years ago I began showing in Ranch Riding at AQHA shows (a pattern class with about 12 maneuvers). While in practice for an upcoming event my beloved gelding, whom I raised and trained, broke in two and bucked me off. I’d ridden him and shown him for seven years at Oklahoma Foundation Quarter 26 THE CORRIDOR SEPTEMBER 2018
Horse Registry. He’d never done this before. I’m old now, that hurt really bad and caused me to question my trust in him. I began a search for a show horse, but my criteria was extensive. I went to Shawnee’s Triangle Sale, studied the sale catalog and picked out some prospects. By day three, I had crossed off every horse on my list. Finally, I just sat down in the bleachers of the warm-up arena very frustrated and prayed. The next thing I knew in the midst of all the horses loping around, I saw this horse walking around the perimeter of the pen. That’s all, just walked, and then the man left the arena with him. I found myself following them and I thought, “What am I doing?” Something told me just keep going. Outside, the man stepped off. We talked. His horse, Lil’ Bit Of This, met my criteria (he was cowy, broke to enjoy in the pasture and trained for showing). The man, Carson Horner, of Rule, TX, let me ride him. I felt it was the best horse I’d ever ridden. Carson said he called him Lil’ Bit when he was a colt, but now calls him Bit. Furthermore, Bit gives hugs. I said, “Oh, don’t tell me that!” The next day held a competition sale. The horses competed in Working Ranch Horse including cow work, and Ranch Riding. Well, of 43 horses Bit and Carson placed second overall. Later, things worked out during the sale, that means I have a great husband! (I elbow him and he bids!) Lil Bit moved to my house! The work began to become a pair. It took a lot longer than I thought it should. We called Carson for advice, I took notes of the conversation and kept working with Bit. He has a character that’ll crack you up, he’s gentle, athletic, smart, and a great big show off! Right away, I entered him in Working Ranch Horse classes at OKFQHR and began learning how to ride him on a cow. I was amazed at his knowledge and ability. He loves cow work, but, we had a problem. I needed lots of practice. Finally, with mentors and a trainer, I figured it out and started trusting Bit to work the cow. At this point we were ready for AQHA Working
Cow Horse Boxing class. Boxing consists of a reining pattern and then cow work, cutting a single cow for 50 seconds without losing it. We showed at the end of 2017’s qualifying season and I knew we’d be ready to ‘Go For It’ in 2018. Last February and March we hauled to Kansas. After two shows we had enough points and secured our spot at the 2018 World Show. Wow, talk about on a cloud. Bit is a funny horse. He’ll act real tired, like an aged horse, but when the gate opens and it’s his turn he enters the pen all perky saying, “Ya’ll been waiting on me!” He acts like he knows he’s cute! Carson said, “He’s kind of an arrogant thing.” Riding horses and showing has taken me to many places in life and allowed me to meet some of my best friends. Horse people are in a category of themselves. Crazy enough, they find pleasure in work. They ride in the cold, in the heat and sometimes in the rain. They sacrifice vacation time to go to a horse show, and return to work exhausted. Showing is a tough sport, there are a lot of excellent riders and horses. People show against each other and offer help at the same time. Horses can teach you something about yourself. Recently, Bit taught me to have confidence. To quit being reserved. And, that it’s okay to be me. I stopped being intimidated by others and I ride to my best ability that day. Bit has confidence in himself and has shown me that without it you really can’t accomplish anything. Clear your mind and focus. We’re only days away from competing at the AQHA Select World in Amarillo. Carson and his wife are making the trip to watch. My husband, trainer, friends, daughter and grandson will be in the coliseum for support. I pray I heed my own advice when the gate opens. Take a deep breath, sing Bit a little song to calm him, or myself. And ride to our best ability. n
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PA S TO R PA U L’ S PA S S A G E S
by Pastor Paul Ragle
IT’S FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL TIME! { Modern methods of storing and processing
food...has eroded our sense of the impact of the seasons on our diet. Celebrating the gathering in of the harvest takes place in most cultures around the world, but we in North America tend to adequately appreciate the importance of food: without food there can be no life. Harvest is a time of storing away enough food to see our families and communities through the winter months. However, modern methods of storing and processing food - as well as our ability to import food from other places - has eroded our sense of the impact of the seasons on our diet. If we want to eat green salad, avocados and strawberries in the middle of winter, we can. We are entering that special season of the year when we begin celebrating the fall harvest festivals. One of my all-time favorite celebrations of the harvest season took place at Central Christian Church in San Antonio, Texas when I was serving as the associate minister of Christian education. We were holding a harvest carnival on a Sunday afternoon/evening just before Halloween. We invited every group in the church to sponsor booths with games, prizes, and lots of food. Everybody wore costumes. I made a paper suit of armor portraying the “Purple Knight” and my then two-and-a-half-year-old son went as a ninja turtle. The carnival booths wonderfully celebrated the fall harvest! Bowling with small pumpkins, ring toss onto zucchini squash, shooting out lighted candles with a squirt gun, face painting with harvest imagery, miniature golf, guessing the number of pumpkin seeds in a jar, pumpkin carving, and various harvest crafts! One adult Sunday school class sponsored a karaoke booth to provide entertainment for folks enjoying the harvest meal. Our kitchen staff prepared tacos, nachos, corn dogs & sopapillas. Yum! My church teenagers offered a nerf football throw. Con30 THE CORRIDOR / SEPTEMBER 2018
testants threw nerf footballs at four different size holes cut into a cardboard refrigerator box on which they had painted a harvest scene. Their booth was located next to the church elevator which opened directly into fellowship hall. Although an elevator is a practical machine to have in a building with four floors, it was a “playground” for our church kids who loved to ride it up and down! My son was with me, waiting for a turn to throw a nerf football. I was so focused on showing off my prowess with a nerf football, that I didn’t see my little boy walking over to the elevator. He reached up as high as he could reach and pushed the elevator button. The doors opened and Jordan disappeared inside. The doors closed. He somehow managed to push floor buttons inside on the control panel! One of my church youth shouted, “Jordan’s in the elevator!” I rushed over to the rescue but the elevator car was already on its way down to another floor. While I ran for the stair case, I got my wife’s attention, shouting instructions for her to watch the elevator doors in case Jordan rode the elevator back to fellowship hall. I raced down the stairwell from floor to floor, three and four and five steps at a time, looking to see if the elevator had opened on other floors. One of the elevator stops opened outside the building in the alley by the parking garage. Not finding Jordan or the elevator on any of the other floors, I raced out the main entrance doorway around the building to the alley. Still no sign of a two-and-a-halfyear-old ninja turtle! I sprinted back into the building and up three flights of stairs to the harvest festival, checking each floor as I went. There, finally, totally out of breath, I watched the elevator doors open to reveal a short ninja turtle who was having the time of his life celebrating the fall harvest in the church elevator. Thanks be to the God of harvest! n
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Delilah’s DILEMMAS
“Did you see him?” Delilah shouted at Gus and Joel as they emerged from the pickup. “The guy. Did you see that guy?” she pressed, as she stood on the back porch. “What guy?’ Gus asked while pulling several bags from the back of the truck. “We didn’t see anyone,” Joel said. Once Gus and Joel were inside the house, Delilah explained her near hysteria. “Gus,” Delilah said with some exasperation. “You better go on to the trailer. Make sure Marietta’s okay. And on your way, humor me and check the barn and stable.” “You want me to come back to thet the trapth?” the toothless ranch hand asked. Delilah sighed. She didn’t like the idea of sleeping, or in her case, not sleeping, with critters nesting in her bedroom walls, but at that moment it didn’t seem that important. It was just one more thing the guys could add to the l i st o f wh a t t h e y p r o b abl y thought w ere her delusions. “No, we can do that tomorrow,” Delilah said. Delilah was quiet through dinner with Joel. She was quiet the rest of the evening while the two of them watched television. Well, while Joel watched television. Delilah stewed in contemplation. This did not go unnoticed, and when it came time to go to bed, Joel addressed Delilah’s pensiveness. “What’s troubling you, Delilah?” Joel asked as they trekked up the stairs, arms filled with a collection of various items that had been placed on the stairs earlier in the day. Delilah stopped at the top of the stairs and turned to face Joel. “Y’all think I’m I’ve stopped tip-toeing on the edge of sanity, and just jumped right off the ledge, don’t you?” “No,” Joel replied slowly. A guilty grin inched across his face. “Right,” Delilah said sarcastically. She turned and stomped toward her room with Joel hot on her heals. She placed a couple items on her bed, and stepped over to the high 46 THE CORRIDOR / SEPTEMBER 2018
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DIANE BROWN
boy. She jerked a drawer open and forcibly stuffed three pair of underwear inside. Then she slammed the drawer and opened another. “Look, Delilah,” Joel pleaded as he handed her a couple Tshirts. “You’ve been under a lot of stress. I think it’s natural to have . . .” The look on Delilah’s face stopped him cold. She picked up the stack of T-shirts and pajamas she’d laid on the bed, and handed them to Joel. “Good night, Joel,” Delilah said. Once Joel had exited her room Delilah readied for bed. She got comfortable in a chair and opened the book she had been reading, The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown. Three pages in, she closed the book and sat it back on the table. Her mind was too cluttered to concentrate on such complex writing. She turned out the lights and climbed into bed where she tossed and with the anticipation of the sounds of foraging critters within her walls. She got up after thirty minutes, even though there had been no sounds. She turned on the television and popped a disc into the DVD player; a movie she’d seen at least 432 times. She climbed back in bed and sat the timer for one hour. This always helped her to fall asleep. The movie distracted her from nagging thoughts, but because she’d seen it so many times, she was quickly bored to slumber. This time was not unlike any other time. Inside of ten minutes she was
fast asleep. 6000 miles east of the ranch, on a beach just thirty miles south of Athens, Greece, Eli watched as a short, stocky man in his mid-thirties, with short blonde hair engaged in conversation with Abigail, who was sunbathing. He said something and they laughed. He moved closer to her and withdrew a small package about the size of a sandwich baggie from his cargo shorts. He swiftly and inconspicuously dropped it into Abigail’s beach bag. Ten minutes later, Abigail’s fiancé, the seventy-year old Henry Henderson, (who was wearing a speedo but shouldn’t have been) joined Abigail and the mystery man. Introductions were made, hands were shaken, and a short conversation ensued. Eli pondered the possibility that Henry might have some involvement. It seemed unlikely, but he made a mental note to have Dooby’s contact do a background check on the man. Eli pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed the number of the resort’s front desk. “Yes, will you ring Henry Henderson’s room, please?” he said. “The Henderson’s aren’t in their room,” the clerk said. “Do you know when they’ll return?” Eli asked. There was a pause. “I don’t,” she replied. “Would you like to leave a message?”
“No, thank you,” he said. And he disconnected the line. The plan was to gain access to their room that evening, provided the couple would be dining out. He checked his watch. It was too late to call Delilah or Dooby. He’d do that later. In the meantime, he’d continue surveillance.
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Back at the ranch, Delilah was in a completely unfamiliar place. Her best guess would be a store of some kind. But it was unlike any store she’d ever been in. There were a number of fifty-gallon barrels of assorted colored, used sticks of chalk. Pineapples were attached by wooden clothes pins to wire clothes hangers, and hanging on a rack made of plastic hammers laid end to end. They were singing The Banana Boat song. Delilah giggled and shook her head. “Okay, this is the stupidest dream ever,” Delilah said to herself, obviously conscious that she was dreaming. A sick feeling crept over her, and she felt like she was being watched. She turned her head from side to side, scanning the odd store for another human being, but saw no one. Then suddenly she heard a tapping noise. It seemed to be coming from behind the barrels. Something told her not to look, but she did. She saw five mice in pink too-too skirts and black top hats, tap dancing. “Wow! They’re pretty good,” she said with a laugh. Suddenly, she got that feeling of being watched, again.
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She blinked her eyes open. There was a man standing in her doorway. With pounding heart, she leapt to her feet and turned on the lamp beside the bed. He was gone. She stood perfectly still for a moment listening for footsteps, but she heard nothing. She inched her way to the hall and poked her head out the door. No one was there. She grabbed her robe and shrugged it on. Then she made her way down to the end of the hall and peaked in Joel’s room. He was sleeping soundly. She stood motionless, vacillating between going back to bed, or going downstairs to check the rest of the house. This was a no-brainer. There was no way she would be able to go back to sleep if she wasn’t certain the house was secured and vacant of intruders. Now, did she investigate alone or did she wake Joel? Concluding that she could scream loud enough to wake him if she came upon an interloper, she opted to go it alone. Once she was downstairs, she checked all the doors – locked. She checked the closet – clear. Feeling the need to empty her bladder, she utilized the bathroom. When she stepped out into the hall and closed the bathroom door, a hand touched her shoulder. She jumped, and screamed, and swung her arm around where it made contact with the side of the man’s head. He went to the floor.
“Delilah!” Joel groaned. “What are you doing?” “Oh, my stars!” she exclaimed. “Oh, Joel. I am so sorry!” She helped him to his feet, and decided to lie to him. “I just needed something to drink,” she said. “Are you alright?” “Sure,” he said. They went back to bed. But Delilah didn’t sleep well. After breakfast the next morning, Gus set the rodent traps while Delilah checked in with Dooby and Karon. First, Karon who indicated in no uncertain terms that she was still suffering her injuries to a degree surely immeasurable by any means known to man, (her words). And she could scarcely draw enough breath to maintain a conscious state. Delilah was sympathetic and patient, though it occurred to her that Karon had certainly managed to draw enough breath to express herself to such an extent. With caution, Delilah reminded Karon that it takes time for broken ribs to heal, and that she, Karon, would need to continue to take it easy and let Dooby take care of her. Next, Delilah checked in with Dooby, who promised he’d be back at the ranch that day to get a few things, and meet with the electrician who was supposed to finish up the wiring of the stable. Delilah decided not to tell Dooby about the stranger at the front door the night before, or about seeing the man at her bedroom door. She had talked herself into believ-
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