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THE DAILY SHORT STORY
Granite Hard
"That man," said Curt Hemingway, down the accelerator and shot ahead. "owes me some money. I'm a little Plop! His front wheels stuck. The worried about his intentions to pay." rear tires ground and spun angrily.
He was looking through the window The machine did not budge. of his haberdashery and speaking to Curt climbed out and took account his friend, Lon Dexter
of stock. He was hopelessly mired, Lon followed the direction of Curt's with two miles of country road to wade gaze and saw an aged man descending through before help could be brought. over the wheel of an ancient buggy Then suddenly he thought of Pop that had just drawn up on the opposite Sears. He turned and started for the side of the street. A seedy-looking house, only to see Pop standing in the equine was attached to the vehicle. barn door.
Lon laughed, "That's Pop Bears. "Hello," said Pop. “Kinda bad driv- He came to Boylston before the rail- inges," Curt said, "It is. "I'm stuck!" road. Don't worry, Curt. You'll get your money Pop's good pay.”
Pop stared at the car and spat. Curt grunted. "The bill's two months "Wait a minute: Pll get Nancy." overdue,"
He disappeared. A moment later the Lon encouraged; "He's biding his mangy and flea-bitten Nancy poked time, that's all. He's waiting. It's her nose out of the barn door. The just an old Boylston custom.”
animal was harnessed to a loose whif- "Waiting for what?" Curt wanted to fletrec. Curt climbed back in the car, know."When a bill's due, it should feeling a little less bitter about it, and be paid, and old-fashioned customs be telling himself that Pop wasn't a bad hanged!"
scout after all,
"On the other hand," Lon disagreed, Pop attached chains to the front "if you're going to do business in this bumper, spoke soothingly to Nancy, town, Curt, you'll find it is necessary and two minutes later Curt found him- to abide by the old-fashioned customs." self out of the mire, and headed back
He stood silent a moment, watching toward solid ground. -
Pop waddle up the steps of Brown's Elated at thus easily having over- · variety store. Then: "These old yanks come what might have been a serious hate to pay cash for anything, Curt. predicament, Curt leaped from the car. They'd rather barter. Swapping one "Say, that was fine, Pop. One horse
By Richard Hill Wilkinson
saved me a lot of trouble."
It
article for another is food and, drink
as hard as granite. Curt jammed to them."
"Even so," Curt persisted, “I've call- can sometimes make forty horse-power ed that old codger a dozen times about look pretty insignificant, eh? I'd like the bill. Called and written him.”- to pay you something for that.
"And he tells you to wait a week or two, eh? Stalls you off?!!
"Always has an iron clad excuse, Curt agreed. “Says He'll dropt în „one of these days and settle up.".
"Pop's shrewd," Lon said. "Watch your step, Curt. He's just biding his
time."
Pop detached; the chain, headed of a fresh chew of tobacco. Nancy back toward the barn and bit
"Humm,"
,” he said." "Otter be worth something". He spat and seemed sud- "Tell you what, Mr. Hemingway, we'll just denly to have an inspiration..
call that there bill I owe you, square." A week later Curt received in tele-
Angry, mortified and helpless, Curt "About phone call from Pop Sears."
climbed back in his car and headed for that bill," he said, I'd like to square town. As the machine slowly mounted up with you. If you can drop out this the long grade, he glanced in the rear afternoon I'll pay up in full. I just lew mirrow and saw Pop Sears placid- sold a couple of cows and have some ready cash on hand.”-
`papers.
ly smoothing over the mud hole tha had looked as hard as granite. Curt's pulse leaped. It was a sizable (Released by The Associated News- bill and he needed the money. It was. | late in landlig and since morning a ́drizzlingersin kad made travel" miger-{ able. But Chrsi Rasi't going to pass up an opportunity to collect some money he had almost given up as lost. "O,K.; Mr.28kniga I'll be out there in an hour.
Pop Sears lived two miles off the main highway, isolated from neigh- bours. After ten minutes of fitful] driving, in low gear Curt decided to turn back. The gravel road was like a mud hole. But the possibility of losing the money, or at least having to wait another three months, kept him at-it. “Moreover, once he was started the road offered little opportunity for turning around,
He would pick a day like this,” Curt muttered: 1
It's the last time.
Il extend dit to one of these corn- druckera shouldn't have opened up in this burr anyhow.
→ Fly minutes later he topped a rise and found travel better. Far below he could see Pop Sears' farm backed up dark green of a pine stand- descended slowly, boghoing from ut to another, swearing silently at wrench of the wheel. Twice he the car was stuck. But each managed to pull out.de most at Pop Seara döoryard the ched-out-and- eared to be
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