Ya Never Know...do Ya?
Copyright© 2015 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 8
Lordy! I just read it ... it being chapter 7. I had no idea. I AM sorry.
I did find Arthur McDaniel and his boat ... and molds ... and I did buy them ... but first I had an obligation to Mrs. Montgomery.
Damn airplane.
I didn't need it, I didn't want it, I had no place to put it. Talk about a gift horse.
I shoulda looked.
Howsomever ... it wouldn't have made a lick of difference ... the difference was the auction.
No ... it wasn't Montgomery's auction. No. There was an auction up in Scobey. That's in northeast Montana and not all that far from the lake ... but still in the US.
The auction was for an estate ... never mind who ... just go with it. The estate was for parts and pieces of Americana ... and assorted junk and leftovers from the wars ... ONE and TWO ... and the period between. Mrs. Montgomery had the flyer ... it was tomorrow ... she would put me up for the night and give me explicit directions to the junk pile.
The place is slightly off the beaten path and Mrs. Montgomery was sure I could get the part I needed ... an engine for the plane ... dirt cheap. I mean ... who is going to go to an auction the worst part of beyond?
Everybody.
The Warner Super Scarab seven cylinder engine was way down at the bottom of the page ... Mrs. Montgomery's thumb was pointing to it ... sorta. Mrs. Montgomery's thumb was obscuring quite a bit of real estate above the engine and she wasn't letting go ... so I didn't get to read about the airplanes.
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