The Western Light
“Our clothes were gritty with dust, and the breeze blowing through our car window no longer cooled us.
My aunt drove up to one of the houses and went inside to call Uncle Willie. Thirty minutes later, Big Louie’s ancient Packard came bumping down the dirt road, throwing up dust. Its purple chassis was the same shade as the eggplants Big Louie grew in her vegetable garden. It had a double row of white-walled tires and fenders painted a shiny black. Uncle Willie sat in the passenger seat next ...to a stranger wearing Maurice’s chauffeur uniform. “Hello, Louisa,” the stranger called out the window. His face was smooth and almost featureless, except for his horn-rimmed spectacles and full, oversized lips. Leaping out of the Packard, he took off his chauffeur’s cap and bowed towards my aunt. The blond finger waves surging back from his forehead didn’t move. After her hair had been freshly set in a permanent wave, Big Louie’s hair showed the same stiff quality.MoreLess
My aunt drove up to one of the houses and went inside to call Uncle Willie. Thirty minutes later, Big Louie’s ancient Packard came bumping down the dirt road, throwing up dust. Its purple chassis was the same shade as the eggplants Big Louie grew in her vegetable garden. It had a double row of white-walled tires and fenders painted a shiny black. Uncle Willie sat in the passenger seat next ...to a stranger wearing Maurice’s chauffeur uniform. “Hello, Louisa,” the stranger called out the window. His face was smooth and almost featureless, except for his horn-rimmed spectacles and full, oversized lips. Leaping out of the Packard, he took off his chauffeur’s cap and bowed towards my aunt. The blond finger waves surging back from his forehead didn’t move. After her hair had been freshly set in a permanent wave, Big Louie’s hair showed the same stiff quality.MoreLess
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