The White Widow: a Novel
“Jack had never paid much attention to any of it because by the time it became a part of his own history, as the place he spent his resting layover time, it was just a hotel.
Now, tonight, it was also going to be the place in history where he was presented with his gold Master Operator badge.
It was in one of the big banquet rooms, one named for Stephen F. Austin, who, like Jack’s hero, Sam Houston, as well as Ben Milam, Davey Crockett and Mirabeau Lamar (as in the bar down the street), was a bi...g deal in Texas’s fight for independence from Mexico. There was a portrait of Austin about the size of a large Great Western bus depot sign on the main wall, behind the head table.
Jack was at that table, along with six other drivers who were getting gold badges and four company executives, including two from the general offices in Dallas.
“I have asked Preacher Williams to say grace over our dinner,” said one of the executives into the microphone to get things started. He was Hubert Glisan, the division superintendent in Houston, who always acted as master of ceremonies at these dinners.MoreLess
Now, tonight, it was also going to be the place in history where he was presented with his gold Master Operator badge.
It was in one of the big banquet rooms, one named for Stephen F. Austin, who, like Jack’s hero, Sam Houston, as well as Ben Milam, Davey Crockett and Mirabeau Lamar (as in the bar down the street), was a bi...g deal in Texas’s fight for independence from Mexico. There was a portrait of Austin about the size of a large Great Western bus depot sign on the main wall, behind the head table.
Jack was at that table, along with six other drivers who were getting gold badges and four company executives, including two from the general offices in Dallas.
“I have asked Preacher Williams to say grace over our dinner,” said one of the executives into the microphone to get things started. He was Hubert Glisan, the division superintendent in Houston, who always acted as master of ceremonies at these dinners.MoreLess
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