Tooner Schooner (2013)
“Mrs. Feeley looked at the dollar watch on a string that hung over the sink of the trailer.
“He is probably decking himself out like the bridegroom cometh,” Miss Tinkham said.
“Coulda stopped in someplace to pick up a little Dutch courage,” Mrs. Feeley said.
Mrs. Rasmussen’s ears heard the sound of a taxi door slamming a good three seconds before the others did. All the little lines around her eyes smoothed out.
“Dig that!” Miss Tinkham whispered. Captain Elisha Dowdy was resplendent in white du...ck pants, dark blue jacket with brass buttons and a spanking new hat-cover.
“Ahoy in the trailer, thah!” Mrs. Rasmussen opened the screen door to admit the captain and the paper carton he carried under his arm. “Figured a little brew wouldn’t come amiss.”
“What kep’ you?” Mrs. Feeley said with her usual indirection.
“Trouble…that lousy crew went on a three or four-day sinus attack an’ has fetched up in jail again. This time it’s serious, drunken drivin’, in a hired car…near killed a woman.MoreLess
“He is probably decking himself out like the bridegroom cometh,” Miss Tinkham said.
“Coulda stopped in someplace to pick up a little Dutch courage,” Mrs. Feeley said.
Mrs. Rasmussen’s ears heard the sound of a taxi door slamming a good three seconds before the others did. All the little lines around her eyes smoothed out.
“Dig that!” Miss Tinkham whispered. Captain Elisha Dowdy was resplendent in white du...ck pants, dark blue jacket with brass buttons and a spanking new hat-cover.
“Ahoy in the trailer, thah!” Mrs. Rasmussen opened the screen door to admit the captain and the paper carton he carried under his arm. “Figured a little brew wouldn’t come amiss.”
“What kep’ you?” Mrs. Feeley said with her usual indirection.
“Trouble…that lousy crew went on a three or four-day sinus attack an’ has fetched up in jail again. This time it’s serious, drunken drivin’, in a hired car…near killed a woman.MoreLess
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