Slim Sam Used Cars
D. E. Harrison
- In
- the
- far
- west
- is
- a
- used
- car
- lot,
- known
- as
- Slim
- Sams.
- The
- cars
- are
- all
- used,
- and
- most
- people
- would
- junk
- them.
- That
- is
- where
- most
- of
- his
- cars
- come
- from.
- When
- they
- leave
- his
- shop,
- they
- are
- built
- to
- last.
- He
- lives
- in
- a
- trailer
- on
- the
- lot
- and
- has
- two
- employees.
- He
- just
- makes
- the
- weekly
- payroll.
On
- morning
- before
- the
- lot
- opens,
- a
- buyer
- is
- pounding
- on
- the
- door.
- A
- business
- dressed
- young
- man
- is
- disturbing
- Slim
- Sam.
- After
- the
- coffee
- is
- made
- Sam
- wants
- to
- take
- him
- out
- to
- kick
- a
- few
- tires.
“Sam,
- I
- need
- 28
- cars
- over
- the
- next
- two
- weeks.
- I
- see
- you
- have
- 29.”
After
- Sam
- collects
- himself,
- he
- figures
- about
- $99,900
- with
- all
- the
- extras.
“Sam,
- here
- is
- $70,000
- cash
- and
- we
- will
- pay
- $7,000
- for
- each
- load
- of
- cars.”
The
- paper
- work
- crosses
- hands.
- Sam
- puts
- the
- cash
- in
- a
- used
- oil
- box,
- then
- the
- bank.
- In
- four
- loads
- the
- cars
- are
- gone.
The
- young
- fellow
- on
- his
- way
- to
- his
- job
- is
- killed
- by
- a
- bomb
- that
- burns
- a
- one-foot
- deep
- hole
- where
- his
- car
- was
- on
- the
- freeway.What
- little
- can
- be
- scrapped
- out
- of
- the
- hole
- is
- sent
- to
- the
- FBI.
- Soon
- the
- Navy
- and
- several
- other
- federal
- agencies
- are
- all
- over
- the
- case.
The
- local
- people
- and
- cow
- doc
- is
- treating
- a
- patient
- at
- home.
- The
- hospital
- is
- too
- far
- away.
Why
- are
- Sam’s
- car
- being
- reported
- stolen
- in
- a
- very
- small
- town
- that
- has
- not
- reported
- one
- for
- years?Suddenly,
- there
- are
- more
- federal
- people
- in
- town
- than
- town’s
- people?
What
- are
- Sam’s
- cars
- doing
- that
- has
- everyone
- excited?
- Why
- was
- Sam/s
- cars
- all
- modified
- and
- driven
- out
- by
- all
- women
- teams?
Will
- the
- 6
- am
- farm
- report
- make
- any difference?
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