Slim Randles' Home Country
Here's the deal on salt
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[October
19, 2013]
It was a bright morning, and we had finished off the
coffee and conversation at the Mule Barn truck stop, and we couldn't
think of anything much to do because we were still full from
breakfast and it was too early for lunch, and the political problems
and Hollywood gossip tanks had been thoroughly topped off. So we
went over to Doc's house to look at his mare in the backyard. She
had, he said, a quarter crack in a front hoof. |
So there we were, in a half circle around the little mare, staring
at that slight crack as though focusing would bring a welded
solution to the problem, but we all knew we just needed to drink
Doc's coffee and change the scene. "I see you have a block of
salt," Bert said.
Doc nodded. Bert said, "Speaking of salt ..."
We really hadn't been, but smooth transitions aren't always easy.
"... puts me in mind of the time I stopped in that little store,"
Bert said. "Few years back now, I guess. Well, it was about the last
time Milly had pups, because I think I'd left her home to have them.
Of course, she waited until I got home ..."
Doc and Steve stared at him encouragingly. "And?"
"Oh ... well, there's this little store up north ... out in the
middle of about flat nothing ... and it was hot and I was thinking
of a nice cold cola right about then, so I stopped."
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Bert looked around. "Dang store was about full of salt."
"Salt?"
"Everywhere. This guy had ice cream salt. Bags of it. Salt blocks
for horses, sheep, cows, rabbits and even danged guinea pigs. He had
regular salt. He had huge bags of bulk salt for putting on the ice.
"So I went to pay for my drink and I says to the guy, 'You must
sell a lot of salt.' And he says to me, 'No, but that salesman who
calls on me sure does.'"
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