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 “Well that about tears it!” said Steve, twitching
his walrus moustache. “How do they expect a guy to get by when they
tell him what to do and to send money and re-up every dang thing in
your billfold. It ain’t right!”
We hadn’t seen our favorite cowboy so worked up over something since
the boss made him shoe the neighbor lady’s mule. He still limps now
and then when the weather turns cold.
Steve had been sipping coffee and slitting envelopes as he combined
caffeine and mail. As usual.
“Are you going to ask him?” said Doc, turning to Herb.
“You’re closer to him than I am, Doc. I might have to raise my
voice. Weakens a guy.”
Doc grinned. “Okay, Steve, what’s the problem?”
“Licenses. Every dang time you turn around some guy behind a counter
tells you you have to buy a license. Runs a guy straight into the
poorhouse. It does.
“Why, you have to have a license for your pickup, and for your dog,
and I’ll bet if a guy got married, he’d need a license for that,
too.”
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“You got that right,” said Dud.
“Them HAM radio guys gotta have a license, too,” Steve said. “Once
you buy a license, they give you all them numbers and letters, so
your buddies in Thailand know it’s you. I’m tired of it. We need a
simpler way to live.”
“Okay, Steve,” Doc said, “What do you suggest we do?”
Steve grinned. “Everybody get a horse. You don’t need a license for
the horse. You can get on him and ride him everywhere you go. Works
out just fine, in my thinking.”
Doc smiled. “I have to go to a conference in Boston, Steve. Any
suggestions?”
“Well, Doc,” Steve said. “I believe if I were you, I’d saddle up and
leave now.”
[Text from file received from
Slim Randles]
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