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        (a letter to a friend)



HI ANNE,

IT IS 5:00 A.M. I'M STILL SICK AND TIRED OF THIS BED.

I DON'T THINK THAT I EVER TOLD YOU ABOUT A COUSIN OF MY MOM'S, LIVING IN KENTUCKY. JOHN MANNING HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST FARMS IN ELLIOT COUNTY, HE HAD MARRIED YOUNG TO A NICE GIRL,,GAYLE. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, EVA,THEY WERE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT HOW HER NAME WAS PRONOUNCED, THE "E" WAS A SHORT SOUND LIKE THE "E" IN HEAVEN, NOT AS IN EVEN. SHE HAD BEEN NAMED AFTER GAYLE'S GRAND MOTHER.                        

THE MANNING'S FARM HAD COWS ,HORSES, FIELDS OF HAY AND WHEAT. THEY HAD SEVERAL MEN EMPLOYED ON THE FARM AND THE MEN LIVED THERE ON THE FARM.            

ONE OF THE HANDSOME YOUNG MEN, AUBREY FIELDS, WAS A HARD WORKER IN THE PASTURES AND KEPT THE FENCES SECURED. JOHN THOUGHT A LOT OF AUBREY. HIS MOST LOYAL EMPLOYEE WAS BEN POYER, BEN DID MOST OF THE WORK AROUND THE FARM HOUSE.

JOHN HAD HIGH HOPES FOR EVA, HE PLANNED FOR HER TO GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, WHEN SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, NEXT YEAR. WHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT EVA  AND AUBREY HAD BEEN SEEING EACH OTHER SECRETLY FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

JOHN WENT INSIDE ONE EVENING FOR HIS SUPPER, HE WASHED UP AND IN PASSING EVA'S ROOM, HE HEARD HER CRYING SOFTLY. HE WENT INTO HER ROOM TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. EVA BURST INTO SOBS AND CONFESSED HER AFFAIR WITH AUBREY. JOHN WAS FURIOUS TO THINK

THAT THIS GROWN MAN HAD TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HIS BABY GIRL. JOHN KNEW THAT AUBREY WOULD BE FIRED BUT HIS ANGER CALLED FOR MORE. JOHN WAS A STRONG MAN BUT NO MATCH FOR AUBREY.

HE CALLED FOR BEN, TOLD BEN THE SITUATION AND ASKED IF HE HAD KNOWN OF THEIR CARRYING ON. BEN DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF IT. JOHN TOLD BEN TO GO TO THE STABLE AND GET THE THICK LEATHER RAZOR STROP AND WEAR IT OUT ON AUBREY.

BEN DID AS HE WAS TOLD AND WENT INTO THE STABLE TO GET THE RAZOR STROP. AS HE LEFT THE STABLE, ANOTHER OF THE FARM WORKERS CAME BY. BEN ASKED IF HE HAD SEEN AUBREY, THE MAN SAID 'YES" HE'S IN THE SOUTH PASTURE MENDING A FENCE. WHY, WHAT WAS HE GOING TO DO WITH THAT STOP.?      

HE ASKED IF HE COULD GO WITH BEN, BEN SAID" YES, LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN, CAUSE I'M GOING TO STROP AUBREY FIELDS; STROP AUBREY FIELDS FOR EVA"

                              JOYCE XXXX



Having a true friend is much like having good health. the real value of it is taken for granted,until it is lost. So, hold on to your friends with both hands,..jdc