This was Marty and Junior’s third year as vendors selling leather goods and animal pelts. They had learned the craft together over the last five years and Junior was turning out some very beautiful creations. His favorite material was deer hide, from which he made custom buckskin jackets and purses. And they were very popular. Marty loved to see his son’s excitement when he finished a new jacket. Loved the confidence in his art when he asked for a whopping $280 each, and got it. At only fifteen years old he was well on his way to success. He swelled with pride knowing that his boy could take good care of himself even though they didn’t need the money. Marty had completely given up the reefer business when Junior was nine, having set aside enough money to provide them all with a secure future. He recently added two hundred and sixty more acres to the farm that extended their property line to the new interstate. An old gas station half a mile from the exit was refurbished and renamed “Ellen‘s.”
