Charlie nodded to him then to Jody and trotted back to his troops, Bill said well is there any more cold tea? After we were settled down and refreshed a bit Bill looked at all of us and said well I must admit this is much more then I had heard and much more then I even thought it might be, but as I see it your only doing what most folks should be doing to face some real hard times that are coming, maybe sooner then we know. Jody asked what Bill had heard about us and it seemed that a couple of the men we caught breaking into the gun shop were trying to peddle information about us for reduced sentences and Bill had told his boss that he was heading over here anyway and would look into it, he smiled and said, well I looked into it and saw nothing worth a worry, you folks are all good for the town, the county and as far as I can see the State. He added that he was going to recommend to his boss that maybe the other counties should take time to look at how our county was running and learn something. As he was about to leave Jade came back on to the porch and said dinner was ready and Bill was welcome to stay, he seemed a bit shocked but said he would be honored to stay, I had also noticed that he never once in the whole day looked shocked at Jades tat’s nor did he mention them which I found refreshing as did Jade. Dinner was served on the back porch which was covered of course as were most porch’s in this part of Texas unless you liked bugs with your food, the meal was served by 2 of Jades girl friends who wanted to be more modern and were paid for their time, Bill did look at them and their tat’s but still never said anything, the meal was Wild pork, fresh yams and assorted veggies from our gardens which were attended by the tribal women who besides the gardens growing out in the open had many more small gardens growing back in the woods in small clearings, I assumed because that’s how they always did it.After the last of the food was eaten and the girls were clearing away the dishes Bill spoke up and said thank you, but it was in the clans native tongue which cause the girls to almost drop the dish’s and to make a reply then trot off giggling. This got raised eyebrows all around the table, Bill just smiled and said ya know, I may be a Texas hick and untraveled compared to some , but we do have several small groups of your people scattered around Texas, brought in after the war and many since then, and some of the boys are involved in gang stuff so we do have dealings with the communities which for the most part are very willing to help us control these young lads, and a feller can get further if he at least tries to learn a few polite words, Jade smiled at him and said something but Bill said he had no idea what she said, that he was lucky to say thank you and hello before getting down to business. Jody , Jade and I walked Bill to his car where he stood a moment and then said, I’d like to come back if you don’t mind, again on my own time, and bring my Mom and Dad to see Miss Ellie, and with that he headed out leaving us all wondering just what Ranger Bill had in mind, I was sure we would fine out soon enough but we did all agree that we liked him and if Miss Ellie said he was ok then that was good nuff for us! Time seems to speed up when your really busy and we had been running our butts off for over a year now, all the things we set out to do were done or getting done, we were so very lucky in that we had the money to do what we did, we would never have got it done if we had been trying to hold down a job and care for our family’s, we still had a long list of things we wanted to do but nothing that would cause us to fail if they didn’t get done, which wasn’t really true as John pointed out during our weekly meeting, he told us that while we were really set for most anything we were not ready as far as fighting off a hoard of MZBG’s which covered anybody who might think what we had was theirs for the taking, human or otherwise. Doc.
What do You think about The Free Republic Of Texas 2015?
