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Chapter 10
"Igavethewholethingagoodgoin’-over’foreweboughther.Didn’listentothefellatalkin’whatahellofabargainshewas.Stuckmyfingerinthedifferentialandtheywasn’tnosawdust.Openedthegearboxan’theywasn’tnosawdust.Test’herclutchan’rolledherwheelsforline.Wentunderheran’herframeain’tsplayednone.Sheneverbeenrolled.Seentheywasacrackedcellinherbatteryan’madethefellaputinagoodone.Thetiresain’tworthadamn,butthey’reagoodsize.Easytoget.She’llridelikeabullcalf,butsheain’tshootin’nooil.ReasonIsaysbuyherisshewasapop’larcar.Wreckin’yardsisfullaHudsonSuper-Sixes,an’youcanbuypartscheap.Couldagotabigger,fanciercarforthesamemoney,butpartstoohardtoget,an’toodear.That’showIfiggeredheranyways."Thelastwashissubmissiontothefamily.Hestoppedspeakingandwaitedfortheiropinions.
Grampawasstillthetitularhead,buthenolongerruled.Hispositionwashonoraryandamatterofcustom.Buthedidhavetherightoffirstcomment,nomatterhowsillyhisoldmindmightbe.Andthesquattingmenandthestandingwomenwaitedforhim."You’reallright,Al,"Grampasaid."Iwasasquirtjus’likeyou,a-fartin’aroun’likeadog-wolf.Butwhentheywasajob,Idoneit.You’vegrowedupgood."Hefinishedinthetoneofabenediction,andAlreddenedalittlewithpleasure.
Pasaid,"Soundsright-side-uptome.Ifitwashorseswewouldn’thavetoputtheblameonAl.
