Aleksander quickly signed treaties with two of the warring countries in which they were involved. In another mess his father had started and not finis...ed, Aleksander reduced property taxes in order to jump start their stagnant economy. Although some of his advisors were skeptical of this venture because they preferred to line their own pockets with the excess through bribes and threats, they soon saw the wisdom of their leader and his vision for the future of Ruudania. And so, Aleksander looked. Even if he recognized our callers as friends, he still let us know someone was coming. Never once did he get chastised. He did exactly what we wanted him to do. He had appointed himself our protector and we weren't about to "unappoint" him.The bad element had left the county or were locked up pending their trials. The Chief of police, the man who appointed himself "acting chief" and Herm Larkin all paid stiff bails to get released and high tailed it out of town before the ink was dry on the. I'm Not Lost I'm Exploring. In 1956 Pentwater from Saint Johns was pretty much cut and dried.Saint Johns ... take 21 west to Grand Rapids. Turn right on 31 ... Pentwater!Not Daddy ... Ionia, Belding, Rockford, Sparta, Newago, New Era, Shelby, Hart, Pentwater ... every one of those towns had a cut ... long or short ... that kept us out of the city limits ... be it back roads, trails or no road at all. (No road at all was the abandoned railroad ... that I remember distinctly but no one else does.. . I guess that would be ok," I muttered. I soon lost my train of thought; I couldn't believe that this handsome country boy was looking at me of all people."I'm Dustin, by the way," he said as he held out his hand to me. I had expected him to shake my hand but as I held mine out to him he lifted it to his lips and lightly kissed my knuckles. I could feel my cheeks start to become red as I hid my face from his view. "I'm Chloe," was all I could manage to say. He then walked away and I looked.