Everyone seemed to be having a good time except the birthday boy himself. Ken con- tinued to drink heavily as the evening wore on; he seemed to be in ... morose, morbid humor and the guests all tiptoed around him carefully. With such a crowd it was easy for me to break away to make my switch. But slipping my hand into the familiar drawer I was shocked to find it empty, save for one tightly bound object. I broke out in a cold sweat. Drawing out the little bundle, I discovered it to be a pair of. I'd call it stupidity instead of bad luck though." What happened?" Well, first off, Sal quit. Sal was the guy who had been driving Calvin's herd. Calvin had been jawing at him since we left St Louis and Sal finally decided he didn't want to take any more of it." Yeah, John Ware said Sal had been talking about quitting." John's a good man. Anyway, after Sal quit, it slowed us down considerable. The wagon master told Calvin that if we didn't keep up he was going to leave us. Calvin told him he. Todd was the best man. He had a brilliant sense of humor. His audience was in stitches throughout the speech. Lisa found him to be ruggedly athletic, but not particularly handsome. He had a full beard and a pudgy nose. She wasn't sexually attracted to him, but then there were few guys from which to choose. She tried to be honest with herself and reason that when a gal is as horny as she had become, a cock is a cock. She couldn't afford to be too choosy. Maybe he would be okay, she thought. At. “He’d never admit it, but he enjoys working on stuff with Jack and Dave. I guess his father never did that kind of stuff with him when he was growing up. He tells me all the time about the things he’s learned from the two of them,” Cheryl said. He had even suggested kicking in a little of the money to help pay for some of the repairs.Abby asked, “How do you feel about it?”“Me? I love the commune. I love the boys, but it sure is nice to have a dozen babysitters on call at all hours of the day.