That was why she was so disappointedwhen she ended up being a stripper. Being in that seedy part of theentertainment industry was supposed to be short...term. Only to make moneyto pay her way through college, not to be how she made a living. Being astripper was supposed to be a great head start after college, she wouldnot be burdened with student loans like so many of her other fellowgrads.Then after graduating from college Maryanne could not find a job whichpaid better than stripping. Part of. I sent Angela back in the pick-up for feminine needs, throw away razors, over the counter medicines, and first aid supplies. The internal well would provide all the water needed, and the hot spring would handle those needs, so we stocked up on towels, linens, blankets and dish towels, among other things.While she was gone I hit the Farmer’s Co-op and bought enough feed and supplies to care for our stock for multiple years, and ordered it all delivered by end of business. I then bought a handful. Hilda confirmed later that all of the female servants had been warned ahead of time about my lusty appetite--and how well I treated the women in my bed.Draca was extremely excited. Doing as I had directed him to do, he and Aebbe had gone out each day and panned gold from the river. They made sure the places they worked were hidden from view by brush or fallen trees. In just the time I had been gone, they had gathered over thirty pounds of gold for me.The two miners were excited hearing how much. The outer rim of the center attraction was jam-packed with members of the press. I recognized a lot of them and felt pity for their subdued early morning spiritless attempts to gather information for their puppet-masters downtown. I saw a redheaded stringer at the Daily News standing behind the police tape with her hastily pulled on too-tight jeans and no bra look at me with recognition in her sleep-deprived blue eyes. Strangely, I couldn’t recall her name but I knew with certainty that I had.