"Lee Roy turned and grabbed the axe handle and was out the door. "Forget the police, find the marshal." He ran around the house toward where the man h...d been dragged Ida.As he came around the corner, he saw her struggle with the man. Lee Roy didn't say a word. Although he was skinny as a rail, he had a wiry build from years of hard labor. He brought the axe handle down on the man as he began to turn. The man fell in a heap."My baby." screamed Ida, "He has my baby in the house."Lee Roy charged. She thanked them for the brilliant performance of the previous six months. Sales were almost triple the best full year the company had ever had. She talked about the reasons for the new organization, and how it was thought that additional motivation would make things better still.Cliff was amused because, in addition to wearing her plant coat, Sandy had her auburn hair up in a bun and was wearing horn-rimmed glasses that he knew had clear lenses. She didn't wear glasses.As she got to the end of. The five of us met Mary at the house and started moving our furniture into the proper rooms and setting it up. Shirley and I set up our bedroom first. Mary, Mom, and Dad had fun kidding us about our "priority." We were still newly weds. Having a place to sleep together in our new house was a priority.We spent the day getting furniture set in place and loading the refrigerator, freezer, and pantry. Food was still easy to find and there was a fair amount of fairly fresh vegetables still to be. And this one was one of the better ones. I was closer to Mum and Dad than I had been since I'd left to go to university. The feeling that I was growing away from them and my roots had gone. Robert had brought me back to stay. I didn't get to play snooker, but I talked to Mum as I hadn't done for ages - ever. I emptied my heart. All the fears and worries I'd never told her because I thought she wouldn't understand. And she told me about my conception and their early married life. Funny to think.