My disenchantment must haves shown."Not much in today's terms, is it?" Nope. I might get it done for five times that, depending on what's available." ...ou're in luck." He said in a dry tone of voice. "It went into an interest bearing account at five percent compound interest. The account balance is currently just over four point four million dollars." Holy Christ." I exclaimed. I sat back in the chair and thought about what was involved. Services would have to be run. I'd seen the lawyer's. He himself had losthis son Lee, nephews Barrett, Sig, and Colt, and his sisters Bessie,Pepper, and Winnie to the girls' actions.The two talked for two hours as Sheriff Coltrane told him about quite afew things about the girls, most of which preyed on Lewis' bigotry andfear of change. He got some feelers out about where the girls were livingand who they were staying with and didn't like what he heard. The girlswere staying with a cop whose wife was related to a federal agent who wasalso highly. And that brings us to why we happened to be driving down this road. We are members of a community of just over 40 souls, counting the babies, and we are looking for recruits to join us. Do you think that you might be interested?"Sarah Thurston piped up with, "Abner, don't you dare turn him down before we can see this place! I'm tired of being scared every breath that I take!" Well, I guess my wife has answered for all of us. Yes, we would like to see what you are offering. What do we have to do. We entered the office, and I started to set up the coffee machine, and fetched out the sugar jar from its shelf. I did not use sugar, myself, but Jones had a sweet tooth. As the preparation would take a little time, the sergeant took off his chequered hat, laid it on a clear space on the small table, and began his story.“After our little chat the other day, I visited the young man in the hospital. He is getting better every day, I am told. I came out right away with some basic facts. I told him.