“We’ll be going down to the 600-foot level. The levels below that are flooded, as pumping was stopped forty years ago,” he informed us, as the c...ge started down the shaft. It took us more than a minute to reach the 600-foot level where the cage stopped, and we all exited it. There was an in mine vehicle there. It was a dedicated center-articulated 20-person carrier. It had four wheels with the motor and driver located in the front portion of the unit, and the mining crew rode in the rear. As a widower living on TV dinners and sandwiches, I jumped at the opportunity. Besides she was a very attractive woman near my age, well, perhaps within ten years or so of my fifty-something. I arrived promptly at six as arranged, with a nice bottle of red wine under my arm.She met me at the door and accepted the wine with a gracious smile and a "Welcome to my house." There was the delectable aroma of roast beef emanating from the kitchen, but it wasn't anywhere it as near delectable as the. “It is one of my favorite stories from the catechism,” Pol said. “It is why I wash your feet when you are tired. It is a good example to follow.”Doc and Margaret had patiently watched Wesley’s attempts at evangelism throughout the previous evening and this day without interfering or objecting. Now, they nearly exploded with laughter at Wesley’s dumfounded look. Wesley blushed and finally joined the laughter. It had been too perfect a setup for him to get angry. The people he had forced himself. Grandma never took vacation. Grandma only took off when she had Dad an' Aunt Hanna 'cause Great Granddad threatened ta fire her if they was born in the dockhouse.When the boats started coming back around 2:30 on the Wednesday before Christmas, Grandma was asleep."Hey, Grandma?" I called out, softly 'cause I didn't really want to wake her but I kinda didn't believe she was out like a light. "Hey, Candy." There was no way she'd let me get away with that one if she was awake. "Right." I took the.