But she caught on fast. From there I taught her how to order product from large merchants and even manufacturers. The idea behind this instruction was...so that some day in the future Dolly, with my backing, would open a business of her own. I had no idea what business it would be, but had under consideration dress shops, millinery shops, or other businesses that catered to women. This of course was not a unique concept on my part. Many men, on parting with their mistress set them up in a. “I can see what you meant,” she looked at the unobstructed view down to the stage, “it’d sort of be like a picnic with live music.”“That was the idea, but like I said, we have seats, if you’d rather sit under the roof.”“No, do you know how long it’s been since I was on a picnic? I say we stay here.”She sat down, leaning forward on her drawn up knees. She looked up at him smiling and batted her eyes theatrically.“Care to join me there, sailor?”“Gosh ma’am,” he replied in a fake hayseed accent,. What do you want to do?" she asked in the same tone of voice."Let's dismount and work our way north on foot. We'll stay in the wood line until we spot them or the road curves away from us," I replied.Leading the surprisingly light-footed mules, we skirted the edge of the woods, moving as quickly and quietly as we could. It took us only about ten minutes to spot the sheriff. He was face down on the edge of the road, about fifty yards from where we were. There was no sign of Tonya or his strange. I couldn't help but notice the little tent in Tim'sjeans. Not much, but funny to see. Mine was quite a bit bigger, so Igrabbed a Rolling Stone to cover it, and to placate the cranky storeclerk a little by buying something.As I drove Tim home that night, I felt a wonderful happiness that scaredme a little. It was supposed to be fun to hang out with a friend, but notto this extent. I didn't want to have to say good night. We weren'tmoving to different countries or anything, but I remember.