Back in the 1940s my sister and I stayed a week with our
grandmother and aunt in Cohutta, Georgia (not far from Dalton). They rented a house on a hilltop overlooking
a large pasture with train tracks running through. More than once we saw the train stationary
and a man with a ball bat opening each box car looking in and then move on to the next box car and repeat
the routine. One time when he slid open
the door a man sprung out and the RR employee chased him. They ran out of view, we do not see who won.
Which brings up the novel I just read, THE DIRTY PARTS OF
THE BIBLE by Sam Torode.
The first person was just entering adulthood when his over
strict pastor father got drunk, which was exactly the thing he preached
against, had a wreck, a bird from overhead shit in his eyes, blinding him, and because
he was drinking, the church he was over fired him.,
He sent his only son, the first person to his old home place
in Texas where he had a fortune buried.
If he explained how he came to own the buried treasure I missed it.
With his all of his father’s savings the first person headed
for Texas. His first stop he gave a prostitute
all his money and about the same time the map to the treasure were torn up or crumbled like
confetti.
With no money the only passage to Texas was train, via
hoboism.
Living the life of a hobo an elderly hobo sort of adopted
him, and became his protectorate. Not only did he protect him but he was full
of appropriate quotes for the moment. The
old man was full of wisdom. (and wit - or was that Sam Torode?).
The author does tell of a few dirty places in the Bible but
also spins a good story. BUT! The story has already been spun. If I read it right, the same journey ss in
the book is a modern repeat of a story in the Bible.
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