about the condition of both the boat and the trailer. While they talked, Paul outlined the repairs he would have to make if he purchased the boat. Besides the torn seat, the non-functioning engine tachometer, the one thing they found that did not work, would also need repairing. Using the list of repairs he had mentioned, he made a counter offer on the boat. “Chubby, it’s got a few dents and so on, but it’s worth buying and fixing up. Tell Steve I’m grateful for the offer. I think his price is a fair one, but tell him if he comes down to eight hundred and fifty dollars he’s got a deal.”
“Sounds like a fair price. That cooler was in nasty shape, wasn’t it? I’ll call him and see what he says. I’ll be right back.”
Having left his cell phone in the office, Chubby got up and walked up the steps to call Steve. In a few minutes he was back, telling Paul that Steve was good with his offer. “He even agreed to throw in a new cooler as part of the deal. I’ve got to go to Costco this afternoon so I’ll fetch one of those big Igloo coolers they got there. It will be here for you in the morning if you want to come fetch it. If not, it will be here when you come to get the boat. I’ll have the flat tire looked at as well. It won’t be a problem to get it fixed right.”
Paul thanked him for his efforts and told him he would be back in two days with the cash to pay for the boat and trailer. Chubby promised he would have the boat cleaned up some by the time it was ready to be picked up. “Please tell Steve I appreciate his generosity. I am fortunate to have met such a nice guy. I’m looking forward to having some good times on the boat.” Chubby assured him he would get the message to him later in the day. Then they exchanged the necessary information needed to complete a Bill of Sale for the boat. “Before I head out, I’m just going to look at the boat again for a few minutes if you don’t mind.”
“Be my guest. I’ll see y’all on Thursday morning.”
After briefly inspecting the boat again, Paul drove home to tell Donna about his purchase. As he did, he could not help but to again think of what a generous person Steve was. “I wonder what he has done for other people he has met? I hope I can somehow repay him for his generosity.”
What Paul would soon realize was by buying the boat he would soon help someone else. Someone who had not seen home in almost one hundred and fifty years.
Summer, 1863
4 Gold On The Move.
“The war is commenced, and we will triumph or perish.”
Governor Francis Pickens — South Carolina —
After the Confederacy had captured Fort Sumter.
The war had started with cannons being fired in anger at each other; the South’s cannons firing defiantly at the North and the North’s cannons angrily responding back at the South’s attempt to leave the Union. Behind the loud roar of the cannons it was now countrymen fighting against each other and, in some cases, brothers fighting against brothers. The two sides were made up of their many different states, their militias and armies, and for the South, their ragtag armies that were preparing to fight against a seemingly far better trained and equipped Union army. In many cases, especially in the Confederate army, soldiers who had served in the Union army prior to the war now fought against their family and friends who had remained loyal to the Union. Many Union soldiers now found themselves fighting against family members and friends who pledged their allegiance to the newly formed Confederacy. A war between our country’s own individual states was something no one ever expected to occur, but now it had. It would rage for several years. The war would cost the nation over 600,000 of our countrymen before it was over.
The anger behind the cannon fire, anger fueled by both sides being committed to their respective causes, caused the war to last far longer than anyone could have imagined. After the war had started, many
“Sounds like a fair price. That cooler was in nasty shape, wasn’t it? I’ll call him and see what he says. I’ll be right back.”
Having left his cell phone in the office, Chubby got up and walked up the steps to call Steve. In a few minutes he was back, telling Paul that Steve was good with his offer. “He even agreed to throw in a new cooler as part of the deal. I’ve got to go to Costco this afternoon so I’ll fetch one of those big Igloo coolers they got there. It will be here for you in the morning if you want to come fetch it. If not, it will be here when you come to get the boat. I’ll have the flat tire looked at as well. It won’t be a problem to get it fixed right.”
Paul thanked him for his efforts and told him he would be back in two days with the cash to pay for the boat and trailer. Chubby promised he would have the boat cleaned up some by the time it was ready to be picked up. “Please tell Steve I appreciate his generosity. I am fortunate to have met such a nice guy. I’m looking forward to having some good times on the boat.” Chubby assured him he would get the message to him later in the day. Then they exchanged the necessary information needed to complete a Bill of Sale for the boat. “Before I head out, I’m just going to look at the boat again for a few minutes if you don’t mind.”
“Be my guest. I’ll see y’all on Thursday morning.”
After briefly inspecting the boat again, Paul drove home to tell Donna about his purchase. As he did, he could not help but to again think of what a generous person Steve was. “I wonder what he has done for other people he has met? I hope I can somehow repay him for his generosity.”
What Paul would soon realize was by buying the boat he would soon help someone else. Someone who had not seen home in almost one hundred and fifty years.
Summer, 1863
4 Gold On The Move.
“The war is commenced, and we will triumph or perish.”
Governor Francis Pickens — South Carolina —
After the Confederacy had captured Fort Sumter.
The war had started with cannons being fired in anger at each other; the South’s cannons firing defiantly at the North and the North’s cannons angrily responding back at the South’s attempt to leave the Union. Behind the loud roar of the cannons it was now countrymen fighting against each other and, in some cases, brothers fighting against brothers. The two sides were made up of their many different states, their militias and armies, and for the South, their ragtag armies that were preparing to fight against a seemingly far better trained and equipped Union army. In many cases, especially in the Confederate army, soldiers who had served in the Union army prior to the war now fought against their family and friends who had remained loyal to the Union. Many Union soldiers now found themselves fighting against family members and friends who pledged their allegiance to the newly formed Confederacy. A war between our country’s own individual states was something no one ever expected to occur, but now it had. It would rage for several years. The war would cost the nation over 600,000 of our countrymen before it was over.
The anger behind the cannon fire, anger fueled by both sides being committed to their respective causes, caused the war to last far longer than anyone could have imagined. After the war had started, many
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