Pennies From Blevin

Now we got it figured out. It seems every time Carlox Blevin went to the bank he got twenty rolls of pennies. They, the ones at the bank, always wondered what he was up to. Carlox was as unique as his name so people just kept on wondering and no one came out and asked him what was going on. It all  started when Birdniece Blevin, Carlox's wife, walked out one Saturday night, hired a fancy lawyer, and began divorce proceedings against her husband. Carlox obtained W. D. Fourney, attorney-at-law, to represent him and to look out for his interests. Birdniece had the better lawyers and they took Carlox to the cleaners. The wife got the car, the house, all the furnishings, the books, records; everything. Carlox was left with an old piece of truck that required tweaking on a daily basis just to get it cranked. And a bill  from W. D. for $1000.00. For a year Carlox protested the amount on the grounds he lost everything as a result of W. D.'s negligence. His lawyer would not relent. So Carlox began collecting pennies and last Friday afternoon he grabbed a wheelbarrow, took all the pennies from their wrappers, and headed out to the lawyer's office where he dumped them all on the floor in front of the receptionist's desk. He claims it was $1000.00 but I figured it would take 1000 rolls and more than one wheelbarrow trip to handle the deal. I know one thing, I'm not going to think any harder on it than that.

Tales of Harper, short stories and poems about the fictional town of Harper, Mississippi is available on Amazon Kindle