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The Archer and The Sailor By Lionel A LaVergne Part 1 “Go somewhere you’ve never been, Leo.” I looked at my best friend in the world and smiled. “That would be a lot of places, Jim. I’ve been out of the country twice, and to a handful of states.” Shaking my head I leaned back in my old rattan chair. “I’ll tell you what, I’ll make a list of places tonight, strange exotic places, countries and states, cities I know you’ve never been and would never go on your own, just promise me one thing.” “W...

CAJUNS Chapter one The LaVergne’s A tall young man stood in front of the sturdy, well built home he owned. He gazed over his property enjoying the lush grassland, the huge shade trees and the many flowering bushes that ringed the area. Over six feet in statute, with huge hands and broad shoulders a passerby might have taken him for a, laborer perhaps a farmer. Thick black unruly hair fell over his forehead nearly down to his huge nose. Above the majestic nose, a certain sign of his parentage...

Reality A very short, short story. by Lionel A. LaVergne “Sam, we’re really hurting, what are we going to do?” Asked Albert. The huge office where he and his partner sat was filled with expensive oak furnishings. The wood paneling on the walls were richly polished and hung with paintings by famous artists. The desk Sam sat behind was large enough to house a poor Chinese family, if there had been any poor Chinese left in the world. In his fingers he rolled a Cuban cigar, no longer illegal, sin...

PROLOGUE Innocence sometimes dies quickly. For me, the sound of my childhood fleeing abruptly was heralded by a loud blast followed by the smoke and flash of a revolver. Turtle, Louisiana in the year 1947 was a typical small town the sort of place people referred to as a wide spot in the road, or as a country town. Several small farms were scattered around just north of Turtle. Most of the adult males earned a living by rough necking either on land or off shore on oilrigs. The farms that dot...