Bo and Luke, had since they were small boys driven any car that they could find themselves to be aloud to drive, especially their pride the ‘General Lee’ and for them it paid off because the boys had earned their rightful spot in the NASCAR circuit.
(though as they say one little thing can go wrong and the next thing you know your life has completely changed. Well if y’all can guess that’s what happened to Bo during one day while the boys were racing in California, near Beverly Hills. So needles to say that’s where this tale of woe starts)
“Well
Bo, I guess this ain’t it for you, but I don’t reckon Uncle Jesse is going to
be so lenient with us from now on.” Luke sighed saying to his younger cousin
who laid in the hospital bed beside where he sat.
“I know Luke, but I wasn’t my fault, somehow the motor just started
leaking oil and I couldn’t stop.”
“I know that Bo. I’m not saying it’s your fault. I’m just saying that I’m
not sure what you and I are going to do. We don’t know anybody here in California except for the team and that’s not the best contact we know since we really
ain’t got any money. We need somewhere that you can stay and heal.”
“I really am sorry Luke.” Bo sighed turning his head painfully to look
out the window of his room.”
“Bo, I know. Now I know you’ll be all right until I get back. I got to go
meet some idiotic banker over at the Commerce Bank. I’ll be back soon, but in
the meantime these are for you.” he nodded laying a stack of car magazines
beside his cousin.
“Thanks Luke.” Bo smiled, but then suddenly looked at his cousin
questioningly “Say Luke have you called Uncle Jesse yet?” he asked.
“No, I haven’t Bo. Here, you can do it while I’m gone. From what I’ve
heard of this banker we might need his help.” Luke said handing the phone to
his cousin.
“All right. Good Luck Luke.” Bo sighed as his cousin walked off.
“Well, I guess I probably need it more than he does.” Bo sighed as he
dialed the number for connection to Georgia from where he got Uncle Jesse.
“Hey, Sheppard. Lost Sheep here.” he sighed nervously.
“All right son, we’re not on CB, but I’m glad to hear from you.”
“So am I, but well . . . Uncle Jesse first I’m going to say that Luke and
I are fine, but I had an accident in the race today and I’m in the hospital at Beverly Hills. It’s mostly my leg. It’s a minor break, but still will be a bit of recovery
time. I got banged up kinda bad.”
“All right. I know Daisy and I saw the race. You’ve been doing good until
today. Where’s Luke?”
“Gone down to the bank. I’m not sure what the banker wants, but everybody
around here talks about him like he’s bad news.”
“Hmm. You need us to come. I know you’re a grown man Bo, but I think it
might ease Daisy’s nerves if we did. She’s getting Supper ready, but the two of
us can be ready to fly out in the morning. You know Daisy has faith in you, but
somehow she just can‘t help it.”
“Yeah. That’d be great Uncle Jesse. Luke thinks we might need your help
dealing with this banker.”
“Well, get some rest son and hopefully we’ll see you sometime tomorrow.”
“All right. Bye Shepherd.”
“Over and out my Lost Sheep.” Uncle Jesse smiled and hung up.
“That was Bo wasn’t it Uncle Jesse?” Daisy asked a slight hint of concern
in her voice.
“Sure was. They’re all right. From what Bo told me the worst was that he
broke his leg, not too badly tho, but I told him that the two of us would fly
to California in the morning to see them.”
Daisy smiled. She wouldn’t have normally admitted it, but the news did
make her happy.
Down
at the bank Luke was having a time of his own. Mr. Drysdale was not being too
friendly.
“So if you’re just another broke hillbilly then why did you come down
here?”
“Because I was ordered to and I’m not a hillbilly.” Luke said standing
up, the fire in his eyes obvious “Now either help me out or let me go!” he said
loudly when suddenly--
“Mr. Drysdale, Granny is here to see you.” Miss Hathaway his secretary
announced.
“Fine. Let her in. At least I can talk to somebody who has some money
other than what their being given for stupid races.” he sighed.
“All right. Come on in Granny.” and the next minute a little old lady
walked in. She wore a light jacket over a button down shirt, an old skirt and
mountain boots.
“Morin’ Mr. Drysdale.” she smiled and then noticed the other gentleman in
the room with him “Hello darlin” she smiled up at Luke.
“Well what can I do for you Granny?” Mr. Drysdale asked kindly.
“Well Jed asked Jethro to bring me down here to give you another check.
Apparently more oil was discovered on our land.” she sighed shaking her head at
the thought of more money they didn’t need.
“I’ll take care of that right away Granny.” he smiled and walked out to
talk with his secretary.
“Well, what you here fer darlin’?” Granny asked looking again to Luke.
“Well, you see ma’am my cousin and I are up here for a race and now my
cousin’s in the hospital and I’m havin a heap of a time with this banker. What
we heard was right Mr. Drysdale is trouble.” Luke sighed smiling at Granny “I
guess he’s nice to you huh?”
“Well I reckon so. My son-in-law has some 95 million dollars. I guess
banks do like that kind of thing.”
“So where are you from? You mentioned that land that had oil.”
“Back in Tennessee darlin’. Everyday I wish I could go back, but no we
have to stay here because that banker will get upset.”
“I see.” Luke nodded his head seeing where she was going.
“So do you have a place to stay?” Granny asked him.
“Our home back in Georgia, but out here we don’t know any body.” Luke
shrugged.
“Well, honey you could stay with us. We have more than enough room fer
you and yer cousin.”
“Well we wouldn’t want to cause you any trouble besides my other cousin
and my Uncle are flying here from Georgia and should be here sometime tomorrow
night.”
“That’s okay honey. We have plenty of room.”
“Well that’s right nice of you ma’am. We’d be happy to stay in the home
of people from our kind of place. You know that hospital that’s just around the
corner from here?”
“Sure do honey.” Granny sighed shaking her head.
“Well, I reckon my cousin wouldn’t mind if you came to visit. He’s a bit
lonely and maybe your family can come and you could give me directions to your
house.”
“All right honey.” Granny smiled and turned to leave “I reckon I wouldn’t
know what kind of race would hurt a person that bad, but I’ll be back to see
yer cousin honey.”
let me know what y'all think. what types of things do you think will happen with them? How do you think the clampetts specially Granny will react to each of the Dukes?