A Time to Love by Al Lacy

Author:Al Lacy [Lacy, Al]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-56911-0
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Published: 1998-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Haman could hardly contain himself. His idea was not impossible, after all! He could impersonate Blake, even to the point of talking and acting like a Christian. Blake had talked to him on numerous occasions about being saved, and Haman had been around other Christians enough to know their jargon. He was sure he could pull it off.

He read the brief letter again, then said to himself, “There’s still one big problem, Haman, ol’ boy. You can’t impersonate Blake in Sacramento. You’ll have to get clear out of California. Go somewhere else, somewhere you’re not known.”

He snapped his fingers. “Wait a minute! That bank in Wyoming!”

Haman had learned just the previous day that there was a bank for sale in Cheyenne City, Wyoming. The owner had died, and his widow had put it up for sale.

As he thought about it, Haman knew several bank owners in California who would love to purchase the successful Pacific Bank and Trust Company of Sacramento. He would sell it to the highest bidder.

The next morning, Haman told the bank employees that he would have to be away from the bank possibly all day, then he drove his buggy to the town of Stockton, where he was unknown. There he entered the Western Union office and wired the widow in Cheyenne City, using Blake Barrett’s name, to see if the bank was still on the market, and to ask how much she wanted for it. The return wire came back in less than an hour, saying the bank was still for sale, and the widow named her price.

Haman was happy to learn that the price was less than he would get out of the Pacific Bank and Trust Company. He wired the widow a firm offer for the price she was asking. Within another hour, the deal was agreed upon.

Haman then wired Linda—as Blake Barrett—telling her some changes were taking place in his career. He would be moving to Cheyenne City, Wyoming, to work in a bank there. He was sending the wire from Stockton because he was on an assignment from the Pacific Bank and Trust Company and needed to send it right away. She must wait in Boston until she heard from him in Wyoming, which would be a few weeks. He asked for her to send a return wire by the messenger who delivered the telegram to her door. He would wait in Stockton till he heard back that she had received it.

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