The Ghost of Tobacco Road by Dale Young

Author:Dale Young [Young, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Niner 8 Books
Published: 2015-02-16T00:00:00+00:00

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Logan was sitting on the steps of the front porch of his house enjoying the hot sun when he saw Colby’s car emerge from underneath the canopy of tree limbs covering the driveway to the house. She pulled up slowly and then parked her car. When she got out of the car she squinted in the bright sun as she looked at Logan.

“Hey there, city boy. You look lonesome.” Logan smiled and watched as she walked around the front of her car and then towards him. She was wearing a pair of white denim shorts and a pale pink T-shirt. Logan could not remember the last time he had ever seen a more attractive woman.

“City boy? I’ll have you know that I am now officially a country boy, and not only that, I’m a tobacco kingpin. Just look at my fields. I feel like I should be sitting here smoking a pipe and wearing straw hat.”

“Smoking a pipe is the last thing you want to do,” Colby said as she walked up to Logan and sat down on the steps next to him, so close that the sides of their legs touched.

“Why? Harmon seems to enjoy it. And besides, look at my supply of tobacco. I’d never have to buy any. It’s all out there just waiting to be smoked.” Logan then waved his arm towards the fields behind the house.

“Oh, so you’ll just go out there and tear off a leaf, chop it up, put it in your pipe and smoke it? That’s funny, city boy. I’d love to see you do that.”

“What’s the big deal?” Logan knew he had once again ventured into a topic he knew nothing about. He had no intention of taking up smoking; he was just trying to be funny.

“I’ve heard stories about people that try that. I’ve even seen a few people do it. Watching someone do that is more fun than free circus tickets,” Colby said as she laughed.

“Okay, I admit it. I have no idea what I’m talking about.” Logan then looked into Colby’s eyes as he felt her leg up against his. “Educate me, country girl.”

“You can’t just go out there and rip off a leaf and roll it up into a cigar and smoke it. Or put it in a pipe or anything else. It doesn’t work like that. I had a friend back in high school that tried that. We were all out riding around one night and he decided that he wanted to start smoking. So we pulled over and he walked out into a tobacco field that bordered the road, tore off a leaf, rolled it into a homemade cigar and then lit it up. After a few puffs of his homemade cigar he turned green, fell down on his hands and knees and started moaning and groaning, saying the world was spinning around him. Then he puked up his cheeseburger and fries. We all laughed so hard that we almost pee’d in our pants. After that night he never tried smoking again, either with homemade cigars or store-bought ones.

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