Little Stinkers

By Michael Allender

Revenge is not always sweet, but it can certainly be entertaining. This is the 11th in a series of 14 short stories by Abbie Joules as she recounts the exploits of her and her brother, Bendigo, growing up on a farm in east Texas in the early 50's. In this story Abbie recounts the relationship of Bendigo with a local female "hustler" named Cat, who is determined to add Ben as a notch on her garter belt. A resulting fiasco at the country club embarrasses Ben's girlfriend, Sarah, and Ben's revenge, orchestrated at the county fair, is rewarded with the not so sweet smell of success. Come along for a hilarious story of intrigue and a country-style eye-for-an-eye retaliation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Allender
• Release date: Oct 4, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370148752

Michael Allender

I was born in Dalhart, Texas, received degrees at Texas A&M in Wildlife Science and Psychology, and did post graduate work at Utah State in ethology. I worked as a professional photographer and wildlife artist, and authored "The Guadalupe Mountains Of Texas", published by the University of Texas Press, a coffee table book of a west Texas national park. I then worked for 25 years as a wood craftsman and entrepreneur. I currently live in Redmond, Oregon, and avail myself of every opportunity to paddle the wild rivers of the Pacific Northwest, from California to northern Canada and Alaska.

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LITTLE STINKERS

by

Michael Allender

Copyright 2014 Michael Allender

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(The eleventh in a series of fourteen stories)

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Little Stinkers

(Story # 11)

That Catherine Mobley is a little stinker.

My mother's words. Mom was quite ill at the time, and wasn't prone to wasting her strength on idle talk. It's a good indication of how put out with Catherine she was. I think she made the comments after what happened at the country club. Let me explain.

In 1957, Catherine, a vivacious five foot-ten nineteen year old, was a year and a half older than my brother, Ben, though by the way she dressed you'd have thought she was in her twenties. Ben, on the other hand, at five foot six, could have passed for fourteen. And