Weirdness makes life interesting. (Edgar Allen Poe)
Perhaps my dear readers, even in the midst of their busy lives and more pressing concerns, may recall a seven episode series of these blogs from last year entitled “The Old Country Store and Post Office.” It was a tale of early 20th century rural life, having to do with ghosts and murders and deserted mines and a motley assorted crew of country folks whose lives were thrown into some disarray by the arrival of a stranger in town. (You are invited to scroll backwards through bunches of blogs should you want to refresh your memories!).
The stranger’s name happened to be Suze Campbell — does she ring a “bell”?? (Heh, heh.). This is how I described her at that time:
But what I started tellin’ you all this for is because just as Mam was finishin’ totalin’ up, in comes a stranger. Now we don’t get too many strangers comin’ to these here parts, ‘specially seein’ as how times are gettin’ so hard up. And this stranger was a whooo-whee. It was a woman, and she was dressed in skintight leather britches and a red vest lined with some kinda fur. She was tall, mebbe six feet, and she had a knapsack flung over her shoulder, and let me tell you, she was a fine figger of a woman. None of us had heard her ride up, and didn’t rightly know where she came from even. (from The Old Country Store and Post Office, Episode 2. 11/11/2018).
Have you guessed? Yep, Ms. Suze Campbell was indeed Suzy Bell “all growed up.”
Since by now you will probably have read more than one of these blogs, you will know that your author has a rather whimsical turn of mind. But even she was astonished at this turn of events. Who woulda thought?
I guess Suzy Bell(issima) really did claim her “real self,” since we learned in future episodes of The Old Country Store and Post Office that Ms. Suze Campbell was quite a feisty and spirited dame. Aren’t you glad for Suzy Bell?
So — it occurred to me that maybe it would be fun to find out exactly what became of Suze Campbell after she left the good people of The Old Country Store and Post Office to head down Texas-way to apparently become a school teacher.
Stay tuned.
