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The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued
Page 55
“Play on brother.” I was proud of that one. I felt so cool that if Johnny Depp was there, I’d have asked him to use his guitar to back up my band. Before I had the opportunity to totally freak, Sam started his story.
“’Frank’s Bar and Grill’ was the name locals had given to a run-down commercial establishment on the outskirts of Propriety, Montana. Little too obvious, right?”
“Maybe, maybe not. Depends on what follows. Keep on.”
“The illusory, former private dwelling of six rooms sat thirty feet from the banks of a rapid section of the Yellowstone River. The constant hammer of the rushing water often drowned out the bar-room conversations, but no one complained. If they did no one heard it.”
“Nice.”
“Thanks. Frank’s didn’t advertise. The house didn’t even have a sign. Some people just seemed to know that it was there. Any questions about how they knew were answered with a shrug.
The Gunsight Mountains circled around cross river, putting Frank’s in the shade twenty-three hours a day; twenty four when the sun got stuck behind the clouds. The green mildew was in love with the white painted clapboard siding.