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The Blind Man saw everything, little boy learned The Blind Man, Dolphus Eastridge, had told customer Oscar Wood to help himself. To a small boy, that meant him, as well. He enjoyed the Bazooka Bubble Gum until he got home, when his Dad taught him a lesson, and he learned what a good and remarkable man, the Blind Man who ran their village store, really was By Tommy Wood As to Billy Joe Fudge's question, Yes, Eastridge Cemetery Road, is indeed called "County Line Road. We had the option of going to school in either Adair or Taylor Co. We had farm on both sides of the highway but chose to go to Adair County schools. I also can remember an occasion which I will never forget about the store and Uncle Dolphus. When I was 5 years old I went to the store with my dad to get lunch and Uncle Dolphus asked if he could help us. Dad told Uncle Dolphus that wanted to get a sandwich. And Dolphus he told Dad to go back behind the counter and make his own, if he wanted to. Dad and I went back and he made the sandwich while I proceeded to partake of a handful of Bazooka Bubble Gum. After we ate, we left and went home I was enjoying my gum when Dad said to me, "Where did you get that?" I said, "At the store," and he then wanted to know how much I had chewed and how much was left. To a 5 year old, I guess since I thought that since dad was helping himself, I could too.But Dad saw it differently. He told me that we had to go back to the store. We had toake back the rest of the gum and pay for what I had already chewed. So we did. Just so you know how my uncle's other senses were, when we walked through the screen door, he said, "Hello, Oscar and Tom." I thought, "How did he know who we are?" Then dad told him about the gum and told Uncle Dolphus we had come to make it right. It was only at that time Uncle Dolphus said to my dad, "Oh, yes. I knew he had gotten it. I heard him when he reached in the box. But I knew you would be back to take care of it." Oh and by the way the store stands just off and to the side of my home and it reminds me of stories often. -Tommy Wood This story was posted on 2010-07-01 03:45:54
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