The flying rancher, Arch Palmer, was brother to Beanie.
Well the father"s name was also Arch. But he didn't fly any plane. He walked and walked. He was an expert card player--I don't remember what kind of game. But he would take off walking to other towns to play. He would just leave without notice and be gone a few days or weeks or months.
On one of his trips he hitched a ride with some gypsies. They were very "nice" to him patting him on the back and sympathizing with him for being out on the road in the heat. They even took him to the place that he was headed for and were on down the road before he discovered that his money was all gone.
The family got used to the practice and knew that when he got ready to come home he knew the way. But then---one day after he had been gone awhile a neighbor who was starting to farm his field was shocked to discover his body along the fence row. His last trip. A shock for everyone.
Ben Wiley had an airplane hangar in our pasture. He had to open two and sometimes three gates. Sometimes he had to chase some cattle out of the way when he was ready to fly or to land.
One day Rex Daniels' daughter landed her plane there because of bad flying conditions. She walked the mile or more to our house to call home. She couldn't get them on the phone so I took her to town.
-- Submitted by Alice Gregory
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Well the father"s name was also Arch. But he didn't fly any plane. He walked and walked. He was an expert card player--I don't remember what kind of game. But he would take off walking to other towns to play. He would just leave without notice and be gone a few days or weeks or months.On one of his trips he hitched a ride with some gypsies. They were very "nice" to him patting him on the back and sympathizing with him for being out on the road in the heat. They even took him to the place that he was headed for and were on down the road before he discovered that his money was all gone.
The family got used to the practice and knew that when he got ready to come home he knew the way. But then---one day after he had been gone awhile a neighbor who was starting to farm his field was shocked to discover his body along the fence row. His last trip. A shock for everyone.
Ben Wiley had an airplane hangar in our pasture. He had to open two and sometimes three gates. Sometimes he had to chase some cattle out of the way when he was ready to fly or to land.
One day Rex Daniels' daughter landed her plane there because of bad flying conditions. She walked the mile or more to our house to call home. She couldn't get them on the phone so I took her to town.
-- Submitted by Alice Gregory
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