Word: dew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...head north early the next day, but I took Nick back into the hamlet and left him at its one motel. The Thistle Dew Alone, with only a wire to his mother for enough money...
...week later Nick writes. He has gotten a job in the Thistle Dew and is pursuing his dream...
After they completed the job they all swapped wives and checked into the Thistle Dew...
...other night I called Nick for the latest word. He is getting paid a total of $12 a week by the Thistle Dew proprietor, who gives him room and board and knows that Nick himself is grounded. Nick says he and Penny may be ready to make a move soon. An anonymous caller rang her up a few days ago and said "I saw where you went the other day." Nick has heard that it's possible for them to get married in Georgia and make it stick. If courage holds they may soon light out to the south...
...says PISS OFF. To the north, lights from the Woomera range and tracking station, used for guiding American astronauts, glow in the night. To the east, the moonlit rails turn molten in the Popsicle-or-ange sunrise. This is the time of day a kangaroo likes to lick the dew off the steel track. Or when a yellow-eyed dingo, Australia's coyote, will stand its ground and stare sourly at the train while a spindly-legged emu, the local version of an ostrich, will try to outrun the 3,300-h.p. diesel express...