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The next morning I didn't see Mark. I went over to the garage at noon to see how things were progressing. Linda had gone home, but would be back. There was quite a hole in one section of the garages.
Mark said that Linda was pretty excited about an antique washing machine. It was a Maytag square tub that had a gasoline motor to run it. Another find were some oak fold-down book cases. There were twelve sections and three tops and three bases. She said they were stackable and you could have two, three or basically any of several combinations.
I looked at the lettering on the truck. Only the driver's door was finished. Mark had lettered, Milo Burns Handyman Services. Under that he had my phone number. Then there was a small drawing off to one side. I laughed when I saw it. It showed a man standing in a campfire. Across the little person's chest he had lettered, Milo. I got the connection immediately, "Milo Burns."
When Ashley looked at it, she said, "Milo that will make a perfect logo for your company. We might even get your crew tee shirts to wear. It will be good advertising."
I laughed when she said, "my crew". The crew she was talking about were two girls, one six and the other days away from being eight, one pregnant widow, one seventy-five-year old retired architect and two brothers, one seventeen and one fourteen. When asked why I was laughing so hard and I explained, she went into gales of laughter too. She said she would still order them.
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