‘And start training your people. This is your militia now. I’ll provide more support later, but when I finish my business in Narito, I will want t...o see what you’ve learned.’ ‘Yes, sir.’ She wasn’t awed, but she was nervous. Good enough. He headed back to the town, carrying the corpse of the biggest of the goblins. He dumped it in the center of the square and gave a little speech about the success of their valiant militia in defeating the goblin threat, with minor emphasis on his own involvement. I got back in my plane and flew up to Salem. I had a cashier's check for the bank mortgage loan on the Lowery farm, and a mortgage contract of my own to give me a first mortgage on the farm itself. I had set the interest rate at 5% per year. In all, I had $67,000.00 invested in the Lowery's future. Florence and I had a little heart to heart talk after everything had been taken care of with the loans, and with the recording of the new mortgage. Diane had called home, and she and her mom had. "What's with all the firepower?" he demanded of Yavinsky. "You said you were meeting some people to hand off ore samples. How do those rifle cases figure into this flight?"Yavinsky stared at him with cold eyes and tight lips. In a moment, he relaxed his gaze slightly: "These are extremely rich samples. We dare not risk theft; the rifles are simply a precaution. You remember, gold is insanely priced on the market, and many unscrupulous people would do violence to learn the source, isn't that. Her native blood, just a minor splash in the gene pool, had risen to the surface, and she hated it. It was a constant source of irritation. Blondes had more fun. Blondes had more business. The black hair, dark eyes, and high cheekbones, gave her an exotic sexiness certain men craved. And those certain men seemed to always want a rough encounter. Apparently, Indian blood meant ‘I like it rough’. Once, she made the mistake of telling a client that her Great, Great Grandfather was from the.