Chapter Two
Manhunt Continues for “Animal Dwarf Bandits” in Bank Robbery!
—Front page headline from the Pinewood Times-Courier
Nate Jessop could hardly wait to get home to show his folks his article on the front page of their local newspaper. He’d been at it like a hound dog in heat since graduating from his journalism course at the community college. Maybe he’d had to drive thirty-two miles each way in his beat-up red Chevy pickup, but it’d sure been worth it. So had the long hours working at the hardware store in the next town as he earned money to pay for classes and all that gasoline he needed to get to those classes. That old truck ate it like nobody’s business, but he couldn’t afford anything else. The pickup actually belonged to his pa, though Nate kind of inherited it since Earl
