Chapter 37

They entered the caféand settled down in one of the booths.After a minute or two,Bertwalked over to them.“What’s this?”he said.

“We have two new residents,”Josh said.“Bert,meet Caleb and Jethro Mathis.Boys,this is Mr.Hall.He and his wife run the café.What’s for lunch,Bert?”

“The blue plate special today is meat loaf,”Bert said.

“Sound good to me,”Josh said.“Boys?”

Both boys nodded,and Jake said,“Sure.”

“What would you folks like to drink?”Bert said.

“Do you have Coke?”Caleb said.

“We sure do.”

“Then my brother and I will have Coke,if that’s okay.”

“Iced tea for us,”Josh said.“Unsweet.”

“Coming right up,”Bert said,and turned to go behind the counter.He returned a couple of minutes later with their drinks,and set them on the table.“Agnes will be out here shortly with your food.”

“Thanks,Bert,”Josh said.“Anything happen today while we were gone?”

“Not that I know of.It’s been a quiet day around here.I think most of the teams are out on the road.”