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The Bell Ringer by Jake Rivers ©

Author's Note:

The crucial events in this story take place in Wichita, Kansas around 1950. Place and street names are generally accurate with some small amount of poetic license.

To set the mood, the big songs that year were:

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, by Gene Autry White Christmas, by Bing Crosby Music! Music! Music! by Teresa Brewer The Third Man Theme, by Guy Lombardo Mona Lisa, by Nat King Cole All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, by Spike Jones Harbor Lights, by Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra

THE CORRAL THEATER 1949

I woke up that cold winter afternoon in front of the Corral. Struggling with some small core of pride, I always said my name to myself as soon as I awoke after a drinking bout. Some days it was easy. Other days it could be a struggle, like today. It took a while - too long - but I finally came up with a name, Crane, forming the sounds slowly with my lips: "Crane Hanson."

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