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Brookings man. known by many here as “M ike” De Bruin. Mike now
lives in Calfornia. The story is in keeping with the T hanksgiving
spird, because of what a few people did. Mike refers to Brookings
th nict st rom m i.nity I have even know n.” The story w as printed
fir t •( ' tin 's W e kl> .tam p n ew s, a stam p collectors paper of na
tional circulation. V ie article w as brought to the atten tion of the
<1 • i - <»: h I'iin« by Erskine M iller.
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a D u tc h f a m ily w o r k in g a t th e
s a m e p la c e . A f t e r a fe w m o n th s ,
w h ile u n lo a d in g a tr u c k a b i x fell
on m y leg a n d f a r c t u r e d m y a n k le
I le a r n e d t h a t fo rm la b o r s a r e n o t
c o v e r e d by s t a te a c c id e n t in s u r
a n c e ; I c o u ld n o t w o rk u n t il m y
a n k le h e a le d ; a n d m y m o n e y w a s
a lm o s t e x h a u ts e d . I ju s ' h a d to
s it in m y ro o m a n d w a it.
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a m p s h u t in w o rld w id e tr a v e l
o 'h r s u b je c ts .
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lim p a n d I to ld h im o f m y a c c i
d e n t, a n d t h a t t h e n e x t d a y I ex
p o r te d th e d o c to r w o u ld d is c h a r g e
m e a s c u r e d a n d I w o u ld lo o k fo r
a job. R g h t a w a y h e p h o n e d a
f r ie n d a n d m a d e a n a p p o in tm e n t
fo r a n in te r v ie w fo r in c w ith a
v ie w to e m p lo y m e n t. I f e lt m u c h
b e t t e r w h e n I w e n t h o m e th a t
e v e n in g .
T h e n e x t d a y th e d o c to r to ld
m e th e b o n e huci n o t h e a le d a n d
t h a t 1 w o u ld h a v e to w e a r a c a s t
fo r tw o m o n th s . T h e w o r d “des-
p e ia te
is p o o r to d e s c r ib e m y
fe e lin g s a t t h a t m o m e n t; in a
s t r a n g e c o u n tr y , w i t h o u t a jo b ,
w i t h o u t f r ie n u s a n d f a m ily , all
a lo n e in a h o r r i b le p la c e , b o u n d
I m b e d fo r tw o m o n th s , a n d w ith
t u l l e m om y le ft.
I p h o n e d m y f r ie n d a n d to ld
! a i sn o t ily t h a t 1 c o u ld n o t c o m e
b e c a u s e ot th e l e s u l t o f th e X-
1 a y . i»is r e a c tio n 1 s h a ll n e v e r
l o r g e t a s lo n g as 1 liv e — it m a d e
m e c ry in sid e . A ll h e s a id w a s,
■'M ike, w h o is ta k in g c a r e of
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My a n sw e r w as "N o b o d y ”
a n d 1 p u t th e te le p h o n e on th e
n .o k .
“ W ho c a r e s ? ’’, I th o u g h t.
M y tm p lu y e i lo a o e d m e in h u
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ed m e a s a L u i u a m i o m who
c o m , ,< l. i., u m i ,.,u j o d m y fe el
in g s a n a » .tu a t.a n . "Y o u m u s t g e t
o u t o t th is a s n io s p h ij e ’, a s a i d
T h e n e x t m o r n .n g h ei e < ¡a s m y
f r ie n d a n d a f r a t e r n a l b r o th e r ,
a m i th e y m o v e d m e a n d m> b a g
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