Did Dallas & Laddie really run away together.?
Dallas ran away for 3 days one summer and was taken in as described. Laddie also was gone for a number of weeks and returned home with bailing twine around his neck. They didn’t do it together and what happened to them is totally fiction. Authors Notes: This chapter is full of personal recollections woven into the story. Starting with my sister Natalie being run over by a milklbone charging Dallas. And yes, we use to call her and trip her up for pleasure. The incident of us boys being chased and me falling through Cappy’s cellar happened as described. Ditch on bikes was what we did for fun during the summer. It was the game of gang tag within the village borders. The story around it with Sam looking to get laid and his altercation with Dallas & Sugar was all fiction. Scott (Beaner) was prone to a number of accidents including riding into a telephone pole and one time being catapulted over a rock a good 7 to 10 feet. He use to always wear plastic baseball helmets and I believe it saved
