When Sue Ling came out of the rest room she was wearing an oriental dress that wasn't as revealing as her original outfit, but still was plenty sexy. "What'd he get you for?" she asked.
"Didn't want to tell who sold me something," Samuel answered. "You?"
"Got bored with country life," Sue Ling answered, "ran with some guys that offered me fun and adventure, so I took off with them. I was getting a little tired of fun. He probably waited until I was."
"We'd better get to the platform," Samuel suggested.
When they got there The Speaker was nowhere in sight, so they went over to a crowd gathered around a man with a portable television that seemed rather excited.
"What's going on?" Samuel asked.
"Chevy's calling it quits!" a bystander explained. "Their president's just coming on CNN!"
A few moments later a gray haired dejected looking man appeared on the television screen. "Ladies and gentlemen," he began "I am here to announce that Chevy Motors is declaring insolvency. It is useless for us to declare bankruptcy and try to reorganize. With 45% of our dealerships out of business and our sales down 85% world wide, we can simply no longer withstand the boycott put against us by The Spiritist Church because we sponsored a program that they felt ridiculed their leader's wife.
I, myself, and my associates still feel we were doing right protecting an individual's right of free speech, protecting a performer's right to express his art, the way he saw fit. But obviously the rest of the world disagreed with us, or the boycott could not have succeeded without the support of others outside the Spiritist faith. We can only conclude that many felt as they do.
I have personally contacted The First Speaker, and begged him to allow us to sell off our remaining stock at a reasonable rate, so we can pay old back salaries and debts to our suppliers. He has graciously agreed, but no more Chevy vehicles will roll off our assembly lines.
The Chevy brand name will cease to exist. Our manufacturing facilities will be sold to other manufacturers. We thank the American people who supported us. We regret others did not understand the cause we were fighting for. I thank you!"
"Sons of bitches!" one of the men standing by answered, "All this trouble because a guy dressed up as a woman, told a few jokes! Thousands of people put out of work, just because a weirdo can't take a joke, doesn't have a sense of humor!"
"Maybe if it was YOUR wife that was being insulted," a woman in the crowd snapped, "you'd feel differently!"
The Speaker came up and motioned Samuel and Sue Ling to follow. "Well, looks like we've won one!" Samuel remarked.
The Speaker nodded. "There's still ABC," he remarked. "They still refuse to pull the show, or, to remove that segment, and they're suing Spiritist stations that delete it! But with 35% of their advertising gone, they can't hold out much longer.
Come on, let's get your things in your sleeper then I'm going to take a nap. You two have the run of the train. Behave yourselves! Here's your meal tickets, and a few dollars for extras." He looked at Sue Ling for a minute, and asked "Where's your bra?"
"You brought my sister's!" the girl answered. "They're about two sizes too big!"
"Oh!" The Speaker sighed. "My fault, then!"
They settled in and began to enjoy the trip. The observation car was their favorite place and they sat talking about music, and everything until bedtime. Samuel changed first and got under the covers in the upper, while Sue Ling took the lower. When she came out she asked "You want to?"
"No offense," Samuel answered, "but I don't think we'd better. We've got enough troubles already! The temptation is horrendous, though!"
Sue Ling smiled, climbed into bed. "You know, it's kind of nice for a change,,, not to have a man all over you. Good night!"
"Good night!" Samuel answered.
He didn't have any nightmares that night. He'd never have those particular ones again.
In the morning he woke up feeling better than he had for quite a while. The Speaker joined them for breakfast and it was a quite a while before they said anything.

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