The Tears of Sorrow

Personal notice, Stanges my stock and trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you got a job for me, George Valentine. Right full details. Standard Oil Company of California on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the West invites you to let George do it.

The tears of sorrow, another adventure of George Valentine. Dear Mr. Valentine, You ever hear a little Malayan with black earrings and white smiling teeth bust out laughing like you just want a lottery and say, Look at me boss! I'm so happy yes yes I got tears of sorrow.

Yeah, I know you think I'm crazy. So do I. So does the western milk and separator company. That's the outfit I'm working for. Traveling farm supplies, the district is eastern California, Arizona, New Mexico. But Valentine, there's one place on my route I can't stay away from.

It's the dollar, saddest, poorest, loneliest place on all of route 113. Gas, hamburgers, motel, and the Malayum. Place is called Stillman's Last Chance. And brother it is. Now listen, last time I was there, I bumped into the wrong cabin by mistake.

never see what happens except I get a knife in my face, a foot in my stomach, and a fist on the jaw. The next thing I know, I'm waking up between my own proper sheets, and nobody will say, who put me to bed? Nobody will explain a note I find in my pocket which says,

stop asking questions or you'll have a worse accident. Valentine, I'm going back to that place. But I'm no hero, I need your help. If you could come meet me there, drive out on my way up.