This month the words/prompts are supplied by River and can be found here
This week's words/prompts are:
1.herring 2.detectives 3.beer 4.mask 5.peaches
Waste Of Time by Granny Annie
A group of police and State detectives gathered in the Lynch orchard. They could not imagine a case like this where peaches were involved. Jacob Lynch had invited them in laughing about the claim they had received anonymously.
Each of the agents wore a mask to deter the dust in the adjoining field from choking them. The call had come from an unknown source. The person had vowed that this peach grower was making illegal beer from his fruit. This was not a violent crime but it was against the law for persons to make their own alcohol products without a license.
The police continued their investigation until it was determined there was no truth to the caller's claims. That person had produced a red-herring. Now the search was geared toward finding the caller who had lied and wasted valuable law enforcement time.
The case of the boot-legged peach drink was eventually solved. The call had come from the neighboring farmer who wanted to run Mr. Lynch out of business.
Very good
ReplyDeleteNice!
ReplyDeleteI like it! And spit on those who want to ruin others for their own gain.
ReplyDeleteSome people are just low, like the neighbor. Nice use of the words.
ReplyDeleteOhhh you are such a wonderful writer.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your kind words.
ReplyDeleteBoot-legging peach beer? Sounds almost good though I'm not a fan of beer. Good use of the prompts.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.