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| Arnold Bassett and Ralph Burgess 1993 |
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IN 1993 I also met up again with Arnold Bassett, Roy's brother. I used to go over to Clyde and Faye Bassetts' house to get
milk and at least it got me away from home long enough to escape a beating from Helen. I used to play ball with Roy during
the summer. I knew they were pretty good friends of Frank and Helen Burgess's that's why I ran away from Arnold when he came
after me to Waynesville, Mo. and hunted me down after I ran away from Helen Burgess after a good beating! When Arnold saw
me in the town he chased after me and took me to a restaurant and bought me a hamburger. I tried to tell him that Helen would
kill me if he took me back there and even showed him my lumps and bumps. Arnold said that everybody was missing me and worried
about me and he was going to take me back there after we ate. As we drove down Highway 5 past Hayden Store, he asked me if
I wanted an Ice Cream. That's when Hayden Store came to my rescue and Arnold was forced to go back home without me! Arnold
was our next door neighbor and lived with his dad Clyde and mom Faye, and brother Roy and sister Marilyn about a half mile
across the fields from us. Roy Luke Bassett would one day take the place of Willard Shockley as Sheriff of Maries County,
Missouri. Ain't Life Strange?
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