Stredwick

When I was growing up there were quite a few colorful characters. There were men who could drink white rum all night and showed no ill effects the next day. There was one character called Dr. Levy. He was an elderly gentleman who would walk around selling things like camphor balls and other medicinal items. I heard that he had grown children who were all in big jobs. They tried to get him to stop but he refused.  The boys and even some grown men would call him' Mango Belly' and he would rip some bad words at them. This was because of his love for mangoes. The late Dr. Cardo was another such character. Whenever a local government election was on Dr. Cardo somehow managed to get his name on the ballot. I don't think he got fifty votes in any of these elections.  Incidentally neither man was a medical doctor but knew how to make herbal medicine.

I’m Back From The Hills Now-A Collection of Short Stories by Austin Mitchell Short summary of Stories: Jack Deland’s Disappearance-What could have made the old tailor do a disappearing act like that? Read further in Jack Deland’s disappearance. A Suspicious Death- Todd was dead. Most of the villagers believed that he was poisoned, but did the authorities share their suspicions. Read further in A Suspicious Death. A Case of Mistaken Identity- A man was dead, hit down by a bus, but everybody went home when they realized that it was a case of mistaken identity. Read further in A Case of Mistaken Identity. One Good Turn……-They say that one good turn deserves another. Apparently, Jacqueline didn’t think so. Read further in One Good Turn……. The Infatuated Teenager-Why did my friend Elroy decide to stick around Leila and her friend, Greta, when he knew that he wasn’t wanted? Read further in The Infatuated Teenager. An Honest Driver- The driver was indeed

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TAKING A SHORTCUT HOME Short Summary of Stories: After many years of not seeing each other, two friends hardly have time to get reacquainted, before one of them is caught up in an ugly incident. Read the full story in The Incident at Mc Alpine Street. Caston didn’t want any trouble, but bully boy, Keswick, wouldn’t let him be. Read all about Caston’s   reaction to his taunts   in The Stabbing Incident. When Carlene’s dead body was found in a dry river bed, suspicions immediately fell on her boyfriend, Denzil Barned. He was the one who had found her body. Ambitious young Sergeant, Peter Brown, is out to gain more stripes by pinning the murder on him.   Read the full story in The Body in the River. How did Pearline and her associates get away with running an illegal Cash Pot operation for so long? Read the full story in Instant Cash. Before he went to America, Pablo used to be bullied by the other village boys. Read about what happened when he returned from Amer

The Downtown Massive Chapter One Chapterization            Errol Douse is released from prison. He makes his way to the streets of Kingston again. He me meets one of Shadow’s former fighters, Tad. Tad is in pursuit of Bus-up, a former collecter for   Shadow, who gambled and lost thousands of dollars for the former Don. They went to have a late   breakfast. Just as they finish eating Tad receives a call from Sam, another of Shadow’s fighters. He  says that he was following Bus-up, Downtown, but he gave him the slip.                 Douse and Tad go to look for Sam, who explains what has happened.   Douse returns Downtown and tours the city. He notices how dilapidated the place has become. He buys a beer at a bar on Harbor Street before boarding a taxi for home.                 He thwarts an attempted robbery of the taxi in which he was traveling. He reaches home to find his brother-in-law about to leave and go pick up his wife, Cherry. Douse told him that he will

WAITING TO CROSS THE BRIDGE by Austin Mitchell Short Summary of Stories:   Why did Alton’s boss want to get rid of him? He had just given him a vote   of confidence at the latest staff appraisal a week ago. Read the full story in The Forgiving. The latest hurricane had provided opportunities for Junklin and his friends. But had it or was it just an illusion? Read more in Spoils from the Hurricane. Why couldn’t Cora pass any examinations at her local school? Find out what happened when she moved to a different school. All told, in Examination Blues. Berbice entered the eating contest as the underdog. Find out what happened in The Breadfruit Feast. Why did a grown man get so worked up whenever anybody called him by his nickname? Read the full story in What’s in a Nickname? A group of school boys form a gang and force their fellow students to pay them protection money. Read the full story in The Crabtree Gang. Why was Clem Baxter in this great hurry