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     than anyone!”            She then turned to me.  “You know, since Lowell     retired, he has pretty much driven me crazy, hanging     around all the time.  Why, sometimes I have to get     someone else to come over to help me, and send him     off fishing just so I can have some peace.”            Lowell laughed, and I smiled.  I knew the truth,     and so did they.  They would be lost without each     other.  And she would only send him off because she     loved him, and knew he needed a break.            “You used to send me off ahead every time we     went camping, only so I could get the campsite ready     before you joined me,” Lowell replied.            “Well, I figured if you were going to drag me out     into some wilderness for a weekend, you could darn     well make it as nice as possible,” Lucille retorted.            I laughed at their friendly banter.  I knew there     wasn’t a couple anywhere that could be more devoted     to each other than they were.            Lowell was an old farmer and had worked hard all     of his life.  Like most farmers, he planned to work until     the day he dropped in his field.  But Lucille had                                       14
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