"Well, yes, as a matter of fact." I replied.
"I thought it was you. I found it on the ground at a service station. I tried to find your house from the address, but I couldn't. So, I've been carrying it in my truck for two weeks."
We waited for Blazita to finish with a flurry of customers. Then, she ran out to her truck. My wife, Nena, took all the loose cash we had to give her something for her trouble, conscientiousness and honesty.
"No, no. no! God will reward me!" as she refused the money Nena tried to hand her.
As we drove off, Nena checked the wallet. The cash was gone, of course, but everything else seemed to be there: drivers license, passport, social security card, debit card, library card, discount card from Feldmann's, voter's registration, pictures of my grandbaby, a TAD for TSC card, business cards from Gilbert Velasquez, Mike Kendall et al.
Thank you Blazita! You're beyond honest!
Refreshing story! Thanks for posting something postive in our current times of rampant ill-deeds!
ReplyDeletewhat great news jim~~ :)
ReplyDeleteShe didnt want to take the money because she already had the money from your wallet...
ReplyDeleteMy wife and i were just reading this story and something very similar happened to her but she didn't get her purse back. Yeap, nice to know that there are still honest people out there!
DeleteNo not necessarily, she may have found the wallet like that "with no cash!"
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this story Mr. Barton. Honest people do exist!!! However, I wish i would have been that lucky... trust me, it was not fun waiting on those long lines at the DMV, SS, passport, etc... ahhhh want a headache!
wow nice going blazita... Their are very few people like you and i am one of them. Thank you... xoxoxox monica
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