On Saturdays, Buford relaxed in the small consignment shop he owned. He sold a little of this and that, mostly junk people didn't have room for any more. The pride of his shop, though, was the authentic Cajun items and tools he displayed in the front of the shop. Most of the items scattered about were handcrafted by his cousin, Alton.
Alton was a craftsman but he was not a business man. He left that to Buford. For his service, Buford took forty percent and gave Alton sixty percent. They'd worked together for years and both were pleased with the arrangement.
The customer looked over the authentic pirogue Buford had on display, examined the two paddles and nodded in satisfaction.
"Take it, how much for that rocker?" the man said.
"Two ten; made out of one hundred percent cypress," Buford
