The Collector (draft 918111)
The Collector By: James E. Doud (c) 9/2011 James E. Doud Using Open Copyright Published By: James E. Doud The Collector -1- My father was a hoarder, my mother a product of the former great depression, so it is not surprising that I tend towards collecting. People collect things, nic-nacks of all sorts, treasure to one, brick-a-bract to the other. Everyone collects something to some extent. When I walked into the house, I could see that it had collected about three years of dust. Whatever else was in the house was only to be known from under that dust, and whatever else was waiting in the shadows. After three years it was bound to be the haven of all manor of rodent and insect, all co-habating in this dusty old house. That it had stood these last three years vacant is evidence of it structural integrity. Judging from the vines that covered its exterior, i