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    The Loan Man
    The Loan Man
    The Loan Man
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    The Loan Man

    By Dan Weatherington

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    Anyone can be a Loan Man. It doesn't take any skill to loan money. People will stand in line to borrow from you. The skill comes in collecting your money back and two kind of people do that. The ones who intimidate their customers and collect either from fear or fear of what they may do. The other kind respects his customers and never forgets that respect. His customers pay him because they want to pay. The difference is, by giving respect, this man earns respect. The other man deals in fear. Fear ends when you hang up the phone. Respect can go on forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDan Weatherington
    Release dateJun 3, 2011
    ISBN9781458056351
    The Loan Man
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    Dan Weatherington

    Dan Weatherington was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, the only son of Harry Rodman and Mary Weatherington. Much of his childhood was spent at his aunt's home on the Pamlico River, the influence of which is obvious in his novel Brandywine Bay. And, influences of which are shown in the novel The Seventh Gift of God. Dan attended grammar school in Raleigh and high school at Carlisle Military School in Bamberg, South Carolina. His college years were spread between The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, the University of South Carolina and North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He and Judy married in August 1969 and remain married today. She worked to allow him to complete school and together they have two children, Wendy and Leslie. At age 31, Dan was elected to join the Masons. By the time he was forty, he had found a niche in Masonic research and writing. Most of his work has been of a Masonic nature and has been published in Masonic publications throughout the United States and Canada. He is Dean Emeritus of Wilkerson College, North Carolina's College of Freemasonry, has been the Chair of the Committee on Masonic Education of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina for several years and writes quarterly columns for the Philalethes, a publication of an international Masonic research society. In addition, he publishes the Lodge Night Program, a quarterly educational booklet distributed to almost four hundred Masonic lodges across North Carolina. The novel Recognizing Prince Hall will hopefully be a tribute to the gallant men who have done much to erase racism in North Carolina Masonry and their efforts to accomplish this task. His novel Blemished Harvest documents his career in the Mortgage Banking industry and how he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1986. While many would have given up after such a diagnosis, Dan and Judy still continue to be active in their community and own and operate businesses in their hometown.

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      The Loan Man - Dan Weatherington

      LOAN MAN

      by

      DAN WEATHERINGTON

      A Personal Message from the Author:

      I love to write books and I love to hear from my readers. If you enjoy this book or any of my other books, it would mean so much to me if you would click on http://www.danweatherington.com

      to send me a short email, introduce yourself and say hello. I will always respond to you and value your thoughts.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, either living or dead, or to actual events or locales is purely coincidental.

      This book is for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be resold or given away.

      Copyright © 2011 Dan Weatherington. Smashwords Edition All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this book, or any parts thereof, in any form. The contents of this book may not be downloaded, reproduced, transmitted or stored in any form or by any means without permission of the author.

      Visit the author website at

      http://www.danweatherington.com

      BOOKS

      The Thrill Seekers

      The Thrill Seekers II – Mattox Is Missing

      Killing Martin Luther

      Killing Osama Bin Laden

      Blemished Harvest

      Brandywine Bay

      Recognizing Prince Hall

      The Seventh Gift of God

      Willie

      Loan Man

      The Vampire Vasquez

      The Priest and The Parson

      LOAN MAN

      A NOVEL

      By

      Dan Weatherington

      Remember boy, when you dig out the problem, I mean really find it, you can do something. Until then, well . . . , until then, you’re just standing there looking stupid.

      The man who gave me directions said that Nobility Loan was beside the Carolina Hotel. I knew that Carolina Hotel well. Thoughts of the hotel brought back memories, good memories. My senior prom was in the hotel ballroom and four years later, in the hotel coffee shop, I asked Karen to be my wife. Finding the hotel would be easy, finding a place to park would be another matter.

      The old Ford was acting fickle. Sometimes it wouldn’t start until I wiggled a thingamabob on top of the engine. It was more of a nuisance than a problem, but I didn't particularly want to work on a car parked bumper to bumper in one of the busiest parts of the city. I decided to find a place that would be less menacing even if it meant having to walk a few blocks.

      As I walked back toward the building, I wondered why I had never noticed it. The building was old. The faded remains of Bull Durham and Comb Harness Co. signs on the brick wall where where the building made an alley betrayed its age. And, it was conspicuous, almost gaudy. The front was painted bright blue and a sign announcing LOANS covered the large front window.

      When I stepped inside, I was surprised. Outside the building appeared large, but inside it was small, almost tiny. The entire office looked more like an alley with a roof than the bank I had described to my wife when I told her about the interview. The office consisted of a single room. All the desks faced forward and were squeezed against the left wall. The wooden counter that partitioned an unassuming waiting area from the rest of the office was the only separation.

      A small lady with teased auburn hair and heavy layers of makeup peered up from behind the front counter. May I help you? she asked.

      Yes, my name is David Logan and I have an appointment to see Mr. Watson.

      About the job?

      Yes ma'am.

      She pointed toward the front. Have a seat and I'll tell him you're here.

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