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Adam Blake - 68. Chapter 68
The next morning after my run, shower, and dressed, I headed to the basement. I wanted to see what was in that room. I couldn’t find a light switch. I caught one of the janitors as he was putting his mop and bucket away. “Do you have a flashlight I can borrow for a minute?”
He had one in his toolbox, “I think this will be ok. Are you going to look in that room?”
“Yes, you want to see as well?”
He didn’t see anything, he turned his flashlight on and I followed. We walked through the hall until we came to an electrical switch box. “I think this is the power box.” He opened the box and read the tags, “This one should be it.”
When he threw the switch I couldn’t believe what the room held. One side had a swimming pool and the other side had a basketball court. “Why did they close this off? The students would love this.”
I walked to the other area, and I flipped the light switch, it was a change room. At the ends of the room were showers. The numbers on the lockers indicated that the room could handle 300 students. I was confused why did they close this area off. I thanked the guy and told him to leave the master switch on.
“Where were you?”
“In the gym”
“What gym? There isn’t one here.”
“There is now. That area has a basketball court, a swimming pool, and lockers enough for 300 boys.”
“What are you going to do?”
“Clean it and then hire a gym teacher.”
I called Henry. “Henry, Adam... Yes, it’s going fine…No, I’m President of the school…Yes, but I need your help, I need a computer expert to teach computer science, Do you have anyone who wants to work with boys?… Yes, send them I’ll cover their expenses for the interview. I also need a gym instructor. I have a basketball court and a pool. I think I may have room for some physical fitness…. Hey, in for dollar in for a pound. …Yes, I’ll pay for it all, but don’t let it get around…. Great, let me know when I can expect them. How is everything else going,… good, you should come up and see this place. You can stay with me at my cabin …Ok, rent a big car and you all come up. Thanks, Henry.”,
“Who was that?”
“He was my professor at my university and a very good friend. The school now prepares teachers with my methods. So anyone he sends will be compatible.”
“Are you going to tell the Knights?”
“No, you are, Lord James. I thought Abel was supposed to see me where is he?”
“I’ll find him, he's a little shy but I think he’s scared of the big man.”
I can’t wait until the boys find out. This is getting to be a better school all the time. I walked to see how the mural was coming along. I was surprised it was finished. I checked and it was signed. I stop for a cup of coffee and took it back to my office. Sitting on my two-seater, was Able. “Come with me.”
“Come on this side of the desk. Look, in early England, there were no cafeterias, they were called Dining Halls. What I would like for you to do, is get some wood, and paint Dining Hall on it. We will hang it so. Now King Arthur had a shield, with three lions on it. Look, this is the type of lion used on shields.”
“Where can I get that distressed lumber”
“If you knew a farmer who had some old wood, if not then get some new wood and stress it. Check with Mr. Rusello for help. Ok? Why didn’t you come to see me yesterday? Able, you don’t have to be afraid of me. Can you be my friend like the other boys here?”
“Yes, why did you pay me so much money for the Oath. My mom said I had to give it back. I have it here.”
“No, you did an excellent job on that Oath and, if someone outside of the school asked you to do that, you could have charged 500 dollars. Now you keep that, you earned it and the wages you get for kitchen work is for kitchen work. Tell your mom I was upset that you tried to give the money back to me also tell her I’m going to make sure you become a famous painter.”
I grabbed him and hugged him. “Thanks”
He left, “I heard that”
“And”
I think you’re a great guy”
“I think you are also. How may kids have headed downstairs?”
“Probably all of them, good thing the pool is empty. Has Mr. Rusello move yet?”
“I’m not sure, can you check on that, Also we need to move the table from the Staff Dining area to that room. Chairs as well, I want bookcases for one of the walls, but not high ones, try and get a catalog and we can select the ones we want.”
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