Drugg

And then -- Well, 'Cinda Stone was lef all alone, an' she lived right back o 'Drugg's store, an' her father had owed Drugg a power of money

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

In March 2008, the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that Grabovoi and his “social-political organization” – Drugg – had enjoyed the protection of high-up members of the Russian government and that the approval of then-president Vladimir Putin had been sought before his arrest in 2007.

Russian ‘healer’ Grigory Grabovoi gains sentence reduction 2008

As Janice and the ex-schoolmistress sat sewing in the big Drugg kitchen, Hopewell would often linger in the shed room with his violin, when there were no customers, and play the few pieces he had, in all these years, managed to "pick out" upon his father's old instrument.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

Drugg tucked the fiddle under his chin and began to scrape away.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

Amazed, Drugg repeated the date aloud, reading it carefully from the coin.

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Drugg was looking languidly about the store in the dim, brown light.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

Drugg came to look fondly at the little girl putting her rag-baby to sleep in a soap-box crib.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

Drugg came with shuffling steps and lack-lustre eyes.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

Drugg suddenly straightened his stooped shoulders and held up his head.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

"To this little, dark, old shop?" asked Drugg, in wonder.

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long