Investment of the heart

An Investment of the Heart


Dog collars, and more dog collars. Some days Bill Pantin didn't think he could stand the sight of one more dog collar. On days like today he felt as though life had collared him!

For three years he'd spent every working day in this factory making dog collars. He had worked his way up all the way to rivet-man. Three long years...and his greatest achievement was putting the right number of rivets in a dog collar!

Big deal. Bill shook his head and stamped another rivet. Something was stirring inside of him. Something in him wanted out. He wanted more out of life. He knew he wasn't particularly bright. He'd figured that out for himself back in high school and during his first venture into college.

Those experiences proved what his dad had told him all along, "You'll never do anything in life." Still, he had worked his way up to rivet-man.

Thud. Another rivet slammed into place. And another. Rhythmically, hypnotically, Bill moved the collars throu...