Boogalooing

Uncle Leo
in his senior years

When Chuck wasn't fishing he was boogalooing.  These days I think it’s called partying.  One night when he was out with his Uncle Leo and some of his friends, they decided they would introduce Chuck to one of the “ladies of the night” who worked in a house of ill-repute up near Chiefland. 

They assumed that Chuck was still a virgin and they would assist him in changing that. When they arrived and the Madam saw Chuck she screamed at Leo. “How dare you bring that boy in here Leo!”  “He ain’t even dry behind the ears yet!”

Chuck was close to, or was already sixteen years old.  To Chuck she said “Boy you wait out there on the porch till they’re all through here.”  And then to Leo she said “Leo don’chu ever make the mistake of bringing another young’un in here agin, ‘cause if you do you won’t ever get back in again.”

Duly chastised, Leo laughed and promised it wouldn't happen again.   Chuck wasn't a virgin, but that was the first whorehouse he’d ever been in and it was a tremendous embarrassment and humiliation to be thrown out! 

He was really ticked off at his Uncle Leo and his friends.  He had to sit out on the porch steps with the mosquito's sucking his blood, and fume till long after midnight while Leo and his friends were inside having a great time.

When they came out and headed back to Cedar Key Chuck told Leo, “Unk, I ain’t ever going off with you again.”  And as far as I know about he never did, before he joined the Navy.  If he had I’m sure I would have heard those stories too. They both told this story many times over the years and had many laughs about it.