Jesse shot Daisy a quick look before he rushed to the door that led out of the kitchen. Daisy knew that the look meant that she was driving. She grabbed the keys off the nail beside the door and went outside to find Jesse already settled in the passenger seat of his pickup.

As Daisy climbed in to drive, Cooter opened the door of his tow truck and prepared to get in to follow them.

"Git over her, Cooter!" Jesse yelled as Cooter closed the door of his truck and rushed over. Jesse moved over to the middle. "Git in! Whaddaya think yer doin'? Ya think you can tear into the house and say Luke's robbin' the bank and walk out without sayin' another word? I want details!"

As Daisy burned a trail down the road to town, Cooter told them what he had seen. "Uncle Jesse, I can't promise that's what he was doing, but from what I saw, it sure looked that way."

"Well what did you see?"

"Well, I saw Luke pull up next to the bank. As he was getting out, I saw him move a rifle from the front seat to the back seat. And then….." Cooter's voice trailed off.

"And then what?" Daisy asked.

"And then he picked up a black ski mask. He looked around the square to see if anyone noticed him, then he tried it on. After a couple of seconds, he pulled it off and threw it in the front seat again."

"Well what did he do after that?" Jesse asked.

"Well the reason he pulled it off so quick was because Russell and Brent McCamey pulled up just about then. Luke went up and started talking to them. That's when I tried to call you on the C.B."

Jesse thought for a few moments and rolled his eyes. "I thought the Hazzard net had been a little quiet this evening. I bet that dang wire came loose on the C.B. at the house again!"

"Cooter, we're glad you came to get us, but why did you do that instead of just trying to stop Luke?" Daisy asked.

"Well Daisy, what would I have done? Walked up to Luke while he was talking to the McCameys and say 'Excuse me Lukas, but I's just wonderin' if you's planning to rob Boss Hogg?' Besides, It just doesn't seem like Luke. I can't imagine him taking a dime from anyone, let alone thousands of dollars."

Daisy shook her head. "I'm going to question Luke. Don't doubt that, but I just can't believe this. None of it seems real to me. Why would he do that, Cooter? Uncle Jesse, you know Luke, he'd sell the General Lee before he'd take money that wasn't his."

"That he would, but he's been actin' awful strange today. You noticed that, Cooter?"

Uncle Jesse's question was answered with dead silence, he looked back at the mechanic who sat with a dazed look of shock.

"Cooter!"

"He did." Cooter simply replied.

"He did what?"

"He did try to sell the General."

"What!"

Cooter paused before replying. "He was over at the garage using the phone when I came back from lunch today. He didn't hear me come in, but I heard him asking Billy Kay if he was still interested in buying the General!"

Why didn't you say nothing to us?"

"'Cause he asked me not to." Cooter confessed.

Jesse started to reply when all of a sudden Daisy jerked the jeep to the right to avoid being hit by another car! Although the occupants of the truck were holding on for dear life and could not make out the features of the car that had just zoomed by them at the curve, the bright orange paint left no doubt as to who it was.

As Daisy pressed on the brake and swerved to a stop, a frightening sound met their ears.

It was the sound of the General as it rolled down the embankment a couple of times before coming to a rest upside down. The high speed around the curve was too much to keep it in the road.

"LUKE!" Jesse exclaimed, reaching down to unlatch his seatbelt. He was joined by Daisy and Cooter as they prepared to climb down the embankment to the wreck.

As they began their decent they looked to the General. Out of the windows climbed Russell and Brent McCamey. Russell paused and gave Jesse a curious look before he and Brent sprinted deep into the woods.

"LUKE!" Daisy yelled this time as they neared the General, not worried at that time about the reason why the McCameys were in her cousins' car.

When they reached the General, Jesse, despite his age, swiftly lay on the ground and stuck his head into the window, looking for his nephew.

"How is he, Uncle Jesse?" Cooter asked.

Jesse stood up again. "He ain't in there!"

"Oh, thank heaven for that." Daisy replied, hugging her uncle as the sirens in the distance slowly drew closer.

Moments later, Enos screeched to a stop beside the pickup. He jumped out of his patrol car, gun drawn, and raced down to the group.

"Possum on a gumbush!" Enos exclaimed. "I'll call an ambulance."

"Ain't no need to Enos. Their ain't nobody in there!" Cooter announced.

"Oh." Enos replied, relaxing a bit. "How'd you all know about this?"

"Know about what, Enos? We's just drivin' along when we near got pushed off the road. Nobody was more surprised than us to learn it was the General that was doin' the pushin'." Jesse explained.

"Did you see who was driving?" Enos asked.

Daisy began to speak up when she was quieted by her uncle. The fact that the General had been driven by the McCamey's shortly after Luke's conversation with them left questions that needed to be answered by Luke. "No we didn't see anybody. We thought it might have been Luke, but when we came down to check on him there wasn't anyone to be found."

"Well I know it wasn't Luke, Uncle Jesse, because I left him back in town. You see, Boss Hogg's bank just got robbed and it looks like the robbers stole the General Lee for their getaway." Enos announced before his face lit up in realization. "Why am I standing around talking? Those robbers have to be on foot somewhere. I gotta go after them!"

Without saying anything else, Enos took a quick look around to decide on the best route to search. Then he took off into the woods, on the exact same path the McCameys had taken as new sirens in the distance signaled that Rosco and Cletus were on the way.

"Come on, let's git to town, see if we can find Luke, and figure out what's goin' on." Jesse announced as he led the way back to the pickup.

XXXXXX

It had been late afternoon in Hazzard Square. Most of the stores were closed up and almost everyone was back home attending to chores. However the normal silence was broken by an alarm and screeching tires.

"I've been robbed, I've been robbed!" Boss Hogg yelled as he ran down the street from his house to the bank, where the alarm was ringing. "And it was them dang Duke boys, Bo and Luke! It had to be! They just tore outta here in the General Lee!"

The alarm had also commanded the attention of Enos, who rushed out of the police station. "Don't worry, Mr. Hogg, I'll get 'em!" He announced as he started to enter his patrol car.

"Enos!" Luke shouted, running up from the direction of the post office and flagging the deputy down.

"Sorry Luke, can't talk now, gotta go after some bank robber- Luke!" Enos yelped in surprise. Luke you're under arrest!"

"For what, Enos? Those guys just stole my car!"

"Stole your car? Now Luke you wouldn't be trying to fool me, would you?"

"Enos, I'm standin' here and Bo's in Nashville. Ask Uncle Jesse if you don't believe me. Now are you gonna ask questions all day or are you gonna get my car back?"

Boss Hogg, who had heard the whole thing, blurted out. "Well why are you sittin' there dipstick? You heard the boy. Whoever stole that clunker car has my money. Go after them!"

"Yes sir!" Enos replied, tearing out after the departing General Lee.

Luke watched as Boss got on the CB and radioed Rosco and Cletus to help as his driver turned out of the parking space to follow Enos.

Satisfied that everyone was gone and seeing that the square was empty once again, except for Miz Tizdale who was busy canceling stamps in the back of the post office, Luke walked over to the alley between the bank and the post office. Off to one side was a pile of boxes, garbage from the diner that was squeezed between the post office and the fabric shop. Digging into the pile, Luke pulled out a box and rushed over to Cooter's garage.

Cooter wasn't around, but everything was unlocked. 'Mustave had to leave in a hurry'. Luke thought as he went inside, away from all the windows. Satisfied that he was hidden at last, he opened the box.

Inside was a ski mask, a discarded sweatshirt, and more cash than he could count.

XXXXXX

'Go check on him Horace, did you check on him Horace? Can't you take care of things Horace'?.

As Horace drove along in the beat up red car, he mocked his brother, Charlie. Something was definitely wrong here. While he was out doing the dirty work-making sure Bo Duke was kept alive, and risking being seen by the authorities- Charlie remained safely hidden at the old farmhouse.

Horace hated being on the run. He hated that he was put in a subservient position by Charlie. And he hated the Dukes.

It had been Bo who gave him the worst beating of his life when he and Luke had caught the brothers after the robbery, and it was their testimony that had landed him in prison. Horace would have been living the high life free and clear, he was certain, had it not been for the Dukes.

Finally, for the third time in a day, Horace turned onto the rough gravel road that circled the cemetery, making his way to Bo's grave. 'At least I don't have much of a chance of getting caught here' he mumbled to himself as he slammed the door and looked around the graveyard that was mostly hidden by a circle of tall Georgia pines.

Making his way to the grave, he realized just how tired he was today and how angry he was at the Dukes. He bent down and moved the flowers to check on the oxygen. Everything looked okay.

"I've told you before, and I'm telling you again. You robbed me, Bo Duke." He began, talking to the plot. "You robbed me of my money, then you robbed me of my freedom. And after I sat in that cell a few months, you robbed me of my sanity."

Horace's lip began to tremble. "And now I've broke out of jail, and you still rob me. Rob me of the freedom to wander around. You even rob me of a chance to rest a day as a free man. All I want is just one puny, pathetic day to rest as a free man, and you can't even give me that!"

Horace began to breath hard. "And what have you Dukes lost in this? What have any of you lost. Nothing. Nothing at all. You took everything away from me and lost nothing in return."

Horace reached down to check the hose that exited the oxygen chamber. "You know what I think about that? You want to know what I really think, Bo Duke?" Horace grinned an evil grin. "I think it's about time you Dukes learned what it is like to lose something. I think…..it's time your family got a taste of your own medicine."

With that, Horace pulled the hose free and tossed it to the side.

I don't know about ya'll, but unless a big pack of dogs comes along about now and starts huntin' a place to bury their bones, I don't see any chance of Bo getting outta this one.