Copernick's Rebellion

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The aging U.S. senator walked carefully into a plush Washington restaurant and looked slowly around for his dinner date.

“Senator Beinheimer. It’s good to meet you, sir.”

The senator was momentarily startled by the appearance of the athletic young man before him. “Well, it’s very good to meet you, son. But just now I have an appointment with an old friend.”

“I’m afraid I’m him, sir.”

“And I’m afraid you’re wrong, sir. I’m looking for Lou von Bork.”

“I’m Lou von Bork.”

“What! Oh, wait a minute. That’s right. I’d heard that you’d taken over your grandfather’s firm. It’s just that over the phone you sounded so much like him that I thought he was visiting his old stomping grounds again. How is old Lou?”

“Well, according to the postcards, he’s still taking his retirement pretty seriously, sir.”

“Raising hell and drinking sour mash on that boat of his, huh?”

“That’s about the size of it, sir.”

“And still chasing women, I guess.”

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