"J. C. was the service manager for the East Motor Company Garage, where he repaired Faulkner's Ford...

"'He ran up a bill,' Nina told me... 'Around $1500 worth. And J.C. had to go on up to his home and try to get paid on the car. He ran up a pile of bills... He wrote on one of them, 'I can't pay this now but someday this signature'll be worth more than I owe you.'"

[Of course, he was right.]