。 Better men than me were out on the roads or riding the rods。 I was lucky and knew it … children grown and the mortgage； that two…hundred…pound block of marble； had been off my chest for the last two years。 But a man's got to eat； and his wife has to eat； too。 Also； we were used to sending our daughter and son…in…law twenty bucks whenever we could afford it （and sometimes when we couldn't； if Jane's letters sounded particularly desperate）。 He was an out…of…work high…school teacher； and if that didn't qualify for desperate back in those days； then the word had no meaning。 So no； you didn't walk off a steady paycheck job like mine 。。。 not in cold blood； tha