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Frank Mccauley, a criminal who still has a charge out against him settled in a small town. For seven years he was a hard working, church-going man who was always willing to help his neighbors. Then one day while on his way to deposit $31,000 for his company, he's in an automobile accident and is unconscious for several hours. Since he did not make the deposit in the expected time frame, the police are called. They discover there is still a warrant out for his arrest. After Frank's boss tells Chief Mathews what an exemplary employee and man Frank is, he then says "Well, once a thief, always a thief; I hope you put him in jail." Regaining consciousness, Frank goes to the house of a friend for help. By this time there are police broadcasts out telling everyone to be on the lookout for Frank. Frank's friend immediately corners Frank with a shotgun and calls the police hoping to get a reward, telling Frank that "a leopard doesn't change his spots." This is the same person that Frank helped out on a number of occasions. Fortunately, Frank's pastor is not such a fair weather friend and convinces Mathews to trust Frank to do what he has said all along he wanted do, i.e., return the money. At the end, the friend who pulled the shotgun on Frank is contrite; the boss, not so much. Interesting take on what it means to be a friend and on how quickly we can jump to faulty conclusions.

Here is a story of a man named Frank, with a past, despite living a normal life in a town for seven years, five years with the same employer, recently promoted. The first time he was a courier of the company's money an auto accident occurred, his car was overturned, he was lucky to survive the crash but his troubles had only begun. Each of his so-called friends wants him locked up, charged with his crimes. The only person giving Frank an opportunity to explain his actions is Pastor Rock.

He went missing with the company's money, they contacted the Highway Patrol because he did not report when he was due accompanied with the money-bag he was carrying. The Highway Patrol contacted the statewide records administration on the missing individual turning up an alias and an outstanding warrant from a criminal charge elsewhere in the state. The missing person alert is cancelled and a search for the man went out because of the warrant outstanding along with the thirty-thousand-dollars he was carrying for his employer.

After his accident, each encounter Frank had with a stranger or someone he knew, his explanation was not accepted. He was determined to bring the money to his employer, explaining he was in an accident and leaving him on foot. A gas station owner tried to cause him bodily harm, his so-called friend from church pointed a shotgun at him intending to bring him in at gunpoint without accepting his ordeal. He defended himself in both cases and fled the scene, the second encounter he took the gun with him, likely as a caution of having it used against him. The Highway Patrol pursues Frank at an ever-increasing mode, particularly after it was known he was armed with the money.

Frank showed Dan Mathews he was honest, returning the money-bag to his employer despite being on foot since his accident and certainly without any help from anyone. His pastor had faith in him as evidenced by the path taken to bring himself back to his office, money in hand and willingly admitting he was ready to accept whatever the judge decided on his outstanding warrant. Chief Mathews adds at the conclusion, I would say you had some pretty good character witnesses, referring to the pastor, for one.

The lesson learned was Frank had good intentions to complete his courier duties, despite being on foot and up against people that would not listen to him. A well-told episode where Dan's instincts were by the book, and rightfully explained, but ever so often a surprise in human nature occurs and the right road is travelled.