North Santiam - Leon Payne

This story is about a young boy who grew up with nothing he worked hard his whole young life and still had nothing until one day he got a break from a farmer's wife. He promised her he would put a crop in the field and harvest that crop in good time if she would give him a chance she started on it a couple of minutes and said I trust you. Lewis Leon Payne Sr. is 72 years old born in Konawa, Oklahoma. Sometimes he may feel he is a little bit late to start writing but he enjoys it. He has been retired for two years after working for 50 years driving big truck's but now he enjoys spending time at home with his beautiful wife Billye of 53 years, their 2 children and 7 grandkid's and one great granddaughter. Leon does not consider himself to be a writer as of yet but who knows if this book does okay. He just might be one day. If you enjoy this story please by all means be on the lookout for any more writing that he may do.