13 Beagle Puppies Needed Urgent Help

There was a frantic tone to the e-mail. With the Memorial Day holiday fast approaching would anyone be able to squeeze out time to drive from Omaha to the Pacific Northwest, a 1,600-mile, three-day journey?

When the message from fellow journalist Harvey Briggs arrived, I was taking a long-awaited vacation in Paris and looking forward to following it up with some time lounging by the lake at our cottage near Hell, Michigan. But there was a reason why I couldn't simply type, "No," and hit reply.

This wasn't just a friendly trip pairing a couple long-time colleagues, nor an unusually long vehicle test drive. It was a chance to rescue 13 young beagles who'd been rescued from abusive puppy mills. If Harvey couldn't line up enough drivers to transport them

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