Frenchie

FrenchieSolomon Blistein, a.k.a. Sol Rogers, a.k.a. Sol Bass, Solly to his friends, stood by the Royal Palm Motel pool on Fort Lauderdale beach fishing leaves off the water with a long-handled net, a cigarette and a cup of coffee in his left hand. The sun had just come up. A few tourists were walking along the beach. A gaunt, stooped old man with the brim of a dirty golf cap pulled over his eyes was sweeping a metal detector methodically over the sand, stopping every few feet to bend and pick up...