Chapter 6: The Haunted Soda

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1quartzite
Apr 22, 2008, 4:11 pm

(Begin New Chapter)

2KnittyGritty
Apr 23, 2008, 2:52 am

It was a dark, rainy night

3quartzite
Apr 23, 2008, 2:03 pm

after a long day on

4hailelib
Apr 23, 2008, 4:46 pm

the road, and we were

5quartzite
Apr 23, 2008, 6:46 pm

getting tired of Smither's stinky

6hailelib
Apr 23, 2008, 7:23 pm

socks, so we stopped at

7quartzite
Apr 23, 2008, 8:37 pm

a rundown roadside motel with

8hailelib
Apr 24, 2008, 3:37 am

a laundromat next door. After

9quartzite
Apr 24, 2008, 4:24 pm

starting a load of wash,

10hailelib
Apr 24, 2008, 5:21 pm

Mary went for pizza and

11MyopicBookworm
Apr 24, 2008, 5:24 pm

Smithers and I tagged along

12hailelib
Modificato: Apr 24, 2008, 5:28 pm

to carry the Fanta back

13MyopicBookworm
Modificato: Apr 24, 2008, 5:41 pm

to the room we had

14KnittyGritty
Apr 24, 2008, 9:11 pm

been sharing with a mapmaker.

15hailelib
Apr 24, 2008, 9:14 pm

He supplied the gin for

16quartzite
Apr 24, 2008, 9:28 pm

a small celebration of our

17hailelib
Apr 25, 2008, 7:56 am

meeting. Once the laundry was

18quartzite
Apr 25, 2008, 3:00 pm

done, Mary called home to

19hailelib
Apr 25, 2008, 4:25 pm

leave a message for 'Pops'.

20quartzite
Apr 25, 2008, 4:49 pm

Mary returned sobbing. Her mother

21KnittyGritty
Apr 27, 2008, 8:05 pm

had won the lottery! She

22quartzite
Apr 27, 2008, 9:48 pm

upped and left town. 'Pops'

23hailelib
Apr 28, 2008, 8:16 am

was on his own and

24quartzite
Apr 28, 2008, 6:08 pm

Mary wanted to rush home

25hailelib
Apr 28, 2008, 9:07 pm

but her father wanted her

26KnittyGritty
Apr 29, 2008, 2:59 am

to stop at Costco for

27hailelib
Apr 29, 2008, 6:51 am

supplies, then continue her trip

28quartzite
Modificato: Apr 29, 2008, 6:20 pm

. Meanwhile, back in the present,

29hailelib
Apr 29, 2008, 4:43 pm

we still need to find

30quartzite
Apr 29, 2008, 6:21 pm

shack in this orchard where

31hailelib
Apr 29, 2008, 8:18 pm

we can figure out our

32quartzite
Apr 29, 2008, 8:43 pm

best chance to track down

33hailelib
Apr 29, 2008, 8:48 pm

the Senator's real past. Smithers

34KnittyGritty
Apr 30, 2008, 5:24 am

was in a quandry about

35quartzite
Apr 30, 2008, 5:01 pm

whether their old hide-out was

36hailelib
Apr 30, 2008, 5:36 pm

secluded enough and whether the

37quartzite
Apr 30, 2008, 5:40 pm

small safe it concealed was

38KnittyGritty
Apr 30, 2008, 10:41 pm

still encased in cement beside

39Esta1923
Apr 30, 2008, 11:14 pm

the mulberry bush next to the privy. But

40KnittyGritty
Mag 1, 2008, 3:36 am

I digress, Smithers knew that

41hailelib
Mag 1, 2008, 7:09 am

we needed ammunition when the

42quartzite
Mag 1, 2008, 5:37 pm

Senator's flunkies inevitably caught up

43hailelib
Mag 1, 2008, 5:55 pm

to us. Lola wanted to

44quartzite
Mag 1, 2008, 7:12 pm

see if certain photos were

45hailelib
Mag 1, 2008, 9:08 pm

still in our secret place,

46KnittyGritty
Mag 2, 2008, 6:14 am

which was so well hidden,

47zenomax
Mag 2, 2008, 6:41 am

that we spent a day

48hailelib
Mag 2, 2008, 6:47 am

last time, trying to remember

49quartzite
Mag 2, 2008, 4:40 pm

the clue to help us

50MyopicBookworm
Mag 2, 2008, 5:46 pm

locate the right bush. But

51quartzite
Mag 2, 2008, 5:48 pm

suddenly Mary saw the shack

52hailelib
Mag 2, 2008, 9:12 pm

and grabbed my arm. It

53quartzite
Mag 2, 2008, 9:16 pm

had lost a few shingles

54KnittyGritty
Mag 3, 2008, 1:36 am

and was covered by ivy

55hailelib
Mag 3, 2008, 7:11 am

but otherwise seemed the same.

56quartzite
Mag 3, 2008, 11:30 am

Ted parked the pick-up and

57hailelib
Mag 3, 2008, 12:11 pm

after a moment to look

58quartzite
Mag 3, 2008, 12:18 pm

we all piled out and

59hailelib
Mag 3, 2008, 12:31 pm

approached the old shack cautiously

60quartzite
Mag 3, 2008, 1:22 pm

except for Smithers, who sat

61hailelib
Mag 3, 2008, 5:25 pm

gazing at the spot where

62quartzite
Mag 3, 2008, 5:58 pm

a bunch of ripening cherries

63hailelib
Mag 3, 2008, 7:27 pm

overhanging the scraggly bush that

64quartzite
Mag 3, 2008, 7:30 pm

was growing on the roof,

65BTRIPP
Modificato: Mag 3, 2008, 7:34 pm

wafting juniper scent like cheap

66hailelib
Mag 3, 2008, 7:39 pm

air freshener. Finally Smithers joined

67quartzite
Mag 3, 2008, 8:08 pm

his hands, cracked his knuckles,

68hailelib
Mag 3, 2008, 8:15 pm

and got out of the

69quartzite
Mag 3, 2008, 9:35 pm

sun. A breeze stirred the

70KnittyGritty
Mag 4, 2008, 7:04 am

curtains through the broken window

71zenomax
Mag 4, 2008, 7:39 am

and Smithers relaxed his guard

72hailelib
Mag 4, 2008, 7:56 am

, came up behind me, and

73zenomax
Modificato: Mag 4, 2008, 8:32 am

coughing discretely, offered me a

74hailelib
Mag 4, 2008, 8:34 am

Fanta. Mary was the first

75quartzite
Mag 4, 2008, 2:35 pm

to enter hut's dim, dusty

76hailelib
Modificato: Mag 4, 2008, 2:51 pm

interior, with the rest of

77quartzite
Mag 4, 2008, 3:31 pm

us hesitating on the threshold.

78zenomax
Mag 4, 2008, 4:49 pm

It came as no surprise

79hailelib
Mag 4, 2008, 5:27 pm

to see the dirt and

80MyopicBookworm
Mag 4, 2008, 5:34 pm

old spiders' webs, but the

81quartzite
Mag 4, 2008, 5:41 pm

unreasoning dread that seized me

82hailelib
Mag 4, 2008, 5:43 pm

as I crossed the threshold

83KnittyGritty
Mag 5, 2008, 5:47 am

,was that I might find

84quartzite
Mag 5, 2008, 3:51 pm

a past, insufficiently buried, too

85KnittyGritty
Mag 5, 2008, 10:38 pm

traumatic to share with anyone

86zenomax
Mag 6, 2008, 1:40 pm

other than my confidante, Miss

87quartzite
Mag 6, 2008, 4:25 pm

Elvis. I figured the cat

88hailelib
Mag 6, 2008, 5:55 pm

was a safe repository for

89quartzite
Mag 6, 2008, 6:02 pm

my secrets, as discretion was

90hailelib
Mag 6, 2008, 6:10 pm

built into all cats. Across

91quartzite
Mag 6, 2008, 7:23 pm

from the door a scrap

92hailelib
Mag 6, 2008, 8:33 pm

of paper scuttled over the

93KnittyGritty
Mag 7, 2008, 1:00 am

floor like a dust bunny

94hailelib
Modificato: Mag 7, 2008, 7:33 am

. Brushing cobwebs aside, Lola started

95quartzite
Mag 7, 2008, 4:41 pm

casing the joint, not that

96hailelib
Mag 7, 2008, 5:44 pm

there was all that much

97quartzite
Mag 7, 2008, 6:26 pm

to case. The floor boards

98KnittyGritty
Mag 7, 2008, 7:45 pm

squeaked under the weight of

99quartzite
Mag 7, 2008, 7:57 pm

the crowd. Elvis sneezed. Protruding

100hailelib
Mag 7, 2008, 9:45 pm

through the north window, a

101MyopicBookworm
Mag 8, 2008, 8:52 am

trailing strand of ivy pointed

102hailelib
Modificato: Mag 8, 2008, 9:10 am

toward an old abandoned, tattered

103zenomax
Mag 8, 2008, 2:40 pm

dog. It rarely moved, even

104quartzite
Mag 8, 2008, 5:32 pm

me, to see a toy

105hailelib
Mag 8, 2008, 8:26 pm

forgotten and forlorn like the

106quartzite
Mag 8, 2008, 8:27 pm

stuffed poodle, but it was

107KnittyGritty
Mag 9, 2008, 4:28 am

staring intently at the strange

108hailelib
Mag 9, 2008, 5:43 am

nest tucked into the corner.

109quartzite
Mag 9, 2008, 5:05 pm

A mouse peeked out; Elvis

110hailelib
Mag 9, 2008, 10:07 pm

took one look and immediately

111quartzite
Mag 9, 2008, 10:24 pm

pounced. The mouse disappeared, but

112hailelib
Mag 10, 2008, 5:09 am

Elvis hunkered down to await

113KnittyGritty
Mag 10, 2008, 6:52 am

its return, until he noticed

114hailelib
Mag 10, 2008, 9:23 am

a small snake slithering across

115quartzite
Mag 10, 2008, 11:52 am

toward the door and dashed

116hailelib
Mag 10, 2008, 1:12 pm

after it, nearly tripping Ted

117quartzite
Mag 10, 2008, 1:52 pm

who caught himself on the

118KnittyGritty
Mag 12, 2008, 2:25 am

horns of a dilemma because

119hailelib
Mag 12, 2008, 3:24 am

he had very little idea

120quartzite
Mag 12, 2008, 6:10 pm

what was going on.

"Oswald,

121hailelib
Mag 12, 2008, 7:59 pm

" said Mary, "where is the

122quartzite
Mag 12, 2008, 8:47 pm

map we copied from the

123KnittyGritty
Mag 13, 2008, 5:09 am

long lost papers of Professor

124hailelib
Mag 13, 2008, 7:14 am

Xavier? You did bring it,

125quartzite
Mag 13, 2008, 5:43 pm

didn't you?" "It's tatooed on

126hailelib
Modificato: Mag 13, 2008, 9:21 pm

the saxaphone case lining. Here

127KnittyGritty
Mag 14, 2008, 3:48 am

is our chance to finally

128hailelib
Mag 14, 2008, 8:40 am

get the goods on the

129quartzite
Mag 14, 2008, 5:51 pm

Senator." I went out to

130hailelib
Modificato: Mag 14, 2008, 8:32 pm

the vehicle for the saxaphone

131quartzite
Mag 14, 2008, 6:26 pm

case, but seeing the keys

132hailelib
Mag 14, 2008, 8:33 pm

in the ignition, I put

133quartzite
Mag 14, 2008, 8:55 pm

on my sunglasses and swung

134hailelib
Mag 14, 2008, 9:26 pm

around, thinking I heard a

135BTRIPP
Mag 14, 2008, 9:37 pm

martini being shaken into existence.

136quartzite
Mag 14, 2008, 9:47 pm

I was torn. Should I

137hailelib
Mag 15, 2008, 3:31 am

look for gin and Fanta

138KnittyGritty
Mag 15, 2008, 5:25 am

or could I just take

139hailelib
Mag 15, 2008, 9:09 am

the keys and saxaphone back

140quartzite
Mag 15, 2008, 3:28 pm

into town, and follow up

141hailelib
Mag 15, 2008, 5:18 pm

the instructions on the map

142quartzite
Mag 15, 2008, 5:23 pm

on my own. I wasn't

143KnittyGritty
Mag 16, 2008, 2:21 am

thinking very clearly because of

144hailelib
Mag 16, 2008, 3:12 am

lack of sleep and the

145KnittyGritty
Mag 16, 2008, 7:55 am

sickly, sweet smell of daffodils

146hailelib
Mag 16, 2008, 8:55 am

was distracting me. Then Smithers

147quartzite
Mag 16, 2008, 5:04 pm

came out to see what

148hailelib
Mag 16, 2008, 5:29 pm

was taking so long and

149quartzite
Mag 16, 2008, 5:42 pm

my chance to leave unnoticed

150hailelib
Mag 16, 2008, 5:54 pm

evaporated into the increasing fog.

151quartzite
Mag 16, 2008, 6:05 pm

I wasn't sure whether Mary

152Esta1923
Mag 16, 2008, 9:57 pm

would understand if she saw

153quartzite
Mag 16, 2008, 10:09 pm

the photos of me and

154hailelib
Mag 16, 2008, 10:20 pm

the cheerleader that were hidden

155muzzie
Mag 16, 2008, 10:38 pm

in a place where I

156quartzite
Modificato: Mag 16, 2008, 11:28 pm

thought the Senator put them.

157KnittyGritty
Mag 17, 2008, 12:54 am

Suddenly and without any warning,

158quartzite
Mag 17, 2008, 1:14 am

Smithers snatched the saxophone case

159muzzie
Mag 17, 2008, 5:04 am

opened it and removed a

160KnittyGritty
Mag 17, 2008, 5:30 am

yellowing, tattered map with hieroglyphic

161muzzie
Mag 17, 2008, 5:57 am

Who could read the thing?

162zenomax
Mag 17, 2008, 7:06 am

Certainly not the limping stranger

163muzzie
Mag 17, 2008, 7:55 am

but who's on the camel"?

164hailelib
Mag 17, 2008, 8:11 am

When are these flashbacks going

165KnittyGritty
Mag 17, 2008, 8:16 am

to make any sense to

166hailelib
Mag 17, 2008, 8:24 am

me or anyone else? Smithers

167zenomax
Mag 17, 2008, 8:33 am

grimaces and extracts a faded

168hailelib
Mag 17, 2008, 8:37 am

note from his pocket. "Look

169muzzie
Mag 17, 2008, 1:51 pm

,Could this be the code?"

170quartzite
Mag 17, 2008, 3:33 pm

I don't entirely trust Smithers

171hailelib
Mag 17, 2008, 4:53 pm

even if he is my

172quartzite
Mag 17, 2008, 5:04 pm

sidekick. The Senator's been known

173hailelib
Mag 17, 2008, 5:31 pm

to get to even the

174quartzite
Mag 17, 2008, 5:44 pm

most trustworthy and Smithers was

175hailelib
Mag 17, 2008, 7:23 pm

a bit slippery at times.

176quartzite
Mag 17, 2008, 7:36 pm

To say the least. Still,

177muzzie
Modificato: Mag 17, 2008, 9:31 pm

he's a source of Fanta.

178quartzite
Mag 17, 2008, 9:46 pm

Now the rest of them

179KnittyGritty
Mag 18, 2008, 2:24 am

are closet Pepsiholics, who would

180muzzie
Mag 18, 2008, 2:29 am

dance a jig for caffeine.

181KnittyGritty
Mag 18, 2008, 6:54 am

The only way to approach

182hailelib
Mag 18, 2008, 7:09 am

the conundrum is to play

183quartzite
Mag 18, 2008, 2:20 pm

along for now and see

184hailelib
Mag 18, 2008, 3:35 pm

what's next.

"The code? I

185quartzite
Mag 18, 2008, 7:05 pm

think you should ask Lola

186muzzie
Mag 18, 2008, 7:15 pm

,she has a gift for

187Esta1923
Mag 19, 2008, 12:13 am

Sodoku

188hailelib
Mag 19, 2008, 7:07 am

. Let's get back and ask

189KnittyGritty
Mag 19, 2008, 8:13 am

the group what they want

190hailelib
Mag 19, 2008, 8:47 am

to do next. You can

191quartzite
Mag 19, 2008, 5:02 pm

make 'Fantinis'."

Cradling the case,

192hailelib
Mag 19, 2008, 5:48 pm

I led the way back

193quartzite
Mag 19, 2008, 6:34 pm

to the hut, where Mary

194KnittyGritty
Mag 20, 2008, 5:43 am

was rocking casually by the

195hailelib
Mag 20, 2008, 6:59 am

window, in the only chair

196muzzie
Mag 20, 2008, 11:14 am

wuthout a pulltab for balance

197hailelib
Mag 20, 2008, 11:40 am

. I handed her the case

198quartzite
Mag 20, 2008, 4:08 pm

, but she smiled. "I already know

199KnittyGritty
Mag 21, 2008, 10:37 am

how to play the saxophone

200quartzite
Mag 21, 2008, 4:08 pm

." She tucked the case under

201muzzie
Mag 21, 2008, 6:10 pm

her and played yellow submarine.

202quartzite
Mag 21, 2008, 6:13 pm

I really needed that Fantini

203hailelib
Mag 22, 2008, 1:18 am

to deal with this crowd!

204muzzie
Mag 22, 2008, 1:26 am

Who spilled Fantini on the

205KnittyGritty
Mag 22, 2008, 5:08 am

map in the saxophone case?

206muzzie
Mag 22, 2008, 5:25 am

Wait! There's something under the

207KnittyGritty
Mag 22, 2008, 6:16 am

porch that is causing the

208zenomax
Mag 22, 2008, 6:21 am

whole damn thing to quiver

209hailelib
Mag 22, 2008, 8:21 am

. Ted went to look under

210quartzite
Mag 22, 2008, 4:53 pm

the porch, and I followed.

211muzzie
Mag 22, 2008, 4:59 pm

UGGH! I hate spiderwebs. Creepy!

212hailelib
Mag 22, 2008, 7:11 pm

There was a scuttling sound

213quartzite
Mag 22, 2008, 8:23 pm

as Elvis's mouse made a

214muzzie
Mag 22, 2008, 9:22 pm

leap behind the dusty sarcophagus.

215KnittyGritty
Mag 23, 2008, 5:26 am

I immediately recognized the hieroglyphics

216hailelib
Mag 23, 2008, 6:23 am

as the fake ones that

217KnittyGritty
Mag 23, 2008, 10:20 am

had led all of the

218quartzite
Mag 23, 2008, 2:01 pm

treasure hunters astray. Nothing in

219muzzie
Mag 23, 2008, 2:28 pm

that map could be real.

220quartzite
Mag 23, 2008, 2:49 pm

I knew the sarcophagus held

221hailelib
Mag 23, 2008, 4:15 pm

-- or had held -- our gang's

222quartzite
Mag 23, 2008, 7:09 pm

old mascot, Mr. Bones, a

223hailelib
Mag 23, 2008, 8:30 pm

replica of a canine skeleton

224muzzie
Mag 23, 2008, 10:38 pm

presently decorating Elton John's bathroom.

225quartzite
Mag 23, 2008, 10:49 pm

Outside, Ted had wandered off

226hailelib
Mag 24, 2008, 2:34 am

round the back. Suddenly he

227KnittyGritty
Mag 24, 2008, 8:06 am

started running toward the sounds

228hailelib
Mag 24, 2008, 9:12 am

coming from deep in the

229muzzie
Mag 24, 2008, 9:48 am

back of the old shack.

230zenomax
Mag 24, 2008, 10:10 am

It sounded like giant bees

231hailelib
Mag 24, 2008, 10:31 am

buzzing in an angry frenzy

232quartzite
Mag 24, 2008, 12:03 pm

, but it was just Smithers

233KnittyGritty
Mag 24, 2008, 12:39 pm

humming a mantra and hoping

234quartzite
Mag 24, 2008, 1:51 pm

to levitate. Lola exclaimed, "That's

235hailelib
Mag 24, 2008, 3:56 pm

enough. Down to business. We

236quartzite
Modificato: Mag 24, 2008, 5:08 pm

need to find the bush

237muzzie
Mag 24, 2008, 7:15 pm

with or without fermented mulberries.

238hailelib
Mag 24, 2008, 9:23 pm

I'm certain we only have

239quartzite
Mag 24, 2008, 10:03 pm

a short time before the

240muzzie
Mag 24, 2008, 10:47 pm

forcasted January blizzard hits here.

241quartzite
Mag 24, 2008, 11:19 pm

Months late, given the ripe

242muzzie
Mag 24, 2008, 11:55 pm

fruit. It's a freak storm!

243KnittyGritty
Mag 25, 2008, 3:56 am

So on a dark and stormy night

244hailelib
Mag 25, 2008, 8:03 am

the Senator will catch up

245quartzite
Mag 25, 2008, 2:41 pm

to us, if we don't

246hailelib
Mag 25, 2008, 2:43 pm

work really fast. Mary, how

247quartzite
Mag 25, 2008, 2:56 pm

can you just sit there?"

248hailelib
Mag 25, 2008, 3:21 pm

" Well, what do you think

249muzzie
Mag 25, 2008, 3:41 pm

about making mulberry juice snowcones?

250quartzite
Mag 25, 2008, 3:53 pm

"
Lola, fed up, went out

251hailelib
Mag 25, 2008, 4:02 pm

, thinking furiously while pacing back

252muzzie
Mag 25, 2008, 4:06 pm

to look for the mulberry

253hailelib
Mag 25, 2008, 4:17 pm

tree. Maybe a few leaves

254quartzite
Mag 25, 2008, 5:20 pm

obscured the safe. The outhouse

255hailelib
Mag 25, 2008, 5:26 pm

standing a little way off

256muzzie
Mag 25, 2008, 5:39 pm

appeared ominous against the night

257Esta1923
Mag 25, 2008, 7:07 pm

sky. The clouds were a strnge color. . . almost

258muzzie
Mag 25, 2008, 7:18 pm

five (5) words, please Esta1923

luminescent, providing a backlight for

259hailelib
Mag 25, 2008, 8:26 pm

the woods around the shack.

260muzzie
Mag 26, 2008, 3:26 am

The glistening bushes, their berries

261MyopicBookworm
Mag 27, 2008, 5:59 am

glowing deep crimson, their branches

262muzzie
Mag 27, 2008, 6:23 am

nearly cloaking recently turned earth.

263KnittyGritty
Mag 27, 2008, 6:46 am

As the snowflakes slowly floated

264hailelib
Mag 27, 2008, 7:24 am

thrrough my imagination, the recently

265muzzie
Mag 27, 2008, 3:38 pm

turned earth manifested a panoply

266zenomax
Mag 27, 2008, 3:46 pm

of tiny treasures, each one

267hailelib
Mag 27, 2008, 3:57 pm

strangely reminiscent of golden teardrops.

268muzzie
Mag 27, 2008, 4:34 pm

Eighteen carats epitomizing the paradigm

269hailelib
Mag 28, 2008, 7:27 pm

the Senator apparently lives by.

270muzzie
Mag 29, 2008, 1:25 am

I went back inside wondering

271hailelib
Mag 29, 2008, 2:57 am

if we were ever going

272KnittyGritty
Mag 29, 2008, 8:12 am

to find the answers. Suddenly

273hailelib
Mag 29, 2008, 8:34 am

Mary and Lola dashed past

274muzzie
Mag 29, 2008, 2:44 pm

vociferously crying my name. I

275hailelib
Mag 29, 2008, 3:55 pm

hurried after them, yelling "What

276MyopicBookworm
Mag 29, 2008, 4:10 pm

is it? Have you got

277muzzie
Mag 29, 2008, 7:18 pm

a solution to this predicament

278hailelib
Mag 29, 2008, 9:44 pm

we find ourselves in?"

Smithers

279zenomax
Mag 30, 2008, 4:53 am

tearfully admitted that his only

280muzzie
Mag 30, 2008, 4:57 am

reason for being with us

281zenomax
Mag 30, 2008, 5:06 am

was to overcome his irrational

282hailelib
Mag 30, 2008, 7:39 am

urge to play 'possum. But

283muzzie
Mag 30, 2008, 1:46 pm

Questo messaggio è stato cancellato dall'autore.

284muzzie
Mag 30, 2008, 4:06 pm

Khronos revealed there was more

285hailelib
Mag 31, 2008, 1:27 pm

than merely time and trouble

286muzzie
Mag 31, 2008, 6:44 pm

motivating this hoi polloi. They

287KnittyGritty
Mag 31, 2008, 8:53 pm

still desperately needed to find

288hailelib
Giu 1, 2008, 2:50 am

hard evidence against the Senator

289muzzie
Giu 2, 2008, 2:23 am

in order to end this

290zenomax
Giu 2, 2008, 3:29 am

obtuse, confusing and seemingly endless

291KnittyGritty
Giu 2, 2008, 5:06 am

adventure. The final chapter will

292hailelib
Giu 2, 2008, 7:54 am

commence when we are all

293zenomax
Giu 2, 2008, 12:09 pm

sitting quietly, with pipes lit

294hailelib
Giu 2, 2008, 3:27 pm

reminiscing about the day we

295muzzie
Giu 2, 2008, 5:41 pm

hallucinated at the Ocracoke bar.

296KnittyGritty
Giu 2, 2008, 11:35 pm

Until then we can only

297hailelib
Giu 3, 2008, 6:10 am

keep putting one foot in

298MyopicBookworm
Giu 3, 2008, 5:01 pm

the ordure and the other

299muzzie
Giu 3, 2008, 6:59 pm

over the effluvium, hyperosmia foredoomed!

300hailelib
Giu 3, 2008, 8:01 pm

Meanwhile, Smithers and Elvis were

301KnittyGritty
Giu 4, 2008, 2:59 am

staring intently at the slow-

302hailelib
Giu 4, 2008, 4:18 am

moving caterpillar climbing up the

303muzzie
Giu 4, 2008, 6:19 am

shack and under the ivy.

304KnittyGritty
Giu 5, 2008, 5:49 am

In the seemingly never ending

305muzzie
Giu 5, 2008, 7:01 am

gloom, “Smithers” I expostulated, “Gather

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your wits and help us

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finally bring this fascinating journey

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to a successful conclusion with

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a martini in your hand

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. Or even a Fanta and gin.

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Now the only thing left

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is the Senator, his briefs and

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the chorus girl with red

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shoes, who was his inspiration

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. Just as Dorothy eventually arrived

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home, we need to find

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an escape from this confusion."

End Chapter 6.