MD3PAD 580-582
Toby G Levy
tobylevy at juno.com
Tue Aug 1 18:38:29 CDT 2006
Shelby and Tom Hynes are sued by Conrad Wheat over the riot at
the Wheat house. Tom is softening and wants to see Kate, the baby's
mother. All the parties are called to a preliminary hearing at Justice
Warford's house. Warford manages to convince the couple to get married
and everything is settled except for the fact that Captain Shelby said
the girl still has to pay a fine. But he works it out with Tom Hynes.
vw#121: desuperpollicate - the hyperarts mason and dixon alpha parses
this to mean "give a thumbs down."
Tom and Kate get married on New Years Eve at Justice Warford's
house with Captain Shelby conducting the ceremony. Young men talk about
the Stamp Act.
vw#122: Calathumpians - the hyperarts alpha says this is slang for
"beggars." but dictionary.com does better, I think, with the following:
"Calithump - 2: a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles)
to a newly married couple."
Toby
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