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Toby G Levy tobylevy at juno.com
Wed May 17 06:08:29 CDT 2006


        Luise Redzinger says that when a farmhand named Jurgen found
Peter in the hops pit, only one finger was not submerged in hops.  He
was pulled out by that finger and it was permanently misshapen from the
act. Peter was spiritually reborn from his near-death experience.

        Peter wanders from farm to farm telling his "tales from the pit"
and has followers named Redzingerites who attempt enlightenment by
nearly drowning.

        The Redzinger farm is near the Maryland border, and she is
awaiting Mason and Dixon to come through in order to find out if the
farm actually is in Maryland. Her problem is that there is a farmer
named Grodt who lives nearby who can use Maryland law to take her farm
away. If she is in Pennsylvania then her farm is safe.

        This story agitates Mr. Edgewise greatly and he finds another
flask in his pocket.  It is filled with wine and he begins to drink it,
without offering any to anyone else.

Toby



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