I
think he said he stole it, maybe meaning he gave so little for it
that same was next to stealing, but however he got it, it is now
valued at $250,000, which I would say was a dam sight too high,
but sitting there in Veedersburg on Sina's piano, right out in
the open, I should venture the guess it will soon disappear once
the Public finds out its value. There is one thing sure--I will
never break into Sina's house to steal that picture. It is
absolutely safe so far as I am concerned, much safer than the
weather-beaten tomatoes on Ben's back porch right here next door.
Eventually he asked my business. I told him I was a farmer, and
then the fireworks did start. Above all things on this Earth he
wanted to be a farmer. That was his life's ambition, and on and
on he went. I told him there was much more about farming than
meets the naked eye.
Sooner or later Munny will give you the address up on 5th Ave.
near Tiffany's where he is very prominent in some way or other.
This will do for today,
Pap
METHODIST PIONEERS THINK OF PERU
November 16, 1952
Dear Footser:
. . . I have, in a rather small way, suggested to Mutiny and
Margaret that we try to spend from mid-January to about mid-April
in Lima, Peru.
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