The ushers will take care of it and you will be credited the
amount on the new carpet". etc.
Charlie was passing the plate. He came to old Mrs. Cooper, a
devout Presbyterian, who whispered something in his ear. Charlie
straightened up and said, "Brother Raphael, Mrs. Cooper would
like to do a little something on the new carpet, but she has no
paper."
Pap
CHAPTER VI: TO SOUTH AMERICA AND BACK
Accompanied by daughter Aura May (alias Sugarfoot), Pap embarked
on a two-month land, sea and air tour of Latin America in late
November, 1949. This journey, extraordinary for the time, was
recorded in a series of letters printed in successive editions of
the weekly Putnam County Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana.
Each letter was hand-written, in pencil, on yellow, ruled tablet
paper, and then mailed to the paper, where they would be set into
the equivalent of two to five full columns of type. The touring
was extensive, and the letters were inclusive, giving conjecture
to just how Pap found the time to do all this writing? Aura May
said that other than during the cruise down, he did it all at
night after she had gone to bed. She remembered one time in
particular when he awoke her at 2 a.
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