On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:02:20 -0700 clarkw7iml writes: >Dann, I really enjoyed your ans, and I will ans further on it as, >right after this msg, I will print your response so that I can refer >to it and I will get copies of it to Alpha White Hammond, and to Robt. >l. Bisnett. > >What I really wrote this for is to ask you if you recall a farmer by >the name of >Walt (phonetic surname is "guy") Guay. Gauy, - I know that there are >abt 4 letters in his last name, but I can't quite spell it accurately >but it rhimes with the sound of "guy". >That is the person whose name I was trying to recall when I was >writing to you - then tonite, it suddenly came to me that that is the >name of the farmer who had the clump of cascara trees that we used to >get our bark from. >Walt was a fun guy, and he loved to pull pranks - well, he would tell >us about this "swamp organ" that hid out in his swamp and it would >make the darndest sounds, and that we were to be very careful not to >disturb it, as it was able to climb trees fast. > Well, we were gullible kids, and one time when we were up in the >trees peeling that cascara from them, suddenly we heard the most awful >sound come up from that swamp area, and we both came a shagging down >those trees, sans cascara bark and ran for our lives. As, I recall, >we never went back cascara peeling after that. We never did see the >swamp organ, but from the sound of it, we didn't want to. >Taken in hook, line and sinker. >We still laugh when we look back at how gullible we were in that >incident! >I need to see my friend from that time and recall our episode with the >grotesque sound of the SWAMP ORGAN! Bet, that will ellicit a great >laugh from our past in Old Snohomish of the 1930s. >I'll get back to you shortly on your latest msg and thanks for the >info. > >Carroll ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]