The inmate was aware that all prison mail passes through censors. When he got a letter from his wife asking about the family garden --- "Honey, when do I plant potatoes?" --- he wrote back, "Do not, under any circumstances, dig up our old garden spot. That's where I buried all my guns." Within days his wife wrote back, "Six investigators came to the house. They dug up every square inch of the back yard." By return mail she got his answer: "Now is the time to plant potatoes."
Adventures in Ancestry: Ebenezer & the Captain
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My paternal grandmother, Charlotte, had a repertoire of stories that she
would often tell and re-tell at family gatherings. Some of these were about
the me...
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1 comment:
Ha ha! Good one.
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