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QUASI-HISTORICAL DOCUMENT :
BURIED STORIES ON
The BICCI & ONRI RailRoad
207 Squalor Hollow Road
Broakdowlne, California
April 31, 1928
Dear Cousin Philbur,
Congratulations on your new addition to the
family! That makes six now, right? I can not keep
count, much less try and keep up with you. Sylvia
says she doubts that you and Claudette have found
out yet what is causing it !
Nothing much newsworthy going on over in these parts.
Our little Elizabeth was laid pretty low with
rheumatic fever, but she is improving every day now.
Few things have changed around the Bicci &
Onri Railroad since that fiasco about the fire a
while back. The insurance company made good on
the claim supposedly, but we still have yet to see the
beginnings of a new engine house or even a roof over
the remaining walls. By the way, you should see Mrs.
Bicci's beautiful new Packard automobile.
I am relieved that you did not lose your
newspaper job over that mess. I never intended to place
you in jeopardy. Is it true that Dominic Onri came
all the way to Sacramento from back East to persuade
your boss to not publish the story? Do you think it
was muscle or "green grease" that was applied?
Word has it that the fire inspectors and insurance
adjusters suddenly became very content to accept the
explanations provided by Mr. Onri and Mr. Bicci.
Thanks for keeping my name out of the whole
stinking business. I not only would no longer be the
company store clerk, but probably would not be able
to write to you with all my fingers broken (if not worse).
Few things have changed ...
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