THE
MYSTERY OF THE LIFEBUOY SAGA, JUST GETS DEEPER AND DEEPER WITH
EVERY HAPPENING CONCERNING LIFEBUOY SOAP. WHEN I TOLD YOU ABOUT
GETTING THE LIFEBUOY TIN BOX IN THE MAIL, I TOLD YOU THE PACKAGE
HAD A RETURN ADDRESS ON IT.
I
WROTE A LETTER TO THIS RICHARD WHOSE NAME WAS ON THE RETURN
ADDRESS AND HE NEVER ANSWERED ME. I THOUGHT THAT WAS STRANGE
BECAUSE I HAD THANKED HIM PROFUSELY AND ASKED HIM HOW HE HAD HEARD
OF MY LIFEBUOY SOAP STORIES.
THIS
LED ME TO A SEARCH FOR THIS RICHARD’S TELEPHONE NUMBER. NOW I’M
NOT VERY GOOD WITH THE COMPUTER SO I GAVE UP AND CALLED
INFORMATION AND GOT A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR HIM.
I
CALLED HIM TO THANK HIM FOR THE LIFEBUOY SOAP TIN BOX AND HE HAD A
REAL SURPRISE FOR ME. HE SAID THAT HE WAS IN THE BUSINESS OF
CLEANING OUT OLD HOUSES AND HAD FOUND THE BOX IN ONE OF THOSE
HOUSES.
NOW
THAT’S NOT THE SURPRISE HE HAD FOR ME! THE SURPRISE WAS THAT HE
HAD LISTED THE BOX ON THE EBAY AUCTION SIGHT AND SOMEONE HAD
BOUGHT IT AND GAVE HIM INSTRUCTIONS TO MAIL IT TO ME.
OK!
I ASKED HIM WHO HAD BOUGHT IT AND GIVEN HIM THOSE INSTRUCTIONS?
YOU
KNOW WHAT HE SAID?
“I’M
SORRY I CAN’T TELL YOU. THE PERSON ASKED ME NOT TO AND I GAVE MY
WORD.”
WELL
WHAT COULD I DO? A MAN’S WORD IS HIS BOND. I WOULDN’T ASK HIM TO
BREAK HIS WORD. I KNOW I WOULDN’T BREAK MY WORD IF I HAD GIVEN
IT.
I
THINK I MAY HAVE A CLUE THOUGH. SOMETIME BACK WHEN I WAS TELLING
ONE OF THE GIRLS THAT POST STORIES ON “PEARL SOUP” ABOUT RECEIVING
THE LIFEBUOY BOX SHE TOLD ME THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE BOUGHT IT ON
EBAY. NOW IF I COULD JUST REMEMBER WHICH GIRL TOLD ME THAT …
BUT
THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.
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