Details of the October Meeting
Well it was another quiet month in Pipeville this past September but unfortunate for those who couldn't make. After an enjoyable pre-meeting smoke at CB Perkin's we were surprised and delighted to find our old friend and long time charter member of the Sherlock Homes Pipe Club Andy Camire, waiting for us when we arrived. Not only did he stop by for a visit but he also showed up with a case full of pipes. Andy, who is retired now and spends a lot of time in Maine, had been in the area and decided to stop by for a visit. The only downside of the story is that we didn't have any advanced notice, otherwise we would have been a little more prepared to purchase pipes and may have drawn a bigger crowd. Andy usually has a table at many of the popular pipe shows and always has plenty of quality pipes for sale and today was no exception. No basket pipes here, that's for sure and he did manage to sell a couple of pipes. But it was good catching up and hearing a few stories about the earlier days of SHPC. It was good to see you Andy.

2011 SHPC Club Pipe Update
All orders have been placed and the production of the SHPC 2011 Club Pipe by Mastro Beraldi has begun. We do not know when they will be finished yet but will pass that info along as soon as we have it. If you haven't already made payment, bring it with you to the November meeting. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please be sure to send a check to Rick Frederics asap.     

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The Crooked X - Prelude to War
A Short Story of Hate, Mystery and Intrigue
                                                           By Ernest N. Whitenack

The story takes place in 1934 during the depression and leading up to World War II. Boston Lawyer, Scott Wadsworth, follows a lead on his missing friend which could lead him into a tangled web of foreign intrigue, murder and counter-espionage.

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Chapter 3: Misty Murder
Resting under a cloth in bottom of the box was a Webley Mark IV, the famous and powerful top-break, self-extracting revolver of the British military. Brigadier Ashley Moss, Scott's counterpart in British Military Intelligence with whom he once shared an office, presented the pistol to Scott the day he left France for home and separation. The revolver was beautifully engraved thanks to the Sergeant Major, a master gunsmith, in charge of the British armory in France who also fashioned a suppressor for the gun. Scott took the revolver in hand, hefted it, spun the cylinder and placed it back in the box. Perhaps another day, he thought.
Scott grabbed an old, overly-used and blackened pipe, a bulldog, as he left through a rear door and placed it in his mouth; pulled a battered brown fedora low on his head and vaulted the low fence into a neighbor's garden. Late afternoon at this time of spring brought an early dusk with lengthening shadows, helping to make his short trip to the service entrance of the State House un-noticed.
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