Posted by Dutch Trader on January 06, 1999 at 13:57:22:
Dear Courier Editors and my esteemed fellow citizens,
I am not without a sense of humor, so I, too, was highly amused and entertained by the most recent edition of The Courier. However, and as usual might I say, your so-called raving reporting is once again not backed by proof. As we say in the Low Lands, it is nothing but "fried air". Rest assured, I am in no way involved in the disappearance of She.
I must agree, though, with your suspicions concerning Bent Twigg's mysterious vanishing at precisely the same moment. Combine that with the eerie absence from the scene of the shapeshifting Turkish Trader, and the thought of a conspiracy seems not so far-fetched anymore? Hmmmm? I would say that this is a trail worth following.... Too bad that you are sadly out of a trustworthy pathfinder, chuckle, snigger, ahem.
Honesty forces me to admit there is one thing true in your report. Yes, there is a bet going on called Off Track Betting. Yes, everybody can join in. Just contact you local trader (and that's ME wherever you live). Now, let's see wether Sassy Soothsayer AKA Mme Clair Voyant will take up this gauntlet...
With the highest regard,
DT
Don't forget: All trails lead to home .... or the Black Forest, and crumbs are bread too...