Long Boy pulled out his big old wallet that was always bulging with fake cards. “Why, looky heah, man,” he said, “heah’s mah Woodmen of the World card, mah burial insurance card, mah…” He stopped and looked at Mr. Hathaway, “You a Mason?”
Mr. Hathaway blinked a couple of times. Long Boy grabbed his hand and gave him the secret Masonic handshake he had learned somewhere.
Addie Pray, a novel, Joe David Brown. New York : Simon and Schuster [1971-06-01] hc. 313 p. 22 cm. ISBN: 0671209620. pp. 27-28. Cf. Paper Moon, 1973. |
