The Oakley Collection

Mr. Corbitt.P2 Conclusion (Essie, Peter, Jimmy) 2pm Monday, March 10th, 1924 : As Jimmy stood, he caught glimpse of the greenhouse, “Get me away from that!” He proceeded to tell the others about his dreamland experience.  Then he remembered, “Where’s my grenade and flare-gun?! That was no dream… it really happened!” As Jimmy emptied his winter coat of the plants he’d collected, Essie collected (with gloves on) the orange/purple flower as evidence for later study. Peter surmised the plants as the source of hallucinations experienced by Jimmy and the recipients of the Police Fund basket. “We still have the 3 vials collected from Randolph’s apartment. More evidence.” Peter told Jimmy of their garden find. Essie worried, “Are you sure they weren’t animal bones? Some were fresh and could be the missing pets.” They all concluded, “Why guess when we can ask Mr. Corbitt himself!” Hello? Peter stayed at the backdoor (“In case he tries to run”) while Essie and Jimmy went around front, f...

Mr. Corbitt.P1 (Essie, Peter, Jimmy) 5pm Sunday, March 9th, 1924 : Jimmy was late… delayed per his black-market search for grenades left over from the Great War. He stored them in his Speakeasy office before stepping into the street where Peter impatiently waited in his newly painted Bessie. “Well, what do you think of the new color?” Jimmy teased, “Let me hear how she sounds.” Peter raced the engine. “No, I mean the horn.” “ Aaaa-Woo-Gaaa ” Jimmy laughed as Peter was shocked, “Bessie, what have they done to you?!” [ Truth-or-Consequences scenario : Jimmy had paid the Bolton auto mechanic to install that horn.] They drove on to Essie’s house to pick her up for a night on the town. Both boys whistled at her lavish dress, “Going somewhere we don’t know about?” It was an inside joke: it was in the papers how Essie had won a prestigious award from the university for her paper on American History as seen through the displays at the Miskatonic Museum. Essie returned the compliment, “Nice...