The Great Shriner Caper Front

INTRODUCTION: The complete existing text of the unfinished novel, The Great Shriner Caper. I completely forgot about this attempt. All I remember is that Chernobyl Cat was the main character, and I think it had something to do with his "Grand Pooh-Bah," Tokky Van Doren, being kidnapped by...the Moose Lodge. *cough* Yep. Wow, I just remembered that Choby is supposed to be from Louisiana! Go figure. Do I have amnesia or something? Anyway.

This is in the same five-subject notebook as the text of D Is For Damien. The cover illustration is the title, with the words "Shriner Caper" in block print, and of course there is a little fez perched atop the S in Shriner. Take note that I frequently abbreviated Damien's name as "Dami" and Lucifer's name as "Luce" in the narration; I mark these as misspellings, even though they're not, because I do not use these nicknames for them in narration/exposition and I believe I did it only in this text to save space (a lot of the print is cramped, like I felt I was running out of room). And what is with my SPELLING in this story?? Ick!! A disclaimer: I wasn't aware at the time of this writing how long it often takes Freemasons to go through all the degrees necessary to become a Shriner--hence, most of my Shriners are quite young. The "Mya and Kristi" referred to in the dorky dedication--a practice I no longer engage in due to me losing all the friends I dedicated my stories to--were girls I attended school with. Mya was my best friend; Kristi was a good friend, but why would I dedicate this story to her? Huh. And no, there is no riding around in little cars. 1990.

Front, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Back

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The Great Shriner Caper

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Copyright ©1990 by Rachel H. [last name omitted]

Dedicated to Mya
and Kristi, they
through my memories sing;
And also dedicated
to the Shriners and the Masons,
although they won't tell me anything.

Note--I don't know of any Masonic ceremonies, so if the ones in this story are similar to theirs, I either took a lucky guess or I have ESP. Hint: I didn't predict Watergate. I wasn't thought of just yet. [Note--I first learned of the Freemasons through some of my occult reading. I was beyond thrilled when my dad then informed me that HE was a Freemason. I wanted to learn all kinds of stuff, but of course he could not tell me. This piqued my interest and I went on to start this story and the related (and also unfinished) If You Were A Freemason..., as well as a story I don't think I ever even started, Square & Compass. Dad told me some real horror stories so I was truly convinced that if I somehow seemed to possess forbidden knowledge, I would be in serious trouble; I've since learned otherwise. What would they do, though, blindfold me and hit me with a paddle...?]