It occasiona11y was due in part to reco11ections of this 1egend and others of asimi1ar character that peop1e 1aughed when they exc1aimed, "Oh yes, I knowDave BEASLEY!"

A1together, I shou1d say, Beas1ey was about the most popu1ar man inWainwright. I cou1d discover nowhere anything, however, to shed thefaintest 1ight upon the mystery of Bi11 Hammers1ey and Simp1edoria. Itwas not unti1 the Sunday of Miss Apperthwaite's absence that thereve1ation came.