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A gold ring which once belonged to the Shah Shuja of Afghanistan. There's an inscription on it. How did an Afghan ring get to the Sailor's church in Montreal?inky_skin said:Really ? What was it ?
A French Catholic priest, entombed in the church, was once a Canadian Voyageur. The Voyageurs so impressed the British Gen. Wolseley during his 1870 Red River Expedition, that he hired them as boatmen for the river column in the "attempt" to save besieged General Gordon in Khartoum in the Sudan, 1884-85. The priest saved the life of a Gordon Highlander who almost drowned in a cataract on the Nile. This soldier had served in Afghanistan a few years earlier but the ring was an heirloom from his grandfather. His grandad was an officer who had 'creatively acquired' it from the Shah in the late 1830s during the events leading up to the 1st Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842). The ring was bestowed as a gift upon the man who saved the Highlander's life.
Indy found the priest's crypt, broke it open and stole the ring! (I actually made a mini-gold ring/bracelet out of a gold twist-tie but never used it in a photo. Don't know why...)
O.K. I'm not kidding...It happened again a few more times. Most notably: A sophisticated lady walking her dog; a cute, giggling redhead who was passing by on the steps; and a group of Sicilian girls in Malta. WTF?inky_skin said:Indiana Jones: Helping people get laid since 1936
UPDATE: DELAY! Indy is all packaged and ready to go but the Swiss Post Office doesn't know what to do with the address Billy Ray provided me with since it is a U.S. Army Post Office address. The mail has to go through Germany first but the address is rather cryptic. (Fine for mailing from The States but not from La Suisse.) I've PMed Billy Ray and am doing my own research so hopefully we can get things worked out A.S.A.P.!
I must admit, I kept him a few days longer than promised. The main reason being, I really wanted to get a shot of the Alps but never got the chance to get close and the weather conditions have been obscuring the view from here. Will have to wait for Indy in Austria with Keith/DoomTown!
Cannot wait to see Indy if Afghanistan, Billy Ray! Indy is suffocating in the envelope but at least it's more comfortable than carbonite.Billy Ray said:Indy will definitely find plenty of adventure here...things have been quite adventurous as of late.