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%u00a9Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights ReservedHOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS BOOK24 Jack FritscherSeptember 7, 1953Welcome to Misericordia Seminary!%u201cMisery loves company!%u201d%u201cYou%u2019re from Peoria, Illinois?%u201d%u201cMy God! Can anything good come out of Peoria?%u201d%u201cPeoria%u2019s strictly a vaudeville joke! You know what they say...%u201d%u201c...If it plays in Peoria,...%u201d%u201c...it will play anywhere.%u201d%u201cWe%u2019re the Rimshot Brothers.%u201d%u201cKa-boom!%u201dThey actually were brothers, each playing the other%u2019s straight man. %u201cI%u2019m Peter. He%u2019s Heinrich. We%u2019re the Rimski%u2019s.%u201d%u201cYou can call me %u2018Henry,%u2019%u201d Heinrich said.%u201cOr you can call him %u2018Hank,%u2019%u201d Peter said. %u201c%u2018Heinrich, Henry, Hank.%u2019 Get it?%u201d%u201cWhat do you do?%u201d Heinrich Henry Hank Rimski said. %u201cI mean besides being from Peoria? Do you play any instrument or sing? Peter was in a show at a mountain lodge last summer.%u201d Hank motioned toward his older brother, who grinned. Neither wanted a plain answer.%u201cYou were?%u201d I asked.%u201cReally, Peoria,%u201d Peter Rimski said. %u201cHank, this must be the kid%u2019s first day away from home.%u201d%u201cAs a matter of fact, we drove in this morning,%u201d I said.%u201cCan it, Peoria.%u201d%u201cMy name isn%u2019t Peoria. It%u2019s Ryan O%u2019Hara.%u201d%u201cWe%u2019re from Howl and Bellow. Or is it Bell and Howell? I never can keep us straight,%u201d Hank said. They leaned together, laughing.%u201cI think I got to be going,%u201d I said. %u201cSo long.%u201d%u201cWait a minute,%u201d Peter said, breaking away from Hank. %u201cWe%u2019ll show you around.%u201d%u201cI can manage okay.%u201d%u201cCome on. Let us show you,%u201d Hank said.%u201cWhy?%u201d I asked.%u201cBecause you%u2019re a live one,%u201d Peter said. They both laughed. %u201cWe can tell you%u2019ve got personality.%u201d%u201cHow long%u2019ve you two gone here?%u201d%u201cThis is my first year,%u201d Hank said.%u201cThen we%u2019re in the same class,%u201d I said.%u201cYes,%u201d Hank said, %u201cbut I doubt it.%u201d