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New Orleans Mardi Gras Mystick Krewe of Comus Secrets Revealed

March 13, 2003

Dear Salvadore,

Greetings from Mobile, Alabama. I met you at the Mardi gras in New Orleans exactly 13 Mardi gras years ago. I do not remember much about that Mardi gras day except that your face was painted up like a bright silver coconut. We met right up by the Dream Palace on Frenchmen St. You came up to me and suddenly placed some type of mark upon my forehead. We spent some time together that Mardi gras. I remember you of course, your name, and the name of your silver shop located in the Irish Channel of New Orleans.

I have often wondered as the years passed, if the mark you placed upon my forehead in front of the Dream Palace on Frenchmen St. that Mardi Gras in New Orleans 13 years ago contained some special significance? Maybe it did?

I have decided to mail you my Great Aunt Mimi’s collection of recordings and notes on the secrets of the New Orleans Mardi gras, specifically The Mystick Krewe of Comus. I have no idea if any of these writings and recordings are true or fictitious. I only know upon reading all these things I immediately thought of you.

I recall it was inside the Louisiana Kitchen, where you mentioned Judah Benjamin’s name and the number 33. Funny, as I type this, my computer clock shows 3:00 PM, and naturally it’s the 13th day of the 3rd month. I hope all this gets to you.

Happy Mardi Gras,

Crystal