The Knights and Ladies were on a Liberty ship heading for Jerusalem. Each night they sang hyms and played Monopoly. There was a big discussion how one could easily identify the three Catholics in the Holy Land. It was decided to form a Ladies' Auxiliary which would make Ham and Cheese sandwiches which were to be offered to all the people in the Holy Land. Everyone rejecting a Ham and Cheese sandwich was deemed not to be Catholic. Thus they were determined to find the last three Catholics in the Holy Land. Knight Edwin the Bald gave his blessing. Upon arriving in Jaffa they disembarked. Out they came with their horses and all the Knights and Ladies and Master Knight Edwin the Bald at the head of the procession. Right at the harbor they saw a very old and poor woman.She held out her hand. She could not possibly be Catholic. No Ham and Cheese sandwich was offered. On they marched to find the local Mufti. Could he help them, they wondered? They knew better than to offer him a Ham and Cheese sandwich but did offer him some wine. The best French wine they had in their possession. He could not drink it - at least not with them or in front of them. They gave him 10 shekels to give them a guide for 10 days to take them to Jerusalem. He told them it was a very arduous trip and wanted 20 shekels for the guide but they refused. The local Mufti gave them a blind guide for 10 shekels. So they wandered around the wilderness for 40 days. The ham and cheese sandwiches started to smell and were given to the goats. The Knights and the Ladies started to grumble: "Why did you take us from Baltimore where we had cucumbers and onion and brought us here to the wilderness to die?" Knight Edwin the Bald prayed to God and every day they got a fresh ham and cheese sandwich delivered. The horses got hay. The guide disappared one night. Finally someone remembered that they had a GPS in their pocket. The Lord had answered their prayers! After forty days they saw Jerusalem in the distance.
Installment no 4 to follow
