Everyone’s just waiting for something to go wrong. My guess is that if the emerald isn’t lost at the bottom of the sea, something will happen to Mr. Maclellan’s boat that the insurance won’t cover.
Today’s semiprecious stones can be made artificially and don’t have the same value as the older real ones. Wallace’s emerald could easily fall into that category. You can’t tell them apart just by looking at them.
First ya need to know how much it’s worth and if there’s a market for it. If it’s an antique from a sunken ship there could be a reward, that would be nice.
My bet is that his mother goes to the Snug Harbor Historical Society to ask about newspaper stories in the past having to do with lost jewels. The SHHS has a 2-inch binder full of stories about pirate treasure and at the very back a story with the headline “Wife of Prominent Providence Lawyer Loses Gem on Beach” from 1929. Mrs, McLellan locates the former owner’s granddaughter, who happens to be Mrs. Collins (right name?) their neighbor, who sells the emerald and gives half the money to the McLellans. They use it to repair the engine on Mr. McLellan’s boat and to buy a new muffler for the pickup and to get some therapy for Sterling. Mrs. McLellan tells Wallace about the information about pirate treasure at the historical society and he reads the information in the binder with great excitement. He persuades his parents to buy him a metal detector and with Rose, Amelia and Spud he scours the Rhode Island coastline. As seniors in high school (equipped with a better detector) they discover incontrovertible proof, in the form of a hoard of coins including two of Harald Tryggvason (King of Norway 995-1000), that Vikings had sailed south around Cape Cod to Rhode Island. They also found a barely legible document preserved apparently in a bottle of mead, apparently a recipe for muslinggkakke.
The Duke 3 months ago
Wallace should have it made into a piece of jewelry for his mother.
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 3 months ago
Let’s get that rock safely home first. I’m getting nervous!
bobpickett1 3 months ago
at “Salty Brine State Beach”
k8zhd 3 months ago
Ah, Del’s Frozen Lemonade — a Rhode Island favorite for generations. Spud’s got his priorities right.
Trond Sätre Premium Member 3 months ago
Everyone’s just waiting for something to go wrong. My guess is that if the emerald isn’t lost at the bottom of the sea, something will happen to Mr. Maclellan’s boat that the insurance won’t cover.
crookedwolf Premium Member 3 months ago
Not sure what clamcakes are, but if they’re anything like fried clams, I’m in!
Steverino Premium Member 3 months ago
Today’s semiprecious stones can be made artificially and don’t have the same value as the older real ones. Wallace’s emerald could easily fall into that category. You can’t tell them apart just by looking at them.
Ida No 3 months ago
Heart: “Ba-thump. Ba-thump. Ba-thump.”
jschumaker 3 months ago
I’m surprised Spud wouldn’t spend the money on pizza with smoked gouda cheese.
Pigs_Will_Fly 3 months ago
I hope you’ll listen to your head as well, Wallace.
Diat60 3 months ago
On the serious side, that might go a good way to financing a university education.
poulinskaya 3 months ago
Clam cakes at Rocky Point and Del’s at Second Beach surfer’s end. I miss that!
Brian Premium Member 3 months ago
Not a clamcake fan (now you put some crabcakes in front of me…) but Del’s is great.
raybarb44 3 months ago
Maybe a part of a whisper…..
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 3 months ago
First ya need to know how much it’s worth and if there’s a market for it. If it’s an antique from a sunken ship there could be a reward, that would be nice.
markkahler52 3 months ago
Wallace the Not So Nearly Self Confident…
Frankie the Sandwich Artist 3 months ago
The emerald will turn out to have very little value and they will spend the money on ice cream as they had previously planned.
seah 3 months ago
spud the true best friend
GKBOWOOD Premium Member 3 months ago
Wallace would spend the money on a fun party, excursion, whatever for all his friends.
mistercatworks 3 months ago
He said “heart”, not “heartburn”.
rroxxanna 3 months ago
My bet is that his mother goes to the Snug Harbor Historical Society to ask about newspaper stories in the past having to do with lost jewels. The SHHS has a 2-inch binder full of stories about pirate treasure and at the very back a story with the headline “Wife of Prominent Providence Lawyer Loses Gem on Beach” from 1929. Mrs, McLellan locates the former owner’s granddaughter, who happens to be Mrs. Collins (right name?) their neighbor, who sells the emerald and gives half the money to the McLellans. They use it to repair the engine on Mr. McLellan’s boat and to buy a new muffler for the pickup and to get some therapy for Sterling. Mrs. McLellan tells Wallace about the information about pirate treasure at the historical society and he reads the information in the binder with great excitement. He persuades his parents to buy him a metal detector and with Rose, Amelia and Spud he scours the Rhode Island coastline. As seniors in high school (equipped with a better detector) they discover incontrovertible proof, in the form of a hoard of coins including two of Harald Tryggvason (King of Norway 995-1000), that Vikings had sailed south around Cape Cod to Rhode Island. They also found a barely legible document preserved apparently in a bottle of mead, apparently a recipe for muslinggkakke.
Thehag 3 months ago
Panel 3 best of friends.
rockyridge1977 3 months ago
Don’t spend it on food and drink!!!!!!
wordsmeet 3 months ago
Can’t wait what Wallace’s mom has to say when she sees the emerald…and what Dad has to say, and the look on Sterling’s face.
Aladar30 Premium Member 3 months ago
Such a strong friendship.
cymusiker 3 months ago
Del’s Lemonade is the best!