The pool table in the basement

Illinois · United States · Church

He sank the shot, went to the pocket for the ball, and there was no ball in it.

This old church at Oak Park, Illinois has a great many rooms upstairs, and an elderly woman has been seen in the basement.

There is a pool table down there.

Some people were playing one evening. One of them sank a shot and went round to the pocket to collect the ball.

There was no ball in the pocket.

He looked up at the others, and what they said next is the account.

This is the best kind of report in the whole collection: several people in a lit room, all watching the same thing, doing something ordinary, and one small physical fact that will not fit. A pool ball has nowhere to go. It went into the pocket in front of witnesses and it was not in the pocket.

Oak Park is Frank Lloyd Wright's town and full of remarkable buildings.

The church is an active congregation.

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The pool table in the basement is in Illinois, United States.

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