Ryan, Several weeks ago Don Lattin (religion reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle) also tried unsuccessfully to verify the passage in question. He wrote me that he had been informed that a story titled "Capt. Brassbrown's Conversion" contained the $5 + change passage. Thus far, the author of "Capt. Brassbrown's Conversion" remains unidentified and where one might find a printed copy of the same remains unanswered. Barb