Prank

“Gah!” Ada blasted, slamming down the phone. “Another prank call!” “What are they saying?” George asked, intrigued. “If we have a cottage to let for … ugh, what’s the word … species?!? Pain in the …” “Oh - it’s “specie” - also called the pine tree shilling,” George shared, nodding. “Those were minted way back … tough conversion to the modern dollar.” “What the actual?” Ada replied, flummoxed. “The cemetery a mile or so west is very old; lots of those people are colonists … pre-revolutionary war. I had one guy that wanted to buy a farm for commodity money (tobacco and wool).” Ada fell silent, but eventually asked, “The cemetery?” George didn’t answer directly, just offered to answer the phone for a bit.