Tank Gunner
Reverend Ripple$ Building Fund.
It is a story of a too righteous preacher who earns his just deserts.
The Right Reverend Robert Ripples had enjoyed skimming the abundant deposits of the building fund of his Church of Heavenly Inspiration and Perpetual Spirit (CHIPS) for his own personal use, but prayer request contributions from his East Texas radio audience and prayer cloth sales to those faithful listeners only fueled his lust for more. Fearful his nefarious ways were about to be discovered by the three-person church audit committee headed up by Momma Julia Perkins, Reverend Ripple's prayer for extrication is surprisingly answered. Two church members who are on their way to see Elvis Presley perform at the Cotton Bowl are enlisted by Reverend Ripples to carry out the delivery of a satchel full of money to his investors in Dallas. Boudreaux "Boo" Ballard and Clementine "Clem" Caine unwittingly become participants in a scheme to cover up his embezzlement by agreeing to bring thousands of dollars of building fund cash to the Reverend's purported business partners - who are stiffed by the double-cross. Held hostage for the missing debt payment, and a piled-on ransom for more, the couriers turn to Elvis for rescue.
It is a story of a too righteous preacher who earns his just deserts.
The Right Reverend Robert Ripples had enjoyed skimming the abundant deposits of the building fund of his Church of Heavenly Inspiration and Perpetual Spirit (CHIPS) for his own personal use, but prayer request contributions from his East Texas radio audience and prayer cloth sales to those faithful listeners only fueled his lust for more. Fearful his nefarious ways were about to be discovered by the three-person church audit committee headed up by Momma Julia Perkins, Reverend Ripple's prayer for extrication is surprisingly answered. Two church members who are on their way to see Elvis Presley perform at the Cotton Bowl are enlisted by Reverend Ripples to carry out the delivery of a satchel full of money to his investors in Dallas. Boudreaux "Boo" Ballard and Clementine "Clem" Caine unwittingly become participants in a scheme to cover up his embezzlement by agreeing to bring thousands of dollars of building fund cash to the Reverend's purported business partners - who are stiffed by the double-cross. Held hostage for the missing debt payment, and a piled-on ransom for more, the couriers turn to Elvis for rescue.
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