Oh, my esteemed Mr. Pepe, I can surely vouch for your good deeds. Was
it only 1 year ago that your behavior shocked the letterboxing world?
Just look how far you have come from that dirty deed.

Even though I lobbied for my own Cape Cod as a location for the
Pinecone Museum of Splendid Stamped Creations, I gladly supported Mr.
Pepe in his endeavor to bring it to Connecticut. He has very
graciously handed over a percentage of the money he has collected from
this patch. With this we have been able to procure a stamp from some
mysterious and elusive letterboxers and a compass believed to have
been used to seek out the earliest letterboxes in the United States
for our displays. We even have a hitchhiker that has been found by
Wanda and Pete 11 times and a cootie that went unfound in the depths
of a backpack for many years before being unearthed. How wouldn't
travel far and wide to see these remarkable items? None of this could
have been done without the valiant efforts of Mr. Mark Pepe.

Not only has Mr. Pepe started this remarkable undertaking, I have
personally witnessed that he also never fails to contact the box
owners with pleasant and grateful notes about boxes. He always lets
them know when there is any problem with a box and makes sure to say
something positive and supportive to the letterboxer. I have even
seen him do this when he could not find the box and when it contained
the dreaded store bought stamp. How could such a model letterboxer
even be suspected in this crime of the highest order? Yes, he stole
some PZ Kut, but he would never go after the Store of Good Manners.

Surely my word is good enough to exonerate the formerly wayward Mark
Pepe. He has changed his unruly PZ Kut stealing ways and is in no way
responsible for the missing Store of Good Manners.