MYSTERY PHOTO: A brick folly?

Here’s a brick structure sent in by a reader.  What is it?  Where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com.  And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.  And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo

In our most recent mystery, “A real mystery” we asked readers to find out the story behind a sign along Folly Road in Charleston that asked for thieves to return some stolen jewelry.  Only veteran sleuth George Graf got the story, much like an intrepid reporter who won’t give up. He shared:

“A nearby home was burglarized of a jar of cash and a box of heirloom jewelry during the day back on June 29.  A police report was filed and is still under active investigation by the Charleston Police Department.  The woman who was robbed put up the poster on the fence in hopes that the burglar(s) return the family jewelry that cannot be replaced.”

A police report confirmed the details.  While Graf got the true story right, three readers — John Hart and Bud Ferillo, both of Columbia, and Marian Greely of Charleston — sent in fictional solutions to the photo.  The winner is Greely, who offered the following;

“Francis X. Dewlap presented his fiancee, DelMarVa Pen, with his great-grandmother’s engagement ring after a brief courtship.  In hindsight, Mr. Dewlap admits that he was hasty in proposing. ‘It was love at first sight. Her photo in the back of the City Paper was stunning, our phone conversations were titillating but deep (her computer was being repaired).’ They were unable to meet, according to Mr. Dewlap, due to a bee sting on Ms DelMarVa’s lip. ‘She wanted to be as pretty as her picture when we finally met.’ 

“Mr. Dewlap did have some concerns though: Ms. DelMarVa hadn’t been vaccinated. A ‘personal freedom issue.’ she claimed. He respected her decision but insisted they wear masks. They arranged to meet at the Early Bird Diner. As they stood in line, Mr. Dewlap professed his love and showed Ms. DelMarVa the family ring. ‘When she put the ring on her finger she cried with happiness. She told me that I was the man of her dreams. Then she excused herself to ‘freshen up’ and that’s the last I saw of her.’ Mr. Dewlap sobbed, saying that they never even got in the door.

“Even though Mr. Dewlap is willing to let Ms. DelMarVa keep the ring — ‘She will always think of me when she wears it’ — his family is enraged. The Dewlap family contend that Francis is a hopeless romantic and the ring was not his to give. Please contact the family with leads to Ms DelMarVa’s whereabouts. “’We just want the ring back.’” 

• Send us a mystery:  If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!)   Send it along to  editor@charlestoncurrents.com.