John of San Francisco

John of San Francisco

by

John Presco

Copyright 2021

Mr. John Holmes John bought Bullocks & Jones Tailor Shop the second he heard it was closing.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” John asked incredulously.

Preskowitz – Master Tailors | Rosamond Press

John-John – as his friends and family called him – was the great grandson of Charles Janke (John) the son of Carl Janke, the founder of Belmont, and California Pioneer. Carl married Dorothea Peterson, an English spy, that Carl met on Heligoland Island, that was known as ‘Spy Island’. Here spies from many nations came to spawn, as they called it. Who do you trust? You had to trust a fellow spy long enough to let down your shield in order to form a bond, even get married – and have children. Sherlock Holmes grandfather was no exception. He met Miss Peterson, and fell in love. Then Mr. Holmes…