River romance unfolds at The Cottage by the Thames
Mira and Mrs Garland observe Irene Garland and Rupert Carroll on a river punt. Irene, barely eighteen, is drawn to Carroll while her mother frets over potential suitors and propriety. Carroll befriends the family, while Irene struggles between desire and duty as a dreamlike summer unfolds on the backwater.
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Mira
Garland
Mrs. Garland
Thames
Lady Garland
Ashe
Irene
Anna
Pray
Rupert Carroll
George
Carroll
Gertrude
Ife
Rupert Carroll Entangles Love and Mocked Warnings
In a scene rich with social wit, Rupert Carroll pleads for Irene to defy her mother and rendezvous at nine, while Lady Garland suspects a familiar face. Dining with Mrs. Garland, Carroll dodges questions about brothers, and Lady Garland hints she has met him before, setting up a continuing, playful intrigue.
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Rupert Carroll
Irene
Jim Vanity
Mr. Carroll
Lady Garland
London
Mrs. Garland
Carrall
Mind Header Pat Hurt Then Goes To Hospital
A brief note describes Pat injured with a minor wound and his employer sending him to the hospital. The house surgeon explains there is no observable subcutaneous abrasion and no tegumental elc...tration risk. Pat compliments the doctor on reading his thoughts.
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Pat
Uncertain Exchange Between Graduates Sparks Debate
A dialogue portrays a male graduate proposing a drastic act to bury himself in the earth, while a female graduate questions the magnitude of such an initiation. The exchange highlights tension over ambitious and potentially dangerous undertakings.
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Gred
Bright Baby Says Thanks for Nickel
A humorous quip notes a child’s charm as a wine window joke about a baby who can say Thanks when given a nickel, reflecting playful social wit.
Home in the Heart by Hliza Cook
Poem urges seeking a home in sincere love rather than grand mansions. It contrasts marble wealth with a bosom honest and true where love awakens and solace resides. The verse promises comfort despite misfortune when one finds a home in the heart.
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Prida
Halle
Hliza Cook
Prairie fire chase on the Saskatchewan coast
A narrator recalls riding with fire guardians to fight a prairie blaze near Maple Creek Saskatchewan. He details a fearsome night ride, rough terrain, a near fall when Banjo stumbled, and the long line of flames lighting the prairie as they joined other fighters to douse the spreading fire.
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Templemore Bay
England
Myles Bolton
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan
Battington
Bolton
Bettington
Fort
Jy Horse Hope
L.waa Wate Bai
Coulea
Howland
Barrow
Banjo
Indiana
Hi Breeze
Night Fire Flight and a Welcome Shack Revival
A weary party battles a prairie blaze driven by a fierce north wind then seeks shelter at a settler’s shack. Exhausted, they sleep beside a stove until dawn reveals a wet mist ending the fire threat. The episode ends with breakfast at Armstrong’s ranch and reflections on the night’s dangerous but memorable ride.
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Bolton
Bettington
Newton
Ute
Armstrong
Ingram
Howland
Prospect
Weill
Walter Scott
A Cat for Luck on Stage and Superstitions
Brock notes that actors and racing men view luck as a side value kept private and excused when astray. Superstitions from the restoration era persist into modern socialism and problem plays, with a cat on stage at rehearsal provoking ecstatic, almost pathetic joy as it watches the proceedings.
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Brock
Beama
Lost umbrella ad pays off, Kansas editor reports
Several weeks ago a Kansas editor advertised that he had lost a Kia umbrella and asked the finder to keep it. He now says the finder complied. The note ends with a quip that advertising pays, reflecting a view on hope and fortune in real life.
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Lord Strathcona
Canada
Lord Strathcone
Scotland
Mr. Jones
London
Kansas
Kia
Findan
City Journal
Burial Ground On Camp Hill Evokes Historic Ties
A tiny graveyard on Camp Hill near the Van Rensselaer home, dating to 1703, remains unpurchased despite repeated efforts. The Scull family burial plot, with a single marked stone for Abigail Seals, stands within a vine draped wall and old cherry trees, a local landmark tied to early settlers and the landscape’s beauty.
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van Hengesaelers Camiet
Camp Hii
Alexander van Renssaeler
Philadelphia Record
Camp Hill
van Rengselser Missiona
Norriatown
Myo Scull
Bucks County
Cam Hill
Nicholas Scull
Whitemarsh
Dward Farmer
America
Mary
Nicholas
Abigail Hen
Camp HI
Seatl
Abigail Seals
Scull
Love and Money and a Platonic Promise
A fragmented 19th century style piece contrasts love and money in a speaker’s resolve not to marry for wealth while admitting private temptations. It meanders through quotes about dowries, flirtation with money, and social judgments, blending poems and stray anecdotes about Mary Jane and a gypsy fiddler.
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Ulleago Daily News
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Shis
Irene Garland
Rupert Garrell
Miss Garland
Trene
Mam
Lfe
Richard
East End
Florence
Mr. Purvis
Florence Garland
Tuan
Gye
Mr. Carrol
Tommy
Home
Preirieges
Arrnjing
Mary Jane
Ye Hin
Louk Republic
Sypsy
Filaz
Tia
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