Secrets and Deception Circle Lola Mystery Across Nations
Gordon Gregg uncovers a tangled plot aboard the Lola and in London and Dumfries. He learns Hornby is a fraud, discovers a torn photograph links Muriel Leithcourt to disappearance and murder, and traces Hima Heath to Finland while confrontation erupts at Rannoch Wood.
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Gordon Gregg
Lerhorn
Hornby
Lola
Hylton Chater
Gregg
Jack Durnford
Marines
Durnford
London
Greeg
Olinton
Dumfries
Muriel Leithcourt
Muriel
Martin Woodroffe
Woodroffe
Ran- Roch Wood
Clintos Gregg
Rannoch Wood
Armida
Olinte
Hima Heath
Baron Oberg
Abo
Finland
Rannoch
Leithcourta
Hidden item in Leithcourt house sparks pursuit
A speaker notes forming conclusions and asks for another opinion. The other party asserts that a concealed object remains in the house. A man demanded it from Mr Leithcourt, but the library events are unclear. He believes Leithcourt did not remove it and that the item is still hidden here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leithcourt
Mystery at Leithcourt Castle intrigues a visitor
A visitor who admired a dead friend's portrait lingered in the library at Leithcourt, sought a hidden cupboard, and offered a large reward if he found what he sought. Ann, the maid, recalls his careful search, his fixation on Elma Heath's photograph, and hints of a secret plan tied to Muriel and Abe's letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leith Courts
Muriel
Elma Heath
Air
Ann
Mr. Letthcourt
Mission to find a missing heiress leads through Finnish secrecy
The narrator travels from London to Stockholm and Abo pursuing clues about Baron Oberg and the missing English heiress Bima Heath. In Finland’s strict bureaucracy a rogue Russian chief of police learns of him, offers help, and sends a guide toward a shadowed rendezvous beyond Nystad to uncover her fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Stockholm
Abo
Russia
Finland
Gordon Gregg
London
Petersburg
Michael Boranski
Abo-Biernebourg
Gulf of Bothnia
Pacific
Bea
Excellency
Bima Heath
Chichester
England
Baron Oberg
Paris Journal
Mademoisella Heath
Rising
Bella
Finn
Rysgan
Nystad
Bush
Bourne
Thought Him A Preacher In Yosemite Valley Tale
Madame Hegermann-Lindencrone recalls a Sunday in Yosemite when a door knock brought a polite stranger asking her husband the Danish minister to read prayers and preach in the hotel drawing room. The minister explains he is not the kind of preacher the man expects, and the exchange highlights the misfit between role and request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Hegermann-Lindencrone
United States
Yosemite Valley
Hums
Haws
Mn Hegermann-Lindencrone
Permon
What Are Snapping Turtles in Nature and Science for Young Folks
A description in St Nicholas notes snapping turtles cross evolutionary lines. It explains the shell from mollusks to legs like mammals and eggs like birds. It adds that turtles can live in water or on land and hibernate in mud, while edible flesh makes turtle soup a delicacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Love as an Educator and the Dream Prophecy
A reflective piece extols love as the finest teacher and suggests multiple loves before thirty to curb folly. It links dreams to foresight, noting most forecasts in dreams fail and recalls a single dream per night could yield many dreams over a lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loys
P' Ray
Dovta Ryerton
Jones
Capt Finch Relates Arabic Sinking After Torpedo Attack
Captain Finch tells of the Arabic being torpedoed off Queenstown on August 19 with 423 aboard. He recalls no warning, the rapid sinking in ten minutes, lifeboats and life belts, heroic engine room crew, and detachment from shore while over 260 crew members perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queenstown
Finch
Liverpool
Winch
Dunaley
Dunsley
Queanstown
Fastnet
Qreath
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IAR
William LE Queux
C-D-Rhodes
THE
SMART
Admiralty
Palermo
Cecil
Jack
Abe
Chater
Westbourne Grove
Mackenzie
Philip Hornby
Hull
Korpo
Viegd Ray
Witton Hay
Imperial Household
Palace of
Peterhof
Gordon Francia Gregg
Aglais
Breama
Capt. Finch
DIORY
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