Free Lance by Chauncy CGC Hotchkiss excerpts escape scene
An excerpted diary passage follows a protagonist on a perilous escape. A tense night voyage includes crossing a defended border, hiding in a tavern, and exchanging wary words with a black tavern keeper and two armed men. The narrator contends with hunger, fear, and shifting loyalties while seeking safe passage amid Union soldiers and rebel interests.
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Quaker and Altar of War in a Night at the Inn
A tense scene unfolds in a dim inn where a weary Quaker eats quietly as disguise and danger swirl. A British trooper pursues a runaway beauty, the narrator fights Lowney, and a white haired Quaker intervenes, delivering a backstab blow and ending the brawl with a shocking surrender. The incident ends with the Quaker denouncing ambush tactics, and the tale promises continuation next week.
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Working as a traveling advertisement in a soap firm's yard
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet, a tramp boasts of work as a traveling advertisement for a soap firm while dialogue touches on a brokered society scene. Cy Peters, noted for his hat and shaved head, figures in the chatter about labor and transformation.
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