Sallie and Count De Lisle Confront a Hidden Past
At a New York party hosted by Count de Lisle, Sallie confronts deception and illusion as a jugglery act reveals a phantom, a dagger, and a rumored murder. The Count accuses Sallie of Harry Trent's true killer identity, then discloses he is Keppel Darke, the escaped convict in the house.
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Harry Trent
Olymp Raven
Sallie Matcin
Olympia
Keppel Darke
Trent Mansion
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Trent
Dirk
Darkie
Sallie Matchin
Raven
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Maurice Solange
America
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Aspinwall
Sallie
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General Bristowe
France
Philadelphia
Mirror Visions Haunt Sallie As Guests Arrive
Sallie confronts a waking haunting in a bright room as Count de Lisle announces guests. She doubts dreams while seeing the figure of Keppel Darke in a mirror though his body lay dead. Suspicion grows that a hidden plan moves against her.
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Count de Lisle
Madame Trent
Darke
Keppel Darke
Mrs Ayer Hosts Pearls from Ducal Paris Estate
Mrs. Ayer, widow of Dr. Ayer, resides in the former Duke of Mouchy residence in Paris and possesses two superb pearl necklaces. One features six strings of uniformly sized pearls, about the size of a fat pea, the other two strings about the size of a gooseberry. She also owns solitaire pearl earrings bought for $40,000. The couple’s collecting habit yielded many fine jewels.
Woman Suffrage Leader Balances Work and Berry Harvest
In a private letter the state Woman Suffrage secretary describes a chaotic but productive period mixing suffrage, alumni, and library duties with house cleaning and preserving tasks. She notes putting up over seventy quarts of berries grown on their own, alongside caring for three children, and defends suffrage workers as active philanthropic members who also know how to cook.
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Woman Suffrage Association
Woman’s Journal
Nein
Eselen
Well Connected Women in the Treasury
A Washington Letter notes ties between prominent women and federal offices. Daughters of Chief Justice Taney served in the treasury until family friends funded their support, while Wisconsin Governor Fairchild married a treasury employee. Other examples include a sister of General Ould in the treasury and Florence Percy in the quartermaster general’s office before marriage.
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Taney
Fairchild
Wisconsin
Robert Ould
Florence Percy
Quartermaster General
Washington
Pittigrew King
South Carolina
Post Office Department
Hair care and fashion notes with literary asides
A collage of era tips and observations cites Mme de Stael’s vanity and daily hair care, fashion references from Cleopatra to Salome, cleaning advice for a teapot, and a note on Miss Jessie Fothergill’s career since her 1874 novel The First Violin.
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Jessie Fothergill
Great Britain
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