Ghostly rickshaw haunts a narrator in Simla confession
The narrator recounts haunting scenes in Simla after killing Mrs. Wessington by neglect, detailing nightly rickshaw apparitions, social life, and a looming death as punishment. He debates dying with English propriety or condemned by phantom, while questioning faith and fate.
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Kitty
Simla
Mrs. Wessington
Heatheriegh
Phantom
England
Heatherlegh
Seayasain
Simls
Agnes
The Jealous Wife Ruse Ends in Comic Death Trap
A humorous prose piece recounts a jealous wife who believes her husband unfaithful. She contemplates dramatic acts to prove his guilt but ultimately exposes the ruse when the coat turns out to belong to a partner. The twisting ending reveals the wife’s plot collapses as the druggist taunts her with fake poison.
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John
Witty snippets and quips from old papers and jokes
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from various periodicals. The bits poke fun at editors, wives, debts, and social routines with brisk, comic ironies characteristic of early 20th century humor. The snippets include exchanges about money, ads, and domestic life with quick punch lines.
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Jeus
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Fred Emerson Brooks
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Indianapolis Journal
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Boston
Aristotle
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Christian Ragister
Toumi
Mamma
Tommy
Jacwar
Travers
Harper
Basar