Monmouth and King James Visit Tanker's Mills Adventure
In a humorous escape tale set in Tanker's Mills, Tib and Billy Campbell adopt Monmouth and King James roles to outwit a band of deluded villagers. After a night of feigned royalty, hijinks, and a makeshift gibbet, they flee on bicycles to Beanville, leaving behind a town that settles into absurd peace.
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New York
Speanville
Tib
Beanville
Tanker’s Mills
Tanker’s
Campos
Daffy
Goft
Chris Kringle
Bodkins
Billy
Bess
Monmouth
Prithee
Sirrah
James
Argyle
Billy Campbell
Campbell
King James
Earl of Argyle
Brabant
Jeffreys
Buffalo
King
England
Bloody England
al Smikins
Colonel Kirke
Kirke
Jed Bufkins
Gramercy
Epping
Varlet
Bark
Ezra
Fleckenstein
Erin
Phen
Buffalo House
Tanker’s Mulls
United States
Corn Hair
Freeman Hucky
Sliver
King James Germ
Old Freeman Hucky
Some With the Ladies Story on a Drifting Car Scene
In a Baltimore News account two young women and a man ride a car. The man proclaims his popularity by distributing letters and reading excerpts to amused girls. An elderly observer mutters a threat as the lively scene unfolds with gossip and flirtation.
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Susie
Baltimore News
Bridget’s wry remark at a titled Italian visitor
A wealthy lady, eager to impress a new Irish maid, misses a visit by a distinguished Italian. The maid identifies the caller by a card and quips that the man lacked a ring. The mistress ends up embarrassed as the maid’s blunt humor deflates the moment.
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Bridget
Enigmatic Calamity Quoted by Demetrius Phalen eus
A fragment quotes Demetrius Phalen eus on the idea that men abandon the visible for the uncertain and suffer misfortune from an enigmatic calamity, noting they may not gain what they expect nor keep what they had.
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Demetrius Phaleneus
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Beau-Brabant
Earl
Beauvilla
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