Frontiersman helps Sheila flee bully and legal menace
Winton defuses a violent confrontation with De Witt on a crowded coach. Sheila Seaton thanks him as she explains Judge Davis, head of the Diamond Field Syndicate, wields power in Maldépo. Winton learns the frontier town lacks formal laws and fears for her safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Winton
Sheila Seaton
Judge Davis
Mr. de Witt
Diamond Fielde Syndicate
Landdroft
Malopo
Maldépo
Daddy Seaton
Seaton
Gromsess
Voyage Through Malopo to a Hidden Past
Sheila reveals her father’s ruin after coerced crimes by De Witt and the family’s long flight across Africa. Winton learns of danger as they trek toward Malopo with De Witt’s enmity looming, the desert heat, and uncertain safety ahead.
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de Witt
Winton
Johannesburg
Father
Malopo
Davis
Mr. de Witt
Rhodesia
United States
Sheila
The Robbery at the Big Malopo Diamond
Winton investigates a diamond theft in Malopo linking De Witt and the Syndicate bank. He befriends Sam the subeditor as rumors swirl about the stolen stone and the diamond syndicate behind the high stakes he fled from.
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Winton
Malopo
Continental Hotel
de Witt
South Africa
Syndicate Bank
Scotty
Big Malopo
New York
Chronicle
Keelan
van Vorst
Reuter
De Witt @amond
Sam
Barbados
the Chronicle
Trinidad
Captains of Adventure
The memoir recounts Robert Guillemard, a French conscript, aboard the Redoubtable at Trafalgar. Nelson’s fleet battles Villeneuve, topmen fight aloft, and the Redoubtable surrenders amid heavy losses. Guillemard later aids Villeneuve and survives decades of battles and captives.
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Robert Guillemard
Grand Army of
France
Cadiz
Villeneuve
Lord Nelson
Atlantic
Nelson
Napoleon
England
Cape Trafalgar
Nes
Guillemard
Santissima Trinidad
Indomitable
Achille
Rennes
Paris
Trafalgar
Hotel de Breau
Tuileries
The
Cabrera
Siberia
Inheritance Death and Diamond Scheme Unfold in Taungs
Winton Garrett, 25, seeks $100000 from executor Archie Garrett. Archie proclaims vast wealth from rubber and the Malopo diamond venture arranged by Dutch promoter De Witt. On a track to the mine in Taungs, Winton confronts De Witt after De Witt insults Sheila Seaton.
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Winton Garrett
Archie Garrett
New York
Archie
Winton
East
West Indies
Malopo
South Africa
College professors and the mind in study
A compact reflection on how college professors engage with ideas and mental work, exploring educational philosophy and the pursuit of knowledge within the academic setting. The note hints at the ongoing process of thinking and teaching in higher education.
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Victor. Rousseau
WG. Chapman
Ned Burns
Taungs
Syndicate
Captains OF Adventure
Man
Hazard
Young Fontaine
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