Diamonds of Malopo No Mr Garrett Synopsis
Winton Garrett arrives to claim a $100000 inheritance from Archie Garrett and learns of a Malopo diamond strike. De Witt the promoter backs a vast scheme with the 95 carat De Witt diamond, while Winton battles De Witt. Sheila Seaton warns of danger as turmoil surrounds the mine and theft.
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Winton Garrett
Archie Garrett
New York
Archie
Winton
East
West Indies
Malopo
South Africa
Winton Falls into Malopo Trap in Desert Chase
Winton confronts Sheila Seaton's perilous stand in Malopo as De Witt schemes to ruin him. After a tense confrontation with a mysterious local, Winton is ambushed by police and chased through the moonlit streets toward the desert seeking escape from a plotted downfall.
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Winton
Desert
Malopo
Burns
de Witt
Roberts
Neuse
Ned Burns
Ulles
Wiley
Life in Chinese Cities A Hand to Mouth Excerpt
In nearly all Chinese cities a large percentage of the inhabitants live in a hand to mouth fashion buying food from restaurants. Hot water is sold from stands by people who make a business of providing it. The great necessity for economy in fuel seems to be the primary calls of this mode of living.
Starfish Rights Itself By Bending Arms
Nature Magazine explains that a starfish turns over by bending two arms backward under the disc and lifting until it settles on its lower surface. If the nerve ring around the mouth is severed the animal cannot right itself.
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Nature Magazine
Vanity and the wounds of envy in others opinions
A brief reflection on how immoderate vanity in others makes their judgments feel unbearable. The text argues inner peace comes from self possession rather than chasing external praise.
Captains of Adventure: Nicholson and the Indian Rebellion
John Nicholson, captain of the twenty seventh native infantry, led a brutal campaign during the 1857 uprising. He forged a loyal cadre of Pathan riders, disarmed mutineers, and commanded relief of Delhi siege. Nicholson died after storming the Cashmere Gate, revered by tribes who called him godlike.
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John Nicholson
Twenty-Seventh
Native Infantry
Iniia
Nicholson
Pathan
India
Delhi
Cawnpore
Peshbawar
John Lawrence
Old
England
Wilson
Lahore
Cashmere
Pathans
Nickelaeyn
Caine
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Diamonds
Victor Rousseau
MR. Garrett
Sheila
Continental
Paddy Seaton
Nerges
Kimberley
Cape Town
Malopa
Syndicate Bank
Garrett
Big Malopo Company
Life In
China
Captains OF Adventure
Boy Bobbe
Man
A. D
Lawrence
Temple
Little Temple
Cabul
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