Treasure Hunt on Leeward Island Sparks Moral Doubt
Jane Harding funds a treasure expedition led by Dugald Shaw and faces pressure from Miss Higglesby Browne. Virginia Harding joins against her aunt, clashes with Shaw, and questions the conspiracy while wary of Cuthbert Vane and the financier Tubbs. The voyage, tense with distrust, begins aboard a rugged ship.
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Jane Harding
Virginia
Cuthbert Vane
Dugald Shaw
Shaw
Magnus
Hamilton H. Tubbs
Isle of Portune Arrival On a Freighter Deck
On a moonlit voyage the crew sights the Leeward Island rising from the sea as passengers prepare for an ashore landing in boats. Aunt Jane resists boats, while Mr Tubbs and Mr Shaw reassure her that the big freighter cannot enter the bay and the shore is reachable by small craft.
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Leeward Island
Isle of Portune
Miss Browne
Mr. Tubbs
Cookie
Aunt Jane
Panama
Mr. Shaw
Aboard a Vessel amid Quiet Cruelty and Captivity
The narrator endures entanglements among shipboard passengers including Miss Higglesburgowne EF and the Honorable Cuthbert while questioning a hidden treasure claim. After clashes and planned rebellion, she isolates with a tattered Huckleberry Finn as a strange escape, until a shipboard cry of land is heard.
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Cuthbert
David-and- Jonathan
Higglesburgowne
Hit
Mr. Tubbs
Aunt Jane
Miss Brown
Magnus
Independence Day Celebration and School Start Dates
On September 16 local Mexicans will attend a grand baile for Independence Day. Centennial Day will be observed September 27. School will start in Hinkley on October 2, but no teacher has yet been obtained for the school.
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Hinkley
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Camilla
Kenyon the. Roses
MER Bee Company
Mr. Vane
Miss Harding
Thomas
Harding
Solway
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
Jape
Miny
Misa Harding
Jane
Ninetee Ee Jbeeek
Eady
Standard Oil Company
Ockstade
Armstrongs
Nall Bernarding
LAW Directory
Printer Office
San Bernardino
Hubmobile and
Kelly Springfield Agency
Third St
Kidd
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