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Newspaper
Bathurst Daily Argus
Location
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 03, 1909
Page
4
The Book is completed not closed like the day The hand that wrote it lays it away Songs sink into silence The story is told The windows are darkened The hearthstone is cold Darker and darker The black shadows fall Sleep and oblivion reign over all.
In a serialized tale by L. T. Meade a Scotland Yard chief, Gerard Hamburg, is drawn into his friend Mrs. Harvey’s request. Ellen Harvey’s rushed engagement to Arthur Winsted is shadowed by Count Sterbioni’s lingering claim. The Italian noble asks Ellen to invite him to the wedding and to wear his diamond ring, hinting at hidden motives and danger in the planned Rome summer and wedding.
Dr Gerard Hamburg recalls a plot to kill Ellen Harvey with a poisoned ring. Count Sterbioni Edouard Panza tries to force the wedding and seize the bride, but Hamburg exposes the scheme, restrains the suspect, administers an antidote, and saves Ellen. Panza is arrested and to be tried in London.
A collage of lighthearted vignettes traces social foibles from the submerged tenth to everyday urban scenes. A Prodigal Son letter, divorce quips, matrimonial scams, light pranks, and coded courtship signals mingle with bus passengers and a hospital-bound child, capturing a vanished era of humor.
A two pound reward is offered for a black dog missing the week. A banter about a stolen dog turns to a white dog. In a comic will draft Eppeck bequeaths property to his wife on the condition she marries within a year, to ensure someone mourns his death.
A girl misreads a hat bearing the label Home-made Sausages as HMS. The teacher explains it stands for His Majesty's Ship, but the child holds to her father's home-made sausages interpretation, prompting a humorous dispute.
A newspaper editor’s old column misfires when two letters seeking personal replies arrive. One mother asks about rearing twins. a farmer seeks grasshopper control. The editor’s replies are swapped and printed with dangerous, nonsensical advice.
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