The Ghostly Unraveling of Uncle Samuel Nangle
In Deal, Martin Townsend recalls his tyrannical guardian Uncle Samuel Nangle, owner of the Flying Fish inn and tug. A mysterious visitor Bertha Keefeland, who claims a sandalwood box, prompts a chilling confession from Samuel that he killed Bertha years earlier and hid her body behind the whisky vat, before the sea carried her away.
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Samuel
Sam Nangle
Samuel Nangle
Martin Townsend
Flying Fish Inn
Flying Fish
Vin
Martin
Deal
Bilge-street
Tania
Flying Fish Tug
Sam
Culiar
Bilge Street
Grace Darling
Thad
Moh
Mr. Nangle
Atule
Bertha Keefeland
Hoe
Inow
London
Casper Keefeland
Russia
England
Dangling hands forever unendurable in a mother's wisdom
Juniata Stafford recalls Robert Collyer and his mother’s maxim I can't abide dangling hands. The passage argues dangling hands symbolize laziness selfishness and shiftlessness, urging active use of one's gifts to do good and avoid stagnation, with Madame Collyer's exhortation echoed as a lifelong lesson.
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Robert Collyer
Wisdon
Madame
Collyer
Juniata Stafford
King and Queen Swans Hold Court at Abbotsbury Decoy
Blackwood's Magazine notes legendary longevity of two pond swans known as the King and Queen at Abbotsbury. The pair, believed aged 100 to 150, inhabit a protected decoy and resist intruders with no quarter. Their offspring do not return to the pond, while other birds are not harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbotsbury
Blackwood’s Magazine
Flower Maiden and a Doctor in Moonlit Forest
A storiesequence tells of a night flowering maiden who heals many children using herbs and a nurselike touch. She aids a young physician, grows fond of him, and plans to reveal herself to win his love as summer sickness tests their devotion.
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Gotham
Broadway
Thirtieth Street
New York Tribune
Alise
Fairy Canopy Over New Orleans Morn in Myrtle Glen
The New Orleans Picayune describes a dawn fairy scene where myrtle boughs hold a delicate spider woven canopy and a fairy queen rests beneath it. Light fades as morning sun reveals the retreating vision and lingering nocturnal fragrances fill the air.
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Jace
Ne Orleans Picayune
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F. W. Robinson
Tle Docg
Casper
Iecfeland
Parsons
Lester No
Binghamton
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Belmont
Weekly Dispatch
Belmont, Allegany CO
At. Belmont
EF. G. Heulmer
Church Directory
A. Bennett
Presbyterian Church
Jas. BR. Rodgers
ST. Phitliys Episcopal Church
Aaron B. Clark
ST. Mary's Catholic Church
P. Berkery
Lla
Sociepties
Belmont Lodge
Bop
Marrs
W. M. S. W. Crittenden
Sec'y
Revere
POST
G. A.B
Sorrore
Com
A.o.u.w.no
D.M. Burpick
M. Rol
Wilkinson
SIN Knight's Legion
NO. 14
R.l.winkinsos
Ww. P. Clark
W.c. TL UL
Baptist Church
W. A. Willard
W. P. Clark
C. A. Jackson
Sec’y. Ladies L. & BH. Society
Frank van Campers
Belmont Union
EB. A. U
Bens. Norton
Ace T
G.T
Wm. K. Paul, M. D
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Tra H. Myers
Belmont, NY
H. A. Barney, M. D
Belmont, N. Y
Norton Street
Belmont Barber Shop
E. D. Baker
Wm. McCracken & Bro
S. B. Bailey & Co’s
S.ww
Crittenden
J. D. Holden
Pelmont, T Ea
Aplin & Lewis
South Street
Eamoup A. Willets, WM. J. Richarpson, Pres’j. Cashier
State Bank
OF Belmont
N.Y
Board OF Directors
Wn, J. Richardson
Bay New-York
National Bank of the Republic
J, al Bisnell
Belmont, MM
Mattings
Hood & Bradley
N. Vy
Einc’s
King’s Before
Billy Thompson
Yello
Thompson
Chicago Herald
Lord Wolseley
Birmingham
Europe
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