Imperial order and a soldier’s rise in Russian tale
A doorkeeper bars a nobleman from the Emperor Peter the Great's apartments, insisting on strict orders. The nobleman strikes him. the Emperor commends the guard and elevates the beaten man, first to Captain, then to General of the Lifed Hounds, ending in Count Tolstoy lineage.
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Rud
Excellency
Tom Prince
Escolloney
Peter the Great
Tolstoy
Maesty
Yim
Abselan
Lea
Tolste
Story of Annie Laurie in Scottish ancestry
The tale traces Annie Laurie’s birth in 1682 within the Maxwellton line of Dumfries merchants and Scottish gentry. It notes ancestral figures from Stephen Laurie to John and Robert Laurie, with a digression on the lyric’s author Douglas Finland and his celebrated muse Bonnie Bonnie Antig.
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Magingion
Stephen Laurie
Dumfries
James VI
Marion
Goran
Annie Laurie
George Hunter
Glencairn
Douglas Finland
Bonnie Antig
Alexander Ferguson
From the Diary of a Twin Told by a Young Narrator
A humorous diary recounts twins born seven minutes apart and their antics through the year. The older describes schemes and mischief, while the younger grows with the family, including nursing, teeth, and first steps as city streets and a veteran medal display glimpse into urban life.
Russian Captain Loses Forty Thousand Pounds at Monte Carlo
An unnamed Russian naval officer, using the alias Pulkowski, gambles away forty thousand pounds in Monte Carlo after sailing from Genoa to Nice. Facing disgrace and potential court martial, he contemplates suicide before a dramatic ultimatum leads his battleship to threaten the casino with broadside fire unless repaid. The secretary is drawn into a staged confrontation, ending with the return of the money.
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Pulkowski
Japan
Oficer
Nie
St. Petersburg
Monte Carlo
Nev
Judy Po
Navy
B. Pulkowski
the Casino
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