Ailing Hazel Solves a Long Ocean Longitude
On a Pacific isle Hazel and Helen nurture hope and craft a clever mariner’s beacon to summon aid, weighing ducks with messages tied to their legs and plotting a rescue while guardianship and passion drift between duty and love. The pair face storms of doubt as a steamer bearing Arthur Wardlaw approaches, threatening their hard-won paradise.
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Helen
Hazel
Lis Ginner
Slhie
Ponto
Aelen
Helen Rolleston
Tcoula
Arthur Wardlaw
England
Freya
Bis
Maaianat
Hazelia
Morning trek to lagoons through Jerrapin Wood
Hazel rose before dawn wearing his worst clothes and a belt as Flo carried raw fish and oysters. They moved through Jerrapin Wood toward the lagoons, reaching the hoop where only a heavy steam could be seen above the water.
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Helen
Hazel
Paradise
Azel
Flo
Jerrapin Wood
Nto
Courage and doubt steer a voyage toward Godsend Island
General Rolleston and his crew decide to press on toward an unknown island despite the cutter's unseaworthiness. They sail westward, nearing Godsend Island within a hundred miles, yet miss the island, scouring the Society Islands for clues while losing months. The heart-sick father eventually returns along a northerly track.
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Cromwell
Society Islands
England
Moreland
Dulia Dodd
Joshua Fullatore
Juan Fernandez
Iland
Joshua
Sam
Rolleston
Val
Vespasian
Vesp
Leeward
Ile
Cappey
Ringbok
Ana
Cunnie
Valparaiso
Reese
Swan
Key
Easter Island
Godsend Island
Creerye
Mount Lookout
Palm tree sighted as Moreland sails toward rescue in island tale
The Springbok neared a misty coast at longitude 108 1 and, after much search, sighted a palm on a moonlit shore. Captain Moreland hailed the find, the crew cheered, and General Rolleston read a message on the cuanoedocks calling for rescue of an English lady wrecked there. The scene closed with a rough, awaiting rescue on a distant island.
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Juan Fernandez
Rolleston
Masa Fuero
Valparaiso
Nantucket
San Fernandez
Norfolk Island
Springbok
Moreland
Jack
Ailsa Craig
Ireland
Isaac
Teneriffe
Isaac Aiken
Rolles
Butt
Easter Island
Wardlaw
General Rolleston
Thames
Flymouth
General Belleston
Sigzay
Floating Island of Henry's Lake Baffles Idaho Reporter
San Francisco Examiner correspondent John Tomlinson describes a real floating island on Henry's Lake Idaho. The 40 square mile oval mass rests on a dense root mat with trees shrubs and grass and appears to drift with breezes as it sits atop a clear emerald lake in the dome of the continent near Targee Pass.
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San Francisco Examiner
John Tomlinson
Bannack
Ida
Henry’s Lake
Idaho
Rocky Mountains
Targee's Pass
Mr. Tomlinson
Snake River
Henry Lake
Such is Fame Nebraskas State Journal fragment
A clipped dialogue from a Nebraskan paper features William Henry muttering about greatness and fame. The snippet hints at social recognition and public perception, with references to being addressed respectfully if he becomes famous and the insinuation of potential mockery. The text is incomplete and presents a casual, speculative reflection.
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Nebraska State Journal
William Henry
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Dion Boucicault
Mless
Providence
Jamie Watt
Miss Rolleston
Npa
Sydney
Basel
Godsend Isle
Eureka
Egypt
Geal
Pacific
Waralaw
Plymoot
John Wardlaw
Arthur
Pacite
Org
Valpara
Joshua Fullalore
Chili
Havel
Terra Firma
Wrey
Tam
Tye
Suey
N. W
Juan. Fernandez
Morine
Tullo
Dack
Cai
Windward
Master Island
Eneral
N.W
N. E
Arehur Wardwell
Hazed
Nazel
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