A Novel of Red Hill and Far Seas
A tale follows St Alan Wayne sent away by his uncle after moral failing. Alan, Alix, Gerry, and Clem weave through marriage, flirtation, and distant lands from Pernambuco to an African bridge project. Collingeford and others reflect on home, birth, and a man’s duty as embezzlement shadows his choices and the anchor of home is tested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Wayne
Red Hill
J. Y
Clem
Alan
Ethan Judge Healey
Alix
Gerry
Pernambuco
Pernnambuco
Piranhas
Maple House
Collingeford
Wayne
Africa
Margarita
Lieber
Kemp
Mttle’bank
Bankers’ Surety Association
Big and Little Creek
White Mountains
New Mexico
Gerry Lansing
Homeward Dream at the Desolate Ranch
Gerry Lansing there at Fazenda Flores returns from a night with Lieber and Kemp to tend a drought shaken ranch. Kemp hoists a giant orchid plant while Lieber reveals a hidden past from Pennsylvania banking to exile. A man named Kemp holds the fort as Gerry faces a dawning need to find home, and Lieber shares a dream of sails and origin.
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Lieber’s
Fazenda Flores
Lieber
Gerry
Kemp
Alamo
New York
Mr. Lansing
Hoss
Gry
America
Margarita
True Blue
Dona Maria
Bonifacio
Fazenda
Eschel
Fever and Fear Drive a Brazilian Bridge Crew
Alan Wayne, a fevered project chief, battles river fever while pushing a long bridge across a dried watercourse in Brazil. McDougal the mason nurses him as Italians toil under terror, with Alan torn between work and memory of a returning love letter.
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South America
Progress
Alan Wayne
McDougal
Wayne
Alan
Cynic Alan’s Reply to a Sorrowing Woman
A sorrowing woman wonders what sort of reply the cynic Alan might have written. The question probes his sneering attitude and laments what he deserves for it, inviting reflection on mercy versus mockery.
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Alan
By Compulsion. A Miserable Summer Ahead For Family Man
In a humorous exchange a meek man predicts a costly summer away to satisfy two marriageable daughters and a strong minded wife. He jokes he will overextend financially but feels compelled to go. The dialogue captures social pressures and family dynamics with a light tone.
Civic Rivalry over a Blown Court House Joke
A Kansas man jokes about a cyclone near Gadsville that supposedly blew away a county courthouse in Galesburg. Local banter reframes the tale, calling Gadsville a makeshift hencoop.
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Kansas
Galesburg
Gadsville
He Had the Price
A Poughkeepsie baseball game in the Atlantic league endures a comic moment as Bill McCabe fills his roster with an umpire named Fogarty and a quick bite hick bats in the ninth. He hits a homer but refuses to run, declaring he will pay for the ball with the money in his pocket.
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Bill McCabe
Poughkeepsie
Kingston
Fogarty
McCabe
Bill
Hick
Fathead
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