Was it a five pounder or a pixie in Loch Finnich
A London angler on holiday near Loch Finnich meets an elderly fisherman who hints that a giant fish may be a pixie. They discuss ghosts, then the stranger disappears leaving a gold ring the narrator later keeps. Years later a fellow traveler recalls a Scots tragedy linked to a ring, leaving the narrator haunted by the question Was it real or a pixie
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London
Weat Highlands
Fortunatus
Loch Finaioh
Loch of the
St. John’s Eve
Corriebuie
Corriebuie Inn
Loch Finaich
Mediterranean
Plymouth
Scotland
India
Western
Ross
England
Ross-shire
Loch Finnioch
Robertson
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Ruskin’s whimsical remark on chapel and art critique
A New York Tribune tale, sourced to a friend of John Ruskin, recalls a morning exit from chapel when the critic admits he should not have attended. He explains he plans to write a five point critique on a painting in the Academy and seeks perfect clarity.
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Ruskin
The
New York Tribune
Chapel
Academy
Dear, was I deceived in your blue eyes
A short verse from Kate Field's Washington referencing a whispered regret about departure, intense longing, and misbelief tied to a lover's gaze. The speaker questions why the beloved left quickly, noting the impact of blue eyes and a trust misplaced.
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M. H. Jenney
Kate Field
Washington
Maggie's Ghost: The Rodden Tragedy in Sierra Nevada
Creed Haymond, Southern Pacific chief counsel, recounted a tale of a supposed spirit haunting a mountain camp. While escorting letters, he witnessed a spectral woman on the trail, later revealed as Maggie Rodden, who vanished. Rodden allegedly killed her, then hanged himself. Haymond kept the story as his lone ghost tale until his death.
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Creed Haymond
Cousel
Southern Pacific
Kean
Haymond
California
Sierra
Rodden
Mrs. Rodden
Roddens
Maggie Rodden
Maggie
Remors
Howe
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Tepcan Ida
Tima
Bristol Gas Light Company
Bradford Street
J. Howard Manchester
Jellies
John _ Lake
Ja, Miller & Sod
Transacts
DIREC
Tors
James MM. Kimball
Alberel L. Calder
Aetekiah Conant
PS Colt
John P. Canpdell
Henry RK. Barker
Henry L. Winship
William I.dupee
R. A. Robertson
William T. C
Samuel P. Colt
Albert J. Calder
Tressuier
Joshua M. Addemar
Cyrus P. Brown
Geo. L. Littlefield
Sterns Hutchins
George T. Ilis8
Horace M. Laens
Leander KR. Peck
Olney T. Inman
Geo. P. Wetmore
Warren ©. Arnold
J. Maddeman
Wardwell
Orecon
Idaho
Chicago
Union Pacific
Northwestern Line
Bhorteat Bovye
Lowcay
NEW York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Old Colony
Cristol
Warren
Drownville
Providence
Crownville
Fall River
Newport
Mall River
Teturn
Boston
New York
J. G." Allen
A. ©. Kenpate, Gen
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
Pawtucket
B. I
A. Mann
Edward A. Greene
George A. Mumford
James L. Jenks
Edmund
Mabon
Philo &. Shayer
Benjamin ¥. Smith
J. Milton Payne
George W.newell
Frederick W. Barton
Robert Sherman
GHAS
P. Moses
Ikaao Shuve
P. Skinner, Jr
Christopher Li Dutes Wilcox
J. W. Crocker
Jeffrey Davie
Geo. W. B. Bou
Gko
SOBN
Palmer
Henry C. Cranston
Jas. E. Cranston
D. Russell Brown
Joseph A
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Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Beaton, Incorporated
Edward
Bablitt
Kiato Equitable
Post Ofice
WALE
F. T. Remieres
Cor. Hope
Bradford Stresta
J. M. Norris & CO
W. Fred Fish
Hope Street
McGann & Gco
Bristol
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