Reading the Future in a Bahama Treasure Tale
In Nanaau Bahama Islands Charles Webater and John Saunders plot to find Henry P Tobias pirate treasure. Saunders holds a deathbed document and the trio faces a pock marked stranger as they sail the Maggie Darling and encounter dangers aboard the Dead Men’s Shoes.
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John Saunders
Nanaau
Bahama Islands
Charles Webater
Saunders
Henry P. ‘Tobias
Henry P. Tobias, Jr
Maggie Darling
Busan
Old Tom
Skeleton gamblers in a mine tunnel with treasure uncovered
A narrator and Tom discover two white skeletal figures at a table in a side tunnel, playing cards beside rum glasses. They find a sailor’s chest with coins, including pieces of eight, and reflect on John P. Tobias's treasure and a grim gambling tragedy as they leave.
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Tom
John P. Tobias
Short Shrift Island in Nassau Leads to Hidden Cay
The narrator visits a sea curiosities shop in Bay Street and meets a shell dealer who reveals Short Shrift Island as a hidden cay. He plans a duck trip to Andros before pursuing Tobias and the treasure, hoping to gain clues from locals and Charlie Webster and John Saunders.
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Tobias
Bay Street
Toside
Howbere
Anid
Andros Island
Charlie
Androg
Cay
Bahamas
Andros
Chariie Wabster
John Saunders
Chuokle
Strange First Acquaintance Echoed in Hat Moment
A narrator recalls a comic, tense meeting with a rakish figure who fled through an exit hole. The speaker delays removing the hat, choosing to remember the encounter at its odd, defining moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Tom
Dream of Futurity In a Negro Town Treasure Quest
The narrator recalls seeking a divining rod for treasure in Nagssay and visits a local figure known as Old King Coffee, a preacher among the Holy Jumpers, in a brushy settlement behind Grant's Town. He then describes entering a green palm region that starkly evokes a shift to Africa.
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John
Grant
Nagssay
India
Africa
Precocious youth with revolver scares customer
A 12 year old daughter of a negro laundress returns a customer's laundry at 11 p m and calms fears by displaying an 82 caliber revolver saying she would shoot if bothered. The customer is startled and she is hurried out.
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Tepilninely Earlong
Africa
Detroit
From the Beginning
A pithy remark on expectations about punctuality contrasts Eve’s arrival with Adam’s long tenure in the garden, as quoted from the Boston Transcript.
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Wulven
Eve
Adam
Boston Transcript
Texas family praises Dr. Pierce medicines in flood tale
A Galveston Texas family recounts illness after the 1900 flood and credits Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets with restoring health. A Houston woman patients from illness to vitality after six bottles. They endorse the medicines and offer trial packages by mail.
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Galveston
Texas
Dr. Pierce
Mra
J. W. Moss
Ave. K
Houston
Golden Medical Discovery
A. Finn
Washington Ave
Buffalo
N. C
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
Advertises Dr King’s New Discovery as a proven remedy for cold cough grippe and croup. Claims high quality for over fifty years with rapid relief and bottles priced 60 cents and 1.20 dollars at druggists.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promise Clean System Benefits
A vintage ad claims powerful effects from Dr King’s New Life Pills to cleanse the system and improve liver and bowel function. It promotes feeling right for work and play, noting the product costs 25 cents and is available at all druggists.
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Richard LE Gallienne
Donbieday
Pare & Oompaty
Vitl
Book
Charlie Webster
Henry P.tobias, Jr
Henry P. Tobias
Allence
Treasury
Nassau
Charile
Pal
Bealdes
Amile
Peden Iron & Steel CO
San Antonio
Mitchell
Drageia
Bighards Medinlan Co
Sharman, Tem
N. P. Stevens
Thia
Tomte
Ral
Trul
A, B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman
Texag
Dr. King
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