Mysterious Brena Selcoss Captures Major DeWolfe in War Era Tale
After World War I, Major Peter DeWolfe visits England where he meets Muriel Benham and is drawn to the enigmatic Brena Selcoss. Brena confesses a hidden marriage, reveals a tragic Greek background, and journeys through love, marriage to Jim Hennepin’s employer Compton Parmalee, and a final chilling incident at a railroad station.
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Peter DeWolfe
Eversley Benham
Benham
Brena Selcoss
Muriel Benham
Eversley
Peter
Brena
Brenas
Greece
Dallas
Texas
Jim Hennepin
Hoe
St. Louis
Compton Parmalee
Hennepin
Parmalee
Mystery of Fear Drives Couple to Isolated Hudson House
After unsettling threats and a night of gunshots, Compton Parmalee collapses under fear and buys a forbidding Hudson Valley house with iron bars and an alarm system. His wife Brena urges escape but remains drawn to the mystery he fears, as he contemplates safety and sanity.
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Compton
Siena
Compton Parmalee
Parmalee
Brena
Mrs
The Retreat Into Parmalee Estate Dominates The Chapter
Compton Parmalee and his wife Brena navigate fear and duty in a secluded estate overlooking the Hudson. Brena wrestles with Parmalee s morbid secrecy while pursuing creative work and a fragile hope to reclaim their life. Sydenham paints Brena s portrait as Parmalee confronts art, status, and control.
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Iudson
Compton Parmalee
Price
Brena
Parmalee
Httle
Southwest
Central America
Mexico
United States
Yucatan
Egypt
Greece
Persia
Brena Declares She Will Leave Compton
In a tense confrontation, Brena reveals she has learned all she can from Compton Parmale and plans to leave him. He pleads and clutches at her, fearing a doomed partnership and a potential tragic destiny looming over their bond.
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Brena
Hether
Allen
Compton
Compton Parmale
Convict Compton
Stumling
Dunmow Flitch Tradition Began in 1244
In Dunmow Essex England Robert Fitz Walter offered a flitch of bacon to couples swearing they had not wished to be single nor quarreled in a year. The fifth award did not occur until 1445 marking a long running medieval rite.
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Dunmow
Essex
England
Robert Fitz-Walter
New Orleans Plans Mardi Gras Centenary Festivities
New Orleans gears up for the Mardi Gras centenary with plans to outdo prior festivals. Since 1827 the carnival has grown into a major yearly event drawing thousands to revelry and elaborate displays.
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New Orleans
Teacher for Eighty Years Ties Hastings Clergy Record
Mrs Anne Slade of Hastings England taught Sunday school eighty years and at one hundred two believes she is the oldest living Congregationalist.
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Anne Slade
Hastings
England
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Richard Washburn Child
E.R Dutton
The
Hudson
Forest
Sydenham
Mr. Parmalee
Parma
Lee
Mrs. Smith Jones
Mrs. Parmalee
Cameron
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Bayer
Green
Emmerlepto Remedy Co
Dept. B
Third Street
MiLwakes, Wm
H & RK
Liberal Commission
H & K Mfg, CO
Rock Island, II
Carlisle Commission CO
Consign Ae
Sas CT
Dr. Thompson
Kansas City
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