Return to Alix Ends Distant Flight in a Kiss
Gerry bares the chase and rescue as Alix, weary and wary, confronts a ruined past. He begs she stay, she tests him, then she kisses him and admits the burden of loss still lingers. She reveals a hidden life elsewhere, while he reflects on the Man and Margarita. The couple acknowledge time's toll and hunger for meaning.
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Alix
Gerry
Fazenda Flores
Lieber
Kemp
Margarita
Alan
True Blue
Johnny
John
Red Hill
Firs
Gerry Lansing Finds Homeward Strength and Kemp Bond
Gerry returns to The Firs and to a quiet sacred reunion with Alix and their sleeping son. He shares plans with Kemp to resurrect life on Red Hill, valuing simple roots and independence. Kemp accepts his role and binds as a steadfast ally.
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Mr. Lansing
White Mountain
Jean
Gerry
Kemp
Mister Lansing
Lansing
Red Hill
Return to Red Hill A Waynes Homecoming Evening
Alan returns to Maple House and the farmer’s hill after a day of merriment. The tale follows a quiet night on Red Hill with moonlit roads, a donkey, and a sense of belonging as Alan finds healing in home and memory.
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Red Hill
Maple House
Alan
Gerry
Alix
J. Y
Wayne
Confederate guerrilla Morgan killed while escaping
After Morgan’s raid through eastern Kentucky he was pursued by General Burbridge. In a September encounter at Greenville he and his staff were cornered in a house and Morgan was killed attempting to escape. His body was sent under a flag of truce for burial at Abingdon Virginia.
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Longstreet
Tennessee
Virginia
John H. Morgan
East Tennessee
Sturgis
Morgan
New Market
Strawberry Plains
Kentucky
Lexington
Frankfort
Burbridge
Cynthiana
Greenville
Diner Bill Payment Dilemma Told by Yankee Traveler
A Yankee traveler recalls a Chicago dining tale where friends debated who should pay a costly dinner. He suggests blindfolding the waiter to decide the payer, but admits the waiter never caught him. The anecdote ends with amused skepticism from the listeners.
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Chicago
States
London
John of Cappadocia the rise and fall of a corrupt financier
A sixth century Roman official under Emperor Justinian built vast wealth by draining revenues and lavish living. His power collapsed after crimes were alleged, leaving him beggar in rags with a single cloak and seven years of begging in once terrified cities.
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John
Cappadocia
Justinian
Little Mary Defies Cook With Bold Reproof
A kitchen scene shows a persistent Mary challenging the cook who orders her away with a rolling pin. The girl retorts that she will not permit anyone to speak to her mother in such a way.
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Mary
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedies Praised by Illinois Mother
Mrs Rost of Moore Avenue Washington Park Illinois says Lydia E Pinkham’s remedies cured her nervous troubles and emotional distress from motherhood while preserving her youthful looks. She urges other women with female complaints or nervousness to write for free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
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Washington Park
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rost. Storre
Moore Avenue
Illinois
Practical Diplomacy
A father explains diplomacy as doing or saying the right thing at the right time. A seven year old child claims to have practiced diplomacy by moving Johnny to his place before and after an adult’s arrival with castor oil.
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Johnny
Kilties the Middle Sex
Capt. Alexander Weel, of the Thirteenth battalion Canadian expeditionary forces, notes French women misunderstood the kilties. A spectator quips that English soldiers must be women, another replies there is a bearded man, and a third proclaims they are the middle sex.
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Alexander Weel
Thirteenth Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Royal Highlanders of Canada
France
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