Enid Maitland in the Colorado Mountains
Enid Maitland travels with her uncle Robert Maitland to the Colorado range. James Armstrong, Maitland’s protégé, loves her yet she resists his advances. Kirkby the guide recounts a dead woman’s letters, and Enid contemplates a summit vision while alone in a remote canyon.
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Eni Maitland
Philadelphia
Colorado Mountains
Robert Maitland
James Armstrong
Maitland
Enid
Newbeld
Kirkby
The Bear, the Man and the Flood
A damsel swims a mountain pool when a grizzly bear stalks her. A hunter shoots the bear and disappears, saving her from assault but triggering shame and terror as a storm closes in. The narrative ends with the cliffhanger of the continuation.
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Ursus Horribius
Davis Leaves for Wisconsin to Reside
Booth Tarkington recounts a club gathering with graduates in New York. A guest asks about Davis one guest notes he left town for business. Tarkington jokes that Davis always takes his mouth organ when staying away long, and a room check confirms the instrument missing signaling a permanent move to Wisconsin.
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Booth Tarkington
New York
Davis
Mr. Tarkington
Wisconsin
Frogs absorb water through skin and recover weight
Experiments on frogs show rapid water uptake via skin pores and no water intake by the mouth. When exposed to dry air for hours some frogs lost about 14 percent of their weight but regained it within 24 hours after rehydration.
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God
Eve
Oameaakaeleeie
Actaeon
Diana
Deans
Sbenna
Robert
Ward
Mancda
Cyrus
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