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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
7
In Chapter XVIII the narrator contemplates risking all for Lady Darlington and the treasure, while fearing mutiny and the crew’s reaction. A spectral white figure appears, startling him as he battles fear and hallucinatory danger aboard the ship.
Mr Stephens and Lady Darrington confront a mirrored ghost scene aboard a ship. The figure fades as they realize the specter is the shadow of a man reflected in a pantry mirror. They resolve to trace the culprit through an interior passage to avert further terror and danger.
On the Sea Queen, Mr. Stephens corners the ghost culprit McKnight who staged eerie tricks with Sanchez the Chilean aiding. The reel of passages below deck reveals hidden doors and a perilous chase leading to capture and a decision to end such pranks.
Captain Stephens confronts a mutinous crew aboard the Sea Queen in a fogbound chase for treasure. First Mate Tuttle reveals a fixation on a mysterious voyage to the Antar circle, dies after a crisis of faith, and the crew, led by Stephens, sails on toward a distant island, burying Tuttle at sea.
A Denver man at City park recalls a museum scene where a farmer sees a portrait titled A portrait of E. H. Smith, by him self. The farmer laughs, saying city sellers err since the painting shows no one but Smith, revealing rural wit over art.
Mrs. Brown sees Bobby alone on the Jones porch and asks who is with him. He replies in a pointed way that a good woman would know who is with him. A stray anecdote follows about a translation and a remedy claim from Geo. E. Ames, D. D. S. Boulder Colo. for eczema like rash and quick relief.
A Howard girl unsure of her age seeks a physician for help. The doctor returns with a humorous note that her father is charged with a girl’s baby born on the seventeenth day of April in an unspecified year, and that he still owes the doctor for her.
A man with shaggy eyebrows boasts a phonograph and several Italian grand opera records. He claims a method to reproduce them perfectly by rubbing a little garlic on the record before playing it, prompting skeptical questions from the others.
A Kansas City Journal item notes an unconventional park attraction where venders offer an opera glass viewing privilege. Patrons drop a nickel to peek at a comet, illustrating clever urban amusements in early city life.
In Philadelphia Inquirer prose, a suitor asks Mary’s father for consent to marriage. The father questions the formality while Mary’s mother is named as the one who suggested seeking approval, highlighting family dynamics and social expectations.
Mrs Catharine Kautz of Findlay Ohio says four years ago kidney trouble led to back ache and weakness. Doan's Kidney Pills cured her and she has remained free from trouble for three years. For sale by dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y. Also note Lee Wyman advocates preserving children's sayings with a humorous exchange about ten commandments.
A fragment quotes Byron, noting a pendulum-like theme of shifting emotion between smile and tear, reflecting a poetic truth in verse.
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