The Ensurta Queen and the Loss of Levington Map
In Tong-hu harbor Chee Ming seizes Levington's escape map as the Ensurta Queen nears Nagasaki. Levington awakes dazzled by failure, clings to a torn envelope, and flees by river boat toward Shansung while dockside chaos and fog close behind.
Drift to Peking With Levington’s Cold Route
The caravan led by Levington moves from a foggy river port into Asia toward Peking. Chee Ming and Con clash briefly in tension as they depart, then the party crosses toward Kalgan and the Great Wall. Snow binds the trek while the shadow of Shan-sung lingers unseen ahead.
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Con
Leyington
Great Wall
Con’s
Kalgan
King Lakes
Shan-sung
James Buchanan the Last President to Die a Bachelor
James Morgan portrays James Buchanan from birth in Franklin County Pennsylvania to his death at Wheatland. The piece notes his lengthy political career from legislator and congressman to minister to Russia and Great Britain, secretary of state, and his 1856 nomination while detailing personal tragedy and his stance during the onset of the Civil War.
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James Buchanan
Franklin County
Annie C. Coleman
Congress
Russia
Ames Buchanan
Monroe
White House
Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Wheatland
Lancaster
Harriet Lane
Senate
Great Britain
Polk
London
North
Breckinridge
Washington
Edwin M. Stanton
Ohio
United States
Mr. Stanton
Stanton
Floyd
Virginia
Haman
Anderson
Charleston Harbor
Fort Sumter
Con Loses His Map in The Strange Adventures of Yellow Men Sleep
Synopsis follows John Levington poet and Mary Martin as they wed then drift apart. Mary bears a child, Con, who is raised in diverso worlds, ends up in the underworld, saved by Andrew March, and sent on a quest after a precious map in Chee Ming’s sack.
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Virginia
Maryland
James Morgen
John Levington
Mary Martin
Michigan
John
Mary
Cornelius Levington
Koresh
Con
Andrew March
Chée Ming
Gobi Desert
Gobi
March
Chee Ming
Question of Faith If March’s Instructions Were Read
The speaker asks whether one would keep faith and continue with March’s guidance even when the instructions remained unread. The line probes obedience and trust in leadership under unclear directives.
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March
Astronomical Mystery and Distant Antares
Readers are treated to a lullaby of cosmic rumor as the piece debates the pearly background of the universe seen through telescopes. It notes dark gaps in Sagitarius and Scorpio exposing vast space and identifies Antares as a distant, massive star with about eighty eight thousand solar masses.
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Scorpio
Antares
Earth
Lost Minutes and the Power of Promptitude
In the passage attributed to Orison Swett Marden, the author stresses time discipline as vital to greatness. He argues power follows promptness, and a person who values time channels every minute toward purposeful action, shaping will and character. The quote emphasizes decisive, timely effort as a path to strength.
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Orison Swett Marden
Chicago
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