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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1939
Page
3
The readable lines suggest a mystery involving a murder and a suspect named Breck. A public diary entry mentions a mountain, a dance, a fire, and a chief being targeted, with scattered phrases about Cotier and Dac.
Breck joins Cook and Sierra Slim as they marshal a pack train toward Rock House station across the High Sierras. The trio face early frost and mud, map the Little Whitney Kern line, and grow a wary camaraderie amid grueling mountain labor and talks by the campfire.
A sweeping profile links ALPOLE ROLAND to five armies and major historic events from the Crimean War to the Civil War and Gettysburg maps, noting his longevity and later poverty. It also recounts JOHN LEDYARD the Dartmouth student who voyaged from Hartford to London and Paris, then on a global trek via Russia and Africa, dying in 1780.
Breck declares a plan to pressure the Tillsons to secure Cot rising, insisting on quiet and not disturbing his rest as he carries out his job. He urges others to stay out of the matter while he tightens his position.
Noel Macbeth of Chelmsford asserts humans possess a latent homing instinct akin to pigeons. He links this to terrestrial magnetism and a water diviner’s power, claiming many can detect water and that magnetic pull guides pigeons home.
An old note explains that the word bank comes from banco the Italian for a tradesman bench and that bankrupt derives from the phrase bank rupt. It suggests a moneylender whose bench was broken up after failing in business.
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