Grant plans Westward land scheme after reunion with Phyllis
Grant outlines a Big Idea to Linder after reuniting with Phyllis Bruce. He will buy land in the West, employ veterans, and make Linder the farm manager while Murdoch handles clerical duties. Grant aims to live in the background and help others while pursuing a purposeful frontier venture.
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Phyllis Bruce
Grant
Zen Transley
Murdoch
Phyllis
Mr. Grant
Linder
C.B
Jones
Lata
Sone
West
Dennison
West Grant
Fable of the Unusual Cop
The piece recalls a kind traffic cop who helps motorists with a calm, comforting tone. He calms drivers after engine trouble and encourages patience, noting others tolerate delays. The humorous twist says he died from being kissed too much by motorists.
Scandalous Own Wordplay Defines a Village
A London Mall essay fondly treats scandal as a local wordplay. It recalls a village nickname Old Scandalous and deflates plain meaning by linking gables brook curls and roadways to traps and mischief in a witty dialect sketch.
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la F. Ramsey
London
Thatcher
Missing Caller Seeks Loan in Brief Exchange
A brief dialogue shows a caller asking Mac McPherson to borrow fifty pounds. The response confirms instruction to tell him when he arrives.
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Mac
Mac McPherson
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Greenwich
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John Hawkins
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Nombre de Dios
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