Hypatia Trains On a Wire for Grace and Health
Hypatia declares plans to walk a slack rope to gain grace and vigor. The piece details a rope walking routine from first balancing on a four inch high wire to advanced feats and the health benefits of regular exercise for waist, legs, and posture.
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Hypatia
The Misdemeanors of Nancy Ends in a Lesson
Nancy recounts a tale of a love triangle with the Judge in Massachusetts. She fabricates a dinner misadventure to hide truth about a breakup amid jealousy, vanity, and clever storytelling. The Judge uncovers the deception, and she confesses with humor about the consequences and their wary friendship.
Cat Saves Captain On Nantucket Shipwreck Tales
Captain Brooks of the Flyaway and his crew endured thirty nine hours lashed to the deck after a wreck on Old Man shoal near Nantucket. A cat, aboard since kittenhood, climbed to the captain’s head to cling through the peril and was later carried to safety. The life-saving crew from Surfside rescued the men one by one. the captain insisted the cat be saved as well. The party returned to Maine with their faithful companion.
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Nancy
Adam
Africa
Massachusets
Sonn Way
Massachusetts
New York
Kentucky
California
Wyers
Bryan
Free Silver
Hitching-Post
Harvard
Virginia
Mercury
Hel
Sears
Aptain
W. Brooks
Old Man Shoal
Nantucket Island
Brooks
Clisby
Elethough
Captain Clisby
Nartucket
Maine
Aged poet Abrey de Vere and his white umbrella
The elderly English poet Abrey de Vere who died recently avoided formal attire, even as best man at a wedding he wore a shabby tweed suit and a white cotton umbrella. In later years he kept the umbrella, once seen in Hyde Park as Mary Anderson rode by in her carriage.
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Abrey. DE Vere
London
Hyde Park
Mary Anderson
A New Word Prompt Yields Odd Sentence
A boy told to write a sentence containing the phrase eee nie keen produced the line Hominy marbles have you? showcasing playful misreading of the prompt.
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