The Clar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love
William Le Queux's tale follows Gordon Gregg as he uncovers a web of impersonations crime and murder aboard ships and in London Dumfries and Rannoch Wood. A torn photograph links Muriel Leithcourt to a murdered woman Armida and Olinto. Gregg faces danger while pursuing the truth.
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Gordon Gregg
Legdforn
Hornby
Lola
Hylton Chater
Gragg
Jack Durnford
Marines
Durnford
London
Gregg
Olinto
Dumfries
Muriel Leithcourt
Muriel
Martin Woodroffe
Woodroffe
Ran- Noch Wood
Muoch Wood
Armida
Clinto
Signor Padrone
The
Milano
Scotland
Signor
Signore
Royal Oak
Iit
Po- Hce
Rannoch Wood
The Russian detective and the Italian waiter Santini
In a London eatery Odinzoff and a restaurant cook discuss Santini and Emilio. The narrator suspects a link to a brown-coated man seen in Rannoch wood and notes Santini’s importance to Mackenzie and Scotland Yard. The scene shifts to waiting and covert questions as clues emerge about loyalty and disappearance.
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Mackenzie
Scotland Yard
Dio Signor Padrone
Olinto Santini
Euston
Hutcheson
Westbourne Grove
Whiteley's
Signor Ferrari
Ferrari
Odinzoff
Madame
Santini
Olinto
Clinto
Italy
London
Camberwell
Rannoch Wood
Emilio
Mystery Deepens As Elma Heath Sought By London Seeker
A London narrator pursues Elma Heath, once pupil at Chichester, now missing after being taken abroad by her uncle Baron Oberg. Clues link Muriel Leithcourt and Lydia Moreton at Whiston Grange Doncaster, with the Russian Baron and Milan and Vienna addresses emerging in the hunt. The thread points to a dangerous network surrounding Armida and Leithcourt family enemies.
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Muriel
Rannoch
Elma Heath
Chichester
Heath
Elma
Baron Xavier Oberg
Vosnesenski Prospect
St Petersburg
Russia
Baron Oberg
London
Carlton House
Nieberding
Oberg
Lodz
Lowicz
Cheverton College For Ladies
Drayton Road
Durham
Leithcourt
Muriel Leithcourt
Lydia Moreton
Hamilton Moreton
Whiston Grange
Doncaster
Edinburgh
King's Cross
Rotherham
Lydia
Miss Elma Heath
St. Petersburg
Ilma
Vienna
Milan
Hungary
Recluse Philosopher in Santa Barbara Finds Rich Living in Garbage
Orrin Swift a negro recluse living 20 years in a cave between Rincon and Ventura advocates a simple life free from wage slavery. He contends civilization spreads worry and taxes and that discarded town garbage provides plenty of sustenance, a view the sheriff notes contains truth about modern burdens.
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Orrin Swift
Santa Barbara
Cal
Rincon
Ventura
Swift
Solomon's Temple Dedication and Godward Prayer
Sermon notes recount the temple's seven year construction, 150000 workers, and Solomon's dedicatory prayer as a house of prayer for all people. It links the temple to God's promise to David, Jesus as the temple, and the Feast of Tabernacles, urging dedication of personal and communal worship spaces to God.
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Temple
Solomon
Zion
Professor Beecher
Christ Jesus
God
David
Earth
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Jehovah
Tabernacles
Oil paintings in homes need careful display
The author notes oils rarely suit typical interiors and require careful placement. Unframed oil studies set into a chimney surround blend with dark wood, gaining dignity and value not found in gold frames on walls.
Strength of Fly and Caterpillar Shows Incredible Lifts
An English experimenter linked insects to tiny wagons, a 1 28 ounce bluebottle fly pulled about six ounces total, nearly 170 times its weight. A caterpillar pulled 25 times its weight. A strong man with similar gear can move at most ten times his weight.
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Englshman
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Lambeth
Paddington Station
Leith Court
the Carlton
West End
Bishop’s Road
Leith Courts
New Bond Street
Mediterranean
Clinto Santini
Recluse
5. O. Sellers
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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