Love Story of a Gray Jacket in Civil War Action
An excerpt follows Wayne and companions behind Confederate lines as a northern girl aids him while a mission unfolds. A responsive escape, a hut siege, a masked rescue, and a brutal clash near Lee’s camp unfold with pursuit and firefight. The scene ends in a palpitating charge through a doorway.
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Lee
Kayne
Longstreet
Bergt
Craig
Wayne
Ta Kiven
Orses
My Lady of the North
Jed Bungay
Red Lowrie
Maj. Brennan
Ayne
Sheridan
Wayn
Edith Brennan
Maj
Brennan
Gen. Lee
Bungay
Minor
Miss Minor
Mrs. Ungay
Edith
Agnes
Guer EL
Chapter XXX A Union of Yank and Keo
In a siege scene Captain Wayne negotiates with Major Brennan amid a firefight at a strained mansion defense. Wayne offers aid under Brennan while coordinating a multi-man defense to protect women inside, seeking to find and assist them. He quietly encounters Mrs Bungay and advances toward the rear rooms as gunfire rages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lowrie
Beelzebub
Candlett
Craig
Pirate
Caton
Brennan
Goley
Sands
Major Brennan
Wayne
Nelson
Ebers
Bungay
Elliott
Jed
Bradley
Bradié
Conversation In The Dark With Captain Wayne
In the dark scene Captain Wayne reunites with Miss Minor at a Confederate stronghold. She exonerates him, loads a pistol, and notes dangers from unseen creatures. He and Miss Minor discuss trust and past suspicions as distant gunfire continues. The moment hints at a continuing peril and a developing relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Wayne
Miss Minor
Maria
Caton
Death Preferred. Calder and a Fourth of July Liberty Tale
Philadelphia sculptor A Stirling Calder recalled at the Franklin Inn club a Parisian critic’s remark on Bartholdi’s statue in New York Bay. The critic reportedly asked, Is that Liberty. When answered yes the critic muttered Give me death, illustrating art and patriotism.
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A. Stirling Calder
Philadelphia
Franklin Inn Club
Liberty
Bartholdi
New York Bay
Garfield Tea Eases Ailments And Domestic Turmoil
A humorous slice shows Garfield Tea easing coated tongue vertigo and constipation while Aunt Beulah battles housekeeping. Her sister and the Smart Little Boy quip about pain and dust as family life mixes with old fashioned remedies and everyday frictions.
Hat Cue Clears Man in English Murder Trial
A prisoner was acquitted in an English murder trial after circumstantial evidence, including a common round black hat found at the scene, was attacked as unreliable. As he left the dock he asked the court for his hat in a moment of humble relief.
The Old Plea He Didn’t Know It Was Loaded
A reader attests coffee and tea fueled by caffeine harmed health causing indigestion, vomiting, and weight loss. Switching from coffee to Postum improved headaches and stomach issues. after repeated trials, the letter claims full recovery and weight gain, endorsing Postum from Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Rostum Co
Battle Battle Creek
Mich
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