Demobilized Officer Faces Hidden Threat in Ritz Room
Hugh Drummond battles a silent intruder in his hotel room as a creeping threat looms. A tipped night encounter reveals a poison-tipped weapon and a tense pursuit leads to a confrontation with Carl Peterson and allies. The chase to Godalming intensifies danger around Phyllis and Algy Longworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Green
Hough
Half Moon Street
Peter Darrell
Son
Godalming
Hugh
Toby
Drummond
Algy
Peter
Chapter X The Hun Nation Decreases by One
In this chapter Drummond yields to a powerful impulse to reach the woman, illustrating a pivotal moment of desire. The scene focuses on internal conflict and the pull toward intimacy, setting up consequences for the characters involved.
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Hugh
Paris
Drummond
The Largest Salt Mines of Wieliczka near Cracow
The largest salt mines in the world lie at Wieliczka nine miles from Cracow in Galicia Austria. The text notes a person’s impatience with impracticality and economy.
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Wiellezka
Cracow
Galicia
Austria
Woman Avoids Operation After Pinkham Remedies
A North Carolina woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills with relieving long lasting monthly ailments and avoiding surgery after two doctors advised it. She reports four years of illness and a return to work, inviting others to publish results.
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J. F. Hursey
Star
Lydia EE. Pinkham
I Wanted to Be Sociable Tale of Smith and Australia
Smith quits his London clerkship to take a new job in Australia. En route via Liverpool he meet a Manchester friend who joins him part of the way and remarks Australia as the destination. The exchange ends with a breezy confirmation of travel.
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Green
Drummond
Hugh
Worthy
Smith
Australia
London
Land of Kangaroos
Liverpool
Manchester
Jud Tunkins on quarrelsome wit misread as repartee
Comedian Jud Tunkins notes that a man is often credited for verbal sharpness when he is merely attempting a feeble retort. He argues the misreading stems from the audience’s eagerness for wit over substance.
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Jud Tunkins
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Bull-Dog Drummond
England
No Man’s Land
Peterson
Ritz
Prom
Elms
Ana
Ancre
Comte de Guy
Gare du Nord
Carl Peterson
Boulogne
Bristol
Denny
H—I
Algy Longworth
Hall of the Elms
Phyllis
Hugh Drummond
Lakington
Henry
Carl
Guv’nor
Jem Smith
Toby Sinclair
Lak- Mington
Sinclair
Tropics
Equator
Henry Smith Williams
Hearst’s Magazine
Lydia E. Piam
Dean
New York
Robert Stevenson
N. James St. Peekskill, N.Y
Doan
Bohland
Ces
Holland
Classical Service Corp
30Th Street
Farm Advocate Pub. Co
Warren St
Brooklyn
Iron St
Bellingham
Wash
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