Three Ways Out by Edwin Baird in a Chicago tale
Sam Carlock faces ruin after stealing from his own company and contemplates suicide with a revolver. His wife Edith pushes him to seek Grogan’s help, risking exposure as Grogan forces a dangerous bargain and arrives with a shocking twist when Gladys returns with her fiancé Bobby.
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Sam Carlock
Carlock Crust company
Sam
Ile
Edith
Siam
tollet
Grogan
Chicago
Timothy Grogan
Guarbage Mann
Carlock
Gladys
Robert
Jim
Gladys Carlock
Mr. Grogan
Wooden Trays Care and Restoration Tip
Wooden trays though labor saving in that they need no cleaning are often marred by dishes and plates carried on them. A tray marked in this way may be restored by gentle rubbing with warm linseed oil or rub the oil in with a piece of cotton wool or other absorbent material.
Sundog phenomenon described in sunlight halo bands
A description explains sundogs as bright spots formed by reflections from snow crystals that simultaneously double or triple brightness, creating a white light band around the horizon at the sun’s apparent altitude and often passing through it.
The Little Laugh That Haunts Old Bones
A frail professor, Old Bones, obsesses over a comic opera queen whose infectious laughter awakens his humanity. He pursues her to a distant town, only to learn she is drunk, shattering his ideal of purity and leaving him to confront loss and disappointment.
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hera
festa
Old Bones
Hilton
Scientife society
metropolitan theater
Balder the Beautiful
Locker
Murot
juy
opera
Lucky He Didn’t Know That Gun Was Empty
A Nevada bullion run in the 1880s ends quietly after a hitchhiking tramp tries to ambush Henry Gillis. Gillis draws his pistol beneath a lap robe, facing the knife wielder at a precipice. The tramp notices empty chambers when the gun misfires, and Gillis completes the delivery of about $16,000 without further incident.
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Nevada
Henry Gillis
Comstock Lode
GIHs
Gillis
Brave Heart Keeps Laughing Through Fog and Tears
Kate Langley Bosher recalls Miss Gibbie Gault’s resilience facing fatigue sorrow and fear. The narrator describes relying on faith humor and perseverance to endure hardship and keep going when help seems distant, finding strength in prayer and laughter.
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Kate Langley Bosher
Gibbie Gault
Queer Siamese delicacy described by missionary
A returning missionary from Siam describes a native dish called bee bread made from wild beef with larvae. He says it is brok en up and cooked to a pulpy mass with a sweetish nut flavor and notes that it would tempt second helpings if the ingredients were unknown.
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Siam
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