Double Cross and Nightclub Vow in a Tense Scene
In a crowded dining room a confrontation erupts between Waldron Daly and Harris over a stolen sum and a tainted plan. A brutal struggle follows, ending with assailants knocked down and police-like guards ushering them away as a tense farewell lingers at the hotel entrance.
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Waldron
Gott
Harris
Francois
M'sleur
Tim
Moses
Daly
Artis
Barris
Alva
L-Watter
Snow
M’sleur
Dashad
Cois
Jules
Indy
Walter-Guardiana
Harrie
Ajataint Harris
The Proof of Murder in Cortigan's Back Room
A narrator recalls watching a mysterious woman disappear in a crowd after a crime at Cortigan's. He grapples with conflicting feelings of loneliness, suspicion, and moral certainty as he narrows suspects to a master thief and hints a deeper identity behind the crime. The chapter ends with a cliffhanger.
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Cortigan’s
Fear Ghost of Big Woods at Port St James Traps Fright
The ghost of the big woods terrifies settlers near Fort St James north of Port St James causing many to abandon trap lines. The Hudsons Bay Company post, founded in 1806 by Simon Fraser, sits among several hundred Indigenous residents who trade furs at the fort and market.
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Siwaah
Port St James
Big Woods
Indiana
St Ig
Fort St James
British Columbia
Hudson’s ‘Bay Company
Simon ‘Fraser
Fraser
Iver
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