The Duke Hidden in a Southampton Summer House
A 23 year old orphaned youth named Barry Gilbert enters an empty Southampton summer home during a rainstorm. He discovers a household of servants awaiting Jack Ridder, the owner’s son, who never appears. Barry pockets a returnable hundred dollar bill and plans to flee to Montauk after hiding aboard Evans the chauffeur.
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Southampton
China
Barry Qilbert
States
Willetts
Evans
Jack Ridder
Germany
Jack
Barry
Montauk
Duke Finds Hidden Home Among Southampton People
The Duke bonds with Judge Hambidge and Patricia in Southampton while masquerading as John Ridder Jr. He learns Evans’s wife is ill and arranges mercy, planning to return home after Thursday to avoid his real father. The pair foster a tentative plan as Evans asks for help and the Duke considers deeper ties.
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John Ridder
Judge Hambidge
Montauk Point
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Southampton
Patricia
Pat
Sper
Bad Nauheim
Florida
Long Island
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Tole
Willetts
Patricia Hambidge
Patchogue
Ivans
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Kivans
Missis
Evang
Gogh
John Clarke Ridder Senior
Chapter II Mad plan to wind up in prison over a girl
The Duke, contemplating prison for love, plans a careful escape while pondering outfits and travel logistics. He worries about ports of access to clothes, avoiding exposure, and managing a week away with limited luggage and a missing bag. The household staff suggest familiar Tailor Crowell Bartlett's Kennedy's haberdashery.
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Mama
Bad Nauheim
John Ridder
Southampton
Willetts
Crowell
Fifty-first Street
Willette
Rider
Peril on the Tracks: Bill Survives Train Jump amid Car Fell
The account describes Bill attempting to jump between rail cars as a train passed. He catches a grab iron but the hold breaks, his body swings between cars, and he falls under the train. He recalls lying flat and watching wheels pass inches away before his mind begins to race.
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Bill
Atlanta
Central of Georgia Railroad
Willie Baker
Willie
Primary Cause of Decay of Teeth Still Unknown
Theodor Rosebury reports three year rat tests at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons challenge the notion that tooth decay stems from dietary deficiency. Even with a fully adequate diet, rats developed caries, suggesting nutrition modifies but does not cause decay, a finding aligned with human observations.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Theodor Rosebury
Scientific American Magazine
To Drop In Idiom Proves Stable While Drop Up Fails
The Digest notes that to drop in meaning to happen in for a chat is well established and accepted in English speech. In contrast to drop up the idiom is not generally accepted due to its utter incongruity.
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Literary Digest
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