The Man Who Sought an Elusive Ideal
Lena Hartman, a portly, amiable banker’s daughter, attracts Henry Henshall who vows to be a martyr for his father. An encounter with Lena’s chaperon Mrs. Smith uncovers a hidden past and a mysterious man from a Wagner palace car, drawing Henshall toward a concealed romance and a dangerous secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Hartman
Miss Hartman
Henry Henshall
Fox
Ieashall
Lena
Henshall
Harry
Mr. Henshall
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Hartman
Noted figures in disguises plot revenge and reunion
A story follows a woman revealing her husband’s aliases and crimes, including a deathly unhappy marriage ending in widowhood and theft. Henry Henshall vows to help, forming a plan to pursue the elusive Dr Henshaw alias Leopardi, a mind reader involved in occult topics. The tale shifts to poetry and snippets on railways and Chautauqua life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopardi
Rimaldi
Duval
Schimmerlein
Henshaw
Watson
Dr. Henshaw
Henry Henshall
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Mary Eastlake
PT. Barnum
Bill Noo
H. McOugall
Sala
Henry Hensha
Jack Bennett
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Portland Argus
Chautauqua
Prospect
Senator Hearst
Washington House
Missouri
Paris
France
EK Broadway
Butte ciTy
Montana
Drs. 16 & CO
Levi Strauss & CO
Nationa
Mark
Tribune Publishing Company
Dillon
Twin Bridges State Normal School
Dillon Tribune
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J. A. Riley
Twin Bridges
Red Rock
Bed Rock, Montana
Putina
Emerson Hill
Great Northern
Montana Central Railway
Great Northern Railway
Eastern Railway
Minnesota
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Sioux Falls
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Butte
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Minneapolis
Chicago
Union
Helena
Great Falls
St. Paul
J. E. Dawson
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Trav. Pas
Agt
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R. R. Helena
F. I. Warryex
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Great Northern R. R. St. Paul
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E. V. Mazz
J. W. Larisa
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Banneck
Bannack
Raves
Pacific Express
Weightman & Anderson
Mf'g Co
Wl Parish
N. Y
Tia
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Ozmanlis Oa
Auauf E In
Adare
Maine
T. W. Poindexter & Sons
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