Mutiny on the Belle Julie and Griswold’s daring escape
On the Belle Julie a mutinous deckhand Griswold saves a fallen mate from the wheel and faces pursuit. Charlotte Farnham confronts her past as she helps reveal Griswold’s identity. An anonymous letter to Bayou State Security looms, while Griswold plots escape with a hidden bundle and a cabby’s aid amid riverfront pursuit.
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Charlotte
Miss Farnham
Mr. Gelbraith
John Wesley Gavitt
Griswold
Goa
Captain Mayfield
Bayou
The Purkas Dilemma and Charlottes Awakening
In Chapter VI Quicksanda Charlotte Farnham wakes convinced she was saved from dire penalties by a miracle. Yet her Purkan conscience lingers as Reason contends a man who forgives his enemy must weigh duties and consequences before rushing headlong into action.
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New Orleans
Quicksanda
Charlotte Farnham
Moses Ichthyophagus finds hidden cash on ship deck
Griswold recovers a red handkerchief bundle of bank notes buried in coffee sacks on the engine-room guard. A looming confrontation at the St Louis landing prompts him to seal a fragile alliance with a local conspirator as they back toward shore aboard the Balle Julie.
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Cab
Griswold
New Orleans
Gorr
Griswald
John Gavitt
Dicky-Bird
Bac
Sorran
Iriadman
Chance
Lockamitha
St. Louis
McGrath
Gavittt
Texas
Tobh
Moses
Hia
Bayou State Security
Balle Julie
Parrots Fail as Air Sentinel Signals in Eiffel Tower
Parrots placed in the Eiffel Tower to signal approaching aircraft proved unreliable as birds screeched and fluttered with excitement, failing to distinguish friend from foe, reducing their usefulness as sentinels.
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Eiffel Tower
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Kenneth Griswold
Apa
Bfe
Bainbridge
Chaudiere
New Orleana
Lee
Andrew Galbraith
Bayou State Secuerty
Eniery
Zoe
Charlotte Warnham Wahos
Minn
Galbraith
Charlotta
Deoies
Grinwold
Grinwald
Aenter
Gripwold
Memphis
Tennessee
Reile Julia
Cairo
Missouri
Minnesota
Belle Julie
Stowe Paved
Walting
Levea
Star of the North
Mose
Mare’ Gravitt
Sholy
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