Fraud plot unfolds in a wardship tale
Griffiths describes a scheme involving Mrs Redmond and ward Miss Grahame to secure a five thousand pound loan backed by a life policy. The governor, Redmond, and Miss Grahame face charges while Mrs Merrivale is jailed. The plan collapses as insurance payouts and legal action loom.
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Somerset House
Miss Grahame
Lullingford
James Redmond
Mrs. Redmond
Redmond
London
Griffiths
Grahame
Providence Insurance Company
Grifiths
Levy
Charing Cros
Petersen
Eric Petersen reunites with Nessa Grahame in peril in London
Eric Petersen rushes to rescue Nessa Grahame from a looming trap set by James Redmond. In a park scene he reveals a coded warning about pursuing police and a dangerous plan to flee to Copenhagen with help from his father. Nessa accepts help, but fears the implications for Mrs. Redmond, whom she defends. The confrontation ends with a promise of support and a plan to escape together.
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Eurth
Eric
Seborer
Mrs. Merrivale
Miss Grahame
Marlborough
Marlborough Road
Rentheman
Nesesa
Nessa
Crect
James Redmond
Copenhagen
Petersen
Lina
Tina
Reopening School Prompts Dress Debate in Homes
The piece weighs the impact of school reopening on families focusing on dress practicalities and modest style. It notes durable materials like cashmere and serges, trims, collars, and buttons as key elements, and contrasts grown up vanity with practical, pretty children's wear. It weaves in verse and a subplot about a romantic encounter and a social plan, reflecting broad-era mood.
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Batie
Susie
Nan
Inexperienced Joan and a Love Triangle
Ruth narrates a tangled romance as Joan's engagement to Lord Avonmouth collides with Ruth's growing love for Captain Blackwood. Jack Villiers engineers meetings, Joan cultivates distance, and Blackwood proposes an escape from duty. A train station confrontation ends with Ruth realizing she lost him to absence and time.
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Clard Blackwood
Jask
Joan
Lord Avonmouth
Captain Blackwood
Jack
Ruth
Oan
Apeak
Quirky New Zealand Dwellings Amid Rugged Terrain
A fragment from a bygone page describes odd New Zealand cottages perched on rock faces in sparsely populated areas. Homes are built from sapling frames with bungie chimneys and sharklike pine and tree fern elements, reflecting local ingenuity and rugged living.
The Towers Night Fright Returns To James Redmond Impact
Nessa trembles after night’s horrors at the Towers as an unknown friend’s warning weighs on her. Eric reveals the peril to her, saying her life is in danger, while she remains drawn to his urgent explanation.
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James Redmond
Nessa
Eric
Papal Delegate Archbishop Martinelli Named Man of Rare Charm
Archbishop Martinelli, a highly popular and diplomatic papal delegate to the United States since 1896, is noted for his tact, amiability, and deep knowledge of Latin traditions. Educated in Rome, he served as prior general of the Augustines since 1880 and is famed for his engaging manners and cross communion appeal.
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Martinelli
Archbishop Martinelli
Prpat Legation
Washington
United States
America
Tim
Monsignor
Rome
Cardinal Sepiacel
The
Angelica
Order of St. Augustine
Cardinal Martinelli
Signor
Augustine
Ireland
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Frank Barrett
Eric Petersen
Charing Cross
St. John’s Wood
Mraus
Phare
A. Ia
Indianapolis Journal
Phyllis
Corydon
Phyllis Fair
Cupid
Wattean
Avonmonth
Jack Villiers
Jit
Blackwood
Paris
God
New Zealand
Golongs
Signor Martinelli
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