Palace City of Mirage on the Far Plains
The captors guide Levington and March into a vast valley city with red stone walls and a looming palace. Dwarfed by the sight, the prisoners glimpse a dreamlike metropolis that feels more illusion than reality, centered by a parade to a litter bearing Chee Ming, the eminent personage.
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Jim
March
Levington
Leyington
Stalin
The Princess of the Gobi Court Rises
Levington and March, prisoners in a desert palace, endure thirst and torture before a hall of warlords. A prince, a gray princess, and vizir Chee Ming consider their fate as the princess quietly reveals power and interest, then departs through a hidden curtain.
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Con
Andrew March
Levington
America
March
Gobi
Chee Ming
Chee
Cecil Wedger
Yellow Men Sleep and the Gobi Quest
Cornelius Lavington, an orphan drawn into danger by Andrew March, pursues Chee Ming who holds a priceless map to the Gobi. After betrayal, desert peril, and federal mission twists, Con and March endure attacks, theft, and hardships as they chase a deadly drug and a hidden destination.
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Andrew March
Con
Chee Ming
Gobi Desert
Gobi
March
Peking
Bhan-sung
San Francisco
Shan-sung
Maren
Condemned to die after a month mystery continues
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a doomed subject and a cryptic continuation marked TO BE CONTINUED. A surreal line about a lizard with a transparent eyelid resembles a window that lets light in while excluding sand.
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Enviable Daylight Eyes Of Betty In Prospect Park
Betty four lives in a Brooklyn apartment by Prospect Park and has new wild ducks as friends. She learns to approach them when alone, as her father the duck hunter notes the difference. A warden’s feigned help saves a prisoner from suicide, who then resolves to live.
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Betty
Brooklyn
Prospect Park
Prospect Park Lake
New York Sun
The Neighbor’s Dress As Profession’s Banner
A comic exchange notes a surgeon neighbor advertising his trade by attire, as one asks why he stands out and the other replies with his cutaway coat. A splinster is described as a woman who believes she is a man hater in jest.
Viewing Life Seriously Charley Dubkins quits silk shirts
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes Charley Dubkins has stopped wearing silk shirts and contemplates a shift to economy. He is not yet returning to work but might accept an executive post paying ten to twelve thousand dollars a year, if offered.
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Charley
Birmingham Age-Herald
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