Langdon’s treachery, Anita, and a gambler’s temptation
In a tense room exchange Anita resists a release while the narrator faces a planned downfall and a dangerous loyalty test. He confesses looming ruin from Langdon’s trap, then seeks solace in Joe Healey’s gambling den where a lucrative, perilous windfall awaits.
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Mamma
Anita
Langdon
Harvard
Groo
Bry
Mowbray Langdon
Rob Corey
Sammy
Iowa News Roundup Tangles with Crime and Fire
Dubuque Sheriff arrests George Retman over a year old horse theft ring linked to Trexler Brothers of Dubuque and Miles sale. Waterloo man F D Clark dies from internal injuries after sawmill accident. Des Moines labor, a gas explosion kills a child near Rock Rapids. Nevada farmer Henry Lowery faces petty larceny chatter amid pole theft claims by Nevada Mutual. Court splits over James Hart divorce in Newton. a Chicago bride seeks a split from Monroe. Des Moines boy Howard Wittell shot in a Brunswick case linked to Detective Frank Brothers. trial delays and affidavits loom. Onawa coroner faults Northwestern railroad after a wreck. Walnut to Elkhorn railroad venture secured. Atlantic backs electric line to Kimbleton. Marshalltown births amid large family. Dubuque mayor warns against water-works debt. Des Moines bridge speculation links Omaha to Sioux City via Swift interests. Iowa court finds John Donaldson guilty of larceny and homestead woe, while a Fort Dodge wife sues neighbors for feathering scandal. A Tama county mausoleum deal tops $8,000 project for W F Johnson.
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Sheriff Dunn
Dubuque
Redfield
George Retman Retman
Trexler Brother S
Miles
Retman
F. D. Clark
Presbyterian Hospital
Waterloo
Nauman
Clark
Henry C. Lowery
Lowery
Nevada Mutual Telephone Company
Nevada
Preston
Newton
James Hart
Monroe
Hart
Chicago
Oscar Armintraut
Centerville
Dan Watts
Elden
Des Moines
Ellen
John Holsten
Jessie
Holsten
Fort Madison
Keithsburg
Muscatine
Howard Wilton
Frank Brothers
Brothers
McHenry & Jones
Howard Wittell
First
Walnut Streets
Brothera
Tno
Young? Wittell
Mercy Hospital
W. W. Wohler
Sheldon
Walnut
Elk Horn
John Peterson
Elkhorn
Atlantic
Kimbleton
Chicago & Northwestern
Onawa
Northwestern
N. M. Flint
Aheto
Dyersville
David H. Friend
Marshalltown
Smyth
Mount Pleasant
Hugh Sloan
van Buren County
Cora Allen
Bartlett
Burr Oak
Will Powles
Miss Allen
Powles
Arthur Elder
George Elder
Lime Creek Township
Cerro Gordo County
Schunk
John Dressler
Wright County
Dressler
Sioux City
Swift Interests
Omaha Northern Railroad
Omaha
Missouri Pacific
Missouri River
South Dakota
G. EB. Donaldson
Donaldson
Edward Smith
Fort Douce
Smith
George Deal
Davis County
Garden City
Kansas
Deal
Jonth
Sanquist
Hawkins
Charles E. Patterson
Iowa Falls
W. F. Johnson
Tama County
Johnson
Lowa
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Dudhor
Langation
Joe
Joe Healey
Forty-fourth Street
Melville
National Industrial Bank
Matt
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