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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
2
An American narrator recounts a covert romance with Princess Hildegarde, detailing a clandestine ride and an assignment to aid the elegant but capricious royal, while glimpsing court intrigue, dueling among seas and a guarded principality.
The narrator recalls a August evening at the British legation where court notables gathered for a ball. He meets Princess Hildegarde of Hohenphalia, and their conversation reveals a mix of curiosity, wit, and fearless bravado. The exchange touches on American boldness, titles, and past Balkistan exploits.
A fragment describes myths of achieving the rainbow or ending the bow. It notes a Turk told to obtain a silver bead with gold teeth and ruby eyes by touching the orange stripe. In Greece a superstition says stumbling the rainbow’s end may change one’s sex.
In a household scare Mrs Houser hears a loud kitchen noise asking Bridget if an earthquake struck. Bridget calmly inspects the debris and explains there was no quake, just a small glass jar broken.
Mrs. Torkins reacts to a Washington Star sketch portraying Charley as a rising reformer. She expresses surprise and compliments the biography, finding it almost unbelievable and flattering.
A Canadian Mounted Infantry corporal Clarkson earns local fame in 1900 South Africa. He leads a patrol near Vredefort, traps a Boer outpost, forces surrender of the town, and installs a British display with a speech and Union Jack, earning praise for audacity and humor.
A reflective piece recalls how every elder was once a child and urges memory of youth to soften temper. It contrasts gentle nostalgia with a peculiar tale of a woodsman who crafts an alphabet from forest growths, finding letters in maples, cedars, and crab-apples weighing up to a hundred pounds.
A Hindoo nobleman who toured London describes English society as living in layers like grape clusters. He says their sole focus is commerce and that they have not learned the language of nature, noting the sky and trees are sad.
The first illustrated novel in England was Robinson Crusoe published in August 1711. Its feature illustration was a map of the world.
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