The Last of the Aucas Chapter XX Continued
Concha and Mercedes, fleeing a drunken Auca camp, evade attackers as Mercedes persuades Churlakin and his circle with the idea of Gualichu. A sorcerer (the matchi) appears, offering a chance to escape after a staged spell, while tension and danger rise around the sisters.
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Poblacion del Sur
Estancias
Concha
Mercedes
Toldos
Dona Concha
Churlakin
Gualichu
Senorita
Toldes
Nocobotha
T.do
Noco
Matchi
United Nations
A Romance of South America unfolds a web of intrigue
In a South American setting, Mercedes and Dona Concha seek audience with the great chief Nocobotha. Don Torribio, revealed as Nocobotha, sides with the natives against Governor Valverde who dies in a bold ambush. The matchi schemes, while Dona Concha flirts with Torribio as plans unfold for a dramatic rendezvous.
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Mercedes
Dona Concha
Concha
Don Sylvia
Nocobotha
Matchi
Desides
Toldo
Caballero
Senorita
Don Torribio
Don Valentine Cardoso
Pedrito
Don Sylvio d’Arenal
Captain stages shipboard fire hoax on voyage home
Captain John Theaker of the Earl of Eldon, returning from Bombay with cotton, pretended a shipboard fire to amuse passengers. He warned the crew and passengers, prepared boats and provisions, then launched a staged evacuation. An explosion followed within an hour, yet meteorology stayed fair and all aboard reached land in fourteen days.
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John Theaker
Earl of Eldon
Bombay
Theaker
Middle Temple
Train Station Hero Rescues Passenger From Oncoming Rail
Smith, a railroad agent in a Western city suburb, pulled a dignified man to safety away from a passing through train. The man, shaken yet grateful, offered fifty cents but Smith declined, saying he never takes payment. He then urged the man to take a cigar instead, per the story in Harper's Weekly.
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Smith
Harper’s Weekly
Porter Makes Good Tips
Robert J. Bellis of Baltimore recalls a hotel porter’s rise from $125 monthly as a clerk to lucrative tips. He notes an Irishman head porter earning hundreds monthly, including $50 donations from George Gould and Mayor Tom L Johnson. Joys are not the property of the rich alone.
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New York
Robert J. Bellis
Baltimore
George Gould
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Burglar in Larkspur Lane Stages Silent Breakin
A calm Larkspur Lane villa row hides a bold burglary as a masked intruder scales a fence and loots Moneta and Delphinium. A maid cries alarm, John and Mrs. Fossick’s jealous ruse unravels when Fred, Mary’s husband, confesses to the theft and reveals the recovered pawn tickets.
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Larkspur Lane
Moneta
Delphinium
Eliza
Valerian Villa
Lawks
Mary
John Fenwycke
John
Mrs. Fossick
Fossick
Bobbie
Mary Faithless
Fred
Babbie
Devo tion of some people to baseball noted by Hanlon
Manager Hanlon of the Cincinnati club commented on the devotion to baseball in a recent interview. A businessman recounted a tale of an office boy Harold missing work due to his grandmother’s death, and the boy explained his need to stay off work again with the same excuse.
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Hanlon
Cincinnati Club
Harold
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South America
Gustav Aimard
Toqui
Don Antonio Valverde
Don Antonio
Torribio
Demonios
Don
Major Bloomfield
Bombero
Carmen
Porter
Horace
Lark Spur
ROM the
Phialdelphia Telegraph
Washington Star
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