So he has gone abroad Fay and Ernest in garden talk
Fay and Ernest Severn spar over love and duty in the garden. He admits his love for Fay while denying any cause to break his engagement to Jessica. Fay urges cautious truth and questions Jessica’s feelings, then they confess deep emotions as plans to end the match unfold amid family betrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay
Ernest Severn
Ernest
George
Nettie
Pasco
Jessly
Miss Ashton
Wylding
Gilbert Wylding
Jessica Wilccott
Severn’s
Sib Mansansa
Neesthbaant
Jessica
Iarrington
Sir George
Janet Barrington
Priory
London
Monte
Devonshire
Severn
Miss Johnson
Dian
Mary
The Lion's Face and King of Beasts Character
An animal trainer extols the lion's face as the absolute embodiment of strength determination power and fearlessness. He notes lines of majesty in repose in its countenance unmatched except by the sphinx and idealized portraits of Washington.
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Washington
The Low Right Shoulder Phenomenon in Handedness
Authorities note that 85 to 5 percent of men in civilized lands are right handed and have developed the low right shoulder. The trend is described as not new, with ancient Greek sculptors also arranging figures to appear more symmetrical.
Roses and secrets in a quiet Newton Flats romance
In Newton Flats the hermit tenant remains unseen as Mary the maid and Miss Johnson foster a growing bond of roses and music. A tale of Mary’s devotion to a mysterious lodger and Lady Kathleen Besley’s return to him unfolds with longing, rumors, and a hopeful reconciliation.
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Newton
Miss Johnson
Mary
John Jones
Items of Interest Highlight Odd Facts and Anecdotes
A collection of curious notes from the era claims Moors first displayed colored drugstore globes, wolves in Russia eat about 200 people yearly, a carrier pigeon covers 1600 yards per minute, Vienna hosts 32000 beggars, and Burgundy pitch is mainly resin and palm oil. It also notes Berlin midnight papers, left handed lobsters, Commodore Vanderbilt’s cigar ritual, an ancient German Bible owned in Lancaster County, and Pekin’s King Pan newspaper thrice daily since 908. Kansas begins releasing Hungarian partridges to boost game stock.
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Miss Johnson
Mary
Smith
Mr. Jones
Russia
Vienna
Burgundy
Belles
England
Henry VII
Elizabeth
James T
Berlin
Commodore Vanderbilt
Congress Hall
Saratoga
Zurich
D. W. Dietrich
Lancaster County
King-Pan
Pekin
Germany
Kansas
Cottonwood Falls
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Kathleen
Arthur
John
Kathleen Besley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!