Exmoor Moor Inquiry and a Hidden Gallows Scene
John Fry treks across Black Barrow Down on Exmoor chasing a stranger to a gulley and a buried pit. He witnesses a white cap rising from the pit and a man’s form, fearing witchcraft and a revived murder, then escapes to a public house and later swears secrecy to Annie Lizzie and Ruth Huckaback.
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John
Exmoor
Black Barrow
Cloven Rocks
Exford
John Fry
Annie
Lizzie
Ruth
Ruth Huckaback
Lorna Letter Triggers Quiet Plot and Doones Tension
In a tense night scene, John Fry recalls warnings about plotting against King Charles II. Rumors touch Taunton and Dulverton as Doones weigh loyalties, while Uncle Ben departs leaving a grandchild with the narrator’s mother. The narrator plans to visit Lorna but is thwarted by Carver Doone taking trout and eggs, then hides as a mysterious man with a carbine appears in the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Vplover
John Fry
Thornshill
Larksborough
Black Barrow Down
Squire Thorn
Uncle Reuben
Ben
Huckeback
Wigard’s Slough
John Roughest
Exmoor
Dolly
Judge Jeffreys
Jeremy Stickles
Dunster
Taunton
Bridgewater
Dulverton
Lynmouth
Charles the Second
Huckaback
Oliver Cromwell
Lorna
Ruth
Ricks
Lomna
Annie
Sally Snowe
Sally
Pre
Nore
Smallpox Germ Isolated Discoverer Claims Direct Remedy
Santiago Chile Oct 19 Dr Arturo Artia chief bacteriologist of the Chilean Institute of Hygiene announced a method to isolate the bacteria of smallpox He says the discovery will enable fighting the disease by direct injection instead of preventive vaccination.
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Santiago
Chile
Artuaro Artia
Chilean Institute of Hygiene
Artia
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Lorna Doone
R. D. Blackmore
Black Combe
Jan
Chapter
Rhea
Klaerner’s
Fioodfellows Orchestra
Klaerner
Spahn
San Antonio, Texas
Juenke & Schoenewolf
Turkey
New York
Fredericksburg
McCrary Fish & Poultry Co. Inc
San Antonio
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