Caolchairn and the Ghostly Highland Chief At Dinghaven
In a November frontier town, Lt. Jones documents Capt. Angus MacLeish of Caolchairn and a haunting Highland legend. MacLeish’s cousin Fergus MacLeish dies under suspicious circumstances after a moonlit encounter. MacLeish, distraught, and Jones drift toward a grave ritual, culminating in a silent march of dispatched men and a chilling, unresolved mystery.
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London
Westwood
Cinghaven
Citigghaven
South Pole
Onghaven
Green Lion
Angus MacLeish
Thirtyfourth
Royal Cromarty) Highlanders
Jones
Royal North Wales Militia
MacLeish
Cuolchairn
Prybwllych
Her
MacLaish
Thorn
Poatstown
Hoe
MacLeishs
Caolchairn
Tuchoran
Jlush
Calualty
Fergus MacLeish
Alister
Master
Man
Mr. Jones
Marleish
Westwood Road
Dinghaven
Pryse
Winnie
Pryse-Davieses
Henry
Tye
Pryse-Davies
Opus
MacLeiah
Fragments Describe a Fatal Wounding at the Target
A fragment recounts a man named Macheoish shot through the heart at a distant target. The narrator notes the moment the firing ceased and a mysterious officer asks what happened as Macheoish drops dead. The speaker vows never to return to Cinghaven.
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Macheoish
Cinghaven
Egg Nog Legend In Lane Duel Ends In Deaths And Love
In a tale from six centuries ago two Red Cross knights Egbert and Nogbert duel over Lady Viola Catuso in a lane to Sir Philip De Lanci folium Catnip. After two die, a black friar, and Viola coin a final joke naming a drink Egg Nog in memory of the pair.
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Fagbert
Nogbert
the Red Cross
Philip de Lancifolium
England
Viola Catuso
Sir Philip
Daisy
Egbert
Prithes
Negbert
Viela
Steuben
Love Among the Mummies at the Museum Case
A narrator obsesses over a newly labeled mummy figure, debating her origin and the feelings she evokes while fantasizing about a rival Pharaonic exhibit. He imagines a romance amid ethnological musings, comic misreads, and curatorial oversights. A Swiss inventor reveals a paper watch, sparking satirical modernist note.
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Mecca
Rhames VI
Maysty
Fragmentary 18th-Century Notes on Places and People
Bits of information cover Test Jersey voyage 1682, Morocco book bindings 1494, the honeybee's Asiatic origin, and financial bank issues. It mentions Kremlin histories with Napoleon, Plymouth Rock mishap in 1774, and the 1850 death of Mapamz Toussaup, a Paris-formed sculptor linked to revolutionary leaders and London exhibitions.
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Monteenth
William
Test Jonsey
Morocco
Europe
America
Porren
Judas
Kremlin
Moscow
Mapamz Toussaup
London
A Genteel Swindle at a Tailor Shop
A London letter describes a clever swindle where a supposedly noble Lord A- visits a fashionable tailor, asks to cash a check via Sir John B- as the intermediary, and arranges £100 in gold and notes. The tailor’s bankers refuse the check, exposing the ruse. The tale ends with the lesson not to trust aristocratic appearances.
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West Ad
Snip
Lord A
Sir John B
Brighton
Messrs Coutta & Co
Todd
Max
London
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Macleish Stone
Caolohaivn
Misa Pryse-Davieses
New York Sun
Tomparson
Bill
Lottie
Heaven
Parson
Breslau
Mikes Hicks
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