Don Mortmain and Violet Mowbray in a Parting Interview
Rufus Crouch indicts Sir Richard Mortmain for forgery and plans a murder in a Daneborough plot filled with legal maneuvering. Don and Violet confront love and duty as Lord Wyvern visits and Mr Marsh negotiates a hopeful farewell.
Don visits Marsh amid mournful hopes for Violet
In Chapter XIIXI a despondent Don calls at Woodburn patronage seeking Mr. Marsh. The accuser of Sir Richard Mortwain is absent and Don wears his usual gentlemanly attire with a sadness stemming from his shattered hopes of marrying Violet. Marsh's compassionate reception follows.
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Woodburn
Wright
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A Good Dodger and a Persistent Visitor Tale
A late Justice Lamar during his tenure as Secretary of the Loteries is annoyed by a buxom woman who visits daily for no good reason. He finally orders the doorkeeper to bar her, but she constantly pursues a hearing. On a late visit he invites her into his carriage, then directs the coachman to take her wherever she wishes before sending her to the stable.
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Justice Lamar
Loteries
Wandon
James
A Tire for His Pillow and Odd Travel Note
A fragment from a Chicago item humorously envisions future bicycle tech and odd uses for tires as a pillow. The dialogue swaps quips on summer boating, water bicycles, and a speculative pneumatic tire serving as a pillow calling out whimsical progress. An aside mentions a Berlin-bound commuter and a split interior compartment note for a dive attraction.
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Bloomers
Chicago
Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings for Children
A vintage children's column offers playful guidance on manners and self discipline. It features soap bubble crafts, tips for truthful boyhood, kindness on a Boston street, simple science with gas from a pipe, and quips from children and a few humorous vignettes.
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