Murder on the Glacier and the Dying Confession
In a Swiss alpine tragedy Philip Smerdon lies near a glacier after a fall. English climbers rescue him and he writes a dying confession naming Walter Cundall as his attacker. Gervase Penlyn, moved to seek truth, learns Smerdon’s guilt and forgives him as he dies. Ida Raughton and Penlyn face the aftermath with mercy and resolve.
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Philip ‘Smerdon
Carl
Smerdon
Father Neumann
Sastratz
St. Christoph
Bastratz
Schwarzweiss Lass
England
Denlyn
Sigu
Philip Smerdon
Lord Penlyn
Venlyn
Philip
Tenlyn
Penlyn
Miss Raughton
Occleve Chase
Guffanta
Enghind
Pasa
Ifia
Pentyn
Ide Raughton
Belmont
Switzerland
St. Christophi
Engileh
Paris
Gervase
Ida
Eelf
Soldiers for the Crimea tale of recruitment schemes
Henry Labouchere recalls an 1850s American adventure to recruit troops for Crimea. A Washington legation attache describes sending NY recruits by ship to Nova Scotia, bribed pay, and a bungled plan with a pretend general. The tale ends with a diverted Jamaica joke over code words.
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Henry Labouchere
London
Washington
Legation
Tam
Crimea
Lord Panmure
John Crampton
United States
New York
Nova Scotia
Niagara
Lungarian
Texas
Jumaica
Jamaica
Acre
Courage to refuse temptation in a Sunday sermon tale
A young man refuses to join a popular amusement with the line I cannot afford it and chooses spiritual gain over entertainment. The piece frames this choice as noble and urges readers to meet temptation with firm refusal. It also presents Bible Mystery Solved: a harmonization of New Jerusalem measurements by J F Wilcox, arguing a fixed standard of length resolves discrepancies between Ezekiel and John. The article closes with a devotional on thirsting for God and sustaining faith in loneliness.
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Plaza
Young People's Weekly
New Jerusalem
J. F. Wilcox
Wilcox
Jobin
Ezekiel
Valestine
Mr. Wilcox
John
Vatican
Murdock
Goose assisted fishing tale from olden times
A historic anecdote describes lords and ladies using a baited goose in a boat to fish for pike. The bird pulls a victory ashore as spectators cheer with handkerchiefs and claps, prompting a moral query about labor and bread.
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Uanally
Father and son hammer lesson ends with moral edge
A father guides John through a carpentry task and a stark moral reminder. The exchange shows pulling a nail from wood as a metaphor for consequences. Even when the board is living, the scar remains, illustrating accountability for wrong acts.
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John
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Ida Haughton
Lord Penlyt
Schwarzweiss Duns
Ida Traughton
Walter
Father
India
Isaiak Ivy
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