Flight from Paris Ends in Reunion at Border
In a tale set amid the French Revolution, a marquis and a driver scheme to escape execution by feigning loyalty and swapping roles. They evade the guillotine with aid from a clever plan, trading garments and securing safe passage toward the border, where a reunion with a long-lost mother occurs after crossing into safety.
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Mountain House Buttermilk Mystery and Extortion Plot
A garbled tale recounts how a Mountain House hotel earned fame through a buttermilk scheme. Carroll Taylor and a trust plot collide with a widow and her daughter, as supply contracts and price gouging face resistance from a landlord and a determined owner.
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Return From Oblivion A Ghostly Voyage Reunion
A veteran steamboat captain narrates a near disaster when fatigue nearly cost lives on a Boston harbor excursion. On Cape Ann voyage a ghostly figure resembling his late friend Dick Atherton warns him to stay awake, then appears decades younger to reveal the rescue and the true outcome.
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Public, The Public and a Play About Matrimony
An editor orders a timely play about restless marriage and social mores. A playwright debates audience reactions as characters include a wife, husband, mistress, and a four year old boy, culminating in conflict over a family ruin.
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The Mad Woman and the Cottage Mystery
A husband recalls marriage to Lucy a mercurial wife and their frugal start in a cottage on the city’s edge. One day he returns to find Lucy in the garret firing a shotgun at an intruder who looted and threatened them, triggering a police response and a uneasy aftermath.
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Mars Visitor in New Mexico Duel of Cards and Death
A tavern encounter in New Mexico leads to a staged duel by euchre between Hawkins and a stranger named Mars. Mars exposes a pistol but restrains himself, revealing a plot to avenge a killed brother by luring Hawkins into a game. The tale ends with the crowd urging a resolution as Hawkins faces a deadly choice.
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