Will and fortune lure Sylvia in a fog of deceit
In Gwynne street Paul Beecot and Sylvia Norman grow closer as a will leaves all to Sylvia while the truth of Lemuel Krill's past haunts their plans. Pash confirms the will but warns of legal hurdles, and a new danger lurks in the unresolved murder mystery as Deborah, Bart, and Hurd pursue clues.
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Leadon
Latez Pash
Gwynne Street
Deborah
Bart
Mr. Pash
Aaron
Pash
Mr. Jabez Push
Sylvia
Paul
Beccat
L’aul
Cowryune Street
Herrick
Sylvia Norman
Fash
Krill
Lemuel Krill
Aaron Norman
Miss Krill
Tim
Lesa
Pel
Sylvis
Pack
Pat
Father
Wargrove
Hurd
Beecot
Grexon Hay
Hay
Lay
Burt
Piccadilly
Bond Street
Burlington Arcade
Mwistress
Art Tawsey
Osder
Lillian Garver
Eril
Norman
Mr. Norman
Land's End
John O'Groat
Srlvia
Ash
Chancery Jane
Tray
How He Liked It Alarm Clock Jests
A brief comic exchange features a jeweler and a person testing an alarm clock. The joke hinges on the clock being praised as first rate, then revealed as broken, highlighting playful misunderstanding.
Love and a Duke in Rome Puzzle
Peggy confesses deep love as Mrs Brevert pressures a marriage to a wealthy duke. The aunt suppresses letters to Peggy from a former lover, burning them to secure the match. Peggy and Billy reunite in Rome, fearing and defying a hurried engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sverse
America
Mrs. Brevert
Peggy
William Hale
Ecuador
South America
Mrs. Brevort
The Gift and the Orphan of Polar North
Knud Rasmus sen recalls gifting a pocketknife to a ten year old orphan, who then returns a piece of walrus meat and forms a friendship. The boy Kajaranguaq, neglected and without relatives, finds solace in music and a tin box, sharing quiet joy within the narrator’s tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knud Rasmussen
Polar North
Kajaranguaq
An Essay on Man In Odd Oblique Verse
An old humorous meditation on human life in playful mock biblical diction. It sketches life as brief and fraught with debt, misfortune, and comic mishaps from birth to old age, ending with a marriage and a chaotic family turn. It uses exaggerated phrases and rustic imagery throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosy
Sapphire Mining Output Rises at Anakie Dunes
In 1907 sapphire mining on the Anakie fields near Rockhampton shows more workers and higher value. Output climbed from 35 000 in 1905 to 175 000 in 1907 with most sales going to Germany, via Australian dealers, for processing and distribution to Europe.
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Anakie
Beamstend
Central Queensland Railway
Rockhampton
Europe
Germany
Idar
Overstein
France
England
Switzerland
America
Honeymoon in Abyssinia with British Minister
Lady Harrington recounts a year long honeymoon with Lieut.-Colonel Sir John L Harrington, British Minister to Abyssinia. They endure a 7000 mile voyage to Jibatil and a 600 mile ride to Addis Abeba, traversing primeval forests. Their capital home features round barbarian style houses linked as a quad. The interior blends civilized furnishings with local rustic devices.
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Lady Harrington
Sir John L. Harrington
Abyssinia
Romance of Quebec Countess Plans Sale of Family Relics
In Richmond Quebec, the Countess of Bois-Hebert-Gaste, widow of the late Count of Bois-Hebert-Gaste, holds a famed jewelry collection and heirlooms. She seeks Canadian institutions to host a rival fundraising disposal by competitions among MontreaI colleges and convents, favoring preservation over full sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bois-Hebert-Gaste
Richmond
Que
Count
Bois-Hebert- Gaste
Tilly
Blara
de Tilly
Royal House of
Orleans
Hawaiian Islands
California
Louis Philippe
Bo’s
Hebert Gaste
Rochette
Tachereau
Angers
Province
Dominion
Earls of
Mlle Rochette
Mt R
Montreal
Mlle. Rochette
Corbtfal
Strset
Bois-Hbert-Goste
Paris
Boiv-Hebert-Gaste
Quebec
Montres
de Bois- Hebert-Gaste
Scriptures Shipped Abroad From London Bible Society
In the six months between Easter and Michaelmas the Bible Society dispatched 1 436 cases packed with scriptures weighing a total of 154 tons from its London warehouse for overseas shipment.
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London
Herdauchors
The
Bible Society
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Fercus Home
Pachenszwerii
Barry Preston
Deer
Elmer
Mrs. Firewort
Littl
Billy
Johnson
Daniels
Elinor
Selena
Man
Sapphire Mining
Australia
Oneymoon
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