Master of the Mine Chapter II meets St Garretts kin
Hugh, an orphaned boy, travels west to Cornwall to live with his Aunt Martha Pendragon and Uncle after his father’s death. A rough mentor, John Rudd, guides him from Falmouth to St Garrett’s, where he meets a kind, curious cousin Annie and a warm but wary household. The scene ends with a quiet, uneasy night in a kitchen press-bed.
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Madeline Graham
Hugh Trelawney
Munster’s
Madeline
Munaster
America
Martha Pendragon
St. Garlott’s
Cornwall
St. Garlott's
Mra Munster
Martha
Mra. Munster
Thoreday
St. Garrett’s
Mr. Rudd
Falmouth
John Rudd
Rudd
Fiy
Minnus
Annie
Mr. Rodd
Annie Pendragon
St. Garrett's
J. Rudd
Hayling
Rudi
Journey to St Garretts on Sea by Rough Carrier
A narrator travels by steamer to Falmouth then by road to St Garretts on Sea. A towering rough guide named by Miswon Pendragon escorts him, collects his trunk, and bundles him into a tarpaulin covered wagon as it jolts away.
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Falmouth
St Garrett’s
John Rudd
St. Garrett's
Only a housekeeper in youth era satire
A Sunshine Club discussion mocks a woman labeled "only a housekeeper" while Aunt Eleanor recalls the vast, unseen duties of housework. The excerpt contrasts public esteem with the multi skill burden of catering, cooking, nursing, sewing, teaching, and management that define true housekeeping.
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Sunshine Club
Eleanor
Medical Clay and Child Aches Reported Ideas
A piece describes a patent like clay claimed to be purer than any mineral, with extraordinary cures and the ability to drink four gallons of water after use. It tempers claims with skepticism. The other note links child leg pains to neuralgic causes tied to waste elimination, recommending diet, exercise, hydration, and cleansing routines for relief.
On the Street in Japan in Mikado's Land
A World Today writer paints Nikko and Tokyo street life with geisha, merchants, and a Japanese shopfront scene. The article notes gilded lotus motifs, oil lamps, and lacquered antiques, as well as a merchant inviting patrons to view new wares and a playful shopgirl offering goods beside busy bridges.
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Romeé
Mikado's Land
Alimentary Canal
Nikko
Madama
Mr. Stranger
Kis
Abe
Tail and Pedigree In a Mock Almanac Tale
A fragmentary reminiscence catalogs the value of a pedigree in a pet cat and the excitement of a child upon seeing the Madden cat with a “pure white pedigree.” It shifts to notes on Algerian wheat production in 1902 and concludes with a humorous exchange about aging in Town and Country.
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Majory
Mainy
Algy's Ambition and Odd Health Pitches From the Era
A collage of quirky lines on golf pronunciation desire, maternal remedies, and a Chicago Pont quip. The excerpt shifts to health elixirs, a misread history joke, and a pushy patent cure. It ends with a grim note on arranged marriages in Japan and a hint at social pressures.
Equality as shared advent on Earth
A brief aphorism-like note stating equality as the universal share for all upon Earth, with a cryptic attribution to Encloa. The wording emphasizes universal access to equality and hints at a philosophical origin without concrete events or dates.
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Earth
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Robert Buchanan
Missus Pendragon
St. Garrett
Mra. Peddragon
John
Japan
Algeria
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
THE
Centaur Company
TY Sunaay
Algy
Aley
Lannon
Mrs. Winslown
Chicago
Philadel
Authoritien
E. Pinkham
Lydia
Pinkham
South 7Th St
Minneapolis
Minn
Fairbanks
Dean
Provicnam
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eadso Cane Kincaid
Miss
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