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Gajebler Fate and a Gambling Duel in a Wartime Tale
A serialized tale from Town and Country Magazine follows Melvil and Russell in a case of gambling rage at a Battersea gaming table. Hawkes accuses a rival of using false dice. a duel ensues, leaving Hawkes mortally wounded and Melvil forever changed. The narrative shifts to a Quakersville clock clockmaker fable about time regulation and currency reform, contrasting old clock discipline with the chaos of pet banks and depreciated money.
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St. James’s
Russell
Continent
Melvil
Anow
Hawkes
Anon
Tam
Blanche Vane
Melvill
Battersea-fields
Fawkes
Blanche
Switzerland
Quakersville
Meeting House
Pedler
Andrew Jackson
U. S. Bank
National Eagle
Wasnixetox
Republic
Treasury Bank
Woodbury
Amos Kendall
van Buren
Marathon
Salamis
Aftica
Greece
Jackson
Col. Benton
Messrs
Rives
Tallmadge
Benton
Blockhead
Bentonians
The
Globe
Messrs. Tallmadge
Missouri