Sell North End House and a man named Richard’s gamble
In this excerpt from Marcus, Mr. Wade presses for cash and a quick sale while Richard plots to seize his mother's life interest. A harsh letter from Sarah threatens Richard with police custody if he does not receive his wife properly, prompting fears of pursuit and fleeing. Chapter XXVI then shifts to Norfolk Island where Maurice Frere becomes commandant and Sylvia counsels against the brutal convict system as Dawes and others face punishment.
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North End House
Mr. Wade
Grinling Gibbons
Mr. Richard
Richard
George Hotel
Plymouth
Jack
Richard Devine
Sarah
Sally
Eaglehawk
America
Rex
Norfolk Island
Maurice Frere
Mr. North
Port Arthur
Rufus Dawes
Sylvia
Maurice
Jenkins
Miles Byrne
Mr. Byrne
Thomas Twist
W. Barnes
John Richards
John Gateby
James Hopkins
Dawes
Captain Frere
Blind Mooney
Trake
Mooney
Troke
Mr. Troke
Frere
North
Old Mooney
Bland
Sed
The Long Straw Escape Plot in the Convict Ward
In a prison ward the gang led by Rufus Dawes uses a deadly lot drawing plan. Mooney draws the longest straw and is strangled by Bland while Dawes and others await the outcome. Dawes bears witness as Bland contemplates the dire fate of the three conspirators.
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Bland
Dawes
Mooney
Rufus Dawes
Fortunate Mooney
Trake
Troke
Portraits of Bryan and Roosevelt Stir Talk in Cabin
A traveler stops at a cabin where two large portraits, one of William Jennings Bryan and one of Theodore Roosevelt, hang on the wall. The owner explains she keeps peace between political views, pawn her Roosevelt when her Democrat husband clamorously stomps the Roosevelt portrait, and replaces it with a new one. No trouble ensues.
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Mr. Bryan
President Roosevelt
Jim
Mr. Roosevelt
Help Offered to a Bashful Suitor in a Witty Exchange
A bashful suitor asks if the maiden could care for him and suggests consulting a clairvoyant in New York for the answer. The maiden retorts with sly sarcasm. The dialogue mirrors light, urban humor about love and clairvoyance in period newspapers.
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New York
Cleveland Leader
Practical Young Man Seeks Help In Proposing Plan
A dialogue from the Philadelphia Press shows a practical young man asking for guidance. Miss Pechis asks for clarification as he describes his aim. The exchange explores the phrasing of intent and action in proposing.
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Miss Pechis
Philadelphia Press
One Two Three Four Cake and a Grandmother’s Lesson
A New England grandmother recalls the old One Two Three Four Cake and how her Chinese cook Lee rebranded it as One Two Three Five. Lee learns by imitation and, after misplacing eggs, renames the cake to honor his method, revealing cultural barriers and family adaptation. Grace returns with grandchildren and echoes Lee’s simple competence.
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New England
Lee
How the Chef Is Trained
A Philadelphia Bulletin account outlines chef training as ten years of hard work from apprenticeship to master. An apprentice learns vegetable prep and display, raw meat selection, fish game and poultry, then works at the range before studying soups pastries and puddings under a chef. Earnings range from $25 to $150 weekly depending on skill and time invested.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Harness trade idea sparks out-of-town mailing debate
A newspaper man from a neighboring state suggests mail order bypassing local harness shops. He recalls a former friend receiving freight office harness from a Chicago house and challenges local dealers to advertise at home. He notes the Chicago firm kept him informed, implying many merchants miss visible local ads.
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Chicago
Chicago House
Housekeeper's constant home concerns distract from travel
A woman devoted to routine housework prefers staying home on trips as she frets that a dishpan is hung in the wrong place. The remark reflects a meticulous domestic mindset and a resistance to leaving familiar surroundings.
Memory of the Lost at Sea in Brittany Village Churchyard
In Plonbarlanec near Paimpol Brittany a wall named le mur dey disparus bears memorials to drowned fishermen never recovered. Painted wood tablets mark married and unmarried losses. Women gather after mass on Sundays to pray for husbands brothers and sons, highlighting fisherfolk hardship.
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Brittany
Plonbarlanec
Paimpol
St. Brieuc
Ballorn
French wood preservative and aeronautics notes compiled
A collection of brief scientific and literary items includes a French wood preservative using sodium or zinc silicate, notes on ant odor recognition, statistics on balloon ascents in Germany with low accident rates, a prediction of a new ice age, a pendulum throttle valve device for ships, Mont Blanc observatory studies on mountain sickness, and various curiosities about birds, acetylene blowpipes, and art fraud cases in Paris.
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H. Peiron
Germany
Robert Ball
Europe
America
Guillemark
Moog
Mont Blanc Observatory
Humboldt
South America
Zoological Gardens
Vienna
England
Paris picture trade scandal swindles curio buyers
A Paris curio trade fraud case unfolds in the tenth correctional court after a Frenchman with a Spanish name and an Italian with a French name allegedly sold falsified pictures. The London Standard highlights the case as likely to emphasize the growing scandal in art purchases.
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Paris
London Standard
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Washington Post
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Lord Wemyss
Earldom
Lord Elcho
Pearson's
Cleveland Plain
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