The Simoom and Palembang Clash Over Rocks
The Simoom closes on the Palembang in a monsoon chase as Banks jealously guards his claimed rocks. Spiller and Green race to overtake with the Palembang in sight, engines roaring and tempers flaring in a tense confrontation at sea.
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Rocka
Keeling
Chagos
Green
Banks
Palembang
Simoom
Spiller
Cape
Banke
Bine
Liverpool
Manchester
Isle of Man
Dreen
Indian Ocean
Baoks
Perfuasion
We Shall Find It Out Some Day Chapter Opening
In April 1884 the Burritt family notes a change in Mr. Burritt as he awaits a letter and the postman. Ted and May discuss the unusual mood while an elderly man prepares to travel, hinting at a promised reunion and a mysterious visitor.
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Bilas Burritt
Edward
Ted
May
Mr. Barritt
Dulwich
Father
Mr. Burritt
Silas Burritt
Burritt
Quatiemin
Silas
Return to old country after twenty years of exile
Silas Burritt visits old friend James in a London inn. They recall a twenty year separation sparked by a youthful crime and vow to rebuild lives. Burritt learns of a widowed father and a daughter near his own age, while shared regrets and names reveal a fragile renewal.
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Mr. Burritt
Agnes
London
Beatrice Herford
Royal Geographic Society
Fioghiaed
Miss Herford
Cholmondeley
Humley
Crichton
Cryton
Winklei
Turbulent World Briefs Reach Across Continents
News notes from 1900 cover Rufus Binyon’s execution in Alabama, Spain famine unrest and emigrant trains to South America, a Toronto meeting for the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and political renominations in Cleveland. Reports tongue in cheek on revolutions, naval bases, and riots in New York.
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Sovereign Grand Lodge of Oud Fellows
Philadelphia
Toronto
Reyes
Columbia
Famoe
Andilima
Hpiin
Wmnbark
South America
Mra
Loulea Chambers
Nardin
O. T
Bank
Mw Puilteonvat Wan Forlowaly
New York City
Singapore
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Morley Roberts
L. C, Pape & Com
Rome
Cimon
Aguihas Bank
God of the Winds
Aeolus
Maldives
Madagascar
Inoer
Mozambique
Notrio
Old Bans
Banka
Mr. Green
A. L. Harrie
Ming
Ote
Canereti
Siater
Inez
Banda
James
Sam
Brown
Scott
New York Times
Rufus Binyon
Raw
Wan
Animary
Madrid
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Spain
Harrisburg
Robert BK. Kidd
Staten Island
N. Y
Hinman Bird
Highstown
N. J
James W. Mayban
Fifth Regiment
Ohio Na
Laporte
Marysville
Cal
Baku
Oilield
Frederick & Carlton
Brooklyn
Rochester
Laila Wise
Jacksonville
Fla
Dagblad
Madrikoff
Tughwa
Halling-Chen
Mountaine
Keroune
Jossen
Kamimora
Korunon
Caval Arma Hce
Chicago
Cowney Court House
Anna Peckon
Washington
Load
Abe
Brotherhood of Bt. Am Drew
University of Chbemo
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