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Elopement Beset by Carriers on a Transpacific Train
Lieut Harry Mallory and Mar Newton plan to elope to the Philippines but a wrecked taxi and a crowded train car complicate their journey. The porter endures constant interruptions from an Englishman and Ira Lathrop as race and class tensions surface amid a multilingual, uneasy voyage toward San Francisco.
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Harry Mallory
Philippines
Mar- Newton
Shaw
Gladstone
Yassah
Yaasah
Huglishman
Pawtah
Mr. Wedgewood
Ira Lathrop