Masquerader Chapter Twenty Three Scene at Chilcote's
Loder meets Eve at Chilcote's after a tense supper as Fraide pressures a decisive move. Renwick delivers news of Russian actions and English casualties stirring Loder to final resolve while Eve watches, calculating her role in his ascent. The morning after brings renewed calm and a dawning realization of his feelings for Eve. The moment of truth approaches, yet Loder hesitates to name his heart.
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Loder
Willian Acta
Lillian
Foo
Lo Ger
Chilcote
Renwick
Luter
Fraide
Hament
Meshed
Deak
Stepa
Randle
Eve
Sera
Messia
Erie
Valve
Rom
Six Madden horses for Paris Grand Prix of 1900
John E. Madden nominates six of his own breeding for the Grand Prix de Paris of 1900. The notes recall Luther Taylor, Kansas City grocer and New York Giants pitcher, starting as a catcher. Jesse Lewisohn, famed track bettor, lost over a million dollars in the last five years. A Western critic urges elder heads for big league teams. Cy Young notes the game is too fast for old players. Jimmy Sheckard praises Rucker as hard to beat and Miles, ex British champion, will challenge Jay Gould of New York if he stays in 1908 tennis.
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John E. Madden
Luther Taylor
Kansas City
New York Giants
Jesse Lewisohn
Cy Young
Jimmy Sheckard
Rucker
Dovgerm
Sheckard
Rocker
Miles
Jay Gould
New York
A Dramatic Shipboard Mock Fire Drill Ends in Real Explosion
The crew under Captain Theaker staged a lifelike mock conflagration aboard the vessel to calm passengers as a gas on board was revealed to be real. The ship sailed 1000 miles offshore before an explosion occurred, yet all aboard were saved and landed safely after fourteen days.
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Roark
Theaker
Middle Temple
Simple Arithmetic and the Get Rich Quick Idea
A Baltimore girl jokes about an easy path to wealth through poultry profits. She boasts a plan based on buying a 60 cent hen, breeding twenty chicks yearly, and rapid exponential growth to reach millions in a few years, imagining selling at low prices.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Uud
Baltimore
Papa
Old Man's Sorrow and a Minister's Question
A minister asks an old man about his daughter provoking painful memories of loss. The old gentleman, choked by recollections, reveals he has five unmarried daughters, the youngest being twenty-eight, leaving the minister to reflect on sorrow and single life.
Preparatory Yearning for Cooking and Marriage
Fragmented dialogue shows a girl seeking cooking training to become a good wife, a matron approving the aim, and a humorous exchange about marriage timing. Other snippets include a beggar’s reply and a London Sketch line about Master Richard preferring freedom to punishment.
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Reich Father Norse
Richard
Master Richard
Father
London
Gentleman Bargain Cuts For Purses In Hard Times
The speaker questions what sort of cut would suit an empty purse asking for options while a second person roasts him with a cold shoulder. The dialogue suggests a sales or barter scene marked by sharp wit. Characters named Roteber and the unnamed pursuer feature in a tense exchange on frugal dealings.
Private Kirkland Heroism Gave Water To Wounded Soldiers
A Civil War private in the South Carolina volunteers risked death to carry water to maimed comrades at Fredericksburg and Chickamauga. Kirkland repeatedly exposed himself to fire, tending the wounded for over an hour and a half before returning to his unit, an act praised for dignity and humanity.
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Wichant Kirkland
Kershaw Kenan
South Carolina Volunteers
Fredericksburg
Kershaw
Kirkland
Varink Kirkland
Fed
Chickamenga
Misleading Place Names and a Travel Tale
The excerpt discusses how names like Tierra del Fuego and Boothia Felix mislead about landscapes and conditions, noting Magellan’s fire, storms near the Pacific, and the arctic pole. It also includes Uncle Eli and Aunt Susan visiting New York and a humorous hotel luncheon scene at the Astor with a stage whisper about helping Mrs. Astor.
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Mont
Pacisc
Boothia Felix
Arctic America
Sir Felix Booth
America
Amerigo Vespucci
New World
Eli
Susan
Hotel Astor
What They Wanted You Pee Exactly What You Want
A garbled fragment shows a politician scolding a mutinous class of pupils and a schoolteacher. It recounts the pupils demanding equality, the principal locking them in a room, and a brief, unclear exchange about their grievances. The text labels include misread names and broken phrases.
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Hem
The Sleep of Death Rituals Across Cultures
A survey of funeral customs and beliefs from Siamese, Shan, Australian Aboriginal, Burmese Karen, Siberian Gillaxe, Malagasy Sakalava, Malay Sakai, to Welsh traditions. It describes rites to ward off spirits, barge cremations, ritual performances, symbolic animals, courting during funerals, and the sin eater who consumes the dead’s misdeeds.
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Australia
New South Wales
Orion
Chin
Burma
Siberia
Madagascar
Malay Peninsula
Wales
Burgenstock Elevator Tops Tourists at 40 Feet Rise
The Burgenstock near Lake Lucerne offers the tallest elevator service for tourists, lifting visitors 40 feet to the top of a vertical rack and panorama platform. A pan talur describes the scenic ascent drawing crowds to the resort.
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Burgenstock
Pantalur
Lucerne
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Katherine Cecil Thurston
Fery
Fruide
Grosvenor Square
Sporting Notes
Lippincott's
Shane—Queen
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