The Emperor's Dead and a Prison Break in the Brig
In a tense escape plot aboard a brig near Jamestown, Dick is imprisoned in irons as Johnstone pressures him to sign for prize money and freedom. A coast-guard-like rescue erupts when an officer from the flagship signals to pass him aboard, declaring the Emperor dead as the final blow. Camilla and the crew brace for the fallout of the mutiny and the captain’s fate.
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Johnstone
Jamestown
Pulteney
Camilla
Brigahoy
Speedwell
Estcourt
Admiral Malcolm
Leutenant
Wilmore
Diet
Herman Johnstone
Napoleon
Island of
St. Helena
France
Europe
Paris
England
Mutineers End as Dick Holds Oracle to Justice
Dick traps two mutineers aboard the Speedwell as Johnstone falls to a fatal hallway misstep. He sentences the colonel to exile, arranges a witness, and writes a Paris justice notice before Camilla appears in a dawn glow and promises a new life in harbor.
An Indian Boy's Pony Ride at Buffalo Hunt
A tribal procession forms for buffalo hunt preparations as a father teaches his son to ride a fiery pony. The boy endures repeated falls and the pony’s bucking until he clings on, finally riding alongside the family horse within a fenced path by the tent poles. A passing remark notes a pretty woman.
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Nessus
Metals More Precious Than Gold in Oddities Feature
An extended miscellany notes rare metals far surpassing gold in value, with gallium priced around $3,000 an ounce and germanium, rhodium, and palladium among the costly metals. It discusses isolation, uses, and limited commercial importance, alongside a digression on iridium from washing gold sands and practicalities at mints. Also included are anecdotes about a Pomona man, Andorra and other tiny republics, and the world’s tallest eucalyptus trees.
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American Journal of Photography
Oregon
Andorra
Pyrenees
England
Andorrese
Europe
Tavarola
Sardinia
Goust
Franceville
San Marino
Why Women Write Postscripta in London Weekly
A London weekly asks why women pen post scripts and collects reasons from female correspondents. They blame habits from last words to afterthoughts and lack of organized thought, while some defend P S as N B or a final indispensable touch, revealing self views of women. James B. Sykes from Pomona plans to Chicago then Brouden England after inheriting at least 76000 dollars, with a romantic tale of a farmer family straying west and a long roving life.
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Ern
Pomona Valley
Reno Ranch
Knapp
Chicago
Sykes
Pomona
California
Elwood Sykes
Peterborough
Eng
Nerces
James E. Sykes
Supreme Court of the United States
London
James B. Sykes
Cal
Brouden
Lincolnshire
West
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Jeem
Henry
Heaven
Harbor
Victorian
Gipps Land
Victoria
Ocosta
Wash
James
Florida
Guatemala
Baker County
IFE
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