Questing Night Ride to Tuttleville and Christmas at Simpson's Bar
Dick and Jovita escape pursuit after a tense night across plains and river. A dramatic dawn finds them at Simpson's Bar where Dick, injured but triumphant, reveals his rescue tokens for Randy Claws and Sandy Clara as Christmas dawn gilds the high country. The tale closes with a reflective vignette on boot blacks and long beards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roce
Joyita
Tuttleville
Hotel of All Nations
Jovita
Ghe
Sierras
Rattlesnake Creek
Tie
Jack Simpson
Jovila
Puruit
Rat- Yesnake -Reck
Rivard
Richard
Simpson's Bar
Sandy Clara
Santa Claus
Simpson's
Simpson
Constancy and Faith Across Long Years Poem
Fragmentary verse from Leslie Pertit Cutler printed in Home Journal reflecting conquest of sorrow by faith. The speaker laments absence and trembles before retribution while clinging to a pledged love and inner constancy across lonely years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming
Bneath
Lbzle Pertit Cutler
Home Journal
Inheriting a Wife in a Turbulent Family Tale
In a fraught scene, old Mr. Duncan confronts his adopted daughter Helen and his nephew Frank about love, wealth, and a proposed marriage to Elise Courtois. Helen learns of Frank's defiance and the fortune at stake, while Duncan wrestles with pride, control, and a heavy future for three sorrowful years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodby
Helen
Frank
John Auncay
Frank Duncan
Innh
Felon Marley
Mr. Duncan
Heaven
Schoograce
Kay
Ler
Gene Urman
John Duncan
Welya
Elise Courtois
Helens
Gate
Tie of
Shin
Flisa Courtois
Frank Day
Helen Morley
Fortuny
Cieceen
Ape
Cle
Paris Trivss
Peculiarity of the Salesman in a Store Visit
A customer relates how a salesman pushes higher priced goods or ignores cheaper options. She describes being shown 45 and 35 cent per yard items, then being offered a cheaper 25 cent option only after questioning. The tale accuses salesmen of indifference or pressure to upsell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thas
Owas
Pansies Save a Soldier in Lily-White Love Tale
In a frontier tragedy a brave girl Jeannette travels with an escort to rescue Ned Sampson, wounded but alive. She learns he barely survived a fatal ambush as she discovers his fate and the tale of pansies, believed to have kept him alive. The couple returns home under a victory salute as the tale ends with faith in divine signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Tits Vpollen
Almast
Ned Sampson
Ashby
Thore
Mendes
Jeannette
Ned
Fennis
Isabel Sherrick
Frank Leslie
Indians Who Will Work in Truckee Cal
About 150 Washoe Indians at Truckee prove some will work as laborers. Bucks chop wood while squaws wash and iron. Objection rests on extreme sensitiveness, as hints of high pay lead to refusals. Also mentions mixing misprints about prices and unrelated phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth Street
New York Evening World
Truckee
Cal
Chicago
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Johnny
Mar
Randy Claws
Bootblacks! Stands
Samson
Luke Sharp
Detroit Free Press
Cambridge
Engin
Hisimas. Contin
Kaumeyer’s
Bakery
State Street
Fred Kaumeyer
Jas. S.cox
Washington Market
State St
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