Midnight Elopement Turns into Public Adventure
Lord Jocelyn and his friend Jack Stanfield chase a romance that begins with a bored stroll through New York. A misread guard, a runaway heiress, a missed elopement, and a dramatic station finale lead to an unexpected guardian and a resolved, if comic, reconciliation.
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Lord Jocelyn
Jack
Jocelyn
Git
Hileen O'Connor
Eileen
Gorgon
Jack Stanfield
Wileen
Miss O'Connor
Jack Sanfield
Stanfield
John Stanfield
Strangest of Sea Escapes
A Bangor schooner Hannah F. Carleton of 189 tons, built in 1884 and hailing from Jonesport, survived a near miss after a steamship nearly struck her off Cape Cod. Captain Falkingham redirected panic, and the steamer towed repairs to Boston where a new mainmast was set. The tale links to the Active wreck at Fox Island thoroughfares, later traced to a fatal shot fired by a distant man who killed the helmsman’s son. the motive and guilt were clarified on his deathbed.
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Lord Jocelyn
Jack—dearest
Jocelyn
Yack Stanfield
Jack
Mr. Stanfield
Stanfield
Hardy
Grand Central Station
Jack Stanfield
Hannah F. Carleton
Mulvany
Pembroke
Jonesport
New York
Cape Cod
Boston
Falkingham
Carleton
Maine
Fox Island
Ray
New York Sun
Love and doughnuts in a blind boy’s tale
A fragment quotes a woman writer declaring love ignores money as a doughnut tale laments a blind boy’s plight reflecting a poetic outburst. The brief lines mix critique and sympathy, casting economic and sensory themes in a sharp, literary light.
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Adventures In Love and Chivalry
Lord Richard Jocelyn
H. M. Egbert
Richard Jo
Madison Avenue
Talbot
America
London
Madison Square
Tate
Devlil
Fifth Avenue
Eileen O'Connor
Bileen
Hileen
State Line
Utica
Old Man
Richmond
Peterfield
N. 1
Jover
Bayliss
Standeldi
Jacky
Bangor
Vineyard Sound
Davy Jones
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