The Master of Appleby Chapter L continues
Captain Ireton narrates duels and wounds at Appleby Hundred while confronted by Mr Stair about loyalty, estate matters, and a constrained marriage. Margery remains central as a beacon of hope, and the scene shifts to recovery and strategic talk with Stair about the marriage and legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scipio
Old En Hony
Brawly
Ireton
Mr. Stair
Towit
Congress
Jreton
Guilford Court House
Lord Cornwallis
Wilmington
Redcoata
Iréton
Stair
Lil in which the good cause gains a convert
Fragmentary poetic prose describes a dream journey across a border between dream and waking life. The speaker laments the blur between fantasy and reality, noting the dream’s persistence as the day returns with clacking sounds and fading memory.
Never Too Late
Alice Brown narrates a late life confession as William confronts his past with bitterness and Ellen responds with tempered mercy. She urges living by days rather than years and invites him to stay, signaling a cautious but hopeful reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Brown
McClure
William
Ben
Ellen
Silk From Wood Promises New Textile Substitute
A German plant near Sydowsane converts wood pulp into silk substitute. It now yields fifty pounds of skein silk daily with potential to reach 2,000 pounds. The cream colored thread consists of eighteen strands. individual strands are nearly invisible and one third as strong as real silk. The process forces pulp through fine tubes by hydraulic pressure to form threads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Sydowsane
Germany
Rational dress swap ends in comic bicycling ride
In Laburnum Lodge Miss Dalton insists on wearing rational bloomers for a bicycle trip, provoking Bertram Ferrars to mock and then adopt a matching feminine disguise. After a quarrel she relents and agrees to ride, while he dons the male counterpart, turning the outing into a playful gender role reversal and reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerrars
Laburnum Lodge
Miss Dalton
Agnes
Bertram
Aggy
Paris
England
Ferrari
Mr. Perrars
Mr. Ferrars
Jessie
Bertie
Aggie
Angel
Bert
Willfla
Darling
Gert
Soap Box Sermon Wins Cheer By Rich Donor
In a Bowery sidewalk gathering, Rev Mikcodemus preached from a pulpit of mercy to about 100 derelicts. An automobile donor in a fur coat handed a green bill, boosting the collection to 151 dollars and 40 cents as the crowd listened to the message about the Son of Man and no place to lay his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Mikcodemus
Worth Monument
Mercey
Hoffman House
Soap Box
The Military Uses of Ski in Nordic Armies
Review of Reviews notes that Norway and Sweden maintain permanent ski regiments for mountain warfare. Their three days demonstrations near Christiania showcase cross country marches through bear and wolf country, making conventional infantry and cavalry ineffective without ski training.
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Norway
Sweden
Gmners
Europe
Germany
Austria
Italy
France
Christiania
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Appleby
Francis Lynde
Anthony
Marcery
Preston
Richard Jenniffer
Chen
Morth Gable
Matthew
Ady
Monmieur John
Father Matthieu—Dick
Appleby Hundred
David
Francis Falconnet
Richard Falconnet
Monsieur John
Margery
Og Wa
Great Britain
Ola Goose
Dalton
Bowery
Bleecker Street
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