Errant in the Rockies Irish Gentleman in Denver Tale
An Irish gentleman Talbot Power travels with a German countess and a young Irish woman Kitty Mellish on a prospecting tour toward the Rocky Mountains. Tensions rise as morphine addicted Mrs Relitska descends into violence, culminating in a fatal encounter with cowboys and Talbot’s contemplated theft of a four thousand pound windfall found on the dead woman.
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Ireland
Rocky Mountains
M. R
Gregory O'Cannoll
Gregory
Kitty Mellish
Oscok
America
Talbot Power
Atlle
Sol
Ts. Mire Reliteka
Monsieur
Irs. Kelitska
Meson
Talbot
Telbot
Ford
Macon
Levee
Egaretto
Mason
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic
Rockies
Ofelock
Kitty
Miss Mellish
London
Denver
Mrs. Kelitska
Papa
Mrs. Nelitska
Berlin
Talbott
Madame
Chaere
Willow Creek
Mrs. Relitska
Kittie
Lot-House
Lalbot
Mr. Relitska
Hiro
Gregory O'Carroll
The Last Moments of the Mother and Other Fragments
A collection of brief religious sketches and notes on history and faith. Topics include a rabbi’s defense of Roman responsibility for Jesus crucifixion, a dying wife scene, the first English Bible printed in 1535 by Coverdale, and reflections on religion’s consoling power and the value of prayer.
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England
Miles Coverdale
Tyndale
Coverdale
London
Gilead
Gahahad
St. Louis Republic
The Real Measure of Piety and Neighborly Love
A compact meditation on true religion stressing acts over talk. It warns against self serving faith, urges generosity, humility, and following Christ at personal cost. It notes genuine piety shows in near daily deeds and care for others, especially when one’s own desires are thwarted.
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Green Bay
Christ
The Value of Accuracy in Daily Work
The piece argues that accuracy, diligence, and attention to detail drive progress. It cites business utility, quotes a wise man on finishing promptly, and notes that in practice even small errors damage trust and create repeated work and trouble.
First Trinity Meal Brings Unexpected Enlightenment
A tramp finds shelter and a warm meal in a kitchen and terms his “three in one” feast a genuine trinity meal. The amused hostess learns it is the first meal he has had that day as he eats gratefully.
Flash of spades in court remark by North Carolina solicitor
A mountain district of North Carolina once faced a trial where five men of marked dark complexion stood before the court. When the case opened the judge asked the solicitor what the matter was. The solicitor replied succinctly that it was “a flash of spades, your honor,” revealing a sharp, racial-edge quip in the courtroom.
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North Carolina
J. M. Gudger
Turgot Epigram and a Tax Debate
The piece recalls Turgot as minister dismissing a proposed government revenue method with sharp wit, noting his judgment as sound and that the tax faded after he wrote that it would be safer to execute the author than the project. It closes with a remark on a dry goods house as a close corporation.
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Turgot
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Justin Huntley McArthy
M. P
Mrs. Klitska
Lower
Bengal
Siam
Burmah
G. A. Stockwell
Europe
Tennyson
Eliza Cook
Boston ‘Transcripts
Ripry
Aaron Hahn
Cleveland
Ohio
Jesus Christ
Judah of Galilee
Jesus of Nazareth
Judah
Pilate
Jesus
Supreme Court of the Jews
Hahn
Des Moines Register
Sir Humphrey Davy
TE Wholesale Dry-Goods House
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