Fayetters Flight of Lancaster Heiress Continues
Fay Lancaster and maid Annette flee to London to escape her father's pressure on marriage to Leo Waldron. Lord Lancaster and Leonard pursue. Fay leaves behind a note admitting love for neither suitor and hints at a secret. In a cottage, Fay and Annette settle, while a mysterious pursuer appears, foreshadowing further revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay
Leo
Papa
Lord Lancaster
Lord Harold Armory
Viola
Leonard
Lord Harold
Annette
Tay
Miss Fay
London
Astrong
Jay
Sig
Leo Waldron
Heiress of Lancaster
Fayette
Ths
Mac
Lora
Ancaster
Paris
Faye
Miss Lancaster
Aloy
Sister
Mr. Waldron
Jeanne
Shy
Lancaser Hall
Neighborly guesswork Portends a Quiet Love Triangle
A shy Miss Medley, living beside Harold Ashbrooke, watches a radiant elderly neighbor who teases her with playful misnaming. When the neighbor learns the nickname Katie Dear previously spoken by Harold, Miss Medley learns the distance between curiosity and clarity as she flees, leaving the mystery unresolved after a tense exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Medley
Harold Ashbrooke
Harold
Haroldad
Miss Dear
Miss Darling
Miss Love
Miss Medley
Katie
Katie Darling
Katie Love
Moving Mountain in Cascades draws ships from shore and harms rails
A traveling basalt mass in the Cascades near the Columbia River reportedly advances downstream, submerging forest bases and displacing the railway line. Geologists attribute the move to a soft subrock beneath the basalt, worn away by the river, while engineers note rails pushed eight to ten feet out of alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascades
The
Columbia
Dalles
Buried by a Bear A Soanter's Indian Territory Tale
A hunter recalls a brutal winter encounter near Popular Creek in Indian Territory. He fights a silver tip bear after being buried by snow and debris, shoots the cubs and mother to escape, and recounts the dramatic river canyon assault and survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soanter
Indian Territory
Popular Creek
Manna Like Substances in Eastern Lands and Puffball Feasts
The article discusses tamarisk manna or tamarisk honey found in Arabia and Persia, exuded by insects in June and July, and collected from branches. It notes Herodotus references and argues for natural production, then shifts to fungi and puffballs once eaten, praising edible varieties and a boy’s playful warfare with puffball “artillery.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Persia
Herodotus
The Retort Courteous Morning Encounter
A tramp approaches the hired girl in a kitchen scene at about 10 o'clock in the morning. He teases, asks about the heat, and she retaliates with a sharp remark as he departs.
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Marie Antoinette
Bob
Holmes
Autocrat
Atlantic Monthly
Boston Herald
George Rex Graham
Literary America
Graham
Bayard Taylor
Edgar Poe
Longfellow
Bryant
Fenimore Cooper
G. P. R. James
N. P. Willis
Cooper
Cumberland River
Heston
New York World
China
Greece
Rome
Japan
Europe
George D. Chase
Bates College
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