Burning Daylight in the Oakland Hills Horse Ride
Daylight pursues a chestnut sorrel horse named Bob across San Francisco Bay area hills to find a riding partner, Dede Mason. He trains Bob to curb his bursts of speed, wins her interest by sharing riding exploits, and contemplates romance amid high finance and travel interruptions.
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Elam Harnish
Alaska
Circle City Tivoli
Thadanca
Tivoli
Hs Friends
Uperiver
Hamish
Dawson
Iwlandileea
Hich Finance
Daywright
New York
San Francisco
Dede Mason
Piedmont Hills
Oakland
Swiftwater Bill
Luck
San Jose
Haywards
Mair Park
Swiftwater
Berkeley
Blair Park
Jace
Dassight
Morrison
Bill
Acros
Bob
Daylight
Dayight
Bay
Wolf
Dede
New York Hard on Trousers
A west man in a Broadway clothing shop complains New York wears out his trousers fast. He notes wallets and pockets wear the left side and hip, and that city life forces constant use of his pants. The clerk sympathizes but hopes to sell him new pants before he leaves.
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West
Broadway
New York
Jonesy
Smyths
Perkins
Expensive Instruction Prompts a Candid Exchange
A ready-made philosopher declares experience the best teacher. A man scarred by Wall Street counters that tuition installments can push him toward bankruptcy, highlighting risk and practical costs.
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Wall Street
Daylight and Dede Encounter on Piedmont Trails
In Chapter XIV Daylight and Dede ride together again at Piedmont as Dede grows wary of Daylight’s presence. He mentions a quarry near Blair Park tied to a brickyard investment, inviting her to inspect it. They spend hours riding with Bob the horse and a testy Wolf nearby, ending with a tense display of riding control.
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Dede
Bob
Piedmont Hills
Maraga Valley
Mab
Piedmont
Daylght
Blair Park
Toby
The Babe that was Sound and the Titanic Loss
A reflective verse laments the infant among Titanic wreck victims. The speaker questions Death's cruelty, mourning a baby found among bodies, its eyes turned toward heaven as waves cradle sorrow and a mother awaits reunion beyond the night.
Answers for the Anxious Funhouse Q and A
A quirky miscellany presents reader questions on hair care poetry sales taste of onions in boiled cauliflower trimming panama hats health oysters and marital prospects. The piece previews quick, practical or witty responses and hints at Lucile and Arabella style guidance.
Witty Exchange Over Spicy Literature Delivery
Miss Gabbeigh accuses Miss Askit-Why of gullibility as she recalls a claim about a send of spicy literature. The exchange centers on a mailed work titled History of Ceylon, described by Gabbeigh as part of the joking dispute.
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Miss Gabbeigh
Reggie Duzzit
Miss Askit
Ceylon
Great Inventor Ponders New Health Food Compound
A dialogue between a wise friend and an inventor describes a week of experimentation with a novel compound. The friend suggests the idea could become a health food, praising the potential value of the discovery.
Faith healer disputes whisky craving in snakebite quip
A faith healer dismisses a man's request for more whisky as not being snakebitten, while the victim retorts that the snake believed it would bite him, and he cannot think as quickly as a snake.
His Dull Season
The healer who relied on laying on of hands downsized his operation and has discharged most of his assistants, signaling a quieter season for his practice.
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Tclit
Divorced Women Flaunt Alimony Fortunes
A wry chat highlights Mrs Grasswidder and Miss Gabbeigh who marry well and divorce even better, noting Mrs Grasswidder’s upkeep and Miss Gabbeigh’s snug alimony fortune in a lighthearted social snippet.
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Mr. Hezzit
Legacy of Cunningham and the Prison Ships
A 18th century portrait recalls William Cunningham as New York's provost marshal and his brutal management of Revolutionary prisoners. Descriptions detail overcrowded depots including Sugar House and the Jersey prison ship, with starvation, foul air, disease, and mass deaths. Cunningham fled to England, later hanged for forgery. estimates claim he caused thousands of patriots' deaths.
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New York
William Breucklen
Cunningham
Philadelphia
William Cunningham
Dublin
America
Boston
George III
Thomas Gage
Gage
Promptu
City Hall
King’s
Columbia) College
Hall of Records
Pintard
England
Charles II the Merry Monarch in a Rusty Portrait
A historical sketch portrays Charles II as a libertine ruler whose court scandals, fiscal mismanagement, and defiance of Parliament defined a turning point in English history. It notes his PROMISE breaking, sale of towns to France, Dutch war damages, plague and fire, and enduring nickname the Merry Monarch.
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Charles II
England
Charles I
Charles
Holland
Jolly
Oliver Cromwell
Alway
Scotland
Cromwell
France
Rochester
Clifford
Ashley
Buckingham
Arlington
Lauderdale
Louis XIV
Medway
Chatham
London
James—duke of York
Jonesy Buys Second Hand Car in Quirky Exchange
In a humorous street scene, Jonesy purchases a second hand car amid teasing comments from neighbors and family. The car's noisy engine and high fuel use become the center of light banter as the seller asserts the vehicle's prior condition.
Galvotropism Challenges Darwin Theory
Animals not exposed to electric current show sensitivity after brief contact, suggesting learned response rather than traits fixed by natural selection. The phenomenon, termed galvotropism, is presented as a blow to Darwinian survival of the fittest.
Obedience and Moral Courage in Carlyle’s View
A Carlyle quote on obedience notes that blind obedience to wrong or false goods reveals extreme cowardice and human calamity, sparking the gods’ rejection of such behavior.
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Thomas Carlyle
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the New York World
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Merry Monarch
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