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Nanaimo Semi Weekly Mail

Location

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Jun 06, 1896

Page

2

Stormy Morning at Ridgeley's Gate Ends in Love and Threats

Allen Fauntleroy and Major Overton clash over trust, inheritance, and love as a storm clears. Dave Overton aids Fauntleroy, but Old Major blocks a match, warning of fatal consequences. Hawkins hints at a family feud tied to a drowning death and a ruined mother, while the lovers part with vow and danger lingering.

American Press Association Young Fauntleroy Major Overton Ridgeley Faunt Jeroy Overton Dave Fauntleroy Allen Fauntleroy Jubilee Sauntleroy Mammy Dare Miss Overton Weu Tam Hawkins Young Fauntie- Troy Allen Mr. Fauntleroy Goodby Fauntleroy Verstus Overton Hawkins Imey Fauntleroys Peyton Lee Thins Alabama Margaret Overton Law of the Land Atcheson Walden Pond Tam No Thoreau Circe

I’m Glad I Live in America Says Traveling Woman

A Philadelphia Inquirer interview quotes a pretty young woman amazed by American freedom and safety. She recounts her travels to London and Paris where she faced insults and unwanted attention. She praises American men and the treatment of women, pledging not to cross the ocean again.

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The Opium Smoker by Arthur Symons

The fragmentary verse evokes a dreamlike opium reverie with rich sensory language. It centers on intoxication, time, memory, and ruin, voiced through a first person speaker immersed in blackened delight and self accusation.

Arthur Symons

Hermit and Alligator Hunter on the Alabama Bayou

The narrator recounts a Bayou Bon Secours voyage with a sunburned legged companion, a hermit named Atcheson, and Miss Wilcon. Tension over honor, flirtation, and a planned alligator hunt leads to social entanglements and a surprising return to town as Atcheson prepares to marry Miss Wilcon.

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