Kathleen and Reggie seal a wealth inspired engagement
Arnold Willoughby learns Kathleen and Reggie have an understood engagement driven by money and status. He mourns their future while deciding not to intervene. The next day, his Dundee translated manuscript finds praise from Stanley & Lockhart, declaring it brilliant historical fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Kathleen
Reggie
Arnold Willoughby
Piazza
Venice
Mrs. Hesslegrave
London
Rufus Mortimer
Mortimer
Florrie
Gryself
Kitty
Stanley & Lockhart
Dundee
Willoughby
Mr. Stanley
John Collingham
Holt
Norfolk
Council of Ten
Mr. Willoughby
Earl of
Axminster
The Elizabethan Seadog deal in pale gold
Arnold Willoughby, a crippled sailor with a forged manuscript, sells rights to a publisher for fifty pounds. Rufus Mortimer investigates, uncovering a hidden life and a lie about Kathleen Hesslegrave. The meeting scene sets up truth and love amid class and identity secrets.
An Elizabethan Seadog Rumor Spurs Rufus to Town
Rufus Mortimer reads a gossip column on a Surrey hill and spots news of a new romance titled An Elizabethan Seadog by John Col Nogham, translated by Arnold Willoughby. He vows to travel to London to locate their publisher and pursue Kathleen’s interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Mortimer
Surrey
Richelieu
South British Quarterly
J. Anstruther Maclaren
Girton
Edmund Wilkes
Q. C
Northborough
London
Messrs
Stanley & Lockhart
John Col Nogham
Spain
Inquisition
Arnold Willoughby
Kathleen
Stanley
Lockhart
If she were she would accept Rufus Mortimer offer
Arnold vows to visit Kathleen to mend a rift over a vanished man. Mortimer urges caution and jokes about paying a cab. Kathleen’s reluctance to prolong the moment shows she wants to end the strain quickly and not suffer further delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer
Rufus Mortimer
Lord Axminster
Arnold
Willoughby
Arnold Willoughby
Kathleen
Plao
Quotable lines and wry witticisms from various papers
A collage of brief quotes and snippets from multiple newspapers. They cover politics, culture, and everyday observations. Highlights include remarks on Detroit mayoral influence, piano ownership as status, and reflections on misfortune, memory, miscommunication, and social mores.
Notable literary labors span years in great works
Byron spent nearly four years on the first two cantos of Childe Harold Locke over six years on his Human Understanding essay Francis Jeffrey spent two to three weeks per Edinburgh Review article Grote reportedly toiled fifteen years on History of Greece Spenser took four years for Faerie Queen Mulhall dedicated nearly thirty years to his Dictionary of Statistics
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Childe Harold
Locke
Francis Jeffrey
Edinburgh Review
Grote
Greece
Spenser
Mulhall
Millionaire Armbruster’s Rise and Fall on Belt Line
Jacob Henry Armbruster, once a Philadelphia-born cavalry veteran, rose to wealth via the stock market and Empire Chair Foundry before losses shattered his fortune. He became a Belt Line conductor in New York, while his aristocratic daughter lived in Philadelphia. Armbruster died at Flower Hospital after a fainting spell on his car, with family disputes over inheritance and two divorces in his past. He left a portrait of a man who valued independence, refused to rely on relatives, and saw his son or daughter step into wealth or distance.
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Pingree
Detroit
Cincinnati Tribune
Atchison Globe
New York Mail and Express
Cholly
Boston Courier
el Mosquito
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Yonkers Gazette
Boston Transcript
Western Gazette
Mr. West
Christian Science
Somerville Journal
Chicago Times-Herald
Iike
Albany Argus
Sherlock Holmes
Ught
Jacob Henry Armbruster
Flower Hospital
New York
Armbruster
Philadelphia
Armbrunter
J. H. Armbruster
Benjamin Franklin
Eigth
Franklin Street
George H. Sherman
Mr. Sherman
Ninth Avenue
Stock Exchange
Empire Chair
Edith
Hill
Bruster
North Chicago Street Railroad
New York City
New Jersey
John L Sullivan Almost Chose Baseball Before Boxing
Ned Crane recalls Sullivan nearly becoming a third baseman in an amateur Boston team before turning to boxing. Sullivan, then under 30, was offered a spot and, after a setback by Burke, abandoned baseball to pursue a pugilistic career. He later grew into a famed heavyweight champion.
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Hoo
Ned Crane
John L. Sullivan
Boston
Sullivan
Crane
Rochester
Burke
Unhappy Marriage Prompts Bagaley Divorce Action
Waterman P. Bagaley files a cross bill for divorce from Olga Bagaley daughter of the Milan countess Alfieri. They wed in Milan on Sept 24 1882 after a Washington DC divorce he deemed invalid. The suit cites desertion adultery and denial of paternity amid illness and confinement in an asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Bagaleyturer
Olga Bagaley
Alfieri
Milan
Italy
Bagaley
Washington
D. C
America
Williams
Denver Man's Revenge Victim in Nebraska Field
Albert Applegate was murdered in his corn field near Wilsonville Nebraska. The killer first appeared at John Nelson's house, a brother-in-law to Applegate. After four shots the victim was found with a bullet through the head and had begun to move toward his assailant when they struggled after three shots. The fourth shot proved fatal.
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Albert Applegate
Wilsonville
Neb
John Nelson
Applegate
Nelson
Fata
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grant Allen
England
Messrs. Stanley & Lockhart
Haggard
Bradshaw
Waterloo
Stanley & Lockhart's
Mr. Wiloughby
Rufus
East End
Pennsylvania
Kathleen Hesslegrave
Fellow
Skein
Nesslegrave
Ami
Imy
Hofus Mortimer
Mrs. Heaslegrave
Miss Hesslegrave
Two Roe
John L
Mr. Bagaley
Waterman P. Bagaley
Pittsburg
Denver
L. Applegate
Appliegate
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