Western romance ends in scattered ambush and love triangle
A detachment of the eighteenth infantry trapped by Sioux, including a stranger named Hampton, falls after a siege. Hampton and a girl, Naida, escape with help from Lieut. Brant and a cavalry unit. Brant confesses love. Naida reveals a mutual affection but insists she cannot marry him. The chapter ends with a cliffhanger about Hampton, Naida, and a hidden motive.
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Eighteenth Infantry
Fort Bethune
Hampton
Gillis
Seventh Cavalry
Lieut
Brant
Glencaid
Red Slavin
Glen‘said
Phoebe Spencer
Silent Murphy
Custer
Miss Spencer
Naida
Encer
Leutenant
Bob Hampton
Silavin
Murphy
Robert Nolan
Maj
Bampton
Slavin
Buck Mason
Mason
Bler
Hamp
Shadow theater how to set up a home stage and figures
Instructions describe building a shadow theater using folding doors or a screen, a transparent cloth, and a drop curtain. It covers stage height, a back operator area, framing a shallow box or screen, and hiding operators with curtains. It explains making movable figures from cardboard or zinc and jointing limbs for motion.
Tiger at Large in Knoxville Circus Seized by Lasso
A derailed circus car damaged tiger cages near Knoxville. One tiger escaped, prompting a chase. A Texas cowboy with a lasso roped the animal and hauled it back into a box, injuring his hand in the process. The incident occurred as the circus prepared to depart. The piece also includes a brief humor item on banking small savings.
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Moffat
Herndon
Mr. McNeil
Occidental
Phoebe
Long Pete Lumley
Jack
Pete
McNeil
Ber
Long Pete
Carter Woods
Lumley
Spencer
Tennessee
Knoxville
Magic Glass Tricks for Children
A simple science trick explains how breath reveals faint marks on glass. An unpolished pane or mirror shows traced images when breathed upon, while a polished surface hides marks until humidity causes them to reappear. The effect arises from gas and dust deposits on exposed glass.
The Parting Hour in Brant and Hampton Tale
Lieutenant Brant endures bitter days as he cares for wounded Hampton and navigates shifting feelings toward Naida. An urgent dispatch orders troops to Fort Abraham Lincoln, while Brant learns of savage consolidation led by Sitting Bull and General Cook advancing from Nebraska toward the Big Horn frontier.
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Bill
Sandy Winn
Carter Woods
Old Bull Mountain
Howard Wynkoop
Spencer
Brant
Hampton
Naida
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Sitting Bull
Big Horn
Gen. Cook
Nebraska
Whereabouts of Cat's Tail Draws Laughs in Ink Tale
A Philadelphia Record note tells of Little Dot drawing with pen and ink when a cat with no tail becomes the joke. The puzzled mother asks where the tail is and Little Dot replies the tail rests in the ink bottle yet.
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Philadelphia Record
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Placer
Cervera
Bill McNeil
Pete Lumley
Mr. Wynkoop
Howard
Mr. Moffat
Herndon House
Donald Brant
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