A Tale of Chance and Honor at a Christmas Morning
Doris Brownlow faces false accusation when a missing cheque triggers a manager’s harsh probe. She endures gossip and family strain until Mr Granson’s son confesses, and Thompson apologizes with a £20 cheque as a Christmas gift. Doris and her brother support each other amid the tale’s dangers and revelations.
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Arthur
May
Doris
Doris Brownlow
Miss Brownlow
Thompson
Wilson
Ghostly Tales at Country House Party
A young woman staying at a grand country house over Christmas was chilled by frightening ghost and hobgoblin stories told by certain party guests, creating a mood of eerie suspense.
Witty exchange on widows and rivals quoted by Beggs and Meggs
Beggs says his wife would remain a widow if he died. Meggs retorts that she fears there might be another man like him and she would choose him.
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Beggs
Meggs
Welsh Hymn Haunts Soldiers After Night of Yarn
A Christmas Eve tale from a Welsh unit where Evans hears a non-existent singing of Bydd mydd o ryfeddedau a Welsh funeral hymn. The next day Walter is bitten by a cobra and becomes deaf, a strange chain of events linked to the spectral chorus.
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Evans
Wales
Walter
Cassull
Saturday Journal
Modern finance tale by Gladden sparks urban irony
Dr. Washington Gladden in the Westminster Gazette satirizes modern finance through a Broadway anecdote. A penniless urchin steals a handkerchief from a financier, crowd gathers, and a bystander urges police yet the financier jokes it began his business in a small way.
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Washington Gladden
Westminster Gazette
Broadway
Too Loving Husband, 689 Kisses Trigger Divorce Case
From Faris on October 26 the Daily Mail correspondent reports a conservative tale of conjugal infelicity. A woman left her husband Baudent after a short marriage claiming he was too fond of her. During their honeymoon he kissed her 689 times. She filed for divorce but he fired at her. the shot missed. He said he loved her for ten years and she never loved him. He was acquitted and the divorce may be withdrawn.
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Faris
London
Daily Mail
Baudent
Maudent
Gleanings on kindness and daily virtue
A short reflection on sympathy and daily behavior urging kindness over money, happiness through helping others, and avoiding gossip. It notes that efforts to do good shape the person, and suggests focusing on ideas over personalities to elevate conversation.
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Anne Zoe Arland
Edward Wilson
Edward
Mr Thompson
Straightway
Tim
Almoather
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