Wallingford Schemes for Old Furniture Empire
In a bustling city, Wallingford plans to buy the Griswald estate by hiding a boundary dispute to drain Griswald of $50,000, while a counterplot to condemn a wharf unfolds. He partners with Daw and a schemer, Day, to profit from a Bunker desk secret drawers stash and hidden treasure, as Blackie and Paul navigate a web of diamonds, old parchments, and a proposed swanky restaurant scheme. Meanwhile the elder plan to auction the furniture rises, with Day holding back crucial papers that threaten Wallingford's grip on the estate.
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Wallingford
Dan
Tim Meuxsen
Tarry Griswald
Griswald
Messen
Law
Daw
General Smithson
Misses Smithson
Ainner Wallingford
Vittoreo Matteo
Blackie
Jim
Toad Jessop
William J. Shavit
Paul
Hoppendale
Tingletower
Wallngford
Day
Bunker
Mr. Day
Jonathan Bunker
George
Diskerton
Zachariah Bunker
Dalton Band
Jonathan
Paul Pollet
Halvers
Pop-larville
Polly
Gaunt Man with Mustache Causes Perplexing Scene
An odd fragment describes a gaunt man with a wayward mustache turning away from a beau and biting into miscellaneous information, framed as a curious, perplexing moment. The text hints at a surreal, comic tableau without clear context or outcome.
Digger’s Intrigue in Atlantic City Sun Baths
A black mustached man and companion taunt a curious traveler about a tunnel entrance and a sun bath project in Atlantic City. The banter centers on a digger exposing a hidden tunnel while the onlookers wager on tricking or testing the visitor. The scene blends sly humor with city curiosity about a new development.
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the Inquirer
Polly
Blackie
Paul Pollet
Paul
Wilds
Atlantic City
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