By a Hairs Breadth
A boy wanders from home and triggers a town wide search. He falls from a river log and is rescued by a kind man who later helps the family. The father shoots a burglar in a mercy intervention. the burglar survives, is later jailed, and sends a small letter of thanks. The tale ends with the father reflecting on the burglar's mixed character.
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Tie
Europe
Muel
Hin
Eello
Lin
James Brockies
Gordon’s Way and the Three Subalterns Tale
In a Candid Friend sketch, Lord Wolseley recalls three subalterns in trenches before Redan Wolseley Gerald Groan and Charles Gordon. Graham, bold yet reckless, ignores Russian fire and crawls to his tent while Wolseley and Gordon alternately join and separate, mixing caution with bravado.
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Lord Wolseley
Wolseley
Gerald Groan
Charles Gordon
Graham
Garnet Wolseley
Gordon
O Connell on Peel and a Poker Like Temperament
The excerpt sketches Peel with a mordant wit, comparing his bloodless smile to a coffin’s silver plate. It parallels a biting portrait of a woman described as a poker whose warmth rarely appears, highlighting sharp, sardonic tone in social characterization.
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O'Connell
Peel
Quotation Curiousity in Speech Crux
A friend questions why Latin quotes appear in speeches. The reply asserts the point that misery loves company and hints that many do not grasp the phrases, underscoring shared confusion as a rhetorical device. Washington Star reference.
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Washington Star
Robert Toombs Advice on Fees
A lawyer consulting Robert Toombs asked his suggested charge in a courthouse case. Toombs replied that $1,000 was fair, but the client should receive $5,000 because the client did many things Toombs would not have done.
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Robert Toombs
Robert Toomer
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Pendleton
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Golden Rule Hotel
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