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The Sultan and the Five Boxes of Fire
A traveler from Old Lyme fools a Turkish sultan with five boxes of kerosene grenades. The sultan stages a grand display, then chaos erupts as the grenades explode, fire consumes the palace, and a punitive edict follows blaming Moslems for possessing any glass balls or explosive devices.
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Old Lyme
Lake Windsor
Bokhara
Samarcand
Mohammed
Island of
Lyme
Butlers
Orient
Annie Oakley
Young Turk