Sea tale aboard the Karluk in the North Pacific
In the main cabin of the Karluk a crew and guests plot over gold as Lund returns from the dead and threatens Captain Simms. Carlson the mate aims to kill the captain, seize the daughter Peggy, and flee with the gold while Rainey the newspaper man is shanghaied.
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J. Alen Dunn
Porgy
San Francisco
North Pacific
Lund
Carlsen
Rainey
Peggy
4Carlson
England
Oxford
Jack London
Seattle
Hardluck Simms
Lionest Simms
Simms
Trowest Simms
Jim Lund
Honest Simms
Doctor Carlsen
Blind Samson Sought on the San Francisco Wharf
On a sunny San Francisco waterfront Rainey meets a blind seaman who asks for help finding the sealing schooner Karluk. The mysterious man with red hair and a heavy cane speaks with a bass voice and watches Rainey closely as they discuss directions and fate.
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Blind Samson
San Francisco
Rainey
Kambarcadero
Matey
Karluk
Korluk
Blind Seaman Seeks Truth Behind Lost Island Treasure
Rainey visits the Karluk to witness a tense confrontation aboard the sealer. Jim Lund, blind since a Arctic blizzard, accuses Captain Simms of deserting him for gold on an island north of the Bering Strait. Peggy Simms confronts Lund, toppling his fury with brave defiance.
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Narlukahoy
Simms
Rainey
Guild
Jim Lund
Bill Simms
Luna
Jim
Lund
Doc Carlson
Bering Strait
Kotzebue Sound
Nome
Advertising in the Wild as Courtship and Defense
The piece explains animals advertise to deter predators and attract mates. It notes butterflies mimic warning colors, beetles imitate dangerous species, snipe bluff to warn shooters, deer and sheep signal vigilance, snakes rattle to intimidate, and birds flaunt color and song during mating. It also cites Ingersull on lions tigers and monkeys staging displays in zoos.
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Flrver
Birds of Paradise
Ernest Ingersull
No Such Luck Repeats in History
A Boston Transcript quip notes history may echo but arithmetic never sums itself, reflecting on cycles and misfortune with a wry, concise tone.
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Boston Transcript
Noted Hunter Quails at Woman in Car in Street
A celebrated big game hunter nearly fainted in the street upon seeing a woman driving a car toward him. He once faced a charging elephant without flinching. He likely knew where the elephant was headed.
German Town Bankruptcy Hit by 200000 Mark Deficit
The little town of Lobejun in Germany became the first German town declared bankrupt according to The Hague Nieuwe Courant. The municipality faced a deficit of 200000 marks and the communistic aldermanic majority refused new taxes. No salaries were paid to town employees.
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Lobejun
Haile
Germany
Hague Nieuwe Courant
Wife Teaches Him to Sew On Buttons
Dolly taught Benedict how to sew on buttons before they wed, noting a change in him since marriage.
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Benedict
Dolly
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His Mate
J. Allen Dunn
Illustrations By
Irwin Myers
Bobbs Merrill Co
Samson
the Times
Shams
Warluk
Sinms
Iman
Bill Simins
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