Parrot and Co Sail for Rangoon in Oil Syndicate Tale
Warrington an American adventurer and his servant James travel with a caged parrot bound for Rangoon to cash a 300000 rupees draft. Elsa Chetwood, a rich American tourist, spots Warrington boarding at the Vendine and rushes to meet him, sensing a link to her fiancé Arthur Ellison. The trio has toppled a syndicate by selling oil claims for £20000.
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Warrington
James
Irrawaddy
Parrot & Co
Rangoon
Elsa Chetwood
Vendine
Arthur Ellison
The Warringtons and the Eastern Adventure
Warrington shares ten years in the Orient with Elsa aboard a Rangoon bound ship. He recalls oil land deals, a parrot named Rajah, and London money that changed hands as he contemplates romance and danger. Elsa pursues stories of adventure while warning against unguarded travel.
Two Days of Paradise in the Orient
Elsa contemplates a novel with lifelike flaws while Warrington mutters about propriety after escorting Rajah below deck. She feels a shifting mood as distant places and a parrot cage spark memories, blending her awakening interest in the East with a dawning tension between independence and social restraint.
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Paradise
Elsa
Warrington
Rajah
Shadows Across Rangoon Aboard the Vessel
In a Rangoon harbor romance Elsa and a man share cautious dialogue about trust and fate. He confesses fear of himself while she probes his past and motives. They drift toward Prome as secrets deepen and the voyage nears its end, the tale to be continued.
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Rangoon
America
Prome
Warrington
Parrot & Co
Pyl
Rajah
Elsa
Jaipur
Tye
Shwe Dagon
Teo
Singapore
Andaman Islands
St. Peter
Lucknow
Missionary Women Thwart Fiji Cannibal Feast
Early Fiji missionaries James Calvert and wife faced a band that seized 14 women for a cannibal feast. Mrs Calvert and another missionary woman pleaded before the king, who, though women were barred from his presence, halted the planned murder.
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Fiji Islands
James Calvert
The Girl Who Marries for Home Takes a Boarder
A short reflection notes that women who marry to secure a home may take in a boarder and that a woman losing her temper reveals her age.
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Carrot& CO
Harold
Macgrath
Orient
Mr. Warrington
Barun-al-Rashid
Sindbad
Hongkong
Penarg
Iva
Upper India
Bombay
Chitor
Udaipur
Arthur
East
Dean
Michigan
Ambrose Hatfieid
Brook St
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Doan
Donan’s
Doan’s
Warners
Warner’s Safe Remedies Co
Rochester, N. Y
PNR Tose
Absorbine, JR
Dealera
W.F. Young
Temple 5T
Springfield Masse
Sloan
Charles Johnson
P.O
Lawton's Station
N. Y
Dr. Earl 5
Sloan, Inc
Dept
Philadelphia, Pa
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