Man of steel finds love in a dangerous chase
John Stuart Webster a mining engineer returns from Death Valley with $100000. He fends off an aggressive foe and pursues a distressed woman named Dolores Ruey. He declines a lucrative Denver job to join a friend on a Central American mining venture. Dolores agrees to help him.
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John Stuart Webster
Death Valley
California
Civilization
Dolores Ruey
John
Engineers’ Club
Denver
Edward P. Jerome
Billy Geary
Central America
Jerome
Buenaventura
Sobrante
Geary
Sainted Enemy and the Bristol Pub Confront a Cable
In a sunlit cantina Billy Geary pursues Mother Jenks amid memories of a sainted husband. A cablegram from Henrietta Wilkins to Dolores arrives, revealing a family secret and prompting Mother Jenks to weep as Billy reads the message aloud.
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Mother Jenks
Billy
Henry Jenks
Royal Horse Artillery
Emery
Mr. Geary
Willy Geary
Bristol
Catedral de Ila Vera Cruz
Willie
Jenks
Bob
Don Juan
Billy Geary
Los Angeles
Cal
New Orleans
Dolores
Henrietta Wilkins
Enrietta Wilkins
Dolores Ruey Casts Shadow Over Mother Jenks Visit
In Buenaventura Dolores Ruey learns her father Don Ricardo and her guardian Enery Jenks once shaped local politics. Mother Jenks fears her past may ruin Dolores’ reputation on arrival, prompting Billy Geary to plot a humane ruse to protect the girl and her future.
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Dolores Ruey
Don Licardo Ruey
Enery
Buenaventura
Don Ricardo
Jenks
Mnavy
Leavin
Billy
Inery
Don Riccardo
New Orleans
Enrietta
Colonel Jenks
Willie
University of California
Igh
Los Angeles
Geary
Mother Jenks
Enery H
Willie Geary
Errietta Wilkins
Caribbean Tropics
Ill-fated voyage clues in shipboard tale of Webster
On a Gulf States Limited trip John Stuart Webster falls ill with suspected ptomaine poisoning and is hospitalised for days. Dolores Ruey travels toward Buenaventura seeking news of Webster as William Geary discovers a passenger list hinting at the elusive hero aboard but fails to find him.
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Ana
Willie
Jenks
Enery
Billy Geary
Mother Jenks
Dolores
Billy
New Orleans
San Miguel de Padua
Leber
California
United States
Buenaventura
Mr. Geary
John Stuart Webster
Gulf States Limited
Webster
Jack Webster
St. Louis
Jack
Doctores Ruey
Mr. Webster
Bo-Peep
Denver
William Geary
United Fruit Company
Mother
Bill
Dolores Ruey
Bil
Miss Ruey
No Married Woman Can Pass An Old Adorer Without Looking Back
A terse aphorism notes that married women resist lingering admirers and avoid acknowledging past suitors, reflecting social expectations of discretion and propriety in romantic attention.
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Peter B. Kyne
Lilly
Wille
Gord
House of Commons
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