Mother and Dolores in a Train of Secrets
Mining engineer John Webster returns from a $100,000 cleanup and saves a distressed woman named Dolores Ruey. In Denver he faces a tempting $25,000 a year offer and a secret plot by Edward Jerome and Mother Jenks to keep Dolores from learning her aristocratic lineage.
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John Stuart Webster
Death Valley
California
Civilization
Dolores Ruey
Denver
Edward P. Jerome
Billy Geary
Central America
Jerome
John
Buenaventura
Sobrante
Geary
Mother Jenks
Dolores
Henrietta Wilkins
Ruey
Sarros
Jenka
Billy
Vision of Buenaventura Sets Billy's Scheme Aglow
Billy Geary cloaks his warning of danger in Buenaventura as he consoles Dolores Ruey about travel roughness and cholera. He orchestrates a staged rescue by hinting at revolutionary turmoil while concealing true motives about Henrietta Wilkins and John Webster. Dolores trusts him, and Mother Jenks endures a revelatory bond as plans unfold for a visit to see her benefactor.
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la Estrellita
Buenaventura
United States
Billy
Dolores
Billy Geary
Geary
William H. Geary
Henrietta Wilkins
Mother Jenks
Jack Webster
New Orleans
Miss Ruey
San Buenaventura
Ruey
Fruit Company
Mr. Geary
John 8S. Webster
John 8. Webster
Mr. Webster
el Buen Amigo
Old John Stuart
Sobrante
Jack
Good Lord
Purgatory
Paradise
George
Gord
Willie
Mateo
Webster secures mixed-stateroom plan aboard Caribbean Mail
In New Orleans Webster confronts two rough travelers while seeking a solo cabin aboard the La Estrellita route. He plots with the clerk to buy two berths in one first class stateroom, risking privacy for a safer assignment and promising to forward his name and address for contact after a two o’clock deadline.
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Webster
New Orleans
Atlanta
Consolidated Fruit Company
Limon
San Buenaventura
la Estrellita
Caribbean Mail
Caracas
Caribbean Mail Line
Canal Street
Mexico
Long Walt
Apo
Mr. Webster
John
St. Charles
Effect of the Moon on Tides
The moon, aided by the sun, pulls the tide shaping two bulges on Earth. Water responds readily while land is drawn with the Earth. A bulge forms beneath the moon and another on the opposite side due to inertia and gravity.
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Earth
Their Greatest Menace and Edible Texts
A witty note claims tobacco smoke harms frogs less than the danger they face from edible texts. The item playfully critiques scientific claims and highlights absurdities in past conclusions about frog health.
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