The Black Seigneur of Mount and Elise in Escape
On the Mount island in a Northwestern French bay during Louis XVI era a peasant boy saves Lady Elise. Amid battles, disguises, and a looming marriage, Elise and Desaurac confess love as the Black Seigneur resurfaces, and a dawn escape reshapes their fate.
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Comtease Elise
France
Louis XVI
Seigneur Desaurac
Desaurac
Paris
Elise
le Seigneur Noir
Sanchez
Cockles
Degaurac
Jacques
Marquis de Beauvillers
Nanette
Pierre Laroche
My Lady
Lady Elise
Pierre
Practical Fashions One Piece Dress Pattern 6344
A smart collar dress design with simple lines and modish effect features a bloused waist and fitted sleeve into a broad cuff. Suitable fabrics include Cheviot Serge whip cord or ratine. Pattern 6344 in sizes 34 to 42 inches bust requires 654 yards of 36 inch material. send 10 cents and size details to Pattern Department.
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Pattern Department
The Seignur Desaurac’s Daughter and the Marquise
Pierre recalls a time of layover aboard the ship. Nanette tests the captain’s patience with fifty hints about Elise and the marquis while the host drifts into sleep and papers wait to be signed.
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Pierre
Capitaine
Seigneur Desaurac
Marie
Marquis
Nanette
Elise
Too Many In the Party Knight Visits a French Landlord
A knight from Spain arrives at a French gate and lists his many titles to the host. The landlord, overwhelmed by the number of named titles, cannot accommodate all the gentlemen he claims. The exchange ends with the landlord’s humorous refusal.
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Pierre
Spain
Ino
France
Juan Pedro
Hernandez
Rodriguez de Villanova
Malafia
Santiago and
Alcantara
Wayside Communings in Nebraska
An informal recollection where Adam Zanfax recalls a past Nebraska experience with Job Starkey. The speaker describes a moment when grasshoppers overwhelmed the area, leaving little food for people and insects, and notes turning the state over to the hoppers before leaving.
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Adam Zanfax
Webraska
Job Starkey
The Contrary Effect in Bibbles Humor
A quirky remark notes Bib bles displays dry humor most when drinking, highlighting a humorous oddity in his persona.
Girl's dress pattern featured with sash and plaits
This pattern shows a Jaw belted frock for children with a blue and white striped sash. It notes a cluster of front plaits and a broad front blouse revere, with sleeves set in. Sizes 6 to 12 years use multiple fabrics and pattern 6330 requires 25% yards of 26 inch material for medium size.
Old Yacht America Survives Owned by Butler Ames
The famous yacht America that won the Queen s Cup in races between American and English yachts more than fifty years ago is now owned by Butler Ames of Massachusetts. It is occasionally sailed on short cruises.
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America
Butler Ames
Massachusetts
Too Much Hopping In New Yorker Quip on Uncle Bill
A New Yorker item quips about a proposed hotel called Uncle Bill expected to contain over 2 600 rooms. The joke imagines a bellboy reaction and a judge comment.
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New Yorker
Uncle Bill
Judge
Anomalous wedlock remark shocks court witness
A judge remarks on a bizarre statement about wedlock as a man claims attachment to a woman but notes the supposed link dissolves when pressed. The exchange centers on unusual language and the implications of the asserted bond.
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Frederic Isna
Eric Strollers
Mitt Rose
Ray Walters
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Rock
St. Ranulphe
Herion
Camile
State
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