The Missing Man Chapter XXIV Continued
Victor Hamilton narrates his plotted life of crime with impersonations and courtroom escapes. He recounts meeting Lenora Davis and disguising himself to take notes from a bank cashier’s papers in Grovedale. He envisions rejoining the dead twin’s life while falling for a statue’s widow in a pivotal scene.
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Marks
Ity
Soule
Grovedale
New Hampshire
Lenora Davis
Marks and Soule
Henry Ashley
Goodwill
Lenora
Canada
Vane
Clare
Perley
Henderson
Carter
Tony Osborn
R. H. Hastings
Simon Low
Vane Hamilton
Osborn
Quebec
Ashley
Hamilton
Unposted Mail Check Causes Clever Postal Scheme
A wife in a domestic scene asks her husband why he never mailed letters. He admits forgetting, prompting her to reveal a postal card addressed to herself among the letters. She explains the plan costs a cent and serves as a reliable check, then she takes back the letters to post herself.
Unclear Excerpt Cites Patent Remedy Claim
A fragmented quotation from 1900 discusses an unloaded gun and a crippled mule with reference to Piso’s Cure for Consumption and coughs and colds. The reader is identified as Jonnn F Bovern of Trinity Springs Indiana, dated February 15, 1900, plus a remark about men who work little time yet make fools of themselves.
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Marks
Bishop
Vane
Lenora
Piso
Jonnn F Bovern
Trinity Springs
Ind
Don't you know better than to come home this late
A brief quip from the Houston Post captures a remark on social behavior after hours as a saloon closes, reflecting late night disputes or curiosity about nightlife.
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Houston Post
Men seek refuge to work fearing they may acquire habit
The note suggests that some men avoid work out of fear they could develop a habit from labor. It reflects concerns about discipline and social pressures influencing employment.
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Leonora
New York
Bears
Centaur
Mull
Jobber
Mull's Grape Tonic Co., Makers
Third Ave
Rock Island, Il
Price
BF. W. Diemer
M.D
Springfield
Thornton
Oak St
Kansas City
St. Louis
Mc Curdys
Denver Republican
Sweetheart
Slater
Daya
Julia Lingley Watkins
Chicago
Wigg
Getrox
Mra
Winston
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