Sword Mislaid Chapter Scene of Political Alliance
A nobleman discusses a perilous political alliance with Napoleon and a plan to arrange his sister’s marriage. The count orders a covert arrangement through Gravesend to ensure the sister’s safe arrival and the loyalty of a trusted envoy. The narrator reflects on traitorous loyalties and the perilous tension of court intrigue.
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Hia Realgues
de Sevringen
Gravesend
Red Anchor
Ife
England
Napoleon
Growth of Berlin and World City Growth in 1900s
A census shows Berlin including 22 suburbs totals 2,863,088, with 1908 projected to 3,000,000. It notes London and New York centuries of growth, Paris and Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and highlights Chicago’s extraordinary 63 year rise from about 4,000 to over 1.7 million.
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Berlin
London
New York
Paris
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Chicago
Seattle Eyes Chicago Style Gas Regulation
Seattle seeks an enabling act to empower its city council to regulate gas prices at least every five years. The piece contrasts Chicago’s recent bill passing and notes Seattle’s gas trust grievance, alleging higher pressure and poorer gas quality. It argues such a bill would lower costs and improve service.
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Seattle
Chicago
Illinois
Windy City
Deaeen
Empress’s Embrace Tests a Prince's Deceit
In a perilous intrigue, I reveal a Corsican letter planning a royal marriage to seal an alliance. D'Arras pressures me to escort the countess to Versailles, while Frida begs me not to love Clariase as she asks for a last kiss and God’s protection.
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Milord
D'Arras
Napoleon
Clariase
Josephine
France
D’arras
Ehere
de Sevringen
D‘arras
Brest
Versailles
Boulogne
Leome
Frida
Franks
Coquettish Deceptions Lead a London Departure
The narrator reveals plans to travel from Gravesend to London and beyond, telling Richards he will be absent for days. In a tavern crowd, locals misjudge him as a French or naval refugee, while he masks intent with half‑truths and reckless bravado amid wartime talk.
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Richards
Gravesend
de Sevringen
Devonshire
Devenac
Ian
Oma
Villeneuve
Nelaon
France
Cock-Eye
Somerset
London
Reading
Aboard the Cuckoo We Move Under Threats and Blood
The narrator fights a rival aboard a tavern scene after a tense encounter with cock-eye and his men. He plans escape by a craft arranged by a wench, while the countess arrives and shivers at the hotel rooms amid rain and fog. The tale advances toward a perilous voyage at dawn.
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Beelzebul
Misa
Jena
D'Arras
Devon
Cock-Eye
John Masters
Roper
Boniface
Tood
Mademoiselle
Star Dust and varied stray thoughts in a 19th century column
A mixed set of items recounts opinions on science and experiments, social life, and economic notes. Mentions Cambridge professor, Rockefeller donations to gardening groups, a Chicago judge on dressmakers, a beer shipment for Tevi Turner, and a polemic on alcohol and wealth. The fragment reads as a collage of anecdotes and commentary.
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