Lanyard Fights Through Blazing Ship Escape to Shore
Amid gunfire and crashing ballast on the Sybarite, Lanyard strips, pockets Madame Montalais jewels, disarms Phinuit, and escapes via a stern exit. He crawls through deadlights, climbs to the deck, and, pursued, dives to the sea, guided by a fog-bound beacon toward Plum Island and a final refuge at the Walpole suite window.
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Phinult
Lanyard
Langara
Phinuit
Captain Monk
Plum Island
Monk
Three-Cornered Boy Appears in Mara Tale
Nancy and Nick of Mara meet a three cornered boy while searching for Mother Goose's broom. The odd child speaks in three angled phrases and cannot help with the mystery as the pair press for details. They note Mara's many people but none like him as the scene ends with a cliffhanger.
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Nick
Nancy
Mara
Ionan
Marth
Heattle Filas
Early Seattle postoffice tales from pioneer CG L Andrews
A reader recalls Seattle in pioneer days sharing memories of the first post office in 1868 as well as figures like O J Carr Lyman Wood and Prof Meany. The tale covers mail delivery scarcity nickel and dime change and the post office back opening onto a shipyard with clams stored nearby.
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Lowman & Hanfords
David
Seattle
Miller
First Ave
CG. L. Andrews
Peggy
Tacoma
O. J. Carr
Lyman Wood
Prof
Meany
University
The
P.I
PI Mall
Swabacher Bros
Mint
San Francisco
Enigmatic Tenancy and Silent Call Across New York
On his first day in a Fifth Avenue hotel Lanyard lingers over a changing cityscape while awaiting a command from Eve de Montalain. He faces a tense, unanswered cable, then grips the telephone with growing weariness as suspense tightens around his stalled mission and unsure reception.
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New York
Eve de Montalain
Wertheimer
Ike
Himealf
Don’t Squeeze Black Heads Dissolve Them
A simple home method claims to dissolve black heads without squeezing. Apply calonite powder mixed with water to a hot damp cloth, rub the area briefly, then wash off. The skin supposedly becomes soft and pores return to normal.
Notable arrivals brighten Langford residence
Liane Delorme leads a cheerful procession into the room followed by Monk Jules and Phinuit, all dressed in new, costly apparel. Phinuit appears pale with one arm in a sling, while Langford receives the group with weary courtesy as the scene shifts toward continuation tomorrow.
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Langford
Liane Delorme
Monk
Jules
Phinuit
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Monsieur
Liane
Madame Montalais
Walpole
Burton
BY Ahern
Gosh Kid
Black
Portland
OLI
Stanley
Otey
Abner Tuttle
Marshal Otey Walker
Tom
All
poEs
Danny
Freckles
BY Blosser
Tae
Gwen
Assus Walled
Mverett
Kes
Edwin J. Brown
Columbia
Bertha E. Shapleigh
Columbia University
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