Paper Roses Chapter XII Describes Briton confrontation with Sherney
Roderick Briton returns from Tigerskey Gardens to his chambers feeling ruined by memories of Lillian Fane. A visit from Sherney, the circus manager, forces Briton to face accusations of a past affair and a threatened accusation of murder as Sherney hints at hidden knowledge and demands action.
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Roderick Briton
Tigerskey Gardens
Lillian
Rosalie Briton
Fergereon
Lillian Fane
Rorie
Sethye
Ferne
Ee Saressim
Ila
Rorte
Doings of the Duffs It Didn't Mean Anything
Roderick Briton confronts Sherney in a tense room where accusations about Rosalie’s death surface. Sherney taunts him with a blackmail offer of five hundred pounds while hinting at other rivals, including a hunchback named Bunch, and a violent past night. Briton demands the man leave.
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Roderick
Romle
Sherney
Romie
Anty
Rosalie
Rorie
Korie
Rolce
Romlie
Raore
Rome
Net drama ends lunch raid by sea folk
In a Seattle Star tale from 1921, Nick dumps a crowded fish net, freeing shrimps and crabs. Mr Flatfish Flounder laments the ruined luncheon as Cap'n Pennywinkie takes the net home. The Twins praise the deed and the shorebound fish celebrate.
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Nick
Mr. Flatfish Flounder
Mr. Fiatti
Nancy
Glaas
Seattle Star
Suppose They Had Stayed That Night at Oak Point
The Minister recalls four hopeless months during a harsh winter when the family faced starvation. Father hunted, cattle were fed scraps, and deer meat and grain ran low. A neighbor brought news twice. isolation resembled Robinson Crusoe, with no church, school, or letters.
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Oak Point
Father
Robinson Crusoe
Desert Island
David
Peggy
When a Woman Tells by Ruth Agnes Abeling
A tense domestic scene unfolds as Grace urges a reluctant observer to enter Mrs. Ames’s room. Philip Ames confronts accusations from Rolce and Shemey while Roderick wrestles with the potential scandal and his own sense of fate amid the quiet fallout.
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Ruth Agnes Abeling
Grace
Mrs. Ames
Miss—Sorensen
Philip Ames
Philip
Lila Ames
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Gurl
Everett True
Stanley
Shemey
Lila
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Tseerda
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Hosea
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