Globe Trotters New Year in Old World Tales
A grizzled globe trotter in New York recalls New Year’s Day 1897 near death at sea off Madagascar on a raft with 25,000 men, a later voyage near Cape Horn, an albatross feast, and other travelers’ trials. An American trader recounts Haiti prison luck, Jamaica crocodile hunts, and a salt of perilous holidays told with period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dee
Scotland
Madagascar
Cape Horn
Valparaiso
Cape Morn
Jessy
Manigat
Calabooas
Miragoane
Globe Trotter
Jamaica
West Iales
Honore
Word of King Canute Romance Scene Continues
A romantic medieval dialogue unfolds as Randalia and Dearwyn discuss Rothgar and Canute. Randalia teases secrets, while a wary Lord Sebert navigates court danger, love, and loyalty as plots weave through a rain-soaked estate. The pair ponder loyalties, destinies, and a love token’s meaning in a tense, period-voice exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randalia
Dearwyn
Horn
Tata
Allence
Ips
Randalin
Canute
Thane
Sebert
Rothger
Elfgiva
Canuts
Rothgar
Tehoen
Teboen
Danee
Hebert
Robert
When the King Takes Queen in the Abbey Garden
In a secluded garden scene the household fuss with peacocks and lapdogs as tension rises around Tebeen's warning. Lady Elfwina and attendants react to fear while Old cellarer remarks on a Britian woman seeking milk at dawn as intrigue tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fligiva
Abbey
Leonorine
Elfwina
Dearwyn
Garth
Name and Ragged Youth Echoes From Colorado Roads
A traveler recalls a humorous encounter on a Colorado road with a 16 year old boy in ragged clothes. The youth recites a joke about his name Ler and the rider notes the boy’s amused expression as they pass through the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G
Colorado
Also Mentioned on This Page
Globe Trotters
West Indies
Mira- Roane
Gen. Mantgat
Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
Lief the Lucky
Deolung & Ga
10 Post
Raven
Herpe
England
Saenhat
Rothgar’s
Tate
Abe
Gloucester
Brad Wens
Bifglya
Syarsdale
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