Vanishing Men and a Mystery Lover in Dallas
In the aftermath of World War I Major Peter DeWolfe visits Englandmate Eversley Benham and meets Brena Selcoss whose husband has vanished. Brena and Peter fall in love while Muriel Benham warns of danger. Brena, once penniless after her Greek family’s fall, roams Dallas meeting Jim Hennepin and later Compton Parmalee who pursues her for wealth and companionship, revealing a tangled tale of disappearance and desire.
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Peter DeWolfe
Eversley Benham
Benham
Brena Selcoss
Muriel Benham
Eversley
Peter
Muriel
Brena
Greece
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Hennepin
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Budapest
Petrograd
London
Wilkie
Tremayn Nash
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Stockholm
Berlin
Chinaman’s
Harvey Street
Chateau de Pontemori
Speculations and Power in a Dallas Heiress’s Rise
Richard Washburn Child recounts Parmalee's two lives with Brena Selcoss as he seeks to mold her into a vessel for his ambitions. Their dangerous bond blends wealth, art, and a fixation on Aztec motifs while a looming past and a mystic symbol—the Kukulcan—haunt their schemes and threaten their control.
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Lee
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Rome
Brena
Parmalee
Quiet New York life unsettled by Parmalee rift
In chapter nine, Brena seeks art and stability while Parmalee withdraws into himself in New York. Their social circles feel hollow as his paranoia grows, his health fades, and he isolates from Brena, who confronts his secrecy and questions their shared future.
Duchess Life and Wealth Change Hands in Tragic Union
Parmalee and Brena Selcoss marry after a secret plan to reshape their lives. Mrs Wilkie envisions social triumph while Parmalee awards Brena a one hundred thousand dollar check. A foreign fate seems to shadow the couple as fear grips Parmalee and he senses something ominous following them.
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Brena
Parmalee
Odin
el Mayaguez
Paul
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Brena Selcoss
Acropolis
Chapter VIII The Extraordinary Transition Up to Parmalee
The fragment describes Parmalee's sudden fear intensifying into a stable, pervasive fear that overtakes his life. It hints at a contagion of unreason spreading within minutes, transforming his actions and mindset in an eerie, unstable manner.
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Upton Parmalee
Absent-minded minister inspires memory tale
A Youth's Companion contributor recalls a Wisconsin pastor famed for poor memory yet saintly conduct. He rarely remembered his text and relied on his wife to supply it from the pulpit. One Sunday he admitted, I don't know, I'm sure, after she reminded him she forgot to tell him.
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Wisconsin
Airplane Trips Arranged for Tourists Over the Alps
Tourists are set to travel over the Alps by air under a new arrangement. The plan covers scheduled flights designed to ease sightseeing and broaden access to alpine scenery.
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Alps
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