Darkest Russia Ends in Escape of Exiles and Reunion
In this chapter heavy with intrigue, Caroline and Katherine plot an escape from a sealed prison. Caroline turns the tables by seizing pardons and aiding Alexis Nazimoff and Ivan Barosky to freedom as Olga and others confront Katherine’s schemes. A triumphant finale follows with Karsicheff dethroned and a voyage to a new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine
Caroline
Catherine
Ilda Barosky
Pop
Kathering
Alexis Nazimoff
Ivan Barosky
Ivan Baroshy
Karsicheff
Caroline Cobb
Ivan Barosiy
A Sufficient Disguise
Senator Beveridge cited a stern rebuke about a New York millionaire's son a hard drinker who lounges at clubs and drinks nightly. The son sought a masque disguise and asked his father for advice. The father told him to go sober as the blunt corrective to excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveridge
New York
No Credit in This Pupil
Miss Harriet Hosmer discusses celebrities at her Watertown home. She recalls a New Yorker called Fila who learned to dance in Boston from a charming old French teacher. The teacher asks secrecy as he plans to leave Boston for New York.
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Harriet Hosmer
Watertown
Fila
Boston
Foston
New York
Monsieur
Take Me Back to Old Chicago
James I Kinsella postal registry note recalls Chicago’s pull and State Street’s lure. The speaker longs for vibrant streets, El Lusted Beloved Ualsted area, and the city’s restless energy from a distant post.
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Old Chicago
Big Old City
Chicago
Ulysses
James I Kinsella Registry Division
Escape plan at Dartmoor Prison mirrors Libby attempt
John G. McNeal details an 1812 prisoners of war escape at Dartmoor with a dual tunnel plan. Inmates dug from Nos 5 and 4 sheds for 40 plus feet, concealed by lime and whitewash, spilling earth into a nearby stream. Guards failed to discover until a roving inquiry. Prisoners moved as authorities closed yard sections. tunnels ultimately filled with stones and guards kept watch. A court of inquiry found insufficient evidence to convict, as death penalties loomed and turnkeys heard digging.
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Dartmoor
John G. McNeal
Libby
No. 4
Los Angeles Herald
Fish Drunk at Olden Avenue Bridge Stuns Trenton
Residents along the Trenton area witness a weekly scene as brewery vats empty beer into the Delaware River. Pickerel eels perch and catfish swim and leap while crowds gather hoping for a free drink as fish drift downstream then vanish with the flowing water until the next vat cleaning.
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Trenton
N. J
State Gazette
Munchausen
Olden Avenue
Princeton
Carrie Nation
Johnny
General Grant’s boots and habit of sleeping on them
The tale recounts General Frederick Grant sleeping with his boots beneath his head on trains and in unfamiliar places. He recalls losing his boots as a cadet at West Point, then relying on friends in Washington to buy replacements, and says he has slept on his boots ever since, unable to break the habit.
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Rzar
Katherine
Septimus Cobb
Karsicher
Nicholas
Cobb
Constantine Karsicher
Fred Grant
General J
West Point
Washington
Return of the Prodigal From Idaho
Portland Oregonian reports a reformed prodigal tale as Tom Johnson, once a slot machine frequenter, returns home after six months away. Father rejects him, while brother John’s steady banking career earns a salary raise.
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Johnson
John
Tom
Idaho
Portland Oregonian
The Worshipers Laugh At A Deaf Doctor
In a village church after services Deacon Ruggles asks Dr. Smithson how he liked the sermon. The doctor, now hard of hearing, says he did not hear it and has ceased attending to reflect spiritually. The deacon jokes that many come to think up a horse trade instead.
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Deacon Ruggles
Smithson
Welsh gentleman in Pennsylvania offered snake pelts contract
The Squehawken Morning Intelligencer questions a Welsh Pennsylvania man named Gwifdd Jones who allegedly seeks 10 000 rattlesnake pelts for a French manufacturer. The paper doubts the tale, noting no sworn statement and accusing Jones of decoying victims by coiling on a stump and chanting his name.
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Pennsylvania
Gwifdd Jones
Cryltalus
Squehawken Morning Intelligencer
Squehawken
Mr. Jones
Editor Clings to Old Quarters at Harper’s
Henry Mills Alden marks thirty five years as Harper’s editor in a sunlit cubby near the old editorial rooms. He refused relocation to preserve the morning sun that has warmed his desk for decades. Zionists to Inspect Site for East Africa Settlement Likely to start in October the five man expedition will report next March with a Zionist congress set for Basel in March.
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Henry Mills Alden
Harper's Magazine
Zionist Organization
Vienna
East Africa
England
South Africa
Basel
Beauties of Our Language Dialogue on a Lieutenant’s Wife
A playful exchange asks who is talking to the captain and reveals the woman is a lieutenant’s wife. The dialogue notes her status and comments on how many wives the lieutenant has, reflecting light humor about military life.
Man of Metal in Witty Exchange
A quip about a man of mettle and metal ends with the line that he used to work in an iron foundry and now is a copper, reflecting a playful exchange on professions and character.
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Russia
HW. Grattan Donnelly
Street & Smith
Coroline
Karsieheff
Tvan Barosky
Chitha
Chita
Ixkarsicheff
Alexis Nazimavn
Sven Barosky
Katherine Karsicheff
Warsichef
Ida Bargsby
Ai Agruff Voler
Kara
Olga
Ivan
Karsicheffs
Hamburg
Elbe
Alexis
Ilda
Gen. Cobb
Atlantic
the World's Clearing House
George Warrington Steevens
Ladysmith
Samuel Johnson
Milion
Ino
Frank
Free
Ehumss
Iassi
Yearuhay
Chitago
State Street
lLipsses
Shortland
No. 5
Fle
Return
Lttle
St. George Rathborne
Squire John
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