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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1885
Page
7
A fragment from the Abilene Reflector laments faded glory and survived relics in a ruined attic. The piece recalls musket, sword, and drum as symbols of liberty and endurance, contrasting past grandeur with present decay and reflection.
Jim Biggins, trapped by deep snow, befriends a lone hunter named Shade Miller after a tense encounter. The pair endure hunger and cold while plotting a strike, then a traveling group led by Shade turns out to be kin to Miller, saving Biggins and Joe when a child is found. The tale ends with the rescued family, a mining boom, and a renewed partnership between the prospectors.
The account tours a Nautchnee establishment enclosed by a high wall, entering a bare hall and a gymnasium where over a hundred girls perform drills. It notes child ages from ten to fourteen, varying dress, and disciplined training, with the head figures and buyers from Afghanistan, Cutch, and Cashmere shaping a cross-border trade.
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