The Boodler and the Voodoo True Story of the Secret Service
A Confederate era tale follows Hon Routwell secretary of the treasury and a chain of counterfeiters in Washington and Philadelphia. The narrator recounts meetings with detectives and a bold sting ending with the arrest of Andrew J. Wightman a leading confidence man amid a Greys goods scam and plans of a later robbery probe.
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Mane
Hon & Routwell
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Secreretary
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Treasury
Treasury Department
Washington
Boutwells
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Delphia
United States
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June
Flowtwell
William A. Rich Rdson
the Treasury
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Boutwell
Houtwell
Oriental
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HM Gnally
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Andrew J Wightman
Sterrary
Treasery
Columbia
South Carolina
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What Is a Name r Matherly Advice
A fragmented reading from a Metropolitan Magazine excerpt shows Margery playing school with dolls. The mock physiology class recites that hands are meant to keep clean and feet should stay clean as well.
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Metropoltan Magasise
Mumbled Prose Fragments From An Unearthed Dialogue
A garbled dialogue fragment presents a weary speaker asking about clothing costs. A character named Sirtes Berker retorts that only his daughter and son exist, describing the daughter as a barefoot dancer and the son as a mar athos renner, with other phrases scattered and unclear.
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Sirtes Berker
Incoherent Meditation on Modern Life and Feeling
Fragmented reflective prose contrasts clothing, comfort, and wit with modern life. The speaker questions genuine struggle versus idle amusement, noting furrowed hearts and laughter on worn chairs amid a muddy world.
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