The Yorick Castle Treasure and a Night of Escape
John Spencer and Geoffrey uncover a murder by four men in green livery while pursuing the gang Pharaoh. Helena, Countess of Yorick, reveals a hidden gold treasure in the castle vault and plans a counter move as the party gathers for a tense dinner and planned night patrols.
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John Spencer
Geoffrey UN
Austria
Geoffrey
John
Pharaoh
Dewdrop
Rush
Bugle
Bailey
Lfe
Spencer
Yorick Castle
Helena
Annabel
Plumage Farm
Yorick
Valentine
Salzburg
Flight chapter reveals Helena meets Pharaoh and Captain Faning
Helena recognizes Pharaoh instantly as he greets her and Captain Faning. The Count of Yorick introduces Faning while Pharaoh notes his own address matches his presence. The scene shifts as Pharaoh approaches Helena and Spencer prepares for card play implications.
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Helena
Pharaoh
Count of
Yorick
Captain Faning
Terence Tote
Spencer
No Cannon Balls Wasted in Napoleon's War Days
A Pearson's Weekly writer notes that during the Acre siege Napoleon’s forces used battlefield gleam as British ships fired on the shore. British crews poured cannon fire while Napoleon’s men retrieved and repurposed balls at five francs each.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Napoleon
Acre
Alexandria
Sydney Smith
Mademoiselle de Armentieres Tune Origins Traced
The tune Mademoiselle de Armentieres traces to a 16th century folk song Die Drei Reiter with words from an English army ditty Ski Boo popular during the Franco Prussian war era.
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Mademoiselle de
Equiped for Lecture Tour with Remarque and an American Girl
A Troy Record item recounts Herr Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, meeting an American woman in Berlin. She questions why he has not visited the United States, and he offers a garbled English sampler: How do you do I love you Forgive me Forget me Ham and eggs please. The girl exclaims the words could fuel a U S tour from Maine to California.
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Lady
Helena
Axel
Pharaoh
John
Sabre
Valentine
Florin
Yorick
Herr Remarque
Berlin
Remarque
United States
Maine
California
Troy
N. Y
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