The Fat Man's Crime
In a crowded station a jittery Rev. Joseph Dexter loses a half sovereign and his East Breakstead train. He boards a waiting carriage where a very fat man in a gray suit sits opposite, drawing curious pity and wary stares from fellow passengers as a tense, uneasy mood develops among the travelers headed toward Breakstead.
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Joseph Dexter
Dexter
Mr. Dexter
East Breakstead
Monte Carlo
Five Gates Junction
Breakstead
Waddy
Johnson
Cross
A Chance for Him. Washington Star.
Johnson teases Waddy about his wife as the minister reflects on forgiveness and restraint. A mistaken arrest at Five Gates Junction leads to a courtroom misidentification, then a hospital reunion as Waddy and Helen reconcile and join Dexter’s Kirkton congregation.
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Waddy
Johnson
East Breakstead
Dexter
Helen Wadady
Helen Waddy
East Broakstead
Bethesda
Kirston
Mr. Dexter
Darnley
Five Gates
Evergeant
Kirkton
Bethesda Chapel
Helen Wasidy
Helen
Nelly
Waddys
When the veil lifts from the eye and life’s late hour
A reflective verse fragment by Edmund Clarence Stedman ponders aging and insight. It questions why wiser vision arrives when strength fades, and imagines a realm where youth’s flame endures and opportunity remains. The speaker laments time’s narrowing chances for the young and old alike.
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
Bevis of Hampton Bevis of Hampton Story Told for Bevis Dragon Fight
Uncle Frank narrates a Christmas tale of Bevis a brave peasant son who after receiving magic aid from an oak spirit defeats a fiery dragon terrorizing a king’s realm. Bevis invisibility aids him in rescuing King Cedric’s daughter Edith and saving the kingdom before returning to ordinary farm work.
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Homecroft
Uncle Frank
Jack Frost
Frank
Little Mayblossom
England
Bevis
Cedric
Old Oak
Cerdic
King's Castle
Edith
Cedi
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J. Maclaren Cobban
Joseph
E Juet
Jim
Him
Washington Star
Biss
Boston
Maxy
Mose
Si Jeunesse Savait
Bevis OF
Hampton
Jimson
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