The Conquest of the Curate ends in a bike lesson
Miss Dorothy Lee visits the Vering parish on Sunday rides and stirs Curate Alick Haynes by cycling to church. A chance mishap with a bicycle spanner, a sprained ankle, and a bold bicycle ride test his resolve. After a staged deception, forgiveness follows as Dorothy confesses and the pair confronts feelings amid village life.
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Alick Haynes
Jook
Cas
Vrcar
Alick Haynea
Lttle
Jim Danks
Harry Smith
Dane Court
Alick
Indies
St. Peter’s
Les
Dorothy
Vering
Cyril Honeywood
Haynes
Miss Lee
Cyril
Dawn
Verlag
Mr. Haynes
Stimy
Goodbye and Jealous Hearts Between Dorothy and Haynes
Dorothy, tormented by pride and longing, bids Mr. Haynes farewell as she faces an aching rift. He clings to her hand in anger and jealousy, while Alick remains, aware of unspoken truths, as Dorothy bursts into tears.
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Mr. Haynes
Dorothy
Miss Lee
Haynes
Alick
Out of the Ordinary: Quirks and Inquiries from Around the World
A survey of curious facts spans military abstainers in Britain, Bavaria bans cremation, France forbids shouting Vive la France in Alsace Lorraine, and state salary hikes in Ohio. It notes diverse populations in Hawaii, speculative ventures on Popocatepetl, paper from wood, and a Newcomen engine in Scotland. Also covers race mixing in cemeteries, Ascension Island, and various global pension placements.
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Bavaria
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Ohio Senate
Hawaii
United States
British Isles
Holland
Belgium
Popocatepetl
Durban
South Africa
Herr Stor
Barringen
Bohemia
Utah
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
California
Montana
Nevada
Greece
Hill
Augusta
Farme Colony
Rutherglen
Glasgow
Atlanta
Ascension
Atlantic Ocean
British Admiralty
M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
America
Florence A. Fensham
Constantinople
Turkey
Congregational Church
Uncle Sam
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Germany
Russia
Norway
Denmark
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Africa
Brooklyn
New York
London
Hidden Author Names and Decapitation Riddle in Verse
A fragment from a literary page presents a wordplay puzzle titled 153 and 154, including a charade about a "great atomician" and a request to find an author hidden within the text, then quotes a critic O’Lanigan. It continues with Dorothea and a decapitation riddle where removing the head of a word alters meaning, linking to biblical themes and sea life imagery.
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O'’Lanigan
Masher
O'Lanigan
Burns
Cotter
Anacrostic time renter memoir in verse
A fragmentary verse piece discusses time as a valuable renter and urges mindful living with purpose. It imagines rest and seclusion in a bright, enchanting place beyond the sea, promising royal indulgence as years pass. The line ends with a cue “T.22.”
Tales from a World Weary Soldier and Sailor Dorothea
A narrator recalls meeting an old Spaniard, a Confederate veteran, and an English corporal who share campaign notes from distant lands. Each speaks of liberty wrested from power, adventures on hidden islands, visits to Rome and its Baths, and grand tales that suggest their lives rival Arabian Nights, Dorothea.
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Poral
Rome
Dorothea
Time to Tea Rhyme Solves The Distance Dilemma
A playful verse explains that at ten miles per hour the traveler arrives an hour late while at fifteen miles per hour he arrives an hour early. The puzzle then lists prize book hunt entries and a garbled array of curious word clues and numbers from a late 19th or early 20th edition.
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Ruby M. Ayres
Palmer
Yeanue
Hyememc Food Co.,ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Uni
Cation
E. R. Chadbourn
Lewiston
Maine
H. See Bee
de Vise
Amelia
Sirenomella
Heaven
Totlx
God
Eden
Earth
Sea
Providence
Mabel P
Pampas
New Jersey
Anacrostic
Lowell
Page
Campbell
Caine
Scott
Churchill
Henee
Hamme
Phynemn
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