Blood red danger at Yorick castle mine trap
In a tense extract from Dornford Yates, Pharaoh tightens a trap in Yorick castle as Helena resists torture and a treasure haul looms. Sabre the dog and a hidden door complicate escape while Rush and Dewdrop guard the chamber. The abducted countess faces a perilous choice with dawn approaching.
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Helena of
Yorick
Sabre
Bugle
Florin
Hubert
Rush
Pharaoh
Dewdrop
Helena
Geoffrey
Bailey
Jungle hunting easy but zoo life wears Nagel down
Hans Nagel, curator of the Houston Zoo, recalls roaming Africa 1904 to 1912 for reptiles and fowl, with few accidents. He notes captivity injuries to himself from many animals, including a lioness’s bite, a boa constrictor, a stork, a kangaroo, and alligators, with 105 days in hospital after Big Jim the alligator forced his hospital stay.
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Hans Nagel
Houston
Texas
Nagel
Africa
Caesar
Zoo Ifon
Big Jim
Washington's Letter on Spy Expenses Sells for $2,000
From the Revolutionary era a letter of George Washington to General Talmadge discussed raising 250 dollars for spy expenses. The document, believed linked to James Fenimore Cooper's She Spy, sold for 2000 dollars in Philadelphia, part of Charles T. Jeffery's collection.
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George Washington
General Talmadge
Nnd
Crosby
James Fenimore Cooper
Washington
Philadelphia
Charles T. Jeffery
Merion Station
Wall Street Journal
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