Duchess Joan Returns to Courtland After Capture
In the continued chapter, Duchess Joan is escorted to Courtland as her husband Louis promises safe passage in exchange for surrender after Muscovite forces cross the Alla. Joan’s rivalry with Margaret deepens as Margaret offers refuge, and Joan contemplates her uncertain fate while a new chapter ends with a door knock and a promise to continue.
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Joan
Courtland
Balta
George
Alt Picker
Sparhawk
Kernsberg
Plassenbure
Alf Pikker
Margaret
Alta
Louis
Prince of
Stralsund
Louis of
Kernaberg
Count van Loen
Slang Concerns A Stock Broker In Philadelphia
A senior Philadelphia stock broker laments rising senseless slang among youths. He recounts a caller using jargon like main squeeze and layout, then translates it through a stenographer to express a desire for safe, respectable investment advice and a move away from risky gambling.
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Philadelphia
Thad
Indication of Employment Mention Sparks Dialogue
Nell, described as an electrical expert, faces Belle as she comments on his use of shocking language. The exchange hints at professional skill and social friction in a compact vignette.
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Nell
Wise From Experience Meeks Stray Stories
A brief Stray Stories vignette with Meeks and Weeks debating relationship views. Meeks claims his wife warned him, implying a humorous male perspective on persuasion within marriage. The exchange iterates a comic view of spousal influence.
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Meeks
The Story That Was Never Printed
Carroll, a young newspaper man, refuses to publish a scandal about Lester Middleton and Essie, choosing integrity over a lucrative expose. He confronts city editor Klunk, who had pressured him to print a damaging story.
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Young Carroll
Kilunk
Morning Transcript
New York
Mason and Dixon
Carroll
Klunk
Transcript
Nborn
Mr. Carroll
Lester Middleton
Essie Middleton
Lester
Essie
Klank Carroll
Klank
Charles Street
Chase
B. Bowlea
Calin
Charile
Father
Easte
Charlie
Klonk
Mr. Klonk
Kiuik
Kirik
Middleton
Mrs Blank Chooses Brown for Husband's Suit
Mrs Blank guides selection of a business suit for her husband in a tailor shop. She argues color, insists brown flatters his complexion, then returns to buy blue for herself, planning to claim her husband helped her decide and that he will not recall the incident. The tale ends with her vow to surprise him with the outfit.
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Blank
Mr. Blank
Tailor’s
Mr Blank
Ome
Charles
Mrs. Blank
Mr Marden Cited by Mount Vernon Child
A Mt. Vernon resident recalls Mr. George A Marden, Boston treasurer, explaining to his little daughter how England has a king and Germany an emperor. The child says, We don't need any king here, for we have got Mr Marden and God.
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Mr. Marden
Mt. Vernon
N.hs
George A Marden
United States
Stll
Boston
England
Germany
Marden
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Snurd
Crockett
B. & Crockett
Don
Russia
Alla
Ivan
Summer Palace
Moscow
Polognia
Prince Louis
Hohenstein
Alt Pikker
Bruncild
Courtland Street
Princess Margaret
Muscovy
Conrad
Summer
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