The Curious Case of Poe and the Dubois Vault Heist
In New Orleans the banker Christopher Poe spots a vaudeville team the Twirley Twins, stranded after a string of hard luck. He spins them a con with a Paris style burglary tale, revealing a plan drawn from a real crime into a stage sketch and secures their future work while exposing a real caper behind their act.
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Christopher Por
Hopkins Cross
Poe
Ik Bett
Bourbon
New Orleans
Dutois
Christopher Poe
Hopkins
Twirley
Twitley
Poo
Paris
Frisco
Frisco? “Yes. I Believe We Did.” Mrs. Twirley
Lehlo
Mra. T
Armand Dubois
Dickie
Mrs. Twirley
Miser
Devil
Jimmy
London
Antal
Twirley Twins
Billy Ryan
Sation House
A Sad Blow Delays European Trip Bel Came Off Suitcase
A traveler recalls a ruined European trip when a bell from a suitcase fell off and was lost, leaving disappointment and a travel mishap to tell.
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Europe
Knocked Out The Professor Klumsey Remark
A blunt remark targets The Professor Klumsey and a boastful autoist claims the other man knew nothing after an encounter. The exchange showcases a terse, dismissive tone and a clash between rivals.
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Klumsey
The Fortune Teller Joke Ends in Cold Bet
A comic exchange features a fortune teller predicting lifelong poverty until age forty and the man pressing for a future, only to hear the teller quip that the experience will simply be familiar by then.
Good Night Clash Over Marriage Sparks Family Doubt
A constrained suitor pleads to marry, but the woman reveals she is already part of the family, exposing opposition from her relatives and triggering a tense exchange about loyalty, duty, and consent. The scene centers on social expectations and personal bonds within a household.
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Mopkity
Royal Street
New Orleans
Dubois
Dave
Armand Dubois
Hopkins
Alert
Great Dane
Stranger in City Tufts Past Portrait of Tim
A go back stranger greets Jackson in town noting a change from past status among four hundred. Seedy figure retorts bitterly that Tim has returned to a fractured, divided scene as old social ranks shift in the city.
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Dubois
Dubols
Jock
Sheraton
Hopkins
Jackson
Tim
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W. G. Chapman
Mr. Dubois
José Dubois
Stacia
Dubole
Dudois
M— Dubois
Wate
San Antono
Missis
Withim
Hardy
Thomas Hardy
Twirley Twin
Angel
Bankewindlers
New York
Merry Whirl Company
George
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