The Soldier King and the Duchess of Hipicula
A fragmented tale recalls a young soldier king aiming to conquer kingdoms. He travels with a small guard to meet the Duchess of Hipicula in a defile, where she reveals herself as Elateria’s sovereign and negotiates terms while exposing his vulnerability. The encounter ends with a moral twist on power and disguise.
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Hia
Napoleon
Fle
Thsteria
Yam
Elateria
Teria
Hi Tole
Yue Blug
Histeria
Circe
Haenat
Educated in a cominary maid speaks of gas tragedy
A Cleveland Leader fragment recalls a domestic worker recounting life in a house with two maids. She describes education in a cominary, a cook and chambermaid, and shares a grim note about a woman who died from gas the night before an interrogation.
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Peery
Jan
Edmonia
Cleveland
A Pair of Poets and a Distant Future
A morning street scene shows Robert Browning greeting Chinese minister and envoy in courtly humor. The piece also sketches Dr. Fridtjof Nansen’s prediction of Earth's distant fate as the sun cools, and a vignette of a family during a morning wagon parade with a mother listening to her children.
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Strees
Robert Browning
St. James
Browning
Llauds
Fridjof Nansen
Earth
Her Luck and the Mine Deaths Coincidence
A married woman loses three husbands in succession to mine accidents. Despite great sorrow she tells callers she still has reasons to be thankful. The London Graphic item notes the curious coincidence and her steady faith amid tragedy.
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London
Fragmented Thoughts on Speech and Wondering Minds
An experimental prose piece blends humor and reflection as characters debate education, love letters, and the quirks of daily life. Dialogues touch on cross examinations, football games, parenting, and shifting fashions, with playful wordplay and clipped riffs.
Exclusive to the bust aboard an Atlantic liner
A fragmentary journal-like tale claims a party in a ladies’ cabin faced sickness and exclusivity as a cat responded to a banter about being private, while voices throughout mock a child’s bedtime cries and a cautious uncle warns of deceits in a muddled scene.
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Athantic
Bert
Argonant
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