The Missionary and the Bench of the Old Chief Legend
A south island missionary dismisses folklore as false after burning his collected tales. A hurricane uncovers a tree bench with roots turned, proving a legend of a distant Samothracian chief true. The piece reflects on fact within myth and the limits of memory across ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Oas
Whiting
Manu
Mediterranean
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Diodorus Siculus
Black Sea
America
Buried treasures and lost keys in old legends
A muddled reminiscence cites Earl of Foulis, a missing key to a fortress chamber, and a modern unearthed key near a road where a wicked cart was buried. It recalls Dr. Plot on Herefordshire legends, plus a 1660 tale of a diamond crown found near a moat and sold to a London jeweler for £1,600 after passing through a Gloucester seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foulis
KiTuthen
Wadibion
Dr. Plot
Herefordshire
Tailer
Gloucester
Lombard Street
London Standard
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Nevada
Russell & Crosby's
Old Stand
John C. Day
Wadsworth
J. A. Gregory, Prop
E. Olinghouse
WM. Sanders
Undertaker
Rens, Nevada
Hirginisto
Brest
Goda
C. D. Horman
Wadaworth
James H. Fitzgerald
Gapter
Wadsworth Dispatch
THE
Diseatch Publishing CO
Advanee
Raul
Washoe
County Bank
Reno
First National Bank
Reno, New
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
London
Paris
Berlin
Geno
Beliozona
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Europe
W.O
Martin
Geo
Canhter
Analstant
J. Hodgkinson
Reno, Nevada
E. P. Butler
Opera House
Bebt
Teri
Riverside Dairy
B. M. Shager
Proctor Ranch
Wadsworth, Sev Yuy
Craig
Virginia Street
Gazette Office
T. Golding
Practical Boot and Shoe Maker
G. Hoskins
Reno, Nev
E. Fowler
Verdi
Wasnor County
Lonkey
Paxsinger
J. F. Condon
Mansons and
Sxcuerany
O. Lowcey
J.F. Cannon
C.C. Powmina
East Lake
Verdi Mili, CO
Verni
Nevana
PT. Barnum
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