Lost Wager Deepens Mystery of Million Renunciation
In John T. Forgan's opulent dining room a wager pits life against liberty as a young lawyer agrees to fifteen years of solitary confinement for a million dollars. The prisoner endures literary and philosophical study amid solitude, while the banker blusters about a grand renunciation. A dramatic twist reveals the bet's fragility as a scapegrace begs forgiveness and a proof collapses, leaving Forgan ruined and the room full of quiet scandal.
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John T. Forgan
ZI Beleve
Aurea
Isa B-T,"" Said Mr Forgan
Jess
Bankers Mansion
Byron
Voltaire
Goethe
Thess
Rrghivel
Mount Everett
Veauviua
Hekla
Ips
Allence
Baid
Stock Exchange
Church
Gampson-Hedgen Co
Chicago
The Seventh Son and the Gift Beyond Wealth
A seven times billionaire learns his seventh son seeks content beyond luxury. Fairy gifts of Luxury Health Wealth Beauty Success and Work fail to satisfy. After wandering to find content, he discovers content lies with Work, a humble force found only by earning and hard labor amid the poor and ordinary.
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Billionaire Anegrily
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Hiven
Billiionaire
Hillonaire
Content
Work
Beauty
Russia
Mountaineer
Stith
Anid
The Red Duchess Mystery Opens in New York
Penniless Winston Thorp becomes entangled in a street crowd and receives a mysterious invitation to 4020 Madison Avenue. Esper Indiman owns a famed Lely portrait damaged by a thief. A series of copies circulates as investigations unfold. Indiman reveals a deeper secret tied to Clive Richmond and a possible return of the original to St Petersburg.
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Synorsis
Winston Thorp
Madison Avenue
Esper Indiman
Mr. Indiman
Lely
Thorp
Indiman
Inchman
Roger W. Blake
Indlman
Mme
Mr. Blake
Inciman
Blake
Mr. In—Indiman
Detective Bureau
Lower Bowery
Gregory
Stone
Fourth Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
New Orleans
Pittsburg
Rae
New York
Fulton Street
St. Petersburg
Hermitage
Sobrieska
Isboing
Bowery
Hermitage Gallery
Russia
Curio
Clive Richmond
Duchess
Sixth Avenue
Petersburg
St. John’s Park
Mt. John
Ain
Richmond
Conscience Fund
Ene
Seecret
Oscar
Hihouge
Esper Inciman
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Dy Hamper
Sovereignty of the Air Across Nations Considered
Governments debate aerial sovereignty based on cannon range to define a sky zone. Analyses show a rifle fired upward travels half as far as horizontal, implying five miles of airspace from the coast for a country like the United States. Germany and others possess specialized artillery for balloons and airships, though with shorter ranges.
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United States
Germany
The Doorway and a Night of Long Ago
A poem volume memory recalls a simple city flat doorway, a dance with Myrtilia C, and Thana guiding her home as lights dimmed. The scene fades to a heavenly doorway, with a kiss goodbye at the door. The reminiscence is framed by McLandburgh Wilson in Lippincott's.
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Thana
McLandburgh ‘Wilson
Lippincatt’s
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the Red Duchess
Sovereignty OF the
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