The Suakin embassy siege and desert duel recounted
In Suakin a British officer and Arab prisoner clash in a moonlit trench. Captain Dugdale pursues the captive with Fraser, fights the Arab, and ends by saving his life with a pistol shot as Fraser dies. The narrator, William Murray Graydon, survives and recalls the brutal duel and its grim aftermath.
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Bruce
Col. Car- Tiston
Lorstan
Speckhles
Alara
Suakim
Fish
Treco
Achamd Ras
Sunekim
Aml
Dugdale
Ninth Dranons
Tam
Erapad Amhonty
Penineula
Pirin
Tom Fraser
Keke Fraser
Fraser
Neludier
Biachanes
Tavain T
Nhine
Suaklin
Mien
Hutee
Stakim
Suakisa
Sphick
Willam Murray Graydon
Philadelphia
United States
Yrotee
The Grateful Goblin and the Woodchopper's Reward
Nick Nickson, a weary woodchopper of twenty five years, frees a goblin trapped in an oak. The goblin promises riches but vanishes as Nick discovers a hidden ebony box containing a note and a tiny star orker, read by a neighbor who deciphers the backward inscription and opens the box.
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Nick Nickson
Nick
Elese
Bng
Ao Betes
Providence
Biinkingdale
Sam
Nickson
Son
Goblin
Tiata
The Grateful Goblin Treasure Tale Repeats Fate
Nickson the woodcutter finds a black box with backward writing and a silver treasure after a greedy man drowns in a bridge collapse. Nick returns to the forest, finds another box with forward writing, receives a golden key, and gains a final treasure with the goblin’s blessing for his wife and children. The tale contrasts greed and patience.
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Nick
Hely
Sek
Nickson
Bobe
Nick Nickson
Globe Democrat
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MAS
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Eve
Callinanata Avec
Bondste
Lithogren Sud
Aloe
Wistibie
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DR. Hall
WM. Hall
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Teok
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Kansas
Getty, F
Wichita Wholesale Grocer Company
Corner First and Water St
Wichita, Kan
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Douglas Avenue
THE
Wichita Eagle
Muriock & Bro
Lcago
New York
Murdock
Carey
Chicago
Nebraska
Uberots Otters
Cnet
Doen Bane
Wetervowe
Suez P Bocesroan
Peal
Posse
Suubertt
Cong
J. F. Stafford Grocers and Sporting Goods Company
Wichita City Roller Mills
Oliver & Imbodenco
Kansas Loan and Investment
N. F. Nrepruranpen
Zines
M. W. Ler
Treas
A.W. Univex
J. € . Stovay
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Barwise
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Foksas Gas
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Denver
Pullman
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Colorado
St Lous
Cor. 2d and
Sthares
Bediers
Architectaras
St Lonia
Pullivan
Oliver Bros
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