The Throne Room and a Royal Kiss Sealed
In Graustark a princess guides a visitor through her throne room a moment of peril and a fateful kiss bound by revelation. A guard’s anger erupts then subsides as love tightens its grip and duty edges toward exile.
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Allode
Miss Guggenslocker
Demosthenes
United States
Yetive
Caspar
Dansbergen
Graustark
Peccavi
Carbine
Larry
Edelweiss
Count Halfont
Arry Anguish
Paris
Mr. Anguish
Dagmar
Cain
Prince Gabriel
Rascal
Michael
Prince Lorenz
Lorenz
Gabriel
Prince
Danglass
Halfont
Forbidden Grounds
Castle Avenue
Grinstark
Lorry
Baron Danglass
Graystark
Axphrainlans
Honored Citizen William A Carson of York
Bliscellancons Heating presents a portrait of William Andrew Carson born August 27, 1817 near Chester. He moved from Fishing creek to Mississippi after 1845 crop failure, then returned to South Carolina for eye disease treatment, married Mary S. McElhaney in 1865, had ten children (six living), served with South Carolina reserves before disability discharge, and settled in Delphos neighborhood five miles south of Yorkville.
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Enquirer
York
William Andrew Carson
Carson
Sandy River
Chester
William Carson
Ireland
Briar Creek
Georgia
Brattonsville
Tory Houck
York County
Fishing Creek
Mr. Carson
Mississippi
South Carolina
Mary S. McElhaney
Samuel L
James M
John F. Carson
Harriet Isabella Cain
Ida Carson
Laura Carson
Charleston
Delphos
Yorkville
Fort Dowling Battle Remembered at Sabine Lake
A Civil War action at Sabine Pass near the Texas Louisiana line features Richard Dowling and about forty men who repelled a fleet attempting a rear attack. They sank one gunboat and forced a transport to surrender, with minimal injuries among Dowling’s crew. A postwar tribute by Nashville Tribune recalls the battle and Dowling’s daring in a dugout.
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Gulf of Mexico
Sabine Lake
Texas
Louisiana Line
Fort Dowling
Gen. Banks
Red River
Louisiana
Kirby Smith
Dick Taylor
Smith and Taylor
Sabine Pass
Richard Dowling
Smith
Taylor
Dowling
New Orleans
Nashville, Tenn
Tribune
Kiss Scene Prompted by Family Room Barter
In a fragment from Illustrated Bits two characters discuss a kiss with Geraldine's mother nearby. Geralda asks for consent while Gerald cautions that their father could witness the moment, signaling a cautious, lighthearted domestic vignette.
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Geralda
Geraldine
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Lee
George Barr McCutcheon
Herbert 8. Stone
Mas
Count Caspar
Love
White Castle Avenue
York’s
William A. Carson
Father Brannan
Weatherford
Tex
Caesar
Gaul
Virginia
Richmond
the James
Sweet Valley
Shenandoah
Grand State
Timne
Robert Lee
Jackson
Valor
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