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...lad of 15, he enlisted and fought in France for the Empire. Gallant, meteoric, he progressed to the Near East, and at barely 17 was made Governor of Zea (Ceos), an Aegean island on which he put down a rebellion, using British-French-Greek troops. Before the War ended he had returned to France, been wounded, then captured. When peace came he inherited $100,000 and tried to settle down. He is one Wilfred Thomas McCartney, British subject, even now barely...
...small room in an English country house, famed Author Thomas Hardy lay sick in bed. Frail, 87, a little querulous in his talk, he still seemed unaccustomed to this invalid ease, the result of a chill he lad caught a month before. His hands, as thin and brown as claws, played nervously with the edge of his quilt. James Barrie came to talk to him; Hardy's peaked mournful face was turned sideways on its pillow, his voice seemed shrill and tired as he spoke to the writer who, with himself, shares the honor of being most respected...
...dashed bad stuff," declared R. C. Henderson, their spokesman, "you would get chucked out of any English dance for pulling such a steal. Why, you can't rush a real stunner for a minute without getting broken up by some lad. It's a regular scrim! And I say, if you aren't careful do you know, you might trot away the whole night with one partner. On and off on schedule is our ticket. Lots better...
...Story. Dundee was a very sick little boy when he first met the stranger face to face. Delirious with fever, Dundee tossed on his bed. They thought that Dundee might die. Then the stranger appeared and spoke to the lad: "Things are not very certain with you and if you want to take my advice, you had better hold fast to the bed. If you are not very careful, Dundee, it will slip away from under you." So Dundee held fast to the bed and soon was well...
Free again, the love-mad young lad fled with his bien aimee to Bulgaria, whence the runaway Princess was brought back to Bucharest under strong guard at the request of Queen Marie, who drove through the streets with her to still the rumors of her elopment. After this Princess Ileana is supposed to have tried to kill herself (means unspecified...