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Friday February 1st 1889: The sun emerges from behind a cloud to reflect off the diamond into the eye dropping a tear into the sand next to the body of the Captain.
Saturday February 2nd 1889: Dolly surpassed her previous record of 13 feet by 3 more to the cheers of onlookers from the windows of the Bay Hotel.
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Sunday February 3rd 1889: Competitors release imported rats of prodigious strength and stamina beneath Mr. Taylor’s store in hopes of undermining his business.
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Monday February 4th 1889: Mr. Hawthorne incites the magickal fermented spirits in Mr. Burnell’s jars of sliced cabbage with his practiced trombone.
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Tuesday February 5th 1889: At the Pavilion every musician in Eureka conspire to inspire the souls of their fellow citizens toward the improvement of the rhythmic and harmonious completion of every day’s works.
Wednesday February 6th 1889: The act is not malicious, just a consequence of fun. The creature sinks it’s teeth in, as if the buoy was a bun.
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Thursday February 7th 1889: While dragging a stick across the new sidewalk on E street, the child hears a portion of the overture of Guillaume Tell by Gioachino Rossini.
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Friday February 8th 1889: Not understanding that love will always be insane, the judge locks up the Valentine less than a week before his special day. Will he be released in time?
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Saturday February 9th 1889: Creating just enough mist to ground the steamer, the faeries offer a bargain for future fair passages. The Captain contemplates.
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Sunday February 10th 1889: Miss Buhne realizes how beautiful a woman can look while surrounded by roses after her mirror is imbued with magickal powers by Miss Fay.
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Monday February 11th 1889: Dr. Wells’ son feels unrivaled joy upon the receipt of the materials with which he will construct his grand artwork reflecting on his father’s (and his future) profession.
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Tuesday February 12th 1889: Half the audience at the Pavilion wonders if Miss Cherry has made a deal with old Mephistophelese to sing so well. The other half knows she must have done so.
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Wednesday February 13th 1889: Rehearsing all day in the basement of the courthouse Mr. Connell’s preparations for his lecture reach an icy peak in the late afternoon, first blowing open the glass door, then igniting a fire blocks away.
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Thursday February 14th 1889: Deeply feeling her grief, the young lady’s thoughts of her fiance’s firey death cause the winds to blow, the seas to roil, and the rain in the late afternoon to turn to snow.
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Friday February 15th 1889: Mr. McEvoy, quick on the heels of Death herself, continues his quest to wrest from her the secret of life. Shall he overtake her in Humboldt?
Saturday February 16th 1889: The Captain has found that the steamer responds to the sounds of a waltz like no other music. A string quartet is engaged for all future journeys.
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Sunday February 17th 1889: Late in the evening, she entrusts the skeleton key to Mr. Huestis who will claim he found it in front of the post office. Once her beloved can tell the keymaster of the lock it belongs to, he will gain entry.
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Monday February 18th 1889: Making his way to the front of the crowd, the young sorcerer rushes through the door of the Vance house at precisely 7 p.m. to find one particular spellbook hidden among thousands of volumes on the shelves.
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Tuesday February 19th 1889: The local Knight playing Soldier Number Three speaks no words, but realizes the meaning of true frienship as he offers up Pythias to his death before the cruel tyrant.
Wednesday February 20th 1889: In accepting the golden headed gift from the Thespian, Mr. Piratsky gains the method for holding himself and his culture up when the weight of the world presses down.
Thursday February 21st 1889: Recovering from his injury, Mr. McKay reflects on the transaction he has made. Is immortality worth one finger? What will that devil use his finger for in any case?
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Friday February 22nd 1889: Wrapped in bunting, the red, white, and blue reveller outside Centennial Hall asks the ghost of George Washington for the truth about the cherry tree.
Saturday February 23rd 1889: Mr. Morrison opens the door to the tunnel passageways, leaving the lower basement of the new courthouse for the first time.
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Sunday February 24th 1889: The spirit of the coyote explores the courtroom before ascending through the cupola to converse with Minerva and return to his origin.
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Monday February 25th 1889: Mr. Heney’s trip to the underworld provides him with much knowledge of letters and their places. He begin to formulate plans to bring back a little Tartarus to the print shops of Eureka.
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Tuesday February 26th 1889: After a thorough washing, dressing in newly washed clothes, Mr. Hutchins open his front door and knows the unequaled bliss of feeling Death say, “Not yet…”
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Wednesday February 27th 1889: She warned him, yet he persisted. At the waterfront she gathered up the wind. The birds landed while the trees became still. She poured the wind into his ear, changing his mind.
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Thursday February 28th 1889: Holding the clam up to his ear, he hears a little voice whisper, “You will never defeat us, Mister Baird. We were here long before you and we will be here long after. We will prevail.”
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The previous chapter is January 1889 found here.
The next chapter is March 1889 found here.
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