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Friday March 1st 1889: With no quarter to spare he sits outside the church window, his soul illuminated, though he sits in the dark.
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Saturday March 2nd 1889: Once departed, Mr. Robertson has a moment to reflect on the nature of legacy. “We are epitaphs,” he whispers quietly to himself.
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Sunday March 3rd 1889: Behind the Vance block a bird alights on the page selected by a gust of wind, sees the letters f – l – y printed, and takes wing.
Monday March 4th 1889: Following his three weeks of work in solitude, Mr. Hutchins inaugurates his plan to incite more music and dance beginning in the fertile grounds of the Ball.
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Tuesday March 5th 1889: Among the muck the young boy finds the perfect stone for skipping recently freed from a quarter century beneath the travellers on Second street.
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Wednesday March 6th 1889: Disguised as a piece of luggage, the arriving creature is almost discovered by Mr. Still who needs a slight nip to keep his curious fingers at bay.
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Thursday March 7th 1889: In the carriage Mr. Ward laughs at the thought of remaining in Humboldt County. Though his heart would stay; his profession and his wife drive him on.
Friday March 8th 1889: Having walked directly from Mr. Pratt’s store, the young man stands at the corner of Fourth and D streets, looks down at his order, and crumples the paper in his hands.
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Saturday March 9th 1889: Unable to sleep in the cool of the morning, Mr. Ellison walks into the dark of his store with candle in hand and contemplates each man’s role in this life.
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Sunday March 10th 1889: To ease his wife’s grief following the recent loss, the baker shapes a baby from dough which slowly grows faster than a boy of flesh and blood.
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Monday March 11th 1889: Mr. Bendixsen’s workman picks up the first piece of wood and sees the future of the various sailors while they remain on board this new ship.
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Tuesday March 12th 1889: The typesetter travels to another planet. The length of the journey is comparable to setting the type. He considers another line of work.
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Wednesday March 13th 1889: Multiplying their minions, the officials persevere through storm and high tide to gather a correct and true value of the lands of this blessed county.
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Thursday March 14th 1889: As the steamer arrives, Mrs. Connick gathers Mr. Bonhall’s incredulity at the plan for spigots of syrup, saving her observation to compare when the pipes are plumbed.
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Friday March 15th 1889: Covered in slime and muck, Mr. Schroeder stands valiantly above his marine foe before refreshing himself in the ocean’s waters and changing fully back to human form.
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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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Saturday March 16th 1889: Captain Chrichton utters the last magick words which transform the previous evening’s grand ballroom back into the Armory at Centennial Hall.
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Sunday March 17th 1889: Early in the morning the last light of the Court House is snuffed out as the plans of the Coterie are already dawning on the citizens of Eureka.
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Monday March 18th 1889: A crowd of Danes surround Mr. Littlefield and his recently imported yaks. They milk him for information on the dairy from such creatures.
Tuesday March 19th 1889: In a stack of books wrapped in golden cloth, Mr. Comstock’s young friend finds a slip of paper inscribed with the words “mortui vivos docent” and smiles.
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Wednesday March 20th 1889: Giving lilies with hands full, Captain Kingston looks forward to the abundance of Spring and the blooms he will gather there.
Thursday March 21st 1889: Pausing amidst the collection of redwood specimens Mr. Korbel speaks so quietly no one else hears, “Qui n’avance pas, recule.”
Friday March 22nd 1889: Looking out over the wreckage of the Mendocino, Mr. Townsend anticipates diving in the waters under cover of darkness to inspect his acquisition directly.
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Saturday March 23rd 1889: Beneath the railway turntable at the foot of Second street a pack of the species canis vertigus settle into their new homes and new routines.
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Sunday March 24th 1889: Carefully, oologists from throughout the county bring specimens of several combinations of color, texture, and size to Mr. Wilson’s new grocery to sell.
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Monday March 25th 1889: He regrets leaving his slouch hat, but where he is headed the faeries will allow no clothing, not even a head covering.
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Tuesday March 26th 1889: While looking over Mr. Dickson’s herds, Mr. Loveren considers whether he can keep the moose, cows, sheep, goats, and camels separate.
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Wednesday March 27th 1889: Those with the cipher find rooms no one else can listed on the new directory displayed in the Court House.
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Thursday March 28th 1889: They dance for to see Ye Olde Folkes, videlicet atomy and faery microscopically, unseen yet.
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Friday March 29th 1889: The enormous albino — called Powder by friends — straddles the stump, rips it out of the ground and throws it behind him with a practiced alacrity.
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Saturday March 30th 1889: Thousands of layers of dough and butter baked golden brown by his team of raccoons are offered up by Mr. Knox in the corner alley.
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Sunday March 31st 1889: A troupe of children running alongside the cyclists briefly line up the circles of their hoops with the wheels of the bicycles on their way to do Ferndale.
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The previous chapter is February 1889 found here.
The next chapter is April 1889 found here.
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