LOST EUREKA

1889.02.19

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.

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.

1889.02.17

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.

1889.02.16

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.

1889.02.15

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?

1889.02.14

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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1889.02.13

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.