Jan 2012
Auntie Catherine
January 29, 2012
“Good morning, Mr. Littleton.”
“Good morning, Dr. McTrowell. What can I do for you today?”
“I need to pop up to Stirling for a day or two. Do you have a ship going to either Edinburgh or Glasgow?”
“The Aelian is departing for Glasgow tomorrow morning at 9 am and Abercromby still needs a co-pilot. I can’t pay you a full pilot’s wages, but all the paying seats are full.”
“Abercromby’s a fine pilot, so I won’t have to do much but keep him company. And get paid for the pleasure. That will do nicely. Thank you.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t have a returning ship for another week.”
“Then I shall have to return by train. The co-pilot’s wages should cover that cost and I’ll be no money out of pocket for the trip. Very good, thank you again, Littleton.” ...
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“Good morning, Dr. McTrowell. What can I do for you today?”
“I need to pop up to Stirling for a day or two. Do you have a ship going to either Edinburgh or Glasgow?”
“The Aelian is departing for Glasgow tomorrow morning at 9 am and Abercromby still needs a co-pilot. I can’t pay you a full pilot’s wages, but all the paying seats are full.”
“Abercromby’s a fine pilot, so I won’t have to do much but keep him company. And get paid for the pleasure. That will do nicely. Thank you.”
“Unfortunately, I don’t have a returning ship for another week.”
“Then I shall have to return by train. The co-pilot’s wages should cover that cost and I’ll be no money out of pocket for the trip. Very good, thank you again, Littleton.” ...
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Dancing in the Lab
January 24, 2012
The June midday sun shone on London’s district of Shadwell. The streets bustled with noontime errand runners and stocky cart-loading laborers. Erasmus sat uncomfortably in the hansom cab be hired to take him to see Dr. Pogue, and merely out of nervousness, glanced again at the address for Edmond in his logbook. This was his first visit to the doctor’s laboratory, and it seemed like a longer and bumpier ride than he had wished for. Then he plucked out his pocket watch and gave it a quick look. It had been four minutes since he last looked at it. Why did he dislike these carriage rides so much? Today’s theory was that having someone else steering the vehicle made him feel like he had lost some control over his life for the duration of the ride. But that was silly; he could redirect the driver at any moment. His fingers tapped the top of his cane. Only a few moments longer. ...
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Lady Amethyst and Her Gentleman Admirer
January 21, 2012
Last weekend, Drake and McTrowell made their way up to Long Beach, CA, and attended the Steampunk Symposium, which was held on the RMS Queen Mary. It was one of the most ambitious steampunk conventions they have taken part in. It lasting four days and was filled with presentations, movie shows, musical acts, magicians, dancers, fencing instruction, a blue-bearded pirate, a fabulous vendor room, and a raptor (birds) show. Sparky’s favorite band was there, Steam Powered Giraffe, and they rocked the house, as usual.
At the masquerade ball, the adventurous pair met up with Lady Amethyst and her mysterious gentleman admirer. They had a grand time, discussing past exploits and madcap heroic deeds. Lady Amethyst was kind enough to allow her image to be captured for inclusion into the Chief Inspector’s The Logbook of Intriguing and Noteworthy Persons. Luck would have it that the mysterious gentleman’s likeness was also recorded!
At the masquerade ball, the adventurous pair met up with Lady Amethyst and her mysterious gentleman admirer. They had a grand time, discussing past exploits and madcap heroic deeds. Lady Amethyst was kind enough to allow her image to be captured for inclusion into the Chief Inspector’s The Logbook of Intriguing and Noteworthy Persons. Luck would have it that the mysterious gentleman’s likeness was also recorded!
Lady Amethyst and Her Gentleman Admirer
Sparky was thrilled to meet the noted crypto-zoologist. “I’ve read all of her published works!,” Sparky declared, “how wonderful it was to meet her!” View the new Logbook entry to acquire the particulars that Erasmus gathered about this couple.
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Warp and Weft
January 17, 2012
Esmeralda Pogue was keeping up most of the conversation as she and Sarah Slate crossed over the Thames via the New London Bridge to High Street and wound their way through Bermondsey to Rotherhithe. “Mr. Charles Howgill is a self made man. Although he has no title, his banker’s wife, who is a dear friend of mine, assures me that he has quite a tidy fortune. He lives in Hatton Garden,” not that Sarah had any idea what that implied, “but he can certainly afford a more stylish, up and coming neighborhood. All he lacks is the right sort of wife to raise him to the station which his good fortune affords him.” Sarah was quite certain she knew what that implied. ...
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Just One More Thing
January 10, 2012
The warehouse was an old wooden structure nestled in between other old warehouses. Its wooden sides were once painted with some nondescript off-white color, but almost none of the pigment was left on the weathered walls. The boards had a tired patina of weathered wood exposed to sooty air. The two halves of the heavy double door in the front of the building sagged on their hinges just enough to prevent the doors from closing properly. In this eastern end of London there wasn't a great deal of activity, and from the triangle-shaped opening between the doors it was easy to hear the give-and-take of three angry men inside the warehouse. ...
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Four is Too Many
January 02, 2012
Esmeralda Pogue lacked the stalwart, charitable disposition of the society matrons who contributed their time and energies to improving conditions for the ailing by volunteering at hospitals. She could not even remember the last time she had set foot in a hospital. She would dearly have loved to retreat back the way she had come and gone for tea with a friend, but there was no conscionable way of shirking her duty to care for her brother in his time of need. ...
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