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...Hari tried unsuccessfully to hide his identity as victim in a blackmail plot under the pseudonym of "Mr. A." He saved himself $750,000, but had to call upon the British to attain his throne a year later. Since then Moslems in Kashmir have complained bitterly that all the best government places go to Hindus. Last autumn British troops saved his throne when the Mohammedans revolted. Reports last week said that 5,000 Hindus and Moslems have been killed in skirmishes since then. As fresh troops were being rushed across the Himalayas to save his throne again, Sir Hari suddenly...
After separating from her husband, Casimir Dudevant, the natural son of a Napoleonic baron, because of his excessive addiction to young ladies, George Sand turned to Jules Sandeau, with whom she collaborated on her first novel and from whom she took her pseudonym. The affair was short-lived. Returning from a visit to the country, she was surprised to discover that her fickle Jules had set up their laundress as his mistress in her apartment...
Infuriated, Judge Robertson called Editor Mapoles into court again, demanded to know who "Jokester" was. The editor said the name of "A. P. Harp" was signed beneath the pseudonym. No Mr. Harp was found in Hopewell. Barked the judge: "Take him and lock him up, sergeant; take him and lock him up until he produces A. P. Harp or tells who really wrote that letter?not more than 30 days...
...Most Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang Archbishop of Canterbury admitted authorship of a "highly romantic" novel in his youth. Said he: "Nothing would induce me to reveal the name of that dreadful book [written under a pseudonym]. I had forgotten all about it until Hugh Walpole mentioned it before a meeting the other night...
...sweater. Twenty years old, one-time star athlete of the Joliet (111.) High School, he belongs to Sigma Nu, studies in the School of Education, plans to make dentistry his hobby, because he enjoys pulling teeth. In important games, Rentner loses his elaborate carelessness, tries furiously to justify the pseudonym he likes best: "Flying Dutchman.'' Last year he was noted mainly as a passer. This year his open field running against Ohio State and Illinois made him star of the best backfield in the Big Ten, perhaps the best in the country. His favorite play is a sweeping...