Indentured Dissolved
Miss Meara Foster, 21, was released from a 25-year indenture on July 15 by order of the Superior Court of Sembly. Judge Ashton Treer issued the order after a hearing on July 12. In it, Judge Treer said, "The curt hereby finds that he said Meara Foster was indented on a fraudulent debt, in that her father Barry Foster was enticed to borrow money for speculation in a company which his adviser knew to be bogus. In reaching his decision, Judge Treet heard testimony from Miss Foster, her patron Dorvin Thorpe, and several others. Jdge Treet also received a quantity of documents recovered from a country house by Mr. Thorpe's agents.
Miss Foster was indented for 25 years in May, 2532 on her father's unsecured debt of more than 7,000 marks. Her father, Barry Foster, a stock man in Sebly, died in March, 2535 after a long illness. During his illness Mr. Foster was treated by his brother-in-law, Dr. Nicodemus Albright. Some of the documents recovered linked Dr. Hibright to speculation companies indicated for fraud. It appears that he may have induced Barry Foster to invest in these companies as a means of subtle robbery.
The action to annul Miss Foster's indenture was begun by her patron Dorvin Thorpe after he became suspicious of the grounds for her indenture. For his honestly Mr. Thorpe loses an indenture worth thousands.
Art Exhibit Opens
An exhibition of 1,000 brushes and ink drawing by Korandi artists opened July 16 at the Temple of Arath. The exhibit will run through August 31. Many of the drawings are the work of the Korandi artist Tis'chen. Among the subjects the exhibit covers are everyday life in the Empire, a military campaign, the arenas, and different land regions of the Empire. Viewers are advised that some of the work lacks the oral responsibility that Luhonnic artists feel. However, the exhibits which the Temple feels might offend are marked for the advice of parents. Admission costs 3 pence for adults, 2 for students and 1 pence for children.
Coming Out in the Wash
An unwary family from Chirat has learned a lesson about Luhonnic weather. On July 20 they were encamped for the night near Bodley. It came on to rain, and the Chiratians moved their camp out of the wind into a dry creek bed several feet below the plain. Sure enough, an hour later the creek bed filled to the brim in a matter of seconds. Our correspondent in Bodley writes, "There were Chirats on the bank, on rocks, and in trees, but the prize went to the one who rode a loaded pack saddle 6 miles to Bodley" No one was seriously hurt but 7 of the Chirats' fine horses were lost. No horse-shaped flotsam had turned up, and it appears horse sense has called for drier pastures.
Rains in Chirat usually fall in slow soaking drizzle which seldom produces flash floods of the sort common in Luhond.
Gadfly "Buzzes" Tailors
The meeting of the Tailors Guild on July 17 was somewhat livelier than expected. The speaker was to be Master Tailor Joachim of Dove. Master Joachim told the gathering that the Tailors' Guild of Dove had voted to abolish wearing clothes, and he proposed to demonstrate the benefits of this course with a comely female assistant. A quarrel soon developed between those eager for the demonstration, and those intent on hanging Master Joachim with a length of worsted. The police had to be called and "Master Joachim" was soon recognized as arch-prankster Albin Aleil of Sembly. He was charged with disturbing the peace and fined 5 marks in Police Court.
Mr. Aliel first came to our attention in 2530, when he posed as a soothsayer and convicted all too many citizens of Sembly that a disastrous flood could only be averted by wearing hats turned inside out. In spite of itself, the Gazette looks forward to seeing what he will do next.
VETERAN LAWYER DIES
Egbert Talcerp, 84, the "dean" of Sembley's lawyers, was found dead in his offices of July 19. He apparently died as he napped at his desk. Mr. Talcarp had been failing health ad foul play is not suspected.
The Korandi Empire was a very large country to the north of Luhond. It was based on the Empire of the Petal Throne setting by M.A.R. Baker.
ReplyDeleteChirat was a large grassy plains across the srtaights from Lihond which had the best horses in the world.
The indenture story was the aftermath of an adventure involving the PC's. To their credit they kept property damage to a minimum, most because it would have been taken out of their pay.