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  • The Letter
  • City and town life ; Man-woman relationships
  • Three rough and randy young men under the influence of strong drink set out on a walk to meet some girls and have fun. But what they encountered not only killed their appetite but forced them to do some serious thinking.
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Swing high, sweet chariot
  • City and town life ; Police
  • The author pokes fun at two matters which came to the fore recently - the abundance of perambulators (baby carriages) that causes traffic jams and the newly issued Metropolitan Police Manual which provides detailed guidelines for dealing with...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Barometer falling
  • Interpersonal relations; Women
  • The author gives a bird’s eye view of life among a variety of people on a given day and concludes with the story of Connie whose dog had bitten her friend’s child. Every day Connie feared the child’s mother would confront her with a medical bill,...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Christmas Eve
  • Christmas stories; City and town life; Rural life; Interpersonal relations; loss
  • Christmas Eve is usually a time of food, laughter and good cheer, but for some like Connie, there is little cause to celebrate. In the country, she listens to her family’s chatter as they express their wishes for a better new year. Mass Jim talks...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Night shudders over all
  • Man-woman relationship; Marriage; Infidelity
  • Night time seems to bring to fore all sorts of events and behavior as people reach out for life or try to make sense of it. The author presents some examples, including: the wife who suspects her artist husband of philandering with his latest...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Start of something again
  • Man-woman relationship; Interpersonal relations; Hurricanes
  • Duckett and Silver meet regularly at their favourite restaurant to talk about art and politics as the city grows restless in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. During this time, Silver is flirting dangerously with a married woman right...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Thunderhead
  • City and town life
  • The author provides short insights into the lives of different people in the city at a time of social turbulence: Joie and Sam looks forward to Christmas together but tragedy intervenes; a seventeen year old boy furtively tries to seduce a girl...
  • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
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  • Marry in haste
  • Love stories
  • Helen is reluctant to marry before she has had a chance to enjoy life, but when Bill ends their relationship, gradually the anticipated fun of playing the field palls. Luckily for Helen, her mother knows exactly what to do to get the lovers back...
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  • Montserrat - two undergraduates sharing a bed.
  • Student activities; College students - Travel - Montserrat; Sleep - Montserrat.
  • During their visit to Montserrat, it was not all fun days for the undergraduates. There were some hard nights too and one is documented in this photo as two of them had to share one bed.
  • West Indian Journey of a 1961 undergraduate

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