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Plotto; a new method of plot suggestion for writers of creative fiction

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PLOTTO

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A New Method of Plot Suggestion for Writers of Creative Fiction

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By William Wallace Cook


Printed in the United States of America

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ELLIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN
U. S. A.

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Copyright 1928
by William Wallace Cook

Copyright (Canada), 1928 by William W. Cook

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All rights reserved including that of
translation into the foreign languages,
including the Scandinavian.

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The Soul, with its human faculties which put it in
immediate touch with the Universe, is a Divine Instrument,
an Aeolian Harp which is not played upon
by the Winds of Chance but by all the Winds of Destiny
that blow from the four quarters of Human
Nature; and this Music of the Soul is a Divine
Harmony which the Creative Imagination, alone
of the human faculties, interprets in Creative Art.
To this high interpretation, through fictional narrative,
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Plotto is dedicated.

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INTRODUCTION

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THE PLOTTO METHOD. Plotto achieves creative art in fiction by a new
Method of plot suggestion. Suggestion is based on Themes (or Masterplots)
and Conflicts.

THEME. Every story has a Theme, or an underlying proposition that indicates its
type. The Theme may be clear-cut and distinct, or shadowy and vague;
it is always in evidence, and differentiates one type of story from all the other
types. Around each Theme any number of distinctly different stories may be
written.

A story may be constructed with, or without, a certain Theme in mind. Rarely
perhaps does a writer begin a story with a set Theme in front of him. He may
develop his plot from a situation, or Conflict; nevertheless, as the plot develops the
Theme develops with it. The writer will feel the Theme and, consciously or unconsciously,
combine his Conflicts to a certain pattern. This pattern, plain in the
finished work, will conform to a Theme. When a story is built around a Theme,
the Theme becomes a Masterplot.

The Plotto Method enables the Plottoist to begin his story with a Masterplot
and marshal his situations or Conflicts in conformity to it; or, it enables him to
begin with a situation or Conflict and consciously to watch the particular Theme
as the plot unfolds.

MASTERPLOTS WITH INTERCHANGEABLE CLAUSES. Each Plotto
Masterplot classifies in general terms and in a single terse sentence a certain type
of story. Each Masterplot consists of three Clauses: An initial Clause defining the
protagonist in general terms, a middle Clause initiating and carrying on the action,
and a final Clause carrying on and terminating the action. Suggestions for exemplifying
the action with concrete situations are offered by the Conflicts.

THE CONFLICTS. Desire, in some one of its many forms, is responsible for
the awakening of Purpose. Something from without, impinging upon something
within, excites a feeling or an emotion, and the soul flows into Purpose, and Purpose
into action. Then, somewhere on the path of rising action. Purpose encounters
Obstacle. At this point, and at this point only, do we establish what writers of
creative fiction call a situation. Purpose alone never made a situation; Obstacle
alone never made one; but strike the flint of Obstacle with the steel of Purpose and
sparks of situation begin to fly.

Plotto, as a Method of plot suggestion for writers of creative fiction, is founded
upon this law: Purpose, expressed or implied, opposing Obstacle, expressed or implied, yields Conflict.

PURPOSES AND OBSTACLES, How many Purposes are there in the world?
Not many, although their variations are infinite. Perhaps, in the last analysis
one General Purpose would comprehend all the Purposes: TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS. That
is the end and aim of life on this planet. But happiness has a
different meaning for most of us. There is the happiness of love and courtship,
of married life, of achieving wealth or power by all the many methods, good or evil,
that may be contrived by the thinking mind. Religion may be the road to happiness
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for some, and revenge the road to a doubtful happiness for others. The virtues or
the faults of a human soul set the pattern of Purpose for that soul.

Plotto concerns itself with but one General Purpose in its application to three
general goals of endeavor:
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    1. To Achieve Happiness in Love and Courtship.
    2. To Achieve Happiness in Married Life.
    3. To Achieve Happiness (Success) in Enterprise.

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Yet, while this one General Purpose runs through all the Conflicts, a host of
subordinate Purposes will appear in them, opposed by an infinite number of Obstacles.

There is one Supreme Purpose in every life: TO LIVE; and there is one Supreme Obstacle
each life encounters: DEATH. Complicating the scheme and
giving zest to the plot of life are innumerable subordinate Purposes and Obstacles,
dealing with all the enterprises of which life is capable.

Overshadowed by the Supreme Purpose of LIFE, and the Supreme Obstacle
of DEATH, we wage our mimic wars of conquest and gain; but, at any minute,
the Supreme Purpose may fail, and Death come striding into our finite calculations
and calling a truce. There is also a Paramount Purpose in all the lesser activities
of our existence, opposed by a Paramount Obstacle; and they marshal their secondary
Purposes and Obstacles to keep us “on our toes” and fighting valiantly for
all we have, or hope to have. Blessed be Purpose! And thrice-blessed be Obstacle!

The Conflicts in Plotto are brief statements of Purpose in active opposition with
Obstacle—situations which are to be combined with other situations. For instance:
“A, in love with B, is not favored by F-B, father of B.” Here is the
implied Purpose, “To Achieve Happiness in Love,” meeting an Obstacle bluntly
expressed.

Purpose and Obstacle give concrete exemplification of the Theme in every
form of fictional narrative, whether short story, novelette, or novel.

THE SHORT STORY. Purpose and Obstacle at grips in one dramatic situation will define
the short story, since it is calculated to leave a single dominant
impression upon the reader’s mind. Ordinarily, this form of narrative fiction will be
woven about a plot of the simplest construction. There will be the main situation
as suggested by a chosen Conflict, the Conflict leading up to it and the Conflict
carrying on and terminating the action. These three Conflicts may be reduced to
two, if the main Conflict should in itself possess the qualities of a terminal Conflict.
Conflicts too long, or too involved, for short story purposes will usually be
found to be broken Conflicts. When such a Conflict is selected for the main situation,
it is possible to use only that part of it which contains the most dramatic
appeal.

THE NOVELETTE. This form of narrative fiction may be considered as a
long short story, or as a short novel. If the former, the Conflict suggesting the
situation will be elaborated with dramatic material concerned with the Purpose
and Obstacle. If, on the other hand, the novelette partakes of the character of
a short novel, the Paramount Purpose and Obstacle will involve subordinate Purposes
and Obstacles all cumulative in power and bearing upon the story’s climax
or crisis. Here, as everywhere, the imagination must exercise constructive judgment.

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THE NOVEL. The full-fledged novel may be considered as consisting of
several short stories all leading up to, and intimately bound up with, the Paramount
Purpose and Obstacle that give the complete story its unity. Construction here
plays its most discriminating role, for the subordinate situations must grow toward
a single, decisive crisis. The effect must be cumulative. If the main Conflict
shall involve the crisis—and it should—all the subordinate situations dealing with
the Theme will be so selected as to grow naturally in dramatic strength toward the
climax. Here no rules of construction will take the place of taste and discrimination.
The constructive imagination, properly exercised, will deal capably with
the situations, and the creative imagination will work a miracle of dramaturgic
power.

ORIGINALITY. The Conflicts all come from the vast storehouse of Human
Nature. They are there, millions upon millions of them, waiting for the imagination
to select them and group them in an original combination. For there is “nothing
new under the sun.” Originality in creative work comes from our own individual use
of the tools so bountifully provided by the Divine Creator. All that
is possible to a mortal craftsman is the combining of old material into something
new and different.

Originality is the ideal of the Plotto Method; and it is realized by disregarding
the references prefixed and affixed to the Conflicts and (or) interpreting the Specific
as well as the General, Conflicts in terms of the Plottoist’s own experience. Nothing
in the Specific Conflicts will be used literally, but the concrete exemplification
in such Conflicts will serve as a suggestion, lending wings to the creative imagination
for its own high flight.

For original combinations of Conflicts the Classification by Symbols will be
found a treasure-trove of suggestions. If the main Conflict selected is built around
A, or B, alone, the A or B group should be scanned; if around A and B alone, the
A and B group will yield suggestions, or the A or B group may be found to serve;
or, if several characters are involved in the main Conflict, reference may be had to
that particular group of symbols. If a certain group of symbols proves too limited,
drop one of the lesser character symbols and consult the group represented by those
remaining. This course may be followed, in the search for original combinations,
until only the protagonist remains in the situation. Somewhere along the line of
search the imagination is certain to find exactly what it is looking for.

CONFLICT GROUPS AND SUB-GROUPS. The Conflicts in Plotto are
classified in three main groups:
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    1. Conflicts in Love and Courtship.
    2. Conflicts in Married Life.
    3. Conflicts in Enterprise.

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The Conflicts in Love and Courtship are re-grouped as follows:
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    Conflicts in Love’s Beginnings.
    Conflicts in Love’s Misadventures.
    Conflicts of the Marriage Proposal.
    Conflicts in Love’s Rejection.
    Conflicts of Marriage.

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All the sub-groups are classified, for convenience of reference, under the middle.
or “B,” Clauses of the Masterplots; and these form the only subdivisions of the
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main group, “Married Life.” Conflicts of the third group, “Enterprise,” fall into
the following general classifications:
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    Conflicts in Misfortune.
    Conflicts in Mistaken Judgment.
    Conflicts in Helpfulness.
    Conflicts in Deliverance.
    Conflicts in Idealism.
    Conflicts in Obligation.
    Conflicts in Necessity.
    Conflicts in Chance.
    Conflicts in Personal Limitations.
    Conflicts in Simulation.
    Conflicts in Craftiness.
    Conflicts in Transgression.
    Conflicts in Revenge.
    Conflicts in Mystery.
    Conflicts in Revelation.

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Inasmuch as dramatic situations are a product of the emotions, and the emotions,
by reason of their complexity, have defied a hard and fast classification, it
follows naturally that the Conflicts themselves will defy a rigid classification. The
groupings noted above are more or less arbitrary, yet they will be bound to serve.
Some Conflicts in Misfortune might easily fall into the sub-groups, Mistaken Judgment,
Simulation, etc., and Conflicts in other sub-groups might logically be re-classified.
Nevertheless, the classification in each case will exemplify in the Conflict
the particular sub-group in which it has been placed.

MECHANICAL STRUCTURE. There is, of course, a mechanical structure
underlying every properly constructed story. There are some very intelligent
people who believe in the “divine afflatus” as something apart from hard, consistent,
carefully calculated effort. Overlooking the old adage that “Genius is an infinite
capacity for taking pains,” these wise ones will have their back-handed slap at
anything mechanical in its application to Art.

It remains, however, that a good story must have a carefully developed plot for
its framework; and the plot in itself, is purely mechanical. It is the logical devising
of means to an end, a motivating of all the parts into a harmonious whole. A plot
may be simple, or it may be complex, but an interesting story without some sort
of plot is inconceivable. This machinery must not creak or complain as the story
advances. A discriminating imagination must oil it so well with logic and plausibility
that the god in the machine shall not be ruffled by the turning wheels. Plausibility
is attained when fine discrimination, true judgment and a facility with words
so cover the necessary mechanism that it does not intrude at any point upon the
completed work. And therein lies the art of the story teller. Plotto, at least,
holds this to be true; and, as a corollary of the position thus taken, exalts the
imagination as the greatest force in the world.

IMAGINATION. If a story is a skeleton structure of plot, overlaid with a
felicity of thought and phrase that may be called the flesh, then the pulsing heart
of the creation, the one factor that gives it life and beauty, is the imagination. But
this imagination must be rightly controlled.

The demands of fictional narrative would seem to predicate an imagination of
three types: Mediocre, Constructive and Creative. A mind positively brilliant
in its mastery of scientific research, or of the pursuit of trade, might be hopeless in
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meeting the demands of fictional narrative. Nevertheless, Plotto believes sincerely
that a desire to write successful fiction is predicated upon the ability to write
successful fiction; and that, given the technical requirements of experience and a
fair education, not often will the mediocre imagination be found hopeless. Intensive
training should develop constructive power; and it is but a step, in the
interpretation of suggestion, from the constructive to the creative. Originality is
the soul of creative art, and originality is nothing more than the interpretation of
suggestion in terms of individual experience.

Each life is the sum of many experiences, and character indicates the reaction
of those experiences upon the soul. In other words, life is a combination of situations,
or Conflicts, with a spiritual signification drawn from the Conflicts themselves.
So a story plot, which holds the mirror up to life, is a combination of Conflicts,
selected to the pattern of a single Theme, or Masterplot. Life, with
its multitude of experiences, is general; the imagination, dealing with a cross-section
of life, makes the story plot particular. And imagination does this through the
interpretation of suggestion.

SUGGESTION. The ideal of the Plotto Method, as stated elsewhere, is the
interpretation of Conflict suggestions in terms of individual experience. Some of
the Conflicts are General. Thus, Conflict No. @{31} reads: “B, rescued from an
accident by A, whom she does not know, falls in love with him.” The nature of
the accident, and the character of B and of A, are circumstances left to the constructive
imagination. In dealing with these circumstances, references to other
Conflicts, prefixed and affixed to this general suggestion, will offer further suggestions
for inventing the circumstances.

Many of the Conflicts are Specific. Thus, to quote Conflict No. @{647}: “B, a
respectable working girl seeking employment, follows the advice of a supposed
friend. A-5, and finds herself in an immoral dance hall where she is compelled to
dance with patrons and serve drinks.” References to other Conflicts will suggest
the cause of B’s necessity for seeking employment, and other references will suggest
a finale for B’s unhappy plight. The constructive imagination might use Conflict
No. @{647} literally, but Plotto would not approve of such literal use. The ideal
method is for the imagination to use the dance hall merely as a suggestion for something
equally pertinent to the situation; in other words, use the concrete example
in interpreting an equivalent for this specific suggestion as to B’s misfortune.
Herein lies the opportunity for originality, and the way to creative work.

DEVELOPING THE PLOT FROM A MASTERPLOT. For purposes of illustration,
we will select a Masterplot from the Masterplot Chart and build up a
short story plot in tabloid form.
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    A   11  A Person Swayed by Pretense,
    B   11  (49) Assuming a fictitious character when embarking upon a certain enterprise,
    C   2   Emerges happily from a serious entanglement.

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The B Clause “originates and carries on the action.” Prefixed to this B Clause
in parentheses is the number, (49). On the back of the Masterplot Chart, we find
that No. (49) refers us to a sub-group of Conflicts beginning with Conflict No. @{1173},
this particular B Clause serving as a title for the sub-group:
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    1173

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    (2b, c, d, e, g, h) (1187; 2f)
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    A, a pretender, encounters B, who is also a pretender * A and B are pretenders,
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    yet neither knows the other is not what he or she seems to be **
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    (773; 772 ch A to B & A-4 to A) (806 ch B-4 to B) (1462)

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The reference numbers prefixed to this Conflict offer lead-up suggestions.
Numbers @{1187} and @{2f} form a complementary suggestion, or a combination of two
Conflicts appropriate to the main situation.
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    @{1187}. A is a poor clerk who, with a limited capital, dons a dress suit and takes
    a “fling” in high society.

    @{2f *-**}. B, poor and humble but pretending to be wealthy and aristocratic, meets
    rich and influential A, and they fall in love.
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Thus we have our two pretenders, neither knowing that the other is not what
he or she seems to be. No. @{2f} has a carry-on suggestion:
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    @{1461a}. B fights a hard battle with her conscience; she finds it a losing battle
    and makes an important revelation in order that she may achieve peace of mind.
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A and not B is the protagonist of @{1461a}, but we manipulate the Conflict by
changing A to B. This Conflict has a reference, No. @{358 **-***}:
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    @{358 **-***}. A, in order to win B, is compelled to confess his true rank and station.
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We can now eliminate our main suggestion. Conflict @{1173}, so that our tabloid
plot will read:
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    @{2f *-**}. B, poor and humble but pretending to be wealthy and aristocratic, meets
    rich and influential A, and they fall in love.

    @{1187}. A is a poor clerk who, with a limited capital, dons a dress suit and takes a
    “fling” in high society.

    @{1461a}. B fights a hard battle with her conscience; she finds it a losing battle, and
    makes an important revelation in order that she may achieve peace of mind.

    @{358 **-***}. A, in order to win B, is compelled to confess his true rank and station.
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We have manipulated the combination Conflict by allowing @{2f *-**} to precede
@{1187}; and if we keep the reader in ignorance of the fact that A and B are pretenders
and allow the revelation to come at the end of the story, we shall achieve a double
surprise and find ourselves with the plot of O. Henry’s story, “Transients in Arcadia.”
Yet any number of stories, true to the Masterplot, may be built around
these suggestions.

By changing the first two situations and selecting different Conflicts, the plot
will develop along criminal lines:
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    @{2h}. B, a criminal, assumes an alias and makes use of stolen funds in evading
    the law * B, a criminal in disguise, meets A, and they fall in love **

    @{1c}. A, a crook, pretends to be an honest man in order to forward his love affair
    with B.
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Or, we could make our plot more dramatic by having the second situation read:
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    @{3a}. A is a judge, and B is a fugitive from justice posing as a woman of wealth and
    fashion * A, a judge, falls in love with B, a criminal **
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This might be followed with:
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    @{1292}. B seeks happiness as a reformed transgressor * B, seeking happiness as a
    reformed transgressor, has her old transgression discovered **

    @{727}. A, a judge presiding at a murder trial, finds himself unexpectedly confronted
    with a circumstance that makes his work a torture to his soul.
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These changes in the plot would make necessary a change in the C clause of
the Masterplot:
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    C (1). Pays a grim penalty in an unfortunate undertaking.
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CONFLICT MANIPULATIONS. Characters in the Plotto Conflicts are
represented by symbols (see “The Plotto Character Symbols,” page 17). These
symbols may be readily changed or transposed, as an aid in manipulating the Conflict
suggestions. Thus, “@{261 ch A-3 to A},” indicates that A-3 in the Conflict is
to be changed to A; and, “@{578b tr B & B-3},” indicates a transposition in which
B-3 takes the place of B and B of B-3.

The character symbols are changed, or transposed, in the auxiliary Conflicts
to agree with the character symbols of the Conflict whose ramifications are being
studied.

In many instances the Conflicts are “broken”—that is, divided into two or
more parts. The end of the first part is marked with a star (*), of the second part,
with a double star (**), of the third part with a triple star (***), etc. Thus, “-*”
indicates that the Conflict is to be used up to the first star; “*-**” indicates that
the first part of the Conflict is not to be used, but only that part between the first
star and the double star; “-**” indicates that all of the Conflict is to be used up
to the double star, etc.

DEVELOPING THE PLOT FROM A SELECTED SITUATION. The
most practical way to illustrate the Plotto Method of developing a plot from a
single situation, or Conflict, will be to select a Conflict and follow the Method
through, step by step. For this purpose, the first Conflict, @{1a}, may be used:
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    1

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    (a) (112) (117) (148) (656)
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    A, poor, is in love with wealthy and aristocratic B * A, poor, in love with wealthy
    B, pretends to be a man of wealth **
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    (209) (187)

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The simplest combination will consist of three Conflicts—the Conflict selected
as the working basis for the plot, the one Conflict leading up to it, and the third
Conflict terminating the action, both auxiliary Conflicts taken from the references
prefixed and affixed to the main, or basic, situation. For example, as a lead-up
Conflict No. @{112} may be used, followed by @{1a}, and this in turn followed by No. @{209}.

It develops, however, that the second part of the broken Conflict, @{1a}, may be
eliminated; and that, with this elimination, @{1a -*} may logically precede Conflict @{112},
giving the three-Conflict plot as follows:
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    @{1a -*}. A, POOR, IS IN LOVE WITH WEALTHY AND ARISTOCRATIC B.

    @{112}. A loves B; and B’s father, F-B, promises him B’s hand in marriage if he will
    successfully carry out an enterprise of great difficulty and danger.

    @{209}. A carries out successfully a very difficult enterprise when promised the hand
    of B in marriage by F-B, father of B * A, discovering secretly that B loves a rival,
    A-3, refuses to hold B to a promise of marriage made by her father, F-B **
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Nobility of character on the part of A is suggested by this heroic renunciation.
The character of B, of F-B and of A-3, as well as the “enterprise of great difficulty
and danger,” may be left to the creative imagination.

Again using Conflict @{1a} for our main suggestion, we might begin with Conflict
@{656} for a lead-up:
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    656

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    (751) (961) (1000) (1079)
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    A’s ancestral acres have been heavily mortgaged and he is about to lose the
    property * A, by hook or crook, seeks to save his mortgaged paternal acres
    from foreclosure **
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    (500) (860) (874) (1029)

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Reaching backward into the causes of A’s unfortunate condition, we will select
lead-up suggestion No. @{1079}. Many other Conflicts in Personal Limitations,
Misfortune, or, some of the other groups would serve us equally well, or better;
but we will content ourselves with
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    1079

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    (127a) (656)
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    A’s character weakness is betting; and he seems unable to conquer the failing
    although he invariably suffers loss
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    (367a) (524a) (902)

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Here we have a suggestion as to the character weakness which caused A to
squander his fortune and mortgage his ancestral estates. We shall assume now
that none of the references prefixed or affixed to @{1079} appeals to our imagination,
so we shall proceed on our own initiative—a course which Plotto earnestly recommends
to the Plottoist in the working out of every plot. A further study of Personal Limitations suggests
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    1075

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    (a) (850b) (902)
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    A, struggling hopelessly against a character weakness, forms a platonic friendship
    for B
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    (838 ch A to B & A-2 to A) (850a, b) (364d) (1075b)

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Thus we have A, struggling hopelessly against a character weakness that has
wrecked him financially, forming a platonic friendship for B. If we consider it
expedient to bring about a dramatic first meeting of A with B, the Conflicts are
brimming with such suggestions. But we will not go into that in this skeleton
plot, our object being to simplify the references as much as possible. Conflict
@{1075b}, a reference appended to @{1075a}, offers this suggestion as to B’s influence
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over A: “A’s admiration for his friend B, and his desire to please her, inspires him
to bring out the best in his nature.” Also appended to @{1075a} is a reference to
Conflict @{364d}, which seems quite apropos at this point:
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    364

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    (d) (850a, b) (1075a, b)
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    A, with the help of B, overcomes an ignoble weakness * A’s gratitude to B blossoms
    into love; and, when A is sure he has rehabilitated his character, he proposes
    marriage to B and is accepted **
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    (826) (828)

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This Conflict may be called a terminal Conflict, in the sense that it brings our
love story plot to marriage, the finale of most such plots. But we are not ready,
as yet, to close the action, inasmuch as we are merely leading up to the main situation,
@{1a}; so we shall use only the first part of this broken Conflict: “A, with the
help of B, overcomes an ignoble weakness.”

At last we have the female protagonist, B, firmly fixed in the plot, and we need
not go back further into the lead-ups.
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    @{1079}. A’s character weakness is betting, and he seems unable to conquer the
    failing although he invariably suffers loss.

    @{656}. A’s ancestral estates have been heavily mortgaged and he is about to lose
    the property * A, by hook or crook, seeks to save his paternal acres from foreclosure **

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    @{1075a}. A, struggling hopelessly against a character weakness, forms a platonic
    friendship for B.

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    @{1075b}. A’s admiration for his friend B, and his desire to please her, inspires him
    to bring out the best in his nature.

    @{364d -*}. A, with the help of B, overcomes an ignoble weakness.

    @{1a}. A, POOR, IS IN LOVE WITH WEALTHY AND ARISTOCRATIC B * A,
    POOR, IN LOVE WITH WEALTHY B, PRETENDS TO BE A MAN OF
    WEALTH **
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From this, it is manifest that A’s platonic association with B has gone the way
of most platonic associations (see Conflicts @{9a, b, c}). and his gratitude has blossomed
into love. A, by inference, is so deeply in love with B that the best in his
nature is, for the time, eclipsed by his desire to win B. He resorts to simulation
in forwarding his suit—thinking less of saving his ancestral acres by a wealthy
marriage than he is of his own future happiness. Conflict @{1a} has a reference to
Conflict @{187} for carrying on the action:
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT:conflictid
    187

-- FORMAT_LINKS:prelinks indent
    (145) (956 -*) (1105) (1119)
-- FORMAT_BEGIN:desc indent
    A, in love with B and wishing to propose marriage, finds it impossible because B
-- HER obj
    is so busy he can never find her alone. He seeks to make an opportunity by stratagem.
-- FORMAT_END
-- FORMAT_LINKS:postlinks indent
    (163; 91) (352a)

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
We will discard this suggestion, for the reason that it will plunge A deeper into
the questionable methods into which his ardor has already lured him. He is pretending
to be a man of wealth when he is almost a bankrupt; but he has overcome
-- HUSBAND verb
his passion for gambling, thanks to B’s influence, and he is ready to husband his
remaining resources and save what he can from the wreck of his material fortunes.
A carry-on suggestion appended to Conflict @{187} is a two-Conflict combination,
@{163; 91}:
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext indent
    @{163}. B learns that her lover, A, has fallen into desperate misfortunes.

    @{91}. B, in love with A. seeks to save A from disaster.
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
We are now approaching the climax of the action. A’s pretensions to wealth,
B secretly discovers, are a hollow mockery. She learns that he is faced with disaster;
and the Conflicts, if desired, will offer suggestions as to just how she discovers
this secret. B is in love with A and ready to overlook his shortcomings, so she
hastens to his rescue. We will depart, at this point, from the references and show
B, on her own part, indulging in a bit of simulation. Turning to the sub-group.
Simulation, we select Conflict,
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT:conflictid
    1155

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:desc indent
    B, the friend of A, learns that A is desperately involved in debt * B, unknown to A.
    settles with A’s creditors and frees him from debt **
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
This happy turn of affairs, naturally, cannot long remain unknown to A. If he
has pride, let him pocket it; or let his pride be humbled by B’s proof of her great
love for him. If this course cannot be made to serve, the Conflicts will offer many
suggestions for estrangement and reconciliation; but, in our plot, we will not have
A a cad. Of the thousands of changes possible in such a series of actions as we are
studying, we could eliminate the Conflicts from @{163}, inclusive, onward and place
A in a better light by using this suggestion from Revelation:
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext indent
    @{1451a}. A fights a hard battle with his conscience; he finds it a losing battle, and
    makes an important revelation in order that he may achieve peace of mind.
-- FORMAT_END

-- page 10

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
But we will not make the change. We will proceed to close the action with
Conflict @{364d *-**}: “A’s gratitude to B blossoms into love; and when A is sure he
has rehabilitated his character, he proposes to B and is accepted.”

The nature of the Conflicts, and their pliability, often calls for useless repetition.
The statement in @{364d} that “A’s gratitude to B has blossomed into love,” is redundant.
That fact has been known for some time, and has formed the basis for much
of the action; and we simply ignore it here.

The latter part of this love story plot would stand as follows:
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext indent
    @{1a}. A, POOR, IN LOVE WITH WEALTHY AND ARISTOCRATIC B, PRETENDS TO BE A MAN OF WEALTH.

    @{163}. B learns that her lover, A, has fallen into desperate misfortunes.

    @{91}. B, in love with A, seeks to save A from disaster.

    @{1155}. B, in love with A, learns that A is desperately involved in debt * B
    unknown to A, settles with A’s creditors and frees him from debt **

    @{364d *-**}. A’s gratitude to B blossoms into love; and when A is sure he has
    rehabilitated his character, he proposes to B and is accepted.
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
In the Classification by Character Symbols, all terminal Conflicts are marked
by the parentheses number of the C Clauses. For instance, @{364d} exemplifies C
Clause (9), “Achieves success and happiness in a hard undertaking.” This Conflict,
@{364d}, will be found, marked “9”, under the A and B symbols of Conflicts in
Marriage in the Classification by Symbols. An elusive terminal situation may be
run down by consulting this Classification.
-- FORMAT_END

-- HR

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
INDIVIDUALIZING PLOTTO. It is possible for the Plottoist to individualize his Plotto
by adding material of his own. Every writer has newspaper
clippings or other memoranda filed away for possible use. Let all this be catalogued
in a loose-leaf book under the Conflict numbers to which each bit of material applies,
and a notation to that effect penciled opposite the Conflicts thus amplified. This
will broaden the usefulness of Plotto, often with concrete exemplifications of the
Conflicts from real life.
-- FORMAT_END

-- page 11

-- HR

Copyright, 1927, by William Wallace Cook
Patent applied for.


-- FORMAT:book_title
Plotto Chart

-- FORMAT:book_subtitle
Masterplots with Interchangeable Clauses


-- FORMAT:title
NOTE

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
A Plotto Masterplot consists of three clauses: An “A” Clause,
a “B” Clause and a “C” Clause.
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
    The A Clause is the Protagonist Clause.
    The B Clause originates and carries on the action.
    The C Clause carries on and terminates the action.

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
Any A Clause may be used in conjunction with any B Clause
and with any C Clause. For the purpose of bringing all the B
Clauses in juxtaposition with all the A and C Clauses, it is merely
necessary to turn the narrow page.

Suggestions for evolving a plot to the pattern of the Masterplot
selected will be found in the Plotto Conflicts. The Conflicts are
listed in sub-groups; and each sub-group is listed under the full
text of the B Clause which the sub-group exemplifies.

On the page immediately following the Masterplot pages will
be found an index of the respective Conflict sub-groups under the
parentheses number of the B Clause.

The C, or Terminal, Clauses are also numbered in parentheses;
and Conflicts suggesting these terminations will be found opposite
the C Clause numbers in the Classification by Symbols.
-- FORMAT_END



-- page 12-15


-- FORMAT:subtitle
-- ID:a-clauses
“A” Clauses

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
1. A Person in Love,
2. A Married Person,
3. A Lawless Person,
4. An Erring Person,
5. A Benevolent Person,
6. A Protecting Person,
7. A Person of Ideals,
8. A Person Influenced by an Obligation,
9. A Person Subjected to Adverse Conditions,
10. A Resentful Person,
11. A Person Swayed by Pretense,
12. A Subtle Person,
13. A Person Influenced by the Occult and the Mysterious,
14. A Normal Person,
15. Any Person,


-- FORMAT:subtitle
-- ID:b-clauses
“B” Clauses

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
(1) Engaging in a difficult enterprise when promised a reward for high achievement,
(2) Falling in love at a time when certain obligations forbid love,
(3) Seeking to demonstrate the power of love by a test of courage.
(4) Being impelled by inordinate fancy to exercise mistaken judgment in a love affair
(5) Becoming involved in a hopeless love affair, and seeking to make the best of a disheartening situation,
(6) Challenging, in a quest of love, the relentless truth that “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,”
(7) Becoming involved in a love affair that encounters unforeseen obstacles,
(8) Confronting a situation in which wealth is made conditional upon a certain course of action in a love affair,
(9) Being put to a test in which love will be lost if more material fortunes are advanced,
(10) Suffering an estrangement due to mistaken judgment,
(11) Confronting a situation in which courage and devotion alone can save the fortunes of one beloved,
(12) Falling into misfortune through disloyalty in love,
(13) Seeking by craftiness to escape misfortune,
(14) Falling into misfortune through the wiles of a crafty schemer,
(15) Finding a sustaining power in misfortune,
(16) Being delivered from misfortune by one who, in confidence, confesses a secret of transgression,
(17) Bearing patiently with misfortunes and seeking to attain cherished aims honorably,
(18) Rebelling against a power that controls personal abilities and holds them in subjection.
(19) Meeting with misfortune and being cast away in a primitive, isolated and savage environment,
(20) Becoming involved with conditions in which misfortune is indicated,
(21) Falling into misfortune through mistaken judgment,
(22) Following a wrong course through mistaken judgment,
(23) Becoming involved in a complication that has to do with mistaken judgment and suspicion,
(24) Becoming the victim of mistaken judgment in carrying out an enterprise,
(25) Seeking to save a person who is accused of transgression,
(26) Seeking secretly to preserve another from danger,
(27) Refusing to betray another’s secret and calmly facing persecution because of the refusal,
(28) Facing a situation in which the misfortunes of one greatly esteemed call for courage and sagacious enterprise,
(29) Aiding another to hide from the world a fateful secret,
(30) Enlisting whole-heartedly in the service of a needy unfortunate and conferring aid of the utmost value,
(31) Living a lonely, cheerless life and seeking companionship
(32) Seeking to conceal identity because of a lofty idealism,
(33) Resisting secretly and from an honorable motive a mandate considered discreditable,
(34) Embarking upon an enterprise of insurrection in the hope of ameliorating certain evil conditions,
(35) Becoming involved in a complication that challenges the value of cherished ideals,
(36) Undergoing an experience that results in a remarkable character change,
(37) Seeking against difficulties to realize a cherished ideal.
(38) Committing a grievous mistake and seeking in secret to live down its evil results,
(39) Forsaking cherished ambitions to carry out an obligation,
(40) Embarking upon an enterprise in which one obligation is opposed by another obligation.
(41) Finding an obligation at variance with ambition, inclination or necessity,
(42) Falling into misfortune while seeking honorably to discharge an obligation,
(43) Seeking to overcome personal limitations in carrying out an enterprise,
(44) Seeking by unusual methods to conquer personal limitations.
(45) Seeking to forward an enterprise and encountering family sentiment as an obstacle.
(46) Seeking retaliation for a grievous wrong that is either real or fancied,
(47) Finding (apparently) an object greatly coveted, and obtaining (apparently) the object,
(48) Assuming the character of a criminal in a perfectly honest enterprise.
(49) Assuming a fictitious character when embarking upon a certain enterprise,
(50) Being impelled by an unusual motive to engage in crafty enterprise,
(51) Devising a clever and plausible delusion in order to forward certain ambitious plans,
(52) Encountering a would-be transgressor and seeking to prevent a transgression,
(53) Opposing the plans of a crafty schemer,
(54) Becoming involved in a puzzling complication that has to do with an object possessing mysterious powers,
(55) Becoming involved in a mysterious complication and seeking to make the utmost of a bizarre experience,
(56) Seeking to test the value of a mysterious communication and becoming involved in weird complexities,
(57) Seeking to unravel a puzzling complication,
(58) Engaging in an enterprise and then mysteriously disappearing,
(59) Engaging in an mysterious enterprise and becoming involved with the occult and the fantastic.
(60) Becoming involved, through curiosity aroused by mystery, in a strange enterprise.
(61) Becoming aware of an important secret that calls for decisive action,
(62) Becoming involved in any sort of complication,

-- FORMAT:subtitle
-- ID:c-clauses
“C” Clauses

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
(1) Pays a grim penalty in an unfortunate undertaking,
(2) Emerges happily from a serious entanglement.
(3) Foils a guilty plotter and defeats a subtle plot.
(4) Undertakes a role that leads straight to catastrophe.
(5) Emerges from a trying ordeal with sorely garnered wisdom.
(6) Makes the supreme sacrifice in carrying out an undertaking.
(7) Reverses certain opinions when their fallacy is revealed.
(8) Achieves a spiritual victory
(9) Achieves success and happiness in a hard undertaking.
(10) Meets with an experience whereby an error is corrected
(11) Discovers the folly of trying to appear otherwise than as one is in reality.
(12) Rescues integrity from a serious entanglement.
(13) Comes finally to the blank wall of enigma.
(14) Achieves a complete and permanent character transformation
(15) Meets any fate, good or evil.

-- HR

-- page 16

-- FORMAT:subtitle
-- ID:index-b-clause-conflicts
Index of Conflicts Grouped Under the “B” Clauses

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
(1) Love and Courtship @{110}
(2) Love and Courtship @{16}, @{119}, @{271}
(3) Love and Courtship @{175}
(4) Love and Courtship @{148}
(5) Love and Courtship @{168}, @{313}
(6) Love and Courtship @{331}
(7) Love and Courtship @{333}
(8) Love and Courtship @{117}
(9) Love and Courtship @{116}
(10) Love and Courtship @{105}; Married Life @{369}, @{386}, @{391}, @{399}, @{418}
(11) Love and Courtship @{179}; Married Life @{545}; Revelation @{1462}
(12) Love and Courtship @{337}; Married Life @{547}
(13) Love and Courtship @{96}, @{244}; Married Life @{457}; Misfortune @{650}; Craftiness @{1247}; Mystery @{1373}
(14) Married Life @{471}; Craftiness @{1260}; Misfortune @{660}
(15) Love and Courtship @{12}, @{106}, @{265}, @{360}; Married Life @{496}; Helpfulness @{815}; Deliverance @{874}; Chance @{1051}
(16) Helpfulness @{831}
(17) Idealism @{934}
(18) Misfortune @{674}
(19) Misfortune @{685}
(20) Love and Courtship @{24}, @{153}, @{196}, @{280}, @{365}; Married Life @{571}; Idealism @{956}; Necessity @{1026}; Chance @{1036}; Personal Limitations @{1122}; Transgression @{1295}; Misfortune @{695}; Mistaken Judgment @{793}; Deliverance @{887}; Obligation @{997}; Craftiness @{1285}; Mystery @{1438}; Revelation @{1460}
(21) Love and Courtship @{40}, @{182}, @{205}, @{342}; Married Life @{369}; Misfortune @{595}; Mistaken Judgment @{747}; Helpfulness @{804}; Deliverance @{851}; Idealism @{897}; Obligation @{979}; Necessity @{1023}; Chance @{1034}; Personal Limitations @{1057}; Transgression @{1290}; Revenge @{1310}; Mystery @{1330}
(22) Love and Courtship @{255}; Married Life @{484}; Mistaken Judgment @{768}
(23) Love and Courtship @{21}, @{177}, @{328}, @{365}; Married Life @{538}; Mistaken Judgment @{786}
(24) Mistaken Judgment @{794}
(25) Love and Courtship @{122}; Helpfulness @{820}; Deliverance @{894}
(26) Married Life @{558}; Helpfulness @{825}; Misfortune @{671}
(27) Helpfulness @{824}
(28) Love and Courtship @{125}; Helpfulness @{836}
(29) Love and Courtship @{147}; Married Life @{537}; Misfortune @{667}; Personal Limitations @{1070}; Simulation @{1160}
(30) Helpfulness @{845}
(31) Idealism @{910}
(32) Idealism @{917}
(33) Idealism @{958}
(34) Idealism @{949}
(35) Love and Courtship @{292}; Idealism @{922}
(36) Love and Courtship @{152}; Misfortune @{680}; Idealism @{963}
(37) Married Life @{563}; Idealism @{965}; Personal Limitations @{1107}
(38) Obligation @{987}
(39) Love and Courtship @{123}, @{282}; Married Life @{508}; Obligation @{989}
(40) Love and Courtship @{287}; Married Life @{517}; Obligation @{1011}
(41) Love and Courtship @{19}, @{127}, @{294}; Married Life @{521}; Obligation @{1000}
(42) Obligation @{1018}
(43) Helpfulness @{835}; Personal Limitations @{1071}
(44) Love and Courtship @{191}; Personal Limitations @{1101}
(45) Personal Limitations @{1138}
(46) Married Life @{567}; Revenge @{1312}
(47) Simulation @{1165}
(48) Simulation @{1167}
(49) Simulation @{1173}
(50) Love and Courtship @{1}, @{66}, @{185}, @{230}, @{347}; Married Life @{419}; Helpfulness @{813}; Deliverance @{863}; Idealism @{932}: Simulation @{1141}; Craftiness @{1209}; Mystery @{1365}
(51) Craftiness @{1277}
(52) Craftiness @{1275}
(53) Helpfulness @{834}; Craftiness @{1280}
(54) Mystery @{1379}
(55) Mystery @{1385}
(56) Mystery @{1394}
(57) Love and Courtship @{174}; Married Life @{560}; Helpfulness @{833}; Mystery @{1399}; Revelation @{1460}
(58) Mystery @{1414}
(59) Mystery @{1418}
(60) Mystery @{1429}
(61) Mistaken Judgment @{802}; Revelation @{1447}
(62) All Conflicts

-- HR

-- page 17

-- FORMAT:subtitle
-- ID:character-symbols
THE PLOTTO CHARACTER SYMBOLS

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
Characters in the Plotto Conflicts are represented by symbols. These symbols
indicate the relationship of the auxiliary characters to the protagonist. This relationship
is invariably explained in the text of the Conflicts, with the exception of
the symbols A and B—these being the symbols of the male, and the female, protagonists.
These symbols give a certain uniformity to the characters and facilitate
character changes or transpositions. Protagonist A, or B, might be a criminal, an
officer of the law, an employer, etc., but the numeral is never used in connection with
the protagonist symbol—the explanation is given in the text.
-- FORMAT_END

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
A,      male protagonist
A-2,    male friend of A
A-3,    male rival or enemy of A
A-4,    male stranger
A-5,    male criminal
A-6,    male officer of the law
A-7,    male inferior, employee
A-8,    male utility symbol
A-9,    male superior, employer, one in authority

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
B,      female protagonist
B-2,    female friend of B
B-3,    female rival or enemy of B
B-4,    female stranger
B-5,    female criminal
B-6,    female officer of the law
B-7,    female inferior, employee
B-8,    female utility symbol
B-9,    female superior, employer. one in authority

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
F-A,    father of A
M-A,    mother of A
BR-A,   brother of A
SR-A,   sister of A
SN-A,   son of A
D-A,    daughter of A
U-A,    uncle of A
AU-A,   aunt of A
CN-A,   male cousin of A
NW-A,   nephew of A
NC-A,   niece of A
GF-A,   grandfather of A
GM-A,   grandmother of A
SF-A,   stepfather of A
SM-A,   stepmother of A
GCH-A,  grandchild of A

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
F-B,    father of B
M-B,    mother of B
BR-B,   brother of B
SR-B,   sister of B
SN-B,   son of B
D-B,    daughter of B
U-B,    uncle of B
AU-B,   aunt of B
CN-B,   female cousin of B
NW-B,   nephew of B
NC-B,   niece of B
GF-B,   grandfather of B
GM-B,   grandmother of B
SF-B,   stepfather of B
SM-B,   stepmother of B
GCH-B,  grandchild of B

-- FORMAT_LINES:bodylist
CH,     a child
AX,     a mysterious male person, or one of unusual character
BX,     a mysterious female person, or one of unusual character
X,      an inanimate object, an object of mystery, an uncertain quantity

-- FORMAT_BEGIN:bodytext
Note: BR-A, BR-B, SR-A, SR-B, SN-A, SN-B, D-A, D-B, CN-A and
CN-B may on occasion be merely BR, SR, SN, D, and CN.

Where necessary to indicate a male friend of B, or a female friend of A,
the symbols aB-2, bA-2 may be used. Likewise, bCN-A, female cousin
of A; aCN-B, male cousin of B, bGCH-A, female grandchild of A, aCH.
male child, etc.

X added to any character gives to the character a suggestion of mystery.
-- FORMAT_END


-- HR

-- page 18

ConflictGroup{Love and Courtship}

ConflictSubGroup{Love’s Beginning}

B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{1}

(a) PRE: (112) (117) (148) (656)
A, poor, is in love with wealthy and aristocratic B * A, poor, in love with wealthy
B, pretends to be a man of wealth **
POST: (187) (228) (233) (347a -*)

(b) PRE: (171) (734) (1106 -* ch B to A) (1146)
A, of humble birth, falls in love with aristocratic B * A, of humble birth, in love
with aristocratic B, pretends to be a man of high social standing **
POST: (139) (153) (209) (1200)

(c) PRE: (918a) (926) (928a)
A, in love with B, finds that B considers him too perfect for married happiness *
B considers her lover, A, too perfect for married happiness; so A simulates a
“hardboiled” character in order to prove that he is not so perfect as he seems **
POST: (1167) (1170) (1216) (1227a, b, c)

(d) PRE: (148) (149) (160)
A, elderly, is in love with youthful B * A, elderly, in love with youthful B, seeks
to forward his love affair by simulating youth **
POST: (40a, b) (75b) (78) (97) (156) (330a)

(e) PRE: (59) (1146) (1175a)
A, a crook, outlaw, gambler, pretends to be an honest man in order to forward his
love affair with B
POST: (280a, b tr A & A-3) (318; 236; 267) (252a)

(f) PRE: (230) (1060) (1101)
A is in love with B, who is devoted to scientific pursuits * A, who knows nothing of
the sciences, pretends to be engaged in scientific research **
POST: (179a, b, c) (181a, b, c)

(g) PRE: (234a -*) (1061) (1150)
A falls in love with romantic B * A, in love with romantic B, pretends to be a hero **
POST: (234a *-**) (1150; 851; 885a) (1227b, c)

(h) PRE: (43 -*) (101b) (898 -*)
A quarrels with his sweetheart, B, and fears he is losing her love * A, fearing he is
losing the love of B, pretends to take poison with suicidal intent **
POST: (249) (262a, b, c) (1461b)

Conflict{2}

(a) PRE: (949a) (954) (968)
A, a poor clerk, finances a “fling” in high society * A, a poor clerk financing a “fling”
in high society, meets wealthy and aristocratic B (1146 ch A to B) (1187 ch A to B),
and they fall in love **
POST: (1461a ch A to B) (146a, c)

(b) PRE: (1146) (1175a) (1197)
A, a fugitive from the law and using a fictitious name, falls in love with B * A,
craftily engaged in a secret enterprise, falls in love with B (1146 ch A to B) (1169
ch A to B) who has also embarked upon a crafty enterprise **
POST: (91) (224) (233) (876a)

(c) PRE: (232) (420) (818b)
A, one of the “idle rich,” gratifies his love of adventure by frequenting the slums
in the character of a city “tough” * A, disguised as a city “tough,” meets B, and
they fall in love **
POST: (114) (220) (358)

(d) PRE: (818a) (1197) (1198)
A is mistaken by B for A-8. B has corresponded with A-8 but has never seen
him * A, falling in love with B, pretends that he is A-8 **
POST: (82a) (97) (822)

(e) PRE: (1170) (1329)
B, wealthy, devotes much time to settlement work; and, in carrying out her philanthropic
enterprises, she pretends to be a shop girl * B, while posing as a shop
girl, meets A, and they fall in love **
POST: (115) (336b) (1461a ch A to B; 358 **-***)

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(f) PRE: (916) (974)
B, poor and humble but romantic, acquires unexpectedly a small sum of money;
thus financed, she pretends for a time to be wealthy and aristocratic * B, poor and
humble but pretending to be wealthy and aristocratic, meets rich and influential
A (1163c) and they fall in love **
POST: (117) (152a)

(g) PRE: (850a) (1159 ch A-4 to A)
-- MISTRESS master
B, a maid, uses the wardrobe of her wealthy mistress and pretends to be a distinguished
personage * B, poor but pretending to be wealthy and aristocratic,
meets rich and influential A (1148a) and they fall in love **
POST: (885a) (1060)

(h) PRE: (876a) (1244a)
B, a criminal, assumes an alias and makes use of stolen funds in evading the law *
B, a criminal in disguise, meets A (1169) (1175a) (1181) and they fall in love **
POST: (97) (1208)

Conflict{3}

(a) PRE: (2h) (926) (949b)
A is a judge, and B is a fugitive from justice posing as a woman of wealth and
fashion * A, a judge, falls in love with B, a criminal **
POST: (359) (727)

(b) PRE: (106 -*) (925 -*)
A, a detective, falls in love with B, the criminal he has arrested and is returning
to the scene of her crime for trial and punishment
POST: (106 *-**) (53) (359) (986)

Conflict{4}

(a) PRE: (298a ch BX to B; 58a ch AX to A; 1184) (1172)
A, seeking to uncover duplicity by crafty enterprise, encounters the unexpected *
A, seeking to uncover duplicity, falls in love with B, supposed to be guilty of the
duplicity **
POST: (62) (64) (1167; 826)

(b) PRE: (739; 1401) (1170)
A recovers property belonging to an unknown woman, B * A, in a spirit of altruism,
-- HER obj
restores property to an unknown woman, B—and falls in love with her **
POST: (21) (792a)

Conflict{5}

PRE: (168) (603b, c, d)
A, carrying the news of the death of his friend, A-2, to B, the girl to whom A-2 was
betrothed, (70 ch A to A-2), is mistaken by B and her parents for A-2. B and her
parents have never seen A-2 or A (26a, b) * A, posing as his dead friend, A-2, falls
in love with B, and withholds the news of A-2’s death **
POST: (1385) (1461a; 73)

Conflict{6}

(a) PRE: (14b -*) (101b)
A, traveling the highroad, drops a purse of money unnoticed * B, who has long
desired to know A, picks up a purse he has dropped and restores it. A and B fall
in love **
POST: (54a, b) (1357)

(b) PRE: (2h) (3a -*)
A, a judge, loses his brief case * B finds a lost brief case belonging to A, a judge,
and restores it to him; and the acquaintance, thus begun, ripens into love **
POST: (801) (822)

Conflict{7}

(a) PRE: (898) (1073)
A is crude, unhandsome and repellant to the ladies, although he desires to be a
gallant * A receives from A-7 a small object of mystery, X, which A-7 declares will
make him redoubtable in love. A takes X and fares forth to try it **
POST: (8a) (1330) (1347)

(b) PRE: (1403) (1418a)
A is in love with B and fears his affair is hopeless * A, in order to prosper his love
affair with B, secures a love philtre from the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son—a
philtre that is guaranteed to bring him the love of B **
POST: (249) (1433b; 1363)

Conflict{8}

(a) PRE: (7a, b) (1061)
A has a repellant personality and, knowing it, he is timid in love * A is timid in
love but, armed with a love charm, X, he becomes bold, and wins success **
POST: (161) (378) (454)

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(b) PRE: (7a, b) (1330)
A’s love affair with B is not prospering. A secures a love philtre and mixes it
secretly in a cup of tea; but B’s maiden aunt, AU-B, drinks the tea
POST: (1332) (1334a) (1375)

Conflict{9}

(a) PRE: (13a) (36)
A and B, both single, craftily covenant and agree to ban love in their associations *
A and B, engaging in an enterprise, mutually covenant and agree to ban love; but
love enters into their little scheme in spite of their platonic notions **
POST: (207) (260a, b)

(b) PRE: (244 ch B to B-3) (325)
A and B, young and single, enter into a business co-partnership * A and B, entering
into a business co-partnership, ban love with every legal device—but in vain **
POST: (178) (212a) (213)

(c) PRE: (83) (84a)
-- HER obj poss
B’s cattle ranch was left to her by her father; and every man B hires as foreman
-- HER obj poss
makes love to her sooner or later, and is discharged * B hires A as foreman on her
-- HER obj
ranch, and he promises to keep his place and not make love to her; but B falls in
love with him, and is presently glad to learn that A’s sole purpose in taking the
job of foreman was to win her love **
POST: (181a) (828)

Conflict{10}

(a) PRE: (665) (1309a ch A to A-8; 1309b)
-- HER obj
B is a criminal, and A is the detective who has arrested her * B, a criminal arrested
by A, a detective, brings her charms to bear upon A in the hope of effecting her
escape **
POST: (3b) (230 tr A & B)

(b) PRE: (873) (876a)
B, poor and in great misfortune, is befriended by wealthy A * B, poor, seeks to win
the love of wealthy A **
POST: (186) (230) (431)

(c) PRE: (239) (745)
B makes love to A in an attempt to escape misfortune
POST: (182a) (406)

Conflict{11}

(a) PRE: (1279a ch B to M-B; 57 ch B to M-B) (124 -* ch B to M-B)
B’s mother, M-B, a middle-aged widow, introduces A, her youthful lover, to B *
B’s mother, M-B, plans that her youthful lover, A, shall transfer his affections to
B. M-B’s plans are successful **
POST: (83 ch B to M-B) (324 ch B to M-B & B-3 to B)

(b) PRE: (124 -*) (168 -*)
B, middle-aged, and A, a youth, are in love with each other * B, elderly, in love with
youthful A, seeks to have A transfer his affections to B-3, who is nearer his own
age **
POST: (11a ch B to B-3 and “daughter” to “friend”) (93a)

(c) PRE: (3a, b) (4a)
B, who is unworthy, finds that she has won the love of worthy A * B, unworthy,
seeks to have her lover, A, transfer his affections to B-3, who is worthy **
POST: (263) (324)


B{15} Finding a Sustaining Power in Misfortune

Conflict{12}

(a) PRE: (2b) (1173) (750; 784 -*)
A and B, each secretly, suppose themselves transgressors of the law * A and B,.
supposing themselves fugitives from the law, meet in a foreign country and fall
in love **
POST: (11c) (624) (784 *-**) (1050)

(b) PRE: (688) (918a) (921) (750; 784 -*)
A, unmarried, and B, married, are shipwrecked and cast away on a desert island *
A, unmarried, and B, married, fall in love when B supposes A to be her ideal. And
then B makes a discovery **
POST: (307) (1461c)

-- page 21

Conflict{13}

(a) PRE: (32) (340)
B is discouraged regarding her romantic affairs * B, discouraged regarding her love
affairs, meets with a “sign” which prophesies her marriage within a year **
POST: (56) (1342a ch A to B)

(b) PRE: (15a, b) (34) (229)
B, as the world would have it, is an “inferior” person * B, an “inferior” person,
-- HER obj obj
falls in love with a “superior” person, A; and A’s apparent love for her gives her
the power to bear patiently the misfortunes of her humble estate **
POST: (53) (270)

Conflict{14}

(a) PRE: (641) (645) (818a) (873)
B, almost overwhelmed by misfortune, meets A, and they fall in love * B, winning
the love of A, finds the courage to bear patiently with her hardships **
POST: (827) (850a) (892 ch B-3 to A)

(b) PRE: (60 ch A to A-3) (647)
B finds herself in a great city, penniless and the victim of evil intrigue * B, helpless
and in misfortune, meets a stranger, A, and they fall in love **
POST: (24a, d) (82a) (144)

(c) PRE: (564a ch A to A-8) (577 ch B to B-8)
B, an attractive young widow, meets A, an equally attractive young widower *
B, a widow, and A, a widower, meet in a cemetery where each comes with flowers
for her and his lost spouse—and they fall in love **
POST: (40a) (67)

Conflict{15}

(a) PRE: (23a) (31)
B, plain and humble working girl, falls in love with A
POST: (68) (243)

(b) PRE: (29) (32)
B, plain and humble “slavey,” secretly adores A * A does not dream that humble B
is in love with him **
POST: (87) (270)


B{2} Falling in Love at a Time When Certain Obligations Forbid Love

Conflict{16}

(a) PRE: (453) (10a)
-- HER obj poss
A, a detective, has arrested B, a criminal, and is returning her to the scene of her
crime for trial and punishment * A, a detective, falls in love with B, a criminal whom
he has arrested **
POST: (49) (986) (126)

(b) PRE: (250) (1186)
A has taken vows that proscribe the love of woman * A, although he has taken
vows that proscribe the love of woman, nevertheless falls in love with B **
POST: (224) (221a, b) (248)

Conflict{17}

(a) PRE: (690) (688)
A, unmarried, and B, married, thrown together in a solitary and lonely
environment, fall in love
POST: (53) (438 ch A to A-8)

(b) PRE: (561 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (503b ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)
A, unmarried, out of sympathy for B, who is unhappily married to brutal and
tyrannical A-8, falls in love with B
POST: (568a ch A to A-8) (568b ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{18}

PRE: (462 ch B to B-3) (3a) (4a)
A falls in love with B; but A already has a wife, B-3. whom he has never loved, a
wife whom he considers it his duty to care for
POST: (417) (557 ch B to B-3) (368a tr B & B-3)

-- page 22

B{41} Finding an Obligation at Variance With Ambition, Inclination or Necessity

Conflict{19}

(a) PRE: (117) (24a, b, c)
A falls in love with B, and renounces wealth which he was to inherit by marrying
BX
POST: (223) (43)

(b) PRE: (118) (1041 ch A to GF-A)
A, under threat of being disinherited, is ordered to commit an act that will prove
a grievous injury to a near relative of B’s, the woman he loves, A refuses
POST: (130) (313)

Conflict{20}

(a) PRE: (1058) (1138)
A seeks to buy an object, X, from B, an object he greatly desires. B will not
sell * A and B, while engaged in a commercial transaction, fall in love **
POST: (41a, b, c)

(b) PRE: (1148a) (1153)
A meets B while engaged in an enterprise, of indirection, and clever B finds a flaw
in his explanations; B, also, is entangled in a snare of indirection, and A’s suspicions
are aroused * A and B are mutually involved in a snare of indirection; nevertheless,
they are drawn to each other and fall in love **
POST: (163) (50)

(c) PRE: (125b) (745)
-- HER obj poss
A is a young lawyer, retained by B to help her settle the involved estate of her
deceased father, F-B * A and B, during their meetings as lawyer and client, fall
in love **
POST: (107) (69)


B{23} Becoming Involved in a Complication That Has to do With Mistaken Judgment and Suspicion

Conflict{21}

PRE: (4a) (1167) (1168) (1169) (1170)
A meets B and thinks she is a transgressor; and B, on her part, thinks A is a
transgressor * A and B, each thinking the other is a transgressor, nevertheless fall in
love **
POST: (69) (97)

Conflict{22}

(a) PRE: (850a, b) (250) (885a tr A & B)
A is a woman-hater, but he is rendered, a service by B which causes him to revise
his opinions of the opposite sex * A, a woman-hater, falls in love with B **
POST: (153) (826)

(b) PRE: (259-1) (262a)
A has an experience with B which causes him to become a woman-hater
POST: (22a) (1002 ch B to B-3)

Conflict{23}

(a) PRE: (3a) (15a, b)
B, an “inferior” person, falls in love with A, a “superior” person, and seeks to win
him in marriage
POST: (212a) (254)

(b) PRE: (331) (346 -*)
B, of an inferior race, falls in love with A, of a superior race
POST: (229) (226)

(c) PRE: (255) (282b)
A, of an inferior race, falls in love with B, of a superior race
POST: (225) (227)

(d) PRE: (293) (330a)
A, wealthy and of high social position, falls in love with humble B
POST: (228) (358)

-- page 23

B{20} Becoming Involved With Conditions in Which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{24}

(a) PRE: (806 ch B-4 to B) (812a ch A-4 to A)
-- HER obj
A loses his heart to B, a woman he does not know, and wishes to marry her
POST: (1d, e) (103)

(b) PRE: (818b) (788)
-- HER obj
A, attracted by the loveliness of B, loses his heart to her
POST: (71b) (128)

(c) PRE: (1364a *-** ch B to A) (1410)
A sees a photograph of B, a woman he does not know * A, studying a photograph
-- HER obj
of unknown B, falls in love with her **
POST: (27) (31)

(d) PRE: (22b ch B to B-3; 839 tr A & A-2) (22b ch B to B-3; 1461b)
A, hearing of the character and charms of B, a woman he has never met, falls in
-- HER obj obj
love with her and resolves to win her in marriage
POST: (29) (54a, b)

(e) PRE: (74a, b) (924b)
A, of an inordinately romantic temperament, sees the hand of B; and, because of
the hand’s shapeliness and beauty, falls in love with the owner, B
POST: (27) (2c)

Conflict{25}

PRE: (101b) (24b)
A, falling in love with B (32) (38), whom he does not know, seeks an introduction
POST: (139) (36)

Conflict{26}

(a) PRE: (169 tr A & A-2) (6a, b ch B to B-3)
A and B have never seen each other; but, through their fathers, F-A and F-B, who
are old friends, it is arranged that A and B shall meet and marry
POST: (117 ch BX to B) (118)

(b) PRE: (72) (1183 ch SR to B)
A and B have never seen each other; but they correspond, and through their
correspondence become betrothed
POST: (1461c) (31)

Conflict{27}

PRE: (946) (1203) (1208) (1258 ch A-6 to A)
B, unworthy, wins the love of worthy A, and tense complications result
POST: (11c) (359)

Conflict{28}

(a) PRE: (452 ch A to A-8) (1248)
B, very ill and under the doctor’s care, fancies herself in love with the doctor, A
POST: (162a) (1462)

(b) PRE: (688) (148 tr A & B)
B, suffering misfortune with A, fancies herself in love with him
POST: (307) (147)

Conflict{29}

PRE: (38) (916) (925 -*) (926)
B knows nothing of A, having fallen in love with him at “first sight”
POST: (31) (223) (226)

Conflict{30}

PRE: (32) (1185)
-- HER obj
B, a stenographer, is in love with A, junior partner of the firm employing her
POST: (274) (754) (213)

Conflict{31}

PRE: (2f, h) (8a)
B, rescued from an accident by A, whom she does net know, falls in love with him
POST: (45a, b) (59) (207) (220) (255) (616) (801)

-- page 24

Conflict{32}

PRE: (31) (10a) (641) (765)
B, desiring love, has never had a lover, and feels the misfortune keenly
POST: (185) (195) (850a, b)

Conflict{33}

PRE: (668) (670)
B, daughter of M-B, a widow, desperately opposes, and for very good reasons,
M-B’s intention to marry again
POST: (59 ch B to M-B) (65 ch B to M-B)

Conflict{34}

PRE: (327b) (15a, b)
B, humble and self-effacing, worships A, her love alone seeming a sufficient reward
of happiness
POST: (87) (91) (186) (270)

Conflict{35}

PRE: (32) (10b *-**)
B, a plain girl who has no lover, is persuaded by her friend, B-2, to accept an escort
to a dance—A, a man she does not know
POST: (68) (96) (891 tr A & A-3)

Conflict{36}

PRE: (13a) (32)
-- HER obj
B is attractive, but no man pays her any attention * B, attractive, and humiliated
because of her lack of admirers, resorts to simulation to gain contentment **
POST: (83) (58a, b)

Conflict{37}

PRE: (1279a) (1d tr A & B)
B, middle-aged, loves and is beloved by A, a youth
POST: (59) (124)

Conflict{38}

PRE: (13a) (35) (36)
B considers love and marriage the great adventure, and eagerly proceeds with
them
POST: (64) (88) (143) (146)

Conflict{39}

PRE: (38) (15a, b)
B, unmarried, cherishes motherhood as her ideal
POST: (68) (90a; 60) (84)

-- page 25

ConflictSubGroup{Love’s Misadventures}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{40}

(a) PRE: (41a, b) (129)
A presents his sweetheart, B, with a novel; and the story, unknown to A, contains
a character described as an adventuress in terms that exactly fit B. Or, the novel
which A, by mistake, wraps up and sends to B was a gift to A from a former sweetheart,
her name and his on the fly leaf, and various love passages marked. Or,
there is something left by chance between the pages of the book at which B takes
offense. Or, some of the incidents of the story (which A has not read), approximate
events in the affair of A and B with slighting references to B
POST: (80a) (208) (210)

(b) PRE: (6a, b) (1461d)
-- HER obj
A encounters disappointment in love when B fails to answer a note he sent her
POST: (316) (218b) (306)

Conflict{41}

(a) PRE: (1c) (9b)
A, in love with B, refuses the wise counsel of B in business affairs, and an
estrangement follows
POST: (300) (315)

(b) PRE: (1079) (1132) (808b tr A & B)
A has promised B, the woman he loves, that he will give up a practice which B
considers discreditable * A, yielding to temptation, proves false to a promise he
made his sweetheart, B, and an estrangement follows
POST: (85a) (97) (163)

(c) PRE: (118) (1315 ch A-3 to F-B)
A persists in taking measures against one of the family of B, A’s sweetheart, in
spite of the protests of B. An estrangement follows
POST: (43) (259)

Conflict{42}

(a) PRE: (292) (3a)
A, in love with B, discovers that B is in love with B-2
POST: (1413a ch A-5 to B-2) (315)

(b) PRE: (1330) (1368)
B, in love with A, discovers that A, Narcissus like, is in love with A
POST: (57) (1347) (1374) (1375)

Conflict{43}

PRE: (70) (73) (75b)
A, in love with B, quarrels with F-B, father of B * B’s father, F-B, is mysteriously
slain, and innocent A is arrested for the crime **
POST: (91) (828 tr A & B & ch B-5 to A-5)

Conflict{44}

(a) PRE: (598 ch A to A-4) (1029 ch A to A-4)
A, a publisher in love with B, receives a manuscript novel from A-4, in which a
woman character, approximating B physically and temperamentally, is made the
rogue of the story * A, a publisher, rejects a novel because of personal pique
POST: (208) (292) (317) (260a ch A-3 to A-4)

(b) PRE: (44a) (131)
A is so absorbed in his love affair with B that it has a disastrous effect upon his
business enterprises
POST: (311) (260a ch A-3 to A-4)

Conflict{45}

(a) PRE: (28a, b) (29) (30) (31)
A discovers that B, unhappily married, is—innocently on his own part—in love
with him
POST: (55) (61) (274)

(b) PRE: (806 ch B-4 to B) (818a)
-- HER obj
A, kind to humble B and considering her merely as a friend, is amazed to learn
that she is in love with him
POST: (270; 251) (254)

-- page 26

Conflict{46}

PRE: (205) (22b)
A meets B, his love of other days, and is surprised to find that his success in distant
-- HER obj
lands (967) has no charm for her that is not discounted by the meager opportunities
of the home country
POST: (207) (211) (21)

Conflict{47}

(a) PRE: (1399) (1436)
A asks that B allow herself to be hypnotized in order that he may learn where
buried treasure has been concealed (1394) * A hypnotizes B, and B dies of psychic
shock **
POST: (53) (633) (1262)

(b) PRE: (1220a) (1159)
A persuades his sweetheart, B, to assume a fictitious character for the purpose of
acquiring gain by transgression—with unhappy consequences for both of them
POST: (50 tr A & B) (1192; 1200)

Conflict{48}

PRE: (606) (619) (631 ch A to A-8) (654)
A knew very well that he would suffer adversity all his life when, in order to cancel
an obligation he gave his daughter, D-A, in marriage to A-8, a man she did not
love
POST: (284 ch B to D & A-3 to A-8) (313 ch F-B to A, B to D-A, A to A-3 & A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{49}

PRE: (70; 73; 690 add B) (688 -*)
A and B, lovers, meet with tragic misfortune but escape death * A and B, lovers,
escaping death in a tragic misfortune, each believes the other has perished **
POST: (105) (794 ch A-2 to B)

Conflict{50}

PRE: (126) (1201)
A, in love with B, impersonates another person at B’s instigation * A’s pretentions
accepted, it develops that the person impersonated has a wife, who immediately
claims A as her husband **
POST: (95) (163) (225)

Conflict{51}

(a) PRE: (1290a) (1316)
A loves B, and, when A confesses to B that he once committed a murder, B’s health
declines and she worries herself into her grave
POST: (1433a) (53)

(b) PRE: (68 ch B to B-3) (1304)
A confesses to B, his sweetheart, that he once committed a transgression, and the
result of the confession proves disastrous
POST: (1269 ch A to B & A-2 to A) (249)

Conflict{52}

(a) PRE: (1209a) (1298) (694)
A, a fugitive from justice, hiding in the bush, through error shoots and kills B, his
sweetheart, when he hears some one approaching his hiding place
POST: (746 ch B to A) (787) (802b ch A to A-6)

(b) PRE: (808a) (475)
A, seeking to benefit B, undertakes an enterprise which results disastrously
POST: (52b) (761b; 385a) (578a)

Conflict{53}

PRE: (11c) (14a) (17a, b)
A loves B; B dies; and A becomes demented through grief * A thinks B has merely
-- HER obj
gone away for a time, and spends years in a vain search for her **
POST: (1345) (1365) (1375)

Conflict{54}

(a) PRE: (8a) (117)
A is in love with B. One evening, as usual, A calls to see B ; but, where her beautiful
home had stood, no later than the evening before, there is now only an ancient,
timestained tomb—the tomb of B, who had died a hundred years before A was born
POST: (1433b) (1446c)

(b) PRE: (7a) (1441a)
A, investigating a psychic mystery, falls in love with B * B, apparently in her early
twenties, is dazzlingly beautiful; but she is really very old, and in her case the
ravages of time were stayed in early youth by a psychic shock. A’s love dissolves
the spell; and, under A’s eyes, B ages and her beauty fades **
POST: (1433b) (1461b)

-- page 27

Conflict{55}

PRE: (250) (288)
A really loves B, although he has taken vows that prohibit love for woman. A lives
to regret his vows
POST: (106) (205) (207)

Conflict{56}

PRE: (38) (766)
-- HER obj
B is cconvinced that several eligible men are in love with her * B is unaware of the
fact that she is the victim of egotistical self-deception **
POST: (65) (86) (184) (194a)

Conflict{57}

PRE: (226) (243) (264)
B, in a fit of discouragement over an unhappy love affair, meditates suicide and
writes a note to her friends telling of her motives * B, contemplating suicide, writes
a note explaining her motives; then she changes her mind—and loses the note **
POST: (742) (758)

Conflict{58}

(a) PRE: (32) (36)
B invents a wholly imaginary lover, AX; and, most unexpectedly, a man of AX’s
-- HER obj
name and general characteristics, presents himself to her
POST: (1184) (4a)

(b) PRE: (32) (36)
B pretends that she is engaged to be married to an imaginary lover, AX, buys
herself an engagement ring, and has the betrothal announcement published in a
newspaper
POST: (298a ch A to AX; 4a ch A to AX) (1187 ch A to AX)

(c) PRE: (62) (83)
B, single, pretends that she is a married woman and assumes the name of “Mrs.
Blank”
POST: (1242a) (947) (946)

Conflict{59}

PRE: (31) (1146) (1175a)
B, aristocratic, wealthy, romantic, falls in love with A, a designing rogue
masquerading as a person of “quality”
POST: (103; 93a) (90a) (228)

Conflict{60}

PRE: (90a, b) (676) (916) (55) (148) (217 tr A & A-3) (237) (247)
B is abandoned by A, the man with whom she eloped
POST: (665) (737a) (738)

Conflict{61}

PRE: (82a, b) (87)
B, in male attire, is suddenly revealed to A, the man she loves, in her true sex
POST: (220) (244) (264) (359)

Conflict{62}

PRE: (36) (145)
B is harrassed by gossip concerning men falsely rumored to be in love with her,
-- HER obj
and by relatives of the supposed lovers calling on her and making complaint
POST: (83) (102) (14a, b, c)

Conflict{63}

PRE: (2f, g, h) (10b)
B, in love with A, sends A a gift which, she mistakenly thinks, will forward their
mutual happiness
POST: (40 ch A to B) (153 ch A to B) (333 ch A to B)

Conflict{64}

PRE: (15a) (23a, b) (34) (38) (916) (232) (272) (302) (421)
B is persuaded into a secret marriage by A, the man she loves
POST: (400) (415) (426)

Conflict{65}

PRE: (1105) (1121)
B is so fully aware of the fact that she is beautiful and attractive that she thinks
-- HER obj obj
every man is in love with her * A, whom B favors but who does not love her, seeks
-- HER obj poss
B out and bluntly tells her of her egotistical self-deception
POST: (1067) (679) (88)

-- page 28

B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{66}

(a) PRE: (259-1-2-3) (226) (262a, b) (1105)
A, his love rejected by B, revenges himself by cutting off B’s long hair
POST: (173) (1326 ch A to A-8)

(b) PRE: (335) (334a)
A, his love rejected by B, seeks revenge on the sex by becoming a heart-breaker,
and a betrayer
POST: (96 ch B to B-3) (98 ch B to B-3)

(c) PRE: (284) (263 tr A & A-3)
A, his love rejected by B, seeks revenge by making love to eligible, wealthy women
and getting money from them
POST: (387 ch B to B-3) (422b ch B to B-3)

Conflict{67}

PRE: (220) (330a)
A, elderly, wealthy, is in love with youthful B.* A seeks by a stratagem to discover
the sincerity of B’s professed love for him **
POST: (93a ch B to A) (82a tr B & A)

Conflict{68}

PRE: (98) (658) (1306) (96)
A wronged B, the woman he loved, but secretly; and A craftily retains his own
high place in society while leaving B to bear the heartache and shame alone
POST: (951) (1461a)

Conflict{69}

PRE: (27) (1146) (1173) (1175) (10c) (14b) (147) (61)
A, in love with B and thinking B has committed a crime (1172) (1206) (1292)
(1293a, b, c). declares to the police that he committed the crime himself
POST: (828) (833) (787 ch A to B)

Conflict{70}

PRE: (100) (129) (132) (240)
A’s family is at war with B’s family; and A, in love with B, disguises his identity
when calling on B
POST: (5) (73) (352a, b)

Conflict{71}

(a) PRE: (250) (1095) (101a)
A seeks to escape annoying manifestations of love * A, in order to escape annoying
manifestations of love, pretends [1] that a wax figure, X, is his invalid wife; [2]
pretends that he is married; [3] pretends that he is engaged to be married
POST: (2c) (24a, b, c, d)

(b) PRE: (143) (145)
B, in order to escape annoying manifestations of love, resorts to simulation
POST: (83) (84a) (58a, b, c)

Conflict{72}

PRE: (70) (299)
A, in love with B, pretends to be his deceased friend, A-2 (26a, b ch A to A-2) who
was betrothed to B. B and her family, hearing of A-2’s death at last, believe A
to be the spectre of A-2
POST: (73) (353) (362)

Conflict{73}

PRE: (70) (275) (276) (311) (312) (303)
A and B are in love, but B’s parents, F-B and M-B, do not favor A; and A and B
plan to elope, marry, and then seek forgiveness of B’s people
POST: (154a, b) (314)

Conflict{74}

(a) PRE: (101b) (1389b)
A, young and romantic, sees a ruinous old house in a city street, a house said to
be deserted. * A, his curiosity aroused, secretly watches the house; then, one day,
he sees a beautifully rounded arm and a small, shapely hand (953 ch A to B) (403)
emerge from behind a broken blind and place something on the window sill **
POST: (24e) (1335)

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(b) PRE: (259-3) (968) (1104) (1134) (513)
A, hearing a woman’s voice calling for help in a house he happens to be passing,
rushes up the steps, through the front door—and into a romantic complication
POST: (664) (407 ch A to A-8; 274)

Conflict{75}

(a) PRE: (266) (280a) (290)
A and A-3 are in love with B. A-3 seeks by craftiness to eliminate A
POST: (79) (1228) (1253) (1267d) (1265 tr A & A-3)

(b) PRE: (75a) (76)
A, through the wily manoeuvers of A-3. his rival in love, is innocently lured into
a compromising situation by B-5, woman confederate of A-3
POST: (347b ch B to B-5) (315)

Conflict{76}

PRE: (75a) (157)
A and A-3 are rivals for the hand of B. A-3 plans to forward his own aims at A’s
expense
POST: (138) (245) (79)

Conflict{77}

PRE: (160) (158)
A and A-3 are in love with B (85a). F-B, father of B, seeks to discover by secret
enterprise which lover is the more worthy
POST: (111 add A-3) (112 add A-3)

Conflict{78}

PRE: (137a) (157) (171)
A and A-3, in love with B, are persuaded by capricious B to undertake a dangerous
enterprise to prove their love
POST: (342) (212b)

Conflict{79}

PRE: (111) (112) (115)
A’s rival in love, A-3, pretends to be A’s friend in order to lure him into an
undertaking in which he will lose his reputation or his life
POST: (75b) (612) (1226 ch A-5 to A-3) (1228) (1229 ch B to B-8) (1233)

Conflict{80}

(a) PRE: (157) (171) (918a) (926)
A, in order to ensure the happiness of B (85a) whom he loves devotedly and who,
he thinks, loves his rival, A-3 (177 ch A to A-3) (1175a ch A to A-3), fiees secretly
so it may appear that he, and not A-3, committed a certain transgression
POST: (906 ch A-2 to A-3) (97) (122)

(b) PRE: (137a) (139 ch A-2 to A-3)
A and A-3 are rivals for the love of B, and A learns that B prefers A-3. A, in order
to insure the happiness of B and A-3 slays himself and leaves his estate to B and
A-3
POST: (248 ch A to A-3) (268 ch A to A-3)

Conflict{81}

PRE: (97) (252a, b) (260a) (283) (290) (293) (301a)
A kidnaps his sweetheart, B, (206) (284) (311) from an automobile while she
is on her way to marry A-3, A’s rival in love
POST: (367b)

Conflict{82}

(a) PRE: (103) (105)
B disguises herself and meets A, the man she loves, as an Unknown * B seeks to
-- HER obj
discover whether A really loves her **
POST: (142) (246a) (249) (250) (357)

(b) PRE: (103) (141) (162a)
B resorts to simulation in order to discover whether A, the man she loves, really
-- HER obj
loves her
POST: (93a) (82a)

Conflict{83}

PRE: (102) (143) (145) (148) (207) (870a)
B pretends that she is engaged to be married in order to be free of certain annoying
experiences
POST: (21) (207 tr A & B)

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Conflict{84}

(a) PRE: (947) (976) (1242a)
B, in order to be free of unwelcome lovers, invents a mechanical figure, X, which
she pretends is her husband
POST: (354b) (2e)

(b) PRE: (101a) (1095)
A, annoyed by unwelcome love affairs, pretends that he has an invalid wife, BX
POST: (71-1) (1f)

Conflict{85}

(a) PRE: (114) (178) (188a)
B, in love with A, treats A harshly in an attempt to arouse his anger and spur him
into proving his abilities
POST: (125a) (225)

(b) PRE: (162a) (249)
-- HER obj
B seeks to prove A’s love for her by a stratagem * B deliberately manoeuvers herself
and A into a compromising situation, and then places the responsibility squarely
upon A **
POST: (876b) (212b)

Conflict{86}

PRE: (32) (36) (38) (68) (124) (871) (1105)
B, unmarried and impelled by an unusual motive, pretends that she is engaged to
be married to a fictitious person, AX, and has the announcement published in a newspaper
POST: (58a) (1242a)

Conflict{87}

PRE: (34) (91) (162a) (163)
B disguises herself as a boy, in order to be near A, whom she secretly adores
POST: (144) (146) (147)

Conflict{88}

PRE: (291) (330a) (659) (745) (916) (993)
B, in order to carry out an enterprise considered necessary, offers to sell herself in
marriage to the highest bidder
POST: (182a) (269) (351a)

Conflict{89}

PRE: (223) (225) (228) (246)
B, thinking a symbol of lost love, X (1384), has a magic power of its own, seeks
to regain love by wearing the symbol
POST: (1368 ch A to B) (746)

Conflict{90}

(a) PRE: (240) (290) (59) (66b ch B to B-3) (1175a)
-- HER obj
B elopes with A, who promises her a theatrical engagement
POST: (60) (142) (226) (415)

(b) PRE: (218a) (324) (678 ch SR-B to B-3)
B’s ambition is to do B-3 an injury; so she elopes with A, who is engaged to marry
B-3
POST: (221 ch B to B-3) (224) (247)

Conflict{91}

PRE: (27) (29) (98) (1167) (1170) (1180)
B, in love with A, seeks to save A from disaster (595) (608) (610) by shrewd
enterprise
POST: (92) (94a) (114) (125a)

Conflict{92}

PRE: (27) (126) (163) (1181) (1185) (1195) (1197)
B is in love with A, who has been arrested on a criminal charge by A-6 (753) (1084)
(1101) * B, in order to help her lover, A, escape from A-6, the officer who has
arrested him, makes love to A-6 **
POST: (183 ch A to A-6) (230 ch A to A-6) (866)

Conflict{93}

(a) PRE: (59) (103) (164)
B, wealthy, pretends to lose all her money in an unfortunate investment, by way
-- HER poss obj
of discovering which of her lovers loves her for herself alone
POST: (210-3) (214) (361a, b) (366)

(b) PRE: (186) (199) (200)
-- HER obj
B, seeking to prove whether or not A really loves her (141), has recourse to a stratagem
POST: (82a) (93a) (87)

-- page 31

Conflict{94}

(a) PRE: (3a, b) (14a, b, c) (925 -*) (949)
B and A are in love. B-3, by craftiness (138) (215a) steals A away from B (216) *
then B, matching her own craftiness against B-3’s, steals B-3’s thunder and wins
A back again (359) (361a, b) **
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (337a) (340)
B’s friend, B-2, an attractive married woman, seeks to save A, B’s fiance, from the
wiles of a designing woman, B-3, and restore him to B. B-2 does this by winning
A away from B-3
POST: (337b) (322b)

Conflict{95}

PRE: (27) (91) (291) (113) (311)
B will lose her lover, A, if she allows A to proceed with an enterprise (225) (125a)
(1201) (1267a) (1278a) instigated by herself. To avoid losing A, B defeats
the enterprise by making a confession
POST: (50)

B{13} Seeking by Craftiness to Escape Misfortune

Conflict{96}

PRE: (703) (925 -*) (937) (121) (239) (947)
-- HER obj
A betrays B and does not marry her as he promised
POST: (60) (68) (98) (188b ch A to A-8)

Conflict{97}

PRE: (260a) (280a) (284)
A, in love with B, seeks to save B, by secret enterprise and at any cost from
threatening misfortune
POST: (236) (267) (351a)

Conflict{98}

PRE: (1185) (1247)
A is one of the “idle rich”, who craftily retains his high place in society in spite
of the fact that he has secretly betrayed a young woman B
POST: (1325) (1326 ch A to A-8) (1328) (1349) (1262)

Conflict{99}

PRE: (259 ch B to B-8) (321a ch B to B-8) (13a) (38) (325)
A and B, both unmarried, enter into a business association. They covenant and
agree that love between them shall be taboo
POST: (808a) (822)

Conflict{100}

PRE: (275) (276) (299) (1298)
A, in love with B, is determined to see B, although the determination will surely
involve him in misfortune unless he resorts to crafty enterprise
POST: (1209a) (70)

Conflict{101}

(a) PRE: (250) (918) (926)
A is so besieged by match-making mammas that their meddling seriously interferes
with the practice of his profession. He resolves to escape the annoyance by a
stratagem
POST: (84b) (1163b)

(b) PRE: (718b) (949a)
A is a sentimental person, fancy free but yearning for love * A is a poet, fancy free,
who keeps his lightning rods up in the hope of attracting a bolt of the divine passion
**
POST: (14b) (24a, b, c, d, e) (25)

Conflict{102}

PRE: (32) (325)
B is falsely suspected of being in love with various men. She decides to free
herself of the suspicion by a stratagem
POST: (86) (952 ch A to B) (1204)

Conflict{103}

PRE: (104) (143)
B is in doubt as to which of her many lovers are in love with her money, rather
-- HER obj
than with her, and she resolves to settle the doubt by secret enterprise
POST: (82a) (93a)

-- page 32

Conflict{104}

PRE: (188a) (189) (290) (291)
B, if she wins a certain contest, also wins A-3, a lover of wealth and distinction
whom she does not love, although she does love riches and social prominence; and
if she loses the contest, she wins A, a poor lover whom she does love
POST: (356) (239) (933) (355)


B{10} Suffering an Estrangement Due to Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{105}

PRE: (49) (585 ch “wife of A” to “sweetheart of A”)
A believes that his sweetheart, B, is dead; and B, at a distance, learns of this
mistaken belief on A’s part
POST: (82a) (162a) (357)


B{15} Finding a Sustaining Power in Misfortune

Conflict{106}

PRE: (259 ch B to B-8) (898) (681a)
A is a crabbed, disagreeable person whose misfortune it is to find no pleasure in
life * A, a crabbed, disagreeable person, falls in love with B (4a) (9a, b) and,
under the inspiration of love, his character undergoes a transformation **
POST: (41a, b, c) (131; 115) (359)

Conflict{107}

PRE: (131) (85a) (156)
A’s little world seems to crumble about his ears when he fancies that his sweetheart,
B, is false to him * A, discovering that B is still true to him, undergoes a
character transformation; pep, persistency and eloquence return, and lead him to
success and happiness **
POST: (360a) (369) (370)

Conflict{108}

PRE: (750) (43) (1167)
A, sweetheart of B, is condemned to die for a transgression he did not commit *
A, unjustly imprisoned, is pardoned and restored to liberty when B appeals to high
authority, A-9 **
POST: (895) (350)

Conflict{109}

PRE: (249) (259-3) (283) (284) (291) (313)
A loses his sweetheart, loses his liberty on a false charge (43) (747) (731) (623)
(608), escapes prison and survives shipwreck (650) (686) (688) (690), at last
to reach the island where great treasure is buried (1394) (1369) (1403) (1436)
(1406; 1408) (1383). And he recovers the treasure
POST: (360a) (963; 907)


B{1} Engaging in a Difficult Enterprise When Promised a Reward for High Achievement

Conflict{110}

PRE: (1a, g) (4b) (22a)
A, in love with B, is promised her hand in marriage if he will: [1] successfully
accomplish a work of great difficulty (209) (225) (111) (112) (113) (114)
(115) [2] demonstrate his ability by securing a position at a salary which the parents
of B think necessary for her comfort and happiness (1374) (1377b); or, [3] solve
a puzzling mystery
POST: (1352) (1377b) (1381) (1392) (1399)

Conflict{111}

PRE: (22a) (20a) (1e)
A, in love with B, is required by F-B, father of B, to secure a certain amount of
money before he will be seriously considered as a son-in-law
POST: (628) (1101) (1269) (1297)

Conflict{112}

PRE: (1f, g) (4b)
A loves B; and B’s father, F-B, promises him B’s hand in marriage if he will carry
out successfully an enterprise of great difficulty and danger
POST: (209) (313)

-- page 33

Conflict{113}

PRE: (111) (114)
A, in love with B, struggles to accumulate enough money to be able to marry
POST: (117) (1001a) (1028)

Conflict{114}

PRE: (125) (291) (595) (748)
B informs A, the man she loves, that he will lose her love unless he overcomes his
lack of enterprise and makes the determination to win his dominant trait
POST: (132) (604) (606) (662) (757)

Conflict{115}

PRE: (1061) (1062) (1063) (1064) (1090)
B is in love with A; but, before she will promise to marry him, she stipulates that
he must do big work, wonderfully big work
POST: (1093; 1098) (1073)


B{9} Being Put to a Test in Which Love Will be Lost if More Material Fortunes are Advanced

Conflict{116}

PRE: (117) (118)
A loses wealth by marrying B against the wishes of a rich relative, who disinherits
him
POST: (363a) (366)


B{8} Confronting a Situation in Which Wealth is Made Conditional Upon a Certain Course of Action in a Love Affair

Conflict{117}

PRE: (26a, b ch B to BX) (1432 ch A to F-A & NW to A)
A, a wanderer, is left a fortune by F-A, his father, in case he can be found and will
marry BX. a woman he has never seen
POST: (116) (132) (230 ch B to BX)

Conflict{118}

PRE: (302) (1432 ch A to GF-A & NW to A)
A will be disinherited by his wealthy grandfather, GF-A, if he does not perform an
act which will prove a grievous injury to F-B (276 ch F-A to GF-A), father of B,
the woman A loves
POST: (116) (116; 1041 ch A to GF-A)


B{2} Falling in Love at a Time When Certain Obligations Forbid Love

Conflict{119}

PRE: (128) (476a) (476b ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (477 ch A to A-8 & A-2 to A)
A, unmarried, elopes with B, the wife of his dearest friend, A-2
POST: (400 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (418 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{120}

PRE: (17a) (140) (409 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)
A, unmarried, falls in love with married B; B’s husband, A-8, will not divorce B,
nor will she divorce him
POST: (457) (129) (133) (148; 210)

Conflict{121}

PRE: (27) (32) (34)
B, unmarried, seeks motherhood because of a lofty ideal that does not shrink from
public censure
POST: (945) (946)


B{25} Seeking to Save a Person Who is Accused of Transgression

Conflict{122}

PRE: (260a) (280a) (1177 ch A to A-3) (1181 ch A to A-3)
A and A-3 are both in love with B (84) (235) (280). A seeks to protect A-3
from arrest
POST: (80a, b) (147)

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B{39} Forsaking Cherished Ambitions to Carry Out an Obligation

Conflict{123}

PRE: (70) (1315 ch A-3 to F-B)
A, to protect a parent, F-A, is compelled to take measures aginst F-B, father of B,
the girl A loves
POST: (41c) (248) (282a)

Conflict{124}

PRE: (37) (1279a) (148)
B is older than A and feels that it will be unjust to permit A to marry her, although
she dearly loves him * B suffers remorse after rejecting A’s love **
POST: (11a ch B to B-3 & M-B to B) (11b, c) (326-1) (251) (268) (325)


B{28} Facing a Situation in Which the Misfortunes of One Greatly Esteemed Call for Courage and Sagacious Enterprise

Conflict{125}

(a) PRE: (114) (158)
B, in love with A, who is unfortunate and unenterprising, sees an opportunity for
A to make great gain and influences him to take advantage of it
POST: (180) (284; 351a)

(b) PRE: (260b) (265b)
B, in love with A who is forgetful and absent-minded, is asked by A to marry him.
-- HER obj
B tells A to call on her for his answer on a certain day at a certain hour. If he can
remember to come, B is resolved to accept him
POST: (367b) (284)

(c) PRE: (88) (745)
B is in love with A, who is engaged in settling the estate of B’s deceased father,
F-B * B’s father, F-B, deceased, was heavily in debt, and A, wealthy, pays the debts
unknown to B **
POST: (367b) (808a)

Conflict{126}

PRE: (27) (291) (244) (695b)
B, sweetheart of A, persuades A to seek wealth by transgression
POST: (628) (628 ch B to B-3) (637) (296) (701)


B{41} Finding an Obligation at Variance With Ambition, Inclination or Necessity

Conflict{127}

(a) PRE: (291) (311)
A believes that B will not marry him until he becomes wealthy
POST: (638) (621) (850b)

(b) PRE: (1061) (1082) (1079) (1092)
A believes that B will not marry him until he overcomes his personal limitations
POST: (252a) (853) (855) (857)

Conflict{128}

PRE: (24a, b, c, e) (25) (3a) (494 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)
A, in love with B, discovers that B is married to A-8
POST: (134a, b) (558 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{129}

PRE: (128) (159) (170) (185) (196)
A and B are in love; but certain unhappy conditions prevent the cherished
culmination of their romance
POST: (371 ch B to B-3) (397) (402 ch A to A-3 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{130}

PRE: (220) (148) (330a)
A is on his way to marry B and has only a few hours before the ceremony. He meets
with misfortune
POST: (154a) (314) (634) (664) (711a, b)

Conflict{131}

PRE: (1a, b, c, d, f, g) (14a, b, c)
A is so much in love with B that his business languishes and he devotes all his
time to courtship
POST: (41a) (85a) (115) (311)

-- page 35

Conflict{132}

PRE: (123) (118) (3b)
A, if he carries out a certain obligation, will be unfaithful to B, and will lose her
love
POST: (116) (291; 700) (95) (986) (1007)

Conflict{133}

PRE: (17a, b) (120)
A loves B, and is compelled to stand helplessly by while B undertakes a dangerous
enterprise
POST: (516 ch A to A-8) (893) (956) (1137a)

Conflict{134}

(a) PRE: (290) (299) (300)
A, and the woman he loves, B, are lost in the woods; and it is evident that they
will have to remain in the woods all night
POST: (351b) (870a)

(b) PRE: (70) (73)
A, and B with whom A is in love, find themselves trapped in a ruinous old house
from which escape seems impossible. Night is coming on, and B accuses A of
-- HER obj obj
seeking to compromise her so that he may win her in marriage
POST: (147) (360a, b) (876b)

Conflict{135}

PRE: (139 ch A-2 to F-A) (75a ch A-3 to F-A) (1d) (148 ch A to F-A)
-- HER obj
A and his father, F-A, are both in love with B and wish to marry her
POST: (156 ch A to F-A) (282a) (983 ch A-8 to F-B; 269 ch A-3 to F-A) (351a ch A-3 to F-A)

Conflict{136}

PRE: (997a) (1022)
A and A-3 are in love with B *. Obliged to carry out the orders of A-3, A is
commanded to [1] commit suicide, or [2] to leave the field clear for A-3 **
POST: (209) (351a) (352b) (884a ch A-5 to A-3)

Conflict{137}

(a) PRE: (27 add A-3) (139 ch A-2 to A-3)
A and A-3, twin brothers, are both in love with B
POST: (80b) (821 ch “son SN” to “brother A-3”)

(b) PRE: (678) (668 ch “mother M-B” to “sister SR-B”)
B and SR-B, twin sisters, are both in love with A
POST: (215a ch B-3 to SR-B) (216 ch B-3 to SR-B) (238 ch B-3 to SR-B)

Conflict{138}

PRE: (94b) (238)
A, engaged to marry B, receives a request from B-3, his former sweetheart, that
-- HER obj
he come and see her
POST: (170) (172) (319)

Conflict{139}

PRE: (885a ch A to A-2) (997a) (885a ch B to A-2; 097)
A discovers that his best friend, A-2, is in love with B, the girl A is seeking to marry
POST: (157 ch A-3 to A-2) (174 ch A-3 to A-2) (122 ch A-3 to A-2) (75a, b ch A-3 to A-2) (175 ch A-3 to A-2) (350 ch A-3 to A-2)

Conflict{140}

PRE: (259 ch B to B-8) (898) (32) (325)
A and B, associating in platonic friendship, find that love will not be denied
POST: (22a) (97) (366) (367a, b) (837)

Conflict{141}

PRE: (145) (992) (55) (111) (113)
B, in love with A, has worn A’s engagement ring for years
POST: (129) (142) (162a) (234a) (249) (363a)

Conflict{142}

PRE: (162a) (82a, b) (87) (93a, b)
B, in love with A, discovers secretly that A no longer loves her, although he is
-- HER obj
willing to marry her as he has promised
POST: (324) (256) (287) (261) (325) (326-2)

Conflict{143}

PRE: (38) (908) (916)
B has so many lovers that she has no time to give to any one or anything else
POST: (96) (102) (931)

-- page 36

Conflict{144}

PRE: (646) (654 ch A to B)
B, in the hands of enemies of A (616) (719) is being forced to do their bidding
(666) (1010) by threats of violence against A, the man she loves
POST: (1135a, without the clause in parentheses) (1135a, with the clause in parentheses)

Conflict{145}

PRE: (921) (976) (1100)
B, an attractive girl, is so absorbed in serious pursuits that she subordinates
everything else, even love, to her high ambition
POST: (1f) (31) (84a)

Conflict{146}

PRE: (142) (158) (170) (266)
B loves A; but A’s rival, A-3, makes a captive of B (81 tr A & A-3) and intends
-- HER obj
compelling her to marry him
POST: (352b) (851) (884a ch A to B & A-5 to A-3)


B{29} Aiding Another to Hide from the World a Fateful Secret

Conflict{147}

PRE: (644) (648) (801)
B shares with her sweetheart, A, an important secret which, if revealed, would
bring misfortune to B
POST: (224 tr B & A) (596) (1408) (1409) (660b)


B{4} Being Impelled by Inordinate Fancy to Exercise Mistaken Judgment in a Love Affair

Conflict{148}

PRE: (38 ch B to A) (949a) (954)
A, because of his romantic surroundings (197) (210-1), imagines himself in love
with B
POST: (152; 211) (69; 214) (3a; 176a, b, c)

Conflict{149}

PRE: (1073) (912a)
A, a widower, elderly, wealthy, temporarily bewitched by the vernal season, imagines
himself in love with B, a servant in his own household
POST: (616) (658) (33 ch M-B to F-B) (151)

Conflict{150}

PRE: (120 ch A-8 to A-2) (476a ch A to A-2 & A-3 to A) (900)
A, unmarried, elopes with B (405 ch A to A-2) (477 tr A & A-2; 403 ch A to A-2;
468 ch A to A-2; 781) the wife of his best friend, A-2; then B leaves A to elope with
A-3
POST: (951) (925) (918b) (705)

Conflict{151}

PRE: (149) (210-2) (232) (27) (38) (220) (239)
A, fancying himself in love with B, corrects the error when his fancy is discredited
POST: (314) (865) (880a)


B{36} Undergoing an Experience that Results in a Remarkable Character Change

Conflict{152}

(a) PRE: (982a ch A to A-8 & NW to A) (916 ch B to A)
A is a youth who is “wild” and hard to manage; he falls in love with B (812b; 230
tr A & B) (224) and his character is transformed
POST: (234a) (289) (367a)

(b) PRE: (1220b) (1244b)
A’s secretary, B, is a criminal, “planted” in A’s home by A-5, a crook * B, a criminal,
confederate of A-5, a crook, falls in love with her employer, A **
POST: (144) (616)

-- page 37

B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{153}

PRE: (218b) (976) (1042b)
A, in love with B, has a valuable gift sent to B by a jeweler. * Through error, or by
evil intent, packages are transposed; and the gift received by B, as from A, very
nearly proves disastrous to A’s love affair **
POST: (170) (172; 1136) (349)

Conflict{154}

(a) PRE: (73) (311)
A, planning to meet B at a country church where they are to be secretly married,
becomes lost in a storm and does not reach the church until B, and all the others,
have left
POST: (261) (316) (154b)

(b) PRE: (160) (75a)
A’s rival in love, A-3, learning of the plans of A and B for a secret marriage, sends
an automobile to the church with a confederate, A-5, who lures B away by telling
-- HER obj obj
her A has sent for her
POST: (146) (885)

Conflict{155}

PRE: (916 ch B to AX) (954) (923 ch A to AX) (954 ch A to AX)
AX, a gay young blade traveling through the country, takes refuge from a storm
in a rural church. To his astonishment, he is hailed at once as a bridegroom, and
is hurried to the altar where a pretty girl, B (38) (166) in an exhausted condition,
seems waiting for him. In a spirit of recklessness (421 ch A to AX), he allows
himself to be married to her; and when she, after the ceremony, seems to realize that
he is not the man she thought he was, he hurriedly makes his escape
POST: (389 ch A to AX) (432b ch A to AX) (451 ch A to AX)

Conflict{156}

PRE: (1a, b, d, f, g)
A, a pretender, in love with B, secretly discovers B making fun of his pretentions;
he retires from the scene in disgust, hurt and indignant, and gives B up
POST: (320) (344) (922b) (1171)

Conflict{157}

PRE: (704) (1021b ch A-2 to A-3) (913 ch A-2 to A-3)
A and A-3, once bosom friends, become enemies through their rivalry for the love
of B
POST: (122) (174) (352b) (906 ch A-2 to A-3)

Conflict{158}

PRE: (159) (171)
A’s rival for the hand of B, A-3, is more energetic and enterprising than A and
seems to be more favored
POST: (85a) (177) (285a) (364a)

Conflict{159}

PRE: (25) (940 -*) (24a, b, c, d, e) (37)
A is in love with B and does not know he has a more favored rival, A-3
POST: (127a, b) (139 ch A-2 to A-3) (267) (319 ch A-2 to A-3; 294a ch A-2 to A-3)

Conflict{160}

PRE: (171) (75a)
A has a rival in love, A-3, whose assurance is the key to his extraordinary
resourcefulness
POST: (158; 114; 1134; 81) (80a) (366; 1242b)

Conflict{161}

PRE: (7a) (1377 tr A & A-2)
A discovers that a certain “charm,” X, with which he has won success in love, is
no charm at all. The person who gave him the charm tells him that faith in it is
all that counts. Let a man be sure of himself, with or without a charm, and he is
bound to conquer love
POST: (182b) (350)

-- page 38

Conflict{162}

(a) PRE: (736) (740) (913 ch A-2 to B) (928a)
B, in love with A, is uncertain of A’s affections
POST: (47a, b) (67) (82a, b)

(b) PRE: (39) (96) (98)
B has been betrayed, and her child is to be born out of wedlock * B, a poor
unfortunate, meditates suicide as the only way out of her misfortunes **
POST: (188b) (945) (946)

Conflict{163}

PRE: (114) (125a) (126) (608) (623) (777)
B learns that her lover, A, has fallen into desperate misfortune
POST: (91) (92)

Conflict{164}

PRE: (564a ch A to A-8) (2e)
B, a rich widow, has so many suitors she finds it difficult to make a choice
POST: (82a, b; 142) (102) (103)

Conflict{165}

PRE: (203) (201) (164)
B loses her watch (or a locket), and has her lovers search for it. The picture of A,
the lover B favors, is in the watch
POST: (301b) (360b)

Conflict{166}

PRE: (64) (73) (154a)
B, running away from home to marry A, arrives in an exhausted condition at the
church where she is to meet A. Scarcely realizing what is going on, she is married
to a man who, as her senses clear, she discovers is not A but AX (155). She
swoons on making the discovery, and AX disappears
POST: (402 ch A to AX) (451 ch A to AX)

Conflict{167}

(a) PRE: (280b) (634)
B, her first lover having died, after some years falls in love a second time. AX,
the man she loves, greatly cast down, tells B he is already married, and to a woman
he does not even know, BX. He recites the circumstances (365b ch B to BX)
(365c ch B to BX) (365d) ; * and then strangely, even implausibly, it develops that
BX is B. (166 ch B to BX) **
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (647) (648) (665 ch A-3 to A) (659) (18) (162b)
B, failing miserably in her chosen line of work, takes “the easier way” and becomes
the mistress of A
POST: (279) (359) (743a)


B{5} Becoming Involved in a Hopeless love Affair, and Seeking to make the best of a Disheartening Situation

Conflict{168}

PRE: (603b, c, d)
A, and his friend, A-2, traveling together, meet with a tragic accident in which
A-2 is killed. Before he dies, A-2 requests A to carry the news of his death to his
sweetheart, B (130 ch A to A-2) (112 ch A to A-2) (175 ch A-3 to A-2). A
proceeds with his mission
POST: (14a) (139) (5)

Conflict{169}

PRE: (26a, b)
A falls in with his friend, A-2, who is on his way to meet B, a girl he has never
seen but to whom he is betrothed * A and A-2 meet with a tragic adventure and
A-2 is killed **
POST: (603b, c, d) (168)

Conflict{170}

PRE: (177) (178) (182) (212a)
A and B, lovers, have a violent quarrel, and B returns a gift, X, she has received
from A
POST: (57) (208) (349)

Conflict{171}

PRE: (941) (944) (964a) (921) (946)
A, a humble lover, has a rival for the love of B—A-3 (75b) (899 ch A to A-3)
(925 -*) who is cultured, polished and a man of the world
POST: (75b) (239 ch A to A-3)

-- page 39

Conflict{172}

PRE: (212a) (213) (222a)
B, estranged from her lover, A, whom she dearly loves, sends a telegram to another
person and unconsciously puts A’s name and address at the top of it
POST: (194b) (1136)

Conflict{173}

PRE: (215a) (216) (221a)
B wore a certain ornament when her false lover, A, proposed to her. She has an
odd conviction that the same misfortune will befall any other woman who wears the
ornament
POST: (238) (849; 1245)


B{57} Seeking to Unravel a Puzzling Complication

Conflict{174}

PRE: (160) (157)
-- HER obj
A and A-3, rivals in love, agree to meet at a certain hour, call on B, and ask her
to choose between them
POST: (183) (810a; 1265b)


B{3} Seeking to Demonstrate the Power of Love by a Test of Courage

Conflict{175}

PRE: (75a) (76) (93b add A-3)
B puts the love of two suitors, A and A-3, to the test
POST: (78) (79)

Conflict{176}

(a) PRE: (175) (93b)
B, seeking to make a test of her lover’s devotion, capriciously sends him into desperate danger
POST: (212b) (342)

(b) PRE: (175) (59)
B, seeking to make a test of her lover’s devotion, capriciously plunges into danger
-- HER obj
to see if he will follow her
POST: (851) (85b)

(c) PRE: (164) (162a)
B promises A that she will marry him if he will successfully carry out a difficult
enterprise
POST: (212a, b)


B{23} Becoming Involved in a Complication That Has to do With Mistaken Judgment and Suspicion

Conflict{177}

PRE: (77) (112)
A mistakenly believes that F-B, the father of B, the girl he loves, is his enemy
POST: (300) (311) (322a) (360a)

Conflict{178}

PRE: (29) (31) (24a, b, e)
B promises to meet A, her lover, at her home and introduce him to her parents.
A, arriving in advance of B, is mistaken for A-7, a man who is expected to call
and apply for the position of butler
POST: (70; 352a) (702 ch A to F-B; 1164 ch A to F-B & A-8 to A)


B{11} Confronting a Situation in Which Courage and Devotion Alone Can Save the Fortunes of One Beloved

Conflict{179}

(a) PRE: (131) (1042b) (158) (170)
A, by mental telepathy, becomes aware of a terrible danger threatening B, the
woman he loves
POST: (144) (146) (1137a)

(b) PRE: (217) (223)
A, at a long distance from B, and in a lonely country, hears an agonized call from
his sweetheart over the phone (483 ch “wife” to “sweetheart”)
POST: (1154a)

-- page 40

(c) PRE: (1389b) (1f)
A has a clairvoyant vision apprising him of danger that threatens his sweetheart,
B
POST: (694) (873) (1172)

Conflict{180}

PRE: (70 ch A to A-3) (206)
A, a man of great strength and skill, is in love with B, F-B, father of B, sure of
A’s prowess and proud of it, in order to lure the champion of a rival clan, A-3, into
a wrestling match with A (726b), offers the hand of B to the victor of the bout
POST: (652b) (350) (142; 94a; 933 ch B to A)

Conflict{181}

(a) PRE: (41b) (114) (234a -*) (176b) (162a) (164)
A, riding his cow pony through the bleak hills, sees B, on a mettlesome horse, her
bridle-rein broken, plunging helplessly toward the brink of a cliff. A, with a rattle
-- HER obj
of spurs, overtakes B and snatches her clear of the saddle.* Thereupon, love is
declared and accepted (188a) (241) (360a) **
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (135 ch A to SN & F-A to A) (148 ch A to SN)
A’s son, SN, is determined to marry B, whom A thinks is unworthy * A, seeking
to prevent his son, SN, from marrying B, makes love to B and plans to marry
-- HER obj
her himself
POST: (241 ch A to SN & F-A to A) (159 ch A to SN & A-3 to A) (156)

(c) PRE: (885b) (1426b)
A and A-4 held prisoners in a strange lost city, escape with the help of B, a
supposed goddess * A is in love with B; and B, rescuing A and A-4 from their captors,
flees with them when they effect their escape
POST: (157 ch A-3 to A-4) (1395)

-- page 41

ConflictSubGroup{Marriage Proposal}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{182}

(a) PRE: (56) (143) (235) (1105)
B, thinking she has received a proposal of marriaqe from A (192a) (195), accepts.
Later, she discovers it was A-3 (76) (160) who proposed
POST: (260a) (266) (318)

(b) PRE: (148) (137b ch SR-B to B & B-3 to SR-B)
A is in love with B. Intending to propose marriage to B, he discovers that he has
proposed to B-3 * A, thinking he is proposing marriage to B, finds that he has
proposed to B-3, who accepts him **
POST: (137b ch SR-B to B-3) (261) (284) (340)

Conflict{183}

PRE: (142) (162a) (659) (665) (669 ch A-5 to A-3)
B, while in an irresponsible state of mind, promises to marry A-3 (1d) (239 ch
A to A-3); and later, realizing what she has done, regrets the promise
POST: (404) (406 tr A & A-3)

Conflict{184}

PRE: (56) (62)
B takes the opposite meaning of an ambiguous sentence and accepts A’s statement
(196) (288) as a proposal of marriage
POST: (65) (307)

B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{185}

PRE: (312) (299)
-- HER obj
A is in love with B and is determined to ask her to marry him, but B is so closely
guarded that A is in despair because of his lack of opportunity * A seeks by subtlity
to make an opportunity to ask B to marry him **
POST: (81) (82a tr A & B) (352a)

Conflict{186}

PRE: (816b) (743a)
A, in order to rescue B, who is ill and without funds, pretends to be in love with
-- HER obj
her and proposes marriage
POST: (142) (230) (373) (393)

Conflict{187}

PRE: (145) (956 -*) (1105) (1119)
A, in love with B and wishing to propose marriage, finds it impossible because B
-- HER obj
is so busy he can never find her alone. He seeks to make an opportunity by stratagem
POST: (163; 91) (352a)

Conflict{188}

(a) PRE: (85a) (114) (189)
B, impelled by an unusual motive, agrees to marry A if she loses to him in a certain
contest of skill [archery, shooting at a mark with rifle or revolver, solving a mystery]
(1343) (1364) (1384) * B has the ability to defeat A in a certain contest if she
so desires **
POST: (355) (1243) (234b)

(b) PRE: (162b) (968) (98 ch A to A-8) (926)
B, about to commit suicide, is restrained by a stranger, A. A is informed by B
that life is too bitter, since there is no name for her unborn child * A, a stranger,
-- HER obj
offers to marry B and so save her from a crowning disgrace **
POST: (411a, b) (963) (365d ch BX to B)

Conflict{189}

PRE: (188a) (164)
B, asked by A to marry him, wants a little more light on A’s character before making
up her mind * B challenges A to a contest of skill, her acceptance or rejection
to be determined by the result **
POST: (234b) (355) (615)

Conflict{190}

PRE: (641) (645) (659)
B, not in love with A, for certain reasons proposes to A, not in love with B
POST: (230) (365a)

-- page 42

B{44} Seeking by Unusual Methods to Conquer Personal Limitations

Conflict{191}

PRE: (185) (187) (145)
-- HER obj
A, seeking desperately his chance to propose marriage to B, rescues her from drowning,
and proposes while they are clinging to an overturned boat
POST: (124) (227)

Conflict{192}

(a) PRE: (106) (99; 9a; 201)
A, lacking courage to propose to B face to face, proposes over the telephone
POST: (172) (182a tr A & A-3) (182b)

(b) PRE: (139) (160 ch A-3 to A-2)
A sends his friend, A-2, to B with a proposal of marriage * A-2 proposes to B for A;
and B, thinking A-2 is speaking for himself, accepts him **
POST: (266 ch A-3 to A-2) (300 ch A-3 to A-2) (318 ch A-3 to A-2)

Conflict{193}

PRE: (203) (609)
A, in love with B but too backward and diffident to propose marriage, is horrified
to hear a child, CH, who knows of his passion, propose to B on his behalf. * But A
is overjoyed when B accepts **
POST: (754; 163) (801) (842a) (893)

Conflict{194}

(a) PRE: (38) (56) (196)
-- HER obj
B, thinking A loves her and lacks the courage to make an avowal, proposes marriage
-- HER obj
to him after he has rescued her from a tragic accident
POST: (191 tr A & B) (264) (307) (325)

(b) PRE: (260b) (325a; 261)
B sends a telegram to A-3 accepting his offer of marriage * B, accepting A-3’s
proposal of marriage by telegram, through error sends the telegram to A, the lover
from whom she is estranged **
POST: (343) (381)

Conflict{195}

PRE: (9a, b) (160) (162a) (235)
B, out in a storm on a pitch-dark night, receives a proposal of marriage. Unable
to see her lover, and scarcely able to hear him, she nevertheless accepts—and meets
with a disagreeable surprise
POST: (182a) (182b tr B & B-3)


B{20} Becoming Involved With Conditions in Which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{196}

PRE: (1061) (1132)
A, because of timidity, is unable to ask B’s hand in marriage
POST: (127a; 628) (97) (179a, c) (194a)

Conflict{197}

PRE: (686) (687) (689) (691) (714) (937) (959)
A, threatened with death by savages, is offered his life by B, the ruler of the tribe,
-- HER obj
if he will marry her
POST: (904) (973)

Conflict{198}

PRE: (941) (905)
A, of a proud old Southern family, impoverished in fortune, feels that he cannot
ask wealthy B, with whom he is in love, to marry him
POST: (93a, b) (1155)

Conflict{199}

PRE: (680a) (680b) (715b)
A is poor and crippled, and his pride will not suffer him to ask B, the woman he
loves, to marry him
POST: (93b) (264) (257b; 345 tr B & B-3)

-- page 43

Conflict{200}

PRE: (675) (1131)
-- HER obj
A, in love with B and eager to win her in marriage, procrastinates as a matter of
habit in making the marriage proposal
POST: (215b) (221b) (1075a ch B to B-3)

Conflict{201}

PRE: (1a, b, d, f, g)
A, fearing that B will refuse him, finds it impossible to propose marriage
POST: (324) (323; 325)

Conflict{202}

PRE: (24a, b)
A, in love with B, has reasons for not proposing marriage
POST: (211) (214) (227) (245) (257a) (272) (287) (288)

Conflict{203}

PRE: (1061) (1132)
A and B, in love, are each too diffident to make an avowal to the other
POST: (179a, b, c) (193) (352b)

Conflict{204}

PRE: (265b) (1389b)
A is absent-minded * A asks B to marry him and forgets that he has done so **
POST: (1075a ch B to B-8) (1101)

-- page 44

ConflictSubGroup{Love’s Rejection}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{205}

PRE: (214) (219) (221a)
A, winning the love of B (23a, b) (34) (250) in his youth, and casting it aside,
goes searching for it in later years
POST: (207) (148) (361b) (377 -*; 378 ch B to B-3)

Conflict{206}

PRE: (260a) (280a)
A, in love with B, discovers that his rival, A-3, is unworthy. B seems to favor
A-3
POST: (97) (266) (236; 267)

Conflict{207}

PRE: (34) (55) (71b ch B to A) (1095)
A suffers remorse for telling B that he was married when he was not * A did not
think that he loved B, but later finds that he does **
POST: (46) (205) (220)

Conflict{208}

PRE: (1c, d) (10a)
A, in love with B, discovers that B is a confirmed coquette and is merely playing
with him
POST: (176a, b, c) (320) (244; 421 tr B & B-3)

Conflict{209}

PRE: (110) (112) (180)
A carries out successfully a very difficult enterprise when promised the hand of B
in marriage by F-B, father of B * A, discovering secretly that B loves a rival, A-3,
refuses to hold B to a promise of marriage made by F-B **
POST: (267) (281b) (313) (345 tr B & B-3)

Conflict{210}

PRE: (101b) (1389b) (968)
A, under abnormal conditions, falls in love with B; on returning to normal
conditions, he sees B as she really is and his love fades. [1] A’s imagination errs in
a high, mountainous country; on returning to sea level, the error is manifest, and
he renounces it (148) (150). [2] A’s imagination errs on the romantic side in
spring; but, as summer advances, he corrects his mistaken fancy (149) (151).
[3] A believes B wealthy; on discovering that she is poor, his ardor cools (1e;
59; 93a). [4] A’s romantic success is won with a love “charm”; on discovering
that the charm is a humbug, romance evaporates
POST: (7a; 8a; 161)

Conflict{211}

PRE: (1075a, b) (898; 1075a ch B to B-3) (205) (315; 1075a ch B to B-3)
A, who has long cherished B in his heart as the loveliest and most perfect of her
sex, returns home after a long absence and discovers that. B has become an immoral
character
POST: (921; 946; 97) (27; 359)

Conflict{212}

(a) PRE: (126) (176c)
A is pledged by B, the woman he loves, to undertake an enterprise that will bring
him serious misfortune * B pledges A to an enterprise which, unknown to B, will
bring him serious misfortune **
POST: (50) (212b)

(b) PRE: (212a) (342)
A, having carried out successfully an enterprise instigated by capricious B, renounces her love
POST: (225) (746) (892 ch B-3 to A) (946)

Conflict{213}

PRE: (274) (597) (612) (623)
A and B are in love; but one of A’s employees, A-7, tells B of a (seeming) transgression
that A has committed. B credits the story * A-7 is a mercenary of A-3,
A’s rival in love **
POST: (249) (262a) (315)

Conflict{214}

PRE: (24a, b, c) (22a)
A, in love with B, is persuaded by Old Dry-as-Dust, the sage, AX, to turn from
love as from something evil
POST: (82a, b) (205) (352a, b) (3633)

-- page 45

Conflict{215}

(a) PRE: (239) (256) (494 ch B to B-3, A to A-8 & A-3 to A)
A, because of the wiles of B-3. a coquette, breaks his engagement to marry B,
whom he loves
POST: (94a, b) (220 ch B to B-3) (361a)

(b) PRE: (218b) (215a)
A is in love with both B and B-3 * While A debates within himself whether he
shall propose marriage to B or B-3, B and B-3 engage themselves to marry other
lovers
POST: (233) (224)

Conflict{216}

PRE: (218a) (170)
A is about to marry B-3. who has deceived him into thinking B, the woman he loves,
is unfaithful
POST: (220 ch B to B-3; 865; 880a) (238)

Conflict{217}

PRE: (158) (160) (75a)
A’s rival for the love of B, A-3, basely deceives B with false suspicious of A
POST: (213) (220; 233) (266)

Conflict{218}

(a) PRE: (1083) (1088) (34) (292 ch B to B-3)
A, although he loves B, is a conceited person * B-3 flatters A’s vanity and so
-- HER obj
maneuvers him into an engagement to marry her **
POST: (256) (287 ch B to B-3)

(b) PRE: (153) (1461d)
A sends a gift to B, the woman he loves; B-3 intercepts the gift, and craftily
replaces it with a photo of herself, lovingly inscribed to A
POST: (82a, b) (82a; 61; 364b)

Conflict{219}

PRE: (718b) (24a, b)
A, influenced by his maiden sisters, SR-A, SR-A, renounces his affair with B, the
woman he loves
POST: (226) (230) (364b) (261)

Conflict{220}

PRE: (3a) (218b ch B to B-3) (305) (647) (948)
A’s friends, A-2, A-2, believe that B, whom A is about to marry, is a woman of
immoral character and that A should be restrained
POST: (1095; 953) (870; 851; 364b) (865)

Conflict{221}

(a) PRE: (24a, b) (22a)
A, in love with B, renounces his love when told by his friend, A-2, that it is unwise
POST: (139) (601; 163; 91) (117) (716) (671)

(b) PRE: (660b ch A-5 to A-3) (664)
A’s rival in love, A-3, abducts A and holds him a prisoner as a means of preventing
him from marrying B
POST: (233) (280b) (875b)

Conflict{222}

(a) PRE: (1f) (6b) (8a)
A, in love with B, becomes estranged from B through mistaken judgment
POST: (41a, b) (49) (62) (85a, b) (153) (215a) (225) (228)

(b) PRE: (14a, b, c) (15a)
A, in love with B, secretly discovers B in the arms of A-4 * A, secretly discovering
his sweetheart, B, in the arms of A-4, leaves in anger, unaware that A-4 is B’s
brother (708 -* ch A to BR-B) just returned after a long, mysterious absence **
POST: (172) (681a; 705; 879)

Conflict{223}

PRE: (641) (676)
B’s father, F-B, a religious fanatic, sends B away from home because she falls in
love with A (6a) (14a). who is not of their religious belief
POST: (741; 738; 743a; 673; 817) (993 -*; 125c)

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Conflict{224}

PRE: (263) (284)
B, the woman A loves, proves false to him; and A fears B will reveal a secret (126;
1159; 1192) (1165 ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A) (923) that will cause him trouble if
it becomes known
POST: (338) (665 ch B to A) (797 -*; 818a)

Conflict{225}

PRE: (114) (125a)
B awakens her lover, A, from his apathy by arousing his ambition to get ahead in
the world—which results in disaster to her love
POST: (237) (281c)

Conflict{226}

PRE: (38) (212)
B, finding her supposed ideal lover, A (688; 307) (296) (324) discovers that A
has “feet of clay” like all the rest.
POST: ()

Conflict{227}

PRE: (1e) (8a) (9a)
B is unable to marry A because her father, F-B, in using B for his subject in a
scientific experiment, has instilled a poison into her blood
POST: (43) (47) (57; 742; 758 ch A to A-8; 627 ch A to A-8)

Conflict{228}

PRE: (38) (148) (171)
B wears a rose in her hair to reveal her love for A, as A has requested * B wears a
rose in her hair to reveal her love for A; but the rose, unnoticed by B, falls from
its place; and when A sees her, he turns without a word and goes away **
POST: (105) (172)

Conflict{229}

PRE: (23b) (331) (332)
B, of an inferior race, in seeking to win the love of A, of a superior lace, learns
how hopeless is the task of challenging racial conventions
POST: (241) (247) (248)


B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{230}

PRE: (656; 860) (155) (186)
A, impelled by an unusual motive, pretends to fall in love with B * A pretends to
fall in love with B, and ends his make-believe by really falling in love **
POST: (182b) (217) (223)

Conflict{231}

PRE: (71 -*) (131) (1078) (1356 -*)
A hopes, by a surgical operation on his skull, to be made immune from the “master
passion”
POST: (182b) (1330) (1351) (1363)

Conflict{232}

PRE: (24b, c, d, e)
A is an aristocrat; and B, the woman he loves, is a “daughter of the people” and
hates the aristocracy * A, an aristocrat, in love with a working girl, B, pretends to
be a toiler **
POST: (245) (251) (262a, b, c) (336a, b)

Conflict{233}

PRE: (27) (30) (31)
A is in love with B, and they are to be married; but A leaves town mysteriously,
no one knows what has become of him, and he does not return until after the time
set for the wedding
POST: (1368) (1387) (1389a) (1040)

Conflict{234}

(a) PRE: (114) (164)
A loves B and would like to marry her, but B considers A a weakling and keeps
him dangling * A, in order to prove his “courage” to B, stages a mock rescue **
POST: (81) (1227b, c)

(b) PRE: (260a, b) (266)
A, an aviator, is a person of masterful character * A, an aviator, in love with B and
in disfavor with B’s parents, F-B and M-B, induces B to take a ride in his airplane;
and then A elopes with B along the sky lanes **
POST: (384b) (249)

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Conflict{235}

PRE: (595) (680a) (1065)
A and A-3 (158) (100) are rivals for the hand of B. B secretly favors A, but
because A is self-effacing and less enterprising than A-3, B pretends to favor A-3
in order to spur A into proving his worth and ability
POST: (77) (78) (111)

Conflict{236}

PRE: (1059 -*) (1093 -*)
A and A-3 (59 ch A to A-3) are in love with B. B is about to marry A-3, whom A
knows to be a crook * A induces his rival in love, A-3, to send B a certain gift, X;
then, after X is sent. A proves that it was stolen by A-3 **
POST: (206) (260a) (267)

Conflict{237}

PRE: (750) (915 -*)
A, discovering that he is not a fugitive from justice as he had supposed, returns to
his native country, secretly abandoning: B, for whom he had declared his love
(12a) while thinking himself a transgressor
POST: (205) (404)

Conflict{238}

PRE: (4b) (6a, b)
A is engaged to marry B. B-3, a designing woman, seeks to compromise A (218a, b)
so B will give him up. B-2 is a generous woman who seeks by secret enterprise
(844b) to rescue A from the wiles of B-3 and restore him to B
POST: (45a ch B to B-2) (128 ch B to B-2) (364b)

Conflict{239}

PRE: (291 ch A to A-8) (659) (261 ch A-3 to A)
B, poor, would marry wealthy A, whom she does not love, for the freedom from
-- HER obj
care his money would give her
POST: (253) (403) (405)

Conflict{240}

PRE: (31; 70) (275) (276)
B, revealing the fact that she is in love with A, of a family at war with her own, is
denied further intercourse with A by her father, F-A * B meets A clandestinely **
POST: (73) (154a) (362)

Conflict{241}

PRE: (220) (648) (946)
B, in love with A, and disapproved of by F-A, the father of A, seeks as an Unknown
to impress F-A with her character and charm
POST: (616 ch A to F-A) (666 ch A to F-A; 1010 ch A to F-A)

Conflict{242}

PRE: (13a) (947) (976)
B disapproves of the men she meets in her own social and business world * B,
disapproving of the men she meets in her own social and business world, envisions
her ideal, the man she would like to meet, and fares forth secretly in search of him
POST: (9a, b) (29) (31) (226)

Conflict{243}

PRE: (15a) (34)
B, in love with A, rejects his love when she learns that he jilted B-2 (277) B’s
-- HER obj
dearest friend, to pay attentions to her
POST: (251) (325)


B{13} Seeking by Craftiness to Escape Misfortune

Conflict{244}

PRE: (687) (688) (937) (942)
A fights against the blandishments of B (945c -*), a morally inferior woman who
is in love with him
POST: (627) (682) (901)

Conflict{245}

PRE: (697b) (389 ch A to F-A)
A is accused by A-3, his rival in love (157), of having been born under a “bar sinister”
POST: (75a) (1051) (1054)

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Conflict{246}

(a) PRE: (244) (31) (229) (331) (332)
A, in love with B, of an inferior race, seeks to abandon B secretly in order to
uphold a lofty conception of duty
POST: (348) (1328)

(b) PRE: (248) (259-3) (315) (322b)
A, victim of an apparently hopeless love affair, seeks contentment in befriending
all who are in need, especially those who are unjustly treated * A, by his enterprises
in altruism, finds that his hard nature undergoes a beneficial change **
POST: (368e) (360a)

Conflict{247}

PRE: (15a) (13a)
A betrays B, thinking mistakenly that there is no one to take her part and avenge
the wrong
POST: (1326 ch A to A-8; 1237a ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (1253 ch A-3 to A-8) (1262) (1266 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{248}

PRE: (255) (271) (272) (288) (732)
A, recognizing a relentless obligation, renounces B, with whom he is deeply in
love
POST: (718; 705) (246b -*) (363a) (964a) (842a)

Conflict{249}

PRE: (1163b) (1167) (1186) (1187)
B, in love with A, rejects his love because she thinks him a man of evil mystery
POST: (367b) (635) (859) (1163c)

Conflict{250}

PRE: (10b) (28b)
B is in love with A, but A avoids women, believing them all tempters of Satan
POST: (45a, b) (55) (71a) (101a) (363a)

Conflict{251}

PRE: (32) (36 -*) (264) (285) (325)
B, denied love, seeks happiness in a mental personification of love
POST: (58a, b, c) (271)

Conflict{252}

(a) PRE: (1g) (16b)
-- HER obj
B refuses A’s offer of marriage because she feels that A is too model a man for her
to be happy with
POST: (1c) (1227b, c) (1237 -*)

(b) PRE: (204) (1d)
B refuses A’s offer of marriage because she feels that A is so absent-minded he
-- HER obj
might forget he has married her
POST: (179a, c) (260b) (265b)

Conflict{253}

PRE: (291 ch A to A-8) (659) (261 ch A-3 to A)
B is loved by wealthy A. B does not love A, but, for certain reasons, she yields
to his importunities and marries him
POST: (376) (403) (557b) (593)

Conflict{254}

PRE: (15a) (34)
B, although she loves A, realizes that she is not the intellectual equal of A, and
that their marriage would prove a hindrance to him
POST: (358) (367b) (680a; 361a, b)


B{22} Following a Wrong Course through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{255}

PRE: (718a) (959)
A, with a taint of negro blood in his veins—known only to himself—loves and is
beloved by B, a white girl
POST: (681a) (705) (951)

Conflict{256}

PRE: (215a) (218a)
A, in love with B, leaves B for B-3, a woman who flatters his vanity and whose
bold beauty has an appeal for him
POST: (94a, b) (238) (361b)

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Conflict{257}

(a) PRE: (6a) (9a, b)
A falls in love with B; but love, in A’s case, is a transgression
POST: (255) (732) (281a)

(b) PRE: (680a, b) (681a)
A loves B; but, after A meets with misfortune, B gives her favor to A-3, A’s rival
in love
POST: (266) (263) (267)

Conflict{258}

PRE: (124 tr A & B) (149) (332) (335) (990) (1074)
A, in spite of the fact that there are reasons why he should not marry, nevertheless
plans to do so
POST: (374) (500b) (579b)

Conflict{259}

PRE: ()
A, when B, the woman he loves, refuses to marry him, becomes [1] blase and cynical,
a misogynist (224) (230) (243) (245): [2] reckless, “goes to the dogs” or
loses his mental balance in other ways (263) (636) (638) or [3] seeks to forget
his unhappiness by indulging in a love for adventure
POST: (109) (917) (246b)

Conflict{260}

(a) PRE: (59 ch A to A-3) (280a)
A loves B, but is rejected for a rival, A-3, who, known to A but unknown to B, is
a transgressor
POST: (236) (265a) (266)

(b) PRE: (204) (252b)
-- HER obj
A loves B, but is estranged from her because he is so absent-minded and forgetful;
-- HER obj
he writes B a letter, assuring her that he has cured himself of his great failing—and
forgets to post the letter
POST: (81) (265b)

Conflict{261}

PRE: (262a, b, c)
B, her life’s romance apparently wrecked, decides to marry the man, A-3 (284)
(290), she does not love
POST: (81) (236) (351a) (315; 318)

Conflict{262}

(a) PRE: (262b, c)
B receives a letter from an unknown source * B, influenced by an anonymous
communication, breaks her engagement to marry A **
POST: (261) (340) (870a ch B to A)

(b) PRE: (98 ch B to B-3) (68 ch B to B-3)
B, in love with A, receives an unsigned letter in which the writer states that she
-- HER obj
is the mistress of A and begs B not to take A away from her
POST: (364b) (1154b)

(c) PRE: (415 ch B to B-3) (481 ch B to B-3)
B, in love with A, receives an unsigned letter in which the writer states that she
is the wife of A by a secret marriage, and asks B to use her influence in persuading
-- HER obj
A to return to her
POST: (249) (312-1) (326-4)

Conflict{263}

PRE: (958) (1146a ch A to A-3) (1181 ch A to A-3)
B rejects A, an honorable lover, and accepts A-3, who is a knave * A becomes a
crook **
POST: (819 ch A-5 to A-3) (818a tr A & A-4)

Conflict{264}

PRE: (194a) (199)
B, in desperation and out of her great love, proposes marriage to A, and is rejected
POST: (57) (251)

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B{15} Finding a Sustaining Power in Misfortune

Conflict{265}

(a) PRE: (300) (1312a) (1389b)
A, while in a psychic state, has a prophetic vision of his rival in love, A-3,
discredited, and of himself achieving happiness in love
POST: (1361b; 326-3) (290; 266)

(b) PRE: (260b) (1389b)
A is very absent-minded * A, absent-minded, forgets that B has rejected his love
-- HER obj
and continues to pay court to her
POST: (182a tr A & A-3) (182b) (189 -*; 125b)

Conflict{266}

PRE: (206) (217)
A would save B, the woman he loves, from marriage with a rival, A-3, when he
discovers A-3 to be a scoundrel
POST: (351a) (1222a; 1222b) (1232 tr A & A-3)

Conflict{267}

PRE: (59 ch A to A-3) (260a) (97)
B, discovering the perfidious nature of A-3, the man she has promised to marry,
turns from him to accept A, by whose shrewdness A-3 was unmasked
POST: (280b) (367b)

Conflict{268}

PRE: (243) (248 tr A & B) (992) (993)
B refuses marriage with A, the man she loves, because of an obligation * B sacrifices
happiness when, faithful to an obligation, she refuses marriage with A, the
man she loves. Her sacrifice, in time, brings the consolation of spiritual joy for
a hard duty nobly done
POST: (893) (976)

Conflict{269}

PRE: (177) (301b; 1260b ch A to A-3 & A-8 to F-B)
B’s father, F-B, bankrupt, refuses to give B in marriage to wealthy A-3, a man
she does not love, in discharge of his debts
POST: (993; 88) (993; 1207)

Conflict{270}

PRE: (30) (32) (34)
B adores A (327b) in secret; and when A disappears and reappears with a bride,
B still finds her happiness in the great, unselfish love she still has for him
POST: (496b tr B & B-3; 367b) (555b tr B & B-3) (368e tr B & B-3)


B{2} Falling in Love at a Time when Certain Obligations Forbid Love

Conflict{271}

PRE: (694; 31) (255) (282b)
A and B are in love; but A realizes that if he, of an inferior race, should marry B,
of a superior race, the result would be disastrous to both of them
POST: (286 -*) (240 *-**) (87; 61; 264; 705)

Conflict{272}

PRE: (250) (259-1) (22b ch B to B-3)
A falls in love with B, after taking vows that forbid marriage, or love of woman
POST: (55) (134a, b)

Conflict{273}

PRE: (139) (24b)
A falls in love with B, who is betrothed to his friend, A-2
POST: (122 ch A-3 to A-2) (157 ch A-3 to A-2) (211) (294a, b)

Conflict{274}

PRE: (1a, c, d, g) (22a)
A becomes involved in a love affair at the same time that he becomes involved in a
divorce proceeding (45a) as the “other man”
POST: (129; 170) (226)

Conflict{275}

PRE: (24a, b, c, d, e) (25) (29)
A and B, their families at enmity, fall in love with each other
POST: (53) (70) (73) (240)

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Conflict{276}

PRE: (4b) (5) (8a)
A and B fall in love; but their fathers, F-A and F-B, are bitter political enemies
POST: (118 ch GF-A to F-A) (117)

Conflict{277}

PRE: (15a) (31)
B falls in love with A, who jilts a friend of B’s, B-2 (98 ch B to B-2) (324 ch B
to B-2 & B-3 to B) in order to pay suit to B * B-2 grieves so terribly over losing
her false lover, A, that B’s heart is wrung **
POST: (243) (307)

Conflict{278}

PRE: (18) (281a)
B suffers persecution and sorrow by falling in love with A, who is married but is
-- HER obj
unable to tell her that he is married
POST: (279) (368e tr B & B-3)

Conflict{279}

PRE: (420 ch B to B-3) (464 ch B to B-3)
B, unmarried, falls in love with A, married * B, unmarried, falling in love with A,
husband of B-3, is overcome with remorse. B flees from A and from the world to
a solitary spot where she seeks to do penance and obtain a spiritual victory over
her evil nature
POST: (321) (945) (946) (956)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{280}

(a) PRE: (245) (265a)
A discovers that A-3, his rival for the love of B, is a defaulter
POST: (97) (206; 157; 80a, b)

(b) PRE: (280a) (158)
A discovers that A-3, his rival for the love of B, is a transgressor. In order to
prevent the truth from, becoming known, A-3 kills A
POST: (951 ch A to A-3; 1461a ch A to A-3) (1344 ch A to A-3 & A-2 to A)

Conflict{281}

(a) PRE: (509 ch B to B-3) (486a tr B & B-3)
A wishes to marry B, but is already united to B-3 (365b ch B to B-3) (354b) by
a secret marriage
POST: (279) (415 ch B to B-3) (426 ch B to B-3)

(b) PRE: (313) (211) (209) (271) (288)
A, overwhelmed by misfortune in love, commits suicide
POST: ()

(c) PRE: (225) (176c)
A, poor, in love with B, suddenly puts forth a great effort and secures a large sum
of money (1354b) (1394) * A renounces his love for B and seeks to win wealthy
B-3 **
POST: (287) (324)


B{39} Forsaking Cherished Ambitions to Carry out an Obligation

Conflict{282}

(a) PRE: (276) (282b)
A’s sense of filial obligation is so strong that, when ordered by his father, F-A, not
-- HER obj
to marry B, the girl he loves, he gives her up
POST: (205) (241) (330b)

(b) PRE: (257a) (171)
A, an Indian, in love with B, a white girl, is commanded by his father, F-A, and
by the head men of the tribe, to renounce B
POST: (266) (271) (248)

Conflict{283}

PRE: (295a) (310) (334a, b) (325)
B loves A, but rejects his love because of petty differences, and because her father,
F-B, is an enemy of A’s father, F-A
POST: (234b) (293)

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Conflict{284}

PRE: (283) (290) (291)
B, in love with A, is compelled by her parents, F-B and M-B, to marry A-3
POST: (81) (234b) (206)

Conflict{285}

PRE: (992) (995)
B cannot marry A, the man she loves, because of her promise to live with her
widowed father, F-B, and make a home for him
POST: (641) (676)

Conflict{286}

PRE: (250) (275)
B is ordered by her parents to have nothing to do with A * B allows herself to be
-- HER poss obj
governed by filial duty when her parents, F-B and M-B, order her to have nothing
to do with A, the man she loves **
POST: (284) (261) (325)


B{40} Embarking upon an Enterprise in which One Obligation is Opposed by Another Obligation

Conflict{287}

PRE: (302) (334a)
A finds that he cannot do justice to his chosen career if he marries B, the woman he
loves
POST: (258) (250) (248)

Conflict{288}

PRE: (720) (732) (1061)
A fears he has inherited the evil traits of an ancestor * A, because he fears he has
inherited the evil traits of an ancestor, dares not ask B, the woman he loves, to
marry him **
POST: (258) (264) (705)

Conflict{289}

PRE: (850b) (288)
A, in love with B and engaged to marry her, has almost wrecked his life with
dissipation and feels that he should give B up
POST: (367a) (1126; 779)

Conflict{290}

PRE: (280a) (245)
B is in love with A, but the sentiment of her family is against A and ranged on the
side of A-3, A’s rival in love
POST: (104) (261) (284)

Conflict{291}

PRE: (334a) (322a)
B loves, and is beloved by, A, a man who is poor but of admirable character; but
B, accustomed to luxury, shrinks from the idea of poverty, even with love
POST: (134a, b) (239 ch A to A-3) (253 ch A to A-3) (341)


B{35} Becoming Involved in a Complication that Challenges the Value of Cherished Ideals

Conflict{292}

PRE: (220) (330a)
A considers B the acme of womanly perfection * A considers B the acme of womanly
perfection; yet B, on the contrary, is a woman of doubtful character **
POST: (302) (313) (314) (328) (211)

Conflict{293}

PRE: (24a, b, c, d, e) (25)
A is an aristocrat; and B, the woman he loves, is a “daughter of the people” and
hates the aristocracy
POST: (232) (283) (336b)

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B{41} Finding an Obligation at Variance With Ambition, Inclination or Necessity

Conflict{294}

(a) PRE: (287 ch A to A-2) (282a ch A to A-2) (274 ch A to A-2) (256 ch A to A-2)
A discovers that his friend, A-2. is cruelly fickle in his love affair with B * A,
discovering that his friend, A-2, is cruelly fickle in his love affair with B, takes
him to task for it **
POST: (294b) (294b; 232)

(b) PRE: (294a) (96 ch A to A-2)
A, in order to arouse the jealousy of his friend, A-2. and cure him of fickleness in
love, pretends to be in love with B, A-2’s sweetheart
POST: (230) (232)

Conflict{295}

(a) PRE: (295b) (313) (350 -*)
A is in love with B; and he sues F-B, father of B, for damages sustained in a
certain proceeding
POST: (41a, c) (345 tr B & B-3) (363b)

(b) PRE: (299) (283)
A, in love with B, and disapproved of by F-B, father of B, is forcibly ejected from
the home of B by F-B. A brings suit for damages against F-B
POST: (41b, c) (343)

Conflict{296}

PRE: (220) (263 -*) (266)
A tells B, with whom he is in love, that he has killed A-3 * A tells B, the woman
-- HER obj
he loves, that he has killed A-3. and asks her to call the police **
POST: (750) (787)

Conflict{297}

PRE: (403 ch A to A-8) (448 ch A to A-8)
A is the presiding magistrate at the trial for murder of B (10c) (14a) (27), the
woman he loves
POST: (108 tr A & B) (727)

Conflict{298}

(a) PRE: (24e) (22b)
A, an eligible young man, is mystified by discovering in a newspaper the announcement
of his betrothal to BX, a woman he does not know
POST: (4a ch B to BX)

(b) PRE: (1432 ch A to U-A & NW to A) (606)
A is left a fortune by a deceased relative provided he will marry BX, a woman he
does not know
POST: (117) (19a)

(c) PRE: (669 ch B to BX) (470 ch B to BX) (1154a ch B to BX)
A is appealed to for aid by BX, a woman he does not know * A, appealed to for aid
by a stranger, BX, refuses aid, and regrets the refusal when BX mysteriously disappears.
A considers himself under an obligation to find BX
POST: (1410) (885a ch B to BX)

Conflict{299}

PRE: (43 -*) (276)
A is in love with B; but F-B, father of B, orders A to keep away from the house
and away from B
POST: (70) (73) (352a, b)

Conflict{300}

PRE: (299) (284) (301a)
A is in love with B; and B is plighted to A-3—a fact which A suddenly discovers
POST: (280a; 97) (146) (81)

Conflict{301}

(a) PRE: (137a) (157)
A’s rival in love, A-3, is favored by F-B, father of B
POST: (64) (73) (75a, b) (79)

(b) PRE: (165) (162a tr A & B)
A’s rival in love, A-3, finds a certain object B has lost, an object, X, that proves
B’s love for A. A-3 appropriates X and says nothing about it
POST: (220) (257b) (280a, b)

Conflict{302}

PRE: (96) (117) (118)
A, if he marries B, the woman he loves (305), will be disinherited
POST: (241) (244) (366)

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Conflict{303}

PRE: ()
A’s love for B meets with obstacles because: [1] A is poor (291) (127a) (125a)
(313); [2] too old (1d); [3] too young (37) (124); [4] of inferior family (171) (245);
[5] of superior family (3a, b) (232); [6] one of the “idle rich” (98) (924b); [7]
inherits a mental or physical taint (255) (288); [8] is of questionable character
(59) (108) (152a); [9] is divorced (334b) (377a ch B to B-8) (388); [10]
is an ex-convict (338) (695b); [11] is “under a cloud” (80a) (237) (274); or
[12] wealthy
POST: (239) (330a)

Conflict{304}

PRE: (285) (288) (289) (292)
A is resolved to marry B, but relentless duty stands in the way
POST: (211) (220) (248)

Conflict{305}

PRE: (697b ch A to B) (818c ch A to A-8 & CH to B)
B is a white woman who knows nothing of her birth and parentage * B’s rejected
lover, A, spreads the report that there is negro blood in B’s veins **
POST: (323) (364a) (255; 364c)

Conflict{306}

PRE: (308a) (299)
B, in love with A, is detained by her father, F-B, when she seeks to keep an appointment with A
POST: (316) (64) (73)

Conflict{307}

PRE: (31) (36 -*) (38)
B, compelled by circumstances to be a companion of A (898 -*) (925 -*) in an
isolated place (688), alters her rosy views of love and marriage when she discovers,
through A, the selfishness of men
POST: (322b) (325)

Conflict{308}

(a) PRE: (306) (299)
-- HER poss poss obj
B is locked in her room by her father, F-B, in order to prevent her from meeting
her lover, A, and telling him of her love
POST: (316) (308b)

(b) PRE: (1461d tr A & B) (290)
B sends a letter to her sweetheart, A, but it is intercepted by B’s father, F-B,
who does not approve of A
POST: (295a) (256) (43)

(c) PRE: (63)
B sends a gift to A, the man she loves * Unknown to B, AU-B, an aunt of B’s who
does not approve of A, secretly alters or marks the gift in such a way as to make
it offensive to A, or exchanges the gift for some other object which will offend A
(81) (93b) **
POST: ()

Conflict{309}

PRE: (453 ch A to A-8; 468 ch A to A-8) (470 ch A to A-8)
B and A are in love; but B, unknown to A, is already married
POST: (397 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (400 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (402 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{310}

PRE: (908) (1105)
B breaks her engagement to marry A because she feels unequal to the responsibilities of married life
POST: (315) (345 tr B & B-3)

Conflict{311}

PRE: (958) (1062)
B’s parents, F-B and M-B, disapprove of A, B’s lover, because of his lack of enterprise
POST: (311) (114) (125a)

Conflict{312}

PRE: ()
B’s love for A encounters obstacles because: [1] Either B’s father, F-B, or mother,
M-B, knows a secret supposedly infamous regarding A (98 ch B to B-8) (918a);
-- HER obj
[2] M-B and F-B are jealous of B and do not want her to marry any one (286)
(299); [3] B is the sole support of M-B and F-B (992) (1032); or [4] B has a career
before her which marriage would render impossible
POST: (335) (1119)

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B{5} Becoming Involved in a Hopeless Love Affair, and Seeking to Make the Best of a Disheartening Situation

Conflict{313}

PRE: (110) (111) (112)
A has been promised B in marriage by F-B, father of B ; but F-B, false to his promise,
compels B to marry A-3, a wealthier man than A
POST: (234b) (315) (351a)

Conflict{314}

PRE: (233) (220) (330)
A, in love with B and about to marry her, is detained and does not reach B’s house
in time for the wedding (130) (154a) (664) (711a) (719a) (1040) * A, prevented by
circumstances from marrying B, as planned, discovers the unworthiness
-- HER obj
of B (27) and decides not to marry her at all **
POST: (337b tr B & B-3) (421 tr B & B-3)

Conflict{315}

PRE: (286) (310)
A’s love is rejected by B; and A, in an effort to forget, buries himself in an isolated
part of the country
POST: (24a, b, c, d, e tr B & B-3) (345 tr B & B-3) (246b)

Conflict{316}

PRE: (146) (308a) (40b)
A, when B fails to keep a tryst with him. considers the failure a rejection of love
POST: (341) (360a)

Conflict{317}

PRE: (316) (319) (286) (341)
A is in love with B, but B proves false to him
POST: (404) (177) (208; 421 tr B & B-3)

Conflict{318}

PRE: (284) (291)
A sees in a newspaper the announcement of the engagement of B, the woman he
loves, to A-3
POST: (280a; 97) (236)

Conflict{319}

PRE: (221a) (599)
A, in love with B, secretly discovers that B is about to marry his friend, A-2
POST: (168) (157 ch A-3 to A-2)

Conflict{320}

PRE: (56) (62) (85a, b)
A, in love with B, thinks B is a confirmed coquette, and is merely playing with
him
POST: (421 tr B & B-3) (352b) (364b)

Conflict{321}

(a) PRE: (898) (899 -*)
A tries philosophically to make the best of fate when B, the woman he loves, refuses him
POST: (917) (922 -*) (246b -*)

(b) PRE: (220) (330a)
A falls in love with B and intends to marry her. A’s parents, F-A and M-A, do
not approve of B, and A is shipped off to South Africa to get him out of danger
and give him a chance to do some serious thinking
POST: (321a; 364b) (325 ch B to A)

Conflict{322}

(a) PRE: (85a) (736)
-- HER obj
A, in love with B, finds her unresponsive, reserved and distant
POST: (176b) (234b) (253)

(b) PRE: (781) (924b)
A’s love is rejected by B because, as she frankly tells him. he is hard-hearted and
has made money his god * B advises A to go away somewhere and try to develop
the generous side of his character **
POST: (246b) (963) (964a) (971)

Conflict{323}

PRE: (23a, b) (331) (332)
B, of alien blood and inferior race, is abandoned by A, a white man with whom
she is in love
POST: (229) (347a)

Conflict{324}

PRE: (238) (256)
B loses the love of A when B-3 comes into his life
POST: (94a) (325)

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Conflict{325}

PRE: (286) (307) (324)
B, suffering disappointment in love, resigns herself philosophically to her fate
POST: (14a, b) (31) (976)

Conflict{326}

PRE: (20a) (24a) (22a)
B loves A with all her heart but refuses his proposal of marriage because [1] she
-- HER obj
is so much older than A (37) (124); [2] she discovers that A does not love her
(142) (162a); [3] she considers A an impractical dreamer (958) (136b); [4]
she feels herself under a compelling obligation
POST: (268) (993) (995)

Conflict{327}

(a) PRE: (322a tr A & B) (317 tr A & B)
B loves A, but A, apparently, does not return her love
POST: (45b) (55) (57) (68) (71a) (82a)

(b) PRE: (15a) (23a, b)
B loves A; and A, who is kind to B but not in love with her, does not even suspect
that he is the object of her affections
POST: (270) (264)


B{23} Becoming Involved in a Complication that has to do with Mistaken Judgment and Suspicion

Conflict{328}

PRE: (770a) (777) (797 -*)
A and B are in love and betrothed; A, supposed dead by B, returns and finds B
-- HER obj
arrayed for marriage with A-3 (284) (339) and accuses her of faithlessness
POST: (64) (336a; 351a)

Conflict{329}

PRE: (273) (330a) (292)
A falls in love with B in spite of the fact that his friend, A-2, has warned him against
her
POST: (139) (314) (318 ch A-3 to A-2)

Conflict{330}

(a) PRE: (149) (3a) (10b) (27)
A, wealthy, is in love with B. A’s friends, A-2, A-2, think that B is a designing
fortune hunter
POST: (239) (253)

(b) PRE: (276) (117)
A’s father, F-A, disapproves of B, A’s sweetheart * B, by secret enterprise (241),
proves her charm and worth to A’s father, F-A, and he withdraws his objections
to her marriage with A **
POST: (330a; 135) (347b)


B{6} Challenging, in a Quest of Love, the Relentless Truth that “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet”

Conflict{331}

PRE: (31) (34)
B, a Polynesian woman, challenges racial conventions by falling in love with A
(687) (689), a white man
POST: (324) (336c tr B & B-3) (347a)

Conflict{332}

PRE: (23a) (23b)
B, of alien blood and inferior race, seeks to marry A, the Caucasian with whom she
is in love
POST: (323) (324) (327b)


B{7} Becoming Involved in a Love Affair that Encounters Unforeseen Obstacles

Conflict{333}

PRE: (59) (236 tr A & A-3) (1175a)
A makes a gift to B, the woman he wishes to marry—a gift of value, X, which
is proved to have been stolen
POST: (267 tr A & A-3) (1200)

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Conflict{334}

(a) PRE: (8a) (4b)
A’s profession is a hazardous one—aviator, automobile racing driver, steeple jack.
“human fly”—and B considers this fact an obstacle to their marriage
POST: (287) (1006b) (1356)

(b) PRE: (379 ch B to B-8) (377a ch B to B-8)
A, in love with B, was divorced from his first wife. B’s parents, F-B and M-B,
have religious scruples against B’s marrying a divorced man
POST: (73) (80a, b) (134a, b)

Conflict{335}

PRE: (1099) (1119) (312-4)
A, in love with B, discovers that B’s desire for a career is an obstacle to their marriage
POST: (237) (1203)

Conflict{336}

(a) PRE: (284) (313) (328)
B loves A and is about to marry A-3. Accused of faithlessness by A, B shows
a dagger, and declares that she intends to kill herself at the altar steps before A-3
-- HER obj
can claim her for a bride
POST: (267) (351a)

(b) PRE: (232) (2c)
B believed that her lover, A, was what he seemed to be, poor and humble; but he
reveals himself as a man of wealth and station, incognito. * B, who considered A
poor and humble, discovers that he is a man of wealth and station; and, oddly
enough, in B’s mind A’s deception outbalances the wealth and rank, and she makes
his high estate an obstacle to their love
POST: (340) (983 ch A-8 to F-B)

(c) PRE: (331 ch B to B-3) (332 ch B to B-3)
B, a white woman, is in love with A, also white. B-3, a woman of alien race, seeks
to win A away from B
POST: (238) (688; 31; 244 ch B to B-3)

B{12} Falling into Misfortune through Disloyalty in Love

Conflict{337}

(a) PRE: (256) (324)
A, in love with B, meets with misfortune when he leaves B for B-3, a woman who
flatters his vanity
POST: (126 ch B to B-3; 623) (126 ch B to B-3; 701)

(b) PRE: (94a) (324)
-- HER obj
A, engaged to marry B-3, abandons her and marries B * B-3 sues A for breach of
promise **
POST: (393) (406)

Conflict{338}

PRE: (1175a) (1180) (1181)
A is told by B-7, a maid in the home of B, A’s sweetheart, that B has informed the
police of A’s criminal operations (1192) (1194), and that he is an ex-convict
POST: (1195) (1201) (568a ch “married to” to “sweetheart of”)

Conflict{339}

PRE: (233) (719a) (750) (917)
B, supposing A, the man she loves, to be dead, yields to the wishes of her parents,
F-B and M-B, and consents to a marriage with A-3
POST: (334a) (336a)

Conflict{340}

PRE: (41a) (218a) (218b)
B, who loves A and is beloved by him, loses him to B-3 through the wily strategy
of B-3
POST: (94a) (256)

Conflict{341}

PRE: (261) (239)
B’s mother, M-B, is determined that B shall marry wealth; so, rejecting the man
she loves, who is poor, to marry the man she does not love, who is
rich, B is plunged into unhappiness
POST: (373) (376) (393)

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ConflictSubGroup{Marriage}

B{21} Falling into Misfortune through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{342}

PRE: (175) (176a, b, c)
A is sent into desperate danger by capricious B, on the very eve of their marriage *
B, capriciously sending her lover into desperate danger, drains the bitter cup of
remorse **
POST: (212b) (1445)

Conflict{343}

PRE: (41a, b) (85a) (334a, b)
A is estranged from B, the woman he loves, because of a difference of opinion over
a trivial matter * A discovers B was right, acknowledges his error, achieves a
reconciliation, and presently they are married **
POST: (408) (412) (424)

Conflict{344}

PRE: (145) (153) (170)
A is estranged from his sweetheart, B, and B refuses to return money A had given
-- HER obj
her to save for him * A falls into misfortune (601) (604); and his sweetheart B, from
whom he is estranged returns money she has been saving for him, effects a reconciliation,
and their marriage follows **
POST: (539a) (548a)

Conflict{345}

PRE: (322b ch B to B-3) (326 ch B to B-3)
A, his love rejected by B-3, goes to a distant part of the country and meets B (9a, b)
(22a). A falls in love with B * B-3, filled with remorse because she rejected A’s
love, goes searching for him, finds him, and is informed by him that he is presently
to marry B **
POST: (372) (458a)

Conflict{346}

PRE: (23a, b) (34)
B, of an inferior race, rescues A, of a superior race, and falls in love with him. A
is engaged to marry B-3, a girl of his own people * A, telling B of an inferior race
who is in love with him, that he is going away but will soon return, never returns,
but marries B 3, a girl of his own people **
POST: (261) (264) (323) (325)

B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{347}

(a) PRE: (287) (288) (289) (293) (305) (323)
A, seeking to uphold a lofty conception of duty, secretly abandons B (23c) (331)
(332), a woman whom he loves dearly * A’s enemy, A-3, as a means of persecution,
by subtlity (348) compels A to marry B **
POST: (377a) (379)

(b) PRE: (98) (117)
A is compelled by F-B, father of B, to marry B * F-B believes he is fully warranted
in compelling A, at the point of a gun, to marry B **
POST: (373) (385a)

Conflict{348}

PRE: (347a -*) (346 -*)
A’s enemy, A-3, is captain of a ship on which A has taken passage, and on which
B (87) is a stowaway * A-3, knowing a secret of A’s (347a -*), compels A to marry
B, A-3 performing the ceremony **
POST: (372) (376)

Conflict{349}

PRE: (283) (335)
A’s gift to his sweetheart, B, is returned by B to A on account of a
lovers’ quarrel * A’s gift, returned by B on account of a lovers’ quarrel, is sent
back to B, unknown to A, by A-2, a friend of both B and A; and attached to the
gift is a note requesting B to keep it until A calls for it in person ** A, estranged from
B, is influenced by A-2 to call on B; and the result of the call is reconciliation and
marriage ***
POST: (501) (504b)

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Conflict{350}

PRE: (1223a ch A to F-B & A-4 to A) (1223b ch A to F-B, A-4 to A & A-8 to A-3)
A and A-3, rivals for the love of B, are put to a secret, gruelling test of worthiness
by F-B, father of B * A and A-3 are lured into a secret ordeal to prove their merit;
A-3 flunks completely, but A succeeds almost at cost of his life ** F-B approves of
A, and he marries B ***
POST: (572) (574a)

Conflict{351}

(a) PRE: (266) (313)
A kidnaps his sweetheart, B, (284) (300) while she is on her way to marry A-3,
-- HER obj
A’s rival in love, and marries her himself
POST: (379) (381)

(b) PRE: (311) (335)
A and B, lovers, are innocently thrown into a compromising situation (134a, b)
(876b) * A, in order to safeguard B’s good name, has a marriage ceremony performed
by a wandering circuit rider, A-8 **
POST: (391) (411a, b)

Conflict{352}

(a) PRE: (299) (311)
A masquerades as a servant in the household of F-B, father of B, the girl he loves *
A, enacting the role of a servant, rescues B from an accident by heroic bravery
(181a -*) (851a -*) not at all in the manner of a menial ** A stands revealed as the
lover of B whom F-B has not favored *** F-B approves of A, and A and B are married ****
POST: (375) (14)

(b) PRE: (300) (313)
A rescues B, the woman he loves, from a villainous rival in love, A-3 (154b). A
marries B
POST: (449) (451)

Conflict{353}

PRE: (169) (139)
A is supposed by B’s parents, F-B and M-B, to be A-2, to whom B is betrothed *
A elopes with B and marries her; A then returns B to F-B and M-B, tells them
that A-2, to whom B was betrothed, is dead, and asks and receives the parental
blessing **
POST: (424) (430)

Conflict{354}

(a) PRE: (32) (36)
B, impelled by an unusual motive, invents a fictitious character, AX * AX, a
fictitious character invented by B, “comes to life,” falls in love with B (4a ch A to AX)
(298 ch A to AX), and they marry **
POST: (452) (462)

(b) PRE: (10c) (36)
B must be married when she reaches a certain age if she would receive a rich
inheritance * B has no lovers, but a “marriage of convenience” is arranged with A,
on the understanding that it is to be secret, and that A is never to see B after the
marriage **
POST: (230) (379)

Conflict{355}

PRE: (189) (188a)
B, capable of winning a contest against her lover, A, deliberately suffers defeat—because
it has been agreed that she shall marry A if he wins
POST: (375) (419)

Conflict{356}

PRE: (104) (330a ch A to A-3)
B could easily win a contest, but she deliberately allows herself to be defeated,
thereby losing wealth, but winning in marriage poor A, the man she loves
POST: (410) (455a) (469)

Conflict{357}

PRE: (49) (105)
-- HER poss obj
B, knowing that her sweetheart, A, believes her to have perished in a tragic accident
-- HER obj
discovers by secret enterprise (82a) (87) that A has remained true to her (497
ch “wife” to “sweetheart”) reveals her identity and they marry
POST: (442) (515)

Conflict{358}

PRE: (232) (2c)
B, a working girl, discovers that her lover, A, is wealthy and only pretending to
be a toiler * B pretends to be wealthy, and merely masquerading as a shop girl **
In order to win B, A is compelled to confess his true rank and station *** B, having
given A a Roland for his Oliver, reveals to A her own rank and station ****
POST: (391) (399)

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Conflict{359}

PRE: (3a, b) (27)
B, unworthy, wins the love of worthy A; and B, by pretending to be worthy, presently
achieves worthiness * —and a reward of married happiness **
POST: (381; 396) (401)


B{15} Finding a Sustaining Power in Misfortune

Conflict{360}

(a) PRE: (177) (276) (316)
A, thinking his love rejected by B, receives a letter from B telling him how much
she loves him, and that her father, F-B, has consented to their marriage
POST: (562) (571)

(b) PRE: (20a, b) (21a, b)
A loves B, but he is uncertain of her affections and is too timid to propose
marriage * A finds an object, X, which B has lost, an object that proves her love for
him (165) ** A joyfully proposes to B and is accepted ***
POST: (380) (405)

Conflict{361}

(a) PRE: (215a) (256)
A proves false to B, the woman he loves, and has a disastrous affair with B-3 *
B-3 abandons A after he loses his money (606) (630) and is injured and sent to
a hospital (655) (710) ** B, still loyal, returns to A, and there is reconciliation
and marriage ***
POST: (585a) (589)

(b) PRE: (282a) (287)
A proves false to B, the love of his youth * A, middle-aged, goes searching for B,
the sweetheart of his earlier years ** (205) A finds B patiently waiting for him, and
they marry ***
POST: (428) (431)

Conflict{362}

PRE: (70) (73)
A and B are lovers, their families at enmity. A and B elope and are pursued by
their rival kindred * A and B, eloping and hotly pursued by their rival kindred,
are suddenly plunged into terrible danger. A makes a heroic rescue of B under
the very eyes of their anguished relatives ** Out of A’s heroic rescue of B is born
a reconciliation of opposing houses, and married happiness for A and B ***
POST: (419) (460)

Conflict{363}

(a) PRE: (55) (287) (302) (329) (330a)
A revolts against opposing restrictions and achieves happiness in marriage with
B
POST: (473) (484a)

(b) PRE: (295a, b) (118)
A renounces an enterprise against F-B, father of B, the girl he loves, when F-B
withdraws his objections to A as a son-in-law and allows him to marry B
POST: (517) (532a)

Conflict{364}

(a) PRE: (245 ch A to B & A-3 to B-3) (305)
B, a white woman, contemplates suicide when a mystery of her birth and parentage
apparently yields an evil secret * A, B’s loyal lover, working in secret, secures
proof of B’s unsullied lineage (1051) (1052 -*); and they marry **
POST: (431) (437)

(b) PRE: (316) (320)
B, in love with A and estranged from him, after various misadventures (82a) (89)
-- HER obj
discovers that A still loves her * A reconciliation is effected, and they marry **
POST: (540) (561)

(c) PRE: (255) (282a)
A, with a taint of inferior blood in his veins, is in love with B, supposedly a white
girl. He is about to give B up when he discovers that B also has a taint of inferior
blood (255 tr A & B) (1051) * A marries B **
POST: (551) (575)

(d) PRE: (850a, b) (1075a, b)
A, with the help of B, overcomes an ignoble weakness * A’s gratitude to B blossoms
into love; and. when A is sure he has rehabilitated his character, he proposes
marriage to B and is accepted **
POST: (826) (828)

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B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{365}

(a) PRE: (9a -*) (190)
A and B, not in love with each other, nevertheless marry because it seems the
logical outcome of their long, friendly association
POST: (230) (373)

(b) PRE: (101b) (599)
A and B, unknown to each other, in a spirit of fun at a masquerade ball, go through
with a supposedly mock marriage ceremony. It later appears that the marriage
was legal
POST: (167a) (432a)

(c) PRE: (24a, b ch B to BX)
A is married to an unknown woman, BX, by an insane clergyman, A-8, at the
point of a gun
POST: (432a, b ch B to BX) (437 ch B to BX)

(d) PRE: (188b ch B to BX) (365a, b, c)
A marries BX, a woman he does not know * A and BX, husband and wife, go their
different ways immediately after the marriage ceremony **
POST: (167a ch B to BX) (432b ch B to BX)

Conflict{366}

PRE: (302) (117)
A refuses an inheritance because of a restriction that he must not marry; then he
marries B
POST: (117; 116; 167a) (370)

Conflict{367}

(a) PRE: (289) (1075a) (1079)
B offers to marry A and, as his wife, help him to rebuild his wasted life
POST: (469) (524a)

(b) PRE: (24a, b, e)
-- HER obj obj
B doubts A when he tells her he loves her; then, having convinced herself of A’s
love (97) (116), B accepts A and they are married
POST: (369) (428)

Conflict{368}

(a) PRE: (285) (641)
B, having rejected A, the man she loves, because of an obligation she feels herself
under to her father, F-B, is informed by F-B that he is going to be married—and
B finds herself turned out on the world
POST: (205; 361b **-***) (325)

(b) PRE: (659) (1260 ch A-8 to F-B)
B marries wealthy A, a man she does not love, in order that she may have money
with which to help a parent who is in desperate need
POST: (403) (558)

(c) PRE: (171) (162a)
B accepts her lover, A, and A secures a marriage license; then, before B and A can
marry, B suddenly marries A-3, A’s rival in love
POST: (312-1) (313)

(d) PRE: (818d ch A to A-8 & CH to B) (1051) (1054)
-- HER poss obj
B, a foundling, has the secret of her birth and parentage revealed to her by A.
-- A det char
A rich estate awaits B’s claim and proof of parentage * A, in love with B, is poor
and feels that he may not aspire to the hand of wealthy B; but B proposes marriage
to A, and happiness is the result **
POST: (449) (458a)

(e) PRE: (270 ch B to B-3) (278 ch B to B-3) (528)
A, unhappily married to B and in love with B-3, is too high-minded to seek a
divorce * A’s unworthy wife, B, is killed in an accident, and A is free to marry B-3,
whom he has long loved **
POST: (241 ch B to B-3) (254 ch B to B-3) (307 ch B to B-3)

-- page 62

ConflictGroup{Married Life}

ConflictSubGroup{}

B{21} Falling into Misfortune through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{369}

PRE: (107) (367a)
A and B, married and devotedly in love with each other, are hasty and intolerant *
A and B quarrel (372) (373), and an estrangement results **
POST: (457) (460) (501)

Conflict{370}

PRE: (366) (367b)
A, husband of B, loves B devotedly, but he is so constituted that he never shows
his true feelings and often masks them with something that suggests their exact
opposite * B mourns over the mistaken belief that she has lost A’s love **
POST: (581) (586) (575; 918b)

Conflict{371}

PRE: (59) (368b)
A is suspected of having murdered (416) (417) his wife, B
POST: (385a) (1070 ch B to B-8)

Conflict{372}

PRE: (345) (348)
A and B, devotedly in love with each other, through failure to understand each
other’s ideals (898) (899 -*) (908) (976), develop an incompatability which
results in frequent quarrels
POST: (369) (394)

Conflict{373}

PRE: (341) (365a)
A is so much older than B that, after their marriage, the discrepancy in their ages
(808b) becomes the cause of quarrels and, finally, of estrangement
POST: (418) (429a)

Conflict{374}

PRE: (9a, b) (190) (239)
A believed B was of an artistic nature * After marriage, A is sorely disappointed
on discovering that B is indolent in the pursuit of a career **
POST: (413) (441)

Conflict{375}

PRE: (114) (491a) (1060 ch A to B)
A is more capable than his wife, B, although B thoughtlessly treats him as mentally
inferior
POST: (419) (427)

Conflict{376}

PRE: (253) (341)
A, husband of B, holds B in subjection * A is a religious fanatic who makes B
miserable with his petty domination **
POST: (403) (410)

Conflict{377}

(a) PRE: (347a) (421)
A divorces his wife, B * B is devoted to A, and he owes much of his prosperity to
her loyalty and shrewd advice **
POST: (496a) (499a)

(b) PRE: (656) (781)
A marries B, thinking she is wealthy; after marriage, he discovers that B is not
wealthy * A, bankrupt, divorces B and plans to marry wealthy B-3 ** B-3, whom A,
divorced, seeks to marry, marries another man *** B, just divorced by A, falls
heir to a large estate ****
POST: (388) (638)

Conflict{378}

PRE: (59) (234a)
A, marrying a widow, B, discovers that he has “caught a tartar” and has wedded a
domestic tyrant
POST: (417) (473) (480)

Conflict{379}

PRE: (351b) (354b)
A suffers the loss of happiness in carrying out honorably a distasteful obligation
to divorce his wife, B
POST: (388 -*) (460) (483a, b; 352b)

Conflict{380}

PRE: (553) (561) (562 -*)
A is jealous of his wife, B * A embarks upon an ill-considered enterprise of gambling
and loses money that is not his to lose ** A gambles with A-3, the man with whom
A believes his wife has an “affair” ***
POST: (434a) (446a) (568d) (396)

-- page 63

Conflict{381}

PRE: (359) (367a)
A finds a note (561) (562) (582 tr B & A), somewhat ambiguously worded, which
leads him to a wrong conclusion regarding the conduct of his wife, B * A is fired to
seek revenge **
POST: (396) (420) (464)

Conflict{382}

PRE: (1002; 988) (1285b) (422a)
A, in order to restore to B, without a confession of culpability, wealth of which he
-- HER obj obj
has secretly defrauded her, marries her * Then he falls in love with B-3 **
POST: (440) (465) (572)

Conflict{383}

PRE: (8a) (148) (234a)
A’s wife, B, has a birthmark which mars her beauty * Influenced by the thought,
A grows discontented, and his love begins to wane **
POST: (386) (391) (416) (475)

Conflict{384}

PRE: (574b) (1009a, b ch B to M-A & SN to A)
A and B, married, live with A’s mother. M-A * B quarrels with M-A, and with A
on account of M-A **
POST: (1067) (1067 ch B to M-A) (1068) (518)

Conflict{385}

(a) PRE: (341) (365a) (368b)
A and his wife, B, have frequent and violent quarrels * B is mysteriously murdered
(387) and A, innocent, is suspected of the crime **
POST: (520) (526)

(b) PRE: (812a ch A-4 to B-2) (836 ch A to B & A-2 to B-2)
A is asked by B-2 a friend of his deceased wife, B, for a bundle of love letters which
B-2 had given to B for safe-keeping * A, husband of B, suspects B of receiving love
letters—and discovers that the letters were merely being held by B for B-2 for
safe-keeping **
POST: (552b; 1441b) (576a, b)

Conflict{386}

PRE: (539a) (542)
A leaves his devoted, loving wife, B, to take up with B-3, a woman who flatters
his vanity * B-3 is wealthy, but shallow; and A, in following her advice, fails
miserably in all his undertakings **
POST: (391) (393)

Conflict{387}

PRE: (484a; 490a) (370)
A presents his wife, B, with a gift as a testimonial of his love * (1333a) A finds B
-- HER obj
dead, slain by the gift he had presented to her **
POST: (385a) (474) (497) (576a; 498)

Conflict{388}

PRE: (464) (486a) (509) (573b)
-- HER obj
A divorces B, then seeks a second marriage with her * B’s health was declining and
-- HER obj poss
beauty fading when A secured his divorce from her ** B, her health restored,
considers heself well rid of A ***
POST: (305) (319) (322b)

Conflict{389}

PRE: (23c, d) (27) (365b)
A, thinking his first wife is dead (49) (400) (486a), marries again and has children
by his second wife * A learns that his first wife was living at the time of his
second marriage, but that she has died since his second marriage ** This invalidates
the second marriage *** A seeks to make a new will and go through another
marriage ceremony with his second wife, but is killed in an accident on his way
to his lawyer’s **** Thus the children of A’s second marriage are illegitimate, and
A’s property descends to the relatives of A’s deceased first wife *****
POST: (245 ch A to SN-A, son of A) (305 ch B to D-B, daughter of A’s second wife)

-- page 64

Conflict{390}

PRE: (709 -*) (808a -* ch B to A-2) (1044b)
A, through accident (711b) loses an object, X, belonging to his friend, A-2, at the
door of a woman whose character is not of the best * X, an object belonging to A-2,
is lost by A in a place of evil character, and, found, is sent by a mischief maker to
A-2’s wife with a note stating where it was found (478) ** A-2, falsely suspected
of transgression, finds himself in a most unhappy position until A, by a statement
of the facts, clears A-2 of suspicion ***
POST: (506b ch A to A-2)

Conflict{391}

PRE: (369) (539a) (542)
A, through mistaken judgment, becomes estranged from his loving wife, B * A has
a foolish escapade with B-3 (386) (540), whereby his eyes are opened to his error
and folly ** A, enlightened and transformed by the revelation of his error, returns
humbly to his wife, B ***
POST: (449) (499a)

Conflict{392}

PRE: (116; 53) (498) (515)
A believes he sees the apparition of his dead wife, B * A struggles to overtake the
fleeing apparition of B, falls from a cliff and meets his death **
POST: ()

Conflict{393}

PRE: (421) (422a)
A, married to B, is haunted by memories of a former sweetheart, B-3 * Because of
his memories, A’s married happiness is not what it should be ** A finds B-3, his
love of other days, and discovers that her beauty and charm have faded (244 ch
B to B-3) (211 ch B to B-3) A knows at once that his emancipation from the. evil
influence of B-3 is complete, and he returns to B a better and a wiser man ***
POST: (409) (454)

Conflict{394}

PRE: (372) (395) (408) (462)
A, married to B, escapes from B on plausible pretexts (443 -*) and lives in a
furnished room for a few days each month * B discovers A’s deceit (443 *-****), trails
him, and learns how A is merely seeking home comforts denied him by B ** (417)
(478) B, realizing suddenly the injustice her exacting nature has been causing A,
promises to be different—and there is a reconciliation ***
POST: ()

Conflict{395}

PRE: (378) (475)
A’s ideal of married happiness is tranquility and comfort * A’s wife, B, proves
herself a termagant, and quarrels are frequent **
POST: (385a) (394) (427) (440 *-**) (471) (473)

Conflict{396}

PRE: (380 -**) (449) (553) (561) (562)
A learns that his wife, B, has been true to
him * A-3, the man with whom A thought B had eloped, A discovers, was married
several days before the date of the supposed elopement **
POST: (563a) (506b tr A & B)

Conflict{397}

PRE: (398a, b) (418)
B, married to A, has a flirtation with A-3, unmarried * Married B is away with
unmarried A-3 when A-3 suddenly dies **
POST: (738) (1069 ch “daughter D-A” to “lover A-3”) (1151)

Conflict{398}

(a) PRE: (369) (370)
B fancies herself neglected by her husband, A * A-3, the “other man,” appears
-- HER obj obj
and, by flattering married B, and sympathizing with her, causes her to imagine
she is in love with him **
POST: (380) (400) (418) (507a, b)

(b) PRE: (369) (370)
B fancies herself neglected by her husband, A * B, in order to win back her husband,
A’s, love by arousing his jealousy, flirts with A-3 **
POST: (397) (445a) (478 tr A & B)

-- page 65

Conflict{399}

PRE: (508) (524a)
B is the sensible, devoted wife of A * A is the victim of egotistical self-deception **
A, advised wisely by B, thinks B is jealous of his great abilities *** An estrangement
results ****
POST: (438) (457) (460) (482)

Conflict{400}

PRE: (444) (454)
B deserts her husband, A, for another man, A-3 * B, deserting her husband, A, for
A-3, discovers that A-3 is in love with another married woman **
POST: (418 *-**) (496a) (499a)

Conflict{401}

PRE: (538 -*) (581)
B’s husband, A, has failed to return home and B is worried about him * B, thinking
her husband A is in danger, plunges into danger herself on the chance of finding
him and helping him **
POST: (538 *-***) (545) (546a)

Conflict{402}

PRE: (49 ch “lovers” to “man and wife”) (437; 548) (572)
B, married to A, supposes A is dead and marries A-3 (339) * A, supposed to be
dead, returns mysteriously as from the grave ** A seeks to force B to give up A-3.
the man she has married ***
POST: (573b) (1390)

Conflict{403}

PRE: (368b) (376) (407) (454) (493)
B’s husband, A, is brutal and tyrannical * Goaded beyond her powers of endurance,
B puts poison in a glass and gives it to A ** B, giving her husband, A, poison, flees
before the poison has time to take effect ***
POST: (453; 468) (16a) (946)

Conflict{404}

PRE: (261) (290) (291)
B, after a loveless marriage with A-3, obtains a divorce and begins searching for
A, the man she loves and from whom she became estranged
POST: (261 ch B to A & A-3 to B-3) (327a; 325) (345 tr B & B-3)

Conflict{405}

PRE: (486 tr B & B-3; 474 ch B to B-3) (578b tr B & B-3)
B is the second wife of A, a widower * A, thinking he has been disloyal to his first
wife, B-3, makes B unhappy by his brooding **
POST: (496a) (504b)

Conflict{406}

PRE: (261 ch A-3 to A) (284 tr A & A-3)
B, just married to A, tells A she does not love him * B informs her husband, A,
that she married him from pique and because A-3, the man she loves, married B-3 **
POST: (462) (489) (499b)

Conflict{407}

PRE: (376) (493)
B is flogged by her husband, A, for a transgression (445a -*) (483b) (553) (381 -*)
she did not commit
POST: (403) (438) (470) (516) (557a, b) (558)

Conflict{408}

PRE: (378) (500b)
B, wife of A, keeps their house so well-ordered, and is so tyrannical and
unreasonable about it, that A’s home life becomes a hell
POST: (417) (429a) (464) (486a) (473) (533)

Conflict{409}

PRE: (414) (422a) (436)
B, wife of A, informs A that she is in love with A-3
POST: (423a) (457) (460)

Conflict{410}

PRE: (469; 532a; 1293a) (469; 532a; 583b ch A-3 to A-5)
B has committed a secret transgression in order to help her husband, A * B finds
herself in the toils of A-5 **
POST: (411b ch A-3 to A-5) (669)

-- page 66

Conflict{411}

(a) PRE: (445a -**) (434a -*) (414)
B, happily married to A, commits an indiscretion
POST: (469; 532a; 1293b) (445 *-***) (442) (446a, b) (449)

(b) PRE: (469) (492b)
B, wife of A, secretly borrows money from her old lover, A-3, for a certain purpose *
A-3 seeks to use his power over B to advance his own selfish aims **
POST: (476b) (483b)

Conflict{412}

PRE: (376) (378) (405) (413)
B, wife of A, is annoyed by the little mannerisms of A: The crook of his elbow as
he lifts a cup or glass, his endless repetition of what he considers humorous stories,
his old carpet slippers, his habit of snoring when he takes his afternoon nap, etc.
These trifling banalities so work on B’s nerves that bitter quarrels result
POST: (404 tr A & A-3) (411a) (418) (557a)

Conflict{413}

PRE: (190) (261 ch A-3 to A) (253)
B marries A, a man much older than herself * B does not love A but thought when
-- HER obj poss
she married him that he would help her realize her consuming ambition ** B’s
great desire is to become an actress *** A, husband of B, proves a brutal tyrant
and gives B nothing but harsh and inconsiderate treatment ****
POST: (373) (404 tr A & A-3) (409)

Conflict{414}

PRE: (376) (916 ch B to B-2; 765 ch B to B-2)
B, wife of A, admires the personal independence of B-2 and would pattern after
-- HER obj poss
her * A has no admiration at all for B-2 and her ways **
POST: (407) (441) (442) (452)

Conflict{415}

PRE: (472 -*) (365b, c ch BX to B)
B learns that her supposed legal marriage to A was a farce * B is abandoned by A
and left penniless and alone **
POST: (479) (481) (647) (870a) (14b ch A to A-3)

Conflict{416}

PRE: (227) (441 -*) (475 -*) (558) (761b)
B, wife of A, dies as the result of an enterprise undertaken for her supposed benefit
POST: (576a) (578a, b) (587) (588)

Conflict{417}

PRE: (378) (408) (420)
B, while too severely reprimanding her husband, A, bursts a blood vessel and expires
POST: (371) (526) (560)

Conflict{418}

PRE: (530) (543) (582) (592)
B, married, quarrels with her husband, A, and runs away from home in an attempt
-- HER obj
to find peace and contentment * B has an experience with A-3 which proves to her
that running away from, her husband, A, was a mistake **
POST: (483b) (507b) (583b)


B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{419}

PRE: (372) (375)
A must have his abilities recognized by his wife, B, in order to be happy (432a)
(463) * A leaves B to run their joint business enterprise alone, and goes to a
distant place, knowing that his absence will cause B to discover his business worth **
POST: (501) (519a -*) (1395) (1445)

Conflict{420}

PRE: (395) (406) (408) (494)
A lives unhappily with his wife, B * A’s marital discontent prompts him to reckless
and questionable adventures **
POST: (429a) (848 ch B to B-3) (876 ch B to B-3) (1209b) (246 -*)

Conflict{421}

PRE: (131 ch B to B-3; 208 ch B to B-3) (176a ch B to B-3)
A marries B in order to emancipate himself from the evil influence of B-3 * B-3 is
a heartless coquette whom A loves **
POST: (386) (393) (528)

-- page 67

Conflict{422}

(a) PRE: (1002; 1285b) (988)
A secretly defrauds B of a large sum of money * A (701 ch A-2 to B) marries B in
order to make a crafty restitution of property which, before marriage, he had stolen
-- HER obj
from her **
POST: (429a) (465) (486a)

(b) PRE: (59) (263 tr A & A-3) (284 tr A & A-3)
-- HER poss obj
A has married B for her money * A, having secured B’s money, grows tired of her **
A tells B he is a criminal, and will presently be arrested by the police *** A induces
B to enter into a suicide pact with him **** B, carrying out a suicide pact with A,
kills herself; A does not kill himself, but craftily explains that B commited suicide
*****
POST: (371) (392) (425; 1290b ch A to SN-A & F-A to A)

Conflict{423}

(a) PRE: (418 -*) (426 -*) (430) (400)
A and B, man and wife, each secretly leaves home on the same day * A believes he
has deserted B, and B believes she has deserted A **
POST: (394) (487) (500a)

(b) PRE: (429b) (484a -*)
A and B, man and wife, are wealthy and socially popular * A and B are so occupied
with social engagements that they have no time for the enjoyment of each other’s
society ** A and B seek solitude where they can be alone together *** A and B find
the solitude they crave in [1] a lonely lighthouse, [2] on a desert island or [3] by
pretending they leave for an extended trip abroad, closing their magnificent home
and living secretly in humble furnished quarters ****
POST: (49) (688 -*) (897 add B)

Conflict{424}

PRE: (461) (484a -*) (523)
A, an artist, works secretly as a day laborer in order to help his wife, B, who is
also an artist * A tells B he is “realizing money on his art” **
POST: (546a) (532b) (582) (574a)

Conflict{425}

PRE: (349) (363a)
A has a son by his white wife, B. B dies * A, while traveling abroad (917), marries
-- HER obj
B-3, a woman of inferior race (347a ch B to B-3) (901 ch B to B-3), abandons her
and returns to his own country ** This secret A craftily keeps from his son, SN-A ***
POST: (881) (934)

Conflict{426}

PRE: (378) (464) (539a)
A, married to B and desiring his freedom, resorts to craftiness * A persuades his
friend, A-2. to elope with B **
POST: (377b) (489) (466a ch A-3 to A-2) (550 ch A-3 to A-2)

Conflict{427}

PRE: (378) (430) (432a) (438) (463) (513)
A, married to B, is impelled by an unusual motive to furnish a suite of bachelor
lodgings in another town. He does this unknown to B * A secretly retires to his
bachelor apartments and lives a hermitlike existence **
POST: (423a) (385; 520 ch B-3 to B) (502)

Conflict{428}

PRE: (354a) (356)
A and his wife, B, are artists. Their art does not prosper * A and B encounter
dire misfortune. Each seeks some secret method of recouping their joint finances **
POST: (424) (455b) (532b)

Conflict{429}

(a) PRE: (420) (422a) (430 -*) (471) (473)
A, married to B, is impelled by an unusual motive to drop out of sight, lose his
personality and go adventuring in the under-world
POST: (1225) (1233) (1275)

(b) PRE: (423b -*) (471) (473)
A and B, married and devotedly in love with, each other, are impelled by an unusual
motive to drop out of sight, leave the world they know and search for an environment
more to their liking
POST: (423b *-****) (484a)

-- page 68

Conflict{430}

PRE: (455b) (461) (491b)
A, husband of B, is heavily in debt * A disappears mysteriously **
POST: (572) (719) (770a; 540)

Conflict{431}

PRE: (748; 700) (924a) (997b)
A, wealthy and desiring to be poor, has married B in order that she may spend his
money
POST: (484; 929) (488a)

Conflict{432}

(a) PRE: (375) (378) (382) (383)
A, married to B, seeks by secret enterprise to effect a change in unpleasant marital
conditions
POST: (377b) (393) (394) (419)

(b) PRE: (354b) (365b) (155 ch AX to A)
-- HER obj
A’s wife, B, is a mystery woman * A does not know B, and has not seen her since
the day of their romantic marriage **
POST: (167a ch AX to A) (486)

Conflict{433}

(a) PRE: (1316) (1317 ch A-8 to A-3)
A’s enemy, A-3, who wronged A grievously, is dead * A seeks to revenge himself
upon B, the wife of A-3, for a grievous wrong committed by A-3 **
POST: (1310) (1311) (1323a ch B-3 to B)

(b) PRE: (434a) (450) (494)
A’s wife, B, is loved by A-3 * A-3 seeks craftily to win B, the wife of A **
POST: (444) (434a, b)

Conflict{434}

(a) PRE: (553) (561) (562)
A’s wife, B, seems to have an “affair” with another man, A-3 * A is manoeuvered
by A-3 into gambling with money not his own, and losing it **
POST: (434b) (445a) (572)

(b) PRE: (433b) (171)
A is craftily manoeuvered into misfortune by A-3 * A, in the power of A-3, is
compelled to divorce his wife, B **
POST: (378 ch A to A-3) (385 ch A to A-3) (403 ch A to A-3)

Conflict{435}

(a) PRE: (402 ch A to A-3) (451)
A marries B, a woman who, unknown to A, is already married to A-3, a husband
who is living and undivorced * A-2, a friend of A’s, sends A-3 to A, B’s second
husband, and exposure of deceitful B follows **
POST: (743b; 921) (738)

(b) PRE: (466b) (510)
A’s wife, B, is untrue to him, a fact of which A is in ignorance. A-2 discovers B’s
unfaithfulness, and informs A, who is on his death bed obstinately refusing treatment
that would heal him * A, desperately ill, fired by tales of his wife, B’s, unfaithfulness,
makes up his mind to live and takes treatment that cures him **
POST: (487) (489)

Conflict{436}

PRE: (458b) (1061)
A, husband of B, a very beautiful woman, persuades B to pretend that she is his
sister * A fears that he will be killed by some admirer of his wife, B, so that the
admirer may marry B **
POST: (584b) (554) (557a)

Conflict{437}

PRE: (681b) (683) (734) (1368)
A, married to B, loses his identity * A assumes a fictitious identity and marries B-3 **
POST: (402) (548a) (571)

Conflict{438}

PRE: (503a) (521; 1177 or 1178 or 1185) (525) (568b)
A seeks to achieve the refinement of cruelty in persecuting his wife, B * A secretly
and mysteriously sequestrates himself and fosters the deception that he is dead **
POST: (402) (659) (884a ch A to B & A-5 to A)

-- page 69

Conflict{439}

PRE: (376) (403 -*)
-- HER obj poss
B’s friend, A-3, seeks to save her from persecution at the hands of her brutal
husband, A * B’s friend, A-3, forces a quarrel on B’s brutal husband, A, hoping A will
kill him, thus entangling himself with the law and freeing B of his tyranny. A-3
accomplishes his heroic sacrifice **
POST: ()

Conflict{440}

PRE: (488b) (1211; 422a)
A is impelled by an unusual motive to marry B, a woman he does not love * A
succeeds by a stratagem in leaving his unloved wife, B (1204 ch B to A & B-8 to
A-8) (952) and, under a fictitious name, marries B-3, the woman he loves **
POST: (917) (963)

Conflict{441}

PRE: (33 ch B to D-B & M-B to B; 258 ch A to B) (421) (422a; 422b -*)
B, wife of A, is a drug addict * B keeps her husband, A, in ignorance of the fact
that she is a drug addict **
POST: (435b) (440) (442) (446a)

Conflict{442}

PRE: (376; 642 -*) (376; 646) (403 -*; 739)
B is forbidden by her husband, A, to do a certain thing * B, ordered by her husband,
A, not to do a certain thing, does it anyway, during A’s absence from home **
POST: (642 *-**) (599; 534)

Conflict{443}

PRE: (386 -*) (408)
B’s husband, A, leaves for town, as he declares, to meet a friend, A-2 * A’s friend,
A-2, sends a letter to A; it arrives during A’s absence, and B opens it ** A-2, friend
of A, is in a foreign country; and B conceals the letter from A-2 and, the next time A
leaves home “to meet A-2,” B trails him ***
POST: (394) (486a; 552a tr A & B; 404 tr A & A-3)

Conflict{444}

PRE: (433b) (492b)
B elopes with A-3, who has artfully inspired doubts of her husband, A’s
-- TODO "loyalty" in middle of outlinks: ... (540) loyalty (507a) ...
POST: (213 -*) (476b) (540) (507a) (568a) (568b) (573b)

Conflict{445}

(a) PRE: (553) (561)
B, wife of A, is mistakenly supposed by A to have an “affair” with A-3 * B, wife
of A, detests A-3. but calls on him at his apartment at night (483b) (583b) ** B
forces A-3, at the revolver point, to return to her money which he has taken craftily
from A ***
POST: (380 *-***) (396) (499a)

(b) PRE: (284) (573a)
B, wife of A, seeks desperately to escape disaster * B drinks a potion which throws
-- HER obj
her into a condition resembling death, having been assured that A will appear and
-- HER obj
rescue her when she revives **
POST: (105) (576b)

Conflict{446}

(a) PRE: (494) (495) (580)
B, wife of A, is guilty of an indiscretion * B, in order to escape consequences of
personal culpability, falsely accuses innocent A-2 **
POST: (446b ch “lover” to “friend”) (507a)

(b) PRE: (411b ch A-3 to A-2) (433b ch A-3 to A-2) (449 ch A-3 to A-2)
B, wife of A, calls on her lover, A-2 * A calls on his friend, A-2 ** A-2 conceals B
-- HER obj
so A will not see her *** A discovers his wife, B, concealed in the apartment of his
his friend, A-2 ****
POST: (400 ch A-3 to A-2) (418 ch A-3 to A-2) (446a)

Conflict{447}

PRE: (90 ch A to A-5) (59 ch A to A-5)
B, in her extreme youth, was lured into marriage with a criminal, A-5 * A-5 a
criminal, is killed, and B, his widow, leaves home and goes to a distant country **
B marries A (20a, c) (24a, b). a man of wealth and high social standing, and keeps
her black past a close secret ***
POST: (669 ch A-5 to “a pal of A-5’s”) (669 ch A-5 to “a pal of A-5’s”; 738) (870b ch A-5 to “a pal of A-5’s”) (870a)

-- page 70

Conflict{448}

PRE: (450; 550) (450; 1204; 502 tr B & A)
B kills her husband, A, in order to prevent A from revealing an evil secret
POST: (557a) (1258) (1294)

Conflict{449}

PRE: (398b) (411b -*; 445 *-**) (433b; 583b)
B is happily married to A * B, wife of A, impelled by an innocent motive,
clandestinely meets an old lover, A-3 **
POST: (411a -*; 410) (434a)

Conflict{450}

PRE: (492b -**) (494)
B seeks by secret enterprise to be free of A, her husband who is poor, in order that
she may marry wealthy A-3
POST: (451) (557a) (1204)

Conflict{451}

PRE: (450) (418 -*) (470)
B, married to A and neither widowed nor divorced, pretends to be single * B,
married, assumes another name and marries A-3 **
POST: (448) (471 ch A to A-3) (550)

Conflict{452}

PRE: (376) (383; 403 -*) (521)
B seeks by secret enterprise to emancipate herself from fear of her husband, A
POST: (470) (475) (516)

Conflict{453}

PRE: (403) (448)
B believes she has killed her husband, A * B seeks to save herself from the consequences
of transgression by taking to flight **
POST: (468) (502)

Conflict{454}

PRE: (1a, b, d, e, f, g) (421) (422a) (440 -*)
-- HER obj
B’s husband, A, married her under false pretenses * B seeks by secret enterprise
to be revenged upon her husband, A **
POST: (400) (408) (451) (467) (477)

Conflict{455}

(a) PRE: (428) (455b) (490a -*)
B secretly disposes of a dearly prized possession in order to buy her husband, A,
a Christmas (or birthday or wedding anniversary) present
POST: (430) (532b) (1293c)

(b) PRE: (428) (522)
B, and her husband, A, have fallen upon evil days * B, in order to “keep the wolf
from the door,” finds work in a laundry, but tells A she is working as an “art director” **
POST: (424) (69) (579a)

Conflict{456}

PRE: (422b -*) (430 -*) (525)
B bears a close physical resemblance to B-8 * B marries A. B has property in
her own name which, by a marriage settlement, is to descend to A if he outlives B **
B-8 dies, and A contrives to make it appear that it was B who died *** B, as B-8,
is immured in an insane asylum, and A inherits the money belonging to B ****
POST: (732) (1447a tr A & A-8) (1461a)


B{13} Seeking by Craftiness to Escape Misfortune

Conflict{457}

PRE: (463) (485)
A and B, married, finding they cannot live together happily, agree
to the secret and honorable expedient of living apart, undivorced. [l] They
have a child, CH, and, on CH’s account, refuse to seek a divorce. [2] Religious
convictions will not allow them to seek a divorce. [3] Inability to reach a
satisfactory settlement of their joint estate prevents a divorce. [4] Determination
on the part of husband or wife to prevent the other’s re-marriage acts as a bar to
divorce. [5] Fear of scandal and gossip prevents the estranged pair from seeking
their legal freedom
POST: (475) (484a) (499a) (501)

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Conflict{458}

(a) PRE: (260b; 367b) (326-1; 363a)
A and B, just married, start by train on their honeymoon * B, the bride, seeks to
escape annoying experiences when A, the groom, leaving the train to send a telegram,
is left behind **
POST: (445a -*; 396 -*) (583c) (589)

(b) PRE: (423b-2) (687 add B) (691 add B)
A and B, married, find themselves cast away among a strange, half-barbarian
people * A, finding the beauty of his wife, B, a source of danger to himself, seeks
to avoid the danger by a stratagem **
POST: (436) (688 -*; 307 or 197 ch B to B-3 or 973)

Conflict{459}

PRE: (376) (434a -*) (495) (503a) (559)
A, husband of B, is cruel and tyrannical * A seeks craftily to kill A-3, an unmarried
man with whom B is in love **
POST: (439) (503b; 403)

Conflict{460}

PRE: (463) (553)
A is estranged from his wife, B, whom he dearly loves * A flees to a distant part
of the country and tries to bear his hard lot with fortitude **
POST: (396) (501) (539b) (1395)

Conflict{461}

PRE: (239) (341) (585b)
A is deeply in love with his wife, B * A faces failure in business (4913) (606)
(631) (747) —a failure which, he knows, will bring disaster to his married happiness **
POST: (484b; 770b, c) (505)

Conflict{462}

PRE: (461) (491b)
A is unhappy with his wife, B * A seeks with firmness to achieve cherished ambitions **
POST: (905) (907) (913) (928a) (492b)

Conflict{463}

PRE: (408) (420) (491)
A revolts against the injustice he is compelled to suffer at the hands of his beloved
wife, B
POST: (419) (427) (429a) (460)

Conflict{464}

PRE: (437) (509) (525)
A, married to B, is impelled by an unusual motive to lead a double life
POST: (486b) (548a, b) (1200)

Conflict{465}

PRE: (422a; 486a) (1295)
A seeks to escape difficulties, restore property and be free of an unloved wife, B,
all by secret enterprise
POST: (572) (952) (1172 ch B to A & B-5 to A-5; 1204 ch B to A & B-8 to A-8)

Conflict{466}

(a) PRE: (482) (493)
B is married to A and they have one child, CH * B loves CH but she does not
love A ** B loves A-3, and elopes with him, leaving her child, CH, with her husband,
A ***
POST: (507b; 499a) (500a)

(b) PRE: (503b ch A-3 to A-7) (495 ch A-3 to A-7)
B, young wife of elderly A, has an intrigue with a servant of A’s, A-7 * A is ill and
about to die; B, his wife, could save him, but she will not **
POST: (435b) (524b)

Conflict{467}

PRE: (1339) (1341)
B has seen her husband, A, secretly as he thought, exchange a pair of muddy shoes
for the clean shoes of A-8 * A’s evident purpose is to shift the responsibility for a
crime to the shoulders of innocent A-8 **
POST: (521) (540) (569 -*)

Conflict{468}

PRE: (403) (486b) (488b)
B attempts to poison her husband, A * B, attempting to poison her husband, A,
mistakes a bottle of harmless white powder for the poison and gives A some of its
contents **
POST: (453; 502) (539b tr A & B)

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Conflict{469}

PRE: (428) (430 -*)
B, seeking to aid her husband, A, by secret enterprise, finds poverty a bar
POST: (411b) (449) (455a, b) (532a, b)

Conflict{470}

PRE: (407) (412)
B seeks to escape from her tyrannical husband, A, by running away
POST: (400) (418) (451) (743b)


B{14} Falling into Misfortune through the Wiles of a Crafty Schemer

Conflict{471}

PRE: (450 tr A & A-3) (451 tr A & A-3)
A, after his marriage to B, discovers that B, who had professed to be single, was
a married woman and neither divorced nor widowed
POST: (473) (480) (489)

Conflict{472}

PRE: (476a) (488b) (503a) (521)
A, married to B, has not been divorced from a former wife, B-3 * A discovers that
B has married another man, A-3 **
POST: (540) (568a, b, c, d)

Conflict{473}

PRE: (378) (420) (548a tr B & B-3) (572 ch A to A-3)
A becomes the second husband of B, whose first husband, A-3, had mysteriously
disappeared and was supposed to be dead * After A and B are married, B’s first
husband, A-3. appears secretly to A **
POST: (533; 594b) (486a)

Conflict{474}

PRE: (376) (378) (420)
A’s wife, B, dies * Tricky so-called spiritualists pretend to materialize the spirit
of deceased B in order to influence A to give them money by advice of the supposed
B **
POST: (392) (830) (880a)

Conflict{475}

PRE: (383) (454)
A finds himself under a weird psychic spell because of a birthmark on the face of
his wife, B * B craftily gives a birthmark a peculiar significance, and holds A under
its power **
POST: (1334a) (1342a) (1374) (1375)

Conflict{476}

(a) PRE: (389a, b) (405)
B, wife of A, is craftily persuaded by A-3, the “other man”
in a “love triangle,” to elope with him
POST: (397) (400)

(b) PRE: (398b) (449) (483b)
B, wife of A, finds herself in the power of an old lover, A-3 * A-3 threatens to reveal
to B’s husband, A, a fateful secret (441) (447) (455b) (492b) unless B will
-- HER obj
agree to a certain proposition A makes to her **
POST: (446b ch A-2 to A-3) (483b) (507a)

Conflict{477}

PRE: (398b ch A-3 to A-2) (446b) (580) (589)
-- HER obj
B, wife of A, persuades A-2, a friend of A’s, to elope with her
POST: (418 ch A-3 to A-2) (423a)

Conflict{478}

PRE: (540) (589)
B falsely accuses her husband, A, of transgression
POST: (506a, b) (507a)

-- page 73

Conflict{479}

PRE: (382) (386) (426)
B suffers betrayal at the hands of A, her husband by a secret marriage * B is
accidentally killed by a series of manoeuvers set in motion by her husband, A **
POST: (545) (557b)

Conflict{480}

PRE: (426 -*) (575)
B, wife of A, desperately ill, sends A for a doctor * A, sent for a doctor by B, who
is seriously ill, does not return (634) (655) (711c) (438) —and he does not
send the doctor **
POST: ()

Conflict{481}

PRE: (64; 415) (386)
B is abandoned by A, her husband by a secret marriage * B is unable to prove her
secret marriage to A; the marriage records disappear and the priest who performed
the ceremony dies **
POST: (188b ch A to A-8) (738)

Conflict{482}

PRE: (528) (566a)
B, wife of A, sees happiness and beauty in everything and evil in nothing until
-- HER obj
A accuses her of causing his downfall (539a) (542) * B’s bright outlook on life
changes to one of darkness and despair when she is falsely accused of evil by her
husband, A **
POST: (546a) (581) (587) (588)

Conflict{483}

(a) PRE: (410 ch A-5 to A-3) (433b) (436)
B, wife of A, falls into misfortune * A-3, a man of evil character, seeks by violence
and while intoxicated, to dishonor B, wife of A **
POST: (476b) (483b; 519a, b) (433a ch B to B-8)

(b) PRE: (398b) (433b) (583b)
B, wife of A, is by subtlity made a prisoner by A-3, a rejected lover, in his apartment
POST: (411b) (519b)


B{22} Following a Wrong Course through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{484}

(a) PRE: (429b) (436) (563c)
A and B, man and wife, struggle to realize a cherished ideal * A and B discover
that their cherished ideal is a mistaken one **
POST: (420) (457)

(b) PRE: (375) (491b) (524a)
A tries in vain to pay the debts incurred by his extravagant wife, B, whom he
idolizes * A, facing ruin, seeks to save himself by committing a transgression **
POST: (763) (754) (770b)

Conflict{485}

PRE: (395) (464)
A, husband of B, is wealthy, cultured and of high social standing * A indulges a
taste for low companionship and questionable adventures **
POST: (429a) (499a) (500a) (501)

Conflict{486}

(a) PRE: (378) (382) (383)
A, married to B, falls in love with B-3
POST: (386) (368e) (555b)

(b) PRE: (395) (420) (464) (525)
A has two wives, B and B-3, two homes several miles apart, two names by which
he is known in two different communities, two circles of acquaintances, and
practices two professions
POST: (548b) (1148a) (1248)

Conflict{487}

PRE: (373) (412)
A is estranged from his wife, B * A, estranged from his wife, B, seeks a reconciliation,
and then quarrels with B as to which of them caused the estrangement—and
the estrangement continues **
POST: (391) (400) (429a)

-- page 74

Conflict{488}

(a) PRE: (93a) (431)
A marries B because he thinks she is poor * A discovers, after his marriage with
B, that she is wealthy in her own right **
POST: (429b) (563c) (929)

(b) PRE: (367a) (368b)
A marries B, a woman he does not love * A has committed a transgression (1290a)
-- HER obj
(1301) (1304); B knows of the transgression, and A marries her in order to
safeguard his evil secret **
POST: (528) (1291a)

Conflict{489}

PRE: (486a) (472)
A begins divorce proceedings against his wife, B * A seeks to divorce B, thinking
to find happiness in a new love **
POST: (496a) (556) (886; 563a)

Conflict{490}

(a) PRE: (484a -*) (966 -*)
A and B, man and wife, keep themselves in poverty by spending  all their money
for rich furnishings to put in a mansion they are going to build when they become
wealthy * A and B keep themselves poor by buying rich furnishings for the mansion
they are some day going to build; but the furnishings, inadequately housed, fall
into ruin before A and B are able to build their air castle **
POST: (484a *-**) (576a) (770a)

(b) PRE: (484b) (461)
A, and B, man and wife, are to inherit money from a rich relative, A-2, when a
child shall bless their union * A and B, childless, write a rich relative, A-2, that a
son has been born to them ** A-2 writes A and B that he is coming to see their
child; and A and B find it necessary to resort to further simulation ***
POST: (1057b) (1430b)

Conflict{491}

(a) PRE: (372) (461)
B is the wife of A, and loves him devotedly * B insists on dominating A in business
affairs **
POST: (419) (420) (463)

(b) PRE: (510) (585b)
B, wife of A, insists on living beyond her husband’s means * B, through fooiish
extravagance, brings A close to ruin **
POST: (461) (505)

Conflict{492}

(a) PRE: (370) (372)
-- HER obj
B’s husband, A, loves her devotedly * A is of a parsimonious
nature and gives B little money **
POST: (492b) (593)

(b) PRE: (370) (372)
B’s husband, A, is a poor man * B loves jewels and fine clothes
-- HER poss obj
which her husband, A, is unable to give her ** B is persuaded to accept a valuable
piece of jewelry from an old admirer, A-3 *** B tells A, her husband, that a valuable
-- HER obj
piece of jewelry, given her by A-3, is set with imitation stones and that she bought
it for herself ****
POST: (476b) (483b)

Conflict{493}

PRE: (485) (486b)
B’s husband, A, is affectionate and kindly and puts on his “Sunday manners” in
company; but when he and B are alone, he is cross-grained, petty and tryannical
POST: (477) (495)

Conflict{494}

PRE: (508) (547)
B, wife of A, is shallow, foolish and faithless * B, married to A, flirts with
an unmarried man, A-3 **
POST: (503b) (568c)

Conflict{495}

PRE: (492a, b) (494)
B, wife of A, falls in love with young and reckless A-3
POST: (503b) (505 -*) (507a, b)

-- page 75

B{15} Finding a Sustaining Power in Misfortune

Conflict{496}

(a) PRE: (489) (509) (539a) (553)
A falls ill * A’s wife, B, from whom he is seeking a divorce, nurses him back to
health **
POST: (396) (379) (500a)

(b) PRE: (420) (478) (486a)
A’s wife, B, deserts him and obtains a divorce * A falls ill. B-3, who loved A
before he married B, nurses A back to health **
POST: (22b; 22a ch B to B-3) (515 ch B to B-3)

(c) PRE: (473) (594b) (395) (435a)
A, hen-pecked husband of B, discovers that B has an undivorced husband, A-3,
-- HER obj
living * A secretly abandons B and leaves her to A-3. B’s undivorced former husband **
POST: (548a ch A to A-3) (573b tr A & A-3)

Conflict{497}

PRE: (546a) (575)
A has recently lost his wife, B * A finds his memories of his deceased wife, B, an
inspiration and a sustaining power **
POST: (498) (1433b; 504a) (578a, b)

Conflict{498}

PRE: (576a) (567 -*) (579a; 578a)
A seeks to find his deceased wife, B * A believes that his deceased wife, B, has
returned to earth to comfort him **
POST: (392) (474) (526) (560)

Conflict{499}

(a) PRE: (463) (460) (563a)
A and B, husband and wife, are estranged from each other * A and B, estranged,
undergo a character transformation through love for their child, CH, and become
reconciled **
POST: (494; 505 -*) (507b)

(b) PRE: (406) (510) (547)
A dearly loves his wife, B, but B does not love him * A wins the love of his wife,
B, by patience, forbearance, kindliness and devotion **
POST: (588) (591)

Conflict{500}

(a) PRE: (549) (553) (561)
A is seeking a divorce from B * A becomes reconciled with B when she nurses him
through a serious illness **
POST: (396) (575) (956 ch A-8 to A; 578a)

(b) PRE: (606) (656)
A, failing in business and almost a bankrupt, nevertheless marries B, a shrewd
and thrifty woman * B so reorganizes and manages A’s affairs that he becomes
prosperous **
POST: (419) (491a)

Conflict{501}

PRE: (369) (373) (457)
A and B are estranged and living apart, their married happiness in a sad tangle *
A receives a letter from B (1395) calling him home ** A learns that a child, CH.
has been born during his absence. Result, reconciliation with B, and happiness ***
POST: (532a) (565)

Conflict{502}

PRE: (572; 402 -*) (430)
B supposes that her husband, A, is dead * B reads in a newspaper that her husband,
A, whom she had supposed dead, is alive **
POST: (548a) (550)

Conflict{503}

(a) PRE: (582) (590)
B’s husband, A, is brutal and tyrannical * B, married to brutal and tyrannical A,
loves and is beloved by, A-3 **
POST: (503b) (544)

(b) PRE: (503a) (554)
B discovers that her husband, A, is seeking the life of her lover, A-3 * B seeks
desperately to save her lover, A-3, from the vengeance of her husband, A **
POST: (507b) (557a) (568c, d)

-- page 76

Conflict{504}

(a) PRE: (405) (485) (492a) (499b tr A & B) (579a; 565) (1133)
B seeks to win her husband, A, to a certain enterprise * B, with the help of the
elements during a devastating storm, succeeds in winning her husband, A, to an
enterprise long cherished by B **
POST: (534) (546a) (884b)

(b) PRE: (493 ch B to B-3) (528) (578b tr B & B-3)
B is the second wife of A * A’s sorrow for his deceased wife, B-3, causes B, his
second wife, much unhappiness ** B, second wife of A, discovers that B-3, A’s
first wife, was unfaithful ***
POST: (389) (391 ch B-3 to B-8)

Conflict{505}

PRE: (544) (563b) (585b) (580) (484b) (908)
B, wife of A, suffers a critical illness at childbirth and her character is completely
transformed * B lives for her children, gives all to them, and loses her moody
despondency ** B loyally helps her husband, A, recoup his financial losses ***
POST: (474) (455b)

Conflict{506}

(a) PRE: (540) (541) (571) (582) (561 tr A & B, ch A-3 to B-3)
B thinks her husband, A, has committed a moral transgression (563a) * B discovers
through a friend, B-2, that the moral transgression of which she has accused her
husband, A, was never committed **
POST: (496a, b) (506b) (536) (546a)

(b) PRE: (485) (506a) (770a)
B, through false suspicion, is estranged from her husband, A * B becomes reconciled
with her husband, A, when a suspicion is proved to be false **
POST: (1451a ch A to B) (1462)

Conflict{507}

(a) PRE: (398a, b) (411b) (433b) (444)
B is eloping with A-3, the man who destroyed her faith in her husband, A * B,
wife of A, eloping with A-3, meets A-2, A’s friend, and is rescued by A-2 from an
act of folly **
POST: (536) (568d)

(b) PRE: (466a) (543)
B, married to A, elopes with A-3 * B’s love for her child, CH, left with her husband,
-- HER obj
A, when she deserted him, draws her back to CH and A **
POST: (568c, d)


B{39} Forsaking Cherished Ambitions in order to Carry out an Obligation

Conflict{508}

PRE: (512) (513) (521) (528) (539a) (579b)
A finds his marriage to B a bar to his contentment
POST: (510) (529b)

Conflict{509}

PRE: (382) (420) (500b)
A finds his marriage to B a hindrance in his love affair with B-3
POST: (377a) (385a) (386) (393) (426) (556)

Conflict{510}

PRE: (372) (375) (378)
A is unhappy in his married life with B * A, unhappily married to B, proves true
to his obligation to run a charted course as a family man, even though he must
sacrifice cherished ambitions **
POST: (385a) (393) (435a) (511)

Conflict{511}

PRE: (513) (484b -*)
A, married to B, finds the necessity of supporting his wife and family a bar to
cherished ambitions
POST: (484b *-**) (991)

Conflict{512}

PRE: (613) (991) (1073)
A is prevented by family and business obligations from embarking upon a cherished
enterprise
POST: (900) (917) (952)

-- page 77

Conflict{513}

PRE: (511) (768)
A, married to B, is compelled to lead a prosy, middle-class life, drab and
monotonous * A, married to prosy B, treasures in his heart of hearts dreams of knightly
exploits and chivalrous adventures, himself the star of each performance **
POST: (771a) (773 ch B to B-8) (774) (1077) (1330) (1335)

Conflict{514}

PRE: (581) (565)
B, married to A, her second husband, finds her domestic happiness imperiled by
the obligation to care for CH, a child by her first husband
POST: (516) (503b ch “lover A-3” to “child CH”) (507b) (594b)

Conflict{515}

PRE: (585b) (1106) (1119)
B, wife of A, forsakes cherished ambitions in order to carry out the desire of A that
she bear him a son * B dies in childbirth **
POST: (425) (576a) (578b)

Conflict{516}

PRE: (514) (521) (1341; 467 ch A-8 to CH) (896 ch SN to CH)
B deliberately
-- TYPO sacrifises -> sacrifices
sacrifices her life at the hands of her husband, A, in order to save their son, CH,
who is falsely accused of transgression by A, the real transgressor.
POST: ()

B{40} Embarking upon an Enterprise in which one Obligation is Opposed by Another Obligation

Conflict{517}

PRE: (525) (925 -*) (957a)
A, husband of B, is discovered by honsst and high-minded B to be planning a
transgression that will work untold hardship to the public * A, rich and powerful, is
determined to use all his wealth and influence in carrying out an iniquitous project.
His wife, B, seeks in vain to persuade him against it **
POST: (403) (553) (557a -*)

Conflict{518}

PRE: (384) (543) (574b)
A and B are married, and A’s mother, M-A, lives with them * A and B quarrel
regarding M-A, and A is forced to choose between M-A and B **
POST: (554) (568c) (578b)

Conflict{519}

(a) PRE: (483a, b) (519b -*)
A learns that his wife, B, is in terrible danger * A, if he leaves his post of duty to
save his wife, B, who is in terrible Hanger, will sacrifice lives and property he is in
duty bound to safeguard **
POST: (519b *-**) (576b)

(b) PRE: (519a) (591)
A, over the phone, receives an agonized call from his wife, B, for help. B is in
terrible danger * A rescues B **
POST: ()

Conflict{520}

PRE: (371) (449 tr A & A-3) (537)
A, innocent, is arrested on a murder charge * A could prove an alibi and win
freedom of a murder charge, but only by involving B-3, another man’s wife ** A’s
obligation to save himself, is opposed by an obligation to protect B-3, another
man’s wife ***
POST: (535 -* ch B to B-3, A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (1204 ch B to B-3) (1151 ch B to B-3)


B{41} Finding an Obligation at Variance with Ambition, Inclination or Necessity

Conflict{521}

PRE: (382) (441 tr A & B) (464) (467)
A, B’s husband, pretends to be innocent of a transgression, but B knows he is guilty
POST: (454) (594c)

-- page 78

Conflict{522}

PRE: (574a) (601) (620) (631)
A is unable to find a job and support his wife, B * A and his wife, B, find themselves
face to face with starvation **
POST: (523) (532a) (532b) (579a) (583b) (628)

Conflict{523}

PRE: (585b) (680a) (681a)
A, because of extreme poverty, finds it impossible to remember his wife, B, with
a Christmas present (or a gift on her birthday, or on their wedding anniversary)
POST: (398a) (400) (411b) (455a) (628)

Conflict{524}

(a) PRE: (500b) (1079) (1132)
A, husband of B, has a dangerously reckless passion for gambling in stocks * A,
husband of B, is a lawyer with trust funds in his possession; and B fears that he
will be tempted to use the trust funds for gambling purposes **
POST: (380) (443) (474) (566b)

(b) PRE: (408) (466b)
A, elderly husband of youthful B, will die if a limb is not amputated * A refuses
to have a limb amputated, preferring “to die in one piece.” B, his wife, upholds
him in his determination **
POST: (403) (474 tr A & B)

Conflict{525}

PRE: (420) (421) (461) (509)
A, married to B, attempts to carry out an infamous project in spite of family obligations
POST: (426) (438) (465) (486b) (548b) (555a) (556)

Conflict{526}

PRE: (474 -*) (497)
A struggles to carry out an obligation to his deceased wife. B,
which he considers sacred
POST: (474 *-**) (198) (578b -*) (588)

Conflict{527}

PRE: (347a) (579b)
A seeks to be loyal to his wife, B * B, wife of A, is of alien blood and inferior race **
POST: (585a) (588) (593)

Conflict{528}

PRE: (365a) (382)
A is the husband of worthy B, whom he does not love * A, married to B, whom he
does not love, is haunted by memories of a former sweetheart, B-3, whom he still
loves **
POST: (393) (420) (555b) (246b) (368e)

Conflict{529}

(a) PRE: (530) (531) (540) (541)
A, deeply in love with his wife, B, is made defendant in divorce proceedings started
by B
POST: (568a) (573a) (594c) (496b)

(b) PRE: (378) (395) (408)
A dominates his wife, B, a nagger and a scold, by petty tyrannies that are more
masterful than any B has at her command * B, when properly subdued by her
husband, A’s, pretended tyrannies, finds A gentle, kindly and considerate ** A,
by being cruel in order to be kind, insures the married happiness of himself and B
***
POST: (545) (546a)

Conflict{530}

PRE: (1132 ch A to B) (1334a ch A to B)
B, wife of A, refuses to live with A in a house beside which there is a mysterious
grave
POST: (918b ch A to B) (1358 ch A to B) (1366 ch A to B) (1375 ch A to B) (529a)

Conflict{531}

PRE: (574b) (1009b ch B to M-A & SN to A)
B, wife of A, is compelled to live with A’s mother, M-A * B finds the conditions of
her married life with A unpleasant **
POST: (529a) (543) (557b)

-- page 79

Conflict{532}

(a) PRE: (469) (583a)
B must have money in order to save her husband, A * A, husband of B, is desperately
ill, and will die unless he can have a change of climate **
POST: (410) (583b) (1293a, b, c)

(b) PRE: (469) (522)
B’s long, beautiful tresses are greatly admired by her husband, A * B, in order
finance a certain enterprise involving her husband, A, sells her long hair **
POST: (455a) (739)

Conflict{533}

PRE: (378) (395)
B, A’s tyrannical wife, goes out for the evening and orders A not to leave the house
while she is away
POST: (420) (426) (435a) (471) (473)

Conflict{534}

PRE: (376) (378 tr B & A) (413)
B is forbidden by her husband, A, to engage in a certain enterprise * B engages in a
-- HER poss obj
certain enterprise which her husband, A, condemns and forbids her taking part
in (442) (449 *-**) (452) ** B, engaging in an enterprise forbidden by her husband,
A, discovers that A has a part in it (599); and, because of this discovery, B
comes to an agreement with A which enables them to go forward happily in life
with a better understanding of each other’s rights and privileges ***
POST: ()

Conflict{535}

PRE: (667) (449; 537 ch A to A-3, B to B-3 & B-3 to B; 1070 ch A to A-3)
B, wife of A, saves A-3, a supposed transgressor, from the law by a public confession
of her delinquency * A, because of his great love for his wife, B, forgives her
delinquency and glories in her moral courage in making a confession of it **
POST: (695a ch A to A-3) (557b ch A-2 to A-3)

Conflict{536}

PRE: (370) (372) (398a, b) (433b)
B, married to A, is about to elope with A-3 * B, wife of A, is eloping with A-3 when
they meet a stranger, A-2; and A-2, in the presence of both B and A-3, tells about
a man, AX, who broke up a home by eloping with a friend’s wife and then abandoning
her. A-2 has recognized A-3 and, in order to save B, tells this story about
him, hiding A-3’s identity under a fictitious name. But it is enough, A-3 sneaks
away, and B never sees him again **
POST: (391 tr A & B & ch B-3 to A-3) (396)


B{29} Aiding Another to Hide from the World a Fateful Secret

Conflict{537}

PRE: (378) (385a) (395)
A’s wife, B, is murdered at a certain hour of the night * A is suspected of having
murdered his wife, B; but, at the hour the murder was committed, A was with
B-3 (411a ch B to B-3) (411b -* ch B to B-3, A to A-8 & A-3 to A) a woman of
spotless reputation and happily married **
POST: (520) (667 ch B to B-3) (535 ch B to B-3, A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (1070 ch B to B-3)


B{23} Becoming Involved in a Complication that has to do with Mistaken Judgment and Suspicion

Conflict{538}

PRE: (438) (561)
A, husband of B, enroute to his home in the country, is caught in a storm and is
out all night * A, absent from home all night, finds on reaching home in the morning,
that his wife, B, is missing ** A mistakenly supposes that his wife, B, has
eloped with A-3 ***
POST: (401) (545) (546a)

-- page 80

Conflict{539}

(a) PRE: (399) (954) (966 -*)
A, husband of B, is the victim of egotistical self-deception and thinks himself a
great man * A believes that he is prevented from becoming famous by the jealousy
of his wife, B **
POST: (386) (391)

(b) PRE: (429a) (430) (460) (540)
A reads in a newspaper that his wife, B, has divorced him * B divorces A on the
grounds of desertion **
POST: (388 -* tr A & B) (496b)

Conflict{540}

PRE: (719) (770a) (743b ch B to A)
A, husband of B, vanishes mysteriously * A, husband of B, and B-3, both vanish
mysteriously at the same time ** Gossip has it that A, husband of B, has eloped with
B-3 ***
POST: (506a, b) (571) (573b)

Conflict{541}

PRE: (1383) (1389b) (1397) (1400) (1401)
A, whenever he attempts to have X,
a certain object of mystery, explained to him, meets with misfortune * A, showing
X, a mysterious object of mystery, to his wife. B, is astounded when B, without
explanation, begins divorce proceedings
POST: (1357) (1425)

Conflict{542}

PRE: (405) (420)
A labors under the mistaken belief that the altruism of his wife, B, is prompted by
selfish motives
POST: (377a) (386) (391) (555a, b)

Conflict{543}

PRE: (531) (574b) (994 ch B to M-A & SN to A)
B, wife of A, is jealous of the attentions A gives his mother, M-A * B has a
-- HER poss obj
mistaken idea that her husband’s mother, M-A, is trying to interfere between her and
A
POST: (507a ch A-2 to M-A, mother of A) (518)

Conflict{544}

PRE: (462) (547)
B labors under the mistaken belief that her husband, A, receives all the praise for
her own kindly acts
POST: (457) (646; 594d) (644; 594d) (572; 573b) (540; 506a, b)


B{11} Confronting a Situation in which Courage and Devotion Alone can save the Fortunes of One Beloved

Conflict{545}

PRE: (528) (539a; 553)
-- A char det
B’s husband, A, fails to return home. A blizzard is raging, and B fears that A
has suffered misfortune in the storm * B meets her death while searching vainly
in a storm for her husband, A **
POST: (576a) (577) (578a)

Conflict{546}

(a) PRE: (706a, b, c)
B, wife of A, during A’s absence, sees destruction threatening A’s life work * B, at
the cost of her own life, heroically saves from destruction the life work of her husband, A **
POST: (497) (576a)

(b) PRE: (828) (885a)
-- HER obj
B, homely, marries a blind man, A, who thinks her surpassingly beautiful * B hires
a noted eye-specialist to perform an operation on the eyes of her blind husband, A.
whereby A’s sight is restored **
POST: (489) (581) (933)

-- page 81

B{12} Falling into Misfortune through Disloyalty in Love

Conflict{547}

PRE: (369) (406) (529a)
A dearly loves his wife, B; and her love, which he does not possess, is necessary to
his happiness
POST: (499b) (563a) (573b)

Conflict{548}

(a) PRE: (681b) (734; 402 -*)
A, married to B, suffers a memory lapse and marries B-3 * A, husband of B, suffers
an attack of amnesia and marries B-3; his memory returns, and he forgets B-3 and
goes back to B **
POST: (548b) (550)

(b) PRE: (548a) (486b)
A is a bigamist; and his two wives, B and B-3, meet by chance and compare notes
POST: (472) (705)

Conflict{549}

PRE: (492a) (494 ch A-3 to A-2)
A is married to B, and his ideal is faithfulness * A’s wife, B, elopes with his friend,
A-2, a man more successful in business than A **
POST: (496a, b) (507b ch A-3 to A-2)

Conflict{550}

PRE: (540) (548a) (681b) (770a)
A, married to B, after a long, mysterious absence returns to find B married to A-3
POST: (568b, c, d) (571) (573b)

Conflict{551}

PRE: (515) (397 ch A-3 to A-2) (549) (588) (764) (79 ch A to A-2 & A-3 to A)
A discovers that his wife, B, is the mother of A-2’s son, CH
POST: (585a) (392) (474)

Conflict{552}

(a) PRE: (510) (547) (561)
A, husband of B, discovers that B is unfaithful
POST: (551) (568a, b, c, d)

(b) PRE: (510) (554)
A finds a bundle of love letters in a locked drawer of his wife, B’s, desk—letters
written after B’s marriage to him, but not by him * A, discovering that his wife,
-- HER obj
B, is unfaithful, strangles her while she sleeps **
POST: (385b) (568a)

Conflict{553}

PRE: (410) (411a) (547)
A believes that his wife, B, is in love with A-3
POST: (396) (418) (496a)

Conflict{554}

PRE: (405) (412)
A secretly discovers that his wife, B, has an affair with A-3
POST: (380) (400) (434b) (438) (503b)

Conflict{555}

(a) PRE: (464) (481) (486a)
A abandons his loving, devoted wife, B, to elope with B-3, a younger and prettier
woman * A, abandoning his wife, B, to elope with B-3, pays a penalty of remorse
and unhappiness **
POST: (377b; 408 ch B to B-3) (556) (552a ch B to B-3)

(b) PRE: (486) (1073)
A, unhappily married to B, falls in love with B-3, a girl much younger than
himself * A, married to B and in love with B-3, takes a long journey in an attempt to
forget B-3 **
POST: (528) (1379)

Conflict{556}

PRE: (485) (486a) (494 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A)
A, married to B, pretends to be single in making love to B-8 * A, husband of B, is
killed in an accident while on the way to elope with B-3 **
POST: ()

-- page 82

Conflict{557}

(a) PRE: (398a) (413) (433b)
B’s husband, A, has a weak heart, and is lured into
over-exertion by A-3, B permitting * A dies as the result of a conspiracy between
B and A-3, and B suffers remorse **
POST: (665) (669) (738) (743b) (946) (956)

(b) PRE: (470; 477) (441; 477) (503a ch A-3 to A-2)
B, wife of A, elopes with A’s
friend, A-2 * B, wife of A, and A-2 with whom B is eloping, meet death in an
automobile accident **
POST: ()

B{26} Seeking Secretly to Preserve Another from Danger

Conflict{558}

PRE: (368b; 403 -*) (376)
B, wife of brutal and tyrannical A, has a loyal friend in A-3. A-3 seeks to help
B escape from A * A, the brutal and tyrannical husband of B, is a huge man and
as powerful and determined as he is brutal; and A-3, who would save B from A, is
a coward **
POST: (1061 ch A to A-3; 1075a, b ch A to A-3) (857 ch A to A-3; 557a) (568d) (403 *-**)

Conflict{559}

PRE: (376) (403 -*)
B’s husband, A, is a tyrannical, churlish person whose dislike for his attractive
-- HER obj
wife inspires in his small mind a desire to persecute her * B, wife of brutal and
tyrannical A, is loved by A-3. B, although she loves A-3, is too high-minded to
consider an elopement, or to be a party to any sort of intrigue **
POST: (403 *-**) (438) (568d)


B{57} Seeking to Unravel a Puzzling Complication

Conflict{560}

PRE: (371) (474) (498) (576a) (577) (578a)
A finds that a delusion regarding the apparition of his deceased wife, B, is entangled
with truth * A hears the voice of his deceased wife, B, and there seems absolutely
no doubt that it is her voice **
POST: (392) (587)

Conflict{561}

PRE: (428) (433b) (562)
A, husband of B, receives anonymous communications regarding B and A-3
POST: (434a) (445a) (538) (553)

Conflict{562}

PRE: (381) (434a -*) (445a -*)
A, husband of B, receives each morning a mysterious communication regarding
B (1383) (1397) * A finds an anonymous communication regarding his wife, B,
on a sheet of paper in his typewriter (1381) (1389a) ** A receives through the
mails, “poison pen” letters (564b -*) regarding his wife, B ***
POST: (377a) (396) (397) (398b)


B{37} Seeking Against Difficulties to Realize a Cherished Ideal

Conflict{563}

(a) PRE: (460) (547)
A, estranged from his wife, B, whom he dearly loves, seeks a reconciliation
POST: (487) (499a, b) (500a) (501)

(b) PRE: (378) (395)
A marries B, a beautiful woman notorious for her vicious temper and scorpion
tongue * A is deeply in love with his wife, B, a virago, and plans to transform her
nature by a method of his own **
POST: (443; 394) (529b)

(c) PRE: (423b) (429b) (954 add B) (974 add A)
A and B, man and wife, deplore the insincerity and the mercenary spirit of modern
city life * A and B, man and wife, leave the city and search in the country for
their ideal of what life should be ** A and B, man and wife, discover that they are
searching for an ideal that does not exist ***
POST: (900 add B) (963 add B)

-- page 83

Conflict{564}

(a) PRE: (557a) (569 -*) (572)
B, young and attractive, has recently lost her husband, A * B, a young and
attractive widow, resolves to remain faithful to the memory of her deceased husband, A,
and never marry again **
POST: (14b ch A to A-8; 405 ch A to A-8) (564a tr A & B; 14c) (20a ch A to A-8) (31 ch A to A-8)

(b) PRE: (373) (376) (450) (452)
B, wishing to be free of her husband, A, writes anonymous “poison pen” letters
regarding herself, and sends them to A * B writes anonymous “poison pen” letters
regarding her husband, A, and sends them to herself **
POST: (385a) (418)

Conflict{565}

PRE: (975a) (957a) (976) (1133; 1120)
B cherishes a dear desire that her husband, A, shall become religiously inclined
POST: (504a) (1427b) (1445 ch B to A)

Conflict{566}

(a) PRE: (472 -*) (473)
B seeks to aid her husband, A, who is morose and discontented
POST: (410) (445a) (469) (481) (482)

(b) PRE: (524a) (579a)
B, fearing her husband, A, will commit a transgression, pretends herself to commit
a transgression * B pretends to be a shoplifter, but has honestly purchased the
goods which her horrified husband, A, finds in her possession **
POST: (504a) (1050)


B{46} Seeking Retaliation for a Grievous Wrong that is Either Real or Fancied

Conflict{567}

PRE: (483a, b) (492b) (583b)
A’s wife, B, is dishonored (and slain?) by A-3 * A’s wife. B, is dishonored and slain,
during the war, by an enemy officer, A-3 ** A seeks to find A-3 and be revenged on
him for a grievous wrong committed against A’s wife, B ***
POST: (1318) (1319) (1322) (1323)

Conflict{568}

(a) PRE: (397) (398a) (444) (451) (494) (551) (554)
A, married to B, discovers the unfaithfulness of B * A, discovering that his wife, B,
-- HER obj
is unfaithful, kills her and himself **
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (466) (503a; 554)
A seeks craftily to be revenged upon his wife, B, for falling in love with A-3, the
-- HER obj
man who has befriended her
POST: (438; 550) (503b)

(c) PRE: (446b ch A-2 to A-3) (476a) (483b) (495)
A, husband of B, discovers the unfaithfulness of B * A kills A-3, the lover of his
wife, B **
POST: (594e ch A-5 to A & last A to A-3) (610)

(d) PRE: (503a, b) (550) (554) (558)
A, husband of B, attempts to kill B s lover, A-3 * A-3. murderously assaulted by
A, husband of B, slays him in self-defense **
POST: (705 ch A to A-3) (712 ch A to A-3) (738) (895 ch A to A-3)

Conflict{569}

PRE: (730 ch A-3 to A-5) (483a ch A-3 to A-5; 483b ch A-3 to A-5)
B’s husband, A, is killed by A-5 * B’s husband, A, is killed by A-5; and A-5, through
the law’s delay and technicalities, escapes with only a light sentence ** B invokes
the Mosaic law in seeking revenge upon A-5 for the murder of her husband, A ***
POST: (594e) (1244b ch A to A-5) (1325 ch A to A-5)

Conflict{570}

PRE: (992 ch F-B to A; 641 ch F-B to A; 378 ch B to SM-B) (948 ch F-B to A & M-B to SM-B)
B is the daughter of A and step-daughter of A’s wife, SM-B * B seeks revenge
upon her step-mother, SM-B, because she thinks SM-B has stolen the affections
-- HER poss obj
of her father, A, away from her **
POST: (909 ch BR-B to SM-B) (933)

-- page 84

B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{571}

PRE: (548a) (660a) (719a) (750) (770)
A, mysteriously missing, returns to his home and his wife, B, in a dazed condition,
unable to give any explanations
POST: (540) (550) (572; 402)

Conflict{572}

PRE: (664) (681b) (1389a)
A, husband of B, mysteriously disappears * B’s husband, A, mysteriously disappears,
and B mourns for him as dead **
POST: (402) (502)

Conflict{573}

(a) PRE: (70) (290)
A and B, for certain reasons, keep their marriage a close secret * B’s father, F-B,
insists that B, already united to A by a secret marriage, shall marry A’s rival in
love, A-3 **
POST: (445b) (477) (481) (483b)

(b) PRE: (572) (734; 1368; 548)
A, missing and supposed to be dead, returns secretly and finds his wife, B, married
to A-3 * A, discovering that his wife, B, dearly loves A-3, whom she has married
thinking A to be dead, secretly goes away and takes himself out of her life **
POST: (913) (918b)

Conflict{574}

(a) PRE: (601) (606)
A, a toiler, seeks to support his wife, B, and family by honest enterprise; but he is
out of work, his wife is ill and his family in need
POST: (549) (579a)

(b) PRE: (522) (574a)
A, husband of B, is in dire financial straits * A, and his wife, B, are compelled to
live with A’s mother, M-A, and avail themselves of her slender resources **
POST: (518) (531) (543)

Conflict{575}

PRE: (421) (429b) (464)
A becomes aware of the impending death of his wife, B
POST: (576a, b) (578a, b)

Conflict{576}

(a) PRE: (567) (591)
A suffers overwhelming sorrow because of the death of his wife, B * A’s sorrow over
the death of his wife, B, culminates in hallucination **
POST: (53) (498) (1334a) (1345)

(b) PRE: (49) (445b) (460)
A, mistakenly supposing his beloved wife, B, is dead, kills himself * B, discovering
that her husband, A, is dead, commits suicide **
POST: ()

Conflict{577}

PRE: (55) (376) (377a) (386) (492a)
A suffers remorse and overwhelming sorrow—remorse for broken vows, and sorrow
because of the death of his dearly beloved wife, B * A, goaded by sorrow for
the death of his wife, B, goes into seclusion **
POST: (474) (497) (971)

Conflict{578}

(a) PRE: (420) (464) (485)
A, because of the death of his wife, B, suffers great sorrow and undergoes a character
transformation
POST: (918a) (922a) (923)

(b) PRE: (382) (421) (486a)
A’s wife, B, dies. B, A’s wife, on her death bed, has A promise that he will marry
B-3, B’s best friend * B-3 loved A before he married B **
POST: (526) (378 ch B to B-3) (405 tr B & B-3)

-- page 85

Conflict{579}

(a) PRE: (574a) (566a)
B is convinced that all the misfortunes of herself and her husband, A, are due to
A’s irreligious nature
POST: (504a) (565) (884b) (1353)

(b) PRE: (347a) (508) (527)
A’s wife, B, is racially, morally and mentally A’s inferior * B, wife of A, proves a
hindrance to him socially and in a business way **
POST: (371) (386) (398b) (407) (491b)

Conflict{580}

PRE: (421) (462)
B is the wife of A, a friend of A-2’s * A’s friend, A-2, discovers that A’s wife, B, is
a “vamp” **
POST: (505) (508) (443) (457)

Conflict{581}

PRE: (370) (482) (514)
B desires the love and consideration of her husband, A, which she believes she has
lost
POST: (410) (445a) (515)

Conflict{582}

PRE: (427) (461) (464)
-- HER poss obj
B, opening a letter addressed to her husband, A, discovers that A has lied to her
POST: (394) (443) (499a)

Conflict{583}

(a) PRE: (376) (413)
B, if discovered doing something she has in mind, will find herself at odds with
her husband, A
POST: (442) (534)

(b) PRE: (532a) (561) (585b)
B, wife of A, is desperately in need of money for a certain purpose * A-3, a rejected
lover of B’s, promises to help B, wife of A, if she will come to his apartment for
an interview **
POST: (476b) (483a, b)

(c) PRE: (458a) (470)
B, wife of A, is desperately in need of money for a certain purpose * B, wife
of A, happens to meet an old lover, A-3, and is forced to borrow a sum of money
from him **
POST: (418) (476a, b)

Conflict{584}

(a) PRE: (395) (403 -*)
B, just married to A, discovers in a secret place her obituary notice (written by A?)
the date of demise alone left blank
POST: (403 *-***) (590) (1346; 1462)

(b) PRE: (421) (436) (1061)
B, wife of A, loses her love for A when she discovers his cowardly nature
POST: (409) (1082a) (1104)

Conflict{585}

(a) PRE: (553) (561)
B, wife of A, leaves home suddenly on important business while A is absent * B,
leaving home suddenly during the absence of her husband, A, writes a line to A
explaining her departure, but the wind whisks the note out of an open window and
away. B’s absence is accounted a mysterious disappearance **
POST: (396) (538) (572 tr A & B) (755)

(b) PRE: (488b) (522) (523)
B, wife of A, is a butterfly of fashion * B, wife of A, must have rich clothes and
luxurious surroundings in order to be happy **
POST: (484b) (492b)

Conflict{586}

PRE: (1377b ch B to B-3) (1383) (1384 ch B to A) (1389b) (1440 ch A to A-8)
-- HER poss obj
B believes that her husband, A, loves her less than he does a certain small statue,
X, that stands on his desk
POST: (1352) (1408) (1425) (1444)

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Conflict{587}

PRE: (537) (539a) (577)
B, the deceased wife of A, appears to a relative of A’s and describes her mortal
-- HER obj
reactions to A’s lack of affection for her
POST: (922) (984)

Conflict{588}

PRE: (376) (420) (515)
B, dying, reveals to her husband, A, a closely guarded secret which he finds greatly
perturbing
POST: (441) (451) (467) (492b) (503a ch A-3 to A-2) (551)

Conflict{589}

PRE: (540) (555b)
B is convinced that her husband, A, has eloped with B-3
POST: (496b) (506a) (539b)

Conflict{590}

PRE: (426 -*) (584a)
B, fourth wife of A, discovers shortly after her marriage that A’s other wives have
all died suddenly and mysteriously
POST: (387) (403) (422b) (552b)

Conflict{591}

PRE: (483a, b) (1137a; 179a)
B, alone, helpless and in terrible danger, sends to her husband, A, a despairing call
for aid
POST: (519a, b) (851)

Conflict{592}

PRE: (398a -*) (405) (486a) (485)
B revolts against certain unpleasant conditions involving her husband, A
POST: (398a *-**) (398b *-**) (403)

Conflict{593}

PRE: (441) (454) (492a) (503a)
B secretly takes money from her husband, A, for her own use
POST: (450) (484b) (491b)

Conflict{594}

(a) PRE: (542) (566a) (581)
B, undemonstrative in her affections, surprises her husband, A, and arouses his
suspicion by bringing his breakfast to him in bed
POST: (403) (582) (593)

(b) PRE: (378) (471) (473) (550 tr A & A-3) (533)
B, a termagant, supposes herself a widow and marries A * A-3. B’s undivorced
husband, appears secretly to A, B’s present husband, and tries craftily to get A
to pay him money for not claiming B as his wife **
POST: (417) (496c)

(c) PRE: (485) (493) (555a, b)
B divorces her husband, A, and is awarded the custody of their child, CH * A steals
his child, CH, from his divorced wife, B **
POST: (499a) (500a)

(d) PRE: (410) (532a; 1293a) (1293b)
B, wife of A, innocently commits a transgression * A, in order to save his wife, B,
declares that he is guilty of a transgression committed by B **
POST: (499a, b) (500a) (695a, b)

(e) PRE: (568d ch A-3 to A-5) (569)
B, wife of A, takes the law in her own hands and shoots A-5, who has murdered A
POST: (738) (743b) (801 ch A to A-8)

(f) PRE: (528) (486a)
-- TYPO custume -> custom
B, wife of A, dons the mask and custom of B-3, A’s paramour, and meets A as
B-3 at a masquerade ball
POST: (534) (1309b ch A-3 to B-3)

(g) PRE: (475 ch A to A-2 & B to B-2) (510 ch A to A-2 & B to B-2)
B uses her weird powers of mental telepathy in reshaping the destiny of an unhappily
married couple, A-2 and B-2 * B, having succeeded in reconciling A-2 and B-2,
married and estranged from each other, discovers herself to be in love with A-2 **
POST: (57) (279)

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ConflictGroup{Enterprise}

ConflictSubGroup{Misfortune}

B{21} Falling into Misfortune through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{595}

PRE: (935) (1065 -*)
A exercises mistaken judgment in forwarding a certain undertaking * A loses his
initiative, his enterprise and his ambition, and becomes merely a cog in the wheels
of his employer **
POST: (85a) (114) (235) (1065 *-**) (1088) (1243)

Conflict{596}

PRE: (612) (646 ch B to A & AX to A-5) (1114)
A secures knowledge of a closely-guarded secret * A, securing knowledge of a
closely-guarded secret, is hounded by a guilty persecutor, A-5, until his life is made miserable **
POST: (705) (854 ch A-9 to A-5) (884a)

Conflict{597}

PRE: (898) (925 -*) (1159 ch B to A-8 & A-4 to A)
A’s chauffeur, A-7, driving A’s car by A’s orders at a high rate of speed, apparently
injures a pedestrian, A-8 * A, when his car apparently injures a pedestrian, seeks
to evade legal consequences by having his chauffeur, A-7, drive on at speed **
POST: (669 ch B to A & A-5 to A-7) (750) (775) (783) (1064)

Conflict{598}

PRE: (1074) (1090) (1092)
A, an author, impersonates the crook hero of a story he is writing for the purpose
of obtaining situations and “local color” * A, a novelist, impersonates the hero of
a story he is writing and becomes involved in an unpleasant complication **
POST: (2b) (786) (803a) (815a) (817) (822)

Conflict{599}

PRE: (442; 534 -**) (793a) (838) (1168)
A, in order to oblige his friend, A-2, acts contrary to his own principles and
experiences unpleasant results * A dons A-2’s mask and costume and assumes A-2’s
role at a carnival, A-2 being called away suddenly on pressing business and
promising to return shortly. A is against masquerades on principle and, when A-2 fails
to return, he is in a dilemma **
POST: (534 **-***) (365b) (603a) (594f)

Conflict{600}

PRE: (647) (1198)
A, in a foreign seaport and seeking to return at night to his steamer, loses his way
and finds himself in the lawless slums
POST: (848a; 664) (12a) (31) (1218) (1226) (1230 ch A to A-8)

Conflict{601}

PRE: (111) (704) (981)
A, seeking to help his friend, A-2, lends him all his money * A’s friend, A-2, fails
to repay money borrowed from A and A is left penniless **
POST: (257b ch A-3 to A-2) (574b) (621 ch A-5 to A-2) (656) (1337)

Conflict{602}

PRE: (176c) (225) (1338)
A, a pugilist, loses a ring battle and all the money he has wagered on himself
POST: (361a) (500a) (850b) (874) (918a)

Conflict{603}

(a) PRE: (1273; 174 ch A-3 to A-2) (426) (446b) (601) (607)
A suffers defeat because his friend, A-2, does not efficiently carry out his part in
a certain enterprise
POST: (568c, d ch A-3 to A-2) (280b ch A-3 to A-2) (601)

(b) PRE: (169) (779)
A and his friend, A-2, are attacked by robbers in a lonely wood * A’s friend, A-2,
receives a wound from which he dies **
POST: (168) (701) (754)

(c) PRE: (770b) (793a, b)
A and his friend, A-2, on horseback, are swimming a flooded river. A-2 is struck
by a piece of floating drift, but A rescues him and gets him to the river bank *
A-2 is so badly injured that he dies **
POST: (794) (868)

(d) PRE: (906) (913) (1174) (1013 ch A-6 to A-2)
A and his friend, A-2, are wandering afoot in the desert. A-2 is injured and their
water supply fails * A’s friend, A-2, dies from injuries and hardships **
POST: (997; 1007) (1160) (1168)

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Conflict{604}

PRE: (299 ch F-B to A-8) (409 ch A-3 to A-8)
A is in the employ of A-8, a man in whom he has implicit confidence * A, employed
by A-8, comes to work one morning and finds the office in the hands of federal agents,
A-6, A-6 ** A’s employer, A-8, has been “using the mails to defraud” ***
POST: (750) (1279b ch A to A-8)

Conflict{605}

PRE: (652a) (1248)
A, stricken with fever in a wilderness country, is attended by an old woman, B *
A, falling ill in a wilderness country, is attended by an old woman. B, to whom
years before, he had taught a fake method of healing **
POST: (1220) (1228 -*) (1325)

Conflict{606}

PRE: (114) (461) (574a) (602) (958)
A has invested all his money in a certain enterprise * A, investing all his money in
a certain enterprise, sees the enterprise fail and himself plunged heavily into debt **
POST: (500b) (574b) (700)

Conflict{607}

PRE: (937) (1115)
A and his friend, A-2, explorers, are alone in the jungle * A’s friend, A-2, goes insane
from eating the berries of a strange plant, and makes a murderous attack upon A **
POST: (972) (1007)

Conflict{608}

PRE: (652a) (731)
A, in a strange part of the country, is arrested by the police as a criminal “suspect” *
A, arrested by the police as a criminal “suspect”, has in his possession a satchel,
innocently come by (804) (1044a, b) (1046). The satchel, X, is found to contain burglar’s tools **
POST: (91) (109) (163) (635) (695a)

Conflict{609}

PRE: (196) (201) (982b)
A, temporarily in charge of two mischievous children, CH-1 and CH-2, finds himself
in more dilemmas than he can successfully manage
POST: (193) (728 -**)

Conflict{610}

PRE: (654) (750) (754)
A is a fugitive from justice, hunted by A-6, an officer of the law * A is in a trap in
the town of X. He can escape only by passing through the towns of Y or Z,
and detectives, A-6 and A-6, are watching for him in both places **
POST: (651) (707) (717) (1176)

Conflict{611}

(a) PRE: (249) (623) (695a)
A’s youthful escapades, committed thoughtlessly and not with malice, constitute
the wrong which has given him a bad name among the people of his native place
POST: (864) (1275)

(b) PRE: (949a) (954)
A induces his father, F-A, to advance him his patrimony * A leaves his native
place, squanders his substance in riotous living, comes to want and experiences
remorse **
POST: (815b) (818b)

Conflict{612}

PRE: (658) (704)
A receives A-5 on a forged letter of recommendation from a friend, A-2, and introduces
A-5 into his own social circle * A, standing sponsor for A-5, discovers
that A-5 is a crooked gambler who uses A’s sponsorship for the purpose of mulcting
A’s friends **
POST: (635) (725) (859)

Conflict{613}

PRE: (926) (927) (928a)
A, given to altruistic enterprises, befriends a tramp, A-5 * A befriends a tramp,
A-5; and A-5, taking advantage of A’s hospitality, steals valuable property from
him **
POST: (894) (998 ch A-4 to A-5)

Conflict{614}

PRE: (709) (763) (778) (1166a)
A loses a valuable diamond, X * A loses a valuable diamond, X, in a place where
there is a flock of chickens, and he insists that the chickens must be killed, one by
one, until the diamond is found. The chickens are all killed ** A loses a valuable
diamond, X, and has his suspicions as to where it can be found, but discovers that
his suspicions are unfounded ***
POST: (771a) (1200) (1222b)

-- page 89

Conflict{615}

PRE: (1g) (78) (857) (1061) (1150) (1219 ch A to A-8)
A, a coward and a braggart, is manoeuvered into a dangerous test, and must either
eat his words or acquit himself with credit * A, a coward who has been manoeuvered
into a dangerous test of courage, is almost beside himself with fear as he sets forth
to meet the test **
POST: (1104) (1227b, c)

Conflict{616}

PRE: (679) (743b) (946) (1244b)
A has confided to B the combination of his safe, X * A, confiding to B the
combination of his safe. X. brings danger to B **
POST: (144) (666) (801)

Conflict{617}

PRE: (2a) (59) (412) (768) (1187)
A shows his ignorance of the usages of high society by unpacking his satchel when
a servant, A-7, is expected to do it for him * A, annoyed by a faux pas he has
committed, seeks to “save his face” **
POST: (709; 786) (814)

Conflict{618}

PRE: (1063) (1071) (1094) (1126)
A is bored by certain duties he is obliged to perform * A, bored by certain duties
he is obliged to perform, finds a way out—with unpleasant results **
POST: (1163a, b) (1184) (1164 ch A to A-2)

Conflict{619}

PRE: (601) (602) (606) (212a) (461) (1343)
A loses all his life’s savings * A
plans to take has own life, but fate intervenes **
POST: (621) (865) (879) (1373) (1388)

Conflict{620}

PRE: (113) (131) (726a)
A loses his job * A suffers misfortune because he departs from the strict line of
duty in order to carry out a cherished ambition of his own **
POST: (628 ch B to A-9, “A’s employer”) (753) (779) (836) (832) (902) (903)

Conflict{621}

PRE: (127a) (522) (619) (246b ch A to AX)
A is swindled out of his life’s savings by A-5 * A, swindled out of his life’s savings
by A-5, is about to take his own life when his lost money is returned to him by a
mysterious person, AX ** AX, a mysterious “righter of wrongs,” at the point of a
gun takes from A-5 money out of which A-5 has swindled A and restores the money
to A ***
POST: (1455b) (1424a)

Conflict{622}

PRE: (611 ch A to SN) (928b)
A mistakenly supposes his son, SN, to have perished in a tragic accident
POST: (698) (628 ch A to SN & B to A) (297 ch B to SX) (674) (734 ch A to SX) (1053) (1056)

Conflict{623}

PRE: (109) (163) (513) (611a) (798) (815a)
A, innocent, is supposed to be a transgressor * A is supposed to be a transgressor
because he is found with contraband goods in his possession **
POST: (859) (1168) (1228) (1264 tr A & A-2) (1265a tr A & A-3)

Conflict{624}

PRE: (597) (699a) (712) (750) (777) (787) (857) (1449)
A considers himself a transgressor until he discovers that his supposed transgression
was never committed
POST: (635) (1448) (1451a) (1456)

Conflict{625}

PRE: (1202a) (1220a) (1227b, c)
A awakens in B a consuming desire to leave the city and return to her home in
the country to live. All of which was farthest from A’s plans, since he seeks a
business engagement from B which can only be carried out in the city, and with
B’s help
POST: (641) (1155)

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Conflict{626}

PRE: (959; 966c) (925 -*)
A, in making a scientific experiment, has unintentionally caused his daughter, D,
a grievous injury
POST: (627 ch B to D) (227 ch B to D, A to A-8 & F-B to A)

Conflict{627}

PRE: (416) (626 ch D to B)
-- HER obj
A unintentionally causes the death of B * A, seeking to save B by giving her an
antidote for a certain poison, causes her death **
POST: (578a, b) (633; 634)

Conflict{628}

PRE: (111) (522) (523) (615) (838) (1086) (1101)
A, in need of money to finance an enterprise, holds up a stage * A, robbing a stage,
discovers that B, who knows and recognizes him, is one of the passengers **
POST: (651) (699a, b)

Conflict{629}

PRE: (711a) (726a) (1162 ch A-5 to A) (1163a ch A-4 to A-2)
A has his “double,”
A-2, take his place in an important enterprise * A finds himself ruined, and his
reputation gone, when his double, A-2, bungles an important enterprise while
posing as A **
POST: (635 ch A-5 to A-2) (1337)

Conflict{630}

PRE: (1226) (1214; 1227a -**)
A seeks to defeat a grafter, A-5, at the grafter’s own game * A, seeking to defeat
the schemes of a grafter, A-5, is betrayed by a confederate, A-2, whom A asks to
help him ** Through A-2, A’s confederate in an enterprise, A suffers loss ***
POST: (1268) (1269 tr A & A-2)

Conflict{631}

PRE: (461) (602)
A is ruined when his appeal to his supposed friend, A-2, for financial aid, is denied
POST: (505) (619)

Conflict{632}

PRE: (687) (692)
A, in desperate danger, appeals for rescue to A-4 * A’s appeal to a selfish power,
A-4. for rescue, is denied because commercial interests would be imperiled by the
delay necessary to save A’s life ** A is abandoned and left to die by A-4 ***
POST: (898 ch A to A-4) (899 -* ch A to A-4) (957c tr A & A-4)

Conflict{633}

PRE: (1338) (1342a) (1344) (1347) (1356) (1357) (1360)
A mixes truth with delusion in an earnest investigation of a psychic problem *
A, mixing truth with delusion in an earnest investigation of a psychic problem,
finally loses his reason **
POST: (1391) (1428)

Conflict{634}

PRE: (130) (480) (732) (776) (1350)
A, imagining he sees a fast motor car almost upon him, leaps in front of a car that
is not imaginary and is instantly killed
POST: (762)

Conflict{635}

-- Originally (629 ch A-2-a to A-5)
PRE: (249) (608) (612) (624) (629 ch A-2 to A-5) (859)
A suffers false suspicion as a transgressor * A, mistakenly supposed to be a
transgressor, is finally cleared of suspicion by a confession of the real transgressor, A-5 **
POST: (854) (884a)

Conflict{636}

PRE: (763) (1166a) (1196) (1267a) (1335)
A is a professional burglar who throws caution to the winds in one of his burglaries *
A, a burglar, breaks into a house that is quarantined ** A contracts a contagious
disease ***
POST: (681b) (705)

-- page 91

Conflict{637}

PRE: (778) (1023) (1024) (1027) (1029) (1268)
A robs a heathen temple of jewels and proceeds about his work with reckless
audacity * A, committing a robbery, is caught red-handed and turned over to the law
for punishment **
POST: (866) (1209c tr A & A-2)

Conflict{638}

PRE: (259-2) (377b) (681a) (732) (753)
A, ruined financially, takes to drink and “dies in his cups”
POST: ()

Conflict{639}

PRE: (758 -*) (768) (898) (925 -*)
A is abducted by A-5 and held for ransom * A, abducted by A-5 and held for ransom,
is a meddlesome, disagreeable person and his family and friends are glad to be rid
of him and will not pay the ransom ** A, abducted by A-5 and held for ransom,
makes A-5’s life so miserable that he pays a round sum to have A taken off his
hands ***
POST: (781) (880) (918a, b)

Conflict{640}

PRE: (126) (488a, b) (904) (1278a)
A is tricked by B in a certain enterprise * A, tricked by B in a certain enterprise,
dies when the trickery is discovered **
POST: (557a)

Conflict{641}

PRE: (285) (992)
B, trying to make a home for her widowed father, F-B, is neglected and cruelly
treated by F-B
POST: (14a) (223) (368a) (676) (993)

Conflict{642}

PRE: (491b) (585b) (766)
B, as a sop to her vanity, borrows a valuable ornament from her wealthy friend,
B-2 * B loses a valuable ornament she borrowed from her friend, B-2 ** B, and her
husband, A, poor, are compelled to labor hard and deny themselves every comfort
for years in order to replace a valuable ornament B borrowed from B-2, and lost ***
POST: (767) (792a) (870a)

Conflict{643}

PRE: (60) (470) (1416)
B, tired, and unable to get a room in a hotel in a large city, wanders about the
lobby and neighboring rooms. It is very late; and B, unfamiliar with her surroundings,
finds a dark, deserted room with comfortable chairs and large mirrors,
and falls asleep in one of the chairs. She does not awaken until morning; then,
to her horror, she discovers that she has spent the night as no respectable woman
ought to have done
POST: (645) (870a)

Conflict{644}

PRE: (147) (544)
B innocently befriends a stranger, A-4; and it later develops that A-4 is a political
offender whom government officials, headed by A-6, are straining every nerve to
capture * If A-6 knew that B had befriended A-4, she would be considered a confederate
of A-4’s and suffer accordingly **
POST: (179a, c) (594d) (824)

Conflict{645}

PRE: (737b -*) (737c; 737b *-**)
B finds herself, innocently and through error, a prisoner at night in a bedroom not
her own * B, caught innocently in a compromising situation, discovers a state of
affairs that renders her dilemma tragic **
POST: (648) (669 ch A-5 to A) (1135b)

Conflict{646}

PRE: (147) (544)
B befriends an Unknown, AX, in a spirit of altruism * B discovers that AX, an
Unknown whom she has befriended, is a notorious criminal who is being hunted
by the police **
POST: (660b) (669) (743b) (211)

-- page 92

Conflict{647}

PRE: (279) (470)
B, a respectable working girl, seeking employment, follows the advice of a supposed
friend, A-5, and finds herself in an immoral dance hall where she is compelled to
dance with patrons and serve drinks
POST: (14a) (738)

Conflict{648}

PRE: (645) (647) (1050)
B is accused of being a transgressor because she is found in an environment, or
because she has property in her possession, which indicates transgression * B is
accused of transgression, but the accusation is unjust **
POST: (21) (69) (186) (817) (822) (828)

Conflict{649}

PRE: (628 ch A to BR-B) (770b, c ch A to BR-B) (977)
B, sister of BR-B, in order to prevent BR-B from bringing dishonor to their family,
unintentionally causes his death
POST: (746) (909)


B{13} Seeking by Craftiness to Escape Misfortune

Conflict{650}

PRE: (687) (689) (690) (691)
A, a white man cast away among bloodthirsty savages, has his life spared because
he is a ventriloquist and supposed to be a god
POST: (714) (244) (878a)

Conflict{651}

PRE: (1193) (1282) (1298)
A, a fugitive from justice seeking to avoid capture, finds himself in a tight corner
with sheriffs, A-6, A-6, A-6, apparently approaching from every direction * A, a
fugitive driven to bay by officers of the law, takes refuge in a house which is a place
of mystery ** (699b) (74a) [1] A house built squarely on the dividing line between
two states, so that one may pass from California into Nevada by crossing
the living room. The serving of legal processes from one state or the other is thus
avoided or delayed. Similarly [2], a cabin built where four states “corner,” a
a cabin with one room: the stove in Arizona, the cupboard in New Mexico, the bed
in Colorado, the trunk in Utah. [3] A room in an ancient house, sealed up for
two hundred years, with an inscription over the door threatening death to any
one attempting to enter
POST: ()

Conflict{652}

(a) PRE: (651 -*) (153) (321b) (385a) (639 -**)
A is caught in an unpleasant complication, and disaster threatens him unless he
is crafty enough to devise plans for his own safety
POST: (651 *-**) (639 **-***) (650) (658)

(b) PRE: (180) (212a; 726b) (793a)
A, the idol of his people, is about to lose a wrestling match to A-3, his rival * A,
wrestling in the open with A-3, a rival wrestler, prevents A-3 from winning a victory
by falling from a cliff, apparently by accident, and losing his life **
POST: ()

Conflict{653}

PRE: (651 -*) (652b -*) (655 -*) (661) (1267a) (1419b) (662 ch A-2 to A-5)
A is a captive, held by his captor, A-5, in a physical environment which constitutes
a trap, and from which there seems absolutely no means of escape * Nevertheless, A,
with desperate determination, seeks to free himself by subtle enterprise **
POST: (651 *-**) (652b *-**) (655 *-**)

Conflict{654}

PRE: (40a) (182b) (208) (385a) (610) (615) (655 -*) (732) (787)
A, facing misfortune, seeks desperately to evade disaster
POST: (655 *-**) (656) (657) (826) (853) (1016a) (1176)

Conflict{655}

PRE: (600) (758 -*)
A, faced by a robber, A-5, with a gun, tries craftily to delay yielding up his
valuables * A is shot and seriously wounded by a robber, A-5 **
POST: (619) (681a) (724) (763; 655 ch “seriously wounded” to “killed”)

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Conflict{656}

PRE: (751) (961) (1000) (1079)
A’s ancestral estates have been heavily mortgaged and he is about to lose the
property * A, by hook or crook, seeks to save his
mortgaged paternal acres from foreclosure **
POST: (500b) (860) (874) (1029)

Conflict{657}

PRE: (23c) (245) (718a)
A is a person of ability but of a race considered inferior * A takes part in a football
game and falls innocently under a suspicion of treachery ** A, innocent of
transgression, seeks to prove his innocence by subtle enterprise ***
POST: (771b) (1222a, b)

Conflict{658}

PRE: (612) (1038) (1130) (1177) (1247) (1306) (1233 -*) (1275 -*)
A, a man of high standing in his community, fears that through unusual conditions
his character will be discredited * A seeks to safeguard his reputation, which is
threatened by unusual conditions **
POST: (652b) (1233 *-**) (1275 *-**)

Conflict{659}

PRE: (10a, b, c)
B’s mother, M-B, is a widow in poor health * M-B’s life hangs on a change of
climate, but she and her daughter, B, are penniless ** B is desperately determined
to do something, anything, to raise money to help her mother, M-B ***
POST: (88) (253) (368b) (1293b, c)


B{14} Falling into Misfortune through the Wiles of a Crafty Schemer

Conflict{660}

(a) PRE: (1248) (1130 ch AX to A-4)
A, a professional man, is captured in his office at night by mysterious strangers,
A-4, A-4, A-4, blindfolded and taken to a secret place * A, spirited away by A-4.
A-4, A-4, is compelled to perfom a professional service **
POST: (571) (635 ch A-5 to A-4) (653 ch A-5 to A-4)

(b) PRE: (646; 147) (252a, b)
A, captured by enemies of B, is threatened with death by A-5 in an attempt to
extort from him a secret of B’s * A, threatened with death by A-5 in an attempt to
force him to reveal a secret of B’s, defies A-5 to do his worst **
POST: (875b) (884a)

Conflict{661}

PRE: (898) (957a)
A, wealthy and powerful, goes alone to bathe in a mountain stream * A is robbed
by AX, who secretly puts on A’s clothes, takes his horse and flees **
POST: (715a) (1146 ch A to AX)

Conflict{662}

PRE: (1394 ch A to A-2) (1436)
A helps A-2 secure treasure in a secret place * A, helping A-2 secure treasure in
a secret place, is abandoned to die in a deep pit by A-2 who makes off alone with
the treasure **
POST: (653 ch A-5 to A-2) (701 tr A & A-2) (704)

Conflict{663}

PRE: (654) (883 -*)
A’s deadly enemy, A-3, has A at his mercy, and there seems nothing for A to do
but to make the best of his hard lot
POST: (628 ch B to A-3) (883 *-**)

Conflict{664}

PRE: (130) (314 -*) (572) (600) (752) (786) (863a)
A finds himself unexpectedly locked and barred in a room in a strange house * A,
suddenly finding himself a helpless prisoner, tries to bear his fate with equanimity **
POST: (799) (824) (856)

-- page 94

Conflict{665}

PRE: (557a) (946)
B is leading an exemplary life and trying honestly to live down an unfortunate
past * B, a reformed transgressor, going about doing good, has her transgression
-- HER obj
revealed by A-3, who knew her in the old days **
POST: (669 ch A-5 to A-3) (945)

Conflict{666}

PRE: (27) (152b) (616) (679) (1244b)
B knows the combination of A’s safe; and she knows, also, that there is a small
fortune in jewels in the safe * Crooks, led by A-5, threaten B with violence in an
-- HER obj
attempt to force her to open the safe **
POST: (144) (885a)


B{29} Aiding Another to Hide from the World a Fateful Secret

Conflict{667}

PRE: (50) (446a -*) (449 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (520 ch B-3 to B)
B, unless she conceals a personal delinquency, will seriously compromise herself *
B, unless she reveals a personal delinquency, will cause an innocent man, A, to
suffer for transgression **
POST: (535 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (1461a ch A to B)

Conflict{668}

PRE: (285 ch F-B to M-B) (976) (978)
B’s mother, M-B, is a drug addict * B makes a heavy personal sacrifice in order to
help her mother, M-B, hide from the world a terrible secret **
POST: (33) (368b) (785) (892 ch B-3 to M-B)

Conflict{669}

PRE: (410) (447 ch A-5 to A-8) (557 ch A-3 to A-5) (597 ch A to B) (667 -*)
B commits a secret transgression * B, committing a secret transgression, has her
secret discovered by A-5 ** B’s secret transgression is discovered by A-5, who seeks
to use his knowledge for purposes of blackmail ***
POST: (784) (870b)

Conflict{670}

PRE: (641 ch F-B to M-B) (740)
B’s mother, M-B, is subject to recurring periods of temporary insanity * B helps
her mother, M-B, hide from the world a terrible secret **
POST: (33) (659) (720 ch A to B)


B{26} Seeking Secretly to Preserve Another from Danger

Conflict{671}

PRE: (663 ch A to A-2) (672; 764 -*)
A’s friend, A-2, is helpless against the persecutions of a powerful enemy, A-3 *
A decides to undertake a secret enterprise for the purpose of protecting helpless
A-2 from a powerful enemy, A-3 ** A’s friend, A-2, commits suicide before A can
help him overcome his misfortunes ***
POST: (672; 671 -**; 764) (671 -**; 807) (841)

Conflict{672}

PRE: (671 -**) (853)
A’s friend, A-2, is the owner of a flock of sheep. A-3 is a cattle
baron, rich and influential. A-3’s men kill nearly all A-2’s sheep, and A-3 is
scheming to take A-2’s land away from him. A-2, deep in debt, scarcely knows which
way to turn * A plans a secret enterprise in an effort to help A-2 **
POST: (671) (805 ch A-4 to A-2) (807) (809 ch A-5 to A-2) (839)

Conflict{673}

PRE: (743a) (1298)
-- U abbrev
A finds a motor stage wrecked and the U. S. mail it was carrying scattered from
the broken pouches. The stage driver, A-4, has gone for help. A picks up a torn
letter, reads it, and discovers that B is in misfortune * A, a fugitive from justice,
seeks to rescue B from her misfortunes **
POST: (817) (869) (1209a)

-- page 95

B{18} Rebelling against a Power that Controls Personal Abilities and Holds them in Subjection

Conflict{674}

PRE: (622) (755) (1450)
A loses his son, SN, in whom all his ambitions were centered * A struggles against
an overwhelming sorrow that proves an obstacle to enterprise and holds his abilities
in subjection **
POST: (1053) (1056)

Conflict{675}

PRE: (200) (1108)
A is a confirmed procrastinator, and the habit inhibits enterprise and circumscribes
his abilities * A is taught a lesson which shows him how reprehensible a pet failing
may become **
POST: (215b) (1134) (1163a)

Conflict{676}

PRE: (285) (641)
B is intellectual and of an artistic temperament * B rebels against the authority
-- HER poss obj
of her father, F-B, who compels her to do all sorts of rough farm work **
POST: (14a; 223) (741) (743a) (871)

Conflict{677}

PRE: (145) (455b) (679)
B is engaged in forwarding an important undertaking * B fights against insomnia
brought on by overwork **
POST: (28a) (183) (239)

Conflict{678}

PRE: (668 ch M-B to SR-B) (670 ch M-B to SR-B)
B is compelled to live with a sister, SR-B * B rebels against the tyranny and
selfishness of her sister, SR-B, which make B’s life miserable **
POST: (14a) (137b) (737a) (743b)

Conflict{679}

PRE: (1121) (1244b)
B is overshadowed and dominated by her mentally inferior employer, A * B rebels
against A’s method of appropriating as his own the brilliant achievements which
B accomplishes at his command **
POST: (616) (677)


B{36} Undergoing an Experience which Results in a Remarkable Character Change

Conflict{680}

(a) PRE: (654) (734)
A was in the World War * Before the World War, A was a successful business man;
after the war, a physical wreck, and a bankrupt **
POST: (199) (608) (1188)

(b) PRE: (680a) (715b) (257b)
A undertakes an enterprise when he is prosperous; and then, suffering loss and
becoming a bankrupt and a cripple, he has not the heart to go on with the enterprise
POST: (199) (345) (690)

Conflict{681}

(a) PRE: (49) (211)
A, happy and optimistic, undergoes a critical illness which makes of him a morbid,
melancholy, superstitious pessimist
POST: (106) (900) (918b) (963)

(b) PRE: (313) (572)
A undergoes a critical illness * A recovers from a critical illness but loses
all remembrance of his personal identity **
POST: (548a) (879) (1368)

Conflict{682}

PRE: (687) (689) (690) (937)
A, a white man of brilliant intellectual attainments,
battles for existence in an isolated, primitive, savage wilderness * A, battling for
existence in a savage wilderness, suffers a deterioration of character until, after
some years, he sinks to the level of his primitive surroundings **
POST: (244) (728 -**) (728 **-***) (901)

-- page 96

Conflict{683}

PRE: (385a; 918a) (732) (857) (897)
A is a telegraph operator at a lonely railroad way station * A is a sheep herder,
isolated with his flock of sheep ** A is a lighthouse keeper on a lonely coast *** A
gradually, because of loneliness, becomes demented ****
POST: (560) (1344) (1345)

Conflict{684}

PRE: (930) (921 ch B to F-B) (1209a ch A to F-B)
B’s father, F-B, is an unworthy character, long mysteriously missing * B’s father,
F-B, long mysteriously missing, returns to his old home as an Unknown and
discovers that his daughter, B, thinks him dead, believes his character to have
been noble, and holds him in hallowed remembrance ** F-B renounces his intention
to disclose his identity to his daughter, B, and shambles away as an Unknown,
leaving B happy with her mistaken ideals ***
POST: (922a) (681b)


B{19} Meeting with Misfortune and Being Cast Away in a Primitive, Isolated, and Savage Environment

Conflict{685}

PRE: (130) (176a, c) (212a) (438) (711c)
A, traveling alone, is caught in a snowstorm A is caught in a snowstorm in the
mountains, becomes snowbound, marooned, and finds it impossible to reach a
place of safety **
POST: (713) (762)

Conflict{686}

PRE: (109) (718b)
A, of gentle birth and breeding, is isolated in a primitive, uninhabited wilderness,
and compelled to battle with Nature for his very existence
POST: (197) (918b) (904)

Conflict{687}

PRE: (650) (689)
A finds himself the only white man in a tribe of half-savage natives * A, finding
himself the only white man in a tribe of half-savage natives, is compelled to struggle
against their primitive superstitions **
POST: (682) (901) (915)

Conflict{688}

PRE: (49) (690 add B)
A and B find themselves cast away in a desolate, primitive environment where
they must fight for their very existence * A and B, strangers to each other, are
together thrown into misfortune **
POST: (226) (244) (307) (458b)

Conflict{689}

PRE: (691) (926) (937)
A is traveling through a savage wilderness * A, traveling through a savage wilderness, is captured by natives and threatened with death **
POST: (197) (331) (650)

Conflict{690}

PRE: (109) (957a)
A takes a sea voyage in the hope of recovering his health * A, taking a sea voyage,
is shipwrecked and cast away on a desert island **
POST: (682) (686)

Conflict{691}

PRE: (1379) (1388) (1394)
A, an explorer, loses his way in a trackless wilderness
POST: (650) (689) (1426b)

Conflict{692}

PRE: (690 -*) (719b)
A, without food or water, is adrift in a small boat at sea
POST: (632) (690 *-**) (878b)

Conflict{693}

PRE: (1082a, b) (1408)
A, wandering alone among the mountains, is trapped and held powerless * A,
caught in a trap, faces death **
POST: (713) (728 **-***) (728 -** ch A to A-2 & CH to A) (1419a)

-- page 97

Conflict{694}

PRE: (470) (676) (740) (916) (1033) (1207)
B is riding alone through a wilderness country * B, riding alone through a
wilderness country, is thrown from her horse and sprains her ankle. The horse runs
away, and B is left helpless in an uninhabited region **
POST: (31) (179a, c) (885a -*)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{695}

(a) PRE: (385a) (787) (822) (829)
A’s neighbors persist in thinking A guilty of a crime for which he was tried and
acquitted * A, tried for a crime and acquitted seeks happiness in freedom from
suspicion **
POST: (635) (833) (1064)

(b) PRE: (608) (623)
A suffers imprisonment for a crime he did not commit * A, finishing a term of
imprisonment for a crime he did not commit, finds that his character as an ex-convict
seriously hampers him in his honest enterprises **
POST: (299) (1183)

Conflict{696}

PRE: (715c) (695b)
A, a patriot, but a wanderer and an outcast, is deprived of all news of his native
land
POST: (823) (826) (859)

Conflict{697}

(a) PRE: (990) (1006b)
A’s parents, F-A and M-A, insist that he study to be a doctor, while all his soul
is yearning to make another profession his life work
POST: (756) (791) (950 -*)

(b) PRE: (818c ch A to A-8 & CH to A) (818d ch A to A-8 & CH to A)
A is a foundling who knows nothing of his birth and parentage * A knows nothing
of his birth and parentage, and he finds this a serious and humiliating handicap **
POST: (245) (944) (1051)

Conflict{698}

PRE: (622) (898)
A seeks to live down his bitter grief over the loss of his only child, CH, but finds
it impossible
POST: (674) (705) (732) (746 ch B to A) (1068 ch B to A)

Conflict{699}

(a) PRE: (608) (610) (623) (1298) (1300)
A is a fugitive from justice, who discovers that a relative, A-8, has died and left
him a rich estate * A is a fugitive from justice who dares not show himself to
receive a rich estate that has been left to him, for he knows he will be arrested **
POST: (624) (635)

(b) PRE: (651) (652a) (653)
A, driven to bay by pursuers, takes refuge in an old house * A is rescued from
pursuers, A-6, A-6, when the old house in which he has taken refuge is blown away
by a tornado **
POST: (1142b) (1209a)

Conflict{700}

PRE: (748) (958)
A is a man who believes that poverty is the true source of contentment * A,
against his wish and inclination, has been left a fortune by a deceased
relative, A-8 **
POST: (431) (924a)

Conflict{701}

PRE: (1249) (1296) (1304)
A seeks wealth by craftily defrauding his friend, A-2 * A, seeking wealth by craftily
defrauding A-2, is tortured by conscience **
POST: (832) (987) (1461a)

Conflict{702}

PRE: (863b, c)
A invites a number of guests to meet A-4, a celebrity * A has invited a number
of hero-worshipers to meet A-4 a celebrity. The hero-worshipers arrive, but A-4
does not **
POST: (178 ch A to A-4) (1162 ch A-5 to A-4) (1164)

-- page 98

Conflict{703}

PRE: (68) (96) (486a)
A is a minister of the gospel * A, a religious teacher of the people, errs secretly on
his human side and becomes the prey of conscience **
POST: (279 tr A & B, ch “husband of B-3” to “wife of A-8”) (348) (393) (951) (1461a)

Conflict{704}

PRE: (139) (601) (607) (716)
A finds happiness in being loyal to his friends * A, because of a disturbing
experience, is compelled to turn against his friend, A-2 **
POST: (770b tr A & A-2) (790a) (840) (1227a) (1402) (1216 tr A & A-2)

Conflict{705}

PRE: (150) (248) (255) (288) (548b) (568c) (698)
A, unable to conquer his misfortunes, seeks to escape them by committing suicide
POST: (868 tr A & A-2) (879)

Conflict{706}

(a) PRE: (115) (793a)
A, an engineer, has flung a span of steel across a mountain gap, backing his
ingenuity and judgment with a bridge in a spot where other engineers have declared
no bridge is possible * A’s life work, nearing completion, is threatened with
destruction by a great storm **
POST: (546a) (603a) (726b) (779)

(b) PRE: (810) (898)
A, a scientist, has spent years in research work and has the result of his labors in
manuscript form * A’s priceless manuscript is threatened with destruction by fire **
POST: (918b)

(c) PRE: (959) (966-4)
A is an artist who has spent years painting a certain picture which he considers
his life work * A’s life work is threatened with destruction by a mob during a
political outbreak **
POST: (1233 ch A to A-2) (808a tr A & B)

Conflict{707}

PRE: (610) (866)
A asks A-4, a stranger, to remove a pair of handcuffs from his wrists
POST: (1066) (1311 ch A to A-4 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{708}

PRE: (770a) (797) (859) (918a) (952) (864) (611a)
A, after a mysterious absence of many years, returns to his old home town * A,
returning as an Unknown to his native place, discovers that no one recognizes him **
POST: (1275) (1453)

Conflict{709}

PRE: (836) (1021a) (1058)
A assumes charge of a valuable object, X, for a friend, A-2 * A, custodian of a
valuable object, X, misses X and believes it has been stolen **
POST: (774) (807)

Conflict{710}

PRE: (130) (180) (726a) (1356)
A is expected by a large crowd of people to appear and carry out an obligation of
professional duty * A is forced to give up an enterprise when he is taken suddenly
so ill he cannot leave his bed **
POST: (757) (1162 ch A-5 to A) (1163a) (1163a; 1163c)

Conflict{711}

(a) PRE: (130) (188a) (525)
A, engaged in an important enterprise, suddenly finds himself in quarantine
because of an outbreak of a contagious disease
POST: (856) (875a tr A & A-2 and eliminate “prison cell”)

(b) PRE: (798) (985)
A, engaged in an important enterprise, becomes involved in an automobile accident *
A is removed in an unconscious condition from the scene of an accident ** A loses
an important object, X. on the scene of an accident ***
POST: (808a) (1161 tr A & A-4)

(c) PRE: (154a) (185) (209 -*) (347a) (382) (598) (603a) (607)
A, seeking to carry out an important enterprise, meets with obstacles that defeat
his plans
POST: (826) (209 *-**) (827) (828) (866)

-- page 99

Conflict{712}

PRE: (1248) (1282)
A, a doctor, is a fugitive from justice * A, a doctor who is fleeing from A-6, an officer
of the law, by his skill restores sight to A-6, who is temporarily blind **
POST: (1011 ch A to A-6 & A-5 to A) (1013)

Conflict{713}

PRE: (662) (685) (692) (693)
A, deprived of food through misfortune, faces slow death by starvation (878b)
(878c) * A dies of starvation **
POST: ()

Conflict{714}

PRE: (650) (687) (863a; 690) (878a)
A, because he is a ventriloquist (a conjuror or a magician?) saves his life among
savages; then he loses his voice
POST: (197) (244; 878c; 904)

Conflict{715}

(a) PRE: (661) (925 -*)
A, wealthy and influential, loses his clothes, personal belongings and all other
means of identification (658) * A, wealthy, finds that his pretentions to place and
power are treated as a joke ** A cannot convince others of his identity, and
undergoes the hardships and evil treatment accorded an upstart imposter ***
POST: (635) (963) (1348a; 1455b)

(b) PRE: (680b) (113; 257b)
A cripples himself for life in rescuing a child, CH, from death (842b) * A loses his
small fortune in trying to help a friend, A-2 (601) ** A, a poor man and crippled,
finds his life in a sad tangle ***
POST: (345) (690) (944)

(c) PRE: (212a) (1323b)
A is found guilty of a political conspiracy (793b) * A, convicted of being a traitor
to his country, is expatriated and forced to live abroad **
POST: (696) (826)

Conflict{716}

PRE: (830 tr A & A-2) (865 tr A & A-2)
A and A-2, before the war, were fast friends (1021b) (662 -*) * A is captain in the
army, and his men capture and bring before him A-2, a bosom friend of A’s who is
one of the enemy and a spy **
POST: (790a) (1016a ch A-5 to A-2) (1016b)

Conflict{717}

PRE: (866) (1162 tr A & A-2, ch A-5 to A-6) (1180 ch A-4 to A-6)
A is impersonating an officer, A-6 * A, impersonating A-6. meets A-6’s sweetheart,
B, and she recognizes him as an imposter **
POST: (885a -*) (1173 -*) (1176)

Conflict{718}

(a) PRE: (255) (257a)
A knows something others do not know, something that proves the greatest
obstacle to his enterprising and capable nature (1061) * A, believed by all to be a
white man, knows there is negro blood in his veins **
POST: (248) (657) (959)

(b) PRE: (800 ch SN to A) (928b -* ch SN to A & A to A-8)
A is a youth who, sheltered from the world and pampered by doting parents, has
no true conception of life and no ability to face its rugged issues * A, callow and
inefficient, learns some real truths through hard experience **
POST: (759) (768) (769) (783) (918b)

Conflict{719}

(a) PRE: (130) (314 -*) (430) (770a)
A disappears mysteriously * A, set upon by mysterious persons, AX, AX, AX. in
the cellar of his own home, is spirited away through a concealed passage **
POST: (540) (571)

(b) PRE: (690 -*) (1116 -*)
A, passenger on a vessel on the high seas, is made a prisoner when the vessel is
captured by mutineers, A-5, A-5, A-5 * A, captured by mutineers, A-5, A-5, A-5,
is placed in a small boat and cast adrift on the high seas **
POST: (692) (878b)

Conflict{720}

PRE: (288) (1061)
A’s fear that he has inherited the evil traits of an ancestor, A-8, paralyzes his will
in enterprise
POST: (862) (1374)

-- page 100

Conflict{721}

PRE: (706a, b, c) (903)
A’s whole future is wrapped up in a mighty work which he has brought almost to
successful completion * A’s life work is threatened with destruction **
POST: (546a) (1256)

Conflict{722}

PRE: (833) (834) (1298 ch A to A-5)
A is an officer of the law, hot on the trail of a fleeing criminal, A-5 * A, an officer
of the law, while pursuing a fleeing criminal, A-5, meets with misfortune **
POST: (634) (664) (693) (711a) (712 ch A to A-5 & A-6 to A) (1013 ch A to A-5 & A-6 to A)

Conflict{723}

PRE: (998 ch A to A-5 & A-4 to A) (1016a -*)
A, a police officer, owes a debt to A-5, a criminal, but has no money and cannot
pay
POST: (1011) (983 ch A to A-5 & A-8 to A)

Conflict{724}

PRE: (1227a -**) (1377a)
A has recovered a stolen object, X, and is on his way to return it to its owner * A,
on his way to return to the owner a stolen object, X, which he has recovered, loses
the object and again seeks to recover it **
POST: (614) (711b)

Conflict{725}

PRE: (833) (1303 ch A-9 to A-5)
A seeks to reveal to the authorities the identity of a
criminal, A-5, who, so far, has been unsuspected * A, in trying to lodge information
with the police against a criminal, A-5, meets with misfortune **
POST: (1228 ch A-3 to A-5) (1232 ch A to A-3 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{726}

(a) PRE: (1060) (1082a)
A, a matador, is getting ready in his room to appear in the bull ring * A, making
ready to undertake an enterprise, has his plans suddenly interfered with **
POST: (710) (809 -* tr A & A-5)

(b) PRE: (180) (782)
A, ill, and worn by a long journey, is suddenly called upon to undertake an
enterprise which would be difficult if he were physically at his best
POST: (652a, b) (793a)

Conflict{727}

PRE: (3a) (297) (425; 813; 821) (800 ch B to A; 821)
A, a judge presiding at a murder trial, finds himself unexpectedly confronted with
a circumstance that makes his work a torture to his soul
POST: (790b) (833)

Conflict{728}

PRE: (686) (687) (1319b -*)
A digs a pit for a tiger trap and baits it with a quarter of bullock meat * A
constructs a concealed trap, and a person dear to him, CH, falls into the trap and
cannot escape (622 ch SN to CH) (591 ch B to CH; 179a ch B to CH) ** A constructs
a deadly trap and, by accident, falls into it himself ***
POST: (875b) (1319b ch A-2 to A)

Conflict{729}

PRE: (601) (1334a) (1382b)
A, desperately in need, is offered a large sum of money for a diamond, X, which
he knows is an imitation * A, desperately in need of money, can recoup his finances
at the expense of his integrity. He resists the temptation **
POST: (778 ch A to A-5; 1144 ch A to A-5; 1166 ch A to A-5) (803b) (944)

Conflict{730}

PRE: (918a) (959) (1014 ch A-5 to A-3)
A fights with A-3 in safeguarding valuables, X, of which A is custodian * A is slain
by A-3, who takes valuables, X, of which A is custodian ** A-3, having slain A,
places a revolver in A’s stiffening fingers in order to make it appear that A is a
defaulter and a suicide ***
POST: (569 ch A-5 to A-3) (802b tr A & B) (977a)

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Conflict{731}

PRE: (109) (608) (708) (808a)
A is honest, but he is a stranger and regarded with suspicion * A is arrested as a
criminal “suspect” because he happens to be in the vicinity when a crime is committed **
POST: (695b) (815a ch A to A-8 & A-4 to A)

Conflict{732}

PRE: (288) (654) (683) (698)
A has a conviction that he is going insane and that, sooner or later, he will
be confined in an asylum
POST: (634) (638) (1365) (1374) (1375)

Conflict{733}

PRE: (718b) (723)
A finds a bank note of large denomination * A finds a valuable paper, X, between
the leaves of the family Bible ** A, poor, comes into possession of a bank note of
large denomination. There is no bank in the village in which he lives, and he can
find no one who can, or who would if he could, change the bill for him ***
POST: (652a) (655) (731)

Conflict{734}

PRE: (222b) (315) (430)
A is mistakenly reported dead during the World War *
A, in the World War, is shell-shocked and loses all knowledge of his identity ** A,
victim of amnesia in a foreign land, wanders back to his native country ***
POST: (437) (548a) (1128a -*; 918b)

Conflict{735}

-- Originally (912 & a ch A to A-8)
PRE: (912a ch A to A-8) (913 ch A to A-8 & A-2 to A)
A is annoyed by a person, A-8, who constantly crosses his path with the most
untimely intrusions * A rids himself of a meddlesome person, A-8, and later regrets
his harshness **
POST: (762 tr A & A-8) (815a ch A to A-8 & A-4 to A) (822 ch A to A-8 & B to A)

Conflict{736}

PRE: (322a) (737a) (740)
B inherits the trait of disguising her affections, a trait that proves an obstacle to
her success and happiness
POST: (162a) (594a) (742)

Conflict{737}

(a) PRE: (12b) (36) (60) (62) (162a) (182a) (225) (226) (643)
B is greatly discontented because of an unfortunate state of affairs * B,
discontented, seeks to gain contentment, but the obstacles seem insuperable **
POST: (93a) (114) (346) (403) (785)

(b) PRE: (470) (976)
B, in a large city hotel, returns at night from her bath and, through error, enters
through an unlocked door into a room which proves to be not her own * B finds that
the knob and lock on the door of a hotel room are in disrepair: the lock apparently
locks itself, and the knob will not turn **
POST: (645) (885b) (890)

(c) PRE: (470) (1154a)
B, near-sighted, unsophisticated, on leaving her room in a big city hotel, ties a
black ribbon to the doorknob so she can easily find the door on her return * CH,
a child, playing in the corridor of a big city hotel, transfers a black ribbon from the
knob of B’s door to that of A **
POST: (645) (792b)

Conflict{738}

PRE: (60) (223) (397) (435a) (647) (665)
B, a victim of certain unpleasant conditions, seeks to escape them by self-destruction
POST: (879 ch A to B) (188b) (880 ch A to B & A-2 to B-2)

Conflict{739}

PRE: (947) (1293b)
B, owing to financial difficulties, has been compelled to pawn an object, X, dearly
prized * B is unable to redeem an object, X, necessary to her happiness, which
she has pawned **
POST: (806 ch B-4 to B) (792a; 21) (1384 ch B to A)

-- page 102

Conflict{740}

PRE: (15a) (327a) (736) (848b ch B to M-B)
B is a strange, wild creature, marked at birth by an unfortunate experience of her
mother, M-B’s * B is shunned and ostracised because of a misfortune for which
she is not responsible **
POST: (221a; 264) (221a) (738) (746) (872) (892 ch B-3 to A)

Conflict{741}

PRE: (223) (676)
B is forced by her father, F-B, to leave home and become a domestic drudge in a
distant town
POST: (183) (743a) (869)

Conflict{742}

PRE: (57) (585a) (743a)
B writes a note, and the note contains a very important
secret * B writes a note; and it is picked up by a gust of wind, carried across
a narrow court, through an open window, and deposited in a neighboring apartment **
B writes a very important note, then loses it. If the note is found and read by other
persons, B will be greatly humiliated ***
POST: (758) (955)

Conflict{743}

(a) PRE: (223) (435a) (676)
B becomes the victim of such desperate misfortunes that she plans to take her own
life * B writes a letter explaining her reasons for committing suicide **
POST: (742) (673)

(b) PRE: (403) (594e) (646)
B commits a transgression. B, in order to escape the consequences of a
transgression, flees secretly to a distant place and assumes a fictitious name
POST: (750 ch A to B) (921)

Conflict{744}

PRE: (816b) (844a) (1105)
B goes to a restaurant to keep a dinner engagement with A. A does not appear
POST: (1240 ch A-3 to A) (1391 ch A to B)

Conflict{745}

PRE: (947) (948)
B’s father, F-B, pursuing rustlers who have stolen his cattle, is shot down and
killed * B, elder daughter of F-B, is the sole support of the family when F-B dies **
POST: (14a) (1207)

Conflict{746}

PRE: (89) (212b) (649) (698 ch A to B) (740)
B, who was thought by the people of her community to have supernatural powers,
is discovered to have been insane—a condition caused by a great sorrow
POST: (766) (1328) (1441a ch A to B) (1373 ch A to B)

-- page 103

ConflictSubGroup{Mistaken Judgment}

B{21} Falling into Misfortune through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{747}

PRE: (41a) (125a) (111)
A, believing that a certain proposition has merit, buys stock in it himself and sells
stock to his friends, A-2, A-2 * A honest and high-minded, recommends a certain
proposition, and then discovers that it is a swindle **
POST: (604) (606) (619) (979)

Conflict{748}

PRE: (941) (958)
A, poor, is happy in the belief that poverty is the source of contentment * A,
believing poverty the source of contentment, refuses to develop resources in his
possession that would give him wealth **
POST: (111) (700) (929)

Conflict{749}

PRE: (965) (966-1) (1074)
A, a writer, is happy in producing a literary masterpiece * A, a writer, unconsciously
plagiarizes from the work of another author in producing a literary masterpiece **
POST: (1238) (1357 *-**) (1391; 1461b)

Conflict{750}

PRE: (224) (597)
A flees to escape the consequences of a crime * A believes he is guilty of a crime,
but no crime has been committed **
POST: (108) (237) (624)

Conflict{751}

PRE: (1061) (1210) (1102)
A, informed that he has only a few months to live, undertakes an unusual enterprise
[1] A seeks to spend all his money before he dies [2] A hurls himself recklessly
into perilous situations in the hope of losing his life * A, told that he has only a few
months to live, discovers that the doctor was in error and that he still has a long
life ahead of him **
POST: (811) (918b) (1104) (1134 *-**)

Conflict{752}

PRE: (113) (126) (923)
A is discovered burglarizing a house * A, an intruder in a strange house, is
discovered; he flees through the nearest door into a windowless closet and is trapped
by a spring lock **
POST: (801 tr A & B) (856)

Conflict{753}

PRE: (484b) (524a)
A, seeking to finance himself, gambles with money not his own—and loses it
POST: (620) (638)

Conflict{754}

PRE: (380) (484b) (807)
A gambles with money he is holding in trust
POST: (829) (832) (865)

Conflict{755}

PRE: (49) (585a) (622)
A resigns himself to fate and seeks to bear patiently a supposed bereavement; but
the bereavement is imagined, not real
POST: (357) (576b)

Conflict{756}

PRE: (697a)
A, desiring a musical career, defers to the wishes of his parents, F-A and M-A, and
becomes a doctor; but, all his life long, he feels that he has made a mistake
POST: (1153 ch B to A; 1248) (1388) (1434) (949a)

Conflict{757}

PRE: (114) (710) (126a, b)
A, confronting a hard and dangerous duty, is suddenly taken very ill and compelled
to go to bed
POST: (1163a) (1163c) (1164 tr A & A-4)

-- page 104

Conflict{758}

PRE: (57) (742)
A is a hard-hearted man of the world, seeking gain by exploiting the misfortunes of
others * A finds a mysterious note. It contains 9. woman’s fateful secret—the
secret of B, in desperate misfortune ** A, attempting to exploit B’s troubles for
his own gain, ends by yielding his sympathy and befriending B ***
POST: (21) (817) (955)

Conflict{759}

PRE: (718b) (898)
A, a tenderfoot in the West, takes offense at the slurs of a cowboy, A-8 * A and A-8
proceed to settle their differences with their fists **
POST: (782) (820 ch A-2 to A-8) (830 ch A-2 to A-8)

Conflict{760}

PRE: (954) (925)
A accomplishes his work so completely that his success results in failure
POST: (1d, f, g) (231) (44b) (207) (377b) (595) (625) (751)

Conflict{761}

(a) PRE: (1126; 779) (793a) (836)
A, through the influence of a reckless friend, A-2, comes to his death
POST: (601; 705) (793a; 603d tr A & A-2)

(b) PRE: (383) (837)
A removes a birthmark from the beautiful face of his wife, B, with chemicals * A,
seeking to help B, falls into tragic error **
POST: (385a) (416)

Conflict{762}

PRE: (735 tr A & A-8) (845 ch A-2 to A-3) (1430a)
A struggles in vain for the friendship of A-8 * A meets with a fatal accident (634)
(705) ** A, after his death, receives the friendship of A-8—for which he had vainly
struggled in life ***
POST: (868 ch A to A-8 & A-2 to A) (1423 ch A to A-8 & AX to A)

Conflict{763}

PRE: (1146) (1175a)
A, a crook who has acquired wealth, in a quest for happiness returns to his native
place to foregather with pals of his younger criminal day * A, a crook, discovers
that his pals are all married and “going straight” **
POST: (868 ch A to A-8 & A-2 to A) (963) (1087)

Conflict{764}

PRE: (671 -**) (672)
A, in order to save his friend, A-2, picks a quarrel with A-2’s enemy, A-3, and slays
him * A, in order to protect A-2, slays A-3, quondam enemy of A-2’s, unaware
that A-2 and A-3 have composed their differences, and that A-3 has become A-2’s
friend and financial backer **
POST: (671 **-***) (1344 ch A-2 to A-3) (1355)

Conflict{765}

PRE: (376 ch B to B-2; 414 tr B & B-2) (916)
B, a school teacher, unknowingly violates the rules set up by the school board by
going to dances and by taking long walks at night
POST: (31) (870a) (891)

Conflict{766}

PRE: (56) (1106) (1121)
B, a plain woman, believes herself surpassingly beautiful * B has a character
weakness which proves a bar to many of her enterprises **
POST: (642) (746) (893) (1067)

Conflict{767}

PRE: (1152 ch B to B-2; 642 -**)
B, poor, borrows a supposedly valuable object, X, and loses it * B, borrowing a
supposedly valuable object, X, and losing it, labors for years to earn the money
with which to replace it; only to discover that X was a counterfeit, and of trifling
worth **
POST: (642 **-***) (918b ch A to B)

-- page 105

B{22} Following a Wrong Course through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{768}

PRE: (718b) (1060 -*)
A, with no social distinction whatever, entertains the grandiose delusion that he
will be greatly missed if he drops out of society
POST: (617) (639)

Conflict{769}

PRE: (675) (718b) (1060 -*)
A is mistakenly convinced of his great business ability * A seeks to manage A-2’s
languishing business and place it on a paying basis **
POST: (606 ch A to A-2; 1058) (672; 906)

Conflict{770}

(a) PRE: (430) (461)
A is heavily in debt * A, in order to secure money to pay off his pressing obligations,
leaves home to take a position at a distance; and he leaves suddenly and mysteriously
without telling his creditors he is going **
POST: (540) (550) (571) (708)

(b) PRE: (490b) (601)
A, heavily in debt, seeks to save himself from ruin by forging the name of a friend,
A-2, to a note
POST: (649 ch BR-B to A) (704 tr A & A-2)

(c) PRE: (524a) (606)
A, heavily in debt, seeks to save himself by fraudulently using trust funds in his
possession
POST: (701) (753) (754)

Conflict{771}

(a) PRE: (513) (614) (1337) (1386a)
A thinks a certain crime has been committed and lodges information with the
police, A-6 * A thinks a crime has been committed, but he is mistaken **
POST: (780) (802a)

(b) PRE: (299) (657 -**) (798)
A finds a paper containing the signals of his football team * A finds and keeps an
incriminating document, X, with the intention of discovering the author of it at
a later time ** A is accused of transgression by his rival, A-3, and an incriminating
paper, X, is found in his possession ***
POST: (820 tr A & A-2) (657 **-***) (829)

Conflict{772}

PRE: (600) (608) (612 ch A-5 to A-4)
A befriends a needy stranger, A-4 * A befriends a needy stranger, A-4, who proves
to be a criminal **
POST: (613 ch A-5 to A-4) (623) (635 ch A-5 to A-4)

Conflict{773}

PRE: (817) (837) (1154a) (1159) (1173)
A, in a spirit of altruism, befriends B * A befriends B, who proves to be a
transgressor who has lied to A regarding her identity **
POST: (828) (1171)

Conflict{774}

PRE: (513) (709) (772)
A pursues a stranger, A-4, to recover from him an object, X, which has been stolen *
A, pursuing a stranger, A-4, and taking from him a valuable object, X, which, A
thinks, was stolen from him, later discovers that X, which he supposed was stolen,
has all the time been in his own possession **
POST: (780 ch A to A-4 & A-8 to A) (859)

Conflict{775}

PRE: (1144 ch A to A-7) (1212c ch A to A-7 & A-9 to A)
A trusts his servant, A-7, and makes a confidant of him * A discovers that his
trusted servant, A-7, is a thief **
POST: (1166b ch A to A-7) (1008 ch A to A-7 & A-9 to A)

Conflict{776}

PRE: (732) (711b -*)
A is seriously injured by a motor car * A, seriously injured by a motor car, ever
afterward has a weird delusion while he is in the streets that motor cars are trying
to run him down **
POST: (634) (1078)

-- page 106

Conflict{777}

PRE: (624) (783) (787) (1199 -*) (1342a) (1389a)
A, although not really a criminal, has become convinced that he is one * A conceals
his identity, avoids people, and leads a furtive, hermit-like existence **
POST: (681b) (705) (1199)

Conflict{778}

PRE: (1143a ch A to A-8) (1152)
A is a thief who plans to steal what he believes is a very valuable gem, X * A,
believing that a counterfeit gem, X, is genuine, plans to steal it **
POST: (1144) (1217a)

Conflict{779}

PRE: (289) (840 -*)
A’s bibulous friend, A-2, influences A to take to drink, scoffing at the doctor who
has forbidden A to indulge in spirituous liquors
POST: (840 *-**) (620) (761a)

Conflict{780}

PRE: (771a) (1317) (1386a)
A discovers, as he supposes, plain circumstantial evidence of a crime, and informs
the police where A-8, the criminal, can be found * A-8, arrested as a criminal on
information furnished by A, easily proves that no crime has been committed **
POST: (802a) (1340 ch A-4 to A-8)

Conflict{781}

PRE: (898) (983)
A looks upon others as people to be exploited * A, grasping and relentless, and
sparing no one in his greed for gain, encounters an experience which transforms
his character **
POST: (377b) (639) (811)

Conflict{782}

PRE: (718b) (759)
A, aristocrat, endeavors to pound a comprehension of class distinction into the
thick skull of A-8, a plebian * A, an aristocrat, and A-8, a plebian, fight a drawn
battle. Equal prowess spells equality, and A and A-8 become fast friends **
POST: (807 ch A-2 to A-8) (830 ch A-2 to A-8) (839 ch A-2 to A-8)

Conflict{783}

PRE: (597) (718b) (777)
A allows himself to be blackmailed by A-7, because he is convinced that he
unintentionally committed a crime * A, supposing himself a criminal, discovers that no
crime has been committed **
POST: (775) (1456 ch A-5 to A-7)

Conflict{784}

PRE: (403) (669) (787 ch A to B)
B, thinking herself a criminal, seeks to evade the law by various makeshifts * B
discovers that she is innocent of a crime she supposed she had committed **
POST: (468) (635 ch A to B) (870b)

Conflict{785}

PRE: (668; 33) (670; 33)
B’s mother, M-B, is a widow in desperate misfortune * B’s mother, M-B, is planning
a move which B knows will have unhappy consequences, but B cannot persuade
M-B against it **
POST: (420 ch B to M-B; 453 ch B to M-B) (892 ch B-3 to A & B to M-B)


B{23} Becoming Involved in a Complication that has to do with Mistaken Judgment and Suspicion

Conflict{786}

PRE: (598) (833) (1389a)
A, week-end guest at a country house, prowls about the place at night on a
perfectly honest enterprise * A is mistaken for a burglar **
POST: (664) (828) (1188 -*)

Conflict{787}

PRE: (1291b) (1449)
A, through circumstantial evidence, believes himself guilty of a crime which he
cannot remember of having committed, and which he did not in reality commit
POST: (296) (624) (695a, b) (1064)

-- page 107

Conflict{788}

PRE: (21) (1127 ch CN to B)
A believes B is an adventuress, seeking unlawful gain by pretending to be the
daughter of A-8 * B proves that she is the daughter of A-8 **
POST: (422b) (647 ch A-6 to A)

Conflict{789}

PRE: (633) (1331 -*)
A, seeking information as to his proper course, is under the delusion that everyone
is giving him false directions
POST: (759) (1331 *-**)

Conflict{790}

(a) PRE: (830) (865)
A, before the war, had a friend, A-2, who had rendered him a very great service *
A-2, during the war, is captured as an enemy spy and brought before Captain A **
Captain A allows an enemy spy, A-2, to escape, and ever afterward is regarded as
a traitor to his country ***
POST: (919a) (921 ch B to A) (1183)

(b) PRE: (838) (1115)
A, a judge, has a friend, A-2, brought before him for trial and sentence * A, a judge,
presiding at the trial of his friend, A-2, so manipulates proceedings in favor of A-2
that A-2 is acquitted ** A, a judge, proving false to his high duty, ever afterwards
bears a “crooked” reputation ***
POST: (949b) (952)

Conflict{791}

PRE: (697a) (926)
A, a doctor, comes of a proud old Southern family * A, a doctor, considers it his
duty to give medical assistance to outcasts and the morally inferior ** A, a doctor,
in following his ideals loses caste with his friends and neighbors ***
POST: (1434) (1447)

Conflict{792}

(a) PRE: (642 -**) (739; 1401)
-- HER obj
B mistakenly supposes A to be a thief when he restores to her an object, X, which
she has lost * A, restoring to B an object, X, which she has lost, mistakenly
-- HER obj
supposes her to be a thief because X seems too valuable to be honestly owned by one
in B’s straitened circumstances **
POST: (21) (822)

(b) PRE: (737c) (1154a) (1172 ch B-5 to B-8)
B places an identifying mark on the door of her hotel room. The mark is changed
in an unusual manner to another door; and B-8, occupant of the other room, is
found to have been murdered
POST: (645) (1204 **-***)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{793}

(a) PRE: (599) (603c)
A is persuaded by his friend, A-2, to engage in an enterprise * A is persuaded by
his friend, A-2, to undertake an enterprise which A knows to be extremely difficult
and which his judgment warns him to let alone **
POST: (653) (761a)

(b) PRE: (79 ch A-3 to A-2) (809 ch A-5 to A-2)
A is influenced by his friend, A-2, to take charge of some important papers * A,
obliging his friend, A-2, by taking charge of some secret docurnents, is arrested,
and accused on the strength of the documents, of having a part in a criminal conspiracy **
POST: (108) (715c)


B{24} Becoming the Victim of Mistaken Judgment in Carrying out an Enterprise

Conflict{794}

PRE: (603d) (671) (1291b)
A supposes his friend, A-2, is dead * A is astounded when his friend, A-2, whom he
supposed to be dead, suddenly appears before him **
POST: (1344) (1371)

-- page 108

Conflict{795}

PRE: (110-3) (182b) (431)
A, by trickery, is mistakenly convinced that he has achieved a cherished ambition
POST: (313) (488a) (918b)

Conflict{796}

PRE: (687) (973) (976 ch B to A) (1038 ch A-8 to A-3) (1274 -*)
A, by prayer, achieves success in an enterprise * A’s success is mistakenly credited
to A’s enemy, A-3 **
POST: (1163c ch A-4 to A-3) (1289b **-***) (1274 *-**)

Conflict{797}

PRE: (930 ch F-B to A & B to D-A) (919b) (1298)
A is a transgressor, long mysteriously missing from his home * A, a transgressor,
returning as an Unknown to his home, finds his daughter, D-A, reverencing his
memory as of a great and noble person **
POST: (964b) (1461c ch B to D-A)

Conflict{798}

PRE: (1319a ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (1438b)
A finds an object of mystery, X, seemingly of great value * A highly prizes an
object of mystery, X, carries it about with
him, and is unaware of the fact that his possession of X is fraught with terrible
danger **
POST: (623) (711b) (1382a)

Conflict{799}

PRE: (24b) (58a ch AX to A) (185) (737b ch B to A) (773) (786)
A commits a fault against propriety * A forces his way into the room of an
unmarried woman, B (766) ** B, in order to protect herself from A, calls a policeman,
A-6 ***
POST: (249) (347b) (658)

Conflict{800}

PRE: (514 ch CH to SN) (594c ch CH to SN) (551 ch CH to SN)
B has a weird delusion regarding her son, SN * B considers her son, SN, brilliant
and highly talented, whereas he is less than mediocre in mentality **
POST: (718b ch A to SN) (821 ch A to B) (853 ch A to SN) (896)

Conflict{801}

PRE: (24a, b, c, d, e) (27)
B wins the respect and protection of A * B reveals herself to A in the character of
a transgressor **
POST: (45a) (61) (69) (147) (648) (665)


B{61} Becoming Aware of an Important Secret that Calls for Decisive Action

Conflict{802}

(a) PRE: (771a) (780) (1444 ch B to B-8)
A discovers that B, supposed to have been murdered, really committed suicide
POST: (669; 738) (741; 738) (324; 738)

(b) PRE: (833) (841 ch A-2 to B) (1417)
A discovers that B, supposed to have committed suicide, was really murdered
POST: (422b) (568a ch A to A-8) (1154a)

Conflict{803}

(a) PRE: (1337) (1444)
A discovers that a cororner’s verdict of “accidental death” should have been one
of cold, premeditated murder
POST: (79 ch A to A-8) (568c ch A to A-8) (568d ch A to A-8) (1456)

(b) PRE: (606) (729)
A, in desperate need, discovers that a gem, X, which he supposed to be worthless,
is in reality genuine and immensely valuable
POST: (792a) (1166 ch A to A-8)

-- page 109

ConflictSubGroup{Helpfulness}

B{21} Falling into Misfortune through IVIistaken Judgment

Conflict{804}

PRE: (926) (928a) (709 ch A-2 to A-4)
A, tramping along a country road, sees a satchel, X, drop from a passing automobile
and takes possession of it * A, finding a satchel, X. in the road, picks it
up and carries it on with him, in the hope of returning it to the stranger, A-4, who
lost it ** A finds a satchel, X, which, unknown to him, contains evidence of an
incriminating nature ***
POST: (608) (623) (808a)

Conflict{805}

PRE: (600) (613 -* ch A-5 to A-4) (772 -*)
A seeks to help A-4, an old man in misfortune * A, seeking to help a stranger, A-4,
meets with an unpleasant experience **
POST: (613 *-** ch A-5 to A-4) (608) (623)

Conflict{806}

PRE: (162b) (1157 ch B to B-4 & A to A-5) (1241a, b) (1244b) (1220b ch A to A-8)
A, walking in the street, sees B-4, a stranger, weeping * A, giving aid to a stranger,
B-4, later regrets his impulsiveness **
POST: (801) (152b) (1159) (1208 ch B to B-4)

Conflict{807}

PRE: (906 -*) (913)
A, trying to be of service to his friend, A-2, is suspected of treachery by A-2
POST: (906 *-**) (603a, b, c, d) (867)

Conflict{808}

(a) PRE: (804 -** ch A-4 to B) (778 -* ch A to A-5; 1214 ch A-2 to B; 1227 ch A-2 to B)
-- HER obj
A takes possession of B’s property in order to save it for her * A, taking possession
of B’s property in order to save it for her, is falsely suspected by B of trying to
steal it **
POST: (21) (706c ch A to B)

(b) PRE: (747 ch A to B & A-2 to B-2) (773) (766) (800)
-- HER obj
A is older and more experienced than B and seeks to advise her wisely and help
-- HER obj
her avoid making mistakes * B resents the superior attitude assumed by A **
POST: (747 *-** ch A to B) (799) (812a) (870a) (828)

Conflict{809}

PRE: (599 ch A-2 to A-5) (612 -*) (662 -* ch A-2 to A-5) (793b -* ch A-2 to A-5)
A seeks to help A-5 in a certain enterprise * A, seeking to help A-5. does not know
that A-5 is a crook **
POST: (612 *-**) (662 *-** ch A-2 to A-5) (793b *-** ch A-5 to A-2)

Conflict{810}

PRE: (461) (619) (695a) (929 -*)
A is old, believes he is slipping in his work, and considers himself a failure * A’s
son, SN, wins for his college in a gruelling contest; and SN tells A, who is gloomy
and despairing and considers himself a failure, that his success was inspired by
the thought that his father had never been beaten ** A is inspired to carry on
successfully in his profession because of the faith his son, SN, has in him ***
POST: (674) (729 *-**)

Conflict{811}

PRE: (751-1) (781)
A, a miser, is lured into a charitable entei prise by the prospect of death * A,
undertaking charitable enterprises when he thought he was soon to die, regrets the
enterprises when he finds he still has a long life ahead of him ** A, a miser, would
recover money given in charity until he discovers how popular his bounty has made
him. Charmed by his popularity, he continues to be generous, and so consummates a
most remarkable character change ***
POST: ()

-- page 110

Conflict{812}

(a) PRE: (646 -* ch AX to A-4) (808b)
B, sympathetic and generous, befriends a needy stranger, A-4 * B, through
befriending a needy stranger, A-4, becomes involved in an unpleasant complication **
POST: (646 *-** ch AX to A-4) (669 ch A-5 to A-4)

(b) PRE: (982a ch A to F-B & NW to A) (997a ch A to F-B)
B’s father, F-B, fails in his attempt to subdue and control A, a “wild” and
unmanageable youth left in his charge * B, when her father, F-B, fails in an
enterprise, takes the enterprise off his hands **
POST: (22a) (115) (367a)


B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{813}

PRE: (425) (551 ch CH to SN) (594c ch CH to SN)
A seeks to protect his son, SN, from what he conceives to be disgrace and dishonor
on his own part
POST: (821) (881)

Conflict{814}

PRE: (114) (176b) (225)
A succeeds in an enterprise secretly devised by B as a test for his abilities
POST: (281c) (367b)


B{15} Finding a Sustaining Power in Misfortune

Conflict{815}

(a) PRE: (598) (985; 623) (890 ch B to A-4 & A-4 to A)
A is overtaken by A-4, a fugitive who is being pursued by A-6, an officer of the law *
A’s sympathy goes out to A-4, a fugitive from the law, and he attempts to rescue
him **
POST: (866) (998) (1161) (1163 tr A & A-4)

(b) PRE: (611b) (631)
A, a dissolute son, in want, returns to his home and his father, F-A, a better and a
wiser man than when he went away * A, a dissolute son, is freely forgiven his
transgressions by his father, F-A **
POST: (821 ch A to F-A & SN to A) (1166b ch A-9 to F-A)

Conflict{816}

(a) PRE: (174) (834)
A is on his way to keep an important engagement * A finds a stranger, A-4, ill,
exhausted and unconscious, lying in the road ** A subordinates his own affairs to
those of a stranger, A-4, who is ill, and helps him to a place where he can receive
medical attention ***
POST: (772) (1265b)

(b) PRE: (647) (669)
A’s friend, B, is in a foreign country, alone, homesick and discouraged * B, in a
foreign country, unexpectedly meets A, a friend from “home” **
POST: (744) (817) (850a)

Conflict{817}

PRE: (598) (610) (955)
A is an outlaw, hunted by the authorities and dodging about to escape capture *
A, under ban of the law, runs the risk of capture in order to aid B (647) (57), a
stranger who is in critical misfortune **
POST: (801) (837) (870b ch A-6 to A) (885a)

Conflict{818}

(a) PRE: (598) (610) (1169)
A, well-to-do and of good family, is impersonating a person who is “down and out” *
A has been hired by A-4 to circulate an infamous slander against B (60 ch A to A-4)
(339a ch A to A-4) ** A, hired by A-4 to injure B, meets B, his sympathy goes out
to her, and he revolts against A-4’s scheme and warns B ***
POST: (14a) (828) (870a; 870b ch A-6 to A & A-5 to A-4)

(b) PRE: (887b) (1329)
A, a hoodlum, rescues B from an attack by footpads * B befriends A, picks him
out of the gutter and makes a man of him **
POST: (837 tr A & B) (1075b) (850b)

-- page 111

(c) PRE: (905) (914)
A finds a small child, CH, on the beach after a shipwreck * A takes CH, a foundling,
-- HER obj
into his heart and his home and rears her as his own child **
POST: (305 ch B to CH) (1089)

(d) PRE: (898) (926)
A rescues a baby, CH, from death in a shipwreck * A, unable to learn anything
about a foundling, CH, adopts the child as his own **
POST: (245 ch A to CH) (948 ch B to CH) (1106 ch B to CH) (1458 ch B to CH)

Conflict{819}

PRE: (646 ch AX to A) (844a) (850a) (263 ch A-3 to A-5)
A, a burglar, seeks to aid B, who was his friend before he “went to the bad” * A,
friend of B, breaks into a building for the purpose of committing a robbery, and
finds a trusted employee, A-5, B’s husband, dead at his desk, a defaulter and a
suicide. A-5 has left a note explaining his guilt (753 ch A to A-5) ** A, in order
to save his friend B from disgrace, destroys a letter that would have proved B’s
husband, A-5, a defaulter and a suicide, “blows” a safe and pretends to have
committed a robbery ***
POST: (1075b; 918b) (922a) (952)


B{25} Seeking to Save a Person who is Accused of Transgression

Conflict{820}

PRE: (898) (913) (949b)
A learns that his friend, A-2, is accused of a crime * A, learning that his friend, A-2,
is accused of a crime, seeks to prove his innocence **
POST: (790b) (906)

Conflict{821}

PRE: (623 ch A to SN) (628 ch A to SN) (718b ch A to SN; 770a ch A to SN)
A’s son, SN, is arrested for committing a crime * A seeks to save his son, SN, from
misfortune and becomes involved in an unpleasant complication **
POST: (1290b ch A to SN & F-A to A) (601 ch A-2 to SN)

Conflict{822}

PRE: (648) (737b) (792a) (876a) (1172)
A supposes that B is a transgressor * A, honest, poses as a transgressor in order to
help B **
POST: (1167) (1171) (1192)

Conflict{823}

PRE: (918a) (955) (972)
A is a ne’er-do-well who has a friend, A-2, of worth in the world * A’s friend, A-2,
is unjustly condemned to death (715c ch A to A-2) (793b ch A to A-2 & A-2 to
A-3); and A, by subtlity, takes A-2’s place in the prison cell and dies in his stead **
POST: (876a)


B{27} Refusing to Betray Another’s Secret and Calmly Facing Persecution Because of the Refusal

Conflict{824}

PRE: (644; 147) (1016a -* ch A to A-6 & A-5 to A)
A is a prisoner of A-6, and A-6 seeks to secure from A information inimical to B
POST: (878c) (943b)


B{26} Seeking Secretly to Preserve Another from Danger

Conflict{825}

PRE: (641 ch B to D & F-B to A) (1285a ch A to NW-A)
A, aware that his end is approaching, seeks to protect his adopted daughter, D,
by making a will
POST: (1041) (1270)

Conflict{826}

PRE: (793b) (1228) (1323b)
A is thrown into prison through false evidence in a political conspiracy * B,
working secretly, rescues A from prison by proving his innocence **
POST: (1244b ch A to A-3) (1278b ch A to A-3, B to B-3 & B-3 to B)

-- page 112

Conflict{827}

PRE: (711c) (603b, c, d; 1334b) (855)
A, a sprinter, is on the point of losing a footrace because he believes he hears the
voice of a dead friend, A-2, calling for help (1160) * A, superstitious, is on the point
of suffering defeat in an enterprise because he thinks he hears the voice of a dead
friend, A-2, calling to him; but he is saved when A-8, one of the spectators, turns
the tragic call into a mere incident by a counter-call which allays A’s superstitious
fears **
POST: (918b) (1365)

Conflict{828}

PRE: (16a) (818a -**)
A, working “under cover,” contrives to prove B’s innocence of a certain crime (648)
(1154a) (1172) * A, proving B innocent of a certain crime, proves also the guilt
of B-5, a criminal whom B physically resembles **
POST: (818a **-***) (851 -*)

Conflict{829}

PRE: (75a; 163) (663) (793b ch A-2 to A-3) (1228) (1323b)
A is arrested for transgression on charges trumped up by a jealous rival, A-3 *
B, working in secret, proves A’s innocence of a certain transgression **
POST: (352b tr A & B) (1244b ch A to A-3)

Conflict{830}

PRE: (474 ch A to A-2) (1021b)
A, friend of A-2, exposes A-5, a spiritualist charlatan who is mulcting A-2 of large
sums of money * A, threatening A-5 with arrest, forces him to return money out
of which he has swindled A’s friend, A-2 **
POST: (1323c-2 ch A to A-5 & A-8 to A) (1337 ch A-8 to A-5)


B{16} Being Delivered from Misfortune by One who in Confidence Confesses a Secret of Transgression

Conflict{831}

PRE: (1024) (1027)
A, ill and starving, receives food and money from his friend, A-2 * A-2 tells his
friend, A, in confidence, that he is a bootlegger **
POST: (815 -* ch A-4 to A-2) (824 ch B to A-2) (1269)

Conflict{832}

PRE: (754) (809 ch A-5 to A-2) (1085)
A steals money from his employer, A-9, to help his friend, A-2, over a financial
crisis (753 ch A to A-2), intending to make good the shortage when A-2 gets back
on his feet and repays the loan * A tells his friend, A-2, that he has stolen money
from A-9 in order to help A-2 **
POST: (601; 631) (601; 654; 628) (730 ch A-3 to A-2)


B{57} Seeking to Unravel a Puzzling Complication

Conflict{833}

PRE: (1334c) (1337)
A sifts the circumstantial evidence of a crime in an attempt to discover the perpetrator
POST: (1371) (1413a) (1449)


B{53} Opposing the Plans of a Crafty Schemer

Conflict{834}

PRE: (1214) (837 ch B to A-2)
A, becoming secretly aware of the plans for a holdup, endeavors to prevent it
POST: (865 ch A to A-8 & A-2 to A) (1227a)


B{43} Seeking to Overcome Personal Limitations in Carrying Out an Enterprise

Conflict{835}

PRE: (116) (1074) (1090) (1096) (1111a)
A overhears a chance conversation and secures information of the utmost value *
A, by chance, overhears a conversation that gives him material for a literary masterpiece **
POST: (281c) (749)

-- page 113

B{28} Facing a Situation in which the Misfortunes of One Greatly Esteemed Call for Courage and Sagacious Enterprise

Conflict{836}

PRE: (601 -*) (671 -**) (716)
A meets with unhappy experiences when he tries to help his friend, A-2, who has
fallen into misfortune
POST: (601 *-**) (671 **-***) (704) (764) (790a, b)

Conflict{837}

PRE: (179a, b, c) (188b -*) (230 -*) (382 -*) (773 -*) (851 -*)
A tries to help B—with results that are wholly unexpected
POST: (45a, b) (188b -**) (230 *-**) (382 *-**) (773 *-**) (861 *-**)

Conflict{838}

PRE: (220 tr A & A-2) (716) (793a)
A, in order to help his friend, A-2, puts aside his principles and engages in
distasteful enterprise
POST: (790a, b) (807) (840)

Conflict{839}

PRE: (1061 ch A to A-2) (1062 ch A to A-2) (1063 ch A to A-2)
A seeks to correct a character weakness in his friend, A-2 * A seeks to correct a
character weakness in his friend, A-2, by telling him a story which
subtly suggests a method of self-correction **
-- TODO: Extra outlinks at end: (The story: 1082b) (The story: 1330)
POST: (607) (918a ch A to A-2) (922a ch A to A-2) (1104 ch A to A-2)

Conflict{840}

PRE: (126 ch A to A-2) (619 ch A to A-2) (1314 ch A to A-2)
A seeks to prevent his friend, A-2, from committing a reckless act that would have
fateful consequences * A plies his friend, A-2, with drink until he is intoxicated
and helpless in order to prevent him from committing a reckless act that would
have fateful consequences **
POST: (779 tr A & A-2) (880a tr A & A-2)

Conflict{841}

PRE: (313 ch A to A-2; 705 ch A to A-2) (720 ch A to A-2; 705 ch A to A-2)
A discovers secretly that his friend, A-2, has committed suicide * A seeks to save
the family of A-2 from shame and disgrace because of a reckless act committed
by A-2 **
POST: (868) (1160)

Conflict{842}

(a) PRE: (847) (911) (923) (963) (1061)
A tries to rescue a child, CH (842b -*), makes a heroic attempt, and both die
POST: ()

(b) PRE: ()
A rescues a child, CH from [1] a burning house, [2] a speeding train, [3] a
racing automobile [4] or a cattle stampede * A, in performing a rescue, cripples
himself for life **
POST: (257b) (715b)

Conflict{843}

PRE: (59 ch B to B-2) (239 ch B to B-2)
B is convinced that her friend, B-2, is making a mistake * B, convinced that her
friend, B-2, is making a mistake, resolves to correct the mistake in secret, since
B-2 will not do it **
POST: (294b ch A to B, A-2 to B-2 & B to A) (849 ch B-4 to B-2)

Conflict{844}

(a) PRE: (850a, b) (1083)
B, an attractive married woman, clever and influential, seeks diversion by helping her friend, A
POST: (17a, b) (257a)

(b) PRE: (256) (324)
B’s friend, B-2, seeks to save A, B’s fiance, from the wiles of a designing woman,
B-3, and restore him to B * B’s friend, B-2, seeks to save B’s lover, A, from
a designing woman, B-3, by winning A away from B-3 **
POST: (243 ch B-2 to B-3) (24a, b ch B to B-2)

-- page 114

B{30} Enlisting Whole-Heartedly in the Service of a Needy Unfortunate and Conferring Aid of the Utmost Value

Conflict{845}

PRE: (755 ch A to A-2; 922b ch A to A-2) (926)
A, poor and humble, at great self-sacrifice helps A-2, an old man poorer than A
himself * A, through his enterprise, restores A-2 to friends and fortune **
POST: (876a ch B to A-2; 850b ch B to A & A to A-2; 880b tr A & A-2; 601)

Conflict{846}

PRE: (710 ch A to A-2) (1145 ch A to A-2; 1161 ch A-4 to A-2)
A’s friend, A-2, falls from exhaustion while engaged in an enterprise * A completes
a task for A-2, his friend, which A-2 was unable to finish **
POST: (662) (1058)

Conflict{847}

PRE: (911) (914)
A, a rough frontiersman in a rough frontier camp, undertakes the care of an orphan
baby, CH
POST: (842a, b)

Conflict{848}

(a) PRE: (74b) (928a) (970)
A, seeking to help B, who is in distress, meets with unpleasant complications
POST: (772 ch A-4 to B) (773) (792a)

(b) PRE: (974) (1118)
A rescues B, who has been attacked by a huge snake * B, attacked by a huge snake,
suffers a psychic shock **
POST: (505 -*) (740 ch B to D-B & M-B to B) (872) (1445)

Conflict{849}

PRE: (173) (1343 ch A to B)
B, in charge of a booth at a charity bazaar, seeks to prevent B-4 from buying a
certain object, X, on which she seems to have set her heart
POST: (1245) (839 ch A to B & A-2 to B-4)

Conflict{850}

(a) PRE: (85a, b) (114) (115) (718b) (812a -* ch A-4 to A)
B discovers in backward A a promise of great things, and attempts to guide him
to a high goal
POST: (801 tr A & B) (814) (844a)

(b) PRE: (818b -*) (1075a) (1126) (1329)
B seeks to rescue A from a life of dissipation and make a man of him * B picks
A out of the gutter and gives him employment **
POST: (818b *-**) (1075b)

-- page 115

ConflictSubGroup{Deliverance}

B{21} Falling into Misfortune through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{851}

PRE: (87) (176b) (232) (375) (600)
A rescues B from imminent danger, but only by bringing the danger upon himself * A
is unable to extricate himself from the peril from which he rescues B ** A
rescues B from [1] a ferocious wild animal, [2] from a burning steamer, [3] from the
undertow while ocean bathing, [4] from a train wreck, [5] from an automobile
accident or [6] from a landing airplane on a flying field
POST: (31) (367b) (500a) (885a)

Conflict{852}

PRE: (1366) (1428 -*) (1433a, b, c)
A dreams of danger, but discredits the dream and believes the danger real
POST: (1428 *-**) (1358) (1375)

Conflict{853}

PRE: (1374 -*) (1377b) (1389b) (1418b -*)
A, a mediocre person, undergoes a weird experience (1342) (1082b) * A, a mediocre
person, undergoes an experience which inspires him with grandiose ideas of his
power and ability **
POST: (1418b *-**) (1374 *-**) (1060) (1134) (1330)

Conflict{854}

PRE: (1346 ch A to A-9; 596 ch A-5 to A-9) (1303) (1290a ch A to A-9; 596 ch A-5 to A-9)
A discovers a fateful secret of his rich and powerful employer, A-9 * A, because
he has knowledge of A-9’s guilty secret is persecuted, spied upon and thrown into
prison on a trumped-up charge **
POST: (884a ch A-5 to A-9) (887a ch A-3 to A-9)

Conflict{855}

PRE: (661) (681a) (1347) (1391)
A struggles against an hallucinary enemy, AX, who fights with superstition as a
weapon
POST: (732) (1348a) (1375)

Conflict{856}

PRE: (690) (693) (1419b)
A, caught in a trap that holds his body powerless but leaves his mind alert, seeks
to achieve physical freedom
POST: (682) (1419a)

Conflict{857}

PRE: (858) (862) (1061) (1078) (1110)
A seeks to achieve emancipation from a fear which dogs his life, shows in his face
and manner, and plunges him into misfortune
POST: (951) (1104) (1350) (1374) (1375)

Conflict{858}

PRE: (558 tr A & A-3) (1061)
A is made miserably unhappy by the fear of death * and would emancipate himself from it **
POST: (439 tr A & A-3) (1082a) (1104)

Conflict{859}

PRE: (249) (385a) (623) (786)
A, falsely accused of crime, seeks to clear himself of the accusation
POST: (828 tr A & B & ch B-5 to A-5) (829) (1291a ch A to A-5) (1447)

Conflict{860}

PRE: (601) (606) (656)
A, impoverished, seeks to recoup his fortunes by a wealthy
marriage
POST: (230) (378) (422b)

Conflict{861}

PRE: (718a) (332 tr B & A)
A, of an inferior race, rescues B, of a superior race, from
accident * A, when he rescues B, becomes involved in an unpleasant complication,
due to mistaken judgment **
POST: (31) (282b)

Conflict{862}

PRE: (288) (937) (1064) (1075a)
A fears he will commit a transgression * A, fearing he will commit a transgression,
seeks to emancipate himself from the fear, and from the possibility of doing evil **
POST: (963) (1075b)

-- page 116

B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{863}

(a) PRE: (618) (726a) (954) (1071) (1094)
A’s popularity becomes so great that it annoys him * A desires a place of seclusion
where he can be absolutely alone, away from cables, wireless, mails and the public **
POST: (690) (719b) (897)

(b) PRE: (768) (965)
A seeks to enhance his social prestige * A invites a celebrity, A-4, to be guest of
honor at a reception in his home, and A-4 accepts **
POST: (702) (1164)

(c) PRE: (461) (606)
A, keeper of a hotel at a summer resort, faces failure in business through lack of
custom * A, a hotel keeper facing failure, invites A-4, a celebrity, to be a guest
at his hotel, and A-4 accepts **
POST: (1161 ch A to A-8) (1162 ch A-5 to A-4)

Conflict{864}

PRE: (611a) (770a) (952)
A is a man of wealth and high character whose conscience is troubled by a
transgression committed in his earlier years * A, under a fictitious name, returns to
his native place, where he had committed a youthful transgression, and, as an
Unknown, seeks to discover: [1] Whether his youthful escapades have been forgotten
and forgiven; [2] whether the person whom he wronged has suffered any
lasting injury. Also, he wishes [3] to make reparation in an assumed character
for wrong done in his true character; and [4] to establish a reputation for good
behavior and lofty aims in the community before revealing his real identity **
POST: (708) (1199)

Conflict{865}

PRE: (216) (314 -*) (619)
A, about to commit an act of folly, is abducted by his friend, A-2, and held a prisoner
as the only means of restraining him
POST: (314 *-**) (880a) (867 tr A & A-2)

Conflict{866}

PRE: (92) (637)
A is arrested and is being taken to prison by A-6 * A’s captor, A-6, an officer of
the law, is killed in an accident, and is supposed to be A; consequently, A secures
his freedom **
POST: (707) (717)

Conflict{867}

PRE: (807) (865 tr A & A-2) (808a ch B to A-2) (709) (1319a) (1214)
A, suspected of treachery by his friend, A-2, in a daring rescue saves the property
and perhaps the life of A-2, and proves his faithfulness by a revelation of the danger
to which A-2, unknown to himself, was exposed
POST: (1227a) (839)

Conflict{868}

PRE: (601 ch A to A-2 & A-2 to A-8; 705 ch A to A-2) (838)
A, destroying a letter in which his friend, A-2, declares he is about to commit
suicide, makes it appear that A-2 died of a contagious disease
POST: (906) (944)

Conflict{869}

PRE: (949a) (955)
A, a fugitive from justice with a price on his head, prevents B from
committing suicide
POST: (641; 743a) (647; 743a)

Conflict{870}

(a) PRE: (62) (134a) (220) (415) (447)
B, harrassed by gossip that reflects on her integrity, seeks deliverance from false
suspicion
POST: (83) (86) (870b) (1151)

(b) PRE: (669) (784) (817 ch A to A-6) (818 ch A to A-6)
B, her integrity seriously compromised, finds a friend in A-6, a detective * A-6
proves that B’s enemy, A-5, is a crook, and has him sent to prison **
POST: ()

-- page 117

Conflict{871}

PRE: (313) (676)
B’s father, F-B, is compelling B to take a step which she believes will be fatal to
her happiness * B, compelled by her father, F-B, to take a step which she believes
will be fatal to her happiness, escapes the catastrophe by a stratagem **
POST: (1241b) (1244b)

Conflict{872}

PRE: (740) (1334a ch A to B) (1342a ch A to B)
B fears she is going insane * B, fearing she is going insane, seeks emancipation from
the demoralizing fear **
POST: (1067) (1069) (1445)

Conflict{873}

PRE: (227) (305) (1458)
B discovers an evil secret of her past * B, discovering an evil secret of her past,
meditates suicide **
POST: (802a) (870b) (893) (1051) (1055)


B{15} Finding a Sustaining Power in Misfortune

Conflict{874}

PRE: (430) (606) (680a)
A is heavily in debt and facing bankruptcy * A seeks to escape financial disaster
by undertaking an honest but secret enterprise (1394) (1399) (1408) that will
bring him in enough money to discharge his pressing obligations **
POST: (540) (770a)

Conflict{875}

(a) PRE: (823 -*) (824 ch A to A-2) (731 ch A to A-2)
A, visiting A-2 in his prison cell, exchanges clothes with him and A-2 leaves the
prison as A
POST: (823 *-**) (1344 tr A & A-2)

(b) PRE: (233) (660a) (662) (664) (719a) (179a tr A & B)
A is rescued by B * B makes use of A’s hound dog in tracking A **
POST: (367b) (850a)

Conflict{876}

(a) PRE: (3a) (949b; 801)
A sees a policeman, A-6, watching B, who is about to pick a pocket (724 ch A to
B) * A warns B of danger from A-6 **
POST: (69) (359)

(b) PRE: (85b) (97) (134b)
A and B find themselves prisoners in a deserted house * A and B, trapped in a
deserted house, seek some method of escape (170). A hurls himself from an upper
window and, his arm broken, secures aid and rescues B **
POST: (140) (360a)

Conflict{877}

PRE: (895 ch A to A-2) (1070 ch A to A-2)
A, a sheriff, is by duty compelled to hang a condemned man, his friend, A-2 * A.
a sheriff, believes A-2, the man he is about to hang, innocent of the crime for which
he was sentenced ** A, a sheriff, delays hanging a condemned man, A-2, in the
hope that a Higher Power will intervene to save A-2 ***
POST: (535 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A-2) (826 ch A to A-2)

Conflict{878}

(a) PRE: (691) (687)
A, a ventriloquist, is captured by savages and threatened with death * A, a
ventriloquist, captured by savages and threatened with death, makes an animal talk—and
is given his freedom and loaded with honors **
POST: (714) (714; 197)

(b) PRE: (692) (719b)
A, adrift at sea in a small boat and near death from exposure, lands on an unknown
coast
POST: (686) (690)

(c) PRE: (244) (331) (714)
A, a prisoner, bound, helpless and facing death, is rescued by resourceful B
POST: (347a) (901)

Conflict{879}

PRE: (188b ch B to A & A to A-4) (705)
A, attempting to commit suicide, is prevented from doing so by A-4, who comes to
the same place to make an attempt on his own life
POST: (840 ch A-2 to A-4) (850a ch B to A-4) (865 ch A-2 to A-4)

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Conflict{880}

(a) PRE: (216) (314) (840 tr A & A-2) (865)
A, by a stratagem of his friend, A-2, is saved from an act of folly * A, saved by a
stratagem of his friend, A-2, from an act of folly, comes to realize his intended
folly, forgive the stratagem, and thank A-2 **
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (805 ch A-4 to A & A to A-2) (894 ch A-5 to A & A to A-2)
A, an old man, a homeless outcast and a “bum,” is restored to relatives and to
fortune by a friend, A-2
POST: (831; 1269) (1264)

Conflict{881}

PRE: (813) (928b -*)
A has turned his back upon happiness because of an obligation he fancies himself
under to his son, SN * A’s son, SN, discovers a fateful secret of A’s (425), and
persuades him to correct an error and regain lost happiness **
POST: (928 *-**) (499a) (790b ch A-2 to SN)

Conflict{882}

PRE: (946 ch B to A) (914) (1239)
A’s philanthropic enterprise is about to fail * A’s philanthropic enterprise faces
financial failure; and A, a reformed gambler, keeps the enterprise going with
crooked card games **
POST: (665 ch B to A) (963)

Conflict{883}

PRE: (1209a) (1298) (955)
A, a hunted outlaw in disguise, takes refuge with an enemy, A-3 * A, a hunted
outlaw, takes refuge with an enemy, A-3; and A-3, considering himself bound by
the laws of hospitality, conceals A and saves him from his pursuers, A-6, A-6 **
POST: (923 ch A-5 to A-3) (1022)

Conflict{884}

(a) PRE: (136 ch A-3 to A-5) (596) (660b)
A is bitterly persecuted by a relentless enemy, A-5 * A, bitterly persecuted by a
relentless enemy, A-5, sees no possible escape from the coil; then, suddenly, A-5
is killed in an accident **
POST: (1344 -* ch A-2 to A-5) (1132)

(b) PRE: (579a) (976) (1427b) (1133)
A, an agnostic, is caught in a terrific storm * A, an agnostic, is persuaded into a
belief in God by B when, together, they escape a terrible danger through prayer **
POST: (1375) (1128a -*) (922a)

Conflict{885}

(a) PRE: (666) (837) (879 ch A to B & A-4 to A)
B, while carrying out an enterprise, is rescued from imminent danger by A * A,
unable to rescue himself from danger incurred in saving B, is in turn rescued by B **
POST: (31) (191)

(b) PRE: (144) (146) (306) (483b) (737b)
B is a prisoner in one of the upper floors of a tall building * B, a prisoner in a room
on one of the upper floors of a tall building, saves herself by making use of the fire
escape **
POST: (31) (870a, b)

Conflict{886}

PRE: (676 ch F-B to M-B) (739) (741 ch F-B to M-B) (908) (996; 1105)
B’s mother, M-B, is in straitened circumstances and estranged from B * B’s mother,
M-B, inherits a large sum of money unexpectedly, and becomes reconciled with B,
from whom she was estranged **
POST: (785) (1067) (1246)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{887}

(a) PRE: (677 ch B to A; 1309a ch B to A & A to A-3) (677 ch B to A; 568c)
A, held on a murder charge, wins freedom by an unusual plea 9f his attorney, A-7 *
A, held on a murder charge, is released from custody when his lawyer, A-7, proves
that A, “drunk with sleep,” had believed his victim, A-3, was trying to kill him **
POST: (870a ch B to A) (695a)

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(b) PRE: (682; 880b) (937)
A, once a cultured man but now a barbarian, is rescued from an unfortunate
situation by his old friend, A-2 * A., a barbarian, is compelled to deal with a civilization
which he once knew but now has forgotten **
POST: (1093) (1132) (1291b; 1195) (1291b) (1345)

Conflict{888}

PRE: (1418a; 1427a) (1436; 1427a) (1441a; 1427a) (1426b -*)
A undergoes a strange experience among people hypnotically deluded * A, undergoing
a strange experience among people weirdly deluded, discovers the secret
of the delusion written in a notebook belonging to A-8, one of the victims who had
died. By means of information obtained from the notebook, A succeeds in rescuing
the other victims of the delusion **
POST: (1366) (1368; 1061)

Conflict{889}

PRE: (115) (591) (633) (681a) (708) (1082b)
A, recovering his reason after it has long been obscured, relates a strange story of
his experiences, a story which his friends find it difficult to believe
POST: (888) (1411) (1418a; 1422a)

Conflict{890}

PRE: (87; 1100) (470) (1154a) (1172)
B, engaged in carrying out a secret enterprise, finds herself in danger and calls
upon a stranger, A-4, for aid
POST: (1025) (1417)

Conflict{891}

PRE: (32; 35 ch A to A-3) (765)
B’s escort to a dance, A-3. gets into a fight with another man, A * B saves A
from a knife in the hands of his enemy, A-3 **
POST: (31 tr A & B) (94a)

Conflict{892}

PRE: (220) (218a) (340) (946)
B dies of pneumonia brought on by exposure while
rescuing B-3 from an accident
POST: (53) (405 tr B & B-3)

Conflict{893}

PRE: (27) (124) (227) (514) (594c) (665) (800 ch SN to CH)
B performs an
act of great heroism in rescuing a child, CH, from death, but sacrifises her own life
in making the rescue
POST: ()


B{25} Seeking to Save a Person who is Accused of Transgression

Conflict{894}

PRE: (613) (926) (939)
A, robbed by A-5 and wishing to save him from the law, declares to A-6, the officer
who has arrested A-5, that he gave A-5 the stolen property in his possession
POST: (918a ch A to A-5) (918b ch A to A-5) (923 ch A to A-5 & A-5 to A-8)

Conflict{895}

PRE: (568d ch A-3 to A & A to A-5) (667) (1070)
B implores A-9, the governor of the state, for a pardon for A, a condemned prisoner *
B knows that A is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted **
POST: (108)

Conflict{896}

PRE: (467 ch A-8 to SN) (623 ch A to SN)
B learns that her son, SN, is suspected of having committed a crime * B knows
that her son, SN, is innocent of the crime of which he is accused, and she knows
who is guilty, but this knowledge makes the task of protecting SN dangerous
and difficult **
POST: (516 ch CH to SN) (725 ch A to B & A-5 to A) (1291a)

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ConflictSubGroup{Idealism}

B{21} Falling into Misfortune through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{897}

PRE: (618) (954) (1094)
A’s popularity becomes so annoying that he seeks what he conceives to be ideal
seclusion (865; 664) (689) (690) to escape from it * A, seeking seclusion because
his popularity annoys him, becomes hungry for the old applause and suffers remorse
because of his flight from it **
POST: (682) (900)

Conflict{898}

PRE: (106 -*) (492a)
A is a selfish person, constantly looking out for “Number One” * A, selfish and
miserly, finds that his methods are mistaken and that he is making no progress
towards happiness **
POST: (106 *-**) (307) (372) (597) (632) (661) (698) (918b)

Conflict{899}

PRE: (99) (902)
A is wealthy and avaricious, and happy only when adding to his riches * A, wealthy
and avaricious, loses all by grasping for trifling gains **
POST: (322b) (377b) (747)

Conflict{900}

PRE: (1330) (1350)
A’s imagination leads his mind astray, and in seeking emancipation from fancied
misfortunes he is plunged into real misfortunes * A, given all he thought necessary
for his happiness, finds there is still something lacking—something in himself **
POST: (150) (634) (1348a)

Conflict{901}

PRE: (687; 244) (878a) (937)
A is a white man who seeks to make his white civilization a pattern for half-savage
peoples * A “goes native” and marries a native woman, B **
POST: (682) (922b)

Conflict{902}

PRE: (675) (718b) (913) (991) (1079) (1124) (1148) (1150)
A has a passion for a certain pastime: [1] card games. [2] billiards, [3] tennis,
[4] bowlling, and he becomes so absorbed in his trifling game that big events, demanding
his immediate attention, are neglected with disastrous results
POST: (620) (629) (753) (957b)

Conflict{903}

PRE: (850a) (1143b)
A is a conscientious artist, whose ideal is Truth * A, hired by B to paint her portrait,
puts so much character and so little beauty into his work that B is deeply offended **
POST: (1143b; 1386b; 1408) (1386b)

Conflict{904}

PRE: (197) (244)
A, a morally superior person thrown into a savage environment, is conquered by
moral inferiority in the person of B, a native girl
POST: (347a) (901)

Conflict{905}

PRE: (656; 927) (768)
A’s pride will not allow him to discontinue benefactions for which his family has
long been noted, although his poverty forces him to many shifts of simulation,
demands pinching sacrifises, and taxes his ingenuity
POST: (628) (1213)

Conflict{906}

PRE: (157 ch A-3 to A-2) (836) (838)
A discovers that his friend, A-2, is a defaulter *
A-2 has important responsibilities, which A has not, and A flees, thus making it
appear that he is the defaulter **
POST: (80a ch A-3 to A-2) (603b, c, d) (807) (841)

Conflict{907}

PRE: (918a) (922a)
A, unable to find the noble ideal for which he has long and vainly searched, dies *
A, after searching in vain for a noble ideal, dies unaware of the fact that he himself,
because of his earnest search, has come to exemplify the ideal **
POST: (943a) (944)

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Conflict{908}

PRE: (65 -*) (372) (585b)
B is a selfish, hard-hearted, worldly-minded woman who seeks to live for herself
alone. She wonders why she is not happy and contented
POST: (65 *-**) (310) (505)

Conflict{909}

PRE: (649) (628 ch A to BR-B) (977a, b)
B indirectly causes the death of her brother, BR-B, by opposing a discreditable
enterprise he was attempting to carry out * B dies a broken-hearted victim of her
own high ideals **
POST: ()


B{31} Living a Lonely, Cheerless Life and Seeking Companionship

Conflict{910}

PRE: (736 ch B to D-A) (1105 ch B to D-A)
-- HER obj
A seeks happiness in being the pal of his daughter, D-A, and in making her happy *
A is ultra old-fashioned, and his daughter, D-A, is ultra modern **
POST: (1067 ch B to D-A) (1151 ch B to D-A)

Conflict{911}

PRE: (698) (914) (914; 918a)
A seeks happiness in his love for a child, CH, but for certain reasons finds it
difficult to realize his desire
POST: (912a) (842a, b) (922a; 923)

Conflict{912}

(a) PRE: (695a) (695b)
A’s consuming desire is for friendship, for some one with whom he may associate
and converse; but he is old and ugly, and no one pays him any attention
POST: (735 tr A & A-8) (762) (911) (1059)

(b) PRE: (1311) (1314)
A becomes reconciled with an enemy, A-3, when A-3 renders him a service
POST: (815a ch A to A-3 & A-4 to A) (829 ch A-3 to A-8 & B to A-3)

Conflict{913}

PRE: (379) (457 ch A to A-2)
A, suffering misfortune, seeks happiness in the companionship of A-2 and in playing
golf
POST: (157 ch A-3 to A-2) (603b, c, d) (807) (820) (981) (1007) (1035)

Conflict{914}

PRE: (817 ch B to CH) (911)
A is a gambler pursuing his blackleg vocation * A handicaps himself by taking
charge of an abandoned baby, CH **
POST: (847) (963) (1087)

Conflict{915}

PRE: (623) (1186) (1282)
A flees to a foreign country to escape the consequences
of a transgression * A, a fugitive in a foreign land, becomes so homesick for his
own country that he has to return **
POST: (237) (635) (635; 708) (864) (1199) (1209a)

Conflict{916}

PRE: (60) (816b)
B, her lot cast in a lonely place, craves excitement as a condition
necessary to happiness
POST: (88) (143) (414) (694) (765) (844a)


B{32} Seeking to Conceal Identity Because of a Lofty Idealism

Conflict{917}

PRE: (512) (952) (971)
A mysteriously disappears from his own community; and. when he reappears
among strangers, he bears a fictitious name * A, seeking to forward an enterprise
which those who know him might consider absurd or unworthy, changes his name
and goes secretly to a place where he is unknown **
POST: (259-3) (967)

-- page 122

Conflict{918}

(a) PRE: (80a) (150) (312-1) (602)
A seeks to rebuild his life wasted in dissipation, along the lines of exemplary ideals *
A, in carrying out a worthy enterprise, changes his name and goes to a place where
he is unknown **
POST: (683) (708) (864)

(b) PRE: (718b) (898)
A undergoes a tragic experience which results in a beneficial character change
POST: (639) (686) (751) (767 ch B to A) (819) (894 ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{919}

(a) PRE: (940) (949a) (960) (1082a)
A, a soldier, disappears from the ranks * A, .a soldier, disappears from the ranks
and dies secretly and heroically for an ideal of duty; but he is reported “a deserter
under fire” **
POST: (919c) (928b ch A to F-A & SN to A)

(b) PRE: (930 ch B to D-A & F-B to A) (734) (967)
A, a soldier, is a deserter under fire but falsely reported “missing in action” * A,
after long years of wandering as an outcast, returns as an Unknown to his own
home **
POST: (548a) (550) (684 ch F-B to A) (797)

(c) PRE: (615) (1061)
A, a soldier, is reported “a deserter under fire” * A, a soldier facing a large force
of the enemy, fights against overwhelming odds until he is killed **
POST: (930 ch F-B to A & eliminate “whom she mistakenly thinks is dead”) (928b ch A to F-A & SN to A) (958) (963)

Conflict{920}

PRE: ()
A, humble and supporting himself by menial tasks (718a) (748) (749 -*), loses
a work of art (709 tr A & A-2) (711b ch A to A-2) about which there are no marks
of identification. The work of art, X, is found and pronounced by connoisseurs
to be the production of a master. In the public prints the unknown artist is
invited to come forward and receive the honors and wealth to which his genius
entitles him. But A’s ideal is “art for art’s sake,” and he will not be tempted
POST: (1275) (931 ch B to A & M-B to F-A)

Conflict{921}

PRE: (279 -*) (435a)
B realizes that her happiness and her duty lie in rehabilitating her character; in
establishing, under an assumed name, an exemplary character and thus to make
amends for a grievous wrong committed under her real name
POST: (279 *-**) (743b) (665)


B{35} Becoming Involved in a Complication that Challenges the Value of Cherished Ideals

Conflict{922}

(a) PRE: (578a) (819) (894 tr A & A-5) (918b)
A has low ideals, but changes
them abruptly for high ideals * A searches everywhere for a Good Man, whom he
envisons and personifies, but who evades him **
POST: (963) (964a)

(b) PRE: (158) (606)
A has high ideals but, on suffering misfortune, he changes his high ideals for low
ideals * A becomes a “bum,” an outcast and a wanderer **
POST: (259-2) (263)

Conflict{923}

PRE: (224) (578a)
A, a crook, is trying to “go straight” * A, a crook trying to “go straight,” is
compelled by A-5. the leader of his old gang, to take part in a criminal enterprise **
POST: (894) (998 ch A to A-5 & A-4 to A)

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Conflict{924}

(a) PRE: (700) (1062)
A, wealthy, desires with all his heart to live as a poor man * A, wealthy and
desiring to live as a poor man, finds that his wealth makes it impossible **
POST: (431) (929)

(b) PRE: (898) (899)
A, wealthy, seeks to lead a life of idleness and luxurious leisure * A is wealthy, and
his ideal life is a life of leisure—but he meets with an experience that challenges
his ideal **
POST: (322b) (751)

Conflict{925}

PRE: (139; 245 ch A to A-2 & A-3 to A) (433b ch A to A-2 & A-3 to A; 411b ch A to A-2 & A-3 to A)
A is a “man of the world,” relentlessly looking out for “Number One” and having
little regard for others * A grievously wrongs his friend, A-2, and is taught a
beneficial lesson when A-2 freely forgives him **
POST: (922a) (963)

Conflict{926}

PRE: (954) (970)
A’s lofty aim is to be a benefactor of mankind * A, trying to realize his ideal of
being a benefactor of mankind, meets with a disturbing experience **
POST: (188b) (613) (791) (804)

Conflict{927}

PRE: (926) (928a)
A seeks to throw open his home to friends and strangers alike, and be generously
hospitable, but certain unpleasant conditions make it difficult
POST: (613) (905)

Conflict{928}

(a) PRE: (764 -*) (769) (772 -*) (773 -*) (805)
A, in a spirit of altruism, befriends all in need * A is never too busy to give aid to
others and, because of it, he has an unpleasant experience **
POST: (764 *-**) (772 *-**) (773 *-**) (807)

(b) PRE: (800 ch B to A)
A is proud of his son, SN * A’s son, SN, dies a shameful, inglorious death, bringing
dishonor and sorrow to A **
POST: (568c ch A to A-8 & A-3 to SN) (821) (919a)

Conflict{929}

PRE: (431; 488a) (924a)
A, believing poverty the key to happiness, changes his ideals when he finds himself
wealthy, and happy as he had never been in the days of his poverty
POST: ()

Conflict{930}

PRE: (919b -* ch A to F-B) (1142b ch A to F-B)
B builds a monument to her father, F-B, whom she mistakenly thinks is dead, and
-- HER obj
whose memory is to her a source of pride and honor
POST: (684) (797 ch A to F-B & D-A to B)

Conflict{931}

PRE: (65 -*) (83) (143) (766) (1105) (1106)
B is happy in her mistaken ideals *
B is compelled to challenge the value of her ideals when she sees her mother, M-B,
pursuing them **
POST: (1246)


B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{932}

PRE: (1111a) (1074)
A is a writer who plans to work up a pet idea into a story * A, a writer, before he
begins work on a story, wishes to make sure that the tale he has in mind will be
interesting to the general public. He plans to settle the question by secret enterprise **
POST: (598) (835) (1460)

Conflict{933}

PRE: (104) (189)
B decides that there is more to be gained by suffering defeat in an enterprise than
by being successful
POST: (356) (931)

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B{17} Bearing Patiently with Misfortunes and Seeking to Attain Cherished Aims Honorably

Conflict{934}

PRE: (181b -*) (425 -*)
A, father of SN, renounces happiness in order to uphold a lofty conception of duty
and save SN from disgrace
POST: (881) (181b *-**) (425 *-***) (330b ch F-A to A & A to SN)

Conflict{935}

PRE: (718b) (948 ch B to A)
A, penniless, exchanges ten years of servitude for a college education
POST: (595) (756) (918b)

Conflict{936}

PRE: (512) (513) (1006b) (1073)
A’s cherished ideal is the sea, and far-flung adventures * A cannot realize his
cherished ideal because he is compelled to work at a desk job in order to support
himself and his dependents **
POST: (991) (1148a)

Conflict{937}

PRE: (687) (689) (690)
A is a morally superior person * A, a morally superior person, is cast away in a
vicious, isolated, primitive environment where moral inferiority assails his high
idealism on every side **
POST: (197) (244) (682) (901) (973)

Conflict{938}

PRE: (941) (1122)
A is a clever craftsman who struggles to earn a living while upholding his ideals *
A, if he chooses, could win vast wealth by sacrificing his high principles **
POST: (943a) (944)

Conflict{939}

PRE: (485) (922a) (926)
A seeks good in evil by culling lessons in good out of his association with
transgressors—inspiration for contentment out of his misfortunes
POST: (907) (772) (1167)

Conflict{940}

PRE: (939) (900 -*)
A is a man of wealth and influence who feels that the gold of his true worth is
obscured by the dross of his riches * A enlists as a private in the army when he might
easily have secured an officer’s commission **
POST: (918b) (919a, c)

Conflict{941}

PRE: (171) (748)
A seeks, through idealism, to be content with life in spite of a grinding poverty
that makes life wretched
POST: (942) (943a) (922b)

Conflict{942}

PRE: (903) (941)
A has fallen upon evil days and luck goes against him in every way * A clings to
his lofty ideals through all his vicissitudes of fortune **
POST: (601) (632) (944)

Conflict{943}

(a) PRE: (700) (715b) (729)
A starves to death in holding fast to a lofty conception of duty * A starves to death
rather than amass wealth by shattering his ideals **
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (824) (987) (1014) (1022)
A, a prisoner, dies holding fast to a lofty conception of duty rather than win
freedom by shattering his ideals of loyalty
POST: (80b) (136)

Conflict{944}

PRE: (171) (549) (715b) (729) (938) (942)
A is a gentleman of the “old school,” who comes through life enduring with patient
fortitude every manner of misfortune; and then, at last, poverty stricken and
pronounced a failure according to all the material standards of the world, he still
clings to his high ideals and counts his vicissitudes, which could not overcome
his ideals, as blessings in disguise
POST: (907)

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Conflict{945}

PRE: (121) (244) (179a) (162b -*) (665)
B, as the world regarded her, was a moral transgressor; but, in her own estimation,
she was seeking the best and noblest in life * B, considered a moral transgressor,
through her magnetic personality and the sincerity of her convictions, disarmed
criticism in life and was praised by all after she died **
POST: (211)

Conflict{946}

PRE: (162b) (211) (279) (403) (557a)
B, a transgressor, tries to live down her unfortunate past by exemplary conduct
POST: (665) (669) (892)

Conflict{947}

PRE: (96) (745) (647) (976)
B seeks to remain a good woman in spite of a vicious, morally inferior environment
POST: (242) (645)

Conflict{948}

PRE: (947) (978)
B’s parents, M-B and F-B, are “just poor white trash,” but lowly B struggles
-- HER obj poss
for an education that will lift her out of her squalid environment
POST: (745) (935 ch A to B) (993)


B{34} Embarking Upon an Enterprise of Insurrection in the Hope of Ameliorating Certain Evil Conditions

Conflict{949}

(a) PRE: (395) (420 -*) (915)
A’s capricious fancy, groping toward happiness, leads him to depart from the
strict line of duty
POST: (148) (155) (420) (628)

(b) PRE: (246b -*) (322b)
A is a police magistrate with lofty humanitarian ideals * A, a police magistrate
who wishes to know more of the private lives of those who are brought before him
for judgment, disguises himself as a “bum” and plunges into the underworld **
POST: (833) (834) (838) (876a) (1209b)

Conflict{950}

PRE: (1082b) (1090) (1111b) (1131)
A’s half-knowledge of the world constitutes his handicap * A believes he can be
happier and more successful as a lawyer than as a doctor, as a general than as a
private, as his own “boss” than by working for somebody else ** A feels that he
can do more good outside the priesthood than as a priest ***
POST: (900) (1091) (1098) (1104)

Conflict{951}

PRE: (68) (255) (703) (1304) (1306)
A’s happiness lies in freeing himself of a torturing conscience * A will suffer ruin
and disgrace if he carries out his plan to free himself of a torturing conscience **
POST: (1295) (1461a)

Conflict{952}

PRE: (465) (601; 1277b) (606; 1277b)
A’s ambition, one that is necessary to his happiness, is to fall out of the world that
knows him * A leaves his coat on a cliff at the seaside, drops his hat in a stunted
tree below the brink, and vanishes from the scenes that know him **
POST: (440) (864)

Conflict{953}

PRE: (74a -*) (604) (651)
A, for reasons of his own, craves peace and quiet * A, desiring peace and quiet,
finds his ideal retreat in a vacant house, and there he secretly takes up his quarters **
POST: (664) (719a) (1409) (1423) (1225)

Conflict{954}

PRE: (106 -*) (539a) (863a)
A, through erring imagination, becomes discontented with his life and surroundings *
A, discontented, in a spirit of revolt seeks to achieve contentment **
POST: (106 *-**) (391)

-- page 126

Conflict{955}

PRE: (1298) (1300)
A, a highwayman, is robbing the mails * A, a highwayman, opening a letter that
falls into his hands, secures information (738) (742) (743a) that sends him away
on an altruistic undertaking—all by the way of proving that there “is good in
the worst of us” **
POST: (817) (869)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{956}

PRE: (279) (669 ch A-5 to A-8) (557a) (377a ch A to A-8)
B volunteers to nurse a sick person, A-8, when no one else will undertake the work *
A-8 is ill of a disease that is contagious and deadly ** B, nursing A-8, contracts a
contagious disease and dies ***
POST: ()

Conflict{957}

(a) PRE: (898 -*) (899 -*)
A becomes so wealthy and powerful that, in the overweening pride of his mistaken
ideals he voices the query: “Is there any god greater
than I?”
POST: (517) (565) (661)

(b) PRE: (902)
A is a general in the army * A, a general in the army, is engaged in
an unimportant enterprise, and he is so absorbed in it that he gives no attention
to the attacking enemy. A’s troops are defeated **
POST: (919b, c)

(c) PRE: (692 ch A to A-4) (719b ch A to A-4)
A is captain of a steamship, racing across the Atlantic in an attempt to cut down
the time of the passage * A refuses to delay his important enterprise long enough
to rescue A-4, a person in distress and facing death **
POST: (632 tr A & A-4)


B{33} Resisting Secretly and from an Honorable Motive a Mandate Considered Discreditable

Conflict{958}

PRE: (748) (918a)
A takes issue with the accepted belief that poverty is the source of discontent,
and conceives it to be the true source of happiness * A struggles against difficulties
in seeking to avoid wealth **
POST: (127b) (311) (326-3) (700) (905)

Conflict{959}

PRE: (861) (954) (1088)
A, with negro blood in his veins, aspires to all the opportunities of the white race
POST: (255) (271) (579b tr B & A) (919c)

Conflict{960}

(a) PRE: (922a -*) (928b ch A to F-A & SN to A)
A is a soldier, eager to fight but who is commanded to retreat before a superior
force of the enemy * A receives orders from his superiors which he considers discreditable **
POST: (919b) (919c; 928b ch A to F-A & SN to A)

(b) PRE: (902)
A is a general in the army * A, a general, when the enemy attack, is engaged in an
unimportant enterprise, and he is so absorbed in it that he will not give it up.
A’s troops are defeated **
POST: (705) (919b, c)

Conflict{961}

PRE: (606) (1079)
A’s pride rebels against the loss of his ancestral acres through poverty
POST: (628) (656)

Conflict{962}

PRE: (740) (946)
B, who finds her happiness in a beautiful garden, learns that the garden is about
to be destroyed
POST: (737a) (975) (848b; 1445)

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B{36} Undergoing an Experience that Results in a Remarkable Character Change

Conflict{963}

PRE: (322b) (715a) (763) (862) (914) (922a)
A discards low ideals for high ideals * A, discarding low ideals for high ideals,
struggles in vain to realize his high ideals; but, although baffled in realizing his
cherished ambition, he effects a beneficial change in his character **
POST: (188b) (563c)

Conflict{964}

(a) PRE: (839 tr A & A-2) (888) (898) (1418b -*)
A, becoming aware of an old prophecy, unconsciously seeks to become like the
exalted protagonist of the prophecy
POST: (963) (1418b *-**)

(b) PRE: (540) (797) (1209a)
A, a transgressor, returns to his home as an Unknown after a long absence, and
meets his daughter, D-A * A, a transgressor, learning that his daughter, D-A,
thinks he is dead, and that his character was high and noble, does not reveal his
identity but leaves D-A happy in her mistaken ideals **
POST: (963) (964a)


B{37} Seeking Against Difficulties to Realize a Cherished Ideal

Conflict{965}

PRE: (1060) (1088) (1091)
A’s one desire is to achieve a high honor, an honor that is unmerited, and to enjoy
that honor is a condition necessary to happiness
POST: (749) (863b) (1101) (1103)

Conflict{966}

PRE: (539a) (965) (1150)
A has set his heart on accomplishing something beyond his powers, and his happiness
depends upon his success * As [1] writing a great poem, [2] becoming famous
as a composer of music, [3] demonstrating the power of science to set aside the
laws of heredity, [4] painting a great picture or [5] performing an act of great daring
POST: (1058) (1065) (1075a)

Conflict{967}

PRE: (770a) (917) (919b) (864) (797) (763) (918a)
A has been mysteriously absent from his home for long years * A, for many years
mysteriously absent from his home, seeks a happy renewal of old ties by returning
suddenly and unheralded to his native place **
POST: (869) (923) (1199)

Conflict{968}

PRE: (926) (939)
A is a young man of lofty ideals * A, a young man of lofty ideals, craves all sorts
of experiences in order that he may find the best and noblest in life **
POST: (773) (786) (937) (74a, b) (188b)

Conflict{969}

PRE: (620; 962 ch B to A) (620; 974 ch B to A)
A, a city toiler, cherishes a dear desire for the open fields and the song of the lark
POST: (608) (625) (683)

Conflict{970}

PRE: (922a -*) (926) (927) (928a)
A befriends any strangers who may be in need of assistance, often neglecting his
own family in carrying out his generous enterprises
POST: (848a) (613) (612) (707 tr A & A-4) (772)

Conflict{971}

PRE: (322b) (577) (681a) (863a) (969)
A believes solitude the greatest of human blessings * A, believing solitude to be
the greatest of human blessings, encounters difficulties in his search for it **
POST: (664) (683) (686) (690)

-- page 128

Conflict{972}

PRE: (922b; 820) (922b; 859 ch A to A-2) (922b; 824 ch B to A-2)
A is a worthless ne’er-do-well, while his friend, A-2, is a man of worth in the world *
A resolves, at any cost to himself, to save his friend, A-2, from threatening misfortune **
POST: (823) (833) (836)

Conflict{973}

PRE: (650) (687) (689) (937)
A, a white man battling against the superstitious frenzy of a half-savage tribe
stricken with the plague, upholds the highest ideals of the white man’s civilization
POST: (888) (796)

Conflict{974}

PRE: (969 ch A to B) (921)
B, reared in the slums of a large city and seeking her ideal of happiness in the woods
and open fields, comes finally to live in a drab, cheerless countryside
POST: (31) (31; 763) (563c) (848b) (916)

Conflict{975}

PRE: (741) (743b) (873)
B is in failing health and her days numbered * B, in failing health and her days
numbered, feels that she cannot die happy until she sees again her native place,
and re-visits the well-remembered haunts of her childhood **
POST: (893) (945)

Conflict{976}

PRE: (145) (268) (325) (372) (565)
B believes that the practice of the religious virtues is the crying need of the world,
and seeks by her own life to exemplify her convictions
POST: (242) (737b) (796 ch A to B & A-3 to B-3)

Conflict{977}

(a) PRE: (992 ch F-B to M-B)
B is determined to protect the honor of her family, but she can do so only by
following the path of relentless duty
POST: (668) (649) (993)

(b) PRE: (977a) (976)
B’s brother, BR-B, has committed a crime * B, apprised of a crime committed by
her brother, BR-B, informs the police and has BR-B arrested **
POST: (730 ch A to BR-B) (909)

Conflict{978}

PRE: (668) (670) (948)
B’s mother, M-B, cherishes the fixed desire to give B a good education * B and
her mother, M-B, are penniless, and B has to work to support the two of them **
POST: (647) (659) (935 ch A to B)

-- page 129

ConflictSubGroup{Obligation}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{979}

PRE: (747; 606) (769) (898)
A has innocently caused a number of people to invest money in a worthless
enterprise * A, having innocently caused a number of people to lose money in an
enterprise, feels that he cannot rest content until, by his own efforts, he recovers the
money for the losers and restores it **
POST: (610) (635) (1148b)

Conflict{980}

PRE: (1382a ch A to A-4; 985) (718b)
A, by undertaking an obligation finds himself threatened by misfortune * A, by
concealment and stratagem, transfers a dangerous obligation to A-8, a stranger **
POST: (608 ch A to A-8) (683 ch A to A-8) (709 ch A to A-8 & A-2 to A) (1161 ch A to A-8)

Conflict{981}

PRE: (830 tr A & A-2) (865)
A, in return for a service A-2 has rendered him, agrees to grant any favor A-2 may
ask that is within his power
POST: (601) (836) (838)

Conflict{982}

(a) PRE: (611a ch A to NW) (999 tr A & A-2)
A agrees to take in hand and control an incorrigible youth, NW, who has proved
too hard a problem for his uncle and guardian, A’s friend, A-2
POST: (658) (701 ch A-2 to NW) (812b ch A to NW & F-B to A)

(b) PRE: (193 -*) (926)
A, a bachelor, undertakes to care for CH, the child of his married sister, SR-A,
while SR-A is away on a vacation
POST: (609) (193 *-**) (639 ch A to CH)

Conflict{983}

PRE: (433b ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (1251 -*)
A, in order to get A-8 into his power, craftily manoeuvers him heavily into debt *
A hopes to secure A-8’s help in an undertaking by offering to free him from debt **
POST: (313 ch F-B to A-8, A to A-2 & A-3 to A) (380 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (1251 *-**)

Conflict{984}

PRE: (1001b -*)
A, after B dies, carries out honorably the distasteful obligation to travel
POST: (1001b *-**) (1019) (1044a) (1001b -*; 1041 ch A to U)

Conflict{985}

PRE: (793b -* ch A-2 to A-4) (805) (809 ch A-5 to A-4)
A is threatened with misfortune because of a mysterious parcel (1382b -* ch A to
A-4), which he has obligingly taken from A-4, a stranger, and promised to deliver
POST: (608) (1438b) (793 *-**)

Conflict{986}

PRE: (16a) (1258) (1293a) (1293b) (1309b) (403 ch A to A-8; 468 ch A to A-8)
A, a detective, returns B, a criminal, to the scene of her crime for trial and
punishment * B, a criminal who has undergone a character change and become an honest
woman, is given her liberty by the jury before whom she is tried **
POST: (363a) (359)


B{38} Committing a Grievous Mistake and Seeking in Secret to Live Down Its Evil Results

Conflict{987}

PRE: (1319a) (1214)
A, influenced by a compelling idea of responsibility, finds it
necessary to protect his friend, A-2, from a secret danger * A is indirectly the cause
of danger to his friend, A-2—danger of which A-2 is ignorant and of which A cannot tell him **
POST: (867) (1227a)

-- page 130

Conflict{988}

PRE: (1023) (1027)
A’s friend, A-2, was the father of B; and, when A-2 died, A promised him he would
care for B as though she were his own child * A is disloyal to B, his ward **
POST: (1211) (1285b)


B{39} Forsaking Cherished Ambitions to Carry Out an Obligation

Conflict{989}

PRE: (697a) (990) (991) (996 ch B to A & M-B to M-A)
A’s promise to his mother, M-A, prevents him from undertaking a cherished
enterprise
POST: (936) (1097a)

Conflict{990}

PRE: (258) (697a)
A’s family all worked in order that he might be helped to a technical education *
A conceives it to be his duty to work at a calling he dislikes so that he may repay
his family for their sacrifices **
POST: (991) (1130) (1434)

Conflict{991}

PRE: (513) (990)
A, unable to realize a cherished ambition because of family obligations, comes
as near realizing the ambition as he can * A seeks theoretical adventure,
“armchair” adventure—the thrill of high emprise caught second-hand from travel
books **
POST: (1433b; 719b; 878b; 650; 714; 197; 957a) (1433b; 1082b; 24a; 181c; 1363) (433b; 109)

Conflict{992}

PRE: (268 -*) (976)
B makes a great personal sacrifise in order to carry out a filial obligation to live
with her father. F-B, and make a home for him
POST: (368a) (641) (993)

Conflict{993}

PRE: (601 ch A to F-B; 705 ch A to F-B) (606 ch A to F-B; 705 ch A to F-B)
B’s father, F-B, dies heavily involved in debt * B, the only child of her father,
F-B, considers herself in honor bound to pay the debts of the deceased F-B, and
undertakes a strange enterprise in order to carry out the obligation **
POST: (88) (1032)

Conflict{994}

PRE: (574b ch A to SN, B to B-8 & M-A to B) (1009a)
B, a widow, finds her happiness in being independent * B, a widow, is compelled
by family obligations to live with a married son, SN **
POST: (543 ch B to B-8, A to SN & M-A to B) (800) (1067)

Conflict{995}

PRE: (747 ch A to F-B; 705 ch A to F-B) (770a ch A to F-B; 634 ch A to F-B)
B labors for years at a lonely task * B labors for years at a lonely task in order to
clear the name of her father, F-B, from dishonor **
POST: (828 ch A to B, B to F-B & B-5 to A-5) (993)

Conflict{996}

PRE: (285 ch F-B to M-B) (948)
B’s mother, M-B, denies herself the necessities of life in fulfilling her duty to
educate B
POST: (659) (670) (785) (1151 ch B to M-B & D-B to B)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in Which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{997}

(a) PRE: (830 tr A & A-2) (865)
A, on his sacred honor, has promised his friend, A-2,
that he will do whatever A-2 shall require of him
POST: (139) (820) (846) (906) (1003) (1007)

-- page 131

(b) PRE: (925 -* ch A to U) (926) (958) (700)
-- A char det char
A has $500,000. A rich relative, U, bequeaths a million dollars to A, provided
he shall spend his half-million within a year * A, with a half million dollars must
be “broke” within a year, and he must not give away any money nor spend a cent
foolishly **
POST: (431) (865)

Conflict{998}

PRE: (613 ch A-5 to A-4) (1277a ch A to A-4)
A secretly discovers a delinquency A-4 wishes to conceal * A, secretly informed
regarding a transgression A-4 wishes to conceal, threatens to inform the authorities
unless A-4 does something A wants him to do **
POST: (923 ch A to A-4 & A-5 to A) (1232 ch A to A-4 & A-3 to A) (1267a ch A to A-4)

Conflict{999}

PRE: (611a ch A to NW) (1024 ch A to NW)
A’s nephew and ward, NW, is wild and reckless and A is unable to manage him *
A passes his unmanageable nephew and ward, NW, along to a friend in the West,
A-2, who declares that he will either kill NW or tame him **
POST: (793a tr A & A-2) (982a tr A & A-2)


B{41} Finding an Obligation at Variance with Ambition, Inclination or Necessity

Conflict{1000}

PRE: (905) (925 -*)
A is the scion of a proud old line whose greatest pride has been to keep its estates
intact * A, in desperate need, ignores a family obligation **
POST: (1260a tr A & A-8) (1291c)

Conflict{1001}

(a) PRE: (127a) (1123) (1127)
A finds it necessary to carry out a certain distasteful enterprise if he would attain
wealth
POST: (1201) (1290b)

(b) PRE: (117 ch F-A to U) (1432 ch A to U & NW to A)
A is to inherit a fortune from his uncle, U, on condition that he shall never leave
his native land * B, an enemy of U who has left a fortune to A on condition that
he shall never travel abroad, wins a promise from A that he will travel abroad
after she dies **
POST: (984) (116 ch B to B-8)

Conflict{1002}

PRE: (106 -*) (988 -*)
A is a woman-hater * A, against his wish and inclination, becomes the guardian
of a beautiful young woman, B **
POST: (140) (106 *-**) (988 *-**)

Conflict{1003}

PRE: (818a -**) (983 tr A & A-8) (997a)
A is under an obligation to commit a crime * A, under an obligation to commit
a crime, is not a criminal at heart and cannot meet the obligation **
POST: (818a **-***) (1014)

Conflict{1004}

PRE: (249) (263) (1194 -*) (1248)
A, a doctor who is also a crook, is returning at night from a successful burglary
job, when he is hastily summoned to attend a very sick person, A-8
POST: (1194 *-**) (1196) (1221)

Conflict{1005}

PRE: (913 ch A-2 to BR-A) (137a ch A-3 to BR-A) (1021b ch A-2 to BR-A)
A and BR-A are twin brothers with the same likes and dislikes * A and BR-A,
brothers, carry out honorably the distasteful obligation of living apart **
POST: (157 ch A-3 to BR-A) (446a, b ch A-2 to BR-A)

-- page 132

Conflict{1006}

(a) PRE: (446b ch A-2 to A-5; 1291a ch A to A-5) (1290b ch A to A-5)
A, a lawyer, honorably discharges the distasteful duty of defending a criminal, A-5
POST: (828 ch B to A & A-5 to A-8) (1311 ch A-3 to A-5)

(b) PRE: (287) (334a) (756) (936)
A, in order to carry out an obligation, gives up his chosen profession and enters
another line of work
POST: (900) (942) (950)

Conflict{1007}

PRE: (132) (607) (997a)
A carries out honorably the heart-breaking obligation of killing his friend, A-2,
hopelessly ill and tortured with suffering * A-2 begs relief at A’s hands as an act
of mercy ** A-2 is the brother of B, who is very dear to A ***
POST: (296 ch A-3 to A-2) (315)

Conflict{1008}

PRE: (775) (1212c) (775 ch A to A-9 & A-7 to A)
A, trusted butler in the household of A-9, is really a crook * A, using his position
in the household of A-9 as a “cover” to his black designs, loots the jewel box of
A-9’s wife, B, and departs secretly between two days **
POST: (610) (614) (1209a)

Conflict{1009}

-- Originally (574b ch A to SN-B, “son of B”, M-A to B & B to B-8)
-- “son of B” is redundant
(a) PRE: (908) (574b ch A to SN-B, M-A to B & B to B-8)
B, a widow, wishes to be independent and to have a home of her own; but there
are certain obligations at war with her desire
POST: (384 ch B to B-8 & M-A to B) (933) (1009b)

(b) PRE: (531 ch B to B-8, M-A to B & A to SN) (994) (1009a)
B, a widow, has given all her money to her son, SN * B, penniless, is compelled
to live with her son, SN **
POST: (543 ch B to B-8, M-A to B & A to SN) (738)

Conflict{1010}

PRE: (152b) (666)
B, ordered by thieves, A-5, A-5, A-5, to open a safe belonging to A, refuses in
spite of threats against her life
POST: (144) (1309a ch A to A-5)


B{40} Embarking Upon an Enterprise in which One Obligation is Opposed by Another Obligation

Conflict{1011}

PRE: (723) (712 ch A to A-5 & A-6 to A) (1013 ch A to A-5 & A-6 to A)
A, an officer of the law, is under a personal obligation to a criminal, A-5 * A, an
officer of the law, is compelled by duty to arrest a criminal, A-5, to whom he is
under an obligation **
POST: (1016a) (1284)

Conflict{1012}

PRE: (276 ch A to GCH & F-A to A) (288 ch A to GCH & “ancestor” to A)
A’s impecunious grandchild, GCH, buys A a birthday present, X, on credit * X,
a birthday present, will not he delivered until it is paid for ** A pays for X, a
birthday present, which his impecunious grandchild, GCH, is giving him ***
POST: (118 ch A to GCH & GF-A to A) (628 ch A to GCH & B to A)

Conflict{1013}

PRE: (722 ch A to A-6 & A-5 to A)
A, a fugitive in the desert, discovers that the officer who is pursuing him, A-6, is
sunblind and dying from thirst * A, a fugitive from justice, will be arrested if he
rescues A-6, the officer who is pursuing him. from misfortune; and if A abandons
A-6, A-6 will die **
POST: (712) (817 ch B to A-6)

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Conflict{1014}

PRE: (171 ch A-3 to A-5) (959)
A, a cashier responsible for the funds of the firm employing him, is ordered by A-5
(1079 ch A to A-5), junior partner of the firm, to give him secretly a large sum of
the firm’s money
POST: (730 ch A-3 to A-5) (884a) (1003)

Conflict{1015}

PRE: (1174 ch A to A-5 & A-2 to A-8) (1175a ch A to A-5)
A is a United States consul * A lives on an island, and on the same island are two
other white men, A-2 and A-5, both friends of A’s * A-6, an officer of the law, calls
on A to help him arrest A-5 **
POST: (1175b ch A to A-5) (1174 ch A to A-5; 1222a ch A to A-6 & A-3 to A-5) (1282 ch A to A-5)

Conflict{1016}

(a) PRE: (817 ch A to A-5 & B to A; 1011) (1013 ch A to A-5 & A-6 to A; 1011)
A, a police officer, has captured a criminal, A-5 * A, a police officer, is under an
obligation of professional duty to arrest A-5, and he is under a counter-obligation
of a personal nature to help A-5 ** A cuts a Gordian knot by taking poison ***
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (972 tr A & A-2) (1021b)
A, an army officer, has a friend, A-2, one of the enemy and a spy, brought before
him for punishment by court-martial * A’s friend, A-2, rescues A from a
heartbreaking situation by killing himself **
POST: ()

Conflict{1017}

PRE: (712 ch A to A-5 & A-6 to A) (816a ch A to A-5 & A-4 to A)
A, an officer of the law, and A-5, his prisoner, are lost in the desert, afoot,
without food and with only a small supply of water—not enough for the two of them *
A, an officer of the law, is old; and A-5, his prisoner, is young, and there are
extenuating circumstances in his case (1309b ch B to A-5) (1291b ch A to A-5)
(747 ch A to A-5) ** A and A-5, officer of the law and prisoner, are lost in the
desert with only a small supply of water between them. They draw lots to see which
shall take the water and make his escape. A cheats in the drawing so that A-5
may win. A-5 picks up the water canteen and abandons A to die ***
POST: (713 ch A to A-5) (918b ch A to A-5)


B{42} Falling Into Misfortune While Seeking Honorably to Discharge an Obligation

Conflict{1018}

PRE: (606 ch A to F-A; 705 ch A to F-A or 638 ch A to F-A)
A, the son of F-A, feels it his duty to sell all his property in order to help pay the
debts of the deceased F-A
POST: (268 tr B & A) (943a) (944)

Conflict{1019}

PRE: (791) (1434)
A is the recipient of anonymous threats of violence if he tries to carry out an
obligation * A, threatened anonymously with violence if he carries out an obligation,
proceeds boldly with what he believes to be his duty **
POST: (1287) (1351) (1414a) (1422a) (1424a) (1427a)

Conflict{1020}

PRE: (70) (445b) (1075a, b) (1125b)
A, pledged to die if B dies, learns that B has committed suicide
POST: (576b) (802b)

Conflict{1021}

(a) PRE: (769) (836) (265b -*; 836)
A, ab a favor to his friend, A-2, promises to undertake a certain enterprise * A
promises his friend, A-2, to undertake a certain enterprise, and then forgets his
promise **
POST: (603a tr A & A-2) (807) (744 ch B to A-2)

-- page 134

(b) PRE: (716) (782 ch A-8 to A-2)
A and A-2 are as Damon and Pythias, David and Jonathan * A and A-2 have
their ideal of friendship challenged by an unusual experience **
POST: (1016b) (1021a)

Conflict{1022}

PRE: (136 -*) (883)
A’s life is saved by his enemy, A-3 * A’s life, saved by his enemy, A-3, is mutually
agreed to be forfeit to A-3 whenever A-3 so desires **
POST: (136 *-**) (280a; 136 *-**)

-- page 135

ConflictSubGroup{Necessity}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{1023}

PRE: (113) (461) (606)
A is desperately in need of money * A, desperately in need of money, undertakes
a rash enterprise and becomes involved in an unpleasant complication ** (637;
POST: (753) (860) (1290a) (1373)

Conflict{1024}

PRE: (718b) (1297)
A is young, and had considerable money, but by a wild life he impoverishes
himself and comes to want * For A, beating back to Easy Street has its difficulties **
POST: (628) (1084) (1101) (1144) (1386a)

Conflict{1025}

PRE: (470) (890) (1033) (1100) (1154a) (1172)
B is carrying out a secret enterprise and falls into danger * B , carrying out a secret
enterprise and falling into danger, appeals for aid to a stranger, A-4;but A-4 is
wary and refuses assistance **
POST: (933) (1309a) (1417)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in Which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{1026}

PRE: (622 ch A to F-A & SN to A) (1024)
A is an outcast son, sorely in need of money * A seeks to borrow a large sum of
money from A-8, a money-lender, on his prospects of inheriting the estate of his
wealthy father, F-A **
POST: (1217b) (1226 ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{1027}

PRE: (770a) (1023)
A, hard-pressed for money, is beguiled by the devil into an unwise proceeding
POST: (637) (1341) (1354a) (1373)

Conflict{1028}

PRE: (113) (114)
A, in needy circumstances, acts as a tailor’s dummy for a young millionaire, A-9,
who dislikes the annoyance of trying on his new clothes * A, for services rendered,
receives the cast-off clothes of a young millionaire, A-9 **
POST: (1146 ch A to A-9) (1163a ch A to A-9 & A-4 to A) (1168 ch A-2 to A-9)

Conflict{1029}

PRE: (522) (523) (620) (656) (1257)
A, a man of ability who has fallen upon evil days and is almost bankrupt, meets
with unpleasant complications in seeking to recoup his fortunes
POST: (1217a) (1236) (1254) (1256)

Conflict{1030}

PRE: (608) (623)
A, innocent, is in the hands of the police on a groundless charge * A, in the hands of
the police, must be free at once in order to carry out a certain enterprise, and
cannot wait to prove his innocence **
POST: (73) (130) (174)

Conflict{1031}

PRE: (926) (1248)
A, a doctor, while taking an evening stroll, is summoned hurriedly
to attend a sick person. He meets with evil experiences
POST: (1194) (1447)

Conflict{1032}

PRE: (745) (993)
-- HER poss obj
B seeks employment, but her sex is against her * B, in order to
carry out an enterprise, resorts to a stratagem **
POST: (1207) (1454)

Conflict{1033}

PRE: (532a) (659) (739)
B, sorely in need of money, undertakes a rash enterprise
POST: (368b) (1159) (1293a)

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ConflictSubGroup{Chance}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{1034}

PRE: (957c ch A to A-8) (1107a ch A to A-8)
A, an inventor, is secretly testing out an invention * A, an inventor secretly
testing out an invention, so delays in mid-ocean a ship carrying a fabulous cargo of
bullion that fears are entertained for the ship’s safety **
POST: (1052b ch A to A-8) (1116 ch A to A-8)

Conflict{1035}

PRE: (139) (1021b) (1234 tr A & A-2)
A, thinking he has a robber to deal with, by mistake shoots his friend, A-2
POST: (794) (786 ch A to A-2)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in Which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{1036}

PRE: (702 ch A to A-8) (1187)
A is a plain man of mediocre abilities * A, of an humble station in life, is mistaken
for A-4. a celebrity **
POST: (1161) (1173)

Conflict{1037}

PRE: (1146) (1164 ch A to A-9, A-4 to A-8 & A-8 to A) (1224)
A is impersonating A-8, when he is confronted by A-8 in person
POST: (998 ch A-4 to A-8) (1232 ch A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{1038}

PRE: (1170) (1177)
A, highly placed, wealthy and influential, has exactly the same name as a
characterless individual, A-8, who lives in the same community
POST: (1146 ch A to A-8) (1448 ch A to A-8, A-5 to A & A-8 to A-4)

Conflict{1039}

PRE: (1314) (1316)
A is seeking the life of A-3, an enemy * A, seeking the life of A-3, follows A-4 with
murder in his heart; for A-4, by chance, is wearing the hat and coat of A-3 **
POST: (1035 ch A-2 to A-4) (1311 ch A-3 to A-4)

Conflict{1040}

PRE: (130) (174) (599 tr A & A-2)
A is on his way to keep an important engagement * A is injured in an accident and
taken unconscious to a hospital **
POST: (500a) (681b) (711b)

Conflict{1041}

PRE: (118 ch A to A-8 & GF-A to A) (825) (389 -***) (899) (1433a)
A, on his way to execute a new will disposing of his estate, meets death in an accident
POST: (389 ***-*****) (1432)

Conflict{1042}

(a) PRE: (619) (1195)
A carelessly leaves a door unlocked while engaged in a secret enterprise * A,
engaged in a secret enterprise, suffers a chance intrusion and discovery owing to
his own carelessness **
POST: (879) (1448 tr A & A-5)

(b) PRE: (153) (63 tr A & B)
A has a jeweler, A-9, send to his friend, A-2, a silver whiskey flask, and to B (976)
an expensive “slave” bracelet * A’s presents to A-2 and B are in packages, and the
packages are transposed by A-9 with unfortunate results **
POST: (321a) (636 ch A-5 to A-9)

Conflict{1043}

PRE: (601) (606) (652a)
A sells a gold mine of little value tentatively to A-8 at a
bargain, price. A-8 delays turning over the money and getting the deed * A’s
gold mine, seemingly of little value, is turned into a “bonanza” by a lucky strike **
POST: (1255b) (1255b; 1040) (1255b; 1040 ch A to A-8)

-- page 137

Conflict{1044}

(a) PRE: (513) (923) (1167) (1177) (1186)
A unwittingly takes a suit case belonging to a stranger, A-4, when leaving a train,
leaving his own suitcase in place of A-4’s * A’s suit case is in the hands of a stranger,
A-4. The train is wrecked and A-4 is killed. A, on the evidence of his own suit
case, is reported a casualty **
POST: (550) (608) (917)

(b) PRE: (370 ch A to A-2) (378 ch A to A-2)
A unwittingly takes an object, X-1, belonging to his friend, A-2, leaving for A-2
a similar object, X-2, in place of X-1. Close inspection is necessary to discover
the difference between X-1 and X-2
POST: (390) (390 -**; 594c ch A to A-2)

Conflict{1045}

PRE: (1444; 1364a) (1444; 1384)
A, in a half doze, overhears a chance conversation that concerns a transgression;
but he is in doubt as to whether he overheard a real conversation, or was deceived
by a dreaming mind
POST: (828) (1453)

Conflict{1046}

PRE: (677 ch B to A) (664 ch A to A-4) (1389b)
A is strolling through the streets of a large city at dead of night * A is suddenly
arrested by an object, X, that drops in front of him from the upper window of a
house **
POST: (1364a ch B to A) (1369) (1394) (1400) (1425) (1435)

Conflict{1047}

PRE: (666 ch A to A-8) (848a)
A, a blind man. is groping his way along the street * A, a blind man, answering a
wild call for help, stumbles into a nest of crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5, who are engaged
in a criminal enterprise **
POST: (27) (801) (1220b ch A to A-5) (1128) (1253 ch A-3 to A-5)

Conflict{1048}

PRE: (1304) (1296) (1298)
A, years after he has stolen money from A-2, by merest chance and unwittingly
happens to stop for the night with A-2 and his wife, B * B, and her husband, A;2,
meeting A, by chance discover secretly that A has with him a bag of unset diamonds **
POST: (1279b) (1291b) (1325) (1309a)

Conflict{1049}

PRE: (675) (747 -*) (815 -*)
A, when in doubt regarding his course of action in any enterprise, flips a com to
let chance decide. This has always been his custom, and it has invariably been
successful; but there comes a time when the coin proves unreliable
POST: (747 *-**) (815a *-**) (836) (837) (848a)

Conflict{1050}

PRE: (3a) (524a)
A is disagreeably surprised when, by chance, he finds stolen jewels in the possession
of B
POST: (69) (566b) (623 ch A to B)


B{15} Finding a Sustaining Power in Misfortune

Conflict{1051}

PRE: (245) (364a -*) (697b) (1089)
-- HER obj
A, finding by chance an aged nurse, B-7, learns from her a secret of birth and
parentage which means happiness for him
POST: (364 *-**) (368b)

Conflict{1052}

(a) PRE: (1369 ch A-4 to A-8) (1371) (1437)
A, by chance, meets A-8 who. under the influence of liquor, reveals an important
secret * A learns from A-8 whether a man or his wife died first in an accident—a
secret of tremendous importance **
POST: (845 ch A-2 to A-8) (1451b)

(b) PRE: (692) (719b) (1367b)
A is abandoned to die in mid-ocean by A-9, captain of a steamship, who refuses
to delay his vessel to make the rescue * A is rescued from a boat adrift in mid-ocean
when an accident delays the steamer of which A-9 is captain **
POST: (1034) (1116b ch A to A-8)

-- page 138

Conflict{1053}

PRE: (622) (755) (1378 ch A to SN & FA to A)
A hears by chance a familiar name, and the name solves a riddle of the past * A,
hearing by chance a familiar name, finds his long-lost son, SN **
POST: (928b) (1291a ch A to SN; 1461c ch A to SN & B to A; 928b)

Conflict{1054}

PRE: (245) (870a) (1089) (1458)
A solves a mystery involving his happiness * A solves an important mystery when
falling plaster reveals the place where some old love letters are concealed **
POST: (448) (1451c)

Conflict{1055}

PRE: (245; 1051) (245; 1054) (801; 828)
A and B achieve happiness when a questionable story is proved to be false
POST: (366) (367b)

Conflict{1056}

PRE: (622; 674; 953) (750; 953 *-**) (755) (1378)
A, hiding in a place where there is no food, steals from the larder of his nearest
neighbor, A-4 * A-4, missing food from his larder, half believes it was taken by
a “ghost” **,A, a supposed ghost, is caught in a trap set by A-4; and A-4 proves
to be A’s missing son, SN ***
POST: ()

-- page 139

ConflictSubGroup{Personal Limitations}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{1057}

(a) PRE: (152a) (937 -*)
A, young and unmarried, assumes temporary charge of an infant, CH, for a woman
stranger, B-4 * A, volunteering to care for an infant, CH, for a woman stranger,
B-4, finds himself with CH on his hands when B-4 fails to return **
POST: (249) (914) (1229)

(b) PRE: (490b) (1224)
A borrows an infant, CH, from a married friend, A-2 (594c ch A to A-2) (1057a
ch A to A-2) in order to carry out an unusual enterprise
POST: (1218 ch A to CH & A-2 to A) (1289c)

Conflict{1058}

PRE: (982a) (985 ch A-4 to A-2)
A lightly assumes a task to oblige his friend, A-2 * A, assuming an enterprise to
oblige his friend, A-2, finds it completely beyond his powers **
POST: (980) (812b ch F-B to A & A to A-8)

Conflict{1059}

PRE: (912a) (177 ch F-B to A-4)
A, although simple minded and genuine, is awkward in speech and forward and
uncouth in manner * A, in spite of certain character defects, seeks the friendship
of A-4, but succeeds only in annoying A-4 and so fails of his purpose **
POST: (43 ch F-B to A-4) (762 ch A-8 to A-4)

Conflict{1060}

PRE: (768) (1134 -*) (1418 -*)
A, a young man of mediocre abilities, is happy in considering himself a very superior
person * A attempts audacious enterprises, but his confidence has a way of
leaving him “flat” before the enterprises are carried through to completion **
POST: (769) (1134 *-**) (1187)

Conflict{1061}

PRE: (115) (203) (435)
A is told by a clairvoyant that he has inherited the trait of cowardice * A’s belief
in the statement that he has inherited the trait of cowardice, makes a coward of
him **
POST: (584b) (615) (839 tr A & A-2) (842a) (888) (919a)

Conflict{1062}

PRE: (115) (311) (1063)
A is so content with what he has that any impulse toward enterprise is throttled
POST: (839 tr A & A-2) (1444; 1093)

Conflict{1063}

PRE: (311) (1131)
A’s mistaken ideals are an obstacle to his advancement * A’s ideal of labor is to
do just enough to “get by” and hold his job **
POST: (595) (604) (620) (839 tr A & A-2)

Conflict{1064}

PRE: (787; 1461b) (1291b; 1291a ch A to A-5)
A makes the mistake of thinking himself a criminal; then he discovers that he is
not a criminal * A has assumed the furtive manner of a criminal for so long that
it has become habitual with him and he cannot act like an honest man **
POST: (952) (1075a) (1101) (1334a)

Conflict{1065}

PRE: (114) (235) (595)
A, giving ten years of his life to a miserly uncle, U, in exchange for a college
education, loses his ambition and enterprise * A’s uncle, U,
has promised A all that he has when he dies, but U dies a bankrupt; and A is thrown
upon the world with abilities obscured and enterprise strangled **
POST: (814) (839 tr A & A-2) (1354b) (1374)

Conflict{1066}

PRE: (610) (707)
A, an escaped prisoner, finds it impossible to free himself of his handcuffs; and
when, in desperation, he appeals for help to a stranger, A-4, A-4 notifies a police
officer, A-6, and A is recaptured
POST: (866) (1309 ch B to A & A-3 to A-6; 1142b)

-- page 140

Conflict{1067}

PRE: (384) (872) (908)
B fails to understand how her fretful disposition makes herself and all around
-- HER obj obj
her unhappy * B, overhearing a conversation which brings home to her a bitter
truth regarding her unpleasant disposition, alters her mental attitude and
undergoes a beneficial character change **
POST: (921) (956) (976)

Conflict{1068}

PRE: (384) (908)
B comes to understand the evil of her selfish outlook upon life when one of her
children, CH, dies
POST: (581) (1069 ch D-A to CH) (1240)

Conflict{1069}

PRE: (378) (466a ch CH to D-B)
B, over the dead body of her daughter, D-B (557b ch B to D-B) (842 ch CH to
D-B) (945 ch B to D-B), experiences a psychic revelation that transforms her
whole character
POST: (401) (410)


B{29} Aiding Another to Hide from the World a Fateful Secret

Conflict{1070}

PRE: (371 ch B to B-8) (1163c)
A, on trial for murder, could establish an alibi and prove his innocence—but only
by a dishonorable act * A could save his life by revealing a secret that would
compromise the good name of B **
POST: (535 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (877 tr A & A-2) (635)


B{43} Seeking to Overcome Personal Limitations in Carrying Out an Enterprise

Conflict{1071}

PRE: (1072) (1073) (1094) (1095)
A finds that the duties of his position are so numerous it is physically impossible
for him to carry them out
POST: (863a) (1163a)

Conflict{1072}

PRE: (926) (963)
A’s high official position makes it impossible for him, in his own person, to
acquire information which he thinks of first importance
POST: (949b) (1167) (1170) (1184)

Conflict{1073}

PRE: (512) (991)
A, a successful business man, has an overwhelming desire to break away from
commercial affairs and go adventuring in quest of Romance * Only the fear of
public opinion restrains him
POST: (555b) (690) (917)

Conflict{1074}

PRE: (114) (258) (675)
A, a writer, discovers that he is losing his grip on his reading public and is
becoming unable to write salable material
POST: (598) (749) (835) (1103)

Conflict{1075}

(a) PRE: (850b) (902)
A, struggling hopelessiy against a character weakness, forms a platonic friendship for B
POST: (838 ch A to B & A-2 to A) (850a, b) (1075b) (364d)

(b) PRE: (857) (862)
A’s admiration for his friend, B, and his desire to please her, inspires him to bring
out the best in his nature
POST: (819) (844a)

-- page 141

Conflict{1076}

PRE: (837 tr A & B) (818b)
A, supposed to be a hoodlum, is transformed into a gentleman in an astonishingly-short
period of time * A, transformed almost over night from a hoodlum into a
cultured gentleman, imparts to B, his friend, the secret of his surprising rehabilitation **
POST: (1209a) (1329)

Conflict{1077}

PRE: (1385) (1403; 1400) (1440 ch A to A-2) (1283)
A calls at a pawnshop to redeem an object, X, pawned by his friend, A-2, who
has died leaving the pledge unredeemed * A has lost the ticket of a pawned object,
X. and the pawnbroker will not give up the pledge without cne ticket **
POST: (1166b) (1384)

Conflict{1078}

PRE: (776) (857) (1111a) (1332)
A is obsessed with fear of a pursuing peril * A, obsessed with fear of a pursuing
peril, seeks to gain contentment of mind **
POST: (888) (1350) (1351)

Conflict{1079}

PRE: (127a) (656)
A’s character weakness is betting; and he seems unable to conquer the failing
although he invariably suffers loss
POST: (367a) (524a) (902)

Conflict{1080}

PRE: (1092) (1101)
A, a reporter, assigned to “cover” a certain story and finding it impossible,
decides to write up an imaginary interview, pretending it is bona fide
POST: (979 ch A to A-4) (1301 ch A to A-4; 1340)

Conflict{1081}

PRE: (1129c)
A finds it beyond his power, in any ordinary manner, to secure a man of proven
courage for a dangerous piece of work * A proceeds by secret enterprise to find
a man of courage **
POST: (1219) (1223a, b)

Conflict{1082}

(a) PRE: (115) (584b) (858)
A is a man who finds cowardice an obstacle to enterprise * A, a craven at heart,
deliberately forces himself into danger as a method of developing his courage **
POST: (918b) (1082b) (1104)

(b) PRE: (289) (1061)
A lives in a strange lost community which is ruled by an idol of Fear * A seeks
escape from a community ruled by Fear, but finds it difficult to develop sufficient
courage to accomplish his purpose **
POST: (1082a) (181c)

Conflict{1083}

PRE: (114) (1075a)
A lacks initiative, and the ability unaided to advance his material fortunes * A
secures the help of B, a woman friend, to aid him in a difficult
enterprise **
POST: (225) (844a) (839 ch A to B & A-2 to A) (850a) (963) (1278a)

Conflict{1084}

PRE: (113) (126)
A seeks to forward an honest enterprise but lacks the means to finance it * A, in
order to secure means to forward an honest enterprise, becomes a bootlegger for
a time **
POST: (92) (1309b ch B to A & A-3 to A-6; 699a)

Conflict{1085}

PRE: (606 ch A to A-2) (639 -* ch A to A-2) (672)
A would like to save his friend, A-2, from disaster, but money is necessary—and
A has no money
POST: (832) (1277b) (1281 tr A & A-2)

Conflict{1086}

PRE: (905) (914) (927)
A would like to achieve a lofty enterprise, but is so poor he cannot finance the
undertaking
POST: (628) (1027) (1028)

-- page 142

Conflict{1087}

PRE: (763) (894 tr A & A-5) (898)
A, a crook, would like to restore some of his ill-gotten gains, but finds it difficult
without revealing his culpability
POST: (923) (1097a) (1239)

Conflict{1088}

PRE: (959) (965)
A’s happiness is wrapped up in his ambition * A lacks ingenuity and the power
to force circumstances to contribute their utmost in forwarding his undertakings
**
POST: (85a) (595)

Conflict{1089}

PRE: (914) (818c)
A seeks to find the relatives of CH, a foundling, of whom he has taken charge *
A writes to government authorities sending a copy of a coat of arms found on a
foundling. CH’s, coat, but receives no information regarding CH **
POST: (818d) (697b ch A to CH)

Conflict{1090}

PRE: (115) (950)
A is hampered in his work, and his success imperiled, by a lack of new ideas
POST: (598) (835)

Conflict{1091}

PRE: (950 -*) (965)
A’s knowledge of the profession he seeks to follow has been obtained solely by
reading stories about it; he has had no practical experience
POST: (1111b) (1444)

Conflict{1092}

PRE: (1060) (1071) (1074)
A reaches a point in his chosen work where his ingenuity and enterprise grow
stale and will not help him onward
POST: (598) (1073) (1075a)

Conflict{1093}

PRE: (1444) (115) (887b) (1062)
A is considered a very inferior person intellectually * A, considered an inferior
person intellectually, seeks to solve a mystery that has puzzled the most sagacious
[1] A cipher message in which the key word, or phrase, suggests its complement,
as “abide” suggests “with me,” “silver threads” suggests “gold,” “when you and
I were young” suggests “Maggie,” etc. [2] A message written in bars of music,
the music suggesting words of a song that yield the message.
POST: (1076) (1174 ch A to A-5; 1282 ch A to A-5 & A-6 to A) (1283)

Conflict{1094}

PRE: (900) (1071)
A is a celebrity; and the written requests for his autograph become so numerous
that they interfere seriously with his work
POST: (618) (863a)

Conflict{1095}

PRE: (71a -*) (101a) (1002) (1094)
A seeks to free himself from certain meddlesome influences that interfere seriously
with the practice of his profession
POST: (71a *-**) (83 ch B to A; 207)

Conflict{1096}

PRE: (1074) (1090) (1092)
A, a playwright, having no new ideas for a play, goes forth in quest of them
POST: (598) (711a) (835)

Conflict{1097}

(a) PRE: (990) (991) (1018)
A has a cherished ambition which he cannot realize because he is hampered with
certain obligations * A’s obligation, which prevented him from realizing a
cherished ambition, passes, but the habit of excusing himself from enterprise on account
of the obligation remains, and his cherished enterprise is never undertaken **
POST: (1374) (1375)

(b) PRE: (1021b) (1376)
A, for worthy purposes, poses as a criminal * A, posing as a criminal, finds that
he is arrayed against some of his friends of the elite, A-2, A-2, A-2, who are
engaged in a swindling enterprise and are fortified with police protection **
POST: (807) (834) (836)

-- page 143

Conflict{1098}

PRE: (115) (1396) (1444)
A is a subordinate, and considered mentally inferior * A, a subordinate, attacks
a problem that defies solution by his superiors, and solves it, thereby winning
just recognition and preferment **
POST: (1426b; 181c) (1376; 1097b) (1435) (1413a, b)

Conflict{1099}

PRE: (32) (102) (145) (325a) (335)
B is too young, too attractive, too modern for the scholarly position she occupies;
and her success, which means happiness to her, is endangered * B, young and attractive,
in order to win success in her chosen work, dresses the part of a spinster,
and makes herself appear prim and old-fashioned ** [1] B is a professor of higher
mathematics in a large college [2] B has charge of the book department in a large
department store [3] B is the librarian in a large public library [4] B has been
elected to a political office usually filled by some one of the opposite sex
POST: (818a) (358) (870a) (1154a)

Conflict{1100}

PRE: (82a) (87) (1207)
B’s happiness and success hang upon her successful impersonation of a boy * B,
impersonating a boy, is subjected to the rough pranks of her male companions,
who do not suspect her true sex **
POST: (61) (1454)


B{44} Seeking by Unusual Methods to Conquer Personal Limitations

Conflict{1101}

PRE: (111) (1024)
A seeks to overcome personal limitations in an honest enterprise by a resort to
dishonest methods
POST: (628) (1080) (1084)

Conflict{1102}

PRE: (751-1 -*) (1024 ch A to A-2)
A, wealthy and too old to have his “fling,” gives A-2, a spendthrift, a large sum
of money to squander as he sees fit * A hopes to enjoy A-2’s spendthrift experiences
second-hand **
POST: (751 *-**) (1023 ch A to A-2)

Conflict{1103}

PRE: (1074) (1090) (1092)
A, an elderly writer who runs out of ideas, copies material which his friend, A-2,
another writer long dead, wrote in his younger days
POST: (669 ch B to A) (1238)

Conflict{1104}

PRE: (584b) (615) (839 tr A & A-2) (857) (858) (1082a)
A’s ignoble weakness is lack of courage in investigating events that have great
news value; for A is a newspaper reporter, and news is his stock in trade * A, a
coward, by deliberately forcing himself into risky situations in order to acquire
first-hand information, develops courage, transforms his character, and becomes
a “star” reporter **
POST: (1407) (1408) (1409)

Conflict{1105}

PRE: (910 ch D-A to B) (916)
B is young and pretty, and believes that Youth, seeking self-expression, is
warranted in overriding any and all conventions
POST: (86) (182a) (252a) (310) (931)

Conflict{1106}

PRE: (740) (766) (948)
B, of an humble station in life, yearns for social prestige * B pretends that she
is entertaining a duke, AX **
POST: (58a) (642) (931)

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B{37} Seeking Against Difficulties to Realize a Cherished Ideal

Conflict{1107}

(a) PRE: (117) (1432 ch A to U & NW to A; 1201 ch A to A-8 & CN to A)
A, on one side of the Atlantic, must arrive on the other side at a certain time or
he will lose a rich inheritance * A, pursuing an important enterprise, catches a
swift steamer for a hurried trip across the Atlantic **
POST: (1034 ch A to A-8) (1414b)

(b) PRE: (606) (1129a ch A-4 to A-9)
A applies for the position of butler in the home of wealthy A-9 * A, applying to
A-9 for a job, is asked for references as to character and ability, and is referred
by A to wealthy A-4 **
POST: (805 tr A & A-4) (809 ch A to A-4 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{1108}

PRE: (675) (1149 -* ch A to SN)
A is so preoccupied with business affairs that, while he intends writing to his son,
SN, he somehow never gets around to it
POST: (622; 674) (821) (1149 *-** ch A to SN)

Conflict{1109}

PRE: (1314) (1315)
A, a simple mountaineer, comes to a large city in pursuit of an enemy, A-3 * A,
from the mountains, seeking his enemy, A-3, in the city, is so overawed and
impressed by his unfamiliar environment that his enmity fades away **
POST: (857) (831 -* ch A to A-3 & A-2 to A) (832 ch A to A-3 & A-2 to A)

Conflict{1110}

PRE: (68) (1178) (1306)
A has committed a crime but has never fallen under suspicion * A’s guilty
conscience handicaps him in the field of enterprise **
POST: (857) (1291a, b) (1259)

Conflict{1111}

(a) PRE: (675) (749) (1074) (1090)
A, an author, becomes suddenly aware of deterioration in his creative work
POST: (1391; 1455b) (1391; 1461b) (1103)

(b) PRE: (1091) (125a; 1444)
A, reading detective stories, is fired with a desire to become a detective * A, highly
confident of his own ability, takes up a line of work with which he has had no
practical experience **
POST: (1426a, b) (1435) (1418b; 1433b; 1330) (1397)

Conflict{1112}

PRE: (756) (1060) (1091)
A finds that his obligations as a “quack” doctor are too difficult for his powers
POST: (605) (627) (1004) (1031)

Conflict{1113}

PRE: (934) (959) (966) (1389b)
A has a theory that the perfume of flowers may be blended into musical conceptions
POST: (1333a) (1363) (1375) (1422b)

Conflict{1114}

PRE: (949a) (1060)
A, private secretary to A-9, knows that A-9 is jealously guarding some weighty
secret * A’s curiosity gets the better of him and he meddles with the personal
affairs of A-9 **
POST: (718a ch A to A-9; 596 ch A-5 to A-9) (1194 ch A to A-9)

Conflict{1115}

PRE: (1021b)
A seeks to be loyal to his friend, A-2, but certain conditions render it difficult
POST: (221a; 139) (601) (607) (662) (1269 tr A & A-2)

Conflict{1116}

PRE: (97) (100; 1209a) (1107a)
A is hastening across the ocean on a fast steamer in order to carry out an important
enterprise * A, engaged in an important enterprise, is delayed in mid-ocean
by an accident to his steamer; the vessel’s wireless is out of commission and A
faces failure in a pet undertaking **
POST: (793a; 623) (1034 ch A to A-8)

-- page 145

Conflict{1117}

PRE: (1389a, b)
A, a somnambulist, deceives himself in a certain enterprise by opposing, in an
unconscious state, all the efforts of his waking moments
POST: (562) (1111b) (1438a)

Conflict{1118}

PRE: (974) (1137b)
B, a banker’s wife, trying to subscribe to the social conventions of a farming
community, finds her efforts embarrassing and distasteful
POST: (848b) (1151) (1172)

Conflict{1119}

PRE: (335) (676)
B, who lacks every qualification of a successful writer, nevertheless believes
herself highly gifted as a novelist
POST: (364b) (743a) (749 ch A to B) (1153)

Conflict{1120}

PRE: (565) (1133)
B, unhappy because of A’s sins, appeals to God to save him
POST: (1353) (1433b; 1353) (918b)

Conflict{1121}

PRE: (766) (1099) (1119)
B is ambitious to “get ahead,” to advance herself in her chosen line of work; but
she has difficulties that are disheartening
POST: (679) (1067) (1100)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{1122}

PRE: (926) (941) (964a)
A manufactures a hand-made product in a worthy manner no machinery can
duplicate * A, by manufacturing a hand-made product by machinery, on a large
scale, and so keeping up with the demand, will amass wealth; but the standard
of quality will be lowered **
POST: (938) (943a)

Conflict{1123}

PRE: (111) (31 ch B to SR-A & A to A-8)
A, brother of SR-A and her only living relative, is poor, while SR-A is wealthy
and unmarried * A, poor, will not inherit the money of his wealthy sister, SR-A,
if she marries, as she seems likely to do **
POST: (213 ch A to A-8, B to SR-B & A-7 to A) (892 ch B to SR-A & B-3 to A) (1001a)

Conflict{1124}

PRE: (1177) (1178) (1291a, b)
A, in his absent-minded moments, mechanically draws odd designs on a piece of
paper, unaware of what he is doing, or that it may have an adverse effect upon
some of his secret enterprises
POST: (1289d) (1282)

Conflict{1125}

(a) PRE: (56) (61) (176a) (736) (744) (808a) (850a)
-- HER obj
A rejects unfeelingly the friendship of B because he finds her too capricious
POST: (261) (843 tr B & B-2) (893 ch CH to A)

(b) PRE: (73) (422b -****)
A and B, impelled by unusual motives, enter into a suicide pact * A and B pledge
each other that he or she will die whenever the other dies **
POST: (576b) (422b ****-*****) (1020)

Conflict{1126}

PRE: (98) (289) (850b)
A is a bibulous person, and his ultimatum from his doctor is this: “Either quit
drinking, or resign yourself to die within a few months”
POST: (761a) (779) (1326; 779) (364d)

-- page 146

Conflict{1127}

PRE: (1299) (1432 ch A to A-8 & NW to CN)
A is a cousin of CN, and CN is to inherit the wealth of a deceased relative, A-8.
If CN were out of the way, A would be the legal heir
POST: (50) (1162 tr A & A-2 & ch A-5 to CN) (1195)

Conflict{1128}

(a) PRE: (607) (446b)
A, suffering a terrible mental shock, seemingly falls dead * A, apparently dead,
is really in a cataleptic state and sees and hears everything that takes place around
him although powerless to move a muscle **
POST: (856; 878c) (1142a)

(b) PRE: (898) (1043)
A is in a mine when a charge of giant powder explodes prematurely * A loses his
eyesight in a powder explosion **
POST: (918b) (1047)

Conflict{1129}

(a) PRE: (1217a) (1152 ch B to B-4)
A desires a certain object, X; but X is in the hands of A-4, who guards it carefully
POST: (1144) (1191) (1197 ch A-8 to A-4) (1166a, b ch A-9 to A-4)

(b) PRE: (1298 ch A to A-5) (1304 ch A to A-5 & A-2 to A)
A’s cattle have been stolen by A-5, a notorious “rustler” whose very name inspires
fear in the law-abiding * A seeks a courageous person who will recover property
that has been stolen from him **
POST: (1081) (1219) (1129c)

(c) PRE: (1165) (1304 ch A-2 to A-5)
A has been robbed of valuable property, X, by A-5, a notorious criminal, and A
tries to secure a courageous man who will recover X for him
POST: (1081) (1219)

Conflict{1130}

PRE: (926) (1073)
A a doctor, who is about to leave his office on a night emergency call, is made a
prisoner by mysterious strangers, AX, AX, AX, and spirited away
POST: (660a ch A-4 to AX) (1447) (660b ch A-5 to AX)

Conflict{1131}

PRE: (158) (1062) (1063)
A’s obstacle to enterprise is laziness; and he submits to it cheerfully
POST: (114) (225)

Conflict{1132}

PRE: (887b) (1061)
A’s character weakness is superstition * A is so superstitious that it prevents him
from winning success in his enterprises **
POST: (1075a, b) (1332) (1334a, b) (1350)

Conflict{1133}

PRE: (565) (1120)
A is an agnostic who, in his arrogance and presumption, defies a Higher Power
POST: (1353) (1443b) (1445 ch B to A)

Conflict{1134}

PRE: (1418b -*) (718b; 1061; 839 tr A & A-2)
A, a very ordinary young man, suddenly becomes afflicted with megalomania,
and his character is completely changed * A, who was timid and shirked enterprise,
undergoes a character change which impels him to rush audaciously into the most
difficult undertakings **
POST: (111) (768) (769) (1418b *-**)

Conflict{1135}

(a) PRE: (737a) (1010)
B, in the hands of crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5. and being forced to do their will, is
tortured by having A, the man she loves, threatened with death by one of the crooks
who is “drawing a bead” on A from behind a window curtain (or, as it later developed,
A was not outside the house at all, and not in any danger)
POST: (885a) (1309a ch A to A-5)

(b) PRE: (645) (1335 ch A to B)
B, alone and in a strange bedroom, discovers a man, AX, dead in the bed * B is
forced to battle for her honor with A-5 when finding herself trapped in a room **
POST: (885a, b) (1448 ch A to B & A-8 to AX)

-- page 147

Conflict{1136}

PRE: (41a, b, c) (335) (460)
B sends a telegram to her maid, B-7, to “Come at once” * B (677), intending to
send a telegram to her maid, B-7, through error addresses the message to A **
POST: (499a, b)

Conflict{1137}

(a) PRE: (890 ch A-4 to A) (1389b)
B, in a small boat, has lost her oars and is drifting out to sea in a fog * B, in great
danger, seeks to apprise A, at a distance, of her danger by occult methods—methods
with which they have often experimented ** B, ocean bathing, is caught in
the undertow and is being swept out to sea ***
POST: (179a, c) (1433c) (1451c)

(b) PRE: (677) (872)
B, in poor health, is ordered by her doctor to leave the city and live in the country *
B, city bred, undergoes unpleasant experiences when she goes to the country to
live **
POST: (916) (962) (1118)


B{45} Seeking to Forward an Enterprise and Encountering Family Sentiment as an Obstacle

Conflict{1138}

PRE: (1129a ch A-4 to B) (1333b ch A to A-8 & B to F-B)
A seeks professionally to secure a desired object. X, from B * A, seeking to secure
a desired object, X, from B, finds the object so dearly prized because of family
associations that B will not part with it at any price **
POST: (20a) (739) (1217c)

Conflict{1139}

PRE: (1023) (1026)
A is a profligate son who seeks to borrow money of A-8 on the prospect of inheriting
the estate of his wealthy father, F-A, A-8 is skeptical regarding A’s inheriting
the estate
POST: (1162 ch A-5 to F-A) (1226 ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A) (1217b)

Conflict{1140}

PRE: (898 -*) (899 -*)
A, publicly, is honest and prosperous, but privately he is a transgressor * A
desires a piece of ground on which to build a mansion. The ground is owned by A-8,
a poor man, in whose family it has been for generations. Influenced by family
sentiment, A-8 refuses to sell **
POST: (1220b ch B to A-8) (1260a)

-- page 148

ConflictSubGroup{Simulation}

B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{1141}

PRE: (1095) (1133) (1427b -*)
A has a violent distaste for ghost stories and stories of the supernatural * A
pretends to be ill in order to avoid listening to ghost stories **
POST: (1427b *-**) (1343) (1360) (1365) (1366) (1375) (1377a) (830)

Conflict{1142}

(a) PRE: (557a) (601; 638) (1128a; 1455a) (1128a)
A, in his coffin and just before burial, revives from a cataleptic trance * A, just
before burial, revives from a cataleptic trance, puts weights in the coffin, closes
it, and secretly escapes from the house **
POST: (918a) (1313b)

(b) PRE: (651) (699b)
A is mistakenly supposed to have met his death in a storm * A, a fugitive from
justice, supposed to be dead, assumes an alias and escapes to a distant place **
POST: (699a) (923) (930) (1066)

Conflict{1143}

(a) PRE: (778 ch A to A-5; 1217a ch A to A-5 & A-8 to A) (1144 ch A to A-5)
A is a connoisseur of precious stones and has a valuable collection * A, in order
to protect his collection of valuable stones against robbery, displays replicas of
them, comparatively worthless, to would-be customers **
POST: (729) (1166a ch A to A-5)

(b) PRE: (903 -*) (1370b ch A to GF-B) (1370c ch A to F-B)
A, an artist, is hired by B to paint a miniature; and into the miniature he is to
weave an intricate series of lines which constitute a concealed map of great importance
POST: (903 *-**) (1444)

Conflict{1144}

PRE: (778; 729 ch A to A-8) (1143a ch A to A-8)
A, a crook, seeks by substituting a worthless counterfeit for the valuable original,
to secure an object carefully safeguarded
POST: (1166a) (1217a)

Conflict{1145}

PRE: (1181)
A, a crook, seeks unlawful gain by selling A-8 an object, X, which A-8 already
owns
POST: (1165 ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{1146}

PRE: (59) (1152)
A, a crook, in order to carry out a crafty enterprise, disguises himself as a person
of wealth and social standing
POST: (763) (661 ch AX to A) (1144) (1166a)

Conflict{1147}

PRE: (758 -* ch A to A-8) (899 -* ch A to A-8; 1129a ch A to A-8)
A, poor, at the request of a rich man, A-8, leaves with A-8 a valuable object, X,
which he has in his possession and wishes to sell * A calls on A-8 for a valuable
object, X, which A had left with A-8, in the hope of making a sale; but A-8 declares
A never left X with him, and has A ejected from the premises **
POST: (1433a ch A to A-8; 1443b ch A to A-8) (1439b)

Conflict{1148}

(a) PRE: (486a) (1184 -*) (1185)
A desires to get away frequently to the city and have
his “fling” with boon companions but fears the gossip of the rural community
in which he lives * A, wishing to carry out an enterprise that would cause gossip,
puts gossip to sleep by inventing a fictitious relative, AX, who is always in trouble
and always calling on A to help him out **
POST: (1170) (1216 tr A & A-2)

(b) PRE: (979) (770a) (1377b)
A, an innocent transgressor under ban of the law, owes a large sum of money which
he must pay * A, a fugitive from the law, assumes a fictitious character and an
alias and wins a large sum of money in a certain enterprise **
POST: (1451a, b) (1408)

-- page 149

Conflict{1149}

PRE: (466a ch CH to A, B to M-A & A to F-A) (1108 ch A to F-A & SN to A)
A is a lad away from home, very unhappy because he does not receive letters from
home as all his other young friends do * A, lonely, and never receiving any letters
from his home folk, writes letters to himself and shows them to his friends **
POST: (499a ch CH to A, A to F-A & B to M-A) (622 ch A to F-A & SN to A)

Conflict{1150}

PRE: (1061) (1132)
A is a coward who seeks, by arrogant boasting, to convince everybody that he
is a hero
POST: (615) (1433b; 1330) (1336) (1433b; 1363)

Conflict{1151}

PRE: (644) (669) (737b) (1240)
B simulates ignorance regarding a certain compromising event in her life * B, in
order to avoid slander and evil gossip and protect a daughter, D-A, who is about
to marry a man of wealth and social position, seeks to hush up a possible scandal
in her own life **
POST: (870a) (870b)

Conflict{1152}

PRE: (778) (1129a ch A-4 to B)
B is the owner of a gem so valuable that she fears to wear it in public; so she keeps
it in a strong box and wears a replica of it which is of comparatively little value.
The fact that she owns the real stone is well known, and the counterfeit is supposed
to be the original
POST: (767 ch B to B-2) (1144)

Conflict{1153}

PRE: (335) (413) (739) (850a tr A & B) (1099) (1119) (1121)
B fails in an undertaking dear to her heart * B, failing in an undertaking dear
to her heart, seeks to make others think she has succeeded **
POST: (364b) (1203)

Conflict{1154}

(a) PRE: (179a, b, c) (470)
B, mistaken for another woman who is under ban of death by a strange secret
society (1438c-1), seeks to escape from her pursuers
POST: (792b) (1025) (1446b)

(b) PRE: (138; 94a -*) (1229 ch B to B-3) (1265a ch A to B-3 & A-3 to A)
B masquerades as an Unknown in order to prove or disprove an evil story about
A * B discovers that B-3 has told an untruth about A **
POST: (844b) (944)

Conflict{1155}

PRE: (163) (606)
B, the friend of A, learns that A is desperately involved in debt * B, unknown to
A, settles with A’s creditors and frees A from debt **
POST: (93a) (801) (850a, b)

Conflict{1156}

PRE: (645) (646) (647)
B innocently commits a transgression * B, innocently committing a transgression,
for fear of the law keeps the transgression a close secret **
POST: (665) (669)

Conflict{1157}

PRE: (1159) (1220b)
-- HER obj
B is forced to weep at an appointed time; and A strikes her
in order to make her grief more realistic
POST: (806 ch B-4 to B) (1192)

Conflict{1158}

PRE: (766) (870a) (947) (1242a)
B, traveling alone, invents a fictitious aunt, AUX, as a chaperone
POST: (801) (1309b ch A-3 to AUX)

Conflict{1159}

PRE: (1033) (1220b)
B pretends she has been injured by an automobile in order to collect damages
from the owner of the car, A-4
POST: (801 ch A to A-4) (1192) (1192; 224)

-- page 150

B{29} Aiding Another to Hide from the World a Fateful Secret

Conflict{1160}

PRE: (841) (1021b) (1291b)
A’s friend, A-2, is the sole support of his parents, F-A and M-A * A’s friend, A-2,
the sole support of his parents, dies (603b, c, d), and A withholds the knowledge
from the needy parents, writes them in A-2’s name, and continues sending money
for their support **
POST: (1461a) (1462)

Conflict{1161}

PRE: (724 ch A to A-4; 816a) (707 tr A & A-4) (787 ch A to A-4; 816a)
A, falling in with A-4, a stranger who has been injured in an accident, agrees to
take over an enterprise which the accident prevents A-4 from finishing * A, in
in order to help A-4, poses as A-4 **
POST: (711a, b, c) (1168 ch A-2 to A-4)

Conflict{1162}

PRE: (793a tr A & A-2) (981 tr A & A-2)
A induces a friend, A-2, to play the role of A-5 in order to carry out an enterprise
in which the presence of A-5 is necessary
POST: (1148a ch AX to A-5) (1164 ch A-8 to A-2 & A-4 to A-5)

Conflict{1163}

(a) PRE: (615) (618)
A finds his “double” in A-4, and he hires A-4 to attend to certain duties which
devolve upon himself (A)
POST: (1424b; 249) (639 -* ch A-5 to A-4) (1163b, c)

(b) PRE: (101a) (1095)
A unloads upon A-4 (101b ch A to A-4) certain romantic affairs which he (A) finds
distasteful
POST: (72 ch A to A-4 & A-2 to A) (182a ch A-3 to A-4)

(c) PRE: (1163a)
A’s “double”, A-4, carries out an enterprise as A which A finds disastrous to his
own fortunes
POST: (1180 tr A & A-4) (1192 ch A to A-4 & A-4 to A-8) (1197 ch A to A-4 & A-8 to A)

Conflict{1164}

PRE: (710 ch A to A-4) (711a ch A to A-4)
A, having invited friends to meet a celebrity, A-4, who does not arrive, persuades
A-8 to impersonate A-4 in order that the guests may not be disappointed
POST: (603a ch A-2 to A-8) (610 ch A to A-8) (717 ch “officer A-6” to “celebrity A-8”)


B{47} Finding (Apparently) an Object Greatly Coveted, and Obtaining (Apparently) the Object

Conflict{1165}

PRE: (1145 ch A to A-5 & A-8 to A) (1161 ch A to A-8 & A-4 to A-5)
A is an art collector * X1 and X2 are very rare and valuable art objects, the only
two in the world ** A owns an objet d’art, X1; and he buys X2, as he supposes,
which is an exact duplicate of X1, from A-5, only to discover that he has repurchased
X1 which the scheming A-5 had stolen from his collection ***
POST: (224 ch A to A-5) (1146 ch A to A-5)

Conflict{1166}

(a) PRE: (1129a) (1144)
A is a thief who has a real gem, X1, which he thinks is a counterfeit * A, a thief,
has a real gem, X1, which he thinks is a counterfeit; and, adroitly, he substitutes
X1 for X2, a counterfeit which A thinks is a genuine stone **
POST: (614) (1166b)

(b) PRE: (1166a -*)
A, adroitly, secures an object greatly desired, X2. from A-9, who will not dispose
of it * A, making a replica, X1, of a valuable original, X2, secures X2 by leaving
X1 in its place **
POST: (1166 *-**) (1343)

-- page 151

B{48} Assuming the Character of a Criminal in a Perfectly Honest Enterprise

Conflict{1167}

PRE: (598) (939)
A, for worthy purposes, plays the role of a fictitious criminal, A-5 * A, for worthy
purposes playing the role of a fictitious criminal, A-5, is sought by the police for
a crime committed by the real A-5 **
POST: (249) (635) (1044a)

Conflict{1168}

PRE: (599) (1161 ch A-4 to A-2)
A, inspired by altruistic motives, assumes the name and character of A-2, using
A-2’s clothes and other belongings, and seeking to carry out an enterprise begun
by A-2 * A, posing as A-2, does not know that A-2 is a transgressor **
POST: (603a) (822 ch B to A-2) (1044a)

Conflict{1169}

PRE: (1073) (1096) (818a -*)
A seeks to demonstrate his ability to enact a certain role in a forthcoming play *
A, in order to prove his ability to enact a certain role in a forthcoming play,
assumes the role off the stage **
POST: (818a *-***) (625)

Conflict{1170}

PRE: (485) (513) (949b) (1072) (1073) (1148a)
A, wealthy and of high social standing, desires adventures in the underworld *
A, desiring adventures in the underworld and unable to realize his desire in his
own character, assumes a fictitious character **
POST: (773) (786) (876a) (1148a *-**) (1209b)

Conflict{1171}

PRE: (623 ch A to F-B) (773 ch A to F-B & B to B-5) (822)
B’s father, F-B, is suspected of a certain crime * B, in order to save her father, F-B,
who is suspected of a certain crime, confesses that she is the culprit ** A, B’s best
friend, in order to save B, who is suspected of a certain crime, declares that he
alone is guilty ***
POST: (635) (1291 ch A to A-5)

Conflict{1172}

PRE: (890) (1025) (1118)
-- HER obj
B’s striking physical resemblance to B-5, a criminal, causes her to be suspected
of a crime
POST: (69) (792b) (822) (828) (1154a)


B{49} Assuming a Fictitious Character When Embarking  Upon a Certain Enterprise

Conflict{1173}

PRE: (2b, c, d, e, g, h) (1187; 2f)
A, a pretender, encounters B, who is also a pretender * A and B are pretenders,
yet neither knows that the other is not what he
or she seems to be **
POST: (773; 772 ch A to B & A-4 to A) (806 ch B-4 to B) (1462)

Conflict{1174}

PRE: (1165 ch A to A-8, A-5 to A & add A-2) (1311 add A-2)
A and A-2 are crooks, seeking escape through the closing net of the law * A and
A-2, crooks trying for a “get-away” after a successful “job,” slip through the
police net, A-6, A-6, A-6, when A disguises himself as a woman **
POST: (603c, d) (1015 ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A) (1282)

Conflict{1175}

(a) PRE: (59) (1146)
A is a fugitive from justice who has assumed an alias and is posing as an innocent
and worthy member of society
POST: (69) (90a) (333) (338) (763)

(b) PRE: (1021b) (1168)
A and A-2 are friends, but one of them is a criminal and a fugitive from justice.
Which of the two is the criminal?
POST: (1015 ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A) (1282 ch A to A-5)

-- page 152

Conflict{1176}

PRE: (610) (654)
A, a crook, is trapped and surrounded by officers of the law, A-6, A-6, A-6 * A,
a crook trapped and surrounded by officers of the law, A-6, A-6, A-6, escapes by
pretending to be another A-6 who is hunting for himself **
POST: (963) (1142b) (1209a)

Conflict{1177}

PRE: (263 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (438) (658)
A, a banker, has juggled with the bank’s funds * A, a transgressor, covers up his
criminal acts by a painstaking simulation of honor and excellence **
POST: (1038) (1044a) (1124)

Conflict{1178}

PRE: (568c ch A-3 to A-8) (1291b ch A-2 to A-8) (1309b ch B to A & A-3 to A-8)
A, highly respected in his community, has committed a murder * A buries the
body of his murdered victim, A-8, in a swamp and, by his usual exemplary conduct,
seeks to escape suspicion **
POST: (1291a) (1302)

Conflict{1179}

PRE: (866) (1189) (1316 ch A-3 to A-5)
A is a crirninal who is posing as an officer of the law hunting for another crirninal *
A, a criminal, poses as an officer of the law looking for A-5, another criminal.
Authorities pick up A-5, turn him over to A, and A starts with his prisoner for
the scene of A-5’s crime—and his own **
POST: (923) (1209c ch A-2 to A-5) (1309b ch B to A & A-3 to A-5)

Conflict{1180}

PRE: (1146) (1181)
A, a crook, in order to overcome the difficulties of a certain enterprise,
impersonates a celebrated novelist, A-4 * A, a crook impersonating a celebrated novelist,
A-4, proceeds to a small town and becomes the lion of a ladies’ literary society **
POST: (338) (717 ch A-6 to A-4) (1163c) (1173 ch A to A-4) (1271)

Conflict{1181}

PRE: (126) (1146)
A is a transgressor who poses as an honest man for the purpose of carrying out
another transgression
POST: (1145) (1180)

Conflict{1182}

PRE: (608) (611a) (623)
A, through no fault of his own, is estranged from his parents, F-A and M-A * A,
estranged from his parents, F-A and M-A, effects a reconciliation with them by
proving his worth in an assumed character as an Unknown **
POST: (830 ch A-2 to F-A) (1199)

Conflict{1183}

PRE: (695a) (695b; 1160)
A, in order to achieve happiness, seeks to be free of suspicion * A drops his own
name and assumes the name of a deceased friend, A-2 ** A-2, deceased, has a
sister, SR; and SR, not knowing of A-2’s death, corresponds with A, thinking
him her brother ***
POST: (31; 1461a) (1461a; 1461c)

Conflict{1184}

PRE: (420) (1072) (1073)
A’s high place in society is at odds with an enterprise he wishes to undertake *
A, in order to proceed with certain plans, finds it necessary to hide his identity **
POST: (917) (1181)

Conflict{1185}

PRE: (249) (1177) (1178)
A, to the public, is highly placed, honest and successful. This reputation is
necessary as a “cover” for his private transgressions
POST: (98) (438) (1148a)

Conflict{1186}

PRE: (249) (1184)
A seeks to rebuild his life, wasted in dissipation, along the line of exemplary ideals *
A, pursuing a worthy enterprise, changes his name and goes to a place where he
is unknown **
POST: (152a) (818a)

Conflict{1187}

PRE: (513) (768)
A is a poor clerk who, with a limited capital, dons a dress suit and takes a brief
“fling” in high society
POST: (2a) (617) (1173)

-- page 153

Conflict{1188}

PRE: (680a) (1023) (1024)
A, to secure relief from desperate misfortunes, pretends to be a victim of lost
identity * A, pretending to be a victim of lost identity, appeals to the police and is
given food and shelter while the authorities try to discover who he is and where
he comes from **
POST: (1196) (1212b)

Conflict{1189}

PRE: (637) (664) (866)
A is a captured criminal who, when the detective who has him in charge, A-6,
suddenly dies, appropriates the clothes and belongings of A-6 and seeks to escape
by impersonating him
POST: (717) (923) (1173) (1179)

Conflict{1190}

PRE: (1169) (1170)
A, a tramp, in order to have more success in his “panhandling,” pretends to be
a missionary
POST: (1053) (1147) (1161) (1196) (1199)

Conflict{1191}

PRE: (1129a) (1132)
A, a crooked gambler, seeks to fleece a stranger, A-4, (1079 ch A to A-4) out of
his money * A, a crooked gambler, pretends to be a friend of A-4, a stranger, in
order to lure him into a card game **
POST: (1255a ch A to A-4 & A-3 to A) (1276 ch A to A-4 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{1192}

PRE: (1159) (1220b)
A, a confederate of B’s, seeks damages from A-4, the owner of
an automobile that apparently injures B
POST: (338) (822)

Conflict{1193}

PRE: (1076 ch A to A-3) (70; 1459 ch B to A) (70; 1459 ch B to A & A-3 to F-B)
A, assuming a disguise and an alias, secures employment from A-3, for the purpose
of obtaining certain information * A, discovered masquerading under a false
name and in disguise, is compelled to flee for his life **
POST: (1451b ch A-8 to A-3) (1439a ch A-2 to A-3)

Conflict{1194}

PRE: (1004) (1031)
A is a thief who has an honest profession which he uses as a “cover” for his
dishonest practices * A seeks to appropriate a large sum of money which a dying
man, A-8, has in his possession **
POST: (338) (636)

Conflict{1195}

PRE: (887b) (1127) (1290b -*)
A is a murderer who, for his own protection and gain, impersonates the man he
has murdered
POST: (339) (1001a) (1290b *-**)

Conflict{1196}

PRE: (636) (1004 ch A-8 to B) (1188) (1190)
A is mistaken by B for her son, SN * A, mistaken by a dying woman, B, for her
son, SN, altruistically fosters the delusion in order to give B a few last moments
of earthly comfort **
POST: (1197 ch A-8 to SN) (1201 ch CN to SN)

Conflict{1197}

PRE: (1163c ch A to A-8 & A-4 to A) (1129a)
A bears a striking physical resemblance to A-8 * A impersonates A-8 for the
purpose of acquiring gain **
POST: (1146) (1163a ch A to A-8 & A-4 to A)

Conflict{1198}

PRE: (598) (1167)
A, for the purpose of discovering what obstacles a certain person will meet and
how he will react to them, assumes the role of a fictitious character and falls into
very real misfortunes
POST: (608) (717) (786)

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Conflict{1199}

PRE: (205) (864) (915) (967)
A is a wanderer “under a cloud” who returns as an Unknown to his home town,
scene of his youthful transgressions * A, returning to his home town as an
Unknown, prevents a bank holdup **
POST: (211) (1182)

Conflict{1200}

PRE: (59) (1194) (1196 ch SN to A-8)
A, a crook, assumes the role of an honest, cultured gentlemen, A-8 * A, a crook,
assuming the role of an honest, cultured gentlemen, A-8, undergoes experiences
which break down his nerve and exhaust his resourcefulness **
POST: (236 tr A & A-3) (333)

Conflict{1201}

PRE: (1414a ch A to CN) (1414b ch A to CN)
A’s cousin, CN, has long been mysteriously missing * A’s uncle, U, dies and leaves
A’s cousin, CN, a large estate. A impersonates CN **
POST: (95) (794 ch A-2 to CN)

Conflict{1202}

(a) PRE: (1168 -*) (1169)
A plays the role of a “rube” so successfully that he defeats the purpose for which
he undertook the impersonation
POST: (625) (1168 *-**)

(b) PRE: (926) (928a)
A, wealthy, entertains his friends lavishly; consequently, he counts his friends
by scores * A, wealthy, as a test of his friends’ loyalty, pretends to lose his wealth;
then he tries to borrow, but not one of his former friends will lend him so much
as a plugged nickel, or even notice him in the street as he passes **
POST: (681a) (922b)

Conflict{1203}

PRE: (335) (1153)
B seeks to convince the home folks that she is a celebrity when she is really a
failure * B sends newspaper clippings regarding a celebrity, B-4, to the home folks,
and pretends that she is B-4 under a stage or pen name **
POST: (364b) (1208 ch B-2 to B-4)

Conflict{1204}

PRE: (450) (921) (1172) (1220b)
B’s happiness requires a complete escape from her life and environment * B hires
B-8, a woman who has not long to live, to take her name ** B-8 dies and is buried
as B ***
POST: (435a) (1244b)

Conflict{1205}

PRE: (1160 ch A-2 to BR-B & F-A and M-A to B) (1168 ch A-2 to BR-B)
B does not know that her brother, BR-B, is dead. She corresponds with a man,
A, who pretends to be BR-B * B, after corresponding with A, whom she supposes
to be her brother, BR-B, calls on A unannounced and discovers A’s deception **
POST: (21) (31)

Conflict{1206}

PRE: (784 -*) (946)
B, seeking to carry out an enterprise in a large department store, finds the
enterprise endangered by A-6, a detective * B, faultlessly dressed, in order to
escape A-6, a detective, steps into the show-window of a large department store and
poses as a life-size wax figure, one of several figures displaying the latest suits
and cloaks **
POST: (784 *-**) (870a, b)

Conflict{1207}

PRE: (745) (1032) (1100 -*)
-- HER obj
B’s sex prevents her from securing employment among men; so she disguises herself as a boy
POST: (61) (1454) (1100 *-**)

Conflict{1208}

PRE: (1172 ch B-5 to B-2) (1203 ch B-4 to B-2)
B is impersonating B-2. In the midst of the impersonation, B-2, at a distance,
is injured in an accident and expected to die. Great newspaper publicity is given
the incident (1151) (1258).
POST: ()

-- page 155

ConflictSubGroup{Craftiness}

B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{1209}

(a) PRE: (100) (673 -*)
A, a fugitive from justice, disguises himself and, as an Unknown, risks discovery
and arrest to carry out a romantic enterprise
POST: (52b) (673 *-**) (684 ch F-B to A) (915) (964b)

(b) PRE: (420) (485) (949b) (1170) (1184)
A, a Beau Brummel, wealthy and aristocratic, disappears inside a public wash
room at a railway station with a suit case. When he reappears, he has transformed
himself into a typical hoodlum. A checks his suit case and plunges into
the underworld in quest of adventure
POST: (681b) (711b)

(c) PRE: (820) (1212a)
A, a fugitive from justice, succeeds by a stratagem in rescuing his pal, A-2, from
the toils of the law
POST: (1179 ch A-5 to A-2) (1174) (1216)

Conflict{1210}

PRE: (898) (925 -*) (858 -*)
A is told by his doctor that he has only three months to live * A, wealthy miser,
told by his doctor that he has only three months to live, decides to spend all his
money before he dies so none will be left for his heirs **
POST: (751) (865)

Conflict{1211}

PRE: (440 -*) (988) (1087)
A, having committed a transgression, seeks to make restitution without betraying his guilt
POST: (440 *-**) (422a) (1239)

Conflict{1212}

(a) PRE: (723 ch A to A-2 & A-5 to A) (981 tr A & A-2)
A, for his own selfish reasons, gives aid to his friend, A-2, who is suffering misfortune
POST: (1218 tr A & A-2) (1209c) (1264)

(b) PRE: (622 ch A to A-8 & SN to A) (1188) (1414b ch A to SN)
A, for his own selfish reasons, pretends to be the long-lost son of wealthy A-8
POST: (1200 ch A-8 to SN) (1291a ch A to SN)

(c) PRE: (1107b) (1181) (1146 ch A to A-9)
A, seeking a job from A-9, refers A-9 to A-4 for a recommendation as to character
and ability, telling him A-4 can be reached at a prominent hotel at a certain
hour by phone * A, when A-4 is paged in a prominent hotel, answers the call,
assumes the character of A-4 and gives himself such a flowery recommendation
that he secures a job from A-9 **
POST: (1008) (352a -*)

Conflict{1213}

PRE: (905) (927)
A invents a fictitious servant, A-7 * A invents a fictitious servant, A-7, on whom
he pretends to depend, and whose unreliability, while seeming to occasion A much
embarrassment, is really a convenience to A **
POST: (1423 ch AX to A-7) (1424a ch AX to A-7) (1216 tr A & A-2 & ch AX to A-7)

Conflict{1214}

PRE: (1129a ch A to A-5 & A-4 to A-2; 1268 ch A to A-5)
A, friend of A-2, learns that A-2 is to be made the victim of a transgression. A
discovers this too late to warn A-2, and determines to help him by secret enterprise
POST: (834) (1227a)

Conflict{1215}

PRE: (1231) (1212a)
A tries to make two pugilists, A-2 and A-8, who are fast friends, stage a spirited
ring battle * A, for certain reasons, seeks to make enemies of two friends, A-2 &
A-8 **
POST: (273 ch A to A-8; 230 -*) (1278a)

-- page 156

Conflict{1216}

PRE: (86) (1148a ch A to A-2)
A’s friend, A-2, has invented a fictitious character, AX, for personal reasons *
A, for personal reasons, impersonates the fictitious character, AX, invented by
his friend, A-2 **
POST: (1146 ch A-8 to AX) (1184) (1187)

Conflict{1217}

(a) PRE: (778) (1129a ch A-4 to A-8) (1144)
A is a bold thief who wishes to hide his identity and appear free of ulterior
motives while carrying out an audacious robbery * A, a crook, pretends to be a lover
of precious stones while calling on a collector of gems, A-8 **
POST: (1143a ch A to A-8) (1166a)

(b) PRE: (1026) (1139)
A, the outcast son of F-A, seeks to borrow money of A-8 with the approval of
F-A * A, seeking to borrow money of A-8 on the supposed approval of F-A, asks
A-8 to call on F-A and secure authority to make the loan **
POST: (1195) (1290b)

(c) PRE: (1138) (1129a ch A-4 to B)
A wishes to buy an object, X, in the possession of B. B will not sell X. A-5, a crook,
steals X from B and tries to sell it to A
POST: (20a) (808a)

Conflict{1218}

PRE: (600) (639 -*)
A is captured by a brigand, A-5, and held for ransom * A’s friend, A-2, plans
to rescue A from a brigand, A-5, who is holding A for ransom, and he plans to
make the rescue without paying the ransom **
POST: (653) (1281)

Conflict{1219}

PRE: (1081) (1129c)
A, secretly searching for a man of courage, stages a crafty enterprise in order to
find a man of sufficient courage to face a dangerous test
POST: (1287 ch A to A-5) (793a ch A to A-5 & A-2 to A)

Conflict{1220}

(a) PRE: (947) (1138) (1140 ch A-8 to B)
A, craftily seeking gain, overcomes the opposition of B with the use of strong
drink
POST: (738) (951)

(b) PRE: (1157) (1220a)
A is a grafter who forces B to help him in his grafting enterprises * A compels
B to wander about the streets in rags, forlorn and weeping, with the idea of
securing money from guileless strangers **
POST: (1159) (1192) (1204)

Conflict{1221}

PRE: (600) (652a)
A is secretly drugged by enemies, A-5, A-5, A-5 * A, secretly drugged by enemies,
A-5, A-5, A-5, is a drug addict and the potion has no effect; but A, realizing the
attempt has been made, simulates unconsciousness to discover why it was made **
POST: (664) (834) (835)

Conflict{1222}

(a) PRE: (266) (657) (1175b ch A to A-3)
A believes A-3 guilty of a crime * A,
as a means of forcing a confession of guilt from A-3, throws both himself and A-3
into a situation where death for both of them seems imminent **
POST: (1461a ch A to A-3) (1456 ch A-5 to A-3)

(b) PRE: (635 -*) (833) (1222a)
A, by subtle enterprise, forces a confession of
guilt from A-3, and thus wins success in a difficult undertaking
POST: (635 *-** ch A-5 to A-3) (894 ch A-5 to A-3) (887a ch A to A-3)

Conflict{1223}

(a) PRE: (1090) (1102 ch A-2 to A-4) (1111b)
A tries to discover what obstacles a certain person will meet and how he will react
to them * A hires A-4 as a catspaw and sends him uninformed into various misadventures **
POST: (1161 ch A to A-8) (1162 ch A-2 to A-4) (1163a)

-- page 157

(b) PRE: (77 ch A to A-4, A-3 to A-8 & F-B to A) (1081)
A, in order to forward a certain enterprise, contrives a test of merit for two men,
A-4 and A-8 * A pretends to disappear and to be in great danger, and so lures
A-4 and A-8 into real danger in a quest for him **
POST: (295a ch A to A-4) (209 ch A to A-4 & A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{1224}

PRE: (1146) (1162 ch A to A-2, A-2 to A & A-5 to A-8)
A seeks for his own gain to impersonate a widower, A-8, who has a child, CH.
A has no child but overcomes the handicap by a stratagem
POST: (1057b) (1167 ch A-5 to A-8) (1147 -* ch A to A-4 & X to CH)

Conflict{1225}

PRE: (429a) (734) (953) (1378 ch F-A to A & A to SN)
A has taken up his quarters in a vacant house (74a -*) * A, taking refuge in a
vacant house and desiring to stay on secretly in the place, moves into the attic when
the house is rented **
POST: (719a) (1056)

Conflict{1226}

PRE: (79 ch A-3 to A-5) (600) (1275)
A learns t hat he has been cast, by A-5, for the role of victim in a confidence game *
A simulates guilessness in an attempt to lure designing A-5 to his own undoing **
POST: (630) (1193 ch A-3 to A-5)

Conflict{1227}

(a) PRE: (252a) (704) (1214)
A’s friend, A-2, is waylaid and robbed by three men; and one of the men is A *
A’s friend, A-2, is robbed by A and A-5; then A, in turn, robs A-5 ** A robs A-5
of valuables stolen from A-2, and returns the property to A-2 ***
POST: (867) (808a ch B to A-2)

(b) PRE: (234a) (252a)
A, in order to convince B that he is a man of courage, arranges with A-2 to stage
a fake holdup with B the supposed victim * A appears during a fake holdup and
“rescues” B **
POST: (234b) (367b)

(c) PRE: (234a) (252a)
A hires a confederate, A-2. to abduct B * A hires A-2 to abduct B under pretense
that she is to be held for ransom ** A “rescues” B during a mock abduction ***
POST: (367b) (81)

Conflict{1228}

PRE: (725 ch A-5 to A-3) (1447)
A possesses knowledge inimical to A-3 * A is manoeuvered into jail by the
politically powerful A-3 in order to prevent A’s information from causing A-3 any
injury **
POST: (623) (826) (829)

Conflict{1229}

PRE: (1057a) (1430b)
A finds himself with a strange baby, CH, on his hands * A, with a strange baby,
CH, on his hands, secretly leaves CH in the care of B, who has other children **
POST: (249 ch B to B-8) (1154b ch B to B-8)

Conflict{1230}

PRE: (1268 ch A to A-5) (1311 ch A-3 to A-5)
A is obsessed with a fear of burglars * A, obsessed with a fear of burglars, places
a wax figure, X, in his bed at night and sleeps in a locked closet **
POST: (1252 ch A to A-5 & A-8 to X) (1313b ch A-3 to A-5)

Conflict{1231}

PRE: (125a) (311)
A wagers all his money on a boxing bout * A, wagering all his money on a boxing
bout between A-2 and A-8, learns that the pugilists are fast friends and that neither
will fight to win **
POST: (606) (1215)

Conflict{1232}

PRE: (725 ch A to A-3 & A-5 to A) (998 ch A to A-3 & A-4 to A)
A discovers that A-3 has knowledge of a secret that will bring disaster to A if
revealed * A finds it necessary to abduct A-3 and hold him incommunicado **
POST: (719a ch A to A-3) (875b ch A to A-3) (1130 ch A to A-3)

-- page 158

Conflict{1233}

PRE: (79) (804) (980 -*) (985) (1265a tr A & A-3)
A finds himself in danger because he has innocently undertaken the custodianship
9f a mysterious package, X * A, in danger because he is the custodian of a
mysterious package, X, contrives a dummy package, X2, exactly counterfeiting X in
appearance **
POST: (980 *-**) (1226)

Conflict{1234}

PRE: (838) (1046) (1050)
A recovers property stolen from his friend, A-2 * A, recovering property stolen
from his friend, A-2, seeks to restore it by stealth so A-2 will not know it has been
out of his possession **
POST: (786) (808a ch B to A-2) (1035 tr A & A-2) (1337)

Conflict{1235}

PRE: (1216) (1227a -*)
A attempts to deceive his friend, A-2, thinking to profit by the deception, but
fails * A’s friend, A-2, reaps a rich reward from a discovery he has made and offers
to share with A; but A, knowing he is unworthy of such generosity, refuses it **
POST: (1249) (1295)

Conflict{1236}

PRE: (213 -* ch A to A-8, B to SR-A & A-7 to A) (1123; 126 ch B to B-3; 24a ch A to A-8 & B to SR-A; 262a ch B to SR-A & A to A-8)
A, by trickery, prevents his sister, SR-A, from marrying A-8 * A, through
deception involving his sister, SR-A, vans a large estate **
POST: (1291a) (1295) (1443b)

Conflict{1237}

(a) PRE: (1314) (1316)
A pretends to lead a dissipated life * A pretends that he is “going to the dogs” in
order to deceive his mortal enemy, A-3, and lead A-3 to believe he is not to be
feared ** A, when his mortal enemy, A-3, is lulled by a false sense of security,
strikes and kills ***
POST: (1039) (1311)

(b) PRE: (484b) (606) (631)
A kills himself, but contrives to make his death appear accidental * A kills
himself in order that money, to be secured as life insurance, will take care of
his pressing obligations ** (802a ch A to A-6 & B to A) (952)
[1] A closes himself inside his garage, starts the engine of his car, inhales the
exhaust gases, and dies [2] A pretends to stall his automobile on the railroad track
and is killed by a limited train [3] A while in a profuse perspiration from violent
exercise deliberately exposes himself to the wintry air [4] A, on a hunting trip, is
killed when his gun is “accidentally” discharged
POST: ()

Conflict{1238}

PRE: (654) (839 tr A & A-2) (1074)
A, a writer, slipping in his work as the years
advance, draws on the material of his earlier days to keep himself going. The
material exhausted, A dies
-- TODO: Extra outlink at end: (Allegorical: 1348b)
POST: (868 tr A & A-2)

Conflict{1239}

PRE: (1087) (1211)
A, a crook, launches a benevolent enterprise as a means of making secret
restitution of his ill-gotten gains
POST: (882) (923)

Conflict{1240}

PRE: (449) (583b)
B goes innocently with A-3, a friend, to pass a few days at a summer resort * B’s
friend, A-3, dies suddenly in his room in a summer resort hotel; and B, first
to discover A-3’s death, flees secretly in order that her name may not be compromised **
POST: (410) (1151)

-- page 159

Conflict{1241}

(a) PRE: (916) (1033)
B undertakes, for extravagant pay, to carry out a secret investigation (1267b, c
-- HER obj
ch A to A-8) in which it is necessary for her to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and
in which she must have a knowledge of “sign” language
POST: (677) (802b tr A & B) (890) (933)

(b) PRE: (284) (871) (1220b ch A to F-B)
B, compelled by her father, F-B, to engage in a distasteful enterprise, evades the
enterprise by pretending to have suddenly been stricken deaf and dumb
POST: (676) (741)

(c) PRE: (664 ch A to B) (1135b)
B, engaged in an entei prise that might cause gossip or censure, escapes from a
room by picking the lock of a door with a bent hairpin
POST: (669) (1151)

Conflict{1242}

(a) PRE: (470) (1033)
B, a young woman engaged in an enterprise that might cause gossip or censure,
defers to public opinion by a stratagem
POST: (84a) (86) (1025) (1158)

(b) PRE: (117 ch F-A to B) (118 ch GF-A to B & B to B-8)
B, wealthy relative of A, dies and leaves him a fortune provided he will not do a
certain thing * A renounces an inheritance because of a distasteful obligation
attached to it; and then, after giving up the inheritance, a codicil to the will restores
it to him, stating that the supposed obligation was merely a “test of merit” **
POST: (1041 ch A to B) (1462)

Conflict{1243}

PRE: (125a) (189)
B subtly places obstacles in the path of A; obstacles which, when overcome, will
profit A and develop his moral courage
POST: (188a) (814)

Conflict{1244}

(a) PRE: (241) (812b)
B plans to forward an enterprise, but cannot do so openly and must resort to craftiness
POST: (806 ch B-4 to B) (1241a, b, c) (1242a) (1243)

(b) PRE: (152b) (946) (1220b -*)
B, in order to forward a certain enterprise, assumes a fictitious name and secures
the position of private secretary to A
POST: (666) (679) (826)

Conflict{1245}

PRE: (849) (173) (1343 ch A to B)
B prevents a stranger, B-4, from buying an
-- HER obj
article, X, which, B is convinced, will bring her only misfortune, by tying to X
a ticket labeled “sold”
POST: (89) (1400)

Conflict{1246}

PRE: (766) (908) (1105)
B, daughter of M-B, falling into error, conducts herself
unwisely and scorns admonition * B’s mother, M-B, copies B’s foolish conduct,
thus giving B a visible demonstration of its absurdity **
POST: (931) (933)


B{13} Seeking by Craftiness to Escape Misfortune

Conflict{1247}

PRE: (98) (658) (1177) (1185)
A seeks craftily to keep the good opinion of the public * A closely guards an evil
secret which, if known, would reflect upon his character and make impossible
a cherished enterprise **
POST: (1084) (1101) (1103) (1110)

Conflict{1248}

PRE: (756) (925 -*) (1146)
A is a doctor, who follows his honest profession by day, and makes it a “cover”
for his activities as a burglar by night
POST: (660a) (712) (1031)

-- page 160

Conflict{1249}

PRE: (701) (1304)
A attempts craftily to clear himself of a suspicion of robbery * A explains that
he invested money, belonging to himself and A-2, in an enterprise that failed **
POST: (1160) (1162) (1235)

Conflict{1250}

PRE: (280a) (655 -*) (663) (607 ch A-2 to A-3) (1255b ch A-8 to A-3)
A is helpless against an armed .enemy, A-3 * A pretends to be hors du combat for
the purpose of luring his enemy, A-3, within arm’s reach **
POST: (1189 ch A-6 to A-3) (1222b) (1232) (1237a)

Conflict{1251}

PRE: (983) (998 ch A to A-8 & A-4 to A)
A is aware that A-8 knows too much for his (A’s) good * A gives A-8 money with
which to take himself out of the country **
POST: (1239) (1247)

Conflict{1252}

PRE: (1291b ch A-2 to A-8) (1290a ch A-2 to A-8) (1309b ch B to A & A-3 to A-8)
A, to rid himself of the body of his murdered victim, A-8, and escape suspicion,
hides the body in an old tomb
POST: (1291a) (1302) (1344 -* ch A-2 to A-8)

Conflict{1253}

PRE: (1255a -**) (1265a)
A is lured into a trap by A-3 * A, lured into a trap by A-3, has set a counter-trap
for A-3 **
POST: (1255 **-***) (1261) (1272 ch A-9 to A-3)

Conflict{1254}

PRE: (1085) (1086) (1297)
A, painting a house, finds the purse of B lying on a bench in the garden * A finds
a purse which contains the key to B’s strong box ** A rifles the safe of B, his
employer, and returns the key of the strong box to the place where he found it. But
there is a smear of yellow paint on the key ***
POST: (1295) (1302) (1447 tr A & A-8) (1461a)

Conflict{1255}

(a) PRE: (75a) (1253) (1278a ch A-8 to A-3)
A is inveigled into a gambling game by A-3 * A’s enemy, A-3, lures A into a
gambling game and arranges for a fake police raid * A’s enemy, A-3, arranges for a fake
police raid on a gambling game; but A, secretly informed, has the police make a
real raid
POST: (236) (280b)

(b) PRE: (1029) (1043) (1128b)
A is in a wild race with A-8 for a fortune * A’s fortune depends on winning a race
with A-8, and in reaching town and securing a certain document, X, before A-8
can get his hands on it **
POST: (711b -**) (685) (1250 ch A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{1256}

PRE: (903) (1029) (1257)
A has a valuable work of art destroyed by a lady, B, in
a tantrum * B, a very great personage, snatches A’s cane and belabors him with
it. A auctions off the cane as a priceless piece for a collection **
POST: (814)

Conflict{1257}

PRE: (721) (938)
A, a sculptor, models a bust of B (908) (1067 -*) at B’s order * B, displeased with
the work of a sculptor, A, destroys a bust in an angry outburst **
POST: (1256) (1395)

Conflict{1258}

PRE: (448) (1309b)
B, a woman criminal arrested by A-6, a detective, seeks to effect her escape by
artful strategy
POST: (3b) (10a) (16a)

Conflict{1259}

PRE: (974) (1267a ch A to A-5)
B traps A-5, a thief, by telling him her valuables are in a clothes closet—and then
locking the closet
POST: (1335 ch A to A-5) (850b)

-- page 161

B{14} Falling Into Misfortune Through the Wiles of a Crafty Schemer

Conflict{1260}

(a) PRE: (1140) (1000 -* ch A to A-8)
A, rich and unscrupulous, has set his heart on acquiring a certain piece of ground *
A desires property which A-8 refuses to sell; so A ruins A-8 financially and forces
him to sell **
POST: (1000 *-**) (1443b) (1439b tr A & A-8)

(b) PRE: (380 ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (898 -*)
A, rich and unscrupulous, craftily manoeuvers A-8 into debt * A, manoeuvering
A-8 into debt, offers to cancel the debt if A-8 will agree to a certain proposition **
POST: (48 tr A & A-8) (269 ch A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{1261}

PRE: (280a tr A & A-3) (1191 ch A-4 to A-3)
A’s confederate, B, with a woman’s wiles, lures A-3 into a trap that has been set
for him
POST: (1253 tr A & A-3) (1255a tr A & A-3)

Conflict{1262}

PRE: (96) (98)
A represents guilt-masquerading-as-innocence * A is influenced to engage in an
enterprise that will bring about his punishment for transgression **
POST: (753) (628) (1261 tr A & A-3)

Conflict{1263}

PRE: (447 ch A to A-8) (1293a)
A discovers an evil secret of B’s past * A decides to use secret information for
blackmailing purposes **
POST: (870b ch A-5 to A) (1309a)

Conflict{1264}

PRE: (1168 -* tr A & A-2) (1277b ch A to A-2) (1288 -*)
A persuades his friend, A-2, to undertake a hazardous piece of work—and does
not tell him it is hazardous
POST: (1168 tr A & A-2) (1265a ch A-3 to A-2) (1288 *-**) (1272 ch A to A-2 & A-9 to A) (1275 ch A to A-2 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{1265}

(a) PRE: (75a tr A & A-3) (1264 ch A-2 to A-3)
A, seeking to obtain unfair advantage of A-3, induces him to take charge of some
contraband goods, knowing he will be apprehended
POST: (623 ch A to A-3) (1154b ch A to A-3 & B-3 to A)

(b) PRE: (174; 816a) (711a)
A’s rival, A-3, when A fails to join him in an enterprise as agreed, carries out the
enterprise alone
POST: (603a ch A-2 to A-3) (701 ch A to A-3 & A-2 to A)

Conflict{1266}

PRE: (98 ch A to A-3; 1326) (554)
A’s enemy, A-3, is a connoisseur of wines * A, by working on A-3’s pride as a
connoisseur of wines, lures him into a wine vault where he is faced with death **
POST: (1311 -*) (1311) (1325 ch B to A & A to A-3)

Conflict{1267}

(a) PRE: (409 tr A & A-3) (1314 tr A & A-3)
A, influenced to carry out an enterprise, falls into a trap—a trap of mysterious
dangers unknown to him
POST: (1264 ch A to A-8 & A-2 to A) (1265a ch A to A-8 & A-3 to A) (1266 tr A & A-3)

(b) PRE: (1241a) (1267c)
A, a miser who is deaf and dumb, is made a prisoner in his home by A-5, who seeks
to force him to reveal the whereabouts of hidden wealth
POST: (885a) (890)

(c) PRE: (1278b ch A to A-8) (1438b)
A, deaf and dumb, is dying and desires to make a will. The lawyer who has been
summoned, A-8, thinks chicanery is afoot, and hires B to go with him to read A’s
“sign language”
POST: (1432) (1461b ch A to B & AX to A)

-- page 162

Conflict{1268}

PRE: (1023) (1024)
A’s plan to commit a robbery becomes known, and a trap is laid for him at the
scene of the intended crime
POST: (637) (664)

Conflict{1269}

PRE: (831) (832 tr A & A-2)
A discovers his friend, A-2’s, secret transgression * A informs the authorities of
his friend, A-2’s, secret transgression and receives the reward for A-2’s capture **
POST: (1039 ch A to A-2 & A-3 to A) (1313a tr A & A-2) (1313b ch A to A-2 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{1270}

PRE: (825) (1024 ch A to NW)
A disapproves of his nephew, NW; and A, sick unto death, sends for a lawyer,
A-8, to draw his will * A’s nephew, NW, tricks A into thinking that he is A-8, the
lawyer who has come to draw A’s will **
POST: (117 ch A to NW & F-A to A) (1432)

Conflict{1271}

PRE: (1180) (1184)
A pretends to be a novelist, A-4, writing a burglar story * A, a crook, pretends
to be a novelist, A-4, writing a burglar story; and a banker, A-8 (1177 ch A to A-8),
obligingly gives A information about his own bank vaults **
POST: (1174) (1251 tr A & A-8) (1253 ch A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{1272}

PRE: (604 ch A-8 to A-9) (1267a) (1264 ch A to A-9 & A-2 to A)
A, at the instigation of A-9, unknowingly commits a crime * A, innocent, is
arrested for a crime; and his employer, A-9, testifies against him **
POST: (866; 1322 ch A-3 to A-9) (329 ch A-2 to A-9; 850a)

Conflict{1273}

PRE: (922b) (1082b) (1389b)
A is selling luck charms among a superstitious people *
A, selling luck charms in a town, is denounced by the mayor of the town, A-9, as
an imposter because A has not “crossed A-9’s palm with silver” **
POST: (1220a ch B to A-9) (1278e ch A-8 to A-9)

Conflict{1274}

PRE: (689) (937) (1289b -*)
A, seeking to convert a savage people to Christianity,
has all his efforts set at naught by A-3, a witch doctor * A smashes an idol, X,
supposed by a savage people to be a god, and immediately good fortune comes to
the tribe. A-3 is discredited **
POST: (973) (1289b *-***) (1319b tr A & A-3)


B{52} Encountering a Would-Be Transgressor and Seeking to Prevent a Transgression

Conflict{1275}

PRE: (572) (708)
A, supposed to be dead, assumes a fictitious name * A, supposed dead, discovers
an imposter, A-5, using his name and pretending that he is A **
POST: (658) (1226)

Conflict{1276}

PRE: (612) (1191 ch A to A-5 & A-4 to A)
A detects A-5 cheating at cards, and denounces him; in the fight that follows,
A-5 is killed
POST: (750) (1017 ch A to A-6 & A-5 to A)


B{51} Devising a Clever and Plausible Delusion in Order to Forward Certain Ambitious Plans

Conflict{1277}

(a) PRE: (568c) (1291b ch A-2 to A-3) (1316) (1341 ch A-4 to A-3)
A, to escape suspicion, places the body of A-3, the man he has slain, on a railroad
track in an attempt to make it appear that A-3 was killed by a train
POST: (1247) (1332)

-- page 163

(b) PRE: (952) (1085)
A craftily fosters the delusion of his own death * A, by a stratagem, fosters the
delusion of his own death in an attempt to realize money on his life insurance **
POST: (1211) (1222a tr A & A-3) (1239)

Conflict{1278}

(a) PRE: (125a) (126)
A, counseled by artful B, makes use of important papers belonging to A-8 (1054)
in forwarding a certain enterprise
POST: (110-2) (1278c)

(b) PRE: (153 -*) (1461d)
A sends a package to B, by messenger * B-3, lurking in the doorway of B, pretends
to be B and receipts for a package delivered by messenger **
POST: (218b) (153 *-**) (826 ch A to A-3 & B to B-3)

(c) PRE: (125a) (1278a)
A, by chance, receives confidential information sent by A-4 to A-8 * A, by using
confidential information, convinces A-8 of his supposed ability and secures a
position at a good salary **
POST: (225) (367b)

(d) PRE: (1143a ch A to A-4; 1144) (1188 -*)
A, pretending to be seriously ill, is befriended by wealthy A-4. A-8, a doctor, is
called in by A-4, and he informs A privately that he is an imposter * A is discovered
by A-8, a doctor, to be shamming illness. By collusion, they foster A’s pretensions,
whereby A secures bed and board from wealthy A-4. and A-8 secures a fat
fee **
POST: (698 ch A to A-4; 1378 ch A to A-4; 1212b ch A-8 to A-4) (1166a)

(e) PRE: (1212a ch A to A-8 & A-2 to A) (1273 ch A-9 to A-8)
A, a confidence man selling “luck charms,” finds his business languishing because
miserly and influential A-8 has warned the people that his wares are a delusion *
A agrees to go “fifty-fifty” with respectable and influential but miserly A-8; and
A-8 recommends the luck charms A is selling, and A’s business flourishes
POST: (1222a ch A-3 to A-8) (1232 ch A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{1279}

(a) PRE: (124 -*) (135)
B, middle-aged, is so adept in the arts of the toilette, that she keeps her beauty
youthful and blooming. Apparently in her early twenties, she is really in her
late forties
POST: (11b) (103) (124 *-**)

(b) PRE: (1048) (1304)
-- HER obj
B seeks to recover, by stratagem, wealth which was stolen from her by A * B steals
softly into the room of A, who is spending the night at her home, and appropriates
a bag of jewels that is under A’s pillow ** B fires a revolver and pretends she is
shooting at a thief who got away in the night ***
POST: (701) (1309b ch A-3 to A) (1309a)


B{53} Opposing the Plans of a Crafty Schemer

Conflict{1280}

PRE: (1254 ch A to A-3) (1303 ch A-9 to A-3) (1305 ch A-5 to A-3)
A catches his enemy, A-3, red-handed in a transgression * A, who “has the goods”
on A-3, keeps his information from the authorities and holds A-3 in his power
and subject, through fear of the law, to his will **
POST: (1265a tr A & A-3) (1323b)

Conflict{1281}

PRE: (1218) (1085)
A, captured by A-5 and taken to a secret place, is being held for ransom * A’s
friend, A-2, captures B, daughter of A-5, and makes overtures to exchange B for
A, whom A-5 is holding for ransom **
POST: (885a ch A to A-2) (3a -* ch A to A-2)

Conflict{1282}

PRE: (1093 ch A to A-6) (1174)
A, a crook, commits a robbery and escapes in woman’s clothes * A had local fame
as a female impersonator; and A-6, a detective, makes use of this fact as a clue in
apprehending A for transgression **
POST: (651) (712)

-- page 164

Conflict{1283}

PRE: (1181) (1268) (1440 ch A to A-2; 1077)
A discovers where a certain object, X, small but immensely valuable, has been
concealed *A, to secure a certain object, X, must proceed warily and without
arousing suspicion **
POST: (1146) (1166a, b)

Conflict{1284}

PRE: (983 ch A to A-5 & A-8 to A) (997 ch A-2 to A-5) (1011)
A, a detective, captures a criminal, A-5, who was once an old friend of his * A,
a detective, owes A-5, a criminal he has captured, a sum of money which he has
not been able to repay; and A-5 hopes to make use of the debt in securing his
release from custody ** A, a detective, gives A-5, a crirninal he has captured,
a written order for the reward offered for A-5’s apprehension; thus A, having paid the
debt, takes A-5 to jail ***
POST: (1209c ch A to A-5) (1319a ch A-3 to A-5 & tr A & A-5)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{1285}

(a) PRE: (1123) (1127) (1289c -*)
A plans by crafty enterprise to secure a rich inheritance
POST: (1289c *-**) (1197) (1201) (1285b) (1290a, b)

(b) PRE: (988) (1002)
-- HER obj
A, unknown to B, holds a large sum of money in trust for her * A, desperately in
need, secretly appropriates to his own use money belonging to B **
POST: (422a) (1295) (647 ch A-5 to A)

(c) PRE: (680a) (1248)
A, a “dummy chucker,” pretends to have a fit on the walk in front of the
mansion of A-4, a wealthy man * A, a crook, pretends to have a fit, and is befriended
by A-4, who calls in a doctor, A-8, to attend to him **
POST: (711c) (1278d)

Conflict{1286}

PRE: (600) (1451d)
A finds the fly leaf of the Bible owned by his father, F-A * A finds evidence to
prove that his father, F-A, is dead **
POST: (802b ch B to F-A) (1018)

Conflict{1287}

PRE: (1019) (1219 ch A to A-8)
A is threatened with violence if he carries out an enterprise connected with his
profession * A, in the face of threats, carries out a certain enterprise and discovers
that the threats were merely a stratagem to prove his courage **
POST: (1006a) (1223b ch A to A-9 & A-4 to A)

Conflict{1288}

PRE: (245 ch A-3 to A-2) (380 ch A-3 to A-2) (1267a ch A to A-2)
A challenges his friend (really his enemy), A-2, to a mock duel, the pistols to be
loaded with blank cartidges—a performance ostensibly for the entertainment
of their friends * A, in what is supposed to be a mock duel with A-2, falls at the
first exchange of shots, craftily killing himself in such a way that it appears the
killing was done by A-2 **
POST: (603a tr A & A-2) (624 ch A to A-2)

Conflict{1289}

(a) PRE: (830 ch A to A-2) (1199 -* ch A to SN)
A is a wealthy man whom sharpers, A-5, A-5, are seeking to influence to disinherit
a son, SN
POST: (1199 *-** ch A to SN) (1432 ch NW to SN) (1432)

(b) PRE: (687) (689) (1274 -*)
A, a white man among savages, seeks to avert a calamity by prayer * A’s enemy,
A-3, seeks to avert a calamity by an incantation ** A, by prayer, and A-3, by an
incantation, seek to avert a calamity. The calamity is averted ***
POST: (1274 *-**) (197)

-- page 165

(c) PRE: (490b ch A-2 to U) (1057b) (1285a)
A’s rich uncle, U, promises to leave his wealth to A when A and his wife, B, shall
be blessed with a son and heir * A, seeking by strategy to secure a rich inheritance,
fails in his plans when his uncle, U, discovers A’s “son and heir” to be a girl **
POST: (781 ch A to U) (867 ch A-2 to U)

(d) PRE: (1124) (1337 ch A to A-6 & A-2 to A) (1341)
A is so worried about a certain secret enterprise that, in his absent-minded moments,
he pencils, on anything that happens to be convenient, diagrams that
offer a clue to the enterprise * A’s secret is discovered by A-6, who craftily makes
use of clues furnished unwittingly by A himself **
POST: (1011 ch A to A-6 & A-5 to A) (1284 ch A to A-6 & A-5 to A)

-- page 166

ConflictSubGroup{Transgression}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{1290}

(a) PRE: (1001a) (1285a)
A kills A-2 who is about to marry his sister, SR-A, in order that he may inherit
wealth possessed by SR-A
POST: (51a, b) (1252 ch A-8 to A-2)

(b) PRE: (1195) (1217b)
A, profligate son of wealthy F-A, cast off and disowned, murders F-A then poses
as F-A in an attempt to secure F-A’s property * A, posing as F-A, is unmasked
when discovered removing F-A’s clothes **
POST: (705) (1006a ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{1291}

(a) PRE: (1236) (1277a, b) (1278c) (1290a)
A commits a transgression and escapes unsuspected * A, committing a transgression
and escaping unsuspected, is so tortured by conscience that he has to give
himself up and confess **
POST: (802b ch A to A-6) (803a ch A to A-6) (787 ch A to A-8)

(b) PRE: (1276 ch A-5 to A-2) (1269)
A, in a drunken brawl, quarrels with A-2 * A, recovering sense and reason after
a drunken brawl, discovers A-2 dead at his feet and thinks he has killed him **
POST: (1168) (1183) (1277a ch A-3 to A-2)

(c) PRE: (1000) (1432 ch A to F-A & NW to A)
A’s estate has been in his family for hundreds of years and it is an unwritten law
of the family that it is to be held intact * A commits a transgression when he sells
a piece of woodland, part of an inherited estate **
POST: (1353) (1358)

Conflict{1292}

PRE: (3a) (397) (448)
B seeks happiness as a retormed transgressor * B, seeking happiness as a reformed
transgressor, has her old transgression discovered **
POST: (359) (665) (669)

Conflict{1293}

(a) PRE: (179a, c) (532a)
B forges the name of her father, F-B, to a note in order to secure money for a
certain purpose * B forges the name of her father, F-B, to a note. Unknown to B,
F-B dies suddenly before the date of the note **
POST: (69) (410)

(b) PRE: (668) (993) (1033)
B secretly borrows on property she is holding in trust in order to forward a
certain enterprise
POST: (669) (743b) (801) (921) (946)

(c) PRE: (532a) (659) (1308)
B, in order to carry out a certain enterprise, sells a valuable heirloom, X, confided
-- HER obj
to her for safe-keeping by A
POST: (1440 ch A to B; 1384 ch B to B-4) (1204)

Conflict{1294}

PRE: (446a) (448) (1309b)
B commits a transgression in order to conceal a less serious transgression * B,
committing one transgression in order to hide another, is apprehended for her
crime, brought to trial and sentenced **
POST: (1308; 1309a) (1293c; 1309a)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{1295}

PRE: (1110) (1236) (1254) (1285b)
A, suffering remorse because he has committed a transgression, seeks to make
restitution
POST: (422a) (842a) (1160) (1211)

Conflict{1296}

PRE: (1021b) (923)
A, a prospector, discovers gold * A, a prospector, makes a rich
“strike”. Of right he should share his discovery with his partner, A-2, but
decides to exploit his discovery for himself alone **
POST: (701) (1235) (1291b)

-- page 167

Conflict{1297}

PRE: (111) (113) (484b -*) (723)
A, a poor man going about his honest duties, is suddenly afforded the opportunity
to commit a secret transgression whereby he will acquire great gain without incurring
suspicion * A fights against the temptation to acquire gain through transgression **
POST: (484b *-**) (1278c) (1254)

Conflict{1298}

PRE: (900; 31) (922b) (954)
A is a notorious outlaw, at large and craftily avoiding apprehension
POST: (52b) (100) (651) (673) (699a) (722 ch A to A-6 & A-5 to A) (883)

Conflict{1299}

PRE: (1123 ch SR-A to A-8) (1127 ch CN to A-8 & A-8 to A-4)
A seeks to acquire a rich estate in spite of A-8’s legal rights
POST: (1236 ch SR-A to B-8) (1290a ch A-2 to A-8 & SR-A to B-8)

Conflict{1300}

PRE: (1277b) (1291b)
A has committed a crime and fled to escape the consequences * A finds it
important that he show himself where he is known; but it is also important
that he remain in hiding **
POST: (699a) (955) (1013)

Conflict{1301}

PRE: (1277a) (1282) (1285) (1289b -*)
A seeks to evade the legal consequences of a crime he has committed
POST: (866) (883) (887a) (923)

Conflict{1302}

PRE: (1291c) (1340) (1341)
A, a transgressor, seeks to forget a transgression, but a certain object, X, (or
circumstance) continually reminds him of it
POST: (1344) (1355) (1360) (1365) (1366)

Conflict{1303}

PRE: (802b) (803a) (1114)
A discovers secretly that his employer, A-9, is murderer and a fugitive from
justice
POST: (725 ch A-5 to A-9) (596 ch A-5 to A-9) (854)

Conflict{1304}

PRE: (1079) (1085 ch A-2 to B)
A and A-2 are placer mining in partnership * A, under cover of night, takes all
the wealth belonging to both himself and A-2 and decamps with it **
POST: (488b) (701) (1048) (1160)

Conflict{1305}

PRE: (968) (970) (1111b)
A captures a burglar, A-5, who is looting his house
POST: (1234) (1451b ch A-8 to A-5) (1460 ch A-4 to A-5)

Conflict{1306}

PRE: (68) (658)
A, a minister of the gospel, errs secretly on his human side and commits a moral
transgression * A, highly placed and universally respected, protects his reputation
by keeping a moral lapse a close secret
POST: (951) (1110) (1291a)

Conflict{1307}

PRE: (616) (898)
A, in his safe, has a fortune in valuables. During his absence,
crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5, attempt to open the safe and loot it of its contents * B (666)
(152b) (921), A’s secretary, is made a prisoner by crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5, when
they fail to open A’s safe **
POST: (144) (801) (885b) (1010)

-- page 168

Conflict{1308}

PRE: (988) (1002)
B’s guardian, A, appropriates to his own use the property of B * B, engaged in
carrying out an enterprise, finds that she must give it up for lack of funds when
her guardian, A, misappropriates her resources **
POST: (642 -*) (739) (812a) (850 ch A to A-8)

Conflict{1309}

(a) PRE: (407) (890) (947)
B, seeking to protect herself from A, shoots and kills him
POST: (60) (887a ch A to B & A-3 to A)

(b) PRE: (400) (483b) (495) (126 ch A to A-3)
B’s friend, A-3, mysteriously disappears (770a ch A to A-3) (1277b ch A to A-3)
while in B’s company * B is arrested on suspicion of having murdered A-3 **
POST: (635 ch A to B) (648)

-- page 169

ConflictSubGroup{Revenge}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{1310}

PRE: (66a, b, c) (433a) (1320 tr A & A-8)
A seeks by craftiness to be revenged on B * A, seeking revenge against B,
overreaches himself **
POST: (647 ch A-5 to A) (648) (669 ch A-5 to A) (818a tr A & A-4)

Conflict{1311}

PRE: (1237a) (1317 ch A-8 to A-3)
A revenges himself upon an enemy, A-3 * A revenges himself upon an enemy, A-3,
unaware of the fact that A-3 is his brother **
POST: (1039) (1319a)


B{46} Seeking Retaliation for a Grievous Wrong that is Either Real or Fancied

Conflict{1312}

PRE: (695b ch A to A-8) (696 ch A to A-8)
A’s relative, A-8, has been grievously wronged by the authorities of their common
country * A seeks revenge against his country for a grievous wrong **
POST: (1372a, b)

Conflict{1313}

(a) PRE: (139) (446b) (601)
A seeks revenge upon his friend, A-2 * A and his friend, A-2, are of high and
honored station: and A, seeking revenge against A-2, must conceal his purpose and
proceed by mdirection **
POST: (1216) (1260a ch A-8 to A-2) (1264) (1265 ch A-3 to A-2) (1269) (1288)

(b) PRE: (79) (557a) (1142a) (1275 ch A-5 to A-3) (1277b)
A, supposed to be dead, plays the role of a ghost * A, supposed dead, plays the role
of ghost and, as a method of reprisal, haunts his enemy, A-3 **
POST: (1291a ch A to A-3) (1334a ch A to A-3) (1332 ch A to A-3) (1344 ch A to A-3 & A-2 to A) (1358 ch A to A-3)

Conflict{1314}

PRE: (1003)
A has no personal enmity against A-3, but he is caught in the toils of a family
feud and his obligation requires that he kill A-3
POST: (1109) (1309a ch B to A & A to A-3) (912b)

Conflict{1315}

PRE: (123 ch F-B to A-3) (245) (1109 -*)
A seeks revenge against A-3 for a disrespectful remark against A’s family
POST: (1109 *-**) (840 tr A & A-2) (1222a)

Conflict{1316}

PRE: (1323c ch A to A-3 & A-8 to A) (1333a ch A to A-3)
A seeks revenge against A-3 for a persecution that results in the death of A’s
parents and sisters
POST: (433a) (1039) (1237a) (1277a)

Conflict{1317}

PRE: (313 ch F-B to A-8) (171; 223 ch F-B to A-8)
A, a poor young man, inspired by anger and a desire for revenge, seeks to ruin
wealthy A-8, a powerful captain of industry
POST: (780) (1319 ch A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{1318}

PRE: (79) (247 ch A to A-3) (411b) (567)
A seeks revenge against A-3 for a terrible wrong * A, seeking revenge against A-3,
discovers after a long search that A-3 is dead **
POST: (433a)

Conflict{1319}

(a) PRE: (567 -*) (1269 ch A to A-3 & A-2 to A)
A, in order to be revenged upon
his enemy, A-3, manufactures an infernal machine, X * A sends an infernal machine,
X, to his enemy, A-3, and it falls into the hands of A’s friend, A-2 **
POST: (987) (1344)

(b) PRE: (887b) (300; 887b)
A constructs a deadly trap in a place where, he thinks,
his enemy, A-3, will fall into it * A sets a trap for A-3, but A-2 is caught in it **
POST: (653 ch A to A-2 & A-5 to A) (728 ch CH to A-2)

-- page 170

Conflict{1320}

PRE: (818a -*) (1138) (1310 ch A to A-8)
A is a malefactor of small pretensions, a down-and-outer of striking physical
appearance masked by rags and squalor * A, down and out, is hired by A-8, a
revengeful rich man, to wear evening clothes, appear at a social gathering and act
as a catspaw in carrying out a vicious scheme of reprisal **
POST: (818a *-** ch A-4 to A-8) (1217c ch A to A-8 & A-5 to A)

Conflict{1321}

PRE: (812a ch B to SR-A) (1326 ch B to SR-A)
A seeks revenge for a wrong committed against his sister, SR-A * A, seeking
revenge for a wrong committed against his sister, SR-A, has difficulty in discovering
the name of the wrong-doer **
POST: (737c ch B to SR-A & A to A-8) (801 ch B to SR-A)

Conflict{1322}

PRE: (567) (1228)
A seeks to be revenged on A-3* but A-3 is powerful and constantly on his guard
against A
POST: (1222a) (1237a)

Conflict{1323}

(a) PRE: (433a) (662 ch A-2 to A-3) (1323b)
A, seeking revenge against B-3 for a wrong committed by her husband, A-3, who
is dead, finds that B-3 treasures A-3’s memory most sacredly, unaware of his evil
character * A could destroy the beautiful love and devotion of B-3, for her dead
-- HER obj
husband, A-3, by telling her the sort of man A-3 was ** A, in a spiritual victory,
decides to forego a cherished enterprise and spare an innocent woman her happy
but mistaken ideals ***
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (157) (260a)
A, prosperous and successful, is hated by a rival, A-3 * A is brought under
suspicion as a political conspirator through the craftiness of a rival, A-3 **
POST: (715c) (829) (1280)

(c) PRE: (1310 ch B to A-8) (1317)
A commits an act of reprisal against A-8 with more serious results than he had
intended [1] A blows up a dam and sends a flood of released waters down on the
home of A-8 [2] A sends an infernal machine to the home of A-8 [3] A sends a box
of poisoned candy to the home of A-8
POST: (797) (1298) (817)

Conflict{1324}

(a) PRE: (1324b -*) (1299 ch A to A-3) (1261 tr A & A-3)
A’s enemy, A-3, craftily seeks to encompass the death of A * A, by subtle
enterprise, brings upon A-3 the fate A-3 was seeking to bring upon him **
POST: (1324b *-**) (1250) (1253) (1267a ch A to A-3)

(b) PRE: (1324a) (1310 ch A to A-3 & B to A) (1313a ch A to A-3 & A-2 to A)
A is sent abroad with a companion, A-3. A-3 bears a letter to a clique of powerful
conspirators, A-5, A-5, A-5, ordering the death of A * A secretly examines
a letter in the possession of A-3, his traveling companion, and discovers that the
letter is his own death warrant. A carefully erases his own name and fills in the
name of A-3 **
POST: (1262 ch A to A-3) (1313b ch A-3 to A-8)

Conflict{1325}

PRE: (98) (605) (1422b)
B, suffering a grievous injury at the hands of A, seeks to kill him by making use
of a certain odor which A regards with superstitious fear
POST: (1268) (1445)

Conflict{1326}

PRE: (162b) (225 ch A to A-8)
B, wronged, is helpless in reprisal; her friend, A, champions her cause
POST: (188b) (294a; 294b)

-- page 171

Conflict{1327}

PRE: (1324b -*) (1323b)
A, high born, falls under the ban of death as a political conspirator in his native
country * A evades a conspiracy aimed at his life and escapes to a distant land **
POST: (1324b *-**) (1329)

Conflict{1328}

PRE: (98) (246a)
B seeks revenge as a lofty conception of duty—and comes to her death while seeking it
POST: (746) (802b) (893)

Conflict{1329}

PRE: (777) (942) (1327)
A, an aristocrat, is trailed and spied upon by enemies, A-3, A-3, A-3, seeking his
life * A disguises himself as a hoodlum and lives in the underworld as a means of
escaping enemies, A-3, A-3, A-3, who are seeking his life **
POST: (1225) (1275) (1324a)

-- page 172

ConflictSubGroup{Mystery}

B{21} Falling Into Misfortune Through Mistaken Judgment

Conflict{1330}

PRE: (853) (900 -*) (1150)
A, dabbling in things he does not understand, seeks to accomplish wonderful
results * A, involving himself recklessly in matters he does not understand, succeeds
only in making himself ridiculous **
POST: (231) (513) (900 *-**) (1111b)

Conflict{1331}

PRE: (98) (565) (568b) (1342a)
A, with a fearful oath declares: “I will see home to-night in spite of the storm, or
I will never see home!” * A, homeward bound, drives and drives; and he is still
driving, no nearer his home than he was when he first started **
POST: (545) (789) (1345)

Conflict{1332}

PRE: (1061) (1078) (1132) (1344)
A flees from a pursuer who is wholly imaginary
POST: (855) (857) (1104)

Conflict{1333}

(a) PRE: (96) (387 -*) (1113) (1310)
A, a chemist, with the use of subtle poisons, develops a flower of unusual color
and beauty * A gives B, who loves flowers, some of his rare blooms—with unhappy results **
POST: (387 *-**) (371)

(b) PRE: (1410) (1384 ch B to A)
A, with a hobby for collecting curios, presents B with an old, hand painted
miniature * The miniature of a beautiful woman, framed in gold, containing a mechanism
by which a needle, steeped in poison, is thrown out of the painted face. The
minature to be worn “next the heart” **
POST: (1461b) (1433c) (1438b ch A to B)

Conflict{1334}

(a) PRE: (475) (576a) (872 ch B to A) (1064) (1132)
A is haunted by a delusion that arouses superstitious fear and causes him to give
up an enterprise
POST: (1350) (1351) (1356)

(b) PRE: (603b, c, d)
A’s friend, A-2, is killed in an accident at A’s side * A, superstitious, believes he
is haunted by the ghost of his friend, A-2 **
POST: (827) (830 tr A & A-2) (839 tr A & A-2)

(c) PRE: (1277b ch A to A-2) (1348b ch A to A-2)
A’s friend, A-2, is mysteriously murdered * A seeks to discover the murderer of
his friend, A-2 **
POST: (1222a) (833)

Conflict{1335}

PRE: (74a) (513) (1248) (1283)
A, seeking to carry out a certain enterprise, climbs into a building and suddenly
discovers that the room he has entered is a trap; all windows bar themselves, and
the stout door locks against him
POST: (636) (1272)

Conflict{1336}

PRE: (922b) (1150)
A, a needy person, picks up two pairs of cast-off shoes, one pair discarded by a
clergyman, and the other pair by a man of reckless nature and “shady” reputation *
A, in one pair of shoes, is meek and circumspect in his behavior; when wearing
another pair he is wild and profligate ** (What would happen if he wore one of
each pair?)
POST: (1084) (1134) (1148a)

Conflict{1337}

PRE: (750) (1234)
A stumbles over the body of a murdered man, A-8 * A, stealthily
entering the house of his friend, A-2, finds the body of a murdered man, A-8 **
POST: (808a ch B to A-8) (807) (820) (833)

-- page 173

Conflict{1338}

PRE: (1215 ch A-8 to A) (1344)
A, a pugilist, believes that A-2, a friend whom he killed by a chance blow in a
practice bout, is present in the ring every time he has a battle
POST: (602) (1357)

Conflict{1339}

PRE: (1129b ch A to A-4 & A-5 to A) (1129c ch A to A-4 & A-5 to A)
A is a transgressor posing as an honest man * A is hired by A-4 to recover stolen
property which, unknown to A-4, was stolen by A himself **
POST: (1193 ch A-3 to A-4) (1209a)

Conflict{1340}

PRE: (623 ch A to A-4) (1080) (1301 ch A to A-4)
A a reporter, writing up an imaginary interview as fact, quotes A-4 as being in
town on a certain day * A-4, accused of a crime, establishes an alibi through an
interview innocently faked by a reporter, A **
POST: (635 ch A to A-4) (1302) (1203 ch A to A-4)

Conflict{1341}

PRE: (1027) (1277a ch A-3 to A-4)
A murders a stranger, A-4, in a lonely wood where the soil is of a peculiar color,
unlike any other soil for miles around. A sulks back home with the mud on his
shoes
POST: (467) (1302)

Conflict{1342}

(a) PRE: (1357 -*) (1374 -*) (1389)
A, staring at a certain object, X, falls under a spell which leads him to believe
certain events are transpiring—events that are partly true but mostly grotesquely
false (265a) (633) (1358) (1361b) (1357 *-**) (1374 *-**) (1375) Note: [1]
X is a small image, a peculiar idol, that has such a strange fascination for A that
-- A det
he keeps it always before him on his writing desk; or [2] X is a mirror. A little
cloud appears on the face of in old mirror, then disappears, leaving mysterious
persons and scenes on the glass; or [3] X is a green stone, a beautiful piece of jade,
on which are engraved characters signifying “Bakht,” Persian for “good luck”
POST: ()

(b) PRE: (1291a) (1301) (1311) (1324a) (1449 ch A-2 to A-3)
A supposes he has murdered A-3; then, suddenly, A-3 appears before him
POST: (1366) (1375)

Conflict{1343}

PRE: (1380) (1282a -*) (1383)
A carries in his pocket a queer object of mystery, X * A, apparently as the result
of carrying in his pocket a queer object of mystery, X, experiences all sorts of
misfortunes.** (595) (596) (597) (1352) (1377b) (1382 *-**) Note: [l] X
-- TYPO tailsman -> talisman
is a large silver watch, engraved with queer inscriptions, considered a talisman
by the tribe of wandering Arabs from whom it was stolen; or [2] X is a Chinese
coin; or [3] X is a dried “button” of the mescal plant. See [3] 1342
POST: ()

Conflict{1344}

PRE: (683) (1291b)
A has a delusion that he is haunted by A-2 * A believes that the blood of A-2 is
on his hands **
POST: (633) (794)

Conflict{1345}

PRE: (53) (567a) (683) (887b) (681a)
A is under the delusion that he lives in a chaotic world, such a world as is pictured
by pessimists
POST: (1331) (1332) (1351)

Conflict{1346}

PRE: (723 ch A-5 to A-3) (735 -* ch A-8 to A-3) (764) (775 ch A-7 to A-3)
A, in early life, killed A-3 in the heat of passion by striking him with the weighted
handle of a riding crop. A, unsuspected, escapes from the scene of the tragedy *
A, a man of wealth and influence, holds his place in society by closely guarding
a tragic secret **
POST: (1263 ch A to A-7 & B to A) (1269 ch A to A-7 & A-2 to A) (1114 ch A to A-7 & A-9 to A)

Conflict{1347}

PRE: (853) (855) (858)
A, seeking sincerely to investigate psychic phenomena, begins unconsciously to
mix truth with delusion
POST: (633) (1357) (1375)

-- page 174

Conflict{1348}

(a) PRE: (899) (925) (715a -*)
A’s mortal pride would transgress the Divine Power; so fate, seeking to discipline
A, materializes a spirit, AX, in A’s image * A’s property and high place in the
world are appropriated by AX, and when A would claim his earthly possessions,
he is treated as an imposter **
POST: (681b) (715a *-***) (918b)

(b) PRE: (1387) (1389b) (1418a; 1433b)
A invents a mechanical giant, AX, and endows it with life * A, inventing a
mechanical giant, AX, and endowing it with life, is pursued by AX and brought to
his death **
POST: ()

Conflict{1349}

PRE: (98; 1326 ch A to A-7) (1177) (1178) (1262)
A represents guilt-masquerading-as-innocence * A, representing
guilt-masquerading-as-innocence, is influenced by his valet, A-7, through a curiosity-arousing
suggestion, to visit a certain place where, unknown to A, a deadly trap has been
laid for him **
POST: (1266 ch A-3 to A-7) (1267a) (1266 ch A to A-7 & A-3 to A)

Conflict{1350}

PRE: (567a) (857)
A thinks himself obsessed with a fear of speeding automobiles, and that the cars
that are trying to run him down are phantom cars * A, in order to disprove a
fancied hallucination, deliberately throws himself in front of a speeding automobile
which he supposes to be a phantom **
POST: (634) (1375)

Conflict{1351}

PRE: (1019) (1078) (1334a)
A decides that what he has come to consider a danger is merely a fancied danger
inspired by fear * A, in order to shatter his fear complex, plunges into a supposed
fancied danger that proves to be real **
POST: (1350) (1367a) (1374)

Conflict{1352}

PRE: (1343) (1347) (1380)
A is given a small object of mystery, X, by a stranger, A-4, and assured that its
possession will bring misfortune * A, carrying in his pocket a small object of
mystery, X, is harried by ill-luck and comes to believe in the malefic powers of X **
A, meeting A-4, a man who gave him a small object of mystery, X, which has
brought A ill luck, is informed by A-4 that only A’s belief in the misfortunes
inspired them, and that he was merely the victim of suggestion ***
POST: (1375) (1400)

Conflict{1353}

PRE: (579a) (1120) (1134) (1291c)
A, during a storm, defies the Supreme Power *
A, during a storm, has a narrow escape when lightning strikes a tree under which
he is standing, throwing A to the ground and injuring him severely ** A, slowly
recovering from injuries in a hospital, changes his views on certain important
questions ***
POST: (918a, b)

Conflict{1354}

(a) PRE: (1027; 1421) (1441a) (1451b ch A-8 to AX) (1418b)
A discovers a magic method for realizing all his wishes (1384 ch B to A) but at
the expense of years of his life for every wish granted * A, discovering a magic
method for wishing and having, makes a last wish that he shall live forever;
but his magic fails him, and he dies **
POST: (1432) (1433b)

(b) PRE: (1444; 1377b) (125a)
A, spurred into putting forth an unusual effort by B, succeeds in winning a
fortune [1] in an oil well or [2] in a gold mine
POST: (212b) (225) (307)

Conflict{1355}

PRE: (599; 1330) (830 tr A & A-2; 807) (1337; 820)
A is caught in a snare of superstitious delusion * A is haunted all his days by an
act which he committed in an effort to help a friend, A-2 **
POST: (732) (1302)

-- page 175

Conflict{1356}

PRE: (234a) (1344) (1352 -*)
A’s will is waging a psychic battle against fear * A is a performer whose specialty
is a dare-devil act of great danger; but in A there is growing the feeling that he
will fail, although he knows that death is sure if he even contemplates failure **;
A is [1] a high-diver; [2] a “trick” bicycle rider with a “loop the loop” specialty;
[3] an aviator whose specialty is airplane stunts; or [4] a “human fly” who climbs
the walls of tall buildings
POST: (633) (710) (1334a) (1334b tr A & A-2) (1352 *-***) (1375)

Conflict{1357}

PRE: (541) (1343) (1344) (1347)
A is investigating psychic phenomena * A meets with disaster when illusion becomes
reality through the overthrow of his reason **
POST: (1348a, b) (1351)

Conflict{1358}

PRE: (1433a, b) (1418a) (1427b)
A has a prophetic vision which forecasts his death * A, taken ill, is haunted by a
vision that forecasts his death, and he dies **
POST: ()

Conflict{1359}

PRE: (1325) (1326 ch A to A-8) (1422b)
A has a delusion in which a certain odor, manifesting itself during a tragic
experience, fills him with superstitious dread * A, unreasoningly fearful regarding
a certain odor, succumbs and dies, a victim of his own delusion **
POST: ()

Conflict{1360}

PRE: (586) (600) (1342)
A encounters seemingly supernatural experiences which have to do with a small
idol, X * A has supernatural experiences which prove an obstacle to enterprise **
POST: (1354a) (1356) (1357)

Conflict{1361}

(a) PRE: (171; 1433b) (1366)
A, in a dream, sees a person he hates, A-3, in his room * A has an evil dream which
haunts his waking moments, works on his mind and has its effect on his behavior **
POST: (1311) (1317 ch A-8 to A-3)

(b) PRE: (1142b; 1342a) (1377b; 1160)
A is sure that an occult experience he has had portends success in a certain
enterprise * A is so sure of success in an enterprise that he puts forth no effort to win;
and the enterprise fails **
POST: (836) (1166a)

Conflict{1362}

PRE: (1124 ch A to A-5) (1247 ch A to A-5; 1289d ch A to A-5)
A finds that A-5, in absent-minded moments, beguiles his leisure with a trifling
proceeding that has become habitual with him * A, investigating a crime, discovers
the criminal, A-5, through a most unusual clue **
POST: (1284) (1222b ch A-3 to A-5) (1289d *-** ch A to A-5 & A-6 to A)

Conflict{1363}

PRE: (1330) (1343) (1347)
A, plunged into misfortune through mistaken judgment and folly, is rescued by
a devoted friend, A-2 * A, transformed into an ass by witchcraft when he was
seeking to transform himself into a bird, is given a garland of flowers to eat and
becomes his normal self—plus sorely garnered wisdom **
POST: (1433b; 918b) (1375)

Conflict{1364}

(a) PRE: (1046 ch A to B) (1383 ch A to B)
B receives in a mysterious manner a photograph, not of herself but of some one
-- HER obj
greatly resembling her * B receives a photograph; and on the back of it is written:
“You are in great danger! Beware!” **
POST: (328) (1154a)

(b) PRE: (461) (1424b)
B finds a note, ostensibly written by A, which causes B great perturbation * B’s
friend, B-2, perpetrates a hoax by forging a note which has to do with B and A **
POST: (1055) (1462)

-- page 176

B{50} Being Impelled by an Unusual Motive to Engage in Crafty Enterprise

Conflict{1365}

PRE: (732) (827 -*) (1361a) (1344)
A believes that he hears strange voices talking to him * A counters the belief that
he hears strange voices talking to him with the auto-suggestion that he is merely
the victim of superstitious delusion **
POST: (1357) (1374) (1375) (827 *-**)

Conflict{1366}

PRE: (852) (1141) (1361a)
A is influenced unduly by his dreams * A, influenced unduly by his dreams, strives
to master the ignoble weakness and control his dreams by sheer force of will **
POST: (1374) (1377)

Conflict{1367}

(a) PRE: (1380) (1382a) (1383)
A, annoyed by a certain object, X, destroys it * A destroys a certain object, X,
but mysteriously it reappears; again and again A destroys X, but always it reappears **
POST: (1342a) (1375) (1381)

(b) PRE: (1083) (1287)
A has invented a life preserver for the use of shipwrecked persons * A, in order
to prove the value of a life preserver he has invented, dons the rubber suit, inflates
it and secretly, by night, drops overboard from a steamer on the high seas **
POST: (1414b) (1419b)

Conflict{1368}

PRE: (231) (233)
A undergoes a memory lapse and forgets everything about himself * A, victim
of lost identity, assumes a fictitious name and character **
POST: (7a, b) (437)

Conflict{1369}

PRE: (1382a) (1397) (1143b ch A to A-8 & B to B-4; 739 ch B to B-4; 1384 ch B to A)
A receives half of an important message, X, and is looking for a stranger, A-4,
who has the other half. The message cannot be read until both halves are joined
POST: (1286) (1436 ch A-2 to A-4) (1451a)

Conflict{1370}

(a) PRE: (793a) (1093) (1212a) (1427b)
A’s friend, A-2, is in the dark regarding an important secret that surrounds X,
an object of mystery that has been stolen from him * A knows the secret of X, an
object of mystery stolen from A-2, and seeks ,to use his knowledge in recovering
X **
POST: (833) (1234) (1453) (1456; 1377a)

(b) PRE: (1354b-2) (1374)
A, a Fortyniner, returning with a wagon train from California, has with him a
fortune in gold dust * A and his companions are attacked by Indians, A’s
companions are killed and A is mortally wounded ** A, alone and near death, buries
his store of gold dust and draws a map of the cache on a water canteen, X ***
POST: (1394 ch A to A-8) (1369 ch A to A-8) (1401 ch A to A-8)

(c) PRE: (1298) (1358)
A, discovering a “pocket” of gold in the desert, dies before he can take out the
gold * A, near death, draws a cryptic map on the page of a note book, locating
the spot where a store of gold may be found **
POST: (1143b ch A to A-8) (1383 ch A to A-8) (1384 ch B to A-8)

Conflict{1371}

PRE: (1290a ch A to A-5) (1334c)
A is positive, in his own mind, that his friend, A-2, has been murdered by A-5 *
A suspects A-5, seemingly an honest man, of a crime, and tries to prove him guilty **
POST: (1222a ch A-3 to A-5) (1413a) (1456a) (1413 ch A-3 to A-5)

-- page 177

Conflict{1372}

(a) PRE: (695b) (696) (1312) (1323b)
A, as a method of reprisal against his country, seeks to sell important government
information to a foreign country: [1] blue prints of a new instrument of war, [2]
a diplomatic code or [3] a plan of coast fortifications
POST: (711c) (1372b)

(b) PRE: (1312) (696)
A, as a method of reprisal against his native land, turns traitor in time of war
and joins the forces of the enemy
POST: (919c) (1021b; 1016 tr A & A-2)


B{13} Seeking by Craftiness to Escape Misfortune

Conflict{1373}

PRE: (1027) (1418a; 1433b)
A sells his shadow for an inexhaustible purse
POST: (1354a) (1357)

Conflict{1374}

PRE: (475) (720) (857) (1064)
A has a character weakness that prevents him from achieving success in
enterprise * A has a dream, or an unusual experience, psychic or otherwise, which
enables him to conquer a serious character weakness and become successful in his
undertakings **
POST: (853) (1418b)

Conflict{1375}

PRE: (53) (475) (732) (853) (855)
A, in a desperate mental conflict with a superstitious obsession, succeeds in
scoring a victory for sense and reason—all by his own unaided powers
POST: (1141) (1365) (1366)

Conflict{1376}

PRE: (485) (598) (820) (822) (1098 -*) (1161) (1209b)
A, seeking evidence against a gang of crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5, assumes the character
of a burglar in order the more successfully to achieve his aims * A, a detective,
is falsely suspected of being a professional crook by those unaware of his secret
motives **
POST: (635) (658) (854)

Conflict{1377}

(a) PRE: (1141; 1377b ch A to A-2) (1384 ch B to A) (1400) (1405 ch A-4 to A-5)
A’s friend, A-2, loses by theft a mysterious object, X, supposed to bring good
fortune to its possessor, and A seeks to recover X for A-2 * A finds the thief, A-5,
by looking for a man who suddenly becomes prosperous. A-5, stealing X, is inspired
by superstition to put forth efforts which make him prosperous **
POST: (724) (1425) (1427b)

(b) PRE: (1380) (1380; 114) (1075a; 1380)
B, in order to help backward and unenterprising A achieve success, gives him a
mysterious little object, X, which, she solemnly assures him, will make him
successful in all his undertakings
POST: (1075b) (1098) (1104) (1354b)

Conflict{1378}

PRE: (681b) (1327) (1329)
A has long been mysteriously missing * A’s father, F-A, has a conviction born
of simple faith that A, long mysteriously missing, will some day come back to
him **
POST: (698 ch A to F-A & CH to A) (1212b ch A to A-4 & A-8 to F-A)


B{54} Becoming Involved in a Puzzling Complication that Has to do with an Object Possessing Mysterious Powers

Conflict{1379}

PRE: (259-3) (555b)
A is a man of adventurous nature who seeks to accomplish a dangerous enterprise *
A, hearing of a mysterious and dangerous object, X, in a canyon of the
lonely mountains, decides to investigate **
POST: (691) (693)

-- page 178

Conflict{1380}

PRE: (7a) (1377b)
A is told that a certain object, X, has power for evil (or good), and he decides to
make a test
POST: (8a) (1134) (1330) (1343) (1352) (1354b) (1360)

Conflict{1381}

PRE: (562) (1211 ch A to A-5) (1387) (1389a, b)
A is puzzled to account for certain objects, X1, X2, X3, which come mysteriously
into his possession * A, unable to explain events of a seemingly supernatural nature,
has a feeling that a ghostly visitor is at work **
POST: (1400) (1424a) (1435)

Conflict{1382}

(a) PRE: (789) (980 -*) (985) (1343) (1369)
A comes innocently into possession of an object of mystery, X, highly prized by
the person, or the people, who lost it or had it stolen * A suffers weird adventures
and undergoes strange dangers when unknown persons seek by stealth to take
from A a mysterious object, X, which has come innocently into his possession **
POST: (867 tr A & A-2) (980 *-**) (1367a)

(b) PRE: (1384 ch B to A) (1401) (1400)
A buys a little trick box, X, in an old curiosity shop and is unable to open it *
A has a little trick box, X, which he is not able to open. One night it opens of
its own accord, and A finds a jewel in the box **
POST: (729) (1144 ch A to A-5) (803b)

Conflict{1383}

PRE: (1389b) (1427b)
A, proceeding about his business and caught in a crowd, is confronted suddenly
by a strange woman, BX, who thrusts a mysterious object, X,,into his hand and,
without a word, disappears
POST: (541) (561) (1343) (1367a)

Conflict{1384}

PRE: (739 ch B to B-8) (1293c ch B to B-8 & A to A-8) (1440)
B buys an object, X, in a pawnshop * B wonders why the pawnbroker, A-9, tries
-- HER obj
to buy back from her an unredeemed pledge, X, which she bought in his pawnshop **
POST: (1444) (586) (1044b ch A to B & A-2 to B-2)


B{55} Becoming Involved in a Mysterious Complication and Seeking to Make the Utmost of a Bizarre Experience

Conflict{1385}

PRE: (603b, c, d; 168) (1160) (1334b, c)
A’s friend, A-2, has just died suddenly, and the fact is not known to any one but
A * A is believed to be his dead friend, A-2, and he leaves those who suppose him
to be A-2 with the statement that he “goes to keep a tryst with death” **
POST: (5) (1275)

Conflict{1386}

(a) PRE: (1023) (1388 ch A-4 to A-8)
A, a young artist in needy circumstances, is conducted secretly by A-8 to a house
in which B, a beautiful young woman, lies dead with a dagger in her heart * A,
a young artist, is hired by A-8 to paint a mystery picture **
POST: (771a) (802a)

(b) PRE: (903) (1143b)
A, a young artist in needy circumstances, has a picture rejected by a customer,
B * A, a needy young artist with an ordered picture left on his hands, discovers
in the picture a map locating buried treasure **
POST: (1394) (1399) (1403)

Conflict{1387}

PRE: (233) (1389) (1400)
A, carrying out an occult enterprise, falls into a strange sort of trance during which
he accomplishes remarkable things of which he has no remembrance when he
awakes
POST: (1381) (1418a)

-- page 179

Conflict{1388}

PRE: (111) (656) (1085)
A, a young man in dire need of money, has a mysterious caller, A-4 * A is offered
a large sum of money by A-4 if he will take part in a secret enterprise, the nature
of which A-4 will not disclose **
POST: (662 ch A-2 to A-4) (1387) (1386a ch A-8 to A-4)

Conflict{1389}

(a) PRE: (179a, c) (233) (265a) (572) (786)
A has recurring spells by day or night when he becomes a somnambulist, doing
things of which he has no remembrance in his waking moments
POST: (1374) (1381) (1117)

(b) PRE: (586) (1113) (1137a)
A is a dreamy, mysterious person who makes a study of occult phenomena * He
encounters a trying experience **
POST: (541) (853) (1046)

Conflict{1390}

PRE: (548a) (681b) (734)
A receives a blow on the head which causes him to lose his original personality
and return to a fictitious personality which he had previously assumed
POST: (1036) (1124) (1128a)

Conflict{1391}

PRE: (749) (1061) (1074) (1111a)
A, a novelist, meets personally in real life a
fictitious character, AX, from one of his stories
POST: (1451d) (1455b) (1461b)

Conflict{1392}

PRE: (110; 3) (1401) (1441a)
A will receive knowledge of an important secret if he has the ingenuity to solve
the mystery of a figure in an Oriental rug
POST: (1400) (1403) (1408)

Conflict{1393}

PRE: (1024) (1029)
A receives a call from a mysterious stranger, AX, who is peculiarly dressed and
seems to have hypnotic powers * A tries to solve the mystery of a stranger, AX **
POST: (1388 ch A-4 to AX) (1404a ch A-4 to AX) (1405 ch A-4 to AX)


B{56} Seeking to Test the Value of a Mysterious Communication and Becoming Involved in Weird Complexities

Conflict{1394}

PRE: (47a -*) (1384; 1444) (1386b) (874) (1046)
A, treasure trove, finds a mysterious old parchment document which describes
the place where the treasure is buried
POST: (47a *-**) (662) (691)

Conflict{1395}

PRE: (419) (460)
A receives a mysterious communication from B, sent from a distant place where
B is residing. It is evidently an important communication, but difficult to decipher
POST: (501) (1394)

Conflict{1396}

PRE: (1093) (1111b)
A is a “cub” reporter. The “star” reporter, A-8, from a distant place sends a
cipher despatch which the best minds in the newspaper office are unable to
translate. A attempts the task
POST: (1098) (1330)

Conflict{1397}

PRE: (513) (1111b)
A discovers that his cigar will not bum. On investigation, he discovers that
the cigar is merely a rolled paper, X, camouflaged with a tobacco wrapper—the
rolled paper, X, being an important message
POST: (541) (561) (1369) (1400)

Conflict{1398}

PRE: (1427b) (1444) (1459; 1444)
A, investigating a psychic problem, finds that he must begin by placing his faith
in so-called “automatic writing”
POST: (1411) (1437)

-- page 180

B{57} Seeking to Unravel a Puzzling Complication

Conflict{1399}

PRE: (110-3) (117) (1286)
A seeks wealth, his by right, which has been concealed * A seeks wealth which
his father, F-A, has left him, but concealed in a place whose location has been
lost **
POST: (1451b) (1452) (1461d tr A & B)

Conflict{1400}

PRE: (541) (1046) (1245) (1352 -*) (1382a)
A seeks to solve a puzzling enigma that has to do with X, an object of mystery
POST: (1077) (1352 *-**) (1392)

Conflict{1401}

PRE: (739) (1370b ch A to A-8)
A’s curiosity and interest are aroused by a certain unredeemed pledge, X, in a
pawnshop * A buys a mysterious object, X, in a pawnshop, and attempts to satisfy
his curiosity regarding it **
POST: (792a) (1384 ch B to A)

Conflict{1402}

PRE: (701 tr A & A-2) (705 ch A to A-2) (1021b)
A, his curiosity aroused by the mysterious actions of his friend, A-2, decides to
investigate the cause
POST: (704) (807) (841) (1334c)

Conflict{1403}

PRE: (109) (1392)
A secures knowledge of an important secret, and his curiosity involves him in
a queer enterprise
POST: (832 tr A & A-2) (1077)

Conflict{1404}

(a) PRE: (619 ch A to A-4) (1393 ch AX to A-4)
A’s curiosity is aroused by the queer actions of A-4, a stranger * A, discovering
that a stranger, A-4, is trying to commit suicide, investigates the cause **
POST: (1391 ch AX to A-4) (1461b ch AX to A-4)

(b) PRE: (1111b) (1369) (1414a ch A to A-4) (1444)
A endeavors to find A-4, who has mysteriously disappeared * A’s only clue in his
search for A-4 is the picture of a beautiful woman, X, left at the place where A
disappeared, and a legend connected with the picture **
POST: (1400) (1143b ch A to A-4 & B to B-4)

Conflict{1405}

PRE: (1175a ch A to A-4) (1194 -* ch A to A-4)
A’s curiosity is aroused by the strange actions of A-4, a stranger * A, his
curiosity aroused, investigates a suspicious person, A-4. A robbery has just occurred
and A-4 seems to have a guilty knowledge of it **
POST: (774) (1283) (1413a ch A-5 to A-4) (1448 ch A-5 to A-4) (1194 *-**)

Conflict{1406}

PRE: (1372a ch A to A-5) (1437)
A sees a stranger, A-5, stealthily remove papers, X, from the pocket of another
stranger, A-8, who is asleep. A follows A-5
POST: (1435) (1451b)

Conflict{1407}

PRE: (675; 1080) (1080)
A is a reporter assigned to “cover” a story which involves a closely-guarded secret
POST: (596) (828) (1019) (1076 ch A to A-8)

Conflict{1408}

PRE: (109) (147) (874)
A obtains knowledge of a closely guarded secret * A, obtaining knowledge of a
closely guarded secret, goes on a hunt for buried treasure **
POST: (47a) (1148b)

-- page 181

Conflict{1409}

PRE: (147) (600) (953)
A seeks to discover what is in a mysterious room behind a locked door
POST: (608) (623) (1414a)

Conflict{1410}

PRE: (1403) (1414a ch A to A-8) (1414b ch A to A-8)
A, endeavoring to solve a mystery, has for his only clue, X, the portrait of
a beautiful woman, painted on ivory
POST: (1386b) (1404b)

Conflict{1411}

PRE: (1398) (1427b)
A, skeptically investigating a psychic communication, finds many things to
corroborate the message, but he does not find the one important thing, X, whose
location the message purports to reveal * A, when the death of a spiritualist
medium, B, brings an occult investigation to an end, finds his skepticism at the blank
wall of enigma **
POST: (1242b) (1328) (1355)

Conflict{1412}

(a) PRE: (1383) (1444 ch B to BX)
A, in a city street, has a glimpse of BX, a strange woman who has caused him
to become involved in a puzzling mystery * A, trying to overtake BX and secure
-- HER obj
information from her regarding a certain mystery, sees BX, under his very eyes,
suddenly killed in a street accident **
POST: (1375) (1411)

(b) PRE: (816b; 744) (1360) (1433b ch A to B)
-- HER obj
A, friend of B, meets B in a foreign country, and invites her to dine with him at
an appointed time and place * B meets A in a foreign country; and then,
returning to her own country, B meets A and receives the astounding information that
he has not been away from his native land for years **
POST: (1387) (1389a)

Conflict{1413}

(a) PRE: (1302 ch A to A-5) (1305) (1334c)
A, by mind-reading, secures a confession from a transgressor, A-5
POST: (1451d) (1461b ch AX to A-5)

(b) PRE: (1097b ch A-2 to A-5) (1261 ch A-3 to A-5)
A, a detective, unmasking A-5 as the leader of a criminal gang, finds that he
cannot secure A-5’s arrest as the police authorities refuse to act * A discovers that A-5
is a government secret service man, merely posing as a criminal in order that he
may secure an advantage in prosecuting his work for law and order **
POST: (1222a ch A-3 to A-5) (1228 ch A-3 to A-5)


B{58} Engaging in an Enterprise and then Mysteriously Disappearing

Conflict{1414}

(a) PRE: (770a) (897) (953)
A, while carrying out an enterprise of small importance, vanishes completely and
mysteriously, baffling every attempt of the police and of his friends to find him
POST: (917) (918a)

(b) PRE: (1347) (1367b -*)
A is carrying out an unusual enterprise * A vanishes mysteriously from a ship
in mid-ocean **
POST: (1367b *-**) (1357; 705)

Conflict{1415}

PRE: (837; 1446c) (1220b ch A to A-5; 806 ch B-4 to B)
A, an honest bank messenger, disappears mysteriously with a satchelful of money *
A, with a large amount of money in his possession, disappears; he is later found
in jail, his reason obscured, his money gone **
POST: (1447 ch A to A-2) (1456 ch A-6 to B)

-- page 182

Conflict{1416}

PRE: (540 ch B to B-8 & B-3 to B) (977a) (1069)
B, waiting in the lobby of a crowded hotel until her father, F-B, can secure rooms,
vanishes completely
POST: (643) (743b) (1105) (1446c tr A & B)

Conflict{1417}

PRE: (470) (1025)
B disappears, apparently a suicide when, in desperate danger,
she implores aid and it is denied
POST: (802b) (1207) (1240)


B{59} Engaging in a Mysterious Enterprise and Becoming Involved with the Occult and the Fantastic

Conflict{1418}

(a) PRE: (922b) (925)
A, while engaged in an important enterprise, drinks of an enchanted water and
falls asleep
POST: (918b) (1418b) (1419b) (1433b) (1438a)

(b) PRE: (853) (964a) (1374)
A, an inefficient, futile sort of person, comes to believe that he is the
reincarnation of AX, a powerful personage of antiquity * A, because of a strange delusion,
proves himself a person to be reckoned with **
POST: (1134) (1387)

Conflict{1419}

(a) PRE: (693) (856) (1379)
A, caught in a trap and held powerless under a huge burning glass, is saved by an
eclipse of the sun
POST: (888) (918b) (1426a)

(b) PRE: (1367b) (1433b)
A, appearing suddenly among a tribe of savages, is encased in a diver’s suit from
which he cannot free himself unaided; nor, hailed as a god, can he ask his savage
captors to free him
POST: (197) (713)

Conflict{1420}

PRE: (1330) (1342a) (1418a)
A, while trying to discover perpetual motion, dreams that he has invented a
machine, X, that defies the power of gravitation
POST: (1424b) (1455b) (1416b)

Conflict{1421}

PRE: (619) (1027)
A, under the heel of adversity and almost at the starvation point, secures an
object of mystery, X, which grants his every wish—but at the expense of years of
his life for every wish granted
POST: (1330) (1354a)

Conflict{1422}

(a) PRE: (1421) (1423) (1427b)
A, while seeking to carry out an enterprise, is brought gradually under the power
of a dreadful force, intangible, invisible and evil, until at last his body seems to
become the abode of the accursed Thing
POST: (51a, b) (1019) (1424b) (1433a)

(b) PRE: (1113) (1353)
A, seeking to express musically the odor of tube roses, is almost killed by a bolt
of lightning * A, following a tragic experience, has a superstitious fear of a certain odor **
POST: (1325) (1333a) (1359)

Conflict{1423}

PRE: (1389b) (1422a)
A, late at night, enters a room of his house and sees another man, AX, sitting in
a chair before the fireplace * A, thinking AX is a friend, steps toward him;
whereupon, AX vanishes into thin air **
POST: (1332) (1424a) (1455a, b)

Conflict{1424}

(a) PRE: (1334a) (1342a)
A, in a mysterious manner, receives a warning of danger *
A, at a loss to account for a mysterious stranger, AX, who appears to him, warns
him and then disappears, comes to believe that the messenger was sent by Divine
Providence **
POST: (1347) (1348a)

-- page 183

(b) PRE: (540) (1414a)
A, friend of B, is reported to B, on unquestionable authority, to have been seen
in two places, widely distant from each other, at the same identical moment
POST: (249) (1163a)

Conflict{1425}

PRE: (541) (586)
A is vastly puzzled in his attempts to solve the mystery of a strange object, X *
A, puzzled by an object of mystery, X, goes to sleep with X on a table in his
bedroom. On arising in the morning, A finds X disintegrated into a fine powder,
all hope of a solution of its mystery gone **
POST: (1054) (1075a)

Conflict{1426}

(a) PRE: (74a, b) (953) (1409)
A seeks to unravel the mystery of a strange house * A, seeking to unravel the
mystery of a strange house in the hills, is caught in an electrical storm. During
the storm the house vanishes, and the site on which it stood becomes a lake **
POST: (54a) (1414a)

(b) PRE: (691) (1082b) (1404b)
A, engaged in a hazardous search for A-4, finds himself in a strange lost community
that has no direct communication with the outside world * A is made a
prisoner in a strange lost community; and he finds A-4, for whom he is searching,
also a prisoner **
POST: (181c) (888)

Conflict{1427}

(a) PRE: (1061) (1082a, b)
A encounters a weird experience when he finds nimself in a mysterious place,
surrounded by people who are the victims of a hypnotic delusion inspired by an idol
POST: (888) (1019)

(b) PRE: (898) (899)
A is a skeptic in all matters that have to do with the supernatural * A, a skeptic,
encounters an experience which he finds disturbing **
POST: (1342a) (1343)

Conflict{1428}

PRE: (852) (1433a) (1443a)
A dreams that he falls from a great height * A dies of psychic shock **
POST: ()


B{60} Becoming Involved, Through Curiosity Aroused by Mystery, in a Strange Enterprise

Conflict{1429}

PRE: (730 ch A to A-8) (832 ch A to A-8; 705 ch A to A-8)
A, a thief, breaking into a building at night to commit a robbery, finds a man,
A-8, dead on the floor, a revolver clutched in his tense fingers
POST: (819 ch A-5 to A-8) (906 ch A-2 to A-8)

Conflict{1430}

(a) PRE: (245) (697b)
A, who evidently is a person of quality, cannot prove his station in life as he knows
nothing of his birth and parentage
POST: (1051) (1054) (1055)

(b) PRE: (898) (926)
A sees a stranger, A-4, leave a baby, CH, on a doorstep * A appropriates CH **
POST: (911) (914) (1229)

Conflict{1431}

PRE: (1180) (1199 -*)
A is held up and robbed by a masked woman road agent, BX * A struggles with
-- HER obj
a masked woman road agent, BX, and twists from her wrist a peculiar bracelet, X **
POST: (801) (822) (828) (833)

Conflict{1432}

PRE: (1127 ch A to A-8 & CN to NW) (1270)
A dies and leaves his fortune to a nephew,
NW * A dies and leaves his fortune to a nephew, NW, who has been mysteriously
missing for years **
POST: (1001b ch U to A & A to NW) (1107a ch A to NW)

-- page 184

Conflict{1433}

(a) PRE: (51a) (852)
A, in a waking vision, sees a grave being dug for himself
POST: (1040) (1358)

(b) PRE: (991) (1366)
A has a dream so vivid that it seems a part of his waking experience * A has a
dream which he conceives to be an actual experience **
POST: (1348a, b) (1433a)

(c) PRE: (1389b) (1433b)
A, in a waking vision, becomes clairvoyantly aware of grave danger that is threatening B
POST: (1137a) (1333b) (1446b)

Conflict{1434}

PRE: (756) (791)
A, if he carries out a professional obligation to call at a certain house in a certain
street, is daily warned by anonymous letters that it will be at the peril of his life
POST: (1019) (1447)

Conflict{1435}

PRE: (985) (1111b) (1046) (1381) (1406)
A investigates a mysterious package, X, that has fallen into his hands * A
discovers that a mysterious package, X, contains stolen property. With X as a
clue, he apprehends the thief, A-5 **
POST: (596) (623) (1098)

Conflict{1436}

PRE: (1399) (1402)
A, investigating the mysterious actions of his friend, A-2, discovers that A-2 has
a strange enterprise on hand * A discovers that his friend, A-2, is seeking the
recovery of a buried chest containing long-lost gold **
POST: (662) (1369)

Conflict{1437}

PRE: (455b) (1024) (1041 ch A to A-4)
A’s fortune and happiness hang upon a technicality of the law: Both A-4 and his
wife, B-4, are killed in an accident; if B-4 died first, A inherits, while if A-4 died
first, others inherit
POST: (1052a) (1398) (1406)


B{20} Becoming Involved with Conditions in Which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{1438}

(a) PRE: (677 ch B to A) (1117)
A, while in an abnormal mental condition, receipts for a valuable registered letter,
X. Afterward, A has no recollection of receipting for X
POST: (1451b ch A to A-7 & A-8 to A) (1457 tr A & A-9)

(b) PRE: (63) (798) (985) (1267c)
[1] A, unknown to himself, has in his possession an object, X, which, at any
moment, may bring disaster or death to him [2] A, unaware of his danger, is
associating with people, or is ignorantly dealing with deadly circumstances, which may
bring upon him a catastrophe at any time
POST: (153) (1333a) (1333b)

(c) PRE: (339) (1310) (1313a)
A is a member of a strange secret society in which all the members are bound by
oath to avenge the wrongs, real or fancied, of each individual member * A is a
member of a strange secret society in which all members have red hair. The
watchword of the society: “One Bricktop for all, all Bricktops for one” **
POST: (1154a *-**) (1319a)

Conflict{1439}

(a) PRE: (1402) (1436) (1437 ch A to A-2)
A is informed regarding an important
secret which, if revealed, will wreck all A-2’s hope of acquiring gain
POST: (1325) (1290 ch A to A-2 & A-2 to A-8)

-- page 185

(b) PRE: (1147) (1260a)
A is evilly dealt with by A-8 and brought to the brink of ruin * A, evilly dealt
with by A-8. puts a curse on A-8 and all of his name **
POST: (606 ch A to A-8) (619 ch A to A-8) (661 ch A to A-8)

(c) PRE: (1423) (1427b)
A always encounters a person of forbidding appearance with a demoniacal face,
AX, just before some great misfortune overtakes him
POST: (53) (552a, b) (606) (681a) (1424a)

Conflict{1440}

PRE: (1283 ch A to A-8) (1293b ch B to A)
A, in great financial distress, pawns a valuable and mysterious object * [1] An
ivory box with a false bottom [2] A silver candelabrum with a cunningly concealed
opening in which something of value is hidden [3] A large brooch with a false
back in which smuggled gems are concealed [4] A jade box, a “trick” box which
can only be opened by one acquainted with the secret method ** A dies before
he can redeem the object, X, which he has pawned ***
POST: (1384) (1384 ch B to A-8; 1394 ch A to A-8) (1384 ch B to A-8; 1400 ch A to A-8)

Conflict{1441}

(a) PRE: (1354a) (1392)
A seeks to discover the secret of Life * A, seeking to discover a great secret,
uncovers an unhappy complication **
POST: (746 ch B to A) (888)

(b) PRE: (552b) (1311)
A has a wound, an invisible, psychic wound, which causes terrible pain in flesh
and tissue which, otherwise, are perfectly healthy and normal * A has an invisible
wound, caused by a tragic act of injustice he has committed, and no physician or
surgeon can heal him **
POST: (1357) (1358)

Conflict{1442}

PRE: (1249) (1283) (1301) (1337) (1447)
A tears that A-2, who is plowing a field, will unearth evidence of a crime which,
A Knows, has been buried there
POST: (1291a) (1461a)

Conflict{1443}

(a) PRE: (731) (1366)
A, a captured criminal, has a particularly vivid dream in which he is making a
successful escape
POST: (866) (875a tr A & A-2) (1428)

(b) PRE: (438) (1236) (1133) (1147 tr A & A-8) (1260a)
A is trapped in the woods by a falling tree * A, trapped by a falling tree in an
isolated place, is unable to extricate himself, and dies **
POST: ()

(c) PRE: (438) (1236) (1133) (1147 tr A & A-8) (1260a)
A falls into an old well that has been covered with boards and earth * A, falling
into an old well, is unable to extricate himself and dies of his injuries **
POST: ()

Conflict{1444}

PRE: (586) (1062) (1091) (1093)
B induces A to attempt the solution of a mystery
POST: (802a, b ch B to B-8) (1045)

Conflict{1445}

PRE: (1244a, b)
B is strongly influenced by a supernatural vision in which her life is reviewed
-- HER obj
before her * B receives benefit when a psychic experience proves an obstacle to a
certain undertaking **
POST: (1245) (1258)

Conflict{1446}

(a) PRE: (850b; 1243) (1297)
B loses her handbag, X, which contains the key to her jewel box * B finds her lost
handbag, X, and the key to her jewel box is in the bag—but the jewels in the jewel
box are missing **
POST: (1254) (1284)

-- page 186

(b) PRE: (645) (647) (677) (1154a)
B seeks to escape from mysterious dangers * B falls asleep and, while she sleeps,
-- HER obj
terrible danger threatens her **
POST: (179a, b) (1433c)

(c) PRE: (383) (1279a) (1325)
B is a hypnotist who, in carrying out an enterprise, hypnotizes A
POST: (471) (1206) (1258 ch A-6 to A) (1309b ch A-3 to A)

-- page 187

ConflictSubGroup{Revelation}

B{61} Becoming Aware of an Important Secret that Calls for Decisive Action

Conflict{1447}

PRE: (791) (1019) (1031) (1130) (1434)
A, a doctor, summoned to give attention to a sick man, A-8, finds that A-8 is dying *
A learns from A-8, dying, the details of a crime **
POST: (456 ch A to A-8) (1228)

Conflict{1448}

PRE: (1038 ch A-8 to A-5) (1042a ch A to A-5) (1280 ch A-3 to A-5) (1405 ch A-4 to A-5)
A secretly discoves A-5 counting money taken from a murdered man, A-8
POST: (828 ch B-5 to A-5) (836 ch A-2 to A-5)

Conflict{1449}

PRE: (1334c) (833) (1291b -*)
A investigates the murder of a friend, A-2 * A, investigating the murder of a friend,
A-2, is horrified to discover that all the circumstantial evidence points to
himself as the murderer **
POST: (642) (732) (750) (787) (879) (951) (1291b *-**)

Conflict{1450}

PRE: (1220a, b) (1263)
A is compelled to alter certain plans very materially when he makes the
astounding discovery that he is the father of B’s son, SN
POST: (675) (945)

Conflict{1451}

(a) PRE: (1408) (1430a) (1437)
A for a long time seeks in vain to solve a puzzling mystery * A, trying to solve
a puzzling mystery, discovers a clue in a little box concealed in an old
phonograph bought at auction **
POST: (1392) (1394)

(b) PRE: (1305 ch A-5 to A-8) (1399)
A, poor, secures from A-8 information that brings him a fortune
POST: (1052a) (1408)

(c) PRE: (742) (743a) (870a)
A is happy in rescuing B from an unpleasant situation
POST: (869) (876a) (870b ch A-6 to A)

(d) PRE: (690 ch A to F-A) (1414a, b ch A to F-A)
A, receiving information which he thinks trustworthy, embarks upon a hazardous
enterprise * A goes on a hazardous search for his father, F-A, long mysteriously
missing **
POST: (1286) (1404b ch A-4 to F-A)

Conflict{1452}

PRE: (1387) (1395) (1399)
A is puzzled by a mystery that seems too deep for solution * A slips and falls into
a chasm; and in the chasm he discovers a clue to a baffling mystery **
POST: (1398) (1403) (1409)

Conflict{1453}

PRE: (1369) (1389a)
A is at his wits’ end in an attempt to solve a puzzling riddle * A, by chance,
overhears a scrap of conversation in the street; and what he overhears proves a clue
to the whereabouts of stolen property, X **
POST: (1045) (1283)

Conflict{1454}

PRE: (61) (87) (1207)
A discovers that his pal, A-2, is a girl masquerading as a boy * A, discovering that
A-2 is a girl masquerading as a boy, keeps the knowledge to himself and does his
utmost to save the masquerader from annoying experiences **
POST: (837) (1100) (1451c)

-- page 188

Conflict{1455}

(a) PRE: (917) (1379)
A, because of certain revelations he has received, firmly resolves that he will not
carry out an enterprise that had formerly been dear to his heart
POST: (1432 ch A to U and NW to A) (1433a)

(b) PRE: (715a) (1391)
A, in his overweening pride, is taught a lesson by AX * A, rescued from critical
misfortune by AX, receives a revelation from AX which results in a beneficial
character change **
POST: (918b) (922a)

Conflict{1456}

PRE: (516 ch A to A-5) (624) (783 ch A-7 to A-5)
A, by shrewd deduction and skillful reasoning, proves that A-5 is a criminal
POST: (802b) (803a) (1222a ch A-3 to A-5)

Conflict{1457}

PRE: (1389a ch A to A-9) (1394 ch A to A-9) (1397 ch A to A-9) (1438a ch A to A-9)
A is accused of having stolen a valuable document, X * A, accused by A-9 of having
stolen a valuable document, X, has his innocence proved when X is found between
the leaves of a book which A-9 had been reading **
POST: (662 ch A-2 to A-9) (1337 ch A-8 to A-9)

Conflict{1458}

PRE: (129) (331)
B supposes herself to be a white woman and prides herself on her white heritage *
B, a white woman, is told that there is a taint of alien and inferior blood in her
veins **
POST: (23a, b) (873) (1054 ch A to B)

Conflict{1459}

PRE: (1296) (1304) (1308)
B finds an old notebook, X, which contains the record of a dishonest transaction *
B finds an old note book X, which contains information that has an important
bearing on some of her plans **
POST: (1204) (1244b) (1279b)


B{57} Seeking to Unravel a Puzzling Complication

Conflict{1460}

PRE: (932) (1074)
A, a writer, is in doubt as to whether a story he has in mind will interest the
general public * A, seeking to discover whether a story he has in mind will interest
the general public, tells the story to a group of strangers, A-4, A-4, A-4, ***
POST: (598) (1305 ch A-5 to A-4)


-- TODO: Resolve mismatch: 20 is “Becoming involved...” and 21 is “Falling into misfortune...”
B{21} Becoming Invoived with Conditions in Which Misfortune is Indicated

Conflict{1461}

(a) PRE: (68) (456) (701) (703) (951)
A fights a hard battle with his conscience; he finds it a losing battle, and makes
an important revelation in order that he may achieve peace of mind
POST: (51a, b) (952)

(b) PRE: (783) (1111a)
A receives an important communication from a mysterious person, AX, which
enables him to correct a serious error
POST: (1064) (1333b)

(c) PRE: (797 ch D-A to B) (1183 ch SR to B) (1146; 29)
A reveals his identity to B * A, revealing his identity to B, shatters her ideals
-- HER obj
and plunges her into unhappiness **
POST: (53) (1187) (1188)

(d) PRE: (1461a, b)
A sends an important communication to B, a communication
that vitally concerns his welfare
POST: (1278b) (1461c)

-- page 189

B{11} Confronting a Situation in Which Courage and Devotion Alone Can Save the Fortunes of One Beloved

Conflict{1462}

PRE: (85a; 340) (540; 589)
B’s friend, B-2, makes an important revelation regarding A which causes B to
correct a serious error
POST: (94a) (506a) (546b)

-- page 190

-- page 191

Index to Classification by Symbols
                                                                        Page No
A,                  male protagonist                                        195
A & A-2,            A and male friend of A                                  213
A & A-3,            A and male rival or enemy of A                          218
A & A-4,            A and male stranger                                     220
A & A-5,            A and male criminal                                     222
A & A-6,            A and male officer of the law                           225
A & A-7,            A and male inferior                                     225
A & A-8,            A and male utility character                            228
A & A-9,            A and male superior                                     228

A, A-2 & A-3,       A, male friend of A and male rival or enemy of A        229
A, A-2 & A-5,       A, male friend of A and male criminal                   229
A, A-2 & A-6,       A, male friend of A and male law officer                230
A, A-2 & A-8,       A, male friend of A and male utility character          230
A, A-2 & A-9,       A, male friend of A and male superior                   230

A, A-3 & A-4,       A, male rival or enemy of A and male stranger           230
A, A-3 & A-5,       A, male rival or enemy of A and male criminal           230
A, A-3 & A-6,       A, male rival or enemy of A and male law officer        231
A, A-3 & A-7,       A, male rival or enemy of A and male inferior           231

A, A-4 & A-6,       A, male stranger and male law officer                   231
A, A-4 & A-8,       A, male stranger and male utility character             231
A, A-4 & A-9,       A, male stranger and male superior                      231

A, A-5 & A-6,       A, male criminal and male law officer                   232
A, A-5 & A-8,       A, male criminal and male utility character             232

A, A-6 & A-8,       A, male law officer and male utility character          232

A, A-7 & A-8,       A, male inferior and male utility character             232

A & AX,             A and a man of mystery                                  232
A, A-2 & AX,        A, male friend of A and a man of mystery                233
A, A-5 & AX,        A, male criminal and man of mystery                     233

A & X,              A and inanimate object or object of mystery             233
A, A-2 & X,         A, male friend of A and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery 236
A, A-3 & X,         A, male rival or enemy of A and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery 236
A, A-4 & X,         A, male stranger and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery    237
A, A-5 & X,         A, male criminal and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery    237
A, A-6 & X,         A, male law officer and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery 237
A, A-7 & X.         A, male inferior and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery    238
A, A-8 & X,         A, male utility character and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery 238
A, A-9 & X,         A, male superior and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery    238
A, A-2, A-3 & X,    A, male friend of A, male rival or enemy of A and in. ob. or ob. of mystery 238
A, A-5, A-8 & X,    A, male criminal, male utility character and in. ob. or ob. of mystery 238

A & F-A,            A and father of A                                       238
A, A-8 & F-A,       A, male utility character and father of A               239
A & BR-A,           A and brother of A                                      239
A & SN,             A and son                                               239
A, A-4 & SN,        A, male stranger and son                                240
A, A-5 & SN,        A, male criminal and son                                240
A & NW,             A and nephew                                            240
A, A-2 & NW,        A, male friend of A and nephew                          240
A, A-8 & NW,        A, male utility character and nephew                    241

-- page 192

A & U,              A and uncle                                             241
A & CN,             A and cousin                                            241
A, A-8 & CN,        A, male utility character and cousin                    241
A, U & CN,          A, uncle and cousin                                     241
A, GCH & X,         A, grandchild and inanimate object or object of mystery 241

B,                  female protagonist                                      241
B & B-2,            B and female friend of B                                246
B & B-3,            B and female rival or enemy of B                        247
B & B-4,            B and female stranger                                   247
B & B-5,            B and female criminal                                   247
B & B-7,            B and female inferior                                   247
B & B-8,            B and female utility character                          247

B & AUX,            B and mysterious aunt                                   248

B & X,              B and inanimate object or object of mystery             248
B, B-4 & X,         B, female stranger and inanimate object or object of mystery 248

B & M-B,            B and mother of B                                       248
B & F-B,            B and father of B                                       283
B & BR-B,           B and brother of B                                      284
B & SR-B,           B and sister of B                                       249
B & SN,             B and son                                               285
B and CH,           B and child                                             286
B & D-B,            B and daughter of B                                     249
B & AX,             B and man of mystery                                    285

B & A-2,            B and male friend of A                                  281
B & A-3,            B and male enemy or rival of A                          282
B & A-4,            B and male stranger                                     282
B & A-5,            B and male criminal                                     282
B & A-6,            B and male law officer                                  283
B & A-8,            B and male utility character                            283

B, A-2 & B-2,       B, male friend of A and female friend of B              300
B, A-4 & A-6,       B, male stranger and male law officer                   300
B, A-5 & A-6,       B, male criminal and male law officer                   299
B, A-9 & X,         B, male superior and inanimate object or object of mystery 300
B, M-B & F-B,       B, mother of B and father of B                          300
B, F-B & A-3,       B, father of B and male rival or enemy of A             300

A & B,              male protagonist and female protagonist                 250
A, B & A-2,         A, B and male friend of A                               271
A, B & A-3,         A, B and male rival or enemy of A                       272
A, B & A-4,         A, B and male stranger                                  276
A, B & A-5,         A, B and male criminal                                  276
A, B & A-6,         A, B and male law officer                               277
A, B & A-7,         A, B and male inferior                                  277
A, B & A-8,         A, B and male utility character                         278
A, B & A-9,         A, B and male superior                                  278

A, B & AX,          A, B and man of mystery                                 279
A, B & X,           A, B and inanimate object or object of mystery          279
A, B & BX,          A, B and woman of mystery                               291
A, BX & X,          A, woman of mystery and inanimate object or object of mystery 291

A, B & F-A,         A, B and father of A                                    281
A, B & F-B,         A, B and father of B                                    280
A, B & SN,          A, B and son                                            281
A, B & BR-B,        A, B and brother of B                                   281
A, B & U,           A, B and uncle                                          281

-- page 193

A, B & B-2,         A, B and female friend of B                             287
A, B & B-3,         A, B and female rival or enemy of B                     288
A, B & B-5,         A, B and female criminal                                290
A, B & B-7,         A, B and female inferior                                290
A, B & B-8,         A, B and female utility character                       290

A & B-2,            A and female friend of B                                286
A & B-3,            A and female rival or enemy of B                        286
A & B-4,            A and female stranger                                   285
A & B-7,            A and female inferior                                   286

A & BX,             A and woman of mystery                                  287

A, B & CH,          A, B and child                                          290
A, B & M-A,         A, B and mother of A                                    291
A, B & M-B,         A, B and mother of B                                    291
A, B & SM-B,        A, B and step-mother of B                               291
A, B & SR,          A, B and sister                                         291

A & D-A,            A and daughter of A                                     292
A & M-A,            A and mother of A                                       292
A & SR-A,           A and sister of A                                       293
A & CH,             A and child                                             292

A, A-2 & CH,        A, male friend of A and child                           293
A, A-2 & SR,        A, male friend of A and sister                          293
A, A-2, F-A & M-A,  A, male friend of A, father of A and mother of A        293
A, A-2, B-5 & X,    A, male friend of A, female criminal and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery 294

A, A-3 & B-3,       A, male rival or enemy of A and female rival or enemy of B 294
A, A-3 & B-5,       A, male rival or enemy of A and female criminal         294
A, A-4 & B-4,       A, male stranger and female stranger                    294
A, A-4 & CH,        A, male stranger and child                              294
A, A-8 & SR,        A, male utility character and sister                    294
A, A-8 & CH,        A, male utility character and child                     294
A, A-8 & D-A,       A, male utility character and daughter of A             294

A, B, A-2 & A-3,    A, B, male friend of A and male rival or enemy of A     296
A, B, A-2 & A-5,    A, B, male friend of A and male criminal                295
A, B, A-2 & A-9,    A, B, male friend of A and male superior                295
A, B, A-2 & CH,     A, B, male friend of A and child                        296
A, B, A-3 & A-5,    A, B, male rival or enemy of A and male criminal        295
A, B, A-3 & B-3,    A, B, male rival or enemy of A and female rival or enemy of B 297
A, B, A-3 & CH,     A, B, male rival or enemy of A and child                297
A, B, A-3 & X,      A, B, male rival or enemy of A and inanimate ob. or ob. of mystery 298
A, B, A-4 & BR-B,   A, B, male stranger and brother of B                    299
A, B, F-B & A-3,    A, B, father of B and male rival or enemy of A          296
A, B, F-B, M-B & A-2,   A, B, father of B, mother of B and male friend of A 297
A, B, F-B, M-B & A-3,   A, B, father of B, mother of B and male rival or enemy of A 297
A, B, A-2, A-3 & AX,    A, B, male friend of A, male rival or enemy of A and man of mystery 296
A, B, B-2 & B-3,    A, B, female friend of B and female rival or enemy of B 295

A, B, B-3 & CH,     A, B, female rival or enemy of B and child              297
A, B, F-A & M-A,    A, B, father of A and mother of A                       298
A, B, F-B & M-B,    A, B, father of B and mother of B                       297
A, B, F-A & F-B,    A, B, father of A and father of B                       298
A, B, GF-A & F-B,   A, B, grandfather of A and father of B                  299
A, B, CH & A-3,     A, B, child and male rival or enemy of A                297
A, B & AU-B,        A, B and aunt of B                                      298
A, B, AX & BX,      A, B, man of mystery and woman of mystery               299
A, B, A-4 & BR-B,   A, B, male stranger and brother of B                    299
A, B, A-5 & X,      A, B, male criminal and inanimate object or object of mystery 299

-- page 194

A, B-4 & CH,        A, female stranger and child                            299
A, BX & F-A,        A, woman of mystery and father of A                     299
A, BX & A-8,        A, woman of mystery and male utility character          299
A, F-A & M-A,       A, father of A and mother of A                          295
A, SR-A & CH,       A, sister of A and child                                295

NOTE

A mere reading of this list of characters in their various combinations is in
itself highly suggestive to the trained imagination. Certain combinations will have
their appeal and, by their reference numbers, may be immediately referred to in the
various Conflict Groups.

The use for which this list is designed, however, primarily covers the selection
of terminal Conflicts. The C Clauses of the Masterplots are numbered in parentheses;
and, in the Classification by Character Symbols, the terminal suggestions are all
grouped with their corresponding numbers at the end of each sub-group of Conflicts. If
the number of the desired terminal Conflict is not found in the sub-group, other
subgroups should be scanned for a Conflict approximating the one desired, and the
situation altered to correspond with the needs of the moment. Or, another terminal Clause
may be almost synonomous with the one required, and its number substituted.

Very often, in writing a story a knotty point will be reached where the ingenuity
of the writer wavers, or where he wishes to give the action a different trend. A study
of the Classification by Symbols will be found rich in suggestions of means for meeting
such an emergency. Such a study may be best approached in this manner:
Resolve the leading characters of your story’s situation into Plotto character
symbols; if possible, not more than two or three symbols. Then look up the
combination of symbols in the foregoing index and follow the references to the Classification
by Symbols and, if necessary, on into the Conflicts.

If desired combinations of symbols cannot be found, a single symbol of the
desired combination may be changed into the Plotto utility symbol, A-8 or B-8, or any
other symbol which nearest approximates the one desired. Here, as elsewhere in
Plotto, transposition, change and manipulation will bring the utmost in results.

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A


Love’s Beginnings


A, who knows nothing of the sciences, pretends to be engaged in scientific research 1f

A, a poor clerk, finances a “fling” in high society 2a

A, one of the “idle rich,” gratifies his love for adventure by frequenting the slums
in the character of a city “tough” 2c

A, seeking to uncover duplicity by crafty enterprise, encounters the unexpected 4a

A, traveling the high road, drops a purse of money unnoticed 6a

A, a judge, loses his brief case 6b

A is crude, unhandsome and repellant to the ladies although he desires to be a
gallant 7a

A has a repellant personality and, knowing it, he is timid in love 8a

A has taken vows that proscribe the love of woman 16b


Love’s Misadventures

A, a publisher, rejects a novel because of personal pique 44a

A seeks to escape annoying manifestations of love 71 a

A pretends that he is married 71 a

A pretends that he is engaged to be married 71a

A, young and romantic, sees a ruinous old house in a city street, a house said
to be deserted 74a

A, his curiosity aroused, secretly watches an old house, said to be deserted; then,
one day, he sees a beautifully rounded arm and a small, shapely hand emerge
from behind the broken blind and place something on the window sill 74a

A, hearing a woman’s voice calling for help in a house he happens to be passing,
rushes up the steps, through the front door—and into a romantic complication 74b
A is so besieged by match-rnaking mammas that their meddling seriously interferes
with the practice of his profession. He resolves to escape the annoyance
by a stratagem 101a

A is a sentimental person, fancy free but yearning for love 101b

A is a poet, fancy free, who keeps his lightning rods up in the hope of attracting
a bolt of the divine passion 101b

A is a crabbed, disagreeable person whose misfortune it is to find no pleasure
in life 106

A is timid in love but, armed with a love charm., X, he becomes bold and wins
success 8a


Marriage Proposal

A is absent-minded 204-265b


Love’s Rejection

A fears that he has inherited the evil traits of an ancestor 288

A hopes, by a surgical operation on his skull, to be made immune from the “master
passion” 231

A, an aviator, is a person of masterful character 234b

A, in spite of the fact that there are reasons why he should not marry,
nevertheless plans to do so 258

A becomes involved in a love affair at the same time that he becomes involved
in a divorce proceeding as “the other man” 274

(1) A, overwhelmed by misfortune in love, commits suicide 281b

(14) A, victim of an apparently hopeless love affair, seeks contentment in befriending
all who are in need, especially those who are unjustly treated 246b

(14) A, by his enterprises in altruism, finds that his hard nature undergoes
a beneficial change 246b

(14) A becomes a crook 263


Married Life

A embarks upon an ill-considered enterprise of gambling and loses money that
is not his to lose 380

A, supposed to be dead, returns mysteriously as from the grave 402

A’s marital discontent prompts him to reckless and questionable adventures 420

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A indulges a taste for low companionship and questionable adventures 485

A is prevented by family and business obligations from embarking upon a
cherished enterprise 512

A, innocent, is arrested on a murder charge 520

A secretly and mysteriously sequestrates himself and fosters the deception that
he is dead 438

A flees to a distant part of the country and tries to bear his hard lot with fortitude 460

A faces failure in business, a failure which he knows will bring disaster to his
married happiness 461

A, facing ruin, seeks to save himself by committing a transgression 484b


Misfortune

A exercises mistaken judgment in forwarding a certain undertaking 595

A loses his initiative, his enterprise and his ambition and becomes merely a cog
in the wheels of his employer’s business 595

A secures knowledge of a closely-guarded secret 596

A, an author, impersonates the crook hero of a story he is writing and becomes
involved in an unpleasant complication 598

A, in a foreign seaport and seeking to return at night to his hotel, loses his way
and finds himself in the lawless slums 600

A, a pugilist, loses a ring battle and all the money he has wagered on himself 602

A has invested all his money in a certain enterprise 606

A, investing all his money in a certain enterprise, sees the enterprise fail and
himself plunged heavily into debt 606

A’s youthful escapades, committed thoughtlessly and not with malice, constitute
the wrong which has given him a bad name among the people of his native
place 611a

A leaves his native place, squanders his substance in riotous living, comes to want
and experiences remorse 611b

A, a coward and a braggart, is manoeuvered into a dangerous test of courage,
and must either eat his words or acquit himself with credit 615

A, a coward who has been manoeuvered into a dangerous test of courage, is almost
beside himself with fear as he sets forth to meet the test 615

A, annoyed by a faux pas he has committed, seeks to “save his face” 617

A is bored by certain duties he is obliged to perform 618

A, bored by certain duties he is obliged to perform, finds a way out—with
unpleasant results 618

A loses all his life’s savings 619

A plans to take his own life, but fate intervenes 619

A loses his job 620

A suffers misfortune when he departs from the strict line of duty to carry out
a cherished ambition of his own 620

A, innocent, is supposed to be a transgressor 623

A is supposed to be a transgressor because he is found with contraband goods
in his possession 623

A considers himself a transgressor until he finds that his supposed transgression
was never committed 624

(4) A, in need of money to finance an enterprise, holds up a stage 628

A mixes truth with delusion in an earnest investigation of a psychic problem 633

(1) A, mixing truth with delusion in an earnest investigation of a psychic problem,
finally loses his reason 633

(1) A, imagining he sees a fast motor car almost upon him, leaps in front of a car
that is not imaginary and is instantly killed 634

A suffers false suspicion as a transgressor 635

A is a professional burglar who throws caution to the winds in one of his burglaries 636

A, a burglar, breaks into a house that is quarantined 636

A contracts a contagious disease 636

A robs a heathen temple of jewels and proceeds about his work with reckless
audacity 637

(1) A, committing a robbery, is caught red-handed and turned over to the law for
punishment 637

(4) A, ruined financially, takes to drink and “dies in his cups” 638

-- page 197

A is caught in an unpleasant complication and disaster threatens him unless he
is crafty enough to devise plans for his own safety 652

A, facing misfortune, seeks desperately to evade disaster 654

A’s ancestral estates have been heavily mortgaged and he is about to lose the
property 656

A, by hook or crook, seeks to save his mortgaged paternal acres from foreclosure
656

A is a person of ability but of a race considered inferior 657

A takes part in a football game and falls innocently under a suspicion of treachery
657

A, innocent of transgression, seeks to prove his innocence by subtle enterprise 657

A, a man of high standing in his community, fears that through unusual conditions
his character will be discredited 658

A seeks to safeguard his reputation which is threatened by unusual conditions 658

A, wealthy and powerful, goes alone to bathe in a mountain stream 661

A finds himself unexpectedly locked and barred in a room in a strange house 664

A, suddenly finding himself a helpless prisoner, tries to bear his fate with equanimity 664

A struggles against an overwhelming sorrow that proves an obstacle to enterprise
and holds his abilities in subjection 674

A is a confirmed procrastinator, and the habit inhibits enterprise and circumscribes his abilities 675

A is taught a lesson which shows him how reprehensible a pet failing may become 675

A was in the World War 680a

A, before the war, was a successful business man; after the war, a physical wreck
and a bankrupt 680a

A, happy and optimistic, undergoes a critical illness which makes of him a morbid,
melancholy, superstitious pessimist 681a

A undergoes a critical illness 681b

A recovers from a critical illness but loses all remembrance of his personal identity 681b

A, a white man of brilliant intellectual attainments, battles for existence in an
isolated, primitive, savage wilderness 682

A, battling for existence in a savage wilderness, suffers a deterioration of character
until, after some years, he sinks to the level of his primitive surroundings 682

A is a telegraph operator at a lonely railroad way station 683

A is a sheep-herder, isolated with his flock of sheep 683

A is a lighthouse keeper on a lonely coast 683

A graduaUy, because of loneliness, becomes demented 683

A, traveling alone, is caught in a snowstorm 685

A is caught in a snowstorm in the mountains, becomes snowbound, and finds it
impossible to reach a place of safety 685

A, of gentle birth and breeding, is isolated in a primitive, uninhabited wilderness
and compelled to battle with Nature for his very existence 686

A finds himself the only white man in a half-savage tribe of natives 687

A, finding himself the only white man in a half-savage tribe of natives, is
compelled to struggle against their primitive superstitions 687

A is traveling through a savage wilderness 689

A, traveling through a savage wilderness, is captured by natives and threatened
with death 689

A takes a sea voyage in the hope of recovering his health 690

A, taking a sea voyage, is shipwrecked and cast away on a desert island 690

A, an explorer, loses his way in a trackless wilderness 691

A, without food or water, is adrift in a small boat at sea 692

A, wandering alone among the mountains, is trapped and held powerless 693

A, caught in a trap, faces death 693

A’s neighbors persist in thinking him guilty of a crime for which he was tried and
acquitted 695a

A, tried for a crime and acquitted, seeks happiness in freedom from suspicion 695a

A suffers imprisonment for a crime he did not commit 695b

A, finishing a term of imprisonment for a crime he did not commit, finds that
his character as an ex-convict seriously hampers him in his honest enterprises 695b

A, a patriot but a wanderer and an outcast, is deprived of all news of his native
land 696

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A is a foundling and knows nothing of his birth and parentage 697b

A knows nothing of his birth and parentage, and he finds this a serious and
humiliating handicap 697b

A is a fugitive from justice who dares not present himself to receive a rich estate
that has been left to him, for he knows he will be arrested 699a

A, driven to bay by pursuers, takes refuge in an old house 699b

A is a man who believes that poverty is the true source of contentment 700

A is a minister of the gospel 703

A, a religious teacher of the people, errs secretly on his human side and becomes
the prey of conscience 703

A’s life-work, nearing completion, is threatened with destruction by a great
storm 706a, b, c

A, after a mysterious absence of many years, returns to his old home town 708

A, returning as an Unknown to his native place, discovers that no one recognizes
him 708

A is expected by a large crowd of people to appear and carry out an obligation
of professional duty 710

A is forced to give up an enterprise when he is taken suddenly so ill he cannot
leave his bed 710

A, engaged in an important enterprise, suddenly finds himself in quarantine
because of an outbreak of a contagious disease 711a

A, engaged in an important enterprise, becomes involved in an automobile accident 711b

A is removed in an unconscious condition from the scene of an accident 711b

A, seeking to carry out an important enterprise, meets with obstacles that defeat his plans 711c

A, a doctor, is a fugitive from justice 712

A, deprived of food through misfortune, faces slow death by starvation 713

A, wealthy, finds that his pretentions to place and power are treated as a joke 715a

A, a poor man and crippled, finds his life in a sad tangle 715b

A is found guilty of a political conspiracy 715c

A knows something others do not know, something that proves the greatest
obstacle to his enterprising and capable nature 718a

A is a youth who, sheltered from the world and pampered by doting parents,
has no true conception of life and no ability to face its rugged issues 7 18b

A disappears mysteriously 719a

A’s whole future is wrapped up in a mighty work which he has brought almost
to successful completion 721

A’s life work is threatened with destruction 721

A, a matador, is getting ready in his room to appear in the bullring 726a

A, making ready to undertake an enterprise, has his plans suddenly interfered
with 726a

A, ill and worn by a long journey, is suddenly called upon to undertake an
enterprise which would be difficult if he were physically at his best 726b

A, a judge presiding at a murder trial, finds himself unexpectedly confronted
with a circumstance which makes his work a torture to his soul 727

A digs a pit for a tiger trap and baits it with a quarter of bullock meat 728

A is honest, but he is a stranger and regarded with suspicion 731

A is arrested as a criminal “suspect” because he happens to be in the vicinity
when a crime is committed 731

A has a conviction that he is going insane and that, sooner or later, he will be
confined in an asylum 732

A finds a banknote of large denomination 733

A, poor, comes into possession of a banknote of large denomination. There is
no bank in the village in which he lives and he can find no one who can, or who
would if he could, change the bill for him 733

A is mistakenly reported dead during the World War 734

A, victim of amnesia in a foreign land, wanders back to his native country 734

(1) A, dies of starvation 713

(1) A, convicted of being a traitor to his country, is expatriated and forced to live
abroad 715c

(1) A undertakes an enterprise when he is prosperous; and then, suffering loss and
becoming a bankrupt and a cripple, he has not the heart to go on with the enterprise 680b

(1) A constructs a deadly trap and, by accident, falls into it himself 728

-- page 199

(2) A, a white man cast away among bloodthirsty savages, has his life spared
because he is a ventriloquist and supposed to be a god 650

(5) A, because he is a ventriloquist (a conjuror or a magician) saves his life among
savages; then loses his voice 714

(5) A, wealthy and influential, loses his clothes, personal belongings and all other
means of identification 715a

(6) A, unable to conquer his misfortunes, seeks to escape them by committing suicide
705

(8) A, desperately in need of money, can recoup his finances at the expense of his
integrity. He resists the temptation 729

(11) A cannot convince others of his identity, and undergoes the hardships and evil
treatment accorded an upstart and imposter 715a

(11) A, believed by all to be a white man, knows there is negro blood in his veins 718a

(13) A, in the World War, is shell-shocked and loses all knowledge of his identity 731

(14) A, callow and inefficient, learns some real truths through hard experience 718b


Mistaken Judgment

A, poor, is happy in the belief that poverty is the source of contentment 748

A, a writer, is happy in producing a literary masterpiece 749

A flees to escape the consequences of a crime 750

A believes he is guilty of a crime, but no crime has been committed 750

A, informed that he has only a few months to live, undertakes an unusual enterprise 751

A resigns himself to fate and seeks to bear patiently a supposed bereavement;
but the bereavement is imagined, not real 755

A, confronting a hard and dangerous duty, is suddenly taken very ill and compelled to go to bed 757

A is a hard-hearted man of the world, seeking gain by exploiting the misfortunes
of others 758

A, a crook who has acquired wealth, in a quest for happiness returns to his native
place to foregather with pals of his younger criminal days 763

A, with no social distinction whatever, entertains the grandiose delusion that
he will be greatly missed if he drops out of society 768

A is mistakenly convinced of his great business ability 769

A is heavily in debt 770a

A thinks a crime has been committed, but he is mistaken 771a

A finds a paper containing the signals of his football team 771b

A is seriously injured by a motor car 776

A, although not really a criminal, has become convinced that he is one 777

A looks upon others as people to be exploited 781

A, week-end guest at a country house, prowls about the place at night on a
perfectly honest enterprise 786

A, through circumstantial evidence, believes himself guilty of a crime which he
cannot remember of having committed, and which he did not really commit 787

A, seeking information as to his proper course, is under the delusion that every
one is giving him false directions 789

A, a doctor, comes of a proud old Southern family 791

A, a doctor, considers it his duty to give medical assistance to outcasts and the
morally inferior 791

A, by trickery, is mistakenly convinced that he has achieved a cherished ambition 795

A is a transgressor, long mysteriously missing from his home 797

A commits a fault against propriety 799

(1) A is discovered burglarizing a house 752

(1) A, an intruder in a strange house, is discovered; he flees through the nearest
door into a windowless closet and is trapped by a spring lock 752

(1) A accomplishes his work so completely that his success results in failure 760

(1) A meets with a fatal accident 762

(1) A is mistaken for a burglar 786

(1), A, a judge, proving false to his high duty, ever afterwards bears a “crooked”
reputation 790b

(1) A, a doctor, in following his ideals, loses caste with his friends and neighbors 791

(4) A, believing poverty the source of contentment, refuses to develop resources
in his possession that would give him wealth 748

-- page 200

(4) A, a writer, unconsciously plagiarizes from the work of another author in
producing a literary masterpiece 749

(4) A, seeking to finance himself, gambles with money not his own—and loses it 753

(4) A gambles with money he is holding in trust 754

(4) A, in order to secure money to pay off his pressing obligations, leaves home to
take a position at a distance; and he leaves suddenly and mysteriously without
telling his creditors he is going 770a

(4) A, heavily in debt, seeks to save himself by fraudulently using trust funds in
his possession 770c

(4) A, seriously injured by a motor car, ever afterward has a weird delusion while
he is in the streets that motor cars are trying to run him down 776

(5) A conceals his identity, avoids people, and leads a furtive, hermit-like existence 777

(7) A, honest and high-minded, recommends a certain proposition, and then
discovers that it is a swindle 747

(7) A, told that he has only a few months to live, discovers that the doctor was in
error and that he still has a long life ahead of him 751

(8) A, by prayer, achieves success in an enterprise 796

(10) A, a crook, discovers that his former pals are all married and “going straight” 763

(10) A, supposing himself a criminal, discovers that no crime has been committed 783

(10) A discovers that a coroner’s verdict of “accidental death” should have been
one of cold, premeditated murder 803a

(14) A, grasping and relentless, and sparing no one in his greed for gain, encounters
an experience which transforms his character 781


Helpfulness

A is old, believes he is slipping in his work, and considers nimself a failure 810

A, undertaking charitable enterprises when he thpught he was soon to die regrets
the enterprises when he finds he still has a long life ahead of him 811

A is on his way to keep an important engagement 816a

A is an outlaw, hunted by the authorities and dodging about to escape capture 817

A, well-to-do and of good family, is impersonating a person who is “down and
out” 818a

A sifts the circumstantial evidence of a crime in an attempt to discover the perpetrator 833

A, becoming secretly aware of the plans for a holdup, endeavors to prevent it 834
(1) A is thrown into prison through false evidence in a political conspiracy 826
(7-12) A overhears a chance conversation and secures information of the utmost
value 835

(9) A, by chance, overhears a conversation that gives him material for a literary
masterpiece 835

(11) A, a miser, is lured into a charitable enterprise by the prospect of death 811

(14) A, a miser, would recover money given in charity until he discovers how popular
his bounty has made him. Charmed by his popularity, he continues to be generous,
and so consummates a most remarkable character change 811


Deliverance

A, a mediocre person, undergoes a weird experience 853

A, caught in a trap that holds his body powerless but leaves his mind alert, seeks
to achieve physical freedom 856

A seeks to achieve emancipation from a fear which dogs his life, shows in his
face and manner, and plunges him into misfortune 857

A is made miserably unhappy by the fear of death and would emancipate himself from it 858

A, falsely accused of crime, seeks to clear himself of the accusation 859

A fears that he will commit a transgression 862

A’s popularity becomes so great that it annoys him 863a

A desires a place of seclusion where he can be absolutely alone, away from cables,
wireless, mails and the public 863a

A seeks to enhance his social prestige 863b

A, keeper of a hotel at a summer resort, faces failure in business through lack
of custom 863c

A is a man of wealth and high character whose conscience is troubled by a transgression
committed in his earlier years 864

-- page 201

A seeks to escape financial disaster by undertaking an honest but secret enterprise
that will bring him in enough money to discharge his pressing obligations 874

A’s philanthropic enterprise is about to fail 882

A, an agnostic, is caught in a terrific storm 884b

A, a barbarian, is compelled to deal with a civilization which he once knew but
now has forgotten 887b

A undergoes a strange experience among people hypnotically deluded 888

(1) A is heavily in debt and facing bankruptcy 874

(1) A, a ventriloquist, is captured by savages and threatened with death 878a

(2) A, a ventriloquist, captured by savages and threatened with death, makes an
animal talk—and is given his freedom and loaded with honors 878a

(2) A, adrift at sea in a small boat and near death from exposure, lands on an unknown coast 878b

(2) A’s philanthropic enterprise faces financial failure; and A, a reformed gambler,
keeps the enterprise going with crooked card games 882

(4) A dreams of danger but discredits the dream and believes the danger real 852

(4) A, impoverished, seeks to recoup his fortunes by a wealthy marriage 860

(5) A, recovering his reason after it has long been obscured, relates a strange story
of his experiences, a story which his friends find it difficult to believe 889

(12) A, fearing he will commit a transgression, seeks to emancipate himself from the
fear, and from the possibility of doing evil 862

(12) A, under a fictitious name, returns to his native place, where he had committed
a youthful transgression, and, as an Unknown, seeks to carry out an enterprise 864

(14) A, a mediocre person, undergoes an experience which inspires him with grandiose
ideas of his power and ability 853


Idealism

A’s popularity oecomes so annoying that he seeks what he conceives to be ideal
seclusion to escape from it 897

A is a selfish person, constantly looking out for “Number One” 898

A, selfish and miserly, finds that his methods are mistaken and that he is making
no progress toward happiness 898

A is wealthy and avaricious and happy only when he is adding to his riches 899

A is a white man who seeks to make his white civilization a pattern for half-savage peoples 901

A is a conscientious artist whose ideal is Truth 903

A’s consuming desire is for friendship, for some one with whom he may associate
and converse; but he is old and ugly, and no one pays him any attention 912a

A is a gambler pursuing his blackleg profession 914

A mysteriously disappears from his own community; and, when he reappears
among strangers, he bears a fictitious name 917

A, in carrying out a worthy enterprise, changes his name and goes to a place where
he is unknown 918a

A, a soldier, disappears from the ranks 919a

A, a soldier, is a deserter under fire but falsely reported “missing in action” 919b

A, after long years of wandering as an outcast, returns as an Unknown to his
own home 919b

A searches everywhere for a Good Man, whom he envisons and personifies, but
who evades him 922a

A becomes a “bum,” an outcast and a wanderer 922b

A, a crook, is trying to “go straight” 923

A, wealthy, desires with all his heart to live as a poor man 924a

A, wealthy, seeks to live a life of idleness and luxurious leisure 924b

A is wealthy and his ideal life is a life of leisure—but he meets with an
experience that challenges his ideal 924b

A is a “man of the world,” relentlessly looking out for “Number One” and having
little regard for others 925

A, trying to realize his ideal of being a benefactor of mankind, meets with a
disturbing experience 926

A seeks to throw open his home to friends and strangers alike, and be generously
hospitable, but certain unpleasant conditions make it difficult 927

A in a spirit of altruism, befriends all in need 928a

A is never too busy to give aid to others and, because of it, he has an unpleasant
experience 928a

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A is a writer who plans to work up a pet idea into a story 932

A, a writer, before he begins work on a story, wishes to make sure that the tale
he has in mind will be interesting to the general public. He plans to settle the
question by secret enterprise 932

A, penniless, exchanges ten years of servitude for a college education 935

A’s cherished ideal is the sea, and far-flung adventures 936

A is a morally superior person 937

A is a clever craftsman who struggles to earn a living while upholding his ideals 938

A, if he chooses, could win vast wealth by sacrificing his high principles 938

A seeks good in evil by culling lessons in good out of his association with
transgressors—inspiration for contentment out of his misfortunes 939

A enlists as a private in the army when he might easily have secured an officer’s
commission 940

A seeks, through idealism, to be content with life in spite of a grinding poverty
that makes life wretched 941

A is a police magistrate with lofty humanitarian ideals 949b

A, a police magistrate who wishes to know more of the private lives of those who
are brought before him for judgment, disguises himself as a “bum” and plunges
into the underworld 919b

A’s half knowledge of the world constitutes his handicap 950

A believes he can be happier and more successful as a lawyer than as a doctor,
as a general than as a private, as his own “boss” than by working for somebody
else 950

A feels he can do more gpod outside the priesthood than as a priest 950

A’s happiness lies in freeing himself of a torturing conscience 951

A will suffer ruin and disgrace if he carries out his plan to free himself of
a torturing conscience 951

A’s ambition, one that is necessary to his happiness, is to fall out of the world
that knows him 952

A, for reasons of his own, craves peace and quiet 953

A, desiring peace and quiet, finds his ideal retreat in a vacant house, and there
he secretly takes up his quarters 953

A, through erring imagination, becomes discontented with his life and surroundings 954

A, discontented, in a spirit of revolt seeks to achieve contentment 954

A, a highwayman, is robbing the mails 955

A becomes so wealthy and powerful that, in the overweening pride of his mistaken
ideals, he voices the query: “Is there any god greater than I?” 957a

A is a general in the army 957b 960b

A is captain of a steamship, racing across the Atlantic in an attempt to cut down
the time of the passage 957c

A takes issue with the accepted belief that poverty is the source of discontent,
and conceives it to be the true source of happiness 958

A struggles against difficulties in seeking to avoid wealth 958

A is a soldier, eager to fight but who is commanded to retreat before a superior
force of the enemy 960a

A receives orders from his superiors which he considers discreditable 960a

A’s pride rebels against the loss of his ancestral acres through poverty 961

A’s one desire is to achieve a high honor, an honor that is unmerited, and to
enjoy that honor is a condition necessary to happiness 965

A has set his heart on accomplishing something beyond his powers, and his
happiness depends upon his success 966

A has been mysteriously absent from his home for long years 967

A, for many years mysteriously absent from his home, seeks a happy renewal
of old ties by returning suddenly and unheralded to his native place 967

A is a young man of lofty ideals 968

A, a young man of lofty ideals, craves all sorts of experiences in order that he may
find the best and noblest in life 968

A, a city toiler, cherishes a dear desire for the open fields and the song of the
lark 969

A befriends any strangers who may be in need of assistance, often neglecting
his own family in carrying out his generous enterprises 970

A believes solitude the greatest of human blessings 971

(1) A, wealthy and avaricious, loses all by grasping for trifling gains 899

(1) A, a soldier, is reported “a deserter under fire” 919c

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(1-12) A, a soldier facing a large force of the enemy, fights against overwhelming
odds until he is killed 919c

(1) A, a morally superior person, is cast away in a vicious, isolated, primitive
environment, where moral inferiority assails his high idealism on every side 937

(1) A has fallen upon evil days, and luck goes against him in every way 942

(1) A, a general in the army, is engaged in an unimportant enterprise, and he is so
absorbed in it that he gives no attention to the attacking enemy. A’s troops
are defeated 957b 960b

(2) A flees to a foreign country to escape the consequences of a transgression 915

(4) A, a fugitive in a foreign land, becomes so homesick for his own country that he
has to return 915

(4) A’s capricious fancy, groping toward happiness, leads him to depart from the
strict line of duty 949a

(4) A, with negro blood in his veins, aspires to all the opportunities of the white
race 959

(6) A, unable to find a noble ideal for which he has long and vainly searched, dies 907

(6) A, a soldier, disappears from the ranks and dies secretly and heroically for an
ideal of duty; but he is reported “a deserter under fire” 919a

(7) A, wealthy and desiring to live as a poor man, finds that his wealth makes it
impossible 924a

(7) A, believing poverty the key to happiness, changes his ideals when he finds
himself wealthy, and happy as he had never been in the days of poverty 929

(8) A, given all he thought necessary for his happiness, finds there is still something
lacking—something in himself 900

(8) A, after searching in vain for a noble ideal, dies unaware of the fact that
he himself, because of his earnest search, has come to exemplify the ideal 907

(8) A seeks to rebuild his life, wasted in dissipation, along the lines of exemplary
ideals 918a

(8) A’s lofty aim is to be a benefactor of mankind 926

(8) A clings to his lofty ideals through all his vicissitudes of fortune 942

(8) A starves to death in holding fast to a lofty conception of duty 943a

(8) A starves to death rather than amass wealth by shattering his ideals 943a

(8) A, a prisoner, dies holding fast to a lofty conception of duty rather than win
freedom by shattering his ideals of loyalty 943b

(8) A is a gentleman of the “old school,” who comes through life enduring with
patient fortitude every manner of misfortune; and then, at last, poverty stricken
and pronounced a failure according to all the material standards of the world,
he still clings to his high ideals and counts his vicissitudes, which could not
overcome his ideals, as blessings in disguise 944

(8) A, a highwayman, opening a letter that falls into his hands, secures information
that sends him away on an altruistic undertaking—all by the way of proving
that there is “good in the worst of us” 955

(8-12) A discards low ideals for high ideals 963

(8) A, a white man battling against the superstitious frenzy of a half-savage tribe
stricken with the plague, upholds the highest ideals of the white man’s civilization 973

(10) A’s imagination leads his mind astray, and in seeking emancipation from fancied
misfortunes he is plunged into real misfortunes 900

(10) A has a passion for a certain pastime; and he becomes so absorbed in his trifling
pastime that big events demanding his immediate attention, are neglected with
disastrous results 902

(10) A, believing solitude to be the greatest of human blessings, encounters
difficulties in his search for it 971

(11) A’s pride will not allow him to discontinue benefactions for which his family
has long been noted, although his poverty forces him to many shifts of simulation,
demands pinching sacrifices, and taxes his ingenuity 905

(11) A cannot realize his cherished ideal because he is compelled to work at a desk
job in order to support himself and his dependents 936

(12) A, seeking to forward an enterprise which those who know him might consider
absurd or unworthy, changes his name and goes secretly to a place where he is
unknown 917

(12) A has low ideals, but changes them abruptly for high ideals 922a

(12) A is a man of wealth and influence who feels that the gold of his true worth is
obscured by the dross of his riches 940

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(12) A leaves his coat on a cliff at the seaside, drops his hat in a stunted tree below
the brink, and vanishes from the scenes that know him 952

(12) A, becoming aware of an old prophecy, unconsciously seeks to become like the
exalted protagonist of the prophecy 964a

(14) A, seeking seclusion because his popularity annoys him, becomes hungry for the
old applause and suffers remorse because of his flight from it 897

(14) A undergoes a tragic experience which results in a beneficial character change 918b

(14) A has high ideals but, on suffering misfortune, he changes his high ideals for low
ideals 922b

(14) A, discarding low ideals for high ideals, struggles in vain to realize his high ideals;
but, although baffied in realizing his cherished ambition, he effects a beneficial
character change 963


Obligation

A has innocently caused a number of people to invest money in a worthless enterprise 979

A, by undertaking an obligation, finds himself threatened by misfortune 980

A’s family all worked in order that he might be helped to a technical education 990

A conceives it to be his duty to work at a calling he dislikes so that he may
repay his family for their sacrifices 990

A seeks theoretical adventure, “arm-chair” adventure—the thrill of high emprise
caught second-hand from travel-books 991

A, with a half million, must be “broke” within a year, and he must not give away
any money nor spend a cent foolishly 997b

A is the scion of a proud old line whose greatest pride has been to keep its estates
intact 1000

A, in desperate need, ignores a family obligation 1000

A finds it necessary to carry out a certain distasteful enterprise if he would
attain wealth 1001a

A is a woman-hater 1002

A is under an obligation to commit a crime 1003

A is a United States consul 1015

A is the recipient of anonymous threats of violence if he tries to carry out an
obligation 1019

(1) A, in order to carry out an obligation, gives up his chosen profession and enters
another line of work 1006b

(8) A, unable to realize his ambition because of family obligations, comes as near
realizing the ambition as he can 991

(12) A, having innocently caused a number of people to lose money in an enterprise,
feels that he cannot rest content until, by his own efforts, he recovers the
money for the losers and restores it 979

(12) A, under an obligation to commit a crime, is not a criminal at heart and cannot
fulfill the obligation 1003

(12) A, threatened anonymously with violence if he carries out an obligation,
proceeds boldly with what he believes to be his duty 1019

(6) A cuts a Gordian Knot by taking poison 1016a


Necessity

A is desperately in need of money 1023

For A, beating back to “Easy Street” has its difficulties 1024

A is an outcast son, sorely in need of money 1026

A, a man of ability who has fallen upon evil days and is almost bankrupt, meets
with unpleasant complications in seeking to recoup his fortunes 1029

A, innocent, is in the hands of the police on a groundless charge 1030

A, in the hands of the police, must be free at once in order to carry out a certain
enterprise, and cannot wait to prove his innocence 1030

A, a doctor, while taking an evening stroll, is summoned hurriedly to attend a
sick person. He meets with evil experiences 1031

(1) A is young, and had considerable money, but, by a wild life, he impoverishes
himself and comes to want 1024

(4) A, desperately in need of money, undertakes a rash enterprise and becomes
involved in an unpleasant complication 1023

(4) A, hard-pressed for money, is beguiled by the devil into an unwise proceeding 1027

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Chance

A, an inventor, is secretly testing out an invention 1034

A is a plain man of mediocre abilities 1036

A is on his way to keep an important engagement 1040

A is injured in an accident and taken unconscious to a hospital 1040

A, in a half doze, overhears a chance conversation that concerns a transgression;
but he is in doubt as to whether he overheard a real conversation, or was deceived
by a dreaming mind 1045

A is strolling through the streets of a large city at dead of night 1046

A, a blind man, is groping his way along a city street 1047

(1) A, an inventor secretly testing out an invention, so delays in mid-ocean a ship
carrying a fabulous cargo of bullion that fears are entertained for the ship’s
safety 1034

(1) A, on his way to execute a new will disposing of his estate, meets death in an
accident 1041

(1) A, engaged in a secret enterprise, suffers a chance intrusion and discovery owing
to his own carelessness 1042a

(4) A carelessly leaves a door unlocked while engaged in a secret enterprise 1042a

(1) A, when in doubt regarding his course of action in any enterprise, flips a coin
to let luck decide. This has always been his custom, and it has invariably been
successful; but there comes a time when the coin proves unreliable 1049

(9) A’s gold mine, seemingly of little value, is turned into a “bonanza” by a lucky
strike 1043

(9) A hears by chance a familiar name, and the name solves a riddle of the past 1053

(9) A solves a mystery involving his happiness 1054

(9) A solves an important mystery when falling plaster reveals the place where some
old love letters are concealed 1054


Personal Limitations

A, although simple minded and genuine, is awkward in speech and forward and
uncouth in manner 1059

A attempts audacious enterprises, but his confidence has a way of leaving him
“flat” before the enterprises are carried through to completion 1060

A is told by a clairvoyant that he has inherited the trait of cowardice 1061

A’s belief in the statement that he has inherited the trait of cowardice, makes
a coward out of him 1061

A is so content with what he has that any impulse toward enterprise is throttled
1062

A’s mistaken ideals are an obstacle to his advancement 1063

A, on trial for murder, could establish an alibi and prove his innocence—but
only by a dishonorable act 1070

A finds that the duties of his position are so numerous it is physically impossible
for him to carry them out 1071

A’s high official position makes it impossible for him, in his own person, to
acquire information which he thinks of first importance 1072

A, a successful business man, has an overwhelming desire to break away from
commercial affairs and go adventuring in quest of Romance 1073

A is obsessed with fear of a pursuing peril 1078

A, obsessed with fear of a pursuing peril, seeks to gain contentment of mind 1078

A finds it beyond his power, in any ordinary manner, to secure a man of courage
for a dangerous piece of work 1081

A proceeds by secret enterprise to find a man of courage 1081

A is a man who finds cowardice an obstacle to enterprise 1082a

A lives in a strange lost community which is ruled by a.-, idol of Fear 1082b

A seeks escape from a community ruled by Fear, but finds it difficult to develop
sufficient courage to accomplish his purpose 1082b

A lacks initiative, and the ability unaided to advance his material fortunes 1083

A seeks to forward an honest enterprise but lacks the means to finance it 1084

A would like to achieve a lofty enterprise, but he is so poor he cannot finance the
undertaking 1086

A, a crook, would like to restore some of his ill-gotten gain, but finds it difficult
without revealing his culpability 1087

A’s happiness is wrapped up in his ambition 1088

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A is hampered in his work, and his success imperiled, by a lack of new ideas 1090

A’s knowledge of the profession he seeks to follow has been obtained solely by
reading stories about it; he has had no practical experience 1091

A reaches a point in his chosen work where his ingenuity and enterprise grow
stale and will not help him onward 1092

A is considered a very inferior person intellectually 1093

A, considered an inferior person intellectually, seeks to solve a mystery that
has puzzled the most sagacious 1093

A is a celebrity; and the written requests for his autograph become so numerous
that they interfere seriously with his work 1094

A seeks to free himself from certain meddlesome influences that interfere
seriously with the practice of his profession 1095

A, a playwright, having no new ideas for a play, goes forth in quest of them 1096

A has a cherished ambition which he cannot realize because he is hampered by
certain obligations 1097a

A is a subordinate, and considered mentally inferior 1098

A’s ignoble weakness is lack of courage in investigating events that have great
news value; for A is a newspaper reporter, and news is his stock in trade 1104

A, on one side of the Atlantic, must arrive on the other side at a certain time
or he will lose a rich inheritance 1107a

A, pursuing an important enterprise, catches a swift steamer for a hurried trip
across the Atlantic 1107a

A has committed a crime but has never fallen under suspicion 1110

A, an author, becomes suddenly aware of deterioration in his creatiye work lllla

A finds that his obligations as a “quack” doctor are too difficult for his powers 1112

A has a theory that the perfume of flowers may be blended into musical conceptions 1113

A is hastening across the ocean on a fast steamer in order to carry out an
important enterprise 1116

A manufactures a hand-made product in a worthy manner no machinery can
duplicate 1122

A, by manufacturing a hand-made product by machinery, on a large scale, and
so keeping up with the demand, will amass wealth; but the standard of quality
will be lowered 1122

A is a bibulous person, and his ultimatum from his doctor is this: “Either quit
drinking or resign yourself to die within a very few months” 1126

A, apparently dead, is really in a cataleptic state and sees and hears everything
that takes place around him although powerless to move a muscle 1128a

A is in a mine when a charge of giant powder explodes prematurely 1128b

A’s character weakness is superstition 1132

A seeks a courageous person who will recover property that has been stolen from
him 1129b

A, publicly, is honest and prosperous, but privately he is a transgressor 1140

(1) A has assumed the furtive manner of a criminal for so long that it has become
habitual with him and he cannot act like an honest man 1064

(1) A, a writer, discovers that he is losing his grip on his reading public and
is becoming unable to write salable material 1074

(1) A’s character weakness is betting; and he seems unable to conquer the failing,
although he invariably suffers loss 1079

(1) A lacks ingenuity, and the power to force circumstances to contribute their
utmost in forwarding his undertakings 1088

(1) A’s obligations, which prevented him from realizing a cherished ambition, pass,
but the habit of excusing himself from enterprise on account of the obligations
remains, and his cherished enterprise is never undertaken 1097a

(1) A’s guilty conscience handicaps him in the field of enterprise 1110

(1) A, engaged in an important enterprise, is delayed in mid-ocean by an accident
to his steamer; the vessel’s wireless is out of commission and A faces failure in
a pet undertaking 1116

(1) A, in his absent-minded moments, mechanically draws odd designs on a piece
of paper, unaware of what he is doing, or that it may have an adverse effect
upon some of his secret enterprises 1124

(1) A, suffering a terrible mental shock, seemingly falls dead 1128

(1) A loses his eyesight in a powder explosion 1128b

(1) A is so superstitious that it prevents him from winning success in his enterprises
1132

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(4) A, a young man of mediocre abilities, is happy in considering himself a very
superior person 1060

(4) A’s ideal of labor is to do just enough to “get by” and hold his job 1063

(4) A, a reporter, assigned to “cover” a certain story and finding it impossible,
decides to write up an imaginary interview, pretending it is bona fide 1080

(4) A, in order to secure means to finance an honest enterprise, becomes a bootlegger for a time 1084

(4) A, for worthy purposes, poses as a criminal 1097b

(4) A seeks to overcome personal limitations in an honest enterprise by a resort to
dishonest methods 1101

(4) A, reading detective stories, is fired with the desire to become a detective 1111b

(4) A, highly confident of his own ability, takes up a line of work with which he has
had no practical experience 1111b

(4) A’s obstacle to enterprise is laziness; and he submits to it cheerfully 1131

(4) A is an agnostic who, in his arrogance and presumption, defies a Higher Power
1133

(9) A, a craven at heart, deliberately forces himself into danger as a method of
developing his courage 1082a

(9) A, a subordinate, attacks a problem that defies solution by his superiors, and
solves it, thereby winning just recognition and preferment 1098

(9-14) A, a coward, by deliberately forcing himself into risky situations in order to
acquire first-hand information, transforms his character and becomes a star
reporter 1104

(12) A makes the mistake of thinking himself a criminal; then he discovers that he
is not a criminal 1064

(13) A, a somnambulist, deceives himself in a certain enterprise by opposing, in an
unconscious state, all the efforts of his waking moments 1117

(14) A, supposed to be a hoodlum, is transformed into a gentleman in an astonishingly
short period of time 1076

(14) A, a very ordinary young man, suddenly becomes afflicted with megalomania,
and his character is completely changed 1134

(14) A, who was timid and shirked enterprise, undergoes a character change which
impels him to rush audaciously into the most difficult undertakings 1134


Simulation

A has a violent distaste for ghost stories and stories of the supernatural 1141

A pretends to be ill in order to avoid listening to ghost stories 1141

A, in his coffin and just before burial, revives from a cataleptic trance 1142a

A is mistakenly supposed to have met his death in a storm 1142b

A is a connoisseur of precious stones and has a valuable collection 1143a

A, a crook, seeks by substituting a worthless counterfeit for the valuable original
to secure an object carefully safeguarded 1144

A, a crook, in order to carry out a crafty enterprise, disguises himself as a person
of wealth and social standing 1146

A desires to get away frequently to the city and have his “fling” with boon
companions but fears the gossip of the rural community in which he lives 1148

A, in order to protect his collection of valuable stones against robbery, displays
replicas of them, comparatively worthless, to would-be customers 1143a

A, an innocent transgressor under ban of the law, owes a large sum of money
which he must pay 1148b

A is a lad away from home, very unhappy because he does not receive letters
from home as all his other young friends do 1149

A, lonely and never receiving any letters from his home folks, writes letters to
himself and shows them to his friends 1149

A is an art collector 1165

A seeks to demonstrate his ability to enact a certain role in a forthcoming play
1169

A, in order to prove his ability to enact a certain role in a forthcoming play,
assumes the role off the stage 1169

A, wealthy and of high social standing, desires adventures in the underworld 1170

A is a fugitive from justice who has assumed an alias and is posing as an innocent
and worthy member of society 1175a

A, a banker, has juggled with the bank’s funds 1177

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A, a transgressor, covers up his criminal acts by a painstaking simulation of
honor and excellence 1177

A, highly respected in his community, has committed a murder 1178

A is a criminal who is posing as an officer of the law hunting for another criminal
1179

A is a transgressor who poses as an honest man for the purpose of carrying out
another transgression 1181

A, in order to achieve happiness, seeks to be free of suspicion 1183

A’s high place in society is at odds with an enterprise he wishes to undertake 1184

A, in order to proceed with certain plans, finds it necessary to hide his identity
1184

A, to the public, is highly placed, honest and successful. This reputation is
necessary as a “cover” for his private transgressions 1185

A, pursuing a worthy enterprise, changes his name and goes to a place where
he is unknown 1186

A, a tramp, in order to have more success in his “panhandling”, pretends to be
a missionary 1190

A is a thief, who has an honest profession which he uses as a “cover” for his
dishonest practices 1194

A is a wanderer, “under a cloud,” who returns as an Unknown to his home town,
scene of his youthful transgressions 1199

(2) A, a fugitive from justice, supposed to be dead, assumes an alias and escapes
to a distant place 1142b

(3) A, just before burial, revives from a cataleptic trance, puts weights in the coffin,
closes it, and secretly escapes from the house 1142a

(4) A is a coward who seeks, by arrogant boasting, to convince everybody that
he is a hero 1150

(4) A, desiring adventures in the underworld and unable to realize his desire in his
own character, assumes a fictitious character 1170

(4) A is a poor clerk who, with a limited capital, dons a dress suit and takes a brief
“fling” in high society 1187

(4) A, to secure relief from desperate misfortunes, pretends to be a victim of lost
identity 1188

(4) A, pretending to be a victim of lost identity, appeals to the police and is given
food and shelter while the authorities try to discover who he is and where he
comes from 1188

(4) A is a murderer who, for his own protection and gain, impersonates the man
he has murdered 1195

(5-10) A plays the role of a “rube” so successfully that he defeats the purpose for
which he undertook the impersonation 1202a

(5) A seeks to rebuild his life, wasted in dissipation, along the line of exemplary
ideals 1186

(9) A, a fugitive from the law, assumes a fictitious character and an alias and wins
a large sum of money in a certain enterprise 1148b

(9) A, returning to his home town as an Unknown, prevents a bank holdup 1199

(11) A, discovered masquerading under a false name and in disguise, is compelled
to flee for his life 1193

(11) A, for the purpose of discovering what obstacles a certain person will meet and
how he will react to them, assumes the role of a fictitious character and falls
into very real misfortunes 1198


Craftiness

A, a fugitive from justice, disguises himself and, as an unknown, risks discovery
and arrest to carry out a romantic enterprise 1209a

A is told by a doctor that he has only three months to live 1210

A, having committed a transgression, seeks to make restitution without betraying
his guilt 1211

A is a bold thief who wishes to hide his identity and appear free of ulterior
motives while carrying out an audacious robbery 1217a

A, secretly searching for a man of courage, stages a crafty enterprise in order to
find a man of sufficient courage to face a dangerous test 1219

A tries to discover what obstacles a certain person will meet and how he will
react to them 1223a

A has taken up his quarters in a vacant house 1225

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A is obsessed with a fear of burglars 1230

A, obsessed with a fear of burglars, places a wax figure in his bed and sleeps in
a locked closet 1230

A wagers all his money on a boxing bout 1231

A pretends to lead a dissipated life 1237a

A, a crook, launches a benevolent enterprise as a means of making secret
restitution of his ill-gotten gains 1239

A seeks craftily to keep the good opinion of the public 1247

A closely guards an evil secret which, if known, would reflect upon his character
and make impossible a cherished enterprise 1247

A is a doctor who follows his honest profession by day, and makes it a “cover”
for his activities as a burglar by night 1248

A attempts craftily to clear himself of a suspicion of robbery ,1249

A, rich and unscrupulous, has set his heart on acquiring a certain piece of ground
1260a

A represents guilt-masquerading-as-innocence 1262

A decides to use secret information for blackmailing purposes 1263

A is selling luck charms among a superstitious people 1273

A, supposed to be dead, assumes a fictitious name 1275

A, a crook, commits a robbery and escapes in woman’s clothes 1282

A plans by crafty enterprise to secure a rich inheritance 1285

A is threatened with violence if he carries out an enterprise connected with his
profession 1287

A, a white man among savages, seeks to avert a calamity by prayer 1289b

(1) A, a writer, slipping in his work as the years advance, draws on material of his
early days to keep himself going. The material exhausted, A dies 1238

(1) A is influenced to engage in an enterprise that will bring about his punishment
for transgression 1262

(1) A, influenced to carry out an enterprise, falls into a trap—a trap of mysterious
dangers unknown to him 1267a

(1) A is so worried about a certain secret enterprise that, in his absent-minded
moments he pencils, on anything that happens to be convenient, diagrams that offer
a clue to his enterprise 1289d

(4) A, a Beau Brummel, wealthy and aristocratic, disappears inside a public washroom
at a railway station with a suit case. When he reappears, he has transformed himself
into a typical hoodlum A checks his suit case and plunges
into the underworld in quest of adventure 1209b

(4) A, a wealthy miser, told by his doctor that he has only three months to live,
decides to spend all his money before he dies so none will be left for his heirs 1210

(4) A, taking refuge in a vacant house and desiring to stay on secretly in the place,
moves into the attic when the house is rented 1225

(4) A’s plan to commit a robbery becomes known, and a trap is laid for him at the
scene of the intended crime 1268

(4) A, by a stratagem, fosters the delusion of his own death in an attempt to realize
money on his life insurance 1277b

(6) A kills himself, but contrives to make his death appear accidental 1237b

(6) A kills himself in order that money, to be secured as life insurance, may take
care of his pressing obligations 1237b

(9) A renounces an. inheritance because of a distasteful obligation attached to it;
and then, after giving up the inheritance, a codicil to the will restores it to him,
stating that the supposed obligation was merely a “test of merit” 1242b

(9) A, in the face of threats, carries out an enterprise and discovers that the threats
were merely a stratagem to prove his courage 1287

(12) A craftily fosters the delusion of his own death 1277b


Transgression

A’s estate has been in his family for hundreds of years, and it is an unwritten
law of the family that it is to be held intact 1291c

A, a poor man going about his honest duties, is suddenly afforded the opportunity
to commit a secret transgression whereby he will acquire great gain without
incurring suspicion 1297

A fights against the temptation to acquire gain through transgression 1297

A is a notorious outlaw, at large and craftily avoiding apprehension 1298

A has committed a crime and fled to escape the consequences 1300

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A seeks to evade the legal consequences of a crime he has committed 1301

A, a minister of the gospel, errs secretly on his human side and commits a moral
transgression 1306

(4) A commits a transgression when he sells a piece of woodland, part of an inherited
estate 1291c

(8) A, committing a transgression and escaping unsuspected, is so tortured by
conscience that he has to give himself up and confess 1291a

(8) A, suffering remorse because he has committed a transgression, seeks to make
restitution 1295

(9) A, a prospector, discovers gold 1296

(12) A commits a transgression and escapes unsuspected 1291a

(12) A, highly placed and universally respected, protects his reputation by keeping
a moral lapse a close secret 1306

(13) A finds it important that he show himself where he is known; but it is also
important that he remain in hiding 1300


Revenge

A is a malefactor of small pretentions, a down-and-outer of striking appearance
masked by rags and squalor 1320

(1) A, high born, falls under the ban of death as a political conspirator in his native
country 1327

(2) A evades a conspiracy aimed at his life and escapes to a distant land 1327

(3) A, supposed dead, plays the role of a ghost 1313b

(4) A seeks revenge against his native country for a grievous wrong 1312

(8) A, in a spiritual victory, decides to forego a cherished enterprise and spare an
innocent woman her happy but mistaken ideals 1323a


Mystery

A, dabbling in things he does not understand, seeks to accomplish wonderful
results 1330

A, with a fearful oath declares: “I will see home to-night in spite of the storm,
or I will never see home!” 1331

A flees from a pursuer who is wholly imaginary 1332

A, a chemist, with the aid of subtle poisons, develops a flower of unusual color
and beauty 1333a

A, a needy person, picks up two pairs of cast-off shoes, one pair discarded by a
clergyman and the other by a man of reckless nature and “shady” reputation 1336

A is a transgressor posing as an honest man 1339

A, a man of wealth and influence, holds his place in society by closely guarding
a tragic secret 1346

A represents guilt-masquerading-as-innocence 1349

A thinks himself obsessed with a fear of speeding automobiles, and that the cars
that are trying to run him down are phantom cars 1350

A decides that what he has come to consider a danger is merely a fancied danger
inspired by fear 1351

A is caught in a snare of superstitious delusion 1355

A’s will is waging a psychic battle against fear 1356

A is investigating psychic phenomena 1357

A has a prophetic vision which forecasts his death 1358

A has a delusion in which a certain odor, manifesting itself during a tragic
experience, fills him with superstitious dread 1359

A has an evil dream which haunts his waking moments, works on his mind and
has its effect on his behavior 1361a

A is sure that an occult experience he has had portends success in a certain enterprise 1361b

A believes that he hears strange voices talking to him 1365

A counters the belief that he hears strange voices talking to him with the auto
suggestion that he is merely the victim of superstitious delusion 1365

A is influenced unduly by his dreams 1366

A, influenced unduly by his dreams, strives to master the ignoble weakness and
control his dreams by sheer force of will 1366

A has invented a life-preserver for the use of shipwrecked persons 1367b

A undergoes a memory lapse and forgets everything about himself 1368

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A, a Fortyniner, returning with a wagon train from California, has with him a
fortune in gold dust 1370b

A has a character weakness that prevents him from achieving success in enterprise 1374

A has long been mysteriously missing 1378

A is a man of adventurous nature who seeks to accomplish a dangerous enterprise 1379

A, a needy young artist with an ordered picture left on his hands, discovers that
the picture is a map locating buried treasure 1386b

A is a dreamy, mysterious person who makes a study of occult phenomena 1389b

A encounters a trying experience 1389b

A will receive knowledge of an important secret if he has the ingenuity to solve
the mystery of a figure in an Oriental rug 1392

A, investigating a psychic problem, finds that he must begin by placing his faith
in so-called “automatic writing” 1398

A seeks wealth, his by right, which has been concealed 1399

A secures knowledge of an important secret, and his curiosity involves him in a
queer enterprise 1403

A is a reporter assigned to “cover” a story which involves a closely-guarded
secret 1407

A obtains knowledge of a closely-guarded secret 1408

A, obtaining knowledge of a closely-guarded secret, goes on a hunt for buried
treasure 1408

A is carrying out an enterprise 1414b

A vanishes mysteriously from a ship in mid-ocean 1414b

A, an honest bank messenger, disappears mysteriously with a satchel full of
money 1415

A, while engaged in an important enterprise, drinks of an enchanted water and
falls asleep 1418a

A, following a tragic experience, has a superstitious fear of a certain odor 1422b

A seeks to unravel the mystery of a strange house 1426a

A encounters a weird experience when he finds himself in a mysterious place,
surrounded by people who are the victims of a hypnotic delusion 1427a

A is a skeptic in matters that have to do with the supernatural 1427b

A, a skeptic, meets with an experience which he finds disturbing 1427b

A dreams that he falls from a great height 1428

A, who evidently is a person of quality, cannot prove his station in life as he
knows nothing of his birth and parentage 1430a

A, in a waking vision, sees a grave being dug for himself 1433a

A, if he carries out a professional obligation to call at a certain house in a
certain street, is daily warned by anonymous letters that it will be at the peril of
his life 1434

A is a member of a strange secret society in which all the members are bound
by oath to avenge the Wrongs, real or fancied, of each individual member 143Sc

A is a member of a strange secret society in which all members have red hair.

The watchword of the society: “One Bncktop for all; all Bricktops for one” 1438c

A, in great financial distress, pawns a valuable and mysterious object 1440

A seeks to discover the secret of life 1441a

A, a captured criminal, has a particularly vivid dream in which he is making a
successful escape 1443a

A is trapped in the woods by a falling tree 1443b

A falls into an old well that has been covered with boards and earth 1443c

(1) A, involving himself recklessly in matters he does not understand, succeeds only
in making himself ridiculous 1330

(1) A is haunted by a superstitious delusion that arouses fear and causes him to
give up an enterprise 1334a

(1) A, seeking to carry out a certain enterprise, climbs into a building and suddenly
discovers that the room he has entered is a trap; all windows bar themselves,
and the stout door locks against him 1335

(1) A, during a storm, has a narrow escape when lightning strikes a tree under which
he is standing, throwing A to the ground and injuring him severely 1353

(1) A, discovering a magic method for wishing and having makes a last wish that
he shall live forever; but his magic fails him, and he dies 1354a

(1) A meets with disaster when illusion becomes reality through the overthrow of
his reason 1357

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(1) A, taken ill, is haunted by a vision that forecasts his death, and he dies ,1358

(1) A, unreasoningly fearful regarding a certain odor, succumbs and dies, a victim
of his own delusion 1359

(1) A has supernatural experiences which prove an obstacle to enterprise 1360

(1) A is so sure of success in an enterprise that he puts forth no effort to win; and the
enterprise fails 1361b

(1) A and his companions are attacked by Indians, A’s companions are killed and

A is mortally wounded 1370b

(1) A, discovering a “pocket” of gold in the desert, dies before he can take the gold
out 1370c

(1) A, a detective, is falsely suspected of being a professional crook by those
unaware of his secret motives 1376

(1) A, appearing suddenly among a tribe of savages, is encased in a diver’s suit from
which he cannot free himself unaided; nor, hailed as a god, can he ask his savage
captors to free him 1419b

(1) A, while seeking to carry out an enterprise, is brought gradually under the power
of a dreadful force, intangible, invisible and evil, until at last his body seems to
become the abode of the accursed Thing 1422a

(1) A, seeking to express musically the odor of tube roses, is almost killed by a bolt
of lightning 1422b

(1) A, seeking to discover a great secret, uncovers an unhappy complication 1441a

(1) A has an invisible wound, caused by a tragic act of injustice he has committed,
and no physician or surgeon can heal him 1441b

(1) A, trapped by a falling tree in an isolated place, is unable to extricate himself,
and dies 1443b

(1) A, falling into an old well, is unable to extricate himself and dies of his injuries
1443c

(4) A is under the delusion that he lives in a chaotic world, such a world as is pictured
by pessimists 1345

(4) A, seeking sincerely to investigate psychic phenomena, begins unconsciously to
mix truth with delusion 1347

(4) A, in order to disprove a fancied hallucination, deliberately throws himself in
front of a speeding automobile which he supposes to be a phantom 1350

(4) A, in order to shatter his fear complex, plunges into a supposed danger that proves
to be real 1351

(4) A, during a storm, defies the Supreme Power 1353

(4) A discovers a magic method for realizing all his wishes but at the expense of
years of his life for every wish granted 1354a

(4) A is a performer whose specialty is a daredevil act of great danger; but in A there
is growing the feeling that he will fail, although he knows that death is sure if
he even contemplates failure 1356

(4-12) A, in order to prove the value of a life-preserver he has invented, dons the
rubber suit, inflates it, and secretly by night drops overboard from a steamer on
the high seas 1367b

(4) A, as a method of reprisal against his country, seeks to sell important government
information to a foreign country 1372a

(4) A, as a method of reprisal against his native land, turns traitor in time of war
and joins the forces of the enemy 1372b

(4) A sells his shadow for an inexhaustible purse 1373

(4) A seeks to discover what is in a mysterious room behind a locked door 1409

(5-10) A, slowly recovering from injuries in a hospital, changes his views on certain
important questions 1353

(6) A, near death, draws a cryptic map on the page of a note book, locating the spot
where a store of gold may be found 1370c

(6) A dies of psychic shock 1428

(9-14) A has a dream, or an unusual experience, psychic or otherwise, which enables
him to conquer a serious character weakness and become successful in his undertakings 1374

(9) A, in a desperate mental conflict with a superstitious obsession, succeeds in
scoring a victory for sense and reason—all by his own unaided powers 1375

(9) A, treasure trove, finds a mysterious old parchment document which describes
the place where the treasure is buried 1394

(9) A, caught in a trap and held powerless under a huge burning glass, is saved by
an eclipse of the sun 1419a

(10) A has a dream so vivid that it seems a part of his waking experience 1433b

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(11) A, in one pair of shoes, is meek and circumspect in his behavior; when wearing
another pair, he is wild and profligate 1336

(12) A, in a mysterious manner, receives a warning of danger 1424a

(13) A, homeward bound, drives and drives; and he is still driving, no nearer his home
than he was when he first started 1331

(13) A, unable to explain events of a seemingly supernatural nature, has a feeling
that a ghostly visitor is at work 1381

(13) A, carrying out an occult enterprise, falls into a strange sort of trance during
which he accomplishes remarkable things of which he has no remembrance when
he awakes 1387

(13) A has recurring spells by day or night when he becomes a somnambulist, doing
things of which he has no remembrance in his waking moments 1389a

(13) A, while carrying out an enterprise of small importance vanishes completely
and mysteriously, baffling every attempt of the police and of his friends to find
him 1414a

(13) A, seeking to unravel the mystery of a strange house in the hills, is caught in
an electrical storm. During the storm the house vanishes and the site on which
it stood becomes a lake 1426a

(13) A has a dream which he conceives to be an actual experience 1433b

(13) A has a wound, an invisible, psychic wound, which causes terrible pain in flesh
and tissue which, otherwise, are perfectly healthy and normal 1441b

(14) A, victim of lost identity, assumes a fictitious name and character 1368

(14) A receives a blow on the head which causes him to lose his original personality
and return to a fictitious personality which he had previously assumed 1390

(14) A, with a large amount of money in his possession, disappears; he is later found
in jail, his reason obscured, his money gone 1415


Revelation

A for a long time seeks in vain to solve a puzzling mystery 1451a

A, receiving information which he thinks trustworthy, embarks upon a hazardous
enterprise 1451d

A is puzzled by a mystery that seems too deep for solution 1452

A is at his wits’ end in an attempt so solve a puzzling riddle 1453

A, a writer, is in doubt as to whether a story he has in mind will interest the
general public 1460

(8) A fights a hard battle with his conscience; he finds it a losing battle, and makes
an important revelation in order that he may achieve peace of mind 1461a

(9-12) A, trying to solve a puzzling mystery, discovers a clue in a little box
concealed in an old phonograph bought at auction 1451a

(9-12) A slips and falls into a chasm; and in the chasm he discovers a clue to
a baffling mystery 1452

(11) A, because of certain revelations he has received, firmly resolves that he will
not carry out an enterprise that had formerly been dear to his heart 1455a



A and A-2


Love’s Misadventures

(4-5) A and A-2 meet with a tragic adventure, and A-2 is killed 169


Married Life

A calls on his friend, A-2 446b

(12) A-2, falsely suspected of transgression, finds himself in a most unhappy position
until A, by a statement of the facts, clears A-2 of suspicion 390


Misfortune

A, seeking to help his friend, A-2, lends him all his money 601

A and his friend, A-2, are attacked by robbers in a lonely wood 603b

A’s friend, A-2, receives a wound from which he dies 603b

A, and his friend, A-2, on horseback, are swimming a flooded river. A-2 is struck
by a piece of floating drift, but A rescues him and gets him to the river bank 603c

A’s friend, A-2, is so badly injured that he dies 603c

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A and his friend, A-2, are wandering afoot in the desert. A-2 is injured, and
their water supply fails 603d

A’s friend, A-2, dies from injuries and hardships 603d

A and his friend, A-2, explorers, are alone in the jungle 607

A’s friend, A-2, goes insane from eating the berries of a strange plant, and makes
a murderous attack upon A 607

A helps A-2 secure treasure in a secret place 662

A’s friend, A-2, commits suicide before A can help him overcome his misfortunes
671

A plans a secret enterprise in an effort to help A-2 672

A seeks wealth by craftily defrauding his friend, A-2 701

A, because of a disturbing experience, is compelled to turn against his friend, A-2
704

A and A-2, before the war, were fast friends 716

A is captain in the army, and his men capture and bring before him A-2, a bosom
friend of A’s, who is one of the enemy and a spy 716

(1) A s friend, A-2, fails to repay money borrowed from A, and A is left penniless 601

(1) A suffers defeat because his friend, A-2, does not efficiently carry out his part
in a certain enterprise 603a

(1) A finds himself ruined, and his reputation gone, when his “double,” A-2, bungles
an important enterprise while posing as A 629

(1) A, through his confederate in an enterprise, A-2, suffers loss 630

(1) A is ruined when his appeal to his supposed friend, A-2, for financial aid, is denied 631

(1) A, helping A-2 secure treasure in a secret place, is abandoned to die in a deep
pit by A-2, who makes off alone with the treasure 662

(1) A, seeking wealth by craftily defrauding A-2, is tortured by conscience 701

(1) A loses his small fortune in trying to help a friend, A-2 715b

(4) A, in order to oblige his friend, A-2, acts contrary to his own principles
and experiences unpleasant results 599

(4) A dons A-2’s mask and costume and assumes A-2’s role at a carnival, A-2 being
called away suddenly on pressing business and promising to return shortly. A
is against masquerades on principal; and, when A-2 fails to return, he is in a
dilemma 599

(4) A has his “double”, A-2, take his place in an important enterprise 629


Mistaken Judgment

A, believing that a certain proposition has merit, buys stock in it himself and
sells stock to his friends, A-2, A-2 747

A seeks to manage A-2’s languishing business and place it on a paying basis 769

A’s bibulous friend, A-2, influences A to take to drink, scoffing at the doctor
who has forbidden A to indulge in spirituous liquors 779

A, before the war, had a friend, A-2, who had rendered him a very great service
790a

A-2, during the war, is captured as an enemy spy and brought before Captain A
790a

A, a judge, has a friend, A-2, brought before him for trial and sentence 790b

A is persuaded by his friend, A-2, to engage in an enterprise 793a

A is influenced by his friend, A-2, to take charge of some important papers 793b

A supposes his friend, A-2, is dead 794

(1) A, through the influence of a reckless friend, A-2, comes to his death 761a

(1-5) Captain A allows an enemy spy, A-2, to escape, and ever afterward is
regarded as a traitor to his country 790a

(1-5) A, a judge, presiding at the trial of his friend, A-2, so manipulates proceedings
in favor of A-2 that A-2 is acquitted 790b

(1) A, obliging his friend, A-2, by taking charge of some secret documents, is
arrested, and accused, on the strength of the documents, of having a part in a
criminal conspiracy 793b

(4) A, heavily in debt, seeks to save himself from ruin by forging the name of a friend,
A-2, to a note 770b

(4) A is persuaded by his friend, A-2, to undertake an enterprise which A knows
to be extremely difficult and which his judgment warns him to let alone 793a

(7) A is astounded when his friend, A-2, whom he supposed to be dead, suddenly
appears before him 794

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Helpfulness

A learns that his friend, A-2, is accused of a crime 820

A, learning that his friend, A-2, is accused of a crime, seeks to prove his innocence
820

A is a ne’er-do-well who has a friend, A-2, of worth in the world 823

A, a sprinter, is on the point of losing a footrace because he believes he hears the
voice of a dead friend, A-2, calling to him 827

A, ill and starving, receives food and money from his friend, A-2 831

A-2 tells his friend, A, in confidence, that he is a bootlegger 831

A meets with unhappy experiences when he tries to help his friend, A-2, who
has fallen into misfortune 836

A, in order to help his friend, A-2, puts aside his principles and engages in
distasteful enterprise 838

A seeks to correct a character weakness in his friend, A-2 839

A seeks to prevent his friend, A-2, from committing a reckless act that would
have fateful consequences 840

A discovers that his friend, A-2, has committed suicide 841

A seeks to save the family of A-2 from shame and disgrace because of a reckless
act committed by A-2 841

A, poor and humble, at great self-sacrifice helps A-2, an old man poorer than
A himself 845

A’s friend, A-2, falls from exhaustion while engaged in an enterprise 846

A completes a task for his friend, A-2, which A-2 is unable to finish 846

(1) A, trying to be of service to his friend, A-2, is suspected of treachery by A-2 807

(6) A’s friend, A-2, is unjustly condemned to death; and A, by subtility, takes A-2’s
place in the prison cell and dies in his stead 823

(9-12) A plies his friend, A-2, with drink until he is intoxicated and helpless in order
to prevent him from committing a reckless act that would have fateful consequences 840

(9) A, through his enterprise, restores A-2 to friends and fortune 845

(10) A seeks to correct a character weakness in his friend, A-2, by telling him a story
which subtly suggests a method of self-correction 839


Deliverance

A, a sheriff, believes A-2, the man he is about to hang, innocent of the crime for
which he was sentenced 877

A, a sheriff, delays hanging a condemned man, A-2, in the hope that a Higher
Power will intervene to save A-2 877

(2) A, by a stratagem of his friend, A-2, is saved from an act of folly 880a

(2) A, rescued by a stratagem of his friend, A-2, from an act of folly, comes to realize
his intended folly, forgive the stratagem, and thank A-2 880a

(5) A, about to commit an act of folly, is abducted by his friend, A-2, and held a
prisoner as the only means of restraining him 865

(8-12) A, destroying a letter in which his friend, A-2, declares he is about to
commit suicide, makes it appear that A-2 died of a contagious disease 868

(9-12) A, suspected of treachery by his friend, A-2, in a daring rescue saves the
property and perhaps the life of A-2, and proves his faithfulness by a revelation
of the danger to which A-2, unknown to himself, was exposed 867

(9) A, an old man, a homeless outcast and a “bum”, is restored to relatives and to
fortune by a friend, A-2 880b

(9) A, once a cultured gentleman but now a barbarian, was rescued from an
unfortunate situation by his old friend, A-2 887b

(9) A, visiting A-2 in his prison cell, exchanges clothes with him and A-2 leaves the
prison as A 875a

(14) A, a sheriff, is by duty compelled to hang a condemned man, his friend, A-2 877


Idealism

A discovers that his friend, A-2, is a defaulter 906

A suffering misfortune, seeks happiness in the companionship of A-2 and in
playing golf 913

A is a worthless ne’er-do-well, while his friend, A-2, is a man of worth in the
world 972

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A resolves, at any cost to himself, to save his friend, A-2, from threatening misfortune 972

(1-4-12) A-2 has important responsibilities, which A has not, and A flees, thus
making it appear that he is the defaulter, and not A-2 906

(14) A grievously wrongs his friend, A-2, and is taught a beneficial lesson when A-2
freely forgives him 925


Obligation

A, in return for a service A-2 has rendered him, agrees to grant any favor within
his power that A-2 may ask 981

A is indirectly the cause of danger to his friend, A-2—danger of which A-2 is
ignorant and of which A cannot tell him 987

A, on his sacred honor, has promised his friend, A-2, that he will do whatever

A-2 shall require of him 997

A-2 begs relief at A’s hands as an act of mercy 1007

A, as a favor to his friend, A-2, promises to undertake a certain enterprise 1021a

A promises his friend, A-2, to undertake a certain enterprise, and then forgets
his promise 1021a

A and A-2 are as Damon and Pythias, David and Jonathan 1021b

(1) A carries out honorably the heart-breaking obligation of killing his friend, A-2,
hopelessly ill and tortured with suffering 1007

(1) A, an army officer, has a friend, A-2, one of the enemy and a spy, brought before
him for punishment by court-martial 1016b

(1) A and A-2 have their ideal of friendship challenged by an unusual experience
1021b

(6-12) A’s friend, A-2, rescues A from a heart-breaking situation by killing himself
1016b

(12) A, influenced by a compelling idea of responsibility, finds it necessary to protect
his friend, A-2, from a secret danger 987 3


Chance

(1) A, thinking he has a robber to deal with, by mistake shoots his friend, A-2 1035


Personal Limitations

A lightly assumes a task to oblige his friend, A-2 1058

A would like to save his friend, A-2, from disaster, but money is necessary—and

A has no money 1085

A, wealthy and too old to have his “fling,” gives A-2, a spendthrift, a large sum
of money to squander as he sees fit 1102

A hopes to enjoy A-2’s spendthrift experiences second hand 1102

A seeks to be loyal to his friend, A-2, but certain conditions render it difficult
1115

(1) A, posing as a criminal, finds that he is arrayed against some of his friends of
the elite, A-2, A-2, A-2, who are engaged in a swindling enterprise and are fortified
with police protection 1097b

(4) A, an elderly writer who runs out of ideas, copies material which his friend, A-2,
long dead, wrote in his younger days 1103

(10) A, assuming an enterprise to oblige his friend, A-2, finds it completely beyond
his powers 1058


Simulation

A, inspired by altruistic motives, assumes the name and character of A-2, using
A-2’s clothes and other belongings, and seeking to carry out an enterprise begun
by A-2 1168

A and A-2 are crooks, seeking escape through the closing net of the law 1174

A drops his own name and assumes the name of a deceased friend, A-2 1183

A, wealthy, entertains his friends lavishly; consequently, he counts his friends
by scores 1202b

(1) A, posing as A-2, does not know that A-2 is a transgressor 1168

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(10) A, wealthy., as a test of his friends’ loyalty, pretends to lose his wealth; then
he tries to borrow, but not one of his former friends will lend him so much as a
plugged nickel, or even notice him in the street as he passes 1202b

(13) A and A-2 are friends, but one of them is a criminal and a fugitive from justice.
Which of the two is the criminal? 1175b


Craftiness

A, for his own selfish reasons, gives aid to his friend, A-2, who is suffering misfortune 1212a

A, friend of A-2, learns that A-2 is to be made the victim of a transgression. A
discovers this too late to warn A-2, and determines to help him by secret enterprise 1214

A recovers property stolen from his friend, A-2 1234

A explains that he invested money belonging to himself and A-2 in an enterprise
that failed 1249

A persuades his friend, A-2, to undertake a hazardous piece of work—and does
not tell him it is hazardous 1264

A discovers his friend, A-2’s, secret transgression 1269

A challenges his friend (really his enemy) A-2, to a mock duel, the pistols to be
loaded with blank cartridges—a performance ostensibly for the entertainment
of their friends 1288

(3) A’s friend, A-2, is waylaid and robbed by three men; and one of the men is A
1227a

(4) A informs the authorities of his friend, A-2’s, secret transgression and receives
the reward for A-2’s capture 1269

(6) A, in what is supposed to be a mock duel with A-2, falls at the first exchange
of shots, craftily killing himself in such a way that it appears the killing was
done by A-2 1288

(8) A’s friend, A-2, reaps a rich reward from a discovery he has made, and offers
to share with A; but A, knowing he is unworthy of such generosity, refuses it
1235

(9) A, a fugitive from justice, succeeds by a stratagem in rescuing his pal, A-2, from
the toils of the law 1209c

(9) A, recovering property stolen from his friend, A-2, seeks to restore it by stealth
so A-2 will not know it has been out of his possession 1234

(11) A attempts to deceive his friend, A-2, thinking to profit by the deception, but
fails 1235


Transgression

A, in a drunken brawl, quarrels with A-2 1291b

A and A-2 are placer mining in partnership 1304

(1) A, recovering sense and reason after a drunken brawl, discovers A-2 dead at
his feet and thinks he has killed him 1291b

(4) A, a prospector, makes a rich “strike.” Of right, he should share his discovery
with his partner, A-2, but decides to exploit the discovery for himself alone 1296

(4) A, under cover of the night, takes all the wealth belonging to himself and A-2
and decamps with it 1304


Revenge

A seeks revenge upon his friend, A-2 1313a

A and his friend, A-2, are of high and honored station; and A, seeking revenge
against A-2, must conceal his purpose and proceed by indirection 1313a


Mystery

A’s friend, A-2, is killed in an accident at A’s side 1334b

A’s friend, A-2, is mysteriously murdered 1334c

A seeks to discover the murderer of his friend, A-2 1334c

A has a delusion that he is haunted by A-2 1344

A’s friend, A-2, has just died suddenly, and the fact is not known to any one
but A 1385

A, his curiosity aroused by the mysterious actions of his friend, A-2, decides to
investigate the cause 1402

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A, investigating the mysterious actions of his friend, A-2, discovers that A-2
has a strange enterprise on hand 1436

A discovers that his friend, A-2, is seeking the recovery of a buried chest
containing long-lost gold 1436

A is informed regarding an important secret which, if revealed, will wreck all
A-2’s hope of acquiring gain 1439a

A fears that A-2, who is plowing a field, will unearth evidence of a crime which,
A knows, has been buried there 1442

(1) A believes that the blood of A-2 is on his hands 1344

(1) A is haunted all his days by an act which he committed in an effort to help a
friend, A-2 1355

(5) A, transformed into an ass by witchcraft when he was seeking to transform
himself into a bird, is given a garland of flowers to eat and becomes his normal self—plus
sorely garnered wisdom 1363

(5) A, plunged into misfortune through mistaken judgment and folly, is rescued by
a devoted friend, A-5 1363

(12) A is believed to be his dead friend, A-2; and he leaves those who suppose him
to be A-2 with the statement that he “goes to keep a tryst with death” 1385

(13) A, superstitious, believes he is haunted by the ghost of his friend, A-2 1334b

(13) A, a pugilist, believes that A-2, a friend whom he killed by a chance blow in a
practice bout, is present in the ring every time he has a battle 1338


Revelation

A investigates the murder of a friend, A-2 1449

A discovers that his pal, A-2, is a girl masquerading as a boy 1454

A, discovering that A-2 is a girl masquerading as a boy. keeps the knowledge to
himself and does his utmost to save the masquerader from annoying experiences 1454

(1) A, investigating the murder of a friend, A-2, is horrified to discover that all the
circumstantial evidence points to himself as the murderer 1449



A and A-3


Love’s Misadventures

A’s rival in love, A-3, pretends to be A’s friend in order to lure him into an
undertaking in which he will lose his reputation or his life 79


Love’s Rejection

A is accused by A-3, his rival in love, of having been born under a “bar-sinister”
245


Married Life

A’s enemy, A-3, who wronged A grievously, is dead 433

(1) A is manoeuvered by A-3 into gambling with money not his own, and losing it
434a

(1) A is craftily manoeuvered into misfortune by A-3 434b


Misfortune

A, the idol of his people, is about to lose a wrestling match to A-3, his rival 652b

(1) A’s deadly enemy, A-3, has A at his mercy, and there seems nothing for A to do
but to make the best of his hard lot 663

(1-12) A-3, having slain A, places a revolver in A’s stiffening fingers in order to make
it appear that A is a defaulter and a suicide 730

(6) A, wrestling in the open with A-3, a rival wrestler, prevents A-3 from winning a
victory by falling from a cliff, apparently by accident, and losing his life 652b


Mistaken Judgment

1) A’s success is mistakenly credited to his enemy, A-3 796

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Helpfulness

(1) A is arrested for transgression on charges trumped up by a jealous rival, A-3
829

Deliverance

A, a hunted outlaw in disguise, takes refuge with an enemy, A-3 883


Idealism

(2) A becomes reconciled with an enemy, A-3, when A-3 renders him a service 912b


Obligation

A’s life is saved by his enemy, A-3 1022

(1) A’s life, saved by his enemy, A-3, is mutually agreed to be forfeit to A-3
whenever A-3 so desires 1022


Chance

A is seeking the life of A-3, an enemy 1039


Personal Limitations

A, a simple mountaineer, comes to a large city in pursuit of an enemy, A-3 1109
(H) A, from the mountains, seeking his enemy, A-3, in the city, is so overawed and
impressed by his unfamiliar environment that his enmity fades away 1109


Simulation

(4) A, assuming a disguise and an alias, secures employment from A-3 for the
purpose of obtaining certain information 1193


Craftiness

A believes A-3 guilty of a crime 1222a

A, as a means of forcing a confession of guilt from A-3, throws both himself and

A-3 into a situation where death for both of them seems imminent 1222a

A possesses knowledge inimical to A-3 1228

A discovers that A-3 has knowledge of a secret that will bring disaster to A if
revealed 1232

A finds it necessary to abduct A-3 and hold him incommunicado 1232

A pretends that he is “going to the dogs” in order to deceive his mortal enemy,

A-3, and lead A-3 to believe he is not to be feared 1237a

A is helpless against an armed enemy, A-3 1250

A pretends to be hors du combat for the purpose of luring A-3, his enemy, within
arm’s reach 1250

A is inveigled into a gambling game by A-3 1255a

A’s rival, A-3, when A fails to join him in an enterprise as agreed, carries out
the enterprise alone 1265b

A’s enemy, A-3, is a connoisseur of wines 1266

A’s enemy, A-3, seeks to avert a calamity by an incantation 1289b

A, by prayer, and A-3, by an incantation, seek to avert a calamity. The calamity is averted 1289b

(1) A is manoeuvered into jail by the politically powerful A-3 in order to prevent

A’s information from causing A-3 any damage 1228

(1) A is lured into a trap by A-3 1253

(1) A’s enemy, A-3, lures A into a gambling game and arranges for a fake police
raid 1255a

(1) A, seeking to obtain unfair advantage of A-3, induces him to take charge of some
contraband goods, knowing he will be apprehended 1265a

(3-9) A, lured into a trap by A-3, has set a counter trap for A-3 1253

(3) A’s enemy, A-3, arranges for a fake police raid on a gambling game; but A, secretly
informed, has the police make a real raid 1255a

(3) A catches his enemy red-handed in a transgression 1280

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(4-12) A, to escape suspicion, places the body of A-3, the man he has murdered, on
a railroad track in an attempt to make it appear that A-3 was killed by a train
1277a

(5) A, seeking to convert a savage people to Christianity, has all his efforts set at
naught by A-3, a witch doctor 1274

(9) A, by subtle enterprise, forces a confession of guilt from A-3, and thus wins
success in a difficult undertaking 1222b

(9) A, when his mortal enemy, A-3, is lulled by a false sense of security, strikes and
kills 1237a

(9) A, by working on A-3’s pride as a connoisseur of wines, lures him into a wine
vault where he is faced with death 1266

(9) A who “has the goods on” A-3, keeps his information from the authorities and
holds A-3 in his power and subject, through fear of the law, to his will 1280


Revenge

A revenges himself upon an enemy, A-3 1311

A seeks revenge against A-3 for a disrespectful remark against A’s family 1315

A seeks revenge against A-3 for a persecution that results in the death of A’s
parents and sisters 1316

A seeks revenge against A-3 for a terrible wrong 1318

A constructs a deadly trap in a place where, he thinks, his enemy, A-3, will fall
into it 1319b

A seeks to be revenged on A-3; but A-3 is powerful and constantly on his guard
1322

A, prosperous and successful, is hated by a rival, A-3 1323b

A’s enemy, A-3, seeks craftily to encompass the death of A 1324a
(1-7) A revenges himself upon an enemy, A-3, unaware of the fact that A-3 is his
brother 1311

(1) A has no personal enmity against A-3, but he is caught in the toils of a family
feud and his obligation requires that he kill A-3 1314

(1) A is brought under suspicion as a political conspirator through the craftiness
of a rival, A-3 1323b

(1) A, an aristocrat, is trailed and spied upon by enemies, A-3, A-3, A-3, seeking
his life 1329

(2) A secretly examines a letter in the possession of A-3, his traveling companion,
and discovers that the letter is his own death warrant. A carefully erases his
own name and fills in the name of A-3 1324b

(2) A disguises himself as a hoodlum and lives in the underworld as a means of
escaping enemies, A-3, A-3, A-3, who are seeking his life 1329

(3) A, by subtle enterprise, brings upon A-3 the fate A-3 was seeking to bring upon
him 1324a

(3) A, supposed to be dead, plays the role of ghost and, as a method of reprisal,
haunts his enemy, A-3 1313b

(10) A, seeking revenge against A-3, discovers after long search that A-3 is dead
1318


Mystery

A, in a dream, sees a person he hates, A-3, in his room 1361a

(5) A, in early life, killed A-3 in the heat of passion by striking him with the weighted
handle of a riding crop. A, unsuspected, escapes from the scene of the tragedy
1346

(10) A supposes he has murdered A-3; then, suddenly, A-3 appears before him 1342b



A and A-4


Misfortune

A, in desperate danger, appeals for rescue, to A-4 632

A’s appeal to a selfish power, A-4, for rescue, is denied because commercial
interests would be imperiled by the delay necessary to save A’s life 632

A, a professional man, is captured in his office at night by mysterious strangers,
A-4, A-4, A-4, blindfolded and taken to a secret place 660a

A, spirited away by A-4, A-4, A-4, is compelled to perform a professional service
660a

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A invites a number of guests to meet a celebrity, A-4 702

A has invited a number of hero-worshipers to meet A-4, a celebrity. The hero-worshipers
arrive, but A-4 does not 702

(1) A is abandoned and left to die by A-4 632

(4) A asks A-4, a stranger, to remove a pair of handcuffs from his wrists 707


Mistaken Judgment

A befriends a needy stranger, A-4 772

(1-7) A befriends a needy stranger, A-4, who proves to be a criminal 772


Helpfulness

A seeks to help A-4, an old man in misfortune 805

A finds a stranger, A-4, ill, exhausted and unconscious, lying in the road 816a

(1) A, seeking to help a stranger, A-4, meets with an unpleasant experience 805

(4) A’s sympathy goes out to A-4, a fugitive from the law, and he attempts to rescue
him 815a

(8) A subordinates his own affairs to those of a stranger, A-4, who is ill, and helps
him to a place where he can receive medical attention 816a


Deliverance

A invites a celebrity, A-4, to be guest of honor at a reception in his home, and
A-4 accepts 863b

A, a hotel keeper at a summer resort, facing failure, invites A-4, a celebrity, to
be a guest at his hotel, and A-4 accepts 863c

A refuses to delay his important enterprise long enough to rescue A-4, a person
in distress and facing death 957c

(7-10) A, attempting to commit suicide, is prevented from doing so by A-4, who
comes to the same place to make an attempt on his own life 879


Obligation

A is threatened with misfortune because of a mysterious parcel which he has
obligingly taken from A-4 and promised to deliver 985

A secretly discovers a delinquency A-4 wishes to conceal 998

(3) A, secretly informed regarding a transgression A-4 wishes to conceal, threatens
to inform the authorities unless A-4 does something A wants him to do 998


Chance

A, of an humble station in life, is mistaken for A-4, a celebrity 1036

A unwittingly takes a suit case belonging to a stranger, A-4, when leaving a train,
leaving his own suit case in place of A-4’s 1044a

A, hiding in a place where there is no food, steals from the larder of his nearest
neighbor, A-4 1056

(2) A’s suit case is in the hands of a stranger, A-4. The train is wrecked and A-4
is killed. A, on the evidence of his own suit case, is reported a casualty 1044a


Personal Limitations

(10) A, in spite of certain character defects, seeks the friendship of A-4, but only
succeeds in annoying A-4 and so fails of his purpose 1059


Simulation

A, in order to help A-4 poses as A-4 1161

A, a crook, in order to overcome the difficulties of a certain enterprise
impersonates a celebrated novelist, A-4 1180

A, a crooked gambler, seeks to fleece a stranger, A-4, out of his money 1191

A, a crooked gambler, pretends to be a friend of A-4, a stranger, in order to lure
him into a card game 1191

(1) A’s “double,” carries out an enterprise as A which A finds disastrous to his own
fortunes 1163c

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(2) A unloads upon A-4 certain romantic affairs which he (A) finds distasteful 1163b

(4) A, falling in with A-4, a stranger who has been injured in an accident, agrees to
take over an enterprise which the accident prevents A-4 from finishing 1161

(4) A finds his “double” in A-4 and he hires A-4 to attend to certain duties which
devolve upon himself (A) 1163a

(9) A, a crook, impersonating a celebrated novelist, A-4, proceeds to a small town
and becomes the lion of a ladies’ literary society 1180


Craftiness

A hires A-4 as a catspaw and sends him uninformed into various misadventures
1223a

A pretends to be a novelist, A-4, writing a burglar story 1271

A, a “dummy-chucker,” pretends to have a fit on the walk in front of the mansion
of A-4, a wealthy man 1285c


Mystery

A, a reporter, writing up an imaginary interview as fact, quotes A-4 as being in
town on a certain day 1340

A, a young man in dire need of money, has a mysterious caller, A-4 1388

A is offered a large sum of money by A-4 if he will take part in a secret
enterprise, the nature of which A-4 will not disclose 1388

A’s curiosity is aroused by the queer actions of A-4, a stranger 1404a

A, discovering that a stranger, A-4, is trying to commit suicide, investigates
the cause 1404a

A endeavors to find A-4, who has mysteriously disappeared 1404b

-- A char det
A, his curiosity aroused, investigates a suspicious person, A-4. A robbery has
just occurred and A-4 seems to have a guilty knowledge of it 1405

A, engaged in a hazardous search for A-4, finds himself in a strange lost
community that has no direct communication with the outside world 1426b

A is made a prisoner in a strange lost community; and he finds A-4, for whom
he is searching, also a prisoner 1426b

(2) A-4, accused of a crime, establishes an alibi through an interview innocently
faked by a reporter, A 1340

(2) A is hired by A-4 to recover stolen property which, unknown to A-4, was stolen
by A himself 1339

(4) A murders a stranger, A-4, in a lonely wood where the soil is of a peculiar color,
unlike any other soil for miles around. A sulks back home with the mud on
his shoes 1341


Revelation

(7) A, seeking to discover whether a story he has in mind will interest the general
public, tells the story to a group of strangers, A-4, A-4, A-4 1460



A and A-5


Misfortune

A seeks to defeat a grafter, A-5 at the grafter’s own game 630

A, abducted by A-5 and held for ransom, is a meddlesome, disagreeable person,
and his family and friends are glad to be rid of him and will not pay the ransom
639

A, faced by a robber, A-5, with a gun, tries craftily to delay yielding up his valuables 655

A, captured by mutineers, A-5, A-5, A-5, is placed in a small boat and cast adrift
on the high seas 719b

A is an officer of the law hot on the trail of a fleeing criminal, A-5 722

A, a police officer, owes a debt to A-5, a criminal, but has no money and cannot pay 723

A seeks to reveal to the authorities the identity of a criminal, A-5 who, so far,
has been unsuspected 725

(1) A, securing knowledge of a closely-guarded secret, is hounded by a guilty
persecutor, A-5, until his life is made miserable 596

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(1) A, standing sponsor for A-5, discovers that A-5 is a crooked gambler who uses
A’s sponsorship for the purpose of mulcting A’s friends 612

(1) A befriends a tramp, A-5; and A-5, taking advantage of A’s hospitality, steals
valuable property from him 613

(1) A is swindled out of his life’s savings by A-5 621

(1) A is abducted by A-5 and held for ransom 639

(1) A is a captive, held by his captor, A-5, in a physical environment which
constitutes a trap, and from which there seems absolutely no means to escape 653

(1) A is shot and seriously wounded by a robber, A-5 655

(1) A, passenger on a vessel on the high seas, is made a prisoner when the vessel is
captured by mutineers, A-5, A-5, A-5 719b

(1) A, an officer of the law, while pursuing a criminal, A-5, meets with misfortune 722

(1) A, in trying to lodge information with the police against a criminal, A-5, meets
with misfortune 725

(2-12)* A, mistakenly supposed to be a transgressor, is finally cleared of suspicion
by a confession of the real transgressor, A-5 635

(2) A, abducted by A-5 and held for ransom, makes A-5’s life so miserable that he
pays a round sum to have A taken off his hands 639

(4) A, given to altruistic enterprises, befriends a tramp, A-5 613


Helpfulness

A seeks to help A-5 in a certain enterprise

(4) A, seeking to help A-5, does not know


Deliverance

(1) A is bitterly persecuted by a relentless enemy, A-5 884a

(2) A, bitterly persecuted by a relentless enemy, A-5, sees no possible escape from
the coil; then, suddenly, A-5 is killed in an accident 884a


Idealism

(1) A, a crook trying to “go straight,” is compelled by A-5, the leader of his old
gang, to take part in a criminal enterprise 923


Obligation

A, a lawyer, honorably discharges the distasteful duty of defending a criminal,
A-5 1006a

A, an officer of the law, is under a personal obligation to a criminal, A-5 1011

(1) A, an officer of the law, is compelled by duty to arrest a criminal, A-5, to whom
he is under an obligation 1011

A, a police officer, has captured a criminal, A-5 1016a

A, a police officer, is under an obligation of professional duty to arrest A-5, and
he is under a counter-obligation of a personal nature to help A-5 1016a

A, an officer of the law, is old; and A-5, his prisoner, is young, and there are
extenuating circumstances in his case 1017

(1) A, a cashier responsible for the funds of the firm employing him, is ordered by
A-5, junior partner of the firm, to give him secretly a large sum of the firm’s
money 1014

(1) A, an officer of the law, and A-5, his prisoner, are lost in the desert, afoot,
without food and with only a small supply of water—not enough for the two of them
1017

(6) A and A-5, officer of the law and prisoner, are lost in the desert with only a small
supply of water between them. They draw lots to see which shall take the water
and make his escape. A cheats in the drawing so that A-5 can win. A-5 picks
up the water canteen and abandons A to die 1017


Chance

(1) A, a blind man, answering a wild call for help, stumbles into a nest of crooks,
A-5, A-5, A-5, who are engaged in a criminal enterprise 1047

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Personal Limitations

A’s cattle have been stolen by A-5, a notorious “rustler” whose very name inspires
fear in the law-abiding 1129b


Simulation

A, for worthy purposes, plays the role of a fictitious criminal, A-5 1167

(4) A, for worthy purposes playing the role of a fictitious criminal, A-5, is sought
by the police for a crime committed by the real A-5 1167

(4) A, a criminal, poses as an officer of the law looking for A-5, another criminal.
Authorities pick up A-5, turn him over to A, and A starts with his prisoner for
the scene of A-5’s crime—and his own 1179


Craftiness

A is secretly drugged by enemies, A-5, A-5, A-5 1221

A learns that he has been cast by A-5 for the role of victim in a confidence game
1226

A, a detective, captures A-5, who was once an old friend of his 1284

A, a detective, owes A-5, a criminal he has captured, a sum of money which he
has not been able to repay; and A-5 hopes to make use of the debt in securing
his release from custody 1284

(1) A is captured by a brigand, A-5, and held for ransom 1218

(1) A, a miser who is deaf and dumb, is made a prisoner in his home by A-5, who
seeks to force him to reveal the whereabouts of hidden wealth 12B7b

(1) A, captured by A-5 and taken to a secret place, is being held for ransom 1281

(3) A, secretly drugged by enemies, A-5 A-5 A-5, is a drug addict and the potion
has no effect; but A, realizing the attempt has been made, simulates unconsciousness
to discover why it was made 1221

(3) A simulates guilessness in an attempt to lure designing A-5 to his own undoing
1226

(3) A detects A-5 cheating at cards and denounces him; in the fight that follows,
A-5 is killed 1276

(3) A, supposed dead, discovers an imposter, A-5, using his name and pretending
that he is A 1275

(12) A, a detective, gives A-5, a criminal he has captured, a written order for the
reward offered for A-5’s apprehension; thus A, having paid the debt, takes A-5
to jail 1284


Transgression

A, in his safe, has a fortune in valuables. During his absence, crooks, A-5, A-5,
A-5, attempt to open the safe and loot it of its contents 1307

(2) A captures a buglar, A-5, who is looting his house 1305


Mystery

A finds that A-5, in absent-minded moments, beguiles his leisure with a trifling
proceeding that has become habitual with him 1362

A suspects A-5, seemingly an honest man, of a crime, and tries to prove him
guilty 1371

A, seeking evidence against a gang of crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5, assumes the character
of a burglar in order the more successfully to achieve his aims 1376

(5) A, a detective, unmasking A-5 as the leader of a criminal gang, finds that he
cannot secure A-5’s arrest as the police authorities refuse to act 1413b

(9) A, investigating a crime, discovers the criminal, A-5, through a most unusual
clue 1362

(9) A, by mind-reading, secures a confession from a transgressor, A-5 1413

(10) A discovers that A-5 is a government secret service man, merely posing as a
criminal in order that he may secure an advantage in prosecuting his work for
law and order 1413b


Revelation

(9) A, by shrewd deduction and skillful reasoning, proves that A-5 is a criminal 1456

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A and A-6


Misfortune

A is a fugitive from justice, hunted by A-6, an officer of the law 610

A, a fugitive driven to bay by officers of the law, takes refuge in a house which
is a place of mystery 651

(1) A, in a strange part of the country, is arrested by the police as a criminal “suspect” 608

(1) A is in a trap in the town of X. He can escape only by passing through the
towns of Y or Z, and detectives, A-6 and A-6, are watching for him in both places
610

(1) A, a fugitive from justice seeking to avoid capture, finds himself in a tight corner
with sheriffs, A-6, A-6, A-6, apparently approaching him from every direction
651

(2) A is rescued from pursuers, A-6, A-6, when the old house in which he has taken
refuge is blown away by a tornado 699b

(4) A is impersonating an officer, A-6 717

(8) A, a doctor, who is fleeing from A-6, an officer of the law, by his skill restores
sight to A-6 who had become temporarily blind 712


Mistaken Judgment

A thinks a certain crime has been committed and lodges information with the
police, A-6 771a


Deliverance

(1) A is arrested and is being taken to prison by A-6 866

(2) A’s captor, A-6, an officer of the law, is killed in an accident, and is supposed
to be A; consequently, A secures his freedom 866


Obligation

A, a fugitive from justice, will be arrested if he rescues A-6, the officer who is
pursuing him, from misfortune; and if A abandons A-6, A-6 will die 1013

(9) A, a fugitive in the desert, discovers that the officer who is pursuing him, A-6,
is sunblind and dying from thirst 1013


Simulation

(1) A, a crook, is trapped and surrounded by officers of the law, A-6, A-6, A-6 1176

(2) A, a crook, trapped and surrounded by officers of the law, A-6, A-6, A-6, escapes
by pretending to be another A-6 who is hunting for himself 1176

(2) A is a captured criminal who, when the detective who has him in charge, A-6,
suddenly dies, appropriates the clothes and belongings of A-6 and seeks to escape
by impersonating him 1189


Craftiness

(1) A had local fame as a female impersonator; and A-6, a detective, makes use of
this fact as a clue in apprehending A for transgression 1282

(1) A’s secret is discovered by A-6, who craftily makes use of clues furnished
unwittingly by A himself 1289d



A and A-7


Misfortune

A shows his ignorance of the usages of high society by unpacking his satchel
when a servant, A-7, is expected to do it for him 617


Mistaken Judgment

(1) A allows himself to be blackmailed by A-7, because he is convinced that he
unintentionally committed a crime 783

(4) A trusts his servant, A-7, and makes a confidant of him 775

(10) A discovers that his trusted servant, A-7, is a thief 775

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Deliverance

(2) A, held on a murder charge, wins freedom by an unusual plea of his attorney,
A-7 887a


Craftiness

A invents a fictitious servant, A-7 1213

(9) A invents a fictitious servant, A-7, on whom he pretends to depend, and whose
unreliability, while seeming to occasion A much embarrassment is really a convenience to A 1213


Mystery

(1) A, representing guilt-masquerading-as-innocence, is influenced by his valet, A-7,
through a curiosity-arousing suggestion, to visit a certain place where, unknown
to A, a deadly trap has been laid for him 1349



A and A-8


Married Life

(4) A’s evident purpose is to shift the resopnsibility of a crime to the shoulders of
innocent A-8 467


Misfortune

A is in the employ of A-8, a man in whom he has implicit confidence 604

A, against his wish and inclination, has been left a fortune by a deceased relative,
A-8 700

A is annoyed by a person, A-8, who constantly crosses his path with the most
untimely intrusions 735

(1) A’s fear that he has inherited the evil traits of an ancestor, A-8, paralyzes his
will in enterprise 720

(5) A’s employer, A-8, has been “using the mails to defraud” 604

(7) A rids himself of a meddlesome person, A-8, and later regrets his harshness 735

(13) A is a fugitive from justice, who discovers that a relative, A-8, has died and left
him a rich estate 699a


Mistaken Judgment

A, a tenderfoot in the west, takes offense at the slurs of a cowboy, A-8 759

A and A-8 proceed to settle their differences with their fists 759

A struggles in vain for the friendship of A-8 762

A, arisocrat, endeavors to pound a comprehension of class distinction into the
thick skull of A-8, a plebian 782

A discovers, as he supposes, plain circumstantial evidence of a crime, and informs
the police where A-8, the criminal, can be found 780

(1) A, after his death, receives the friendship of A-8—for which he had vainly
struggled in life 762

(5) A-8, arrested as a crirninal on information furnished by A, easily proves that no
crime has been committed 780

(10) A, an aristocrat, and A-8, a plebian, fight a drawn battle. Equal prowess spells
equality, and A and A-8 become fast friends 782


Deliverance

(9) A, undergoing a strange experience among a people weirdly deluded, discovers
the secret of the delusion written in a notebook belonging to A-8, one of the
victims who had died. By means of information obtained from the note book, A
succeeds in rescuing the other victims of the delusion 888


Obligation

A, in order to get A-8 into his power, craftily manoeuvers him heavily into debt
983

A hopes to secure A-8’s help in an undertaking by offering to free him from debt
983

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A, a doctor who is also a crook, is returning at night from a successful burglary
job, when he is hastily summoned to attend a very sick person, A-8 1004

(2) A, by concealment and stratagem, transfers a dangerous obligation to A-8, a
stranger 980


Chance

A sells a gold mine of little value tentatively to A-8 at a bargain price. A-8
delays turning over the money and getting the deed 1043

(1) A is impersonating A-8, when he is confronted by A-8 in person 1037

(1) A, highly placed, wealthy and influential, has exactly the same name as a
characterless individual, A-8, who lives in the same community 1038

(3-7-9) A, by chance, meets A.-8 who, under the influence of liquor, reveals an
important secret 1052a

(9) A learns from A-8 whether a man or his wife died first in an accident—a secret
of tremendous importance 1052a


Personal Limitations

(10) A desires a piece of ground on which to build a mansion. The ground is owned
by A-8, a poor man, in whose family it has been for generations. Influenced
by family sentiment, A-8 refuses to sell 1140


Simulation

A seeks to appropriate a large sum of money which a dying man, A-8, has in
his possession 1194

A bears a striking resemblance to A-8 1197

A, a crook, assumes the role of an honest, cultured gentleman, A-8 1200

(4) A buries the body of his murdered victim, A-8, in a swamp and, by his usual
exemplary conduct, seeks to escape suspicion 1178

(4) A impersonates A-8 for the purpose of acquiring gain 1197

(4) A, a crook, assuming the role of an honest, cultured gentleman, A-8, undergoes
an experience which breaks down his nerve and exhausts his resourcefulness 1200


Craftiness

A, a crook, pretends to be a lover of precious stones while calling on a collector
of gems, A-8 1217a

A is aware that A-8 knows too much for his (A’s) good 1251

A gives A-8 money with which to take himself out of the country 1251

A is in a wild race with A-8 for a fortune 1255b

A’s fortune depends on winning a race with A-8, and in reaching town and
securing a certain document before A-8 can get his hands on it 1255b

A, rich and unscrupulous, craftily manoeuvers A-8 into debt 1260b

(1) A, a confidence man selling “luck charms,” finds his business languishing
because miserly and influential A-8 has warned the people that his wares are a
delusion 1278e

(4) A, for his own selfish reasons, pretends to be the long-lost son of wealthy A-8
1212b

(4) A to rid himself of the body of his murdered victim, A-8, and escape suspicion,
hides the body in an old tomb 1252

(9) A desires property which A-8 refuses to sell; so A ruins A-8 financially and forces
him to sell 1260a

(9) A, by using confidential information, convinces A-8 of his supposed ability and
secures a position at a good salary 1278c

(9) A agrees to go “fifty-fifty” with respectable and influential but miserly A-8;
and A-8 recommends the luck-charms A is selling, and A’s business flourishes
1278e

(12) A, manoeuvering A-8 into debt, offers to cancel the debt if A-8 will agree to a
certain proposition 1260b


Transgression

(4) A seeks to acquire a rich estate in spite of A-8’s legal rights 1299

-- page 228


Revenge

A’s relative, A-8, has been grievously wronged by the authorities of their
common country 1312

A, down and out, is hired by A-8, a revengeful rich man, to wear evening clothes,
appear at a social gathering and act as a catspaw in carrying out a vicious scheme
of reprisal 1320

(4) A, a poor young man, inspired by anger and a desire for revenge, seeks to ruin
wealthy A-8, a powerful captain of industry 1317

A commits an act of reprisal against A-8 with more serious results than he had
intended 1323c


Mystery

A stumbles over the body of a murdered man, A-8 1337

A, a young artist, is hired by A-8 to paint a mystery picture 1386a

(1) A, evilly dealt with by A-8, puts a curse on A-8 and all of his name 1439b

(5) A is evilly dealt with by A-8 and brought to the brink of ruin 1439b

(13) A is a cub reporter. The star reporter, A-8, from a distant place sends a cipher
dispatch which the best minds in the newspaper office are unable to translate.
A attempts the task 1396

(13) A, a thief, breaking into a building to commit a robbery, finds a man, A-8, dead
on the floor, a revolver clutched in his tense fingers 1429


Revelation

A, a doctor, summoned to give attention to a sick man, A-8, finds that A-8 is
dying 1447

A learns from A-8, dying, the details of a crime 1447

(9) A, poor, secures from A-8 information that brings him a fortune 1451b



A and A-9


Deliverance

(1) A, because he has knowledge of A-9’s guilty secret, is persecuted, spied upon and
thrown into prison on a trumped-up charge 854

(3) A discovers a fateful secret of his rich and powerful employer, A-9 854


Obligation

A, trusted butler in the household of A-9, is really a crook 1008


Necessity

A, for services rendered, receives the cast-off clothes of a young millionaire, A-9
1028

(2) A, in needy circumstances, acts as a tailor’s dummy for a young millionaire, A-9,
who dislikes the annoyance of trying on his new clothes 1028


Chance

(1) A is abandoned to die in mid-ocean by A-9, captain of a steamship, who refuses
to delay his vessel to make the rescue 1052b

(2) A is rescued from a boat adrift in mid-ocean when an accident delays the steamer
of which A-9 is captain 1052b


Personal Limitations

A applies for the position of butler in the home of wealthy A-9 1107b

A, private secretary to A-9, knows that A-9 is jealously guarding some weighty
secret 1114

(4) A’s curiosity gets the better of him and he meddles with the personal affairs
of A-9 1114

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Craftiness

(1) A, at the instigation of A-9, unknowingly commits a crime 1272

(1) A, innocent, is arrested for a crime; and his employer, A-9, testifies against him
1272

(1) A, selling luck charms in a town, is denounced by the mayor of the town, A-9,
as an imposter because A has not crossed A-9’s palm with silver 1273


Transgression

(3) A discovers secretly that his employer, A-9, is a murderer and a fugitive from
justice 1303



A, A-2 and A-3


Misfortune

A decides to undertake a secret enterprise for the purpose of protecting helpless

A-2 from a powerful enemy, A-3 671

(1) A’s friend, A-2, is helpless against the persecutions of a powerful enemy, A-3 671

(1) A’s friend, A-2, is the owner of a flock of sheep. A-3 is a cattle baron, rich and
influential. A-3’s men kill nearly all A-2’s sheep, and A-3 is scheming to take
A-2’s land away from him, A-2, deep in debt, scarcely knows which way to turn
672


Mistaken Judgment

(4) A, in order to save his friend, A-2, picks a quarrel with A-2’s enemy, A-3, and
slays him 764

(7) A, in order to protect A-2 slays A-3, quondam enemy of A-2’s, unaware that
A-2 and A-3 have composed their differences, and that A-3 has become A-2’s
friend and financial backer 764


Revenge

(1) A sets a trap for A-3 but A-2 is caught in it 1319b



A, A-2 and A-5


Misfortune

(1) A, seeking to defeat the schemes of a grafter, A-5, is betrayed by a confederate,
A-2, whom A asks to help him 630

(4) A receives A-5 on a forged letter of recommendation from a friend, A-2, and
introduces A-5 into his own social circle 612


Helpfulness

(3) A, friend of A-2, exposes A-5, a spiritualist charlatan who is mulcting A-2 of
large sums of money 830

(3) A, threatening A-5 with arrest, forces him to return money out of which he has
swindled A’s friend, A-2 830


Obligation

A lives on an island, and on the same island are two other white men, A-2 and
A-5, both friends of A’s 1015


Simulation

(4) A induces a friend, A-2, to play the role of A-5 in order to carry out an
enterprise in which the presence of A-5 is necessary 1162

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Craftiness

A’s friend, A-2, plans to rescue A from a brigand, A-5, who is holding A for
ransom, and he plans to make the rescue without paying the ransom 1218

(3) A’s friend, A-2, is robbed by A and A-5, then A, in turn, robs A-5 1227a

(3) A robs A-5 of valuables stolen from A-2, and returns the property to A-2 1227a


Mystery

A is positive, in his own mind, that his friend, A-2, has been murdered by A-5 1371



A, A-2 and A-6


Simulation

(2) A and A-2, crooks trying for a “get-away” after a successful “job,” slip through
the police net, A-6, A-6, A-6, when A disguises himself as a woman 1174



A, A-2 and A-8


Helpfulness

(2) A, superstitious, is on the point of suffering defeat in an enterprise because he
thinks he hears the voice of a deceased friend, A-2, calling to him; but he is saved
when A-8, one of the spectators, turns the tragic call into a mere incident by a
counter-call which allays A’s superstitious fears 827


Craftiness

A tries to make two pugilists, A-2 and A-8, who are fast friends, stage a spirited
ring battle 1215

A, for certain reasons, seeks to make enemies of two friends, A-2 and A-8 1215

(7) A, wagering all his money on a boxing bout between A-2 and A-8, learns that
the pugilists are fast friends, and that neither will fight to win 1231


Mystery

(13) A, stealthily entering the house of his friend, A-2, finds the body of a murdered
man, A-8 1337



A, A-2 and A-9


Helpfulness

(4) A steals money from his employer, A-9, to help his friend, A-2, over a financial
crisis, intending to make good the shortage when A-2 gets back on his feet and
repays the loan 832

A tells his friend, A-2, that he has stolen money from A-9 in order to help A-2
832



A, A-3 and A-4


Chance

(4) A, seeking the life of A-3, follows A-4 with murder in his heart; for A-4, by chance,
is wearing the hat and coat of A-3 1039



A, A-3 and A-5


Revenge

(4) A is sent abroad with a companion, A-3. A-3 bears a letter to a clique of
conspirators, A-5, A-5, A-5, ordering the death of A 132-4b

-- page 231


A, A-3 and A-6


Deliverance

(2) A, a hunted outlaw, takes refuge with an enemy, A-3; and A-3, considering
himself bound by the laws of hospitality, conceals A and saves him from his
pursuers, A-6, A-6 883


A, A-3 and A-7


Love’s Rejection

A-7 is a mercenary of A-3, A’s rival in love 213


Deliverance

(2) A, held on a murder charge, is released from custody when his lawyer, A-7, proves
that A, “drunk with sleep,” had believed his victim, A-3, was trying to kill him
887a



A, A-4 and A-6


Helpfulness

A is overtaken by a fugitive, A-4, who is being pursued by A-6, an officer of the
law 815a


Personal Limitations

(1) A, an escaped prisoner, finds it impossible to free himself from his handcuffs;
and when, in desperation, he appeals for help to a stranger, A-4, A-4 notifies a
police officer, A-6, and A is recaptured 1066



A, A-4 and A-8


Simulation

(4) A, having invited friends to meet a celebrity, A-4, who does not arrive, persuades
A-8 to impersonate A-4 in order that the guests may not be disappointed 1164


Craftiness

A, in order to forward a certain enterprise, contrives a test of merit for two men,
A-4 and A-8 1223b

A, by chance, receives confidential information sent by A-4 to A-8 1278c

A-8, a doctor, is called in by A-4, and A-8 informs A privately that he is an
imposter 1278d

A, a crook, pretends to have a fit, and is befriended by A-4, who calls in a doctor,
A-8, to attend him 1285c

(9) A, a crook, pretends to be a novelist, A-4, writing a burglar story; and a banker,
A-8, obligingly gives A information about his own bank vaults 1271

(9) A is discovered by A-8, a doctor, to be shamming illness. By collusion they
foster A’s pretentions, whereby A secures bed and board from wealthy A-4,
and A-8 secures a fat fee 1278d

(14) A pretends to disappear and to be in great danger, and so lures A-4 and A-8 into
real danger in a quest for him 1223b



A, A-4 and A-9


Personal Limitations

A, applying to A-9 for a job, is asked for references as to character and ability,
and is referred to A-4 by A 1107b


Craftiness

A, seeking a job from A-9, refers A-9 to A-4 for a recommendation as to character
and ability, telling him A-4 can be reached at a prominent hotel at a certain hour
by phone 1212c

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(9) A, when A-4 is paged in a prominent hotel, answers the call, assumes the
character of A-4 and gives himself such a flowery recommendation over the phone
that he secures a job from A-9 1212c



A, A-5 and A-6


Deliverance

(8) A, robbed by A-5 and wishing to save him from the law, declares to A-6, the
officer who has arrested A-5, that he gave A-5 the stolen property in his possession 894


Obligation

A-6, an officer of the law calls on A to help him arrest A-5 1015


A, A-5 and A-8


Revelation

(3) A secretly discovers A-5 counting money taken from a murdered man, A-8 1448



A, A-6 and A-8

Misfortune

(1) A, employed by A-8, comes to work one morning and finds the office in the hands
of federal agents, A-6, A-6 604



A, A-7 and A-8


Misfortune

(1) A’s chauffeur, A-7, driving A’s car by A’s orders at a high rate of speed,
apparently injures a pedestrian, A-8 597

(5) A, when his car apparently injures a pedestrian, A-8, seeks to evade consequences
by having his chauffeur A-7, drive on at high speed 597



A and AX


Misfortune

(1) A is robbed by AX, who secretly puts on A’s clothes, takes his horse and flees
661

(1) A, set upon by mysterious persons, AX, AX, AX, in the cellar of his house, is
spirited away through a concealed passage 719a


Deliverance

A struggles against an hallucinary enemy, AX, who fights with superstition as
a weapon 855


Personal Limitations

(1) A, a doctor, is about to leave his office on a night emergency call when he is made
a prisoner by mysterious strangers, AX, AX, AX, and spirited away 1130


Simulation

(4) A, wishing to carry out an enterprise that would cause gossip, puts gossip to
sleep by inventing a fictitious relative, AX, who is always in trouble and always
calling on A to help him out 1148a

-- page 233

Mystery

A receives a call from a mysterious stranger, AX, who is peculiarly dressed and
seems to have hypnotic powers 1393

A tries to solve the mystery of a stranger, AX 1393

A, late at night, enters a room of his house and sees another man, AX, sitting
in a chair before the fireplace 1423

A, thinking AX is a friend, steps toward him; whereupon, AX vanishes into
thin air 1423

(1) A’s property and high place in the world are appropriated by AX, and when A
would claim his earthly possessions he is treated as an imposter 1348a

(1) A, inventing a mechanical giant, AX, and endowing it with life, is pursued by
AX and brought to his death 1348b

(2) A, at a loss to account for a mysterious stranger, AX, who appears to him, warns
him and then disappears, comes to believe that the messenger was sent by Divine
Providence 1424a

(4) A’s mortal pride would transgress the Divine Power; so fate, seeking to discipline

A, materializes a spirit, AX, in A’s image 1348a

(4) A invents a mechanical giant, AX, and endows it with life 1348b

(9) A because of a strange delusion, proves himself a person to be reckoned with
1418b

(10) A, a novelist, meets personally in real life a fictitious character, AX, from one
of his stories 1391

(10-11) A always encounters a person of forbidding appearance with a demoniacal
face, AX, just before some great misfortune overtakes him 1439c

(14) A, an inefficient, futile sort of person, comes to believe that he is the
reincarnation of AX, a powerful personage of antiquity 1418b


Revelation

A, in his overweening pride, is taught a lesson by AX 1455b

(10) A receives an important communication from a mysterious person, AX, which
enables him to correct a serious error 1461b

(14) A, rescued from critical misfortune by AX, receives a revelation from AX which
results in a beneficial character change 1455b



A, A-2 and AX


Craftiness

(4) A, for personal reasons, impersonates the fictitious character, AX, invented by
his friend, A-2 1216

A’s friend, A-2, has invented a fictitious character, AX, for personal reasons
12i6



A, A-5 and AX


Misfortune

(2) AX, a mysterious “righter of wrongs,” at the point of a gun takes from A-5 money
out of which A-5 has swindled A, and restores the money to A 621

(2) A, swindled out of his life’s savings by A-5, is about to take his own life when
his lost money is returned to him by a mysterious person, AX 621



A and X


Love’s Misadventures

(4) A pretends that a wax figure, X, is his invalid wife 71a

(7) A discovers that a certain charm, X, with which he has won success in love,
is no charm at all. The person who gave X to him tells him that faith in the
charm is all that counts. Let a man be sure of himself, with or without a charm,
and he is sure to conquer love 161

-- page 234

Married Life

(13) A, whenever he attempts to have X, a certain object of mystery, explained to
him, meets with misfortune 541


Misfortune

A loses a valuable diamond, X, in a place where there is a flock of chickens, and
he insists that the chickens must be killed, one by one, until X is found. The
chickens are all killed 614

A, desperately in need, is offered a large sum of money for a diamond, X, which
he knows is an imitation 729

(1) A loses a valuable diamond, X 614

(1) A loses a valuable diamond, X, and has his suspicions as to where it can be found,
but discovers that his suspicions are unfounded 614

(1) A, custodian of a valuable object, X, misses X and believes it has been stolen
709

(1) A loses an important object, X, on the scene of an accident 711b

(1) A, on his way to return to the owner a stolen object, X, which he has recovered,
loses the object and again seeks to recover it 724

(2-12) A finds a valuable paper, X, between the leaves of the family Bible 733

A has recovered a stolen object, X, and is on his way to return it to its owner
724


Mistaken Judgment

A finds an object of mystery, X, seemingly of great value 798

(4) A finds and keeps an incriminating document, X, with the intention of
discovering the author of it at a later time 771b

(4) A is a thief who plans to steal what he believes is a very valuable gem, X 778

(4) A, believing that a counterfeit gem, X, is genuine, plans to steal it 778

(4) A highly prizes an object of mystery, X, carries it about with him and is unaware
of the fact that his possession of X is fraught with terrible danger 798

(9) A, in desperate need, discovers that a gem, X, which he supposed to be worthless,
is in reality genuine and immensely valuable 803b


Helpfulness

(1) A finds a satchel, X, which, unknown to him, contains evidence of an
incriminating nature 804

(4) A, tramping along a country road, sees a satchel, X, drop from a passing
automobile, and takes possession of it 804


Idealism

(8) A, humble and supporting himself by menial tasks, loses a work of art about
which there are no marks of identification. The work of art, X, is found and
pronounced by connoisseurs to be the production of a master. In the public
prints the unknown artist is invited to come forward and receive the honor and
wealth to which his genius entitles him. But A’s ideal is “art for art’s sake,”
and he will not be tempted 920


Chance

A is suddenly arrested by an object, X, that drops in front of him from the upper
window of a house 1046


Personal Limitations

(1) A has lost the ticket of a pawned object, X, and the pawnbroker will not give
up the pledge without the ticket 1077

-- page 235

Simulation

A is a thief who has a real gem, X-1, which he supposes is a counterfeit 1166a

(5-7) A, a thief, has a real gem, X-1, which he supposes is a counterfeit; and, adroitly,
he substitutes X-1 for X-2, a counterfeit which A thinks is a genuine stone 1166a

(9) A, making a replica, X-1, of a valuable original, X-2, secures X-2 by leaving X-1
in its place 1166b


Craftiness

A discovers where a certain object, X, small but immensely valuable, has been
concealed 1283

A, to secure a certain object, X, must proceed warily and without arousing suspicion 1283

(1) A finds himself in danger because he has innocently undertaken the
custodianship of a mysterious package, X 1233

(2) A, in danger because he is the custodian of a mysterious package, X, contrives
a dummy package exactly counterfeiting X in appearance 1233


Transgression

(1) A, a transgressor, seeks to forget a transgression, but a certain object, X, or
circumstance, continually reminds him of it 1302

Mystery

A carries in his pocket an object of mystery, X 1343

A, annoyed by a certain object, X, destroys it 1367a

A is told that a certain mysterious object, X, has power for evil (or good) and
he decides to make a test 1380

A comes innocently into possession of an object of mystery, X, highly prized by
a person or a people, who lost it or had it stolen 1382a

A buys a little trick box, X, in an old curiosity shop, and is unable to open it
1382b

A seeks to solve an enigma that has to do with X, an object of mystery 1400

A’s curiosity and interest are aroused by a certain unredeemed pledge, X, in a
pawnshop 1401

A, endeavoring to solve a mystery, has for his only clue, X, the portrait of a
beautiful woman, painted on ivory 1410

A, while trying to discover perpetual motion, dreams that he has invented a
machine, X, that defies the power of gravitation 1420

A is vastly puzzled in his attempts to solve the mystery of a strange object, X
1425

(1) A, apparently as the result of carrying in his pocket a queer object of mystery,
X, experiences all sorts of misfortunes 1343

(1) A, carrying in his pocket a small object of mystery, X, is harried by ill-luck and
comes to believe in the malefic powers of X 1352

(1) A suffers weird adventures and undergoes strange dangers when unknown
persons seek by stealth to take from him a mysterious object, X, which has come
innocently into his possession 1382a

(3-4) A investigates a mysterious package, X, that has fallen into his hands 1435

(4) A, staring at a certain object, X, falls under a spell which leads him to believe
certain events are transpiring—events which are partly true but mostly grotesquely
false 1342a

(4) A, hearing of a mysterious and dangerous object, X, in a canyon of the lonely
mountains, decides to investigate 1379

(4) A buys a mysterious object, X, in a pawnshop, and attempts to satisfy his
curiosity regarding it 1401

(4) A, unknown to himself, has in his possession an object, X, which at any moment,
may bring disaster or death to him 1438b

(6) A, alone and near death, buries his store of gold dust and draws a map of the
cache on a water canteen, X 1370b

(6) A dies before he can redeem an object, X, which he has pawned 1440

(9) A, under the heel of adversity and almost at the starvation point, secures an
object of mystery, X, which grants his every wish—but at the expense of years
of his life for every wish granted 1421

-- page 236

(10) A discovers that his cigar will not burn. On investigation, he discovers that
the cigar is merely a rolled paper, X, camouflaged with a tobacco wrapper—the
rolled paper, X, being an important message 1397

(13) A encounters seemingly supernatural experiences which have to do with a small
idol. X 1360

(13) A destroys a certain object, X, but mysteriously it reappears; again and again
A destroys X, but always it reappears 1367a

(13) A is puzzled to account for certain objects, X-1, X-2, X-3, which come
mysteriously into his possession 1381

(13) A has a little trick box, X, which he is not able to open. One night it opens
of its own accord, and A finds a jewel in the box 1382b

(13) A, skeptically investigating a psychic communication, finds many things to
corroborate the message, but he does not find the one important thing, X, whose
location the message purports to reveal 1411

(13) A, puzzled by an object of mystery, X, goes to sleep with X on a table in
his bedroom. On arising in the morning, A finds X disintegrated into a fine powder, all
hope of a solution of its mystery gone 1425

(13) A, while in an abnormal mental condition, receipts for a valuable registered
letter, X, Afterward, A has no recollection of receipting for X 1438a


Revelation

(1) A is accused of having stolen a valuable document, X 1457

(9) A, by chance, overhears a scrap of conversation in the street; and what he hears
proves a clue to the whereabouts of stolen property, X 1453



A, A-2 and X


Misfortune

(4) A assumes charge of a valuable object, X, for a friend, A-2 709


Chance

(4) A unwittingly takes an object, X-1, belonging to his friend, A-2, leaving for
A-2 a similar object, X-2, in place of X-1. Close inspection is necessary to
discover the difference between X-2 and X-1 1044b


Personal Limitations

A calls at a pawnshop to redeem an object, X, pawned by his friend, A-2, who
died leaving the pledge unredeemed 1077


Mystery

A’s friend, A-2, is in the dark regarding an important secret that surrounds X,
an object of mystery that has been stolen from him 1370a

A knows the secret of X, an object of mystery that has been stolen from A-2,
and seeks to use his knowledge in recovering X 1370a

A’s friend, A-2, loses by theft a mysterious object, X, supposed to bring good
fortune to its possessor, and A seeks to recover X for A-2 1377a



A, A-3 and X


Misfortune

A fights with A-3 to safeguard valuables, X, of which A is custodian 730

(1-6) A is slain by A-3, who takes valuables, X, of which A is custodian 730

(1) A is accused of transgression by his rival, A-3, and an incriminating paper, X,
is found in A’s possession 771b


Craftiness

(2) A smashes an idol, X, supposed by a savage people to be a god, and immediately
good fortune comes to the tribe. A-3 is discredited 1274

-- page 237

Revenge

(4) A, in order to be revenged upon his enemy, A-3, manufactures an infernal
machine, X 1319a



A, A-4 and X


Mistaken Judgment

A pursues a stranger, A-4, to recover from him an object, X, which has been
stolen 774

(1-4) A, pursuing a stranger, A-4, and taking from him a valuable object, X, which,
A thinks, was stolen from him, later discovers that X, which he supposed was
stolen, has all the time been in his own possession 774


Helpfulness

A, finding a satchel, X, in the road, picks it up and carries it on with him, in the
hope of returning it to the stranger, A-4, who lost it 804


Personal Limitations

A desires a certain object, X; but X is in the hands of A-4, who guards it carefully 1129a


Mystery

A is given an object of mystery, X, by a stranger, A-4, and assured that its
possession will bring misfortune 1352

A receives half of an important message, X, and is looking for a stranger, A-4,
who has the other half. The message cannot be read until both halves are joined
1369

A’s only clue in his search for A-4 is the picture of a beautiful woman, X, left
at the place where A-4 disappeared, and a legend connected with the picture
1404b

(10) A, meeting A-4, a stranger who has given him a small object of mystery, X,
which has brought A ill-luck, is informed by A-4 that only A’s belief in the
misfortunes inspired them, and that he was merely the victim of suggestion 1352



A, A-5 and X


Personal Limitations

A has been robbed of valuable property, X, by A-5, a notorious criminal; and
A tries to secure a courageous man who will recover X for him 1129c


Simulation

(1-5) A owns an objet d’art, X-1; and he buys X-2, as he supposes, which is an
exact duplicate of X-1, from A-5, only to discover that he has repurchased X-1
which the scheming A-5 had stolen from his collection 1165


Mystery

(3) A finds a thief, A-5, by looking for a man who suddenly becomes prosperous.
A-5, stealing X, is inspired by superstition to put forth efforts which make him
prosperous 1377a

(3) A discovers that a mysterious package, X, contains stolen property. With X
as a clue, he apprehends the thief, A-5 1435



A, A-6 and X


Misfortune

(1) A, arrested by the police as a criminal “suspect,” has in his possession a satchel,
innocently come by. The satchel, X, is found to contain burglar’s tools 608

-- page 238


A, A-7 and X


Love’s Beginnings

A receives from A-7 a small object of mystery, X, which, A-7 declares, will make
A redoubtable in love. A takes X and fares forth to try it 7a



A, A-8 and X


Simulation

A, a crook, seeks unlawful gain by selling A-8 an object, X, which A-8 already
owns 1145

(1) A calls on A-8 for a valuable object, X, which A has left with A-8 in the hope
of making a sale; but A-8 declares A never left X with him, and has A ejected
from the premises 1147

(4) A, poor, at the request of a rich man, A-8, leaves with A-8 a valuable object, X,
which he has in his possession and wishes to sell 1147



A, A-9 and X


Simulation

(9) A, adroitly, secures an object greatly desired, X, from A-9, who will not dispose
of it 1166b


Revelation

(2) A, accused by A-9 of having stolen a valuable document, X, has his innocence
proved when X is found between the leaves of a book which A-9 had been reading 1457



A, A-5, A-8 and X


Mystery

(3) A sees a stranger, A-5, stealthily remove papers, X, from the pocket of another
stranger, A-8, who is asleep. A follows A-5 1406



A, A-2, A-3 and X


Revenge

(1) A sends an infernal machine, X, to his enemy, A-3, and it falls into the hands
of A’s friend, A-2 1319a



A and F-A


Misfortune

A induces his father, F-A, to advance him his patrimony 611b


Helpfulness

(2) A, a dissolute son, is freely forgiven by his father, F-A 815b

(8) A, a dissolute son, in want, returns to his home and his father, F-A, a better and
a wiser man than when he went away 815b


Obligation

(12) A, the son of F-A, feels it to be his duty to sell all his property in order to help
pay the debts of the deceased F-A 1018


Craftiness

A finds the fly-leaf of the Bible owned by his father. F-A 1286

(10) A finds evidence to prove that his father, F-A, is dead 1286

-- page 239

Transgression

(1) A, posing as F-A, is unmasked when discovered removing F-A’s clothes 1290b

(4) A, profligate son of wealthy F-A, cast off and disowned, murders F-A and then
poses as F-A in an attempt to secure F-A’s property 1290b


Mystery

A’s father. F-A, has a conviction born of simple faith that A, long mysteriously
missing, will some day come back to him 1378

A seeks wealth which his father, F-A, has left him, but concealed in a place whose
location has been lost 1399


Revelation

A goes on a hazardous search for his father, F-A, long mysteriously missing 1451d



A, A-8 and F-A


Craftiness

A, the outcast son of F-A, seeks to borrow money of A-8 with the approval of
F-A 1217b

A, seeking to borrow money of A-8 on the supposed approval of F-A, asks A-8 to
call on F-A and secure authority to make the loan 1217b


Necessity

A seeks to borrow a large sum of money from A-8, a money lender, on his
prospects of inheriting the estate of his wealthy father, F-A 1026


Personal Limitations

A is a profligate son who seeks to borrow money of A-8 on the prospect of
inheriting the estate of his wealthy father, F-A. A-8 is skeptical regarding A’s
inheriting the estate 1139



A and BR-A


Obligation

A and BR-A are twin brothers with the same likes and dislikes 1005
(8) A and BR-A, brothers, carry out honorably the distasteful obligation of living
apart 1005



A and SN


Married Life

(4) A craftily keeps from his son, SN-A, a family secret 425


Misfortune

A mistakenly supposes his son, SN, to have perished in a tragic accident 622

(14) A loses his son, SN, in whom all his ambitions were centered 674


Helpfulness

A seeks to protect his son, SN, from what he conceives to be disgrace and dishonor
on his own part 813

A’s son, SN, is arrested for committing a crime 821

A seeks to save his son, SN, from misfortune and becomes involved in an unpleasant
complication 821

-- page 240

(2) A is inspired to carry on successfully because of the faith his son, SN, has in him
810

(10) A’s son, SN, wins for his college in a gruelling contest; and SN tells A, who is
gloomy and despairing and considers himself a failure, that his success was inspired
by the thought that his father had never been beaten 810


Deliverance

A has turned his back upon happiness because of an obligation he fancies himself
under to his son, SN 881

(9) A’s son SN discovers a fateful secret of A’s, and persuades him to correct an
error and regain lost happiness 881


Idealism

A is proud of his son, SN 928b

(5-10) A’s son, SN, dies a shameful, inglorious death, bringing dishonor and sorrow
to A 928b

(8) A, father of SN, renounces happiness in order to uphold a lofty conception of
duty and save SN from disgrace 934


Chance

(2) A, hearing by chance a familiar name, finds his long-lost son, SN 1053


Personal Limitations

A is so preoccupied with business affairs that, while he intends writing to his
son, SN, he somehow never gets around to it 1108



A, A-4 and SN


Chance

(2) A, a supposed “ghost,” is caught in a trap set by A-4; and A-4 proves to be A’s
missing son, SN 1056



A, A-5 and SN


Craftiness

A is a wealthy man whom sharpers, A-5, A-5, are seeking to influence to
disinherit a son, SN 1289a



A and NW


Obligation

(1) A’s nephew and ward, NW, is wild and reckless and A is unable to manage him
999


Mystery

A dies and leaves his fortune to a nephew, NW 1432

A dies and leaves his fortune to a nephew, NW, who has been mysteriously missing
for years 1432



A, A-2 and NW


Obligation

(4) A agrees to take in hand and control an incorrigible youth, NW, who has proved
too hard a problem for his uncle and guardian, A’s friend, A-2 982a

(5) A passes his unmanageable nephew and ward, NW along to a friend in the West,
A-2, who declares that he will either kill NW or tame him 999

-- page 241


A, A-8 and NW


Craftiness

A disapproves of his nephew, NW; and A, sick unto death, sends for a lawyer,
A-8. to draw his will 1270

(1) A’s nephew, NW, tricks A into thinking that he is A-8, the lawyer who has come
to draw A’s will 1270



A and U


Obligation

-- A char det char
A has $500,000. A rich relative, U, bequeaths a million dollars to A, provided
he shall spend his half million within a year 997b

A is to inherit a fortune from his uncle, U, on condition that he shall never leave
his native land 1101b


Personal Limitations

(1) A, giving ten years of his life to a miserly uncle, U, in exchange for a
college education, loses his ambition and enterprise 1065

(1) A’s uncle, U, has promised A all that he has when he dies, but U dies a bankrupt;
and A is thrown out on the world with abilities obscured and enterprise strangled
1065


Craftiness

(4) A, seeking by strategy, to secure a rich inheritance, fails in his plan when his
uncle, U, discovers A’s “son and heir” to be a girl 1289c



A and CN


Simulation

A’s cousin, CN, has long been mysteriously missing 1201



A, U and CN


Simulation

(4) A’s uncle, U. dies and leaves A’s cousin, CN, a large estate. A impersonates CN
1201



A, A-8 and CN


Personal Limitations

A is a cousin of CN, and CN is to inherit the wealth of a deceased relative, A-8.
If CN were out of the way, A would be the legal heir 1127



A, GCH and X


Obligation

A’s impecunious grandchild, GCH, buys A a birthday present, X, on credit 1012
(.5) A pays for X, a birthday present, which his impecunious grandchild, GCH, is
giving him 1012



B


Love’s Beginnings

B, wealthy, devotes much time to settlement work; and, in carrying out her
philanthiopic enterprises, she pretends to be a shop girl 2e

B is discouraged regarding her romantic affairs 13a

B, unmarried, cherishes motherhood as her ideal 39

-- HER obj poss
(1) B’s cattle ranch has been left to her by her father; and every man B hires as
-- HER obj
foreman, makes love to her sooner or later 9c

-- page 242

(1) B finds herself in a great city, penniless and the victim of evil intrigue 14b

(1) B, desiring love, has never had a lover and feels the misfortune keenly 32

-- HER obj
(1) B is attractive, but no man pays her any attention 36

(4) B, poor and humble but romantic, acquires unexpectedly a small sum of money;
thus financed, she pretends for a time to be wealthy and aristocratic 2f

-- MISTRESS master
(4) B, a maid, uses the wardrobe of her wealthy mistress and pretends to be a
distinguished personage 2g

(4) B, a criminal, assumes an alias and makes use of stolen funds in evading the
law 2h

(4) B, attractive, and humiliated because of her lack of admirers, resorts to
simulation to gain contentment 36

(4) B considers love and marriage the great adventure, and eagerly proceeds with
them 38

(10) B, discouraged regarding her love affairs, meets with a “sign” which prophesies
her marriage within a year 13a


Love’s Misadventures

-- HER obj
B is convinced that several eligible men are in love with her 56

B is unaware of the fact that she is the victim of egotistical self-deception 56

B, in a fit of discouragement over an unhappy love affair, meditates suicide and
writes a note to her friends telling of her motives 57

B is harrassed by gossip concerning men falsely rumored to be in love with her,
-- HER obj
and by relatives cf the supposed lovers calling on her and making complaint 62

-- HER poss obj
B is in doubt as to which of her many lovers is in love with her rather than with
her money, and she resolves to settle the doubt by secret enterprise 103

B, unmarried, seeks motherhood because of a lofty ideal that does not shrink
from public censure 121

B has so many lovers that she has no time to give to any one or anything else 143

B, an attractive girl, is so absorbed in serious pursuits that she subordinates
everything else, even love, to her high ambition 145

B, a poor unfortunate, meditates suicide as the only way out of her misfortunes
162b

B, a rich widow, has so many suitors she finds it difficult to make a choice 164

(1) B, contemplating suicide, writes a note explaining her motives; then she changes
her mind—and loses the note 57

(1) B is falsely suspected of being in love with various men. She decides to free
herself of the suspicion by a stratagem 102

(1) B has been betrayed, and her child is to be born out of wedlock 162b

(2) B, wealthy, pretends to lose all her money in an unfortunate investment, by
-- HER poss obj
way of discovering which of her lovers loves her for herself alone 93a

(4) B, single, pretends that she is a married woman and assumes the name of “Mrs.
Blank” 58c

(4) B is so fully aware of the fact that she is beautiful and attractive that she thinks
-- HER obj
every man is in love with her 65

(4) B, in order to escape annoying manifestations of love, resorts to simulation 71b

(4) B pretends that she is engaged to be married in order to be free of certain
annoying experiences S3

(4) B, in order to carry out an enterprise considered necessary, offers to sell herself
in marriage to the highest bidder 88


Marriage Proposal

(1) B, out in a storm on a pitch-dark night, receives a proposal of marriage. Unable
to see her lover, and scarcely able to hear him., she nevertheless accepts—and
meets with a disagreeable surprise 195


Love’s Rejection

B, disapproving ,oi the men she meets in her own social and business world,
envisions her ideal, the man she would like to meet, and fares forth secretly in
search of him 242

B is a white woman who knows nothing of her birth and parentage 305

-- page 243

(7) B disapproves of the men she meets in her own social and business world 242

(8) B, denied love, seeks happiness in a mental personification of love 251

(8) B, suffering disappointment in love, resigns herself philosophically to her fate
325


Marriage

B must be married when she reaches a certain age if she would receive a rich
inheritance 354b

(1) B, a white woman, contemplates suicide when a mystery of her birth and
parentage apparently yields an evil secret 364a

(2) B, unworthy, achieves a reward of married happiness 359

(4) B pretends to be wealthy and merely masquerading as a shop girl 358


Married Life

(4) B seeks to save herself from the consequences of transgression by taking to flight
453

(6) B dies in childbirth 515

B’s great desire is to become an actress 413


Misfortune

B is accused of transgression, but the accusation is unjust 648

B is leading an exemplary life and trying honestly to live down an unfortunate
past 665

B, unless she conceals a personal delinquency, will seriously compromise herself
667

B is intellectual and of an artistic temperament 676

B is engaged in forwarding an important undertaking 677

B fights against insomnia brought on by overwork 677

B is riding alone through a wilderness country 694

B inherits the trait of disguising her affections, a trait which proves an obstacle
to her success and happiness 736

B is greatly discontented because of an unfortunate state of affairs 737a

B discontented, seeks to gain contentment, but the obstacles seem insuperable
737a

B finds that the knob and lock on the door of a hotel bedroom are in disrepair;
the lock apparently locks itself, and the knob will not turn 737b

B, near-sighted, unsophisticated, on leaving her room in a big city hotel, ties a
black ribbon to the doorknob so she can easily find the door on her return 737c

B writes a note, and the note contains a very important secret 742

(1) B, tired, and unable to get a room in a hotel in a large city, wanders about the
lobby and neighboring rooms. It is very late; and B, unfamiliar with her surroundings
finds a dark, deserted room with comfortable chairs and large mirrors,
and falls asleep in one of the chairs. She does not awaken until morning; then,
to her horror, she discovers that she has spent the night as no respectable woman
ought to have done 643

(1) B finds herself, innocently and through error, a prisoner at night in a bedroom
not her own 645

(1) B, innocently caught in a compromising situation, discovers a state of affairs that
renders her dilemma tragic 645

(1) B is accused of being a transgressor because she is found in an environment, or
because she has property in her possession, which indicates transgression 64S

(1) B, riding alone through a wilderness country, is thrown from her horse and sprains
her ankle. The horse runs away, and B is left helpless in an uninhabited region
694

(1) B, in a large city hotel, returns at night from her bath and, through error, enters
through an unlocked door into a room which proves to be not her own 737b

(1) B is shunned and ostracised because of a misfortune for which she is not responsible 740

(1) B writes a note; and it is picked up by a gust of wind, carried across a narrow
court, through an open window, and deposited in a neighboring apartment 742

(1) B writes a very important note, then loses it. If the note is found and read by
other persons, B will be greatly humiliated 742

-- page 244

(1) B, who was thought by the people of her community to have supernatural powers,
is discovered to have been insane—a condition caused by a great sorrow 746

(4) B commits a secret transgression 669

(4) B commits a transgression B in order to escape the consequences of a transgression,
flees secretly to a distant place and assumes a fictitious name 743b

(6) B, a victim of unpleasant conditions, seeks to escape them by self-destruction
738

(6) B becomes the victim of such desperate misfortunes that she plans to take her
own life 743a


Mistaken Judgment

B has a character weakness which proves a bar to many of her enterprises 766

(2-10) B, thinking herself a criminal, seeks to evade the law by various makeshifts
784

(4) B, a school teacher, unknowingly violates the rules set up by the school board by
going to dances and taking long walks at night 765

(4) B, a plain woman, believes herself surpassingly beautiful 766

(7) B discovers that she is innocent of a crime she supposed she had committed 784


Helpfulness

(1) B, attacked by a huge snake, suffers a psychic shock 848b


Deliverance

B, harrassed by goseip that reflects on her integrity, seeks deliverance from false
suspicion 870a

B, fearing she is going insane, seeks emancipation from the demoralizing fear 872

B discovers an evil secret of her past 873

B is a prisoner in one of the upper floors of a tall building 885b

(1) B fears she is going insane 872

(1) B, discovering an evil secret of her past, meditates suicide 873

(2) B, prisoner in a room on one of the upper floors of a tall building, saves herself
by making use of the fire-escape 885b


Idealism

B, her lot cast in a lonely place, craves excitement as a condition necessary to
happiness 916

B is happy in her mistaken ideals 931

B, as the world regarded her, was a moral transgressor; but, in her own estimation,
she was seeking the best and noblest in life 945

B, who finds her happiness in a beautiful garden, learns that the garden is about
to be destroyed 962

B, reared in the slums of a large city and seeking her ideal of happiness in the
woods and open fields, comes finally to live in a drab, cheerless countryside 974

B is in failing health and her days numbered 975

B, in failing health and her days numbered, feels that she cannot die happy until
she sees again her native place, and re-visits the well-remembered haunts of
her childhood 975

B is determined to protect the honor of her family, but she can do so only by
following the path of relentless duty 977a

(1) B dies a broken-hearted victim of her own high ideals 909

(4) B is a selfish, hard-hearted, worldly-minded woman who seeks to live for
herself alone. She wonders why she is not happy and contented 908

(7) B decides that there is more to be gained by suffering defeat in an enterprise
than by being successful 933

(8) B realises that her happiness and her duty lie in rehabilitating her character; in
establishing, under an assumed name, an exemplary character and thus to make
amends for a grievous wrong committed under her real name 921

(8) B, considered a moral transgressor, through her magnetic personality and the
sincerity of her convictions, disarmed criticism in life and was praised by all
after she died 945

(8) B, a transgressor, tries to live down her unfortunate past by exemplary conduct
946

-- page 245

(8) B seeks to remain a good woman in spite of a vicious, morally inferior environment, 947

(8) B believes that the practice of the religious virtues is the crying need of the world,
and seeks by her own life to exemplify her convictions 976


Obligation

B, a widow, finds her happiness in being independent 994

B labors for years at a lonely task 995

B, a widow, wishes to be independent and to have a home of her own; but there
are certain obligations at war with her desire 1009a


Necessity

-- HER poss obj
B seeks employment, but her sex is against her 1032

B, in order to carry out an enterprise, resorts to a stratagem 1032

(1) B is carrying out a secret enterprise and falls into danger 1025

(4) B, sorely in need of money, undertakes a rash enterprise 1033


Personal Limitations

B fails to understand how her fretful disposition makes herself and all around
-- HER obj
her unhappy 1067

B is too young, too attractive, too modern for the scholarly position she occupies;
and her success, which means happiness to her, is endangered 1099

B, young and attractive, in order to win success in her chosen work, dresses the
part of a spinster, and makes herself appear prim and old-fashioned 1099

B’s happiness and success hang upon her successful impersonation of a boy 1100

B is ambitious to “get ahead,” to advance herself in her chosen line of work;
but she has difficulties that are disheartening 1121

B, in poor health, is ordered by her doctor to leave the city and live in the country
1137b

B, city bred, undergoes unpleasant experiences when she goes to the country
to live 1137b

(1) B, a banker s wife, trying to subscribe to the social conventions of a farming
community, finds her efforts embarrassing and distasteful 1118

(1) B, in a small boat, has lost her oars and is drifting out to sea in a fog 1137a

(1) B, ocean bathing, is caught by the undertow and is being swept out to sea 1137a

(4) B, impersonating a boy, is subjected to the rough pranks of her male companions,
who do not suspect her true sex 1100

(4) B is young and pretty, and believes that Youth, seeking self-expression, is
warranted in overriding any and all conventions 1105

(4) B, of an humble station in life, yearns for social prestige 1106

(4) B, who lacks every qualification of a successful writer, nevertheless
believes herself highly gifted as a novelist 1119

-- HER obj
(14) B, overhearing a conversation which brings home to her a bitter truth regarding
her unpleasant disposition, alters her mental attitude and undergoes a beneficial
character change 1067


Simulation

B is the owner of a gem so valuable that she fears to wear it in public; so she
keeps it in a strong box and wears a replica of it which is of comparatively little
value. The fact that she owns the real stone is well know, and the counterfeit
is supposed to be the original 1152

B innocently commits a transgression 1156

B, innocenly committing a transgression, for fear of the law keeps the transgression
a close secret 1156

B’s happiness requires a complete escape from her life and enviroment 1204

(1) B fails in an undertaking dear to her heart 1153

(1) B, mistaken for another woman who is under ban of death by a strange secret
society, seeks to escape from her pursuers 1154a

(4) B simulates ignorance regarding a certain compromising event in her life 1151

(4) B, failing in an undertaking dear to her heart, seeks to make others think she
has succeeded 1153

-- page 246

(4) B seeks to convince the home folks that she is a celebrity when she is really a
failure 1203

-- HER obj
(4) B’s sex prevents her from securing employment among men, so she disguises
herself as a boy 1207


Craftiness

B undertakes for extravagant pay to carry out a secret investigation in which
-- HER obj
it is necessary for her to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and in which she must
have a knowledge of “sign” language 1241a

B, engaged in an enterprise that might cause gossip or censure, defers to public
opinion by a stratagem 1242a

B plans to forward an enterprise, but cannot do so openly and must resort to
stratagem 1244a

(2) B, engaged in an enterprise that might cause gossip or censure, escapes from a
room by picking the lock of a door with a bent hairpin 1241c

(4) B, middle-aged, is so adept in the arts of the toilette, that she keeps her beauty
youthful and blooming. Apparently in her early twenties, she is really in her
late forties 1279

(12) B fires a revolver and pretends that she is shooting at a thief who got away in
the night 1279b


Transgression

(1) B, seeking happiness as a reformed transgressor, has her old transgression discovered 1292

(1) B, committing one transgression to hide another, is apprehended for her crime,
brought to trial and sentenced 1294

(4) B secretly borrows money on property she is holding in trust in order to forward
a certain enterprise 1293b

(4) B commits a transgression in order to conceal a less serious transgression 1294

(8) B seeks happiness as a reformed transgressor 1292


Revenge

(6) B seeks revenge as a lofty conception of duty—and comes to her death while
seeking it 1328


Mystery

B disappears, apparently a suicide when, in desperate danger, she implores aid
and it is denied 1417

B seeks to escape from mysterious dangers 1446b

(1) B receives a photograph; and on the back of it is written: “You are in great
danger! Beware!” 1364a

-- HER obj
(1) B falls asleep and, while she sleeps, terrible dangers threaten her 1446b

(10) B receives benefit when a psychic experience proves an obstacle to a certain
enterprise 1445

(13) B receives in a mysterious manner a photograph, not of herself but of some one
-- HER obj
greatly resembling her 1364a

(14) B is strongly influenced by a supernatural vision in which her life is
-- HER obj
reviewed before her 1445


Revelation

B supposes herself to be a white woman and prides herself on her white heritage
1458

(1) B, a white woman, is told that there is a taint of alien and inferior blood in her
veins 1458



B and B-2


Misfortune

(1-11) B loses a valuable ornament she has borrowed from her friend, B-2 642

(4) B, as a sop to her vanity, borrows a valuable ornament from her wealthy friend,
B-2 642

-- page 247

Helpfulness

B is convinced that her friend, B-2, is making a mistake 843

(4) B, convinced that her friend, B-2, is making a mistake, resolves to correct the
mistake in secret, since B-2 will not do it 843


Simulation

( ) B is impersonating B-2. In the midst of the impersonation, B-2, at a distance,
is injured in an accident and expected to die. Great newspaper publicity is
given the incident 1208



B and B-3


Deliverance

(6) B dies of pneumonia brought on by exposure while rescuing B-3 from an accident
892


Craftiness

B-3, lurking in the doorway of B, pretends to be B and receipts for a package
delivered by messenger 1278b



B and B-4


Simulation

(4) B sends newspaper clippings regarding a celebrity, B-4, to the home folks, and
pretends that she is B-4 under a stage (or pen) name 1203


B and B-5


Simulation

-- HER obj
(12) B’s striking physical resemblence to B-5, a criminal, causes her to be suspected
of a crime 1172



B and B-7


Personal Limitations

B sends a telegram to her maid, B-7, to “come at once” 1136



B and B-8


Married Life

B bears a close physical resemblance to B-8 456


Mistaken Judgment

(2-3) B places an identifying mark on the door of her hotel room. The mark is
changed in an unusual manner to another door; and B-8, occupant of the other
room, is found to have been murdered 792b


Simulation

(4) B hires B-8, a woman who has not long to live, to take her name 1204

(9) B-8 dies and is buried as B 1201

-- page 248


B and AUX


Simulation

(4) B, traveling alone, invents a fictitious aunt, AUX, as a chaperone 1158



B and X


Love’s Misadventures

B, thinking a symbol of lost love, X, has a magic power of its own, seeks to
regain love by wearing the symbol 89

(4) B, in order to be free of unwelcome lovers, invents a mechanical figure, X, which
she pretends is her husband 84a


Misfortune

(1) B, owing to financial difficulties, has been compelled to pawn an object, X, dearly
prized 739

(1) B is unable to redeem an object, X, necessary to her happiness, which she has
pawned 739


Mistaken Judgment

(1) B, poor, borrows a supposedly valuable object, X, and loses it 767

(5) B, borrowing a supposedly valuable object, X, and losing it, labors for years
to earn the money with which to replace X ; only to discover that X was a
counterfeit and of little worth 767


Mystery

B buys an object, X, in a pawnshop 1384

(1) B loses her handbag, X, which contains the key to her jewel box 1446a

(13) B finds her lost handbag, X, and the key to her jewel box is in the bag—but the
jewels in the jewel box are missing 1446a


Revelation

B finds an old notebook, X, which contains the record of a dishonest transaction
1459

(2-3-7) B finds an old notebook, X, which contains information that has an
important bearing on some of her plans 1459



B, B-4 and X


Helpfulness

B, in charge of a booth at a charity bazaar, seeks to prevent B-4 from buying a
certain object, X, on which she seems to have set her heart 849


Craftiness

(9) B prevents a stranger, B-4, from buying an article, X, which B is convinced would
-- HER obj
bring her only misfortune, by tying to X a ticket labeled “sold” 1245



B and M-B


Love’s Beginnings

B, daughter of M-B, a widow, desperately opposes, and for very good reasons,
M-B’s intention to marry again 33


Love’s Rejection

(1) B’s mother, M-B, is determined that B shall marry wealth; so, rejecting the man
she loves, who is poor, to marry the man she does not love, who is rich, B is
plunged into unhappiness 341

-- page 249

Misfortune


B’s mother. M-B, is a widow in poor health 659

M-B’s life hangs on a change of climate, but she and her daughter, B, are penniless
659

B is desperately determined to do something, anything, to help her mother M-B
659

B’s mother, M-B,, is a drug addict 668

B’s mother, M-B, is subject to recurring periods of temporary insanity 670

(1) B makes a heavy personal sacrifise in order to help her mother, M-B, hide from
the world a terrible secret 668

(1) B is a strange, wild creature, marked at birth by an unfortunate experience of
her mother, M-B’s 7-40

(4) B helps her mother, M-B, hide from the world a fateful secret 670


Mistaken Judgment

B’s mother, M-B, is a widpw in desperate misfortune 785

B’s mother, M-B, is planning a move which B knows will have unhappy consequences,
but B cannot persuade M-B against it 785


Deliverance

B’s mother, M-B, is in straitened circumstances and estranged from B 886

(10) B’s mother, M-B, inherits a large sum of money unexpectedly, and becomes
reconciled with B, from whom she was estranged 886


Idealism

B’s mother, M-B, cherishes the fixed desire to give B a good education 978

B and her mother, M-B, are penniless, and B has to work to support the two
of them 978

(7) B is compelled to challenge the value of her ideals when she sees her mother.
M-B, pursuing them 931


Obligation

B’s mother, M-B, denies herself the necessities of life in fulfilling her duty to
educate B 996


Craftiness

B, daughter of M-B, falling into error, conducts herself unwisely and scorns
admonition 1246

(12) B’s mother, M-B, copies B’s foolish conduct, thus giving B a visible
demonstration of its absurdity 1246



B and SR-B


Misfortune

B is compelled to live with a sister, SR-B 678

(9) B rebels against the tyranny and selfishness of her sister, SR-B, which makes
B’s life miserable 678



B and D-B


Personal Limitations

(14) B, over the dead body of her daughter, D-B, experiences a psychic revelation
-- HER obj
that transforms her whole character 1069


Simulation

(4) B, in order to avoid slander and evil gossip and protect a daughter, D-B, who
is about to marry a man of wealth and social position, seeks to hush up a possible
scandal in her own life 1151

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A and B


Love’s Beginnings

A, poor, is in love with wealthy and aristocratic B 1a

A, of humble birth, falls in love with aristocratic B 1b

A, elderly, is in love with youthful B 1d

A is in love with B; and B is devoted to scientific pursuits 1f

A falls in love with romantic B 1g

A quarrels with his sweetheart, B, and fears he is losing her love 1h

A, a poor clerk financing a “fling” in high society meets “wealthy” and
“aristocratic” B 2a

A, a fugitive from the law and using a fictitious name, falls in love with B 2b

A, craftily engaged in a secret enterprise, falls in love with B, who has also
embarked upon a crafty enterprise 2b

A, disguised as a city “tough,” meets B, and they fall in love 2c

A is mistaken by B for A-8 2d

B has corresponded with A-8 but has never seen him 2d

B, while posing as a shop girl, meets A, and they fall in love 2e

B, poor and humble but pretending to be wealthy and aristocratic, meets “rich”
and “influential” A, and they fall in love 2f

B, poor, but pretending to be a wealthy aristocrat, meets A, apparently rich and
influential, and they fall in love 2g

B, a criminal in disguise, meets A, and they fall in love 2h

A is a judge, and B is a fugitive from justice, posing as a woman of wealth and
fashion 3a

A, seeking to uncover duplicity, falls in love with B, supposed to be guilty of the
duplicity 4a

A, in a spirit of altruism, restores property to a stranger, B—and falls in love
-- HER obj
with her 4b

B, who has long desired to know A, picks up a purse he has dropped and restores
it. A and B fall in love 6a

B finds a lost brief case belonging to A, a judge, and restores it to him; and the
acquaintance, thus begun, ripens into love 6b

A is in love with B, and fears his affair is hopeless 7b

A, in order to prosper his love affair with B, secures a love philtre from a Seventh
Son of a Seventh Son—a philtre that is guaranteed to bring him the love of
B 7b

A and B, young and single, enter into a business partnership 9b

-- HER obj
B is a crirninal, and A is the detective who has arrested her 10a

B, a criminal arrested by A, a detective, brings her charms to bear upon A in
the hope of effecting her escape 10a

B, poor and in great misfortune, is befriended by wealthy A 10b

B, poor, seeks to win the love of wealthy A 10b

B makes love to A in an attempt to escape misfortune 10c

B, who is unworthy, finds that she has won the love of wrothy A lie

A and B, each secretly, suppose themselves transgressors of the law 12a

B, an “inferior” person, falls in love with A, a “superior” person; and A’s
-- HER obj poss
apparent love for B gives her the power to bear patiently the misfortunes of her
humble estate 13b

B, almost overwhelmed by misfortune, meets A, and they fall in love 14a

B, helpiess and in misfortune, meets a stranger, A, and they fall in love 14b

B, an attractive young widow, meets A, an equally attractive young widower 14c

B, plain and humble working girl, falls in love with A 15a

A does not dream that humble B is in love with him 15b

-- HER obj
A, a detective, has arrested B, a criminal, and is returning her to the scene of
her crime for trail and punishment 16a

A and B, while engaged in a commercial transaction, fall in love 20a

A and B are mutually involved in a snare of indirection; nevertheless, they are
drawn to each other and fall in love 20b

A and B, during their meetings as lawyer and client, fall in love 20c

A meets B and thinks she is a transgressor; and B, on her part, thinks A is a
transgressor 21

A and B, each thinking the other is a transgressor, nevertheless fall in love 21

A, a woman hater, falls in love with B 22a

A, wealthy, and of high social position, falls in love with humble B 23d

-- HER obj
A, attracted by the loveliness of B, loses his heart to her 24b

-- page 251

A sees a pnotograph of B, a woman he does not know 24c

A, hearing of the character and charms of B, a woman he does not know, falls in
-- HER obj obj
love with her and resolves to win her in marriage 24d

A, of an inordinately romantic temperament, sees the hand of B; and, because
of the hand’s shapeliness and beauty, falls in love with the owner, B 24e

A, falling in love with B, whom he does not know, seeks an introduction 25

A and B have never seen each other; but they correspond, and through their
correspondence become betrothed 26b

B, unworthy, wins the love of worthy A, and tense complications result 27

-- HER obj
B, a stenographer, is in love with A, junior partner of the firm employing her 30

B, humble and self-effacing, worships A, her love alone seeming a sufficient
reward of happiness 34

(1) A and B, supposing themselves fugitives from the law, meet in a foreign country
and fall in love 12a

(1) A, unmarried, and B, married, are shipwrecked and cast away on a desert island
12b

(1) A, under threat of being disinherited, is ordered to commit an act that will prove
a grievous injury to a near relative of B’s, the woman he loves. A refuses 19b

(1) A meets B while engaged in an enterprise of indirection, and clever B finds a flaw
in his explanations; B, also, is entangled in a snare of indirection, and A’s
suspicions are aroused 20b

(1) A has an experience with B which causes him to become a woman hater 22b

(4) A, poor, in love with wealthy B, pretends to be a man of wealth 1a

(4) A, of humble birth, in love with aristocratic B, pretends to be a man of high social
standing 1b

(4) A, elderly, in love with youthful B, seeks to forward his love affair by simulating
youth Id

(4) A, a crook, outlaw, gambler, pretends to be an honest man in order to forward
his love affair with B 1e

(4) A, in love with romantic B, pretends to be a hero 1g

(4) A, fearing he is losing the love of B, pretends to take poison with suicidal intent Ih

(4) A, falling in love with B, pretends that he is A-8 2d

(4) A, a judge, falls in love with B, a criminal 3a

(4) A, a detective, falls in love with B, a criminal he has arrested and is returning
to the scene of her crime for trial and punishment 3b

(4) A and B, both single, craftily agree to ban love in their associations 9a

(4) A and B, entering into a business partnership, ban love with every legal device 9b

(4) B, middle-aged, and A, a youth, are in love with each other lib 37

(4) B, plain and humble “slavey”, secretly adores A lob

(4) A, a detective, falls in love with B, a criminal, whom he has arrested 16a

(4) A, unmarried, and B, married, thrown together in a solitary and lonely environment, fall in love 17a

(4) B, an “inferior” person, falls in love with A, a “superior” person, and seeks to
win him in marriage 23a

(4) B, of an inferior race, falls in love with A, of a superior race 23b

(4) A, of an inferior race, falls in love with B, of a superior race 23c

-- HER obj
(4) A loses his heart to B, a woman he does not know, and wishes to marry her 24a

-- HER obj
(4) A, studying a photograph of unknown B, falls in love with her 24c

(4) B, very ill and under the doctor’s care, fancies herself in love with the doctor, A
28a

(4) B, undergoing misfortune with A, fancies herself in love with him 28b

(4) B knows nothing of A, having fallen in love with him at “first sight” 29

(4) B, rescued from an accident by A, whom she does not know, falls in love with
him 31

(7) A, unmarried, and B, married, fall in love when B supposes A to be her ideal.
And then B makes a discovery 12b

(7) B, a widow, and A, a widower, meet in a cemetery where each comes with flowers
for his and her lost spouse—and they fall in love 14c

(7) A, although he has taken vows that proscribe the love of woman, nevertheless
falls in love with B 16b

(8) B, winning the love of A, finds the courage to bear patiently with her hardships
14a

(9) B considers A too perfect for married happiness; so A assumes a “hard-boiled”
character in order to prove that he is not so perfect as he seems Ic

(9) A recovers property belonging to an unknown woman, B 4b

-- page 252

(10) A, in love with B, finds that B considers him too perfect for married happiness Ic

(10) A and B, engaging in an enterprise, mutually covenant and agree to ban love;
but love enters into their little scheme in spite of their platonic notions 9a

(14) B hires A as foreman on her ranch, and he promises to keep his place and not
make love to her; but B falls in love with him, and is presently glad to learn
that A’s sole purpose in taking the job of foreman was to win her love 9c

(14) A is a woman hater, but he is rendered a service by B which causes him to
revise his opinions of the opposite sex 22a


Love’s Misadventures

-- HER obj
A encounters disappointment in love when B fails to answer a note he sent her 40b

A has promised B, the woman he loves, that he will give up a practice which B
considers discreditable 41b

A meets B, his love of other days, and is surprised to find that his success in
-- HER obj
distant lands has no charm for her that is not discounted by the meager opportunities
of the home country 46

A asks that B allow herself to be hypnotized in order that he may learn where
buried treasure has been concealed 47a

A and B, lovers, meet with tragic misfortune but escape death 49

A thinks B has merely gone away for a time, and spends years in a vain search
-- HER obj
for her 53

A, investigating a psychic mystery, falls in love with B 54b

A, his love rejected by B, revenges himself by cutting off B’s long hair 66a

A, elderly, wealthy, is in love with youthful B 67

A seeks by a stratagem to discover the sincerity of B’s professed love for him 67

A’s family is at war with B’s family; and A, in love with B, disguises his identity
when calling on B 70

B disguises herself and meets A, the man she loves, as an Unknown 82a

-- HER obj
B seeks to discover whether A really loves her 82a

B resorts to simulation in order to discover whether A, the man she loves really
-- HER obj
loves her 82b

-- HER obj
B seeks to prove A’s love for her by a stratagem 85b

B deliberately manoeuvers herself and A into a compromising situation, and
places the responsibility squarely upon A 85b

B, in love with A, seeks to save A from disaster by shrewd enterprise 91

B, seeking to prove whether or not A really loves her, has recourse to a stratagem
93b

-- HER obj
A betrays B and does not marry her as he promised 96

A, in love with B, seeks to save B, by secret enterprise and at any cost, from
misfortune 97

A believes that his sweetheart, B, is dead; and B, at a distance, learns of this
mistaken belief on A’s part 105

A’s little world seems to crumble about his ears when he fancies that his
sweetheart, B, is false to him 107

A, sweetheart of B, is condemned to die for a transgression he did not commit 108

A, in love with B, is promised her hand in marriage if he will successfully carry
out a certain enterprise 110

A, in love with B, struggles to accumulate enough money to be able to marry 113

B informs A, the man she loves, that he will lose her love unless he overcomes his
lack of enterprise and makes the determination to win his dominant trait 114

B is in love with A; but, before she will promise to marry him, she stipulates
that he must do big work, wonderfully big work 115

B, in love with A, who is unfortunate and unenterprising, sees an opportunity
for A to make great gain and influences him to take advantage of it 125a

B, in love with A, who is forgetful and absent-minded, is asked by A to marry
him. B tells A to call for his answer on a certain day at a certain hour. If he
can remember to come, B is resolved to accept him 125b

A believes that B will not marry him until he becomes wealthy 127a

A believes that B will not marry him until he overcomes his personal limitations
127b

A and B are in love; but certain unhappy conditions prevent the cherished
culmination of their romance 129

A, if he carries out a certain obligation, will be unfaithful to B and will lose her
love 132

-- page 253

A loves B, and is compelled to stand helplessly by while B undertakes a dangerous
enterprise 133

A, and the woman he loves, B, are lost in the woods; and it is evident that they
will have to remain in the woods all night 134a

B, in love with A, has worn A’s engagement ring for years 141

B, in the hands of enemies of A, is being forced to do their bidding by threats of
violence against A, the man she loves 144

B shares with her sweetheart, A, an important secret which, if revealed, would
bring misfortune to B 147

A, in love with B, has a valuable gift sent to B by a jeweler 153

B, in love with A, is uncertain of A’s affections 162a

B learns that her lover, A, has fallen into desperate misfortune 163

B loses her watch (or a locket) and has her lovers search for it. The picture of

A, the lover B favors, is in the watch 165

--TYPO propsed -> proposed
B wore a certain ornament when her false lover, A, proposed to her. She has an
odd conviction that the same misfortune will befall any other woman who wears
the ornament 173

B promises A that she will marry him if he will successfully carry out a difficult
enterprise 176c

A, by mental telepathy, becomes aware of a terrible danger threatening B, the
woman he loves 179a

A, at a long distance from B, and in a lonely country, hears an agonized call from
his sweetheart over the phone 179b

A has a clairvoyant vision apprising him of danger that threatens his sweetheart, B 179c

(1) A presents his sweetheart, B, with a gift which brings about an unpleasant complication 40a

(1) A is so absorbed in his love affair with B that it has a disastrous effect on his
business enterprises 44b

(1) A hypnotizes B, and B dies of psychic shock 47a

(1) A and B, lovers, escaping death in a tragic misfortune, each believes the other
has perished 49

(1) A’s pretentions accepted, it develops that the person he is impersonating has
a wife, who immediately claims A as her husband 50

(1) A loves B; and, when A confesses to B that he once committed a murder, B’s
health declines and she worries herself into her grave 51a

(1) A confesses to B that he once committed a transgression, and the result of the
confession proves disastrous 51b

(1) A, a fugitive from justice, hiding in the bush, through error shoots and kills B,
his sweetheart, when he hears some one approaching his hiding place 52a

(1) A really loves B, although he has taken vows that prohibit love for woman. A
lives to regret his vows 55

(1) B is abandoned by A, the man with whom she eloped 60

(1) A, in love with B and thinking B has committed a crime, declares to the police
that he committed the crime himself 69

(1) B suffers remorse after rejecting A’s love 124

(1) A is on his way to marry B, and has only a few hours before the ceremony. He
meets with misfortune 130

(1) A, and B with whom A is in love, find themselves trapped in a ruinous old house
from which escape seems impossible. Night is coming on, and B accuses A of
-- HER obj obj
seeking to compromise her so he may win her in marriage 134b

(1) B, in love with A, discovers that A no longer loves her, although he is willing
-- HER obj
to marry her as he has promised 142

(1) A sends a gift to B; through error, or by evil intent, packages are transposed;
and the gift received by B as from A very nearly proves disastrous to A’s love
affair 153

(1) A, planning to meet B at a country church where they are to be secretly married,
becomes lost in a storm and does not reach the church until B, and all the others,
have left 154a

(1-7) A, a pretender, in love with B, secretly discovers B making fun of his
pretensions; he retires from the scene in disgust, hurt and indignant, and gives B up 156

(2) B will lose her lover, A, if she allows A to proceed with an enterprise instigated
by herself. To avoid losing A, B defeats the enterprise by making a confession
95

(2) A proposes marriage to B and is accepted 181a

-- page 254

(4) A, in love with B, refuses the wise counsel of B in business affairs and an
estrangement results 41a

(4) A, yielding to temptation, proves false to a promise he made his sweetheart, B,
and an estrangement follows 41b

(4) A persists in taking measures against one of the family of B, A’s sweetheart, in
spite of the protests of B. An estrangement results 41c

(4) A discovers that B, unhappily married, is—innocently on his own part—in love
with him 45a

(4) A persuades his sweetheart, B, to assume a fictitious character for the purpose
of acquiring gain by transgression—with unhappy results for both of them 47b

(4) A, in love with B, impersonates another person at B’s instigation 50

(4) A, seeking to benefit B, undertakes an enterprise which results disastrously 52b

(4) A loves B; B dies, and A becomes demented through grief 53

(4) B, aristocratic, wealthy, romantic, falls in love with A, a designing rogue
masquerading as a person of “quality” 59

(4) B, in love with A, makes A a gift which, she mistakenly thinks, will forward their
mutual happiness 63

(4) B is persuaded into a secret marriage with A, the man she loves 64

(4) A, his love rejected by B seeks revenge on the sex by becoming a heartbreaker
and a betrayer 66b

(4) A, his love rejected by B, seeks revenge by making love to eligible, wealthy women
and getting money from them 66c

(4) B, in love with A, treats A harshly in an attempt to arouse his anger and spur
him into proving his abilities 85a

(4) B disguises herself as a boy in order to be near A, whom she secretly adores 87

-- HER obj
(4) B elopes with A, who promised her a theatrical engagement 90a

(4) A and B, both unmarried, enter into a business association. They covenant and
agree that love between them shall be taboo 99

(4) A, in love with B, is determined to see B, although the determination will surely
involve him in misfortune unless he resorts to crafty enterprise 100

(4) B, sweetheart of A, persuades A to seek wealth by transgression 126

(4) A is so much in love with B that his business languishes and he devotes all his
time to courtship 131

(4) A, because of his romantic surroundings, imagines himself in love with B 148

(4) A, a widower, elderly, wealthy, temporarily bewitched by the vernal season,
imagines himself in love with B, a servant of his own household 149

(4) B, seeking to make a test of her lover’s devotion, capriciously plunges into danger
-- HER obj
to see if he will follow her 176b

(4) B, seeking to make a test of her lover’s devotion, capriciously sends him into
desperate danger 176a

(5) A is in love with B. One evening, as usual, A calls to see B; but where her
beautiful home has stood, no later than the evening before, there is now only an ancient,
time-stained tomb—the tomb of B, who had died a hundred years before A was
born 54a

(5) A, fancying himself in love with B, corrects the error when his fancy is discredited
151

-- HER obj obj
(7) A, whom B favors but who does not love her, seeks B out and bluntly tells her of
her egotistical self-deception 65

(8) A loses wealth by marrying B against the wishes of a rich relative, who disinherits him 116

(8) B is older than A and feels that it will be unjust to permit A to marry her, although
she dearly loves him 124

(9) A loses his sweetheart, B, loses his liberty on a false charge, escapes prison and
survives shipwreck, at last to reach the island where great treasure is buried.
And he recovers the treasure 109

(9) B, estranged from her lover, A, whom she dearly loves, sends a telegram to
another person and unconsciously puts A’s name and address at the top of it 172

(9) A rescues B from an accident 181a

-- HER obj
(10) A, kind to humble B and considering her merely as a friend, is amazed to learn
that she is in love with him 45b

(10) B, apparently in her early twenties, is dazzlingly beautiful; but she is really very
old, and in her case the ravages of time were stayed in early youth by a psychic
shock. A’s love dissolves the spell; and, under A’s eyes, B ages and her beauty
fades 54b

(10) B, in male attire, is suddenly revealed to A, the man she loves, in her true sex 61

-- page 255

(10) A and B, associating in platonic friendship, find that love will not be denied 140

(12) A wronged B, the woman he loved, but secretly; and A craftily retains his own
high place in society while leaving B to bear the heartache and shame alone 68

(12) A is one of the “idle rich,” who craftily retains his own high place in society in
spite of the fact that he has secretly betrayed a young woman, B 98

(13) B, in love with A, discovers that A, Narcissus like, is in love with A 42b

(14) A, a crabbed, disagreeable person, falls in love with B and, under the
inspiration of love, his character undergoes a transformation 106

(14) A, discovering that B is still true to him, undergoes a character transformation;
pep, persistency, and eloquence return and lead him to success and happiness 107

(14) A is a youth who is “wild” and hard to manage; he falls in love with B, and his
character is transformed 152a


Marriage Proposal

-- HER obj
A is in love with B and is determined to ask her to marry him, but B is so closely
guarded that A is in despair because of his lack of opportunity 185

A seeks by subtlity to make an opportunity to ask B to marry him 185

A, in love with B and wishing to propose marriage, finds it impossible because
-- HER obj
B is so busy he can never find her alone. He seeks to make an opportunity by
stratagem 187

B, impelled by an unusual motive, agrees to marry A if she loses to him in a
certain contest of skill 188a

B has the ability to defeat A in a certain contest if she so desires 188a

B, about to commit suicide, is restrained by a stranger, A. A is informed by B
that life is too bitter, since there is no name for her unborn child 188b

B, asked by A to marry him, wants a little more light on A’s character before
making up her mind 189

B challenges A to a contest of skill, her acceptance or rejection to be determined
by the result 189

A, because of timidity, is unable to ask B’s hand in marriage 196

A, fearing that B will refuse him, finds it impossible to propose marriage 201

A, in love with B, has reasons for not proposing marriage 202

A and B, in love, are each too diffident to make an avowal to the other 203

A asks B to marry him and forgets that he has done so 204

(1) A, of a proud old Southern family, impoverished in fortune, feels that he
cannot ask wealthy B, with whom he is in love, to marry him 198

(1) A is poor and crippled, and his pride will not suffer him to ask B, the woman he
loves, to marry him 199

(4) B, not in love with A, for certain reasons proposes to A, not in love with B
190

(4) A, lacking courage to propose to B face to face, proposes over the telephone 192a

-- HER obj
(4) A, in love with B and eager to win her in marriage, procrastinates as a matter
of habit in making the marriage proposal 200

(5) A, threatened with death by savages, is offered his life by B, the ruler of the
-- HER obj
tribe, if he will marry her 197

(8) A, in order to rescue B, who is ill and without funds, pretends to be in love with
-- HER obj
her and proposes marriage 186

-- HER obj
(8) A, a stranger, offers to marry B and so save her from a crowning disgrace 188b

-- HER obj
(9) A, seeking desperately his chance to propose marriage to B, rescues her from
drowning and proposes while they are clinging to an overturned boat 191

-- HER obj
(9) B, thinking A loves her and lacks the courage to make an avowal, proposes
-- HER obj
marriage to him after he has rescued her from a tragic accident 194a

(10) B takes the opposite meaning of an ambiguous sentence and accepts A’s
statement as a proposal of marriage 184


Love’s Rejection

A, winning the love of B in his youth, and casting it aside, goes searching for it
in later years 205

A, although he loves B, is a conceited person 218a

A, in love with B, becomes estranged from B through mistaken judgment 222a

B, the woman A loves, proves false to him; and A fears B will reveal a secret
which will cause him trouble if it becomes known 224

B wears a rose in her hair to reveal her love for A, as A requested 228

-- page 256

A, impelled by an unusual motive, pretends to fall in love with B 230

A is an aristocrat; and B, the woman he loves, is a “daughter of the people” and
hates the aristocracy 232

A loves B and would like to marry her, but B considers A a weakling and keeps
him dangling 234a

B meets A clandestinely 240

A fights against the blandishments of B, a morally inferior woman who is in
love with him 244

A, in love with B, of an inferior race, seeks to abandon B secretly in order to
uphold a lofty conception of duty 246a

B is in love with A, but A avoids women, believing them all to be tempters of
Satan 250

B refuses A’s offer of marriage because she feels that he is too model a man for
-- HER obj
her to be happy with 252a

B refuses A’s offer of marriage because she feels that he is so absent-minded
-- HER obj
he might forget he had married her 252b

A, falls in love with B; but love, in A’s case, is a transgression 257a

A, absent-minded, forgets that B has rejected his love and continues to pay court
-- HER obj
to her 265b

A, poor, in love with B, suddenly puts forth a great effort and secures a large
sum of money 281c

B loves, and is beloved by, A, a man who is poor but of admirable character;
but B, accustomed to luxury, shrinks from the idea of poverty, even with love
291

A considers B the acme of womanly perfection 292

A considers B the acme of womanly perfection; yet B, on the contrary, is a woman
of doubtful character 292

A is an aristocrat; and B, the woman he loves, is a “daughter of the people” and
hates the aristocracy 293

A, if he marries B, the woman he loves, will be disinherited 302

A’s love for B encounters an obstacle 303

A is resolved to marry B, but relentless duty stands in the way 304

B’s rejected lover, A, spreads the report that there is negro blood in B’s veins 305

A, in love with B and about to marry her, is detained and does not reach B’s
house in time for the wedding 314

A, when B fails to keep a tryst with him, considers the failure a rejection of his
love 316

A, in love with B, thinks B is a confirmed coquette, and is merely playing with
him 320

-- HER obj
A, in love with B, finds her unresponsive, reserved and distant 322a

B advises A to go away somewhere and try to develop the generous side of his
character 322b

B loves A, but A, apparently, does not return her love 327a

B believed that her lover, A, was what he seemed to be, poor and humble; but
he reveals himself as a man of wealth and station, incognito 336b

(1) A suffers remorse for telling B that he was married when he was not 207

(1) A did not think that he loved B, but later finds that he does 207

(1) B awakens her lover A from his apathy by arousing his ambition to get ahead
in the world—which results in disaster to her love 225

(1) B wears a lose in her hair to reveal her love for A; but the rose, unnoticed by B,
falls from its place; and when A sees her, he turns without a word and goes away
228

(1-7) B, of an inferior race, in seeking to win the love of A, of a superior race, learns
how hopeless is the task of challenging racial conventions 229

(1) A pretends to fall in love with B, and ends his make-believe by really falling in
love 230

(1) A is in love with B, and they are to be married; but A leaves town mysteriously,
no one knows what has become of him, and he does not return until after the
time set for the wedding 233

(1) B, in love with A, rejects his love because she thinks him a man of evil mystery
249

(1) A, with a taint of negro blood in his veins—known only to himself—loves, and
is beloved by B, a white girl 255

-- HER obj
(1) A loves B, but is estranged from her because he is so absent-minded and forgetful;
-- HER obj
he writes B a letter, assuring her that he has cured himself of his great failing—and
forgets to post the letter 260b

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(1) B, in desperation and out of her great love, proposes marriage to A and is rejected 264

(1) A and B are in love; but A realizes that if he, of an inferior race, should marry
B, of a superior race, the result would be disastrous to both of them 271

(1) B suffers persecution and sorrow by falling in love with A, who is married but
-- HER obj
unable to tell her that he is married 278

(1) A finds that he cannot do justice to his chosen career if he marries B, the woman
he loves 287

(1) A is the presiding magistrate at the trial for murder of B, the woman he loves
297

(1) B and A are in love; but B, unknown to A, is already married 309

(1) A’s love is rejected by B; and A, in an effort to forget, buries himself in
an isolated part of the country 315

(1) A tries philosophically to make the best of fate when B, the woman he loves,
refuses him 321a

(1) A’s love is rejected by B because, as she frankly tells him, he is hard-hearted and
has made money his god 322b

(1) B, of alien blood and inferior race, is abandoned by A, the white man with whom
she is in love 323

(1) B loves A; and A, who is kind to B but not in love with her, does not even
suspect that he is the object of her affections 327b

(1) A’s profession is a hazardous one, and B considers this fact an obstacle to their
marriage 334a

(1) A, in love with B, discovers that B’s desire for a “career” is an obstacle to their
marriage 335

(1) B, who considered A poor and humble, discovers that he is a man of wealth and
station; and, oddly enough, in B’s mind A’s deception outbalances the wealth
and rank, and she makes his high estate an obstacle to their love 336b

(4) A is pledged by B, the woman he loves, to undertake an enterprise that will
bring him serious misfortune 212a

(4) B pledges A to an enterprise which, unknown to B, will bring him serious misfortune 212a

(4) A, an aristocrat, in love with a working girl, B, pretends to be a toiler 232

(4) A, in order to prove his “courage” to B, stages a mock rescue 234a

(4) B, poor, would like to marry wealthy A, whom she does not love, for the freedom
-- HER obj
from care his money would give her 239

(4) A betrays B, thinking mistakenly that there is no one to take her part and avenge
the wrong 247

(4) B is loved by wealthy A. B does not love A, but, for certain reasons, she yields
to his importunities and marries him 253

(4) A falls in love with B, after taking vows that forbid marriage, or love for woman
272

(4) A and B, their families at enmity, fall in love with each other 275

(4) B, unmarried, falls in love with A, married 279

(4) B, a Polynesian woman, challenges racial conventions by falling in love with A,
a white man 331

(4) B, of alien blood and inferior race, seeks to marry A, the Caucasian with whom
she is in love 332

(5) A, when B, the woman he loves, refuses to marry him, becomes blase and cynical,
a misogynist; reckless, “goes to the dogs” or loses his mental balance in other
ways; or seeks to forget his unhappiness by indulging in a love for adventure 259

(5) B, influenced by an anonymous communication, breaks her engagement to marry
A 262a

(7) B, finding her supposed ideal lover, discovers that he has “feet of clay” like
all the others 226

(7) A, discovering that he is not a fugitive from justice as he had supposed, returns
to his native country, secretly abandoning B, for whom he had declared his love
while thinking himself a transgressor 237

(8) A, having carried out successfully an enterprise instigated by capricious B,
renounces her love 212b

(8) A, recognizing a relentless obligation, renounces B, with whom he is deeply in
love 248

(8) B, although she loves A, realizes that she is not the intellectual equal of A, and
that their marriage would prove a hindrance to him 254

(8) B refuses marriage with A, the man she loves, because of an obligation 268

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(8) B sacrifices happiness when, faithful to an obligation, she refuses marriage with
A, the man she loves. Her sacrifice, in time, brings the consolation of
spiritual joy for a hard duty nobly done 268

(8) A, because he fears he has inherited the evil traits of an ancestor, dares not ask
B, the woman he loves, to marry him 288

(8) A, in love with B and engaged to marry her, has almost wrecked his life with
dissipation and feels that he should give B up 289

(10) A, in love with B, discovers that B is a confirmed coquette and is merely
playing with him 208

(10) A, under abnormal conditions, falls in love with B; on returning to normal
conditions, he sees B as she really is, and his love fades 210

(10) A, who has long cherished B in his heart as the loveliest and most perfect of her
sex, returns home after a long absence and discovers that B has become an immoral character 211

(10) B, in love with A, receives an unsigned letter in which the writer states that she
is the wife of A by a secret marriage, and asks B to use her influence in persuading
-- HER obj
A to return to her 262c

(10) B, in love with A, receives an unsigned letter in which the writer states that
-- HER obj
she is the mistress of A and begs B not to take A away from her 262b

(10) B, compelled by circumstances to be a companion of A in an isolated place,
alters her rosy views of love and marriage when she discovers, through A, the
selfishness of men 307

(10) B breaks her engagement to marry A because she feels unequal to the
responsibilities of married life 310

(10) A, prevented by circumstances from marrying B as planned, discovers the
-- HER obj
unworthiness of B and decides not to marry her at all 314

(12) B loves A with all her heart, but refuses his proposal of marriage 326


Marriage

A’s gift to his sweetheart, B, is returned by B to A on account of a lover’s quarrel 349.

A, enacting the role of a servant, rescues B from accident by heroic bravery not
at all in the manner of a menial 352a

B, a working girl, discovers that her lover, A, is wealthy and only pretending
to be a toiler 358

A loves B, but is uncertain of her affections and is too timid to propose marriage 360b
A proves false to B, the love of his youth 361b

A, middle-aged, goes searching for B, the sweetheart of his earlier years 361b
A and B are lovers, their families at enmity. A and B elope and are pursued
by their rival kindred 362

B, in love with A and estranged from him, after various misadventures discovers
-- HER obj
that A still loves her 364b

A, with the help of B, overcomes an ignoble weakness 364d

A refuses an inheritance because of a restriction that he must not marry; then
he marries B 366

-- HER obj obj
B, a foundling, has a secret of her birth and parentage revealed to her by A.
-- A det
A rich estate awaits B’s claim and proof of parentage 368b

(1) B, capriciously sending her lover into desperate danger, drains the bitter cup
of remorse 342

(1) A is estranged from B, the woman he loves, because of a difference of opinion
over a trivial matter 343

(1) A is estranged from his sweetheart, B, and B refuses to return money A has given
-- HER obj
her to save for him 344

(1) A and B, lovers, are innocently thrown into a compromising situation 351b

(2) A discovers B was right, acknowledges his error, achieves a reconciliation, and
presently they are married 343

(2) A falls into misfortune; and his sweetheart, B, from whom he is estranged,
returns money she has been saving for him, effects a reconciliation, and their
marriage follows 344

(2) A, in order to win B, is compelled to confess his true rank and station 358

(2) A and B, eloping and hotly pursued by their rival kindred, are suddenly plunged
into terrible danger. A makes a heroic rescue of B under the very eyes of their
anguished relatives 362

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(2) A, with a taint of negroid blood in his veins, is in love with B, supposedly a white
girl. He is about to give B up, when he discovers that B has also a taint of inferior blood 364c

(4) A is sent into desperate danger by capricious B, on the very eve of their marriage 342

(4) B has no lovers, but a “marriage of convenience” is arranged with A, on the
understanding that it is to be secret, and that A is never to see B after the marriage 354b

(4) A and B, not in love with each other, nevertheless marry because it seems the
logical outcome of their long, friendly association 365a

(4) A and B, unknown to each other, in a spirit of fun at a masquerade ball, go through
with a supposedly mock marriage ceremony. It later appears that the marriage
was legal 365b

(4) B offers to marry A and, as his wife, help him to rebuild his wasted life 367a

(4) B marries wealthy A, a man she does not love, in order that she may have money
with which to help a parent who is in desperate need 368b

(8) A, seeking to uphold a lofty conception of duty, secretly abandons B, a woman
he loves dearly 347a

(8) B, unworthy, wins the love of worthy A; and B, by pretending to be worthy,
presently achieves worthiness 359

(9) B, capable of winning a contest against her lover, A, deliberately suffers
defeat—because it has been agreed that she shall marry A if he wins 355

(9) B could easily win a contest, but she deliberately allows herself to be defeated,
thereby losing wealth, but winning in marriage poor A, the man she loves 356

-- HER poss obj
(9) B, knowing that her sweetheart, A, believes her to have perished in a tragic
accident, discovers by secret enterprise that A has remained true to her, reveals
her identity, and they marry 357

(9) B, having given A a Roland for his Oliver, reveals to A her own rank and station 358

(9) A joyfully proposes to B and is accepted 360b

(9) A finds B patiently waiting for him, and they marry 361b

(9) Out of A’s heroic rescue of B is born a reconciliation of opposing houses and
married happiness for A and B 362

(9) A revolts against opposing restrictions and achieves happiness in marriage with
B 363

(9) B, still loyal, returns to A and there is reconciliation and marriage 361a

(9) A, B’s loyal lover, working in secret, secures proof of B’s unsullied lineage, and
they marry 364a

(9) A and B, estranged, become reconciled and marry 364b

(9) A marries B 364c

(9) A’s gratitude to B blossoms into love; and when A is sure he has rehabilitated
his character, he proposes marriage to B and is accepted 364d

-- HER obj obj
(9) B doubts A when he tells her he loves her; then, having convinced herself of
A’s love, B accepts him and they are married 367b

(9) A, in love with B, is poor, and feels that he may not aspire to the hand of wealthy
B; but B proposes marriage to A, and happiness is the result 368d

Married Life

A and B, married and devotedly in love with each other, are hasty and intolerant 369

B mourns over the mistaken belief that she has lost A’s love 370

A is suspected of having murdered his wife, B 371

A and B, devotedly in love with each other, through failure to understand each
other’s ideals, develop an incompatability which results in frequent quarrels 372

A believed B was of an artistic nature 374

A, after marriage, is sorely disappointed on discovering that B is indolent in the
pursuit of a career 374

A, husband of B, holds B in subjection 376

A is a religious fanatic who makes B miserable with his petty domination 376

B is devoted to A, and he owes much of his prosperity to her loyalty and shrewd
advice 377a

B, just divorced from A, falls heir to a large estate 377b

A is jealous of his wife, B 380

A’s wife, B, has a birthmark which mars her beauty 383

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A, influenced by a birthmark which mars the beautiful features of his wife, grows
discontented and his love begins to wane 383

A, and his wife, B, have frequent and violent quarrels 385a

A presents his wife, B, with a gift as a testimonial of his love 387

-- HER obj
A divorces B, then seeks a second marriage with her 388

B’s health was declining, and beauty fading, when A secured his divorce from
-- HER obj
her 588

A believes he sees the apparition of his dead wife, B 392

A, because of his memories, finds that his married happiness is not what it should
be 393

A, married to B, escapes from B on plausible pretexts and lives in a furnished
room for a few days each month 394

B discovers A’s deceit, trails him, and learns how A is merely seeking home
comforts denied him by B 394

A’s wife, B, proves herself a termagant, and quarrels are frequent 395

B fancies herself neglected by her husband, A 398a, b

B is the sensible, devoted wife of A 399

A, advised wisely by B, thinks B is jealous of his great abilities 399

A and B are estranged from each other 399

B’s husband, A, has failed to return home, and B is worried about him 401

B’s husband, A, is brutal and tyrannical 403

B, giving her husband, A, poison, flees before the poison has time to take effect
403

B is the second wife of A, a widower 405

B is flogged by her husband, A, for a transgression she did not commit 407

B, happily married to A, commits an indiscretion 411a

B, wife of A, is annoyed by the little mannerisms of A—trifling banalities that
so work on B’s nerves that bitter quarrels result 412

B marries A, a man much older than herself 413 *

A must have his abilities recognized by his wife, B, in order to be happy 419

A leaves B to run their joint business enterprise alone, and goes to a distant
place, knowing that his absence will cause B to discover his business worth 419

A’s wife, B, is a mystery woman 432b

-- HER obj
A, having secured B’s money, grows tired of her 422b

A tells B he is a criminal and will shortly be arrested by the police 422b

A induces B to enter into a suicide pact with him 422b

A and B, man and wife, each secretly leaves home on the same day 423a

A believes he has deserted B, and B believes she has deserted A 423a

A and B, man and wife, are wealthy and socially popular 423b

A and B are so occupied with social engagements that they have no time for
the enjoyment of each other’s society 423b

A and B seek solitude where they can be alone together 423b

A and B find the solitude they crave in a lonely environment 423b

A, an artist, works secretly as a day laborer in order to help his wife, B, who is
also an artist 424

A tells B he is “realizing money on his art” 424

A, married to B, is impelled by an unusual motive to furnish a smite of bachelor
lodgings in another town. He does this unknown to B 427

A and his wife, B, are artists. Their art does not prosper 428

A, husband of B, is heavily in debt 430

A, wealthy and desiring to be poor, has married B in order that she may spend
his money 431

A, married to B, seeks by secret enterprise to effect a change in unpleasant
matrimonial conditions 432a

-- HER obj
A does not know B, and has not seen her since the day of their romantic marriage 432b

A fears that he will be killed by some admirer of his wife, B’s, so that the
admirer may marry B 436

B, wife of A, is a drug addict 441

B is forbidden by her husband, A, to do a certain thing 442

B, ordered by her husband, A, not to do a certain thing, does it anyway, during

A’s absence from home 442

B, wife of A, seeks desperately to escape disaster 445b

B, wife of A, is guilty of an indiscretion 446a

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B seeks by secret enterprise to emancipate herself from fear of her husband, A
452

B believes she has killed her husband, A 453

-- HER obj
B’s husband, A, married her under false pretenses 454

B seeks by secret enterprise to be revenged upon her husband, A 454

B marries A. B has property in her own name which, by a marriage settlement,
is to descend to A if he outlives B 456

A and B, just married, start by train on their honeymoon 458a

A, finding the beauty of his wife, B, a source of danger to himself, seeks to avoid
the danger by a stratagem 458b

A, husband of B, is cruel and tyrannical 459

A is deeply in love with his wife, B 461

A revolts against the injustice he is compelled to suffer at the hands of his
beloved wife, B 463

A is ill and about to die; B, his wife, could save him, but she will not 466b

B, attempting to poison her husband, A, mistakes a bottle of harmless white
powder for the poison and gives A some of its contents 468

B, seeking to aid her husband, A, by secret enterprise, finds poverty a bar 469

B seeks to escape from her tyrannical husband, A, by running away 470

B falsely accuses her husband, A, of transgression 478

B, wife of A, desperately ill, sends A for a doctor 480

A, sent for a doctor by B, who is seriously ill, does not return—and he does not
send the doctor 480

A and B, man and wife, struggle to realize a cherished ideal 484a

A, husband of B, is wealthy, cultured, and of high social standing 485

A is estranged from his wife, B 487

A marries B because he thinks she is poor 488a

A begins divorce proceedings against his wife, B 489

B is the wife of A and loves him devotedly 491a

B, through foolish extravagance, brings A close to ruin 491b

-- HER obj
B’s husband, A, loves her devotedly 492a

B’s husband, A, is a poor man 492b

-- HER obj obj
B loves jewels and fine clothes which her husband, A, is unable to give her 492b

B, wife of A, is shallow, foolish and faithless 494

A has recently lost his wife, B 497

A seeks to find his deceased wife, B 498

A and B, husband and wife, are estranged from each other 499a

A is seeking a divorce from B 500a

A, failing in business and almost a bankrupt, nevertheless marries B, a shrewd
and thrifty woman 500b

A receives a letter from B, calling him home 501

B supposes that her husband, A, is dead 502

B’s husband, A, is brutal and tyrannical 503a

B seeks to win her husband, A, to a certain enterprise 604a

B is the second wife of A 504b

B thinks her husband, A, has committed a moral transgression 506a

B, through false suspicion, is estranged from her husband, A 506a

A, married to B, finds the necessity of supporting his wife and family a bar to
cherished ambitions 511

A, married to B, is compelled to lead a prosy, middle-class life, drab and monotonous 513

A, married to prosy B, treasures in his heart of hearts dreams of knightly exploits
and chivalrous adventures, himself the star of each performance 513

A, husband of B, is discovered by honest and high-minded B to be planning a
transgression that will work untold hardship to the public 517

A learns that his wife, B, is in terrible danger 519a

A, if he leaves his post of duty to save his wife, B, who is in terrible danger, will
sacrifice lives and property he is in duty bound to safeguard 519a

A, over the phone, receives an agonized call from his wife, B, for help. B is in
terrible danger 519b

A, and his wife, B, find themselves face to face with starvation 522

A, because of extreme poverty, finds it impossible to remember his wife, B, with
a Christmas present 523

A, husband of B, has a dangerously reckless passion for gambling in stocks 524

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A, husband of B, is a lawyer with trust funds in his possession; and B fears he
will be tempted to use the trust funds for gambling purposes 524a

A, elderly husband of youthful B, will die if a limb is not amputated 524b

A struggles to carry out an obligation to his deceased wife, B, which he considers
sacred 526

A seeks to be loyal to his wife, B 527

B, wife of A, is of alien blood and inferior race 527

A is the husband of worthy B whom he does not love 528

A dominates his wife, B, a nagger and a scold, by petty tyrannies, that are more
masterful than any B has at her command 529b

B, wife of A, refuses to live with A in a house beside which there is a mysterious
grave 530

B must have money in order to save her husband, A 532a

A, husband of B, is desperately ill, and will die unless he can have a change of
climate 532a

B’s long, beautiful tresses are greatly admired by her husband, A 532b

B, A’s tyrannical wife, goes out for the evening and orders A not to leave the
house while she is away 533

B is forbidden by her husband, A, to engage in a certain enterprise 534

B engages in a certain enterprise which her husband, A condemns and forbids
-- HER obj
her to take part in 534

A’s wife, B, is murdered at a certain hour of the night 537

A, husband of B, enroute to his home in the country, is caught in a storm and
is out all night 538

A, absent from home all night, finds, on reaching home in the morning, that his
wife, B, is missing 538

A, husband of B, is the victim of egotistical self-deception and thinks himself
a great man 539a

A believes that he is prevented from becoming famous by the jealously of his
wife, B 539a

B divorces A on the grounds of desertion 539b

A labors under the mistaken belief that the altruism of his wife, B, is prompted
by selfish motives 542

B labors under the mistaken belief that her husband, A, receives all the praise
for her own kindly acts 544

-- A char det char
B’s husband, A, fails to return home. A blizzard is raging, and B fears that A
has suffered misfortune in the storm 545

B, wife of A, during A’s absence, sees destruction threatening A’s life work 546a

-- HER obj
B, homely, marries a blind man, A, who thinks her surpassingly beautiful 546b

A dearly loves his wife, B; and her love, which he does not possess, is necessary
to his happiness 547

A is married to B, and his ideal is faithfulness 549

B’s husband, A, is a tyrannical, churlish person whose dislike for his attractive
-- HER obj
wife inspires in his small mind a desire to persecute her 559

A finds that a delusion regarding the apparition of his deceased wife, B, is
entangled with truth 560

A, husband of B, receives each morning a mysterious communication regarding
B 562

A, estranged from his wife, B, whom he dearly loves, seeks a reconciliation 563a

A marries B, a beautiful woman notorious for her vicious temper and scorpion
tongue 563b

A is deeply in love with his wife, B, a virago, and plans to transform her nature
by a method of his own 563b

A and B, man and wife, deplore the insincerity and the mercenary spirit of modern
city life 563c

A and B, man and wife, leave the city and search in the country for their ideal
of what life should be 563c

B, young and attractive, has lost her husband, A 564c

B, a young and attractive widow, resolves to remain faithful to the memory of
her deceased husband, A, and never marry again 564a

B cherishes the dear desire that her husband, A, shall become religiously inclined
565

B seeks to aid her husband, A, who is morose and discontented 566a

B pretends to be a shoplifter, but has honestly purchased the goods which her
horrified husband, A, finds in her possession 566b

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A, married to B, discovers the unfaithfulness of B 568a 568c

B’s husband, A, mysteriously disappears, and B mourns for him as dead 572

A, a toiler, tries to support his wife, B, and family by honest enterprise; but
he is out of work, his wife ill and family in need 574a

A, husband of B, is in dire financial straits 574b

A becomes aware of the impending death of his wife, B 575

A suffers overwhelming sorrow because of the death of his wife, B 576a

B is convinced that all the misfortunes of herself and her husband, A, are due
to A’s irreligious nature 579a

A’s wife, B, i3 racially, morally and mentally A’s inferior 579b

B desires the love and consideration of her husband, A, which she believes she
has lost 581

B, if discovered doing something she has in mind, will find herself at odds with
her husband A 583a

B, wife of A, is desperately in need of money for a certain purpose 583b, c

B, wife of A, discovers in a secret place her obituary notice (written by A?), the
date of demise alone left blank 584a

B, wife of A, leaves home suddenly on important business while A is absent 585a

B, wife of A, is a “butterfly of fashion” 585b

B, wife of A, must have rich clothes and luxurious surroundings in order to be
happy 585b

B, fourth wife of A, discovers shortly after her marriage that A’s other wives
have all died suddenly and mysteriously 590

B revolts against certain unpleasant conditions involving her husband, A 592

B, undemonstrative in her affections, surprises her husband, A, and arouses his
suspicion by bringing his breakfast to him in bed 594a

B, wife of A, innocently commits a transgression 594d

(1) A and B quarrel, and an estrangement results 369

(1) A is so much older than B that, after their marriage, the discrepancy in their
ages becomes the cause of quarrels and, finally, of estrangement 373

(1) A marries B, thinking she is wealthy; after marriage, he discovers that B is not
wealthy 377b

(1) A, marrying a widow, B, discovers that he has “caught a tartar” and has wedded
a domestic tyrant 378

(1) A suffers the loss of happiness in carrying out honorably a distasteful obligation
to divorce his wife, B 379

(1) A finds a note, somewhat ambiguously worded, which leads him to a wrong
conclusion regarding the conduct of his wife, B 381

(1) B is mysteriously murdered and A, innocent, is suspected of the crime 385a

-- HER obj
(1) A finds B dead, slain by the gift he had presented to her 387

(1) A, through mistaken judgment, becomes estranged from his loving wife, B 391

(1) A, struggling to overtake the fleeing apparition of his dead wife, B, falls from
a cliff and meets his death 392

(1) B learns that her supposed legal marriage to A was a farce 415

(1) B is abandoned by A and left penniless and alone 415

-- HER obj
(1) B, wife of A, dies as the result of an enterprise undertaken for her supposed
benefit 416

(1) B, while too severely reprimanding her husband, A, bursts a blood vessel and
expires 417

(1) A lives unhappily with his wife, B 420

(1) B, carrying out a suicide pact with A, kills herself. A does not kill himself, but
craftily explains that B committed suicide 422b

(1) A and B encounter dire misfortune. Each seeks some secret method of recouping
their joint finances 428

(1) A, married to B, loses his identity 437

(1) B is happily married to A 449

(1) B, and her husband, A, have fallen upon evil days 455b

(1) A and B, married, finding they cannot live happily together, agree on the secret
and honorable expedient of living apart undivorced 457

(1) B, the bride, seeks to escape annoying experiences when A, the groom, leaving
the train to send a telegram, is left behind 458a

(1) A and B, married, find themselves cast away among a strange, half-barbarian
people 458b

(1) A is estranged from his wife, B, whom he dearly loves 460

(1) A is unhappy with his wife, B 462

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(1) A’s wife. B, dies 474

(1) A finds himself under a weird psychic spell because of a birthmark on the face
of his wife. B 475

(1) B is accidentally killed by a series of manoeuvers set in motion by her husband,
A 479

(1) B is abandoned by A, her husband by a secret marriage 481

(1) B is unable to prove her secret marriage to A; the marriage records disappear
and the priest who performed the ceremony dies 481

(1) B, wife of A, sees happiness and beauty in everything and evil in nothing until
-- HER obj
A accuses her of causing his downfall 482

(1) B’s bright outlook on life changes to one of darkness and despair when she is
falsely accused of evil by her husband, A 482

(1) B, wife of A, falls into misfortune 483a

(1) A tries in vain to pay the debts incurred by his extravagant wife, B, whom he
idolizes 484b

(1) A, estranged from his wife, B, seeks a reconciliation, and then quarrels with B
as to which of them caused the estrangement—and the estrangement continues
487

(1) A’s wife. B, deserts him and obtains a divorce 496b

(1) A dearly loves his wife, B, but B does not love him 499b

(1) A and B are estranged and living apart, their married happiness in a sad tangle
501

(1) A finds his marriage to B a bar to his contentment 508

(1) A is unhappy in his married life with B 510

(1) A is unable to find a job and support his wife, B 522

(1) A, deeply in love with his wife, B, is made defendant in divorce proceedings
started by B 529a

(1) A, husband of B, discovers that B is unfaithful 552a

(1) A, husband of B, mysteriously disappears 572

(1) A’s sorrow over the death of his wife, B, culminates in hallucination 576a

(1) A, mistakenly supposing his beloved wife, B, is dead, kills himself 576b

(1) B, discovering that her husband, A, is dead, commits suicide 576b

(1) A suffers remorse and overwhelming sorrow—remorse for broken vows, and
sorrow because of the death of his beloved wife. B 577

(1) A, goaded by sorrow for the death of his beloved wife, B, goes into seclusion 577

(1) B, wife of A, proves a hindrance to him socially and in a business way 579b

(1) B, alone, helpless and in terrible danger, sends to her husband, A, a despairing
call for aid 591

(2) A, enlightened and transformed by the revelation of his error, returns humbly
to his wife. B 391

(2) A seeks to escape difficulties, restore property and be free of an unloved wife,
B, all by secret enterprise 465

(2) A’s wife. B, from whom he is seeking a divorce, nurses him back to health 496a

(2) A becomes reconciled with B when she nurses him through a serious illness 500a

(2) B so reorganizes and manages A’s affairs that he becomes prosperous 500b

(2) B loyally helps her husband, A, recoup his financial losses 505

(2) B becomes reconciled with her husband, A, when a suspicion is proved to be
false 506b

(2) A rescues B 519b

(2) B, when properly subdued by her husband, A’s. pretended tyrannies, finds A
gentle, kindly and considerate 529b

(2) B, engaging in a certain enterorise forbidden by her husband, A, discovers that
A has a part in it; and. because of this discovery, B comes to an agreement with
A which enables them to go forward happily in life with a better understanding
of each other’s rights and privileges 534

(3) A, after his marriage to B, discovers that B was a married woman and neither
divorced nor widowed 471

(3) A, B’s husband, pretends to be innocent of a transgression, but B knows he is
guilty 521

(3) B, fearing her husband, A, will commit a transgression, pretends herself to
commit a transgression 566b

-- HER obj
(3) A, discovering that his wife, B, is unfaithful, kills her and himself 568a

(4) A, husband of B, loves B devotedly, but he is so constituted that he never shows
his true feelings but often masks them with something that suggests their exact
opposite 370

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(4) A is more capable than his wife, B, although B thoughtlessly treats him as
mentally inferior 375

(4) A, in order to restore to B, without a confession of culpability, wealth of which
-- HER obj obj
he has secretly defrauded her, marries her 382

(4) B, thinking her husband, A, is in danger, plunges into danger herself on the chance
of finding him and helping him 401

(4) B, goaded beyond her powers of endurance, puts poison in a glass and gives it
to A 403

(4) B, wife of A, keeps their house so well-ordered, and is so tyrannical and
unreasonable about it, that A’s home life becomes a hell 408

(4) B has committed a secret transgression in order to help her husband, A 410

-- HER obj
(4) B does not love A but thought, when she married him, that he would help her
-- HER obj
realize her consuming ambition 413

(4) B, married, quarrels with her husband, A, and runs away from home in an
attempt to find peace and contentment 418

(4) A secretly defrauds B of a large sum of money 422a

(4) A marries B in order to make a crafty restitution of property which, before
-- HER obj
marriage, he had stolen from her 422a

(4) A has married B for her money 422b

(4) A, married to B and desiring his freedom, resorts to craftiness 426

(4) A, married to B, is impelled by an unusual motive to drop out of sight, lose his
personality and go adventuring in the underworld 429a

(4) A and B, married and devotedly in love with each other, are impelled by an
unusual motive to drop out of sight, leave the world they know and search for
an environment more to their liking 429b

(4) A, husband of B, a very beautiful woman, persuades B to pretend that she is his
sister 436

(4) A seeks to achieve the refinement of cruelty in persecuting his wife, B 438

(4) A is impelled by an unusual motive to marry B, a woman he does not love 440

(4) B keeps her husband, A, in ignorance of the fact that she is a drug addict 441

-- HER obj
(4) B drinks a potion which throws her into a condition resembling death, having
-- HER obj
been assured that A will appear and rescue her when she revives 445b

(4) B kills her husband, A, in order to prevent A from revealing an evil secret 448

(4) B marries A, a man of wealth and high social standing, and keeps her black past
a close secret 447

(4) B married to A and neither widowed nor divorced pretends to be single 451

(4) A, married to B, is impelled by an unusual motive to lead a double life 464

(4) B attempts to poison her husband, A 408

(4) B craftily gives a birthmark a peculiar significance, and holds A under its power
475

(4) A marries B, a woman he does not love 488b

(4) A seeks to divorce B, thinking to find happiness in a new love 489

(4) A and B, man and wife, keep themselves in poverty by spending all their money
for rich furnishings to put in the mansion they are going to build when they
become wealthy 490a

(4) B insists on dominating A in business affairs 491a

(4) B, wife of A, insists on living beyond her husband’s means 491b

(4) A is of a parsimonious nature and gives B little money 492a

(4) B’s husband, A, is affectionate and kindly and puts on his “Sunday manners”
in company; but, when he and B are alone together, he is cross-grained, petty
and tyrannical 493

(4) A, rich and powerful, is determined to use all his wealth and influence in carrying
out an iniquitous project. His wife, B, seeks in vain to persuade him against it

(4) A refuses to have a limb amputated, preferring “to die in one piece.” B, his
wife, upholds him in his determination 524b

(4) A, married to B, attempts to carry out an infamous project in spite of family
obligations 525

(4) B, wishing to be free of her husband, A, writes anonymous “poison pen” letters
regarding herself, and sends them to A 564b

(4) B writes anonymous “poison pen” letters regarding her husband, A, and sends
them to herself 564b

(4) A and B, for certain reasons, keep their marriage a close secret 573a

(4) B secretly takes money from her husband, A, for her own use 593

(4) B, a termagant, supposes herself a widow, and marries A 594b

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(5) A divorces his wife, B 377a

(5) B suffers betrayal at the hands of A, her husband by a secret marriage 479

(5) A and B keep themselves poor by buying rich furnishings for the mansion they
are some day going to build; but the furnishings, inadequately housed, fall into
ruin before A and B are able to build their air castle 490a

(5) B, wife of A, loses her love for him when she discovers his cowardly nature 584b

(5) B, dying, reveals to her husband, A, a closely guarded secret which he finds greatly
perturbing 588

(6) B meets her death while searching vainly in a storm for her husband, A 545

(6) B, at the cost of her own life, heroically saves from destruction the life work of
her husband, A 546a

(6) B hires a noted eye-specialist to perform an operation on the eyes of her blind
husband, A, whereby A’s sight is restored 546b

(7) B, just married to A, tells A she does not love him 406

(7) A, husband of B, proves a brutal tyrant and gives B nothing but harsh and
inconsiderate treatment 413

(7) A discovers, after his marriage to B, that she is wealthy in her own right 488a

(7) B, opening a letter addressed to her husband, A, discovers that A has lied to
-- HER obj
her 582

(8) B secretly disposes of a dearly-prized possession in order to buy her husband, A,
a Christmas present 455a

(8) A finds his memories of his deceased wife, B, an inspiration and a sustaining
power 497

(8) A wins the love of his wife, B, by patience, forbearance, kindliness and devotion
499b

(8) A, unhappily married to B, proves true to his obligation to run a charted course
as a family man, even through he must sacrifice cherished ambitions 510

(8) B, in order to finance a certain enterprise involving her husband, A, sells her
long hair 532b

(8) A, because of his great love for his wife, B, forgives her delinquency and glories
in her moral courage in making a confession of it 535

(8) A, in order to save his wife, B, declares that he is guilty of a transgression
committed by B 594d

(9) B, with the help of the elements during a devastating storm, succeeds in winning
her husband, A, to an enterprise long cherished by B 504a

(9) A, by being cruel in order to be kind, insures the married happiness of himself
and B 529b

(10) B, her health restored, considers herself well rid of A 388

(10) A learns that his wife, B, has been true to him 396

(10) A, desperately ill, fired by tales of his wife, B’s, unfaithfulness, makes up his
mind to live and takes treatment that cures him 435b

(10) A and B discover that their cherished ideal is a mistaken one 484a

(10) B reads in a newspaper that her husband, A, whom she had supposed dead, is
alive 502

(10) A finds a bundle of love letters in a locked drawer of his wife, B’s, desk—letters
written after B’s marriage to him, but not by him 552b

(10) A and B, man and wife, discover that they are searching for an ideal that does
not exist 563c

(12) B, in order to “keep the wolf from the door,” finds work in a laundry, but tells
A she is working as an “art director” 455b

(12) A has committed a transgression; B knows of the transgression, and A marries
-- HER obj
her in order to safeguard his evil secret 488b

-- HER obj
(12) A, discovering that his wife, B, is unfaithful, strangles her while she sleeps 552b

(12) B, the deceased wife of A, appears to a relative of A’s and describes her mortal
-- HER obj
reactions to A’s lack of affection for her 587

(13) Tricky so-called spiritualists pretend to materialize the spirit of deceased B in
order to influence A to give them money by advice of the supposed B 474

(13) A believes that his deceased wife, B, has returned to earth to comfort him 498

(13) A, husband of B, vanishes mysteriously 540

(13) A hears the voice of his deceased wife, B, and there seems absolutely no doubt
that it is her voice 560

(13) A finds an anonymous communication regarding his wife, B, on a sheet of paper
in his typewriter 562

(13) A receives mysterious “poison pen” letters regarding his wife, B 562

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(13) A, mysteriously missing, returns to his home and his wife, B, in a dazed
condition, unable to give any explanations 571

(13) B, leaving home suddenly during the absence of her husband, A, writes a line to
A explaining her departure, but the wind whisks the note out of an open window,
and away. B’s absence is accounted a “mysterious disappearance” 585a

(14) A reads in a newspaper that his wife, B, has divorced him 539b

(14) A, because of the death of his wife, B, suffers great sorrow and undergoes
a character transformation 578a

(14) B, realizing suddenly the injustice her exacting nature has been causing A,
promises to be different—and there is a reconciliation 394


Misfortune

A, striken with fever in a wilderness country, is attended by an old woman, B
605

A is tricked by B in a certain enterprise 640

B knows the combination of A’s safe; and she knows, also, that there is a small
fortune in jewels in the safe 666

B, unless she reveals a personal delinquency, will cause an innocent man, A, to
suffer for transgression 667

A, a fugitive from justice, seeks to rescue B from her misfortunes 673

B rebels against A’s method of appropriating as his own the brilliant
achievements which B accomplishes at his command 679

A and B, strangers to each other, are together thrown into misfortune 688

B goes to a restaurant to keep, a dinner engagement with A. A does not appear
744

(1) A falling ill in a wilderness country, is attended by an old woman, B, to whom,
years before, he had taught a fake method of healing 605

(1) A awakens in B a consuming desire to leave the city and return to her home in
the country to live. All of which was farthest from A’s plans, since he seeks a
business engagement from B which can only be earned out in the city and with
B’s help 625

(1) A unintentionally causes the death of B 627

-- HER obj poss
(1) A, seeking to save B by giving her an antidote for a certain poison, causes her
death 627

(1) A, robbing a stage, discovers that B, who knows him and recognizes him, is one
of the passengers 628

(1) A, tricked by B in a certain enterprise, dies when the trickery is discovered 640

(1) B is overshadowed and dominated by her mentally inferior employer, A 679

(1) A and B find themselves cast away in a desolate, primitive environment where
they must fight for their very existence 688


Mistaken Judgment

A finds a mysterious note. It contains a woman’s fateful secret—the secret of
B in desperate misfortune 758

A removes a birthmark from the beautiful face of his wife, B, with chemicals 761b

A, in a spirit of altruism, befriends B 773

A forces his way into the room of an unmarried woman, B 799

B wins the protection of A 801

(1) A befriends B, who proves to be a transgressor and has lied to A regarding her
identity 773

(4) A, seeking to help B, falls into tragic error 761b

(5) B reveals herself to A in the character of a transgressor 801

(8) A, attempting to exploit B’s troubles for his own gain, ends by yielding his
sympathy and befriending B 758

(10) A discovers that B, supposed to have been murdered, really committed suicide
802a

(10) A discovers that B, supposed to have committed suicide, was really murdered
802b


Helpfulness

-- HER obj
A is older and more experienced than B and seeks to advise her wisely and help
-- HER obj
her avoid making mistakes 808b

B resents the superior attitude assumed by A 808b

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A’s friend, B, is in a foreign country, alone, homesick and discouraged 816a

B, in a foreign country, unexpectedly meets A, a friend from “home” 816b

A, a hoodlum, rescues B from an attack by footpads 818b

B befriends A, picks him out of the gutter and makes a man of him 818b

A supposes that B is a transgressor 822

B, an attractive married woman, clever and influential, seeks diversion by
helping her friend, A 844a

A rescues B, who has been attacked by a huge snake 848b

B discovers in backward A a promise of great things, and attempts to guide him
to a high goal 850a

B seeks to rescue A from a life of dissipation and make a man of him 850b

B picks A out of the gutter and gives him employment 850b

(1) A, taking possession of B’s property in order to save it for her, is falsely
suspected by B of trying to steal it 808a

( ) A, seeking to help B, who is in distress, meets with unpleasant complications 848a

-- HER obj
(4) A takes possession of B’s property in order to save it for her 808a

(8) A, under ban of the. law, runs the risk of capture in order to aid B, a stranger who
is in critical misfortune 817

(8) A, a burglar, seeks to aid B, who was his friend before he “went to the bad” 819

(8) A, honest, poses as a transgressor in order to help B 822

(9) A succeeds in an enterprise secretly devised by B as a test for his abilities 814

(9) B, working secretly, rescues A from prison by proving his innocence 826

(9) A working “under cover,” contrives to prove B’s innocence of a certain crime 828

(9) B, working in secret, proves A’s innocence of a certain transgression 829


Deliverance

A, of an inferior race, rescues B, of a superior race, from accident 861

B makes use of A’s hound dog in tracking A 875b

A and B find themselves prisoners in a deserted house 876b

B knows that A is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted 895

(1) A rescues B from imminent danger, but only by bringing the danger upon himself 851

(1) A is unable to extricate himself from the peril from which he rescues B 851

(1) A, when he rescues B, becomes involved in an unpleasant complication, due to
mistaken judgment 861

(2) A is rescued by B 875b

(2) A and B, trapped in a deserted house, seek some method of escape. A hurls
himself from an upper window and, his arm broken, secures aid and rescues B
876b

(2) A, a prisoner, bound, helpless and facing death, is rescued by resourceful B 878c

(2) B, while carrying out an enterprise, is rescued from imminent danger by A 885a

(2) A, unable to rescue himself from danger incurred in saving B, is in turn rescued
by B 885a

(8) A, an agnostic, is persuaded into a belief in God by B when, together, they escape
a terrible danger through prayer 884b

(9) A, a fugitive from justice with a price on his head, prevents B from committing
suicide 869


Idealism

(1) A, hired by B to paint her portrait, puts so much character and so little beauty
into his work that B is deeply offended 903

(4) A “goes native” and marries a native woman, B 901

(4) A, a morally superior person thrown into a savage environment, is conquered
by moral inferiority in the person of B, a native girl 904


Obligation

A, after B dies, carries out honorably the distasteful obligation to travel 984

A, a detective, returns B, a criminal, to the scene of her crime for trial and
punishment 986

(1) A, pledged to die if B dies, learns that B has committed suicide 1020

(4) A is disloyal to B, his ward OSS

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(4) A, against his wish and inclination becomes the guardian of a beautiful woman,
B 1002

(14) B, a criminal who has undergone a character change and become an honest
woman, is given her liberty by the jury before whom she is tried 986


Chance

(5) A is disagreeably surprised when, by chance, he finds stolen jewels in the
possession of B 1050

(9) A and B achieve happiness when a questionable story is proved to be false 1055


Personal Limitations

A could save his life by revealing a secret that would compromise the good name
of B 1070

A, struggling hopelessly against a character weakness, forms a platonic
friendship for B 1075a

A, transformed almost over night from a hoodlum into a cultured gentleman,
imparts to B, his friend, the secret of his surprising rehabilitation 1076

A secures the help of B, a woman friend, in a difficult enterprise 1083

B, unhappy because of A’s sins, appeals to God to save him 1120

B, in great danger, seeks to apprise A, at a distance, of her danger by occult
methods—methods with which they have often experimented 1137a

-- HER obj
(2) A rejects unfeelingly the friendship of B because he finds her too capricious 1125a

(4) A and B, impelled by an unusual motive, enter into a suicide pact 1125b

(4) A and B pledge each other that he or she will die whenever the other dies 1125b

(8) A’s admiration for his friend, B, and his desire to please her, inspires him to
bring out the best in his nature 1075b


Simulation

B masquerades as an Unknown in order to prove or disprove an evil story about
A 1154b

B, the friend of A, learns that A is heavily involved in debt 1155

-- HER obj
B is forced to weep at an appointed time; and A strikes her in order to make
her grief more realistic 1157

A and B are pretenders, yet neither knows that the other is not what he or she
seems to be 1173

A, a pretender, encounters B, who is also a pretender 1173

(2) B, unknown to A, settles with A’s creditors and frees A from debt 1155

(12) A, B’s best friend, in order to save B, who is suspected of a certain crime,
declares that he alone is guilty 1171

(13) A, an artist, is hired by B to paint a miniature; and into the miniature he is to
weave an intricate series of lines which constitute a concealed map of great importance 1143b


Craftiness

A is a grafter wno forces B to help him in his grafting enterprises 1220b

A compels B to wander about the streets in rags, forlorn and weeping, with the
idea of securing money from guileless strangers 1220b

A appears during a fake holdup and “rescues” B 1227b

A “rescues” B during a mock abduction 1227c

A, painting a house, finds the purse of B lying on a bench in the garden 1254

A finds a purse which contains the key to B’s strong box 1254

A, a sculptor, models a bust of B at B’s order 1257

A discovers an evil secret of B’s past 1263

A sends a package to B by messenger 1278b

-- HER obj
B seeks to recover, by stratagem, wealth which was stolen from her by A 1279b

-- HER obj
A, unknown to B, holds a large sum of money in trust for her 1285b

(1) A rifles the safe of B, his employer, and returns the key of the strong box to the
place where he found it. But there is a smear of yellow paint on the key
1254

(1) A has a valuable work of art destroyed by a lady, B, in a tantrum 1256

(1) B, displeased with the work of a sculptor, A, destroys a bust in an angry outburst 1257

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(3) B steals into the room of A, who is spending the night at her house, and
appropriates a bag of jewels that is under A’s pillow 1279b

(4) A, craftily seeking gain, overcomes the opposition of B with the use of strong
drink 1200a

(4) B, in order to forward a certain enterprise, assumes a fictitious name and secures
the position of private secretary to A 1244b

(4) A, desperately in need, secretly appropriates to his own use money belonging
to B 1285b

(8) B subtly places obstacles in the path of A, obstacles which, when overcome, will
profit A and develop his moral courage 1243

(9) B, a very great personage, snatches A’s cane and belabors A with it. A auctions
off the cane as a priceless piece for a collection 1256


Transgression

(1) B, engaged in carrying out an enterprise, finds that she must give it up for lack
of funds when her guardian, A, misappropriates her resources 1308

(3) B, seeking to protect herself from A, shoots and kills him 1309a

(4) B’s guardian, A, appropriates to his own use the property of B 1308


Revenge

A seeks by craftiness to be revenged on B 1310

(4) B, suffering a grievous injury at the hands of A, seeks to kill him by making use
of a certain odor which A regards with superstitious fear 1325

B, wronged, is helpless in reprisal; her friend, A, champions her cause 1326

(4) A, seeking revenge against B, overreaches himself 1310


Mystery

A, with a hobby for collecting curios, presents B with an old, hand-painted miniature 1333b

-- HER obj
B finds a note, ostensibly written by A, which causes her great perturbation 1364b

-- HER obj
A, friend of B, meets B in a foreign country, and invites her to dine with him
at an appointed time and place 1412b

A, in a waking vision, becomes clairvoyantly aware of a grave danger that is
threatening B 1433c

B induces A to attempt the solution of a mystery 1444

B is a hypnotist who, in carrying out an enterprise, hypnotizes A 1446c

(1) A gives B, who loves flowers, some of his rare blooms—with unhappy results
1333a

(1) A, a young artist in needy circumstances, has a picture rejected by a customer,
B 1386b

(9) A, spurred into putting forth an unusual effort by B, succeeds in winning a fortune 1354b

(13) A receives a mysterious communication from B, sent from a distant place where
B is residing. It is evidently an important communication but difficult to decipher 1395

(13) B meets A in a foreign country; and then, returning to her own country, B meets
A and receives the astounding information that he has not been away from his
native land for years 1412b

(13) A, when the death of a spiritualist medium, B, brings an occult investigation
to an end, finds his skepticism at the blank wall of enigma 1411

(13) A, friend of B, is reported to B, on unquestionable authority, to have been seen
in two places, widely distant from each other, at the same identical moment 1424b


Revelation

A reveals his identity to B 1461c

A sends an important communication to B, a communication that vitally concerns his welfare 1461d

-- HER poss obj
(1) A, revealing his identity to B, shatters her ideals and plunges her into unhappiness 1461c

(9) A is happy in rescuing B from an unpleasant situation 1451c

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A, B and A-2


Love’s Beginnings

A, carrying the news of the death of his friend, A-2, to B, the girl to whom A-2
was betrothed, is mistaken by B and her parents for A-2. B and her parents
have never seen A-2 5

A, posing as his dead friend, A-2, falls in love with B and withholds the news of
A-2’s death 5


Love’s Misadventures

A, and his friend, A-2. traveling together, meet with a tragic accident in which

A-2 is killed. Before he dies, A-2 requests A to carry the news of his death to
his sweetheart, B. A proceeds with his mission 168

A falls in with his friend, A-2, who is on his way to meet B, a girl he has never
seen but to whom he is betrothed 169

(1) A discovers that his best friend, A-2, is in love with B, the girl A is seeking to
marry 139

(4) A, unmarried, elopes with B, the wife of his dearest friend, A-2 119

(13) A, in love with B, pretends to be his deceased friend, A-2, who was betrothed
to B. B and her family, hearing of the death of A-2 at last, believe A to be the
specter of A-2 72


Marriage Proposal

A sends his friend, A-2, to B with a proposal of marriage 192b

(1) A-2 proposes to B for A; and B, thinking A-2 is speaking for himself, accepts
him 192b


Love’s Rejection

A’s friends, A-2, A-2, believe that B, whom A is about to marry, is a woman
of immoral character and that A should be restrained 220

A discovers that his friend, A-2, is cruelly fickle in his love affair with B 294a

A, discovering that his friend, A-2, is cruelly fickle in his love affair with B, takes
him to task for it 294a

A falls in love with B in spite of the fact that his friend, A-2, has warned him
-- HER obj
against her 329

A, wealthy, is in love with B, A’s friends, A-2, A-2, think that B is a designing
fortune hunter 330a

(1) A, in love with B, secretly discovers that B is about to marry his friend, A-2 319

(4) A falls in love with B, who is betrothed to his friend, A-2 273

(4) A, in order to arouse the jealousy of his friend, A-2, and cure him of fickleness
in love, pretends to be in love with B, A-2’s sweetheart 294b

(10) A, in love with B, renounces his love when told by his friend, A-2, that it is unwise 221a


Marriage

A’s gift, returned by B on account of a lover’s quarrel, is sent back to B, unknown
to A, by A-2, a friend of both B and A; and attached to the gift is a note
requesting B to keep it until A calls for it in person 349

(10) A, estranged from B, is influenced by A-2 to call on B; and the result of the call
is a reconciliation and marriage 349


Married Life

A persuades his friend, A-2, to elope with B 426

A’s wife, B, is untrue to him, a fact of which A is in ignorance. A-2 discovers
B’s unfaithfulness, and informs A, who is on his deathbed obstinately refusing
treatment that would heal him 435b

B’s husband, A, leaves for town, as he declares, to meet a friend, A-2 443

A’s friend, A-2, sends a letter to A; it arrives during A’s absence, and B opens it
443

B, wife of A, calls on her lover, A-2 446b

-- HER obj
A-2 conceals B so A will not see her 446b

A and B, man and wife, are to inherit money from a rich relative, A-2, when a
child shall bless their union 490b

B is the wife of A, a friend of A-2’s 580

A’s friend, A-2, discovers that A’s wife, B, is a “vamp” 580

-- page 272

(1) A-2, friend of A, is in a foreign country; and B conceals the letter from A-2 and,
the next time A leaves home “to meet A-2”, B trails him 443

(1) A discovers his wife, B, concealed in the apartment of A-2 446b

-- HER obj
(4) B, wife of A, persuades A-2 to elope with her 477

(4) A’s wife, B, elopes with A’s friend, A-2, a man more successful in business than
A 549

(4) B, wife of A, elopes with A’s friend, A-2 557b

(6) B, wife of A, and A-2, with whom B is eloping, meet death in an automobile accident 557b


Obligation

A’s friend, A-2, was the father of B; and, when A-2 died, A promised him he
would care for B as though she were his own child 988

A-2 is the brother of B, who is very dear to A 1007


Chance

A, years after he has stolen money from A-2, by merest chance and unwittingly
happens to stop for the night with A-2 and his wife, B 1048

B, and her husband, A-2, meeting A, by chance discover that A has with him a
bag of unset diamonds 1048


Craftiness

(4) A, in order to convince B that he is a man of “courage,” arranges with A-2 to
stage a fake holdup with B the supposed victim 1227b

(4) A hires a confederate, A-2, to abduct B 1227c

(4) A hires A-2 to abduct B under pretense that she is to be held for ransom 1227c



A, B and A-3


Love’s Misadventures

A and A-3 are in love with B. A seeks by craftiness to eliminate A 75a

A and A-3 are rivals for the hand of B. A-3 plans to forward his own aims at
A’s expense 76

B, if she wins a certain contest, also wins A-3, a lover of wealth and distinction
whom she does not love, although she does love riches and social prominence;
and if she loses the contest, she wins A, a poor lover whom she does love 104

A and A-3 are in love with B 136

A and A-3, twin brothers, are both in love with B 137a

A’s rival for the hand of B, A-3, is more energetic and enterprising than A and
seems more favored 158

A is in love with B and does not know he has a more favored rival, A-3 159

A has a rival in love, A-3, whose assurance is the key to his extraordinary resourcefulness 160

A, a humble lover, has a rival for the love of B—A-3, who is cultured, polished
and a man of the world 171

-- HER obj
A and A-3, rivals in love, agree to meet at a certain hour, call on B, and ask her
to choose between them 174

B puts the love of two suitors, A and A-3, to the test 175

(1) A, obliged to carry out the orders of his rival for the hand of B, A-3, is
commanded to commit suicide, or to leave the field clear for A-3 136

-- HER obj
(1) B loves A; but A’s rival, A-3, makes a captive of B and intends compelling her
to marry him 146

(1) A and A-3, once bosom friends, become enemies through their rivalry for the
love of B 157

(4) A and A-3, in love with B, are persuaded by capricious B to undertake a
dangerous enterprise to prove their love 78

(6) A and A-3 are rivals for the love of B, and A learns that B prefers A-3. A, in
order to insure the happiness of B and A-3 slays himself and leaves his estate to
B and A-3 80b

-- page 273

(8) A, in order to insure the happiness of B, whom he loves, and who, he thinks, loves
his rival, A-3, flees secretly so it may appear that he, and not A-3, committed
a certain transgression 80a

(8) A and A-3 are both in love with B. A seeks to protect A-3 from arrest 122

(9) A kidnaps his sweetheart, B, from an automobile while she is on her way to marry
A-3, A’s rival in love 81


Marriage Proposal

(1) B, thinking she has received a proposal of marriage from A, accepts. Later, she
discovers it was A-3 who proposed 182a

(2) B, accepting A-3’s proposal of marriage by telegram, through error sends the
telegram to A, the lover from whom she is estranged 194b


Love’s Rejection

A, in love with B, discovers that his rival, A-3, is unworthy. B seems to favor
A-3 .206

A’s rival for the love of B, A-3, basely deceives B with false suspicions of A 217

A and A-3 are rivals for the hand of B. B secretly favors A, but because A is
self-effacing and less enterprising than A-3, B pretends to favor A-3 in order to
spur A into proving his worth and ability 235

A and A-3 are in love with B. B is about to marry A-3, whom A knows to be
a crook 236

A loves B, but is rejected for a rival, A-3, who, known to A but unknown to B,
is a transgressor 260a

A would save B, the woman he loves, from marriage with a rival, A-3, when he
discovers A-3 to be a scoundrel 266

A tells B, with whom he is in love, that he has killed A-3 296

A is in love with B; and B is plighted to A-3—a fact which A suddenly discovers
300

(1) A’s rival in love, A-3, abducts A and holds him a prisoner as a means of
preventing him from marrying B 221b

(1) A loves B; but, after A meets with misfortune, B gives her favor to A-3, A’s rival
in love 257b

(1) B is in love with A, but the sentiment of her family is against A and ranged on
the side of A-3, A’s rival in love 290

(1) A and B are in love and betrothed; A, supposed dead by B, returns and finds B
-- HER obj
arrayed for marriage with A-3, and accuses her of faithlessness 328

(3) B, discovering the perfidious nature of A-3, the man she has promised to marry,
turns from him to accept A, by whose shrewdness A-3 was unmasked 267

(4) B rejects A, an honorable lover, and accepts A-3, who is a knave 263

(5) A sees in a newspaper the announcement of the engagement of B, the woman
he loves, to A-3 318

(6) A discovers that A-3, his rival for the love of B, is a transgressor. A-3,
to prevent the truth from becoming known, kills A 280b

-- HER obj
(8) A tells B, the woman he loves, that he has killed A-3, and asks her to call the
police 296

(8) B loves A and is about to marry A-3. Accused of faithlessness by A, B shows
A a dagger, and declares that she intends to kill herself at the altar steps before
-- HER obj
A-3 can claim her for a bride 336a

(10) A, while in a psychic state, has a prophetic vision of his rival in love,
A-3, discredited, and of himself achieving happiness in love 265a

(10) A discovers that A-3, his rival for the love of B, is a defaulter 280a


Marriage

A’s enemy, A-3, is captain of a ship on which A has taken passage, and on which
B is a stowaway 348

(1) A’s enemy, A-3, as a means of persecution, by subtlity compels A to marry B
347a

(1) A-3, knowing a secret of A’s, compels A to marry B, A-3 performing the ceremony 318

(1) B accepts her lover, A, and A secures a marriage license; then, before B and A
can marry, B suddenly marries A-3, A’s rival in love 368c

-- page 274

(3-9) A rescues B, the woman he loves, from a villainous rival in love, A-3 352b

(9) A and A-3 are lured into a secret ordeal to prove their merit; A-3 flunks
completely, but A succeeds almost at the cost of his life 350

(9) A kidnaps his sweetheart B while she is on her way to marry A-3, A’s rival in
-- HER obj
love, and marries her himself 351a


Married Life

A gambles with A-3, the man with whom A believes his wife has an “affair” 380

B, married to A, supposes A dead and marries A-3 402

A seeks to force B to give up A-3, whom she has married 402

B, after a loveless marriage with A-3, obtains a divorce and begins searching
for A, the man she loves and from whom she became estranged 404

A seeks to revenge himself upon B, the wife of A-3, for a grievous wrong
committed by A-3 433a

A’s wife, B, is loved by A-3 433b

A-3 seeks craftily to win B, the wife of A 433b

A’s wife, B, seems to have an affair with another man, A-3 434a

-- HER obj poss
B’s friend, A-3, seeks to save her from persecution at the hands of her brutal
husband, A 439

B, wife of A, is mistakenly supposed by A to have an “affair” with A-3 445a

B, wife of A, detests A-3, but calls on him at his apartment at night 445a

A seeks craftily to kill A-3, an unmarried man with whom B is in love 459

A discovers that B has married another man, A-3 472

A becomes the second husband of B, whose first husband, A-3, had mysteriously
disappeared and was supposed to be dead 473

A-3 threatens to reveal to B’s husband, A, a fateful secret unless B will agree to
-- HER obj
a certain proposition he makes to her 476b

B, wife of A, falls in love with young and reckless A-3 495

A, hen-pecked husband of B, discovers that B has an undivorced husband, A-3,
living 496c

B discovers that her husband, A, is seeking the life of her lover, A-3 503b

B seeks desperately to save her lover, A-3, from the vengeance of her husband,
A 503b

B is eloping with A-3, the man who destroyed her faith in her husband, A 507a

B, married to A, elopes with A-3 507b

A mistakenly supposes that his wife, B, has eloped with A-3 538

A believes that his wife, B, is in love with A-3 553

A unhappily married to B, falls in love with B-3, a girl much younger than himself 555b

B, wife of brutal and tyrannical A, has a loyal friend in A-3. A-3 seeks to help
B escape from A 558

A, the brutal and tyrannical husband of B, is a huge man and as powerful as he
is brutal; and A-3, who would save B from A, is a coward 558

A, husband of B, receives anonymous communications regarding B and A-3 561

A’s wife, B, is dishonored (and slain?) by A-3 567

A tries to find A-3 and be revenged upon him for a grievous wrong committed
against A’s wife, B 567

A seeks craftily to be revenged upon his wife, B, for falling in love with A-3, the
-- HER obj
man who has befriended her 568b

A, husband of B, attempts to kill B’s lover, A-3 568d

A-3, B’s undivorced husband, appears secretly to A, B’s present husband, and
tries craftily to get A to pay him money for not claiming B as his wife 594b

(1) Married B is away with unmarried A-3 when A-3 suddenly dies 397

(1-10) B wife of A, informs A that she is in love with A-3 409

(1) A, in the power of A-3, is compelled to divorce his wife, B 434b

(1-7) After A and B are married, B’s first husband, A-3, appears secretly to A 473

(1) B, wife of A, finds herself in the power of an old lover, A-3 476b .

(1) A-3. a man of evil character, seeks by violence and while intoxicated, to
dishonor B, wife of A 483a

(1) B, wife of A, is by subtlity made a prisoner by A-3, a rejected lover, in
his apartment 483b

(1) A, married to B, after a long, mysterious absence returns to find B married to
A-3 550

(1) A secretly discovers that his wife, B, has an “affair” with A-3 554

-- page 275

(1) A, husband of B, is killed in an accident while on the way to elope with B-3 556

(1) A dies as the result of a conspiracy between B and A-3, and B suffers remorse
557a

(1) B, wife of brutal and tyrannical A, is loved by A-3. B, although she loves A-3,
is too high-minded to consider an elopement, or to be a party to any sort of intrigue 559

(1) A’s wife, B, is dishonored and slain, during the war, by an enemy officer, A-3
567

(1) A, missing and supposed to be dead, returns secretly and finds his wife, B,
married to A-3 573b

-- HER obj
(2) A secretly abandons B and leaves her to A-3, B’s undivorced former husband
496c

(3) A kills A-3, the lover of his wife, B 568c

(3) A-3, murderously assaulted by A, husband of B, slays him in self-defense 568d

(4) B, married to A, has a flirtation with A-3, unmarried 397

(4) A-3, the “other man,” appears and, by flattering married B, and sympathising
-- HER obj obj
with her, causes her to imagine she is in love with him 398a

(4) B, in order to win back her husband, A’s, love by arousing his jealousy, flirts
with A-3 398b

(4) B deserts her husband, A, for another man, A-3 400

(4) B, wife of A, secretly borrows money from her old lover, A-3, for a certain
purpose 411b

(4) A marries B who, unknown to A, is already married to A-3, a husband who is
living and undivorced 435a

(4) B elopes with A-3, who has artfully inspired doubts of her husband, A’s, loyalty
444

(4) B, wife of A, impelled by an innocent motive, clandestinely meets an old lover,
A-3 449

(4) B seeks by secret enterprise to be free of A, her husband who is poor, in order
that she may marry wealthy A-3 450

(4) B, wife of A, is craftily persuaded by A-3, the “other man” in a “love triangle,”
to elope with him 476a

(4) B is persuaded to accept a valuable piece of jewelry from an old admirer, A-3
492b

-- HER poss obj
(4) B tells A, her husband, that a valuable piece of jewelry given her by A-3, is set
with imitation stones and that she bought it herself 492b

(4) B, married to A, flirts with an unmarried man, A-3 494

(4) B, married to brutal and tyrannical A, loves and is beloved by A-3 503a

(4) A abandons his loving, devoted wife, B, to elope with B-3, a younger and prettier woman 555a

(4) A, abandoning his wife, B, to elope with B-3, pays a penalty of remorse and unhappiness 555a

(4) A, married to B, pretends to be single in making love to B-3 556

(4) B’s husband, A, has a weak heart, and is lured into over-exertion by A-3, B permitting 557a

(4) A-3, a rejected lover of B’s, promises to help B, wife of A, if she will come to
his apartment for an interview 583b

(4) B, wife of A, happens to meet an old lover, A-3, and is compelled to borrow a
sum of money from him 583c

(6) B’s friend, A-3, forces a quarrel on B’s brutal husband, A, hoping A will kill
him, thus entangling himself with the law and freeing B of his brutal tyranny.
A-3 accomplishes his heroic sacrifice 439

(7) A-3, the man with whom A thought B had eloped, A discovers, was married several
days before the date of the supposed elopement 396

(8) B, wife of A, saves A-3, a supposed transgressor, from the law by a public
confession of her own delinquency 535

(8) A, married to B and in love with B-3, takes a long journey in an attempt to
forget B-3 555b

(8) A, discovering that his wife, B, dearly loves A-3, whom she has married
thinking A to be dead, secretly goes away and takes himself out of her life 573b

(9) B forces A-3, at the revolver point, to return to her money which he has taken
craftily from A 445a

-- HER obj poss
(10) B has an experience with A-3 which proves to her that running away from her
husband, A, was a mistake 418

-- page 276

Deliverance

B’s escort to a dance, A-3, gets into a fight with another man, A 891

(2) B saves A from a knife in the hands of his enemy, A-3 891


Craftiness

(11) A’s confederate, B, with a woman’s wiles, lures A-3 into a trap that has been
set for him 1261



A, B and A-4


Love’s Misadventures

A, a publisher, in love with B, receives a manuscript novel from A-4, in which
a woman character, approximating B physically and temperamentally, is made
the rogue of the story 44a

(2) A is in love with B; and B, rescuing A and A-4 from their captives, flees with them
when they effect their escape 181c

(9) A and A-4, held prisoners in a strange lost city, escape with the help of B,
a supposed goddess 181c


Love’s Rejection

(1) A, in love with B, secretly discovers B in the arms of A-4 222b


Misfortune

A finds a motor stage wrecked and the U. S. mail it was carrying scattered from
the torn pouches. The stage-driver, A-4, has gone for help. A picks up a torn
letter, reads it, and discovers that B is in misfortune 673


Helpfulness

A has been hired by A-4 to circulate an infamous slander against B 818b

(8) A, hired by A-4 to injure B, meets B, his sympathy goes out to her, and he
revolts against A-4’s scheme and warns B 818a


Simulation

A, a confederate of B’s, seeks damages from A-4, the owner of an automobile
that apparently injures B 1192



A, B and A-5


Love’s Misadventures

A’s secretary, B, is a criminal, “planted” in A’s home by A-5, a crook 152b

(1) B, a criminal, confederate of A-5, a crook, falls in love with her employer, A 152b


Married Life

A-5, A-5, tricky so-called spiritualists, pretend to materialize the spirit of
deceased B in order to influence A to give them money by advice of the supposed
B 474

B’s husband, A, is killed by A-5 569

B’s husband, A, is killed by A-5; and A-5, through the law’s delay and
technicalities, escapes with only a light sentence 569

(9) B invokes the Mosaic law in seeking revenge upon A-5 for the murder of her
husband, A 569

(9) B, wife of A, takes the law in her own hands and shoots A-5, who has murdered
A 594e

-- page 277

Misfortune

A, captured by enemies of B, is threatened with death by A-5 in an attempt to
extort from him a secret of B’s 660b

A, threatened with death by A-5 in an attempt to force him to reveal a secret of
B’s, defies A-5 to do his worst 660b ,


Helpfulness

A, friend of B, breaks into a building for the purpose of committing a robbery,
and finds a trusted employee, A-5, B’s husband, dead at his desk, a defaulter and
a suicide. A-5 has left a note explaining his guilt 819

(8-9) A, in order to save his friend, B, from disgrace, destroys a letter that would
have proved B’s husband, A-5, a defaulter and a suicide, “blows” a safe, and
pretends to have committed a robbery 819


Obligation

B, ordered by thieves, A-5, A-5, A-5, to open a safe belonging to A, refuses in
spite of threats against her life 1010


Personal Limitations

(1) B, in the hands of crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5, and being forced to do their will,
is tortured by having A, the man she loves, threatened with death by one of the crooks
who is “drawing a bead” on A from behind a window curtain 1135a


Transgression

B, A’s secretary, is made a prisoner, by crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5, when they fail to
open A’s safe 1307



A, B and A-6


Love’s Misadventures

(1) B is in love with A, who has been arrested on a criminal charge by A-6 92

(4) B, in order to help her lover, A, escape from A-6, who has arrested him, makes
love to A-6 92


Misfortune

(1) A, impersonating A-6, meets A-6’s sweetheart, B, and she recognizes him as an
imposter 717


Mistaken Judgment

B, in order to protect herself from A, calls a policeman, A-6 799
Helpfulness

A is a prisoner of A-6, and A-6 seeks to secure from A information inimical to
B 824


Deliverance

A sees a policeman, A-6, watching B, who is about to pick a pocket 876a

A warns B of danger from A-6 876a



A, B and A-7


Love’s Misadventures

(1) B promises to meet A, her lover, at her home and introduce him to her parents.
A, arriving in advance of B, is mistaken for A-7, a man who is expected to call
and apply for the position of butler 178

-- page 278

Love’s Rejection

(10) A and B are in love; but one of A’s employees, A-7, tells B of a (seeming)
transgression that A has committed. B credits the story 213


Married Life

(4) B, young wife of elderly A, has an intrigue with a servant of A’s, A-7 466b



A, B and A-8


Love’s Beginnings

(4) A, unmarried, out of sympathy for B, who is unhappily married to brutal and
tyrannical A-8, falls in love with B 17b


Love’s Misadventures

(1) A, unmarried, falls in love with married B; B’s husband, A-8, will not divorce
B, nor will B divorce him 120

(1) A, in love with B, discovers that B is married to A-8 128


Marriage

(2) A in order to safeguard B’s good name, has a marriage ceremony performed by
a wandering circuit rider, A-8 351b


Married Life

A has seen her husband, A, secretly as he thought, exchange a pair of muddy shoes
for the clean shoes of A-8 467


Mistaken Judgment

A believes B is an adventuress, seeking unlawful gain by pretending to be the
daughter of A-8 788

(12) B proves to A that she is the daughter of A-8 788


Craftiness

A, deaf and dumb, is dying and desires to make a will. The lawyer who has
been summoned, A-8, thinks chicanery is afoot, and hires B to go with him to
read A’s “sign language” 1267c

(9) A, counseled by artful B, makes use of important papers belonging to A-8 in
forwarding a certain enterprise 1278a


Mystery

(13) A, a young artist in needy circumstances, is conducted secretly by A-8 to a house
in which B, a beautiful young woman, lies dead with a dagger in her heart 1386a



A, B and A-9


Love’s Misadventures

A, unjustly imprisoned, is pardoned and restored to liberty when B appeals to
high authority, A-9 108


Deliverance

B implores A-9, the governor of the state, for a pardon for A, a condemned prisoner 895


Obligation

(9) A, using his position in the household of A-9 as a “cover” for his black designs,
loots the jewel box of A-9’s wife, B, and departs secretly between two days 1008

-- page 279


A, B and AX


Love’s Misadventures

(1) B, running away from home to marry A, by a mistake marries AX. Immediately
after the ceremony, AX disappears 166


Love’s Rejection

(1) A, in love with B, is persuaded by Old Dry-as-Dust, the sage, AX, to turn from
love as from something evil 211



A, B and X


Love’s Beginnings

A seeks to buy an object, X, from B, an object he greatly desires. B will not
sell X 20a


Love’s Misadventures

A and B, lovers, have a violent quarrel, and B returns a gift, X, she has received
from A 170


Love’s Rejection

(1) A makes a gift, X, to B, the woman he wishes to marry; and X is a gift of value
which it is proved has been stolen 333


Marriage

(2) A finds an object, X, which B has lost, an object that proves her love for him 360b


Married Life

B believes that her husband, A, loves her less than he does a certain small statue,
X, that stands on his desk 586

(13) A, showing X, a mysterious object, to his wife, B, is astounded when B, without
explanation, begins divorce proceedings 541


Misfortune

A has confided to B the combination of his safe, X 616

A, confiding to B the combination of his safe, X, brings danger to B 616


Mistaken Judgment

-- HER obj
B mistakenly supposes A to be a thief when he restores to her an object, X, which
she has lost 792a

-- HER obj
A, restoring to B an object, X, which she has lost, mistakenly supposes her a
thief because X seems too valuable to be honestly owned by one in B’s straitened
circumstances 792a


Personal Limitations

A seeks professionally to secure a desired object, X, from B 1138

A, seeking to secure a desired object, X, from B, finds the object so dearly prized
because of family associations that B will not part with it at any price 1138


Transgression

(4) B, in order to carry out a certain enterprise, sells a valuable heirloom, X,
-- HER obj
confided to her for safe-keeping by A 1293c


Mystery

(13) B, in order to help backward and unenterprising A achieve success, gives him
a mysterious little object, X, which, she solemnly assures him, will make him
successful in all his undertakings 1377b

-- page 280


A,B and F-B


Love’s Beginnings

-- HER obj poss
A is a young lawyer, retained by B to help her settle the involved estate of her
deceased father, F-B 20c


Love’s Misadventures

A, in love with B, is required by F-B, father of B, to secure a certain amount of
money before he will be seriously considered as a son-in-law 111

A loves B; and B’s father, F-B, promises him B’s hand in marriage if he will carry
out successfully an enterprise of great difficulty and danger 112

B is in love with A, who is engaged in settling the estate of B’s deceased father,
F-B 125c

A mistakenly believes that F-B, father of B, the girl he loves, is his enemy 177

(1) B’s father, F-B, is mysteriously slain, and innocent A is arrested for the crime
43

(4) A, in love with B, quarrels with F-B, father of B 43

(9) B’s father, F-B, deceased, was heavily in debt; and A, wealthy, pays the debts
unknown to B 125c


Love’s Rejection

A carries out successfully a very difficult enterprise when promised the hand of
B in marriage by F-B, father of B 209

A is in love with B; and he sues F-B, father of B, for damages sustained in a
certain proceeding 295a

A, in love with B, and disapproved of by F-B, father of B, is forcibly ejected
from the home of B and F-B. A brings suit for damages against F-B 295b

B’s father. F-B, a religious fanatic, sends B away from home because she falls
in love with A, who is not of their religious belief 223

B is unable to marry A because her father, F-B, in using B for his subject in a
scientific experiment, has instilled a poison into her blood 227

B, revealing the fact that she is in love with A, of a family at war with her own,
is denied further intercourse with A by her father, F-B 240

B cannot marry A, the man she loves, because of her promise to live with her
widowed father, F-B, and make a home for him 285

A is in love with B; but F-B, father of B, orders A to keep away from the house
and away from B 299

B, in love with A, is detained by her father, F-B, when she seeks to keep an
appointment with A 306

-- HER poss poss obj
B is locked in her room by her father, F-B, in order to prevent her from meeting
her lover, A, and telling him of her love 308a

B sends a letter to her sweetheart, A, but it is intercepted by B’s father, F-B,
who does not approve of A 308b


Marriage

F-B believes he is fully warranted in compelling A, at the point of a gun, to marry
B 347b

A masquerades as a servant in the household of F-B, father of B, the girl he loves
352a

(1) B, having rejected A, the man she loves, because of an obligation she feels
herself under to her father, F-B, is informed by F-B that he is going to be married—and
B finds herself turned out on the world 368

(2-9) F-B approves of A, and he marries B 350

(5) A is compelled by F-B, father of B, to marry B 347b

(9) F-B approves of A, and A and B are married 352a

(9) A renounces an enterprise against F-B, father of B, the girl he loves, when F-B
withdraws his objections to A as a son-in-law and allows him to marry B 363b

(9) A, thinking his love rejected by B, receives a letter from B telling him how much
she loves him, and that her father, F-B, has consented to their marriage 360a


Helpfulness

B’s father, F-B, fails in his attempt to control and subdue A, a “wild” and
unmanageable youth left in his charge 812b

-- page 281


A, B and F-A


Love’s Misadventures

-- HER obj
A, and his father, F-A, are both in love with B and wish to marry her 135


Love’s Rejection

B, in love with A, and disapproved of by F-A, the father of A, seeks as an
Unknown to impress F-A with her character and charm 241

A’s father, F-A, disapproves of B, A’s sweetheart 330b

(1) A’s sense of filial obligation is so strong that, when ordered by his father, F-A,
-- HER obj
not to marry B, the girl he loves, he gives her up 282a

(1) A, an Indian, in love with B, a white girl, is commanded by his father, F-A, and
by the head men of the tribe, to renounce B 282b

(9) B, by secret enterprise, proves her charm and worth to A’s father, F-A, and he
withdraws his objections to her marriage with A 330b



A, B and SN


Love’s Misadventures

A’s son. SN, is determined to marry B, whom A thinks is unworthy 181b

(4) A, seeking to prevent his son, SN, from marrying B, makes love to B and plans
-- HER obj
to marry her himself 181b


Simulation

A is mistaken by B for her son 1196

A, mistaken by a dying woman, B, for her son, SN, altruistically fosters the
delusion in order to give B a few last moments of earthly comfort 1196


Revelation

(10) A is compelled to alter certain plans very materially when he makes the
astounding discovery that he is the father of B’s son, SN 1450



A, B and BR-B


Simulation

B does not know that her brother, BR-B, is dead. She corresponds with a man,
A, who pretends to be BR-B 1205

(1) B, after corresponding with A, whom she supposes to be BR-B, calls on A
unannounced and discovers A’s deception 1205



A, B and U


Obligation

(1) B, an enemy of U who has left a fortune to A on condition that he shall never
travel abroad, wins a promise from A that he will travel abroad after she dies 1001b


Craftiness

A’s rich uncle. U, promises to leave his wealth to A when A and his wife, B, shall
be blessed with a son and heir 1289c



B and A-2


Married Life

(4) B, in order to escape consequences of personal culpability, falsely accuses innocent A-2 446a

-- page 282


B and A-3


Marriage Proposal

(5) B, while in an irresponsible state of mind, promises to marry A-3; and later,
realizing what she has done, regrets the promise 183

B sends a telegram to A-3, accepting his proposal of marriage 194b


Love’s Rejection

(4) B, her life’s romance apparently wrecked, decides to marry the man, A-3, she
does not love 261


Married Life

A-3 seeks to use his power over B to advance his own selfish aims 411b

(4) B, married, assumes another name and marries A-3 451


Misfortune

(1) B, a reformed transgressor, going about doing good, has her transgression
-- HER obj
revealed by A-3. who knew her in the old days 665


Craftiness

B goes innocently with a friend, A-3, to pass a few days at a summer resort 1240

(12) B’s friend, A-3, dies suddenly in his room at a summer resort hotel; and B, first
to discover A-3’s death, flees secretly in order that her name may not be compromised 1240


Transgression

B’s friend, A-3, mysteriously disappears while in B’s company 1309b

(1) B is arrested on suspicion of having murdered A-3 1309b



B and A-4


Helpfulness

B, sympathetic, befriends a needy stranger, A-4 812a

(1) B, through befriending a needy stranger, A-4, becomes involved in an unpleasant complication 812a


Deliverance

B, engaged in carrying out a secret enterprise, finds herself in danger and calls
upon a stranger, A-4, for aid 890


Necessity

(1) B, carrying out a secret enterprise, and falling into danger, appeals for aid to a
stranger, A-4; but A-4 is wary and refuses assistance 1025


Simulation

(4) B pretends she has been injured in an automobile accident in order to collect
damages from the owner of the car, A-4 1159



B and A-5


Married Life

(1) B finds herself in the toils of A-5 410

B, in her extreme youth, was lured into marriage with a criminal, A-5 447
A-5, a criminal, is killed, and B, his widow, leaves home and goes to a distant
country 447

-- page 283

Misfortune

B, committing a secret transgression, has her secret discovered by A-5 669

B is threatened by crooks, A-5, A-5, A-5, in an attempt to force her to open a
strong box 666

(1) B, a respectable working girl seeking employment, follows the advice of a
supposed friend, A-5 and finds herself in an immoral dance hall where she is
compelled to dance with patrons and serve drinks 647

(1) B’s secret transgression is discovered by A-5, who seeks to use his knowledge for
purposes of blackmail 669


Personal Limitations

B is forced to battle for her honor with A-5 when finding herself trapped in a
room 1135b


Craftiness

(2) B traps A-5, a, thief, by telling him her valuables are in a clothes closet—and
then locking the closet 1259



B and A-6


Deliverance

B, her integrity seriously compromised, finds a friend in A-6, a detective 870b


Simulation

B, seeking to carry out an enterprise in a large department store, finds the
enterprise endangered by A-6, a detective 1206

(2) B, faultlessly dressed, in order to escape A-6, a detective, steps into the show
window of a large department store and poses as a life-size wax figure, one of
several figures displaying the latest suits and cloaks 1206


Craftiness

B, a woman criminal arrested by A-6, a detective, seeks to effect her escape by
artful strategy 1258



B and A-8


Idealism

B volunteers to nurse a sick person, A-8, when no one else will undertake the
work 956

(6) B, nursing A-8, contracts a contagious disease and dies 956



B and F-B


Misfortune

B, elder daughter of F-B, is the sole support of the family when F-B dies 745

-- HER poss obj
B rebels against the authority of her father, F-B, who compels her to do all sorts
of rough farm work 676

B’s father, F-B, is an unworthy character long mysteriously missing 684

(1) B, trying to make a home for her widowed father, F-B, is neglected and cruelly
treated by F-B 641

(1) B is forced by her father, F-B, to leave home and become a domestic drudge in
a distant town 741

(1) B’s father, F-B, pursuing rustlers who have stolen his cattle, is shot down and
killed 745

-- page 284

(8) F-B renounces his intention to disclose his identity to his daughter, B, and
shambles away as an Unknown, leaving B happy with her mistaken ideals 684

(11) B’s father, F-B, long mysteriously missing, returns to his old home as an
Unknown and discovers that his daughter, B, thinks him dead, believes his character
to have been noble and holds him in hallowed remembrance 684


Helpfulness

B, when her father, F-B, fails in an enterprise, takes the enterprise off his hands
812b


Deliverance

B’s father, F-B, is compelling B to take a step which she believes will be fatal
to her happiness 871

(2) B, compelled by her father, F-B, to take a step which she believes will be fatal
to her happiness, escapes the catastrophe by a stratagem 871


Idealism

B builds a monument to her father, F-B, whom she mistakenly thinks is dead,
-- HER obj
and whose memory is to her a source of pride and honor 930


Obligation

B’s father, F-B, dies heavily involved in debt 993

(1) B makes a great personal sacrifice in order to carry out a filial obligation to live
with her father, F-B, and make a home for him 992

(4) B, the only child of her father, F-B, considers herself in honor bound to pay the
debts of the deceased F-B, and undertakes a strange enterprise in order to carry
out the obligation 993

(9) B labors for years at a lonely task in order to clear the name of her father, F-B,
from dishonor 995


Simulation

B’s father, F-B, is suspected of a certain crime 1171

(1) B, in order to save her father, F-B, who is suspected of a certain crime, confesses
that she is the culprit 1171


Craftiness

(12) B, compelled by her father, F-B, to engage in a distasteful enterprise, evades
the enterprise by pretending suddenly to have been stricken deaf and dumb
1241b


Transgression

(4) B forges the name of her father, F-B, to a note in order to secure money for a
certain purpose 1293a

(5) B forges the name of her father, F-B, to a note. Unknown to B, F-B dies
suddenly before the date of the note 1293a


Mystery

(13) B, waiting in the lobby of a crowded hotel until her father, F-B, can secure rooms,
vanishes completely 1416



B and BR-B


Misfortune

(1) B, sister of BR-B, in order to prevent BR-B from bringing dishonor upon their
family, unintentionally causes his death 649

-- page 285

Idealism

B indirectly causes the death of her brother, BR-B, by opposing a discreditable
enterprise he was trying to carry out 909

B’s brother, BR-B, has committed a crime 977

(12) B, apprised of a crime committed by her brother, BR-B, informs the police and
has BR-B arrested 977b



B and SN


Mistaken Judgment

B has a weird delusion regarding her son, SN 800

B considers her son, SN, brilliant and highly talented, whereas he is less than
mediocre in mentality 800


Deliverance

B learns that her son, SN, is suspected of having committed a crime 896

B knows that her son, SN, is innocent of the crime of which he is accused, and
she knows who is guilty, but this knowledge makes the task of protecting SN
dangerous and difficult 896


Obligation

B, a widow, is compelled by family obligations to live with a married son, SN 994

B, a widow, has given all her money to her son, SN 1009b

(1) B, penniless, is compelled to live with her son, SN 1009b



B and AX


Love’s Misadventures

(1) AX, a gay young blade traveling through the country, takes refuge from a storm
in a rural church. To his astonishment, he is hailed at once as a bridegroom,
and is hurried to the altar where a pretty girl, B, in an exhausted condition, seems
to be waiting for him. In a spirit of recklessness, he allows himself to be married
to her; and when she, after the ceremony, seems to realize that he is not the
man she thought he was, he hurriedly makes his escape 155

(4) B pretends that she is engaged to be married to an imaginary person, AX, buys
herself an engagement ring and has the betrothal announcement published in a
newspaper 86

(II) B invents a wholly imaginary lover, AX; and, most unexpectedly, a man of AX’s
-- HER obj
name and general characteristics presents himself to her 58a


Marriage

B, impelled by an unusual motive, invents a fictitious character, AX 354a

(9) AX, a fictitious character invented by B, “comes to life,” falls in love with B,
and they marry 354a


Misfortune

B befriends an Unknown, AX, in a spirit of altruism 646

(1) B discovers that AX, an Unknown whom she has befriended, is a notorious
criminal and is being hunted by the authorities 646

(4) B pretends that she is engaged to be married to an imaginary lover, AX, buys
herself an engagement ring and has the betrothal announcement published in a
newspaper 58b


Personal Limitations

B pretends that she is entertaining a duke, AX 1106

(1) B, alone and in a strange bedroom, discovers a man, AX, dead in the bed 1135b

-- page 286


B and CH


Married Life

(10) B lives for her children, CH, CH, gives all to them and loses her moody
despondency 505


Deliverance

(6) B performs an act of great heroism in rescuing a child, CH, from death, but
sacrifices her own life in making the rescue 893


Personal Limitations

(5) B comes to understand the evil of her selfish outlook upon life when one of her
children, CH, dies 1068



A and B-2


Married Life

A has no admiration at all for B-2 and her ways 414



A and B-S


Love’s Rejection

(4) B-3 flatters A’s vanity and so manoeuvers him into an engagement to marry
-- HER obj
her 218a


Marriage

(1) B-3 abandons A after he loses his money and is injured and sent to a hospital
361a


Married Life

A, married to B, is haunted by memories of a former sweetheart, B-3 393

B-3 is a heartless coquette whom A loves 421

-- HER obj
A, while traveling abroad, marries B-3, a woman of inferior race, abandons her
and returns to his own country 425

A could prove an alibi and win freedom of a murder charge, but only by involving
B-3, another man’s wife 520

(1) B-3 whom A, divorced, seeks to marry marries another man 377b

(1) B-3 is wealthy, but shallow; and A, in following her advice, fails miserably in
all his undertakings 386

(2) A finds B-3, his love of other days, and discovers that her beauty and charm have
faded 393

(4) A falls in love with B-3 382

(4) A assumes a fictitious identity and marries B-3 437

(4) A, married to B, falls in love with B-3 486

(8) A’s obligation to save himself, is opposed by an obligation to protect B-3,
another man’s wife 520



A and B-4


Helpfulness

A walking in the street, sees B-4, a stranger, weeping 806

(5) A, giving aid to a stranger, B-4, later regrets his impulsiveness 806



A and B-7


Chance

-- HER obj
(12) A, finding by chance an aged nurse, B-7, learns from her a secret of birth and
parentage which means happiness for him 1051

-- page 287


A and BX


Love’s Misadventures

(4) A, annoyed by unwelcome love affairs, pretends that he has an invalid wife, BX
84b


Love’s Rejection

A is left a fortune by a deceased relative provided he will marry BX. a woman
he does not know 298b

A is appealed to for aid by BX, a woman he does not know 298c

(10) A, appealed to for aid by a stranger, BX, refuses aid, and regrets the refusal
when BX mysteriously disappears. A considers himself under an obligation to
find BX 298c

A, an eligible young man, is mystified by discovering in a newspaper the
announcement of his betrothal to BX, a woman he does not know 298a


Marriage

A and BX, husband and wife, go their different ways immediately after the
marriage ceremony 365d

(4) A marries BX, a woman he does not know 365d


Mystery

A, in a city street, has a glimpse of BX, a strange woman who has caused him
to become involved in a puzzling mystery 1412a

A is held up and robbed by a masked woman road agent, BX 1431

-- HER obj
(13) A, trying to overtake BX and secure information from her regarding a certain
mystery, sees BX, under his very eyes, killed in a street accident 1412a



A, B and B-2


Misfortune

(1) B and her husband, A, poor, are compelled to labor hard and deny themselves
every comfort for years in order to replace a valuable ornament B borrowed
from B-2. and lost 642


Mystery

B’s friend, B-2, perpetrates a hoax by forging a note which has to do with B and
A 1364b


Revelation

(10) B’s friend, B-2, makes an important revelation regarding A which causes B to
correct a serious error 1462


Love’s Beginnings

(4) B, a plain girl who has no lover, is persuaded by her friend, B-2, to accept an
escort to a dance—A, a man she does not know 35


Love’s Misadventures

(13) A, in love with B, discovers that B is in love with B-2 42a


Love’s Rejection

B falls in love with A, who jilts a friend of B’s, B-2, in order to pay suit to B 277

B-2 grieves so terribly over losing her false lover, A, that B’s heart is wrung 277

(1) B, in love with A, rejects his love when she learns that he jilted B-2, B’s dearest
-- HER obj
friend, to pay attention to her 243

-- page 288

Married Life

A is asked by B-2, a friend of his deceased wife, B, for a bundle of love-letters,
which B-2 had given to B for safe-keeping 385b

B, wife of A, admires the personal independence of B-2, and would pattern after
-- HER obj
her 414

(5) A, husband of B, suspects B of receiving love-letters—and discovers that the
letters were merely being held by B for B-2, for safekeeping 385b

(7) B discovers through a friend, B-2, that the moral transgression of which she has
accused her husband, A, was never committed 506a



A, B and B-3


Love’s Beginnings

B, unworthy, seeks to have her lover, A, transfer his affections to B-3, who is
worthy lie

(4) A falls in love with B; but A already has a wife, B-3, whom he has never loved,
a wife whom he considers it his duty to care for 18

(8) B, elderly, in love with youthful A, seeks to have A transfer his affections to B-3,
who is nearer his own age lib


Love’s Misadventures

B and SR-B, twin sisters, are both in love with A 137b

(1) B and A are in love. B-3, by craftiness, steals A away from B 94a

(3-9) B, matching her own craftiness against B-3’s, steals B-3’s thunder and wins
A back from B-3 94a

(4) B’s ambition is to do B-3 an injury; so she elopes with A, who is engaged to marry
B-3 90b

(4) A, engaged to marry B, receives a request from B-3, his former sweetheart, that
-- HER obj
he come and see her 138


Marriage Proposal

(1) A is in love with B. Intending to propose marriage to B, he discovers that he
has proposed to B-3 182b

(1) A, thinking he is proposing marriage to B, finds that he has proposed to B-3,
who accepts him 182b


Love’s Rejection

A is in love with B and B-3 215b

A is about to marry B-3, who has deceived him into thinking B, the woman he
loves, is unfaithful 216

A wishes to marry B, but is already united to B-3 by a secret marriage 281a

A renounces his love for B and seeks to win wealthy B-3 281c

B, a white woman, is in love with A, also white. B-3, a woman of alien race,
seeks to win A away from B 336c

B-3 sues A for breach of promise 337b

(1) While A debates within himself whether he shall marry B or B-3, B and B-3
engage themselves to marry other lovers 215b

(1) B loses the love of A when B-3 comes into his life 324

(1) A, in love with B, meets with misfortune when he leaves B for B-3, a woman
who flatters his vanity 337a

(1) B, who loves A and is beloved by him, loses him to B-3 through the wily strategy
of B-3 340

(4) A, because of the wiles of B-3, a coquette, breaks his engagement to marry B,
the woman he loves 215a

(4) A sends a gift to B, the woman he loves; B-3 intercepts the gift and craftily
replaces it with a photo of herself, lovingly inscribed to A 218b

(4) A, in love with B, leaves B for B-3, a woman who flatters his vanity and whose
bold beauty has an appeal for him 256

(8) B adores A in secret; and when A disappears and reappears with a bride, B still
finds her happiness in the great unselfish love she has for him 270

-- page 289

(8) B, unmarried falling in love with A, husband of B-3, is overcome with remorse.
B flees from A, and from the world, to a solitary spot where she seeks to do penance
and obtain a spiritual victory over her evil nature 279

-- HER obj
(4) A, engaged to marry B-3, abandons her and marries B 337b


Marriage

B, of an inferior race, rescues A, of a superior race, and falls in love with him. A
is engaged to marry B-3, a girl of his own people 346

A, unhappily married to B and in love with B-3, is too high-minded to seek a
divorce 368e

(1) B-3, filled with remorse because she has rejected A’s love, goes searching for him,
finds him, and is informed by him that he is presently to marry B 345

(1) A, telling B of an inferior race who is in love with him, that he is going away and
will soon return, never returns, but marries B-3, a girl of his own people 346

(2) A’s unworthy wife, B, is killed in an accident, and A is free to marry B-3, whom
he has long loved 368e

(4) A proves false to B, the woman he loves, and has a disastrous affair with B-3
361a

(10) A, his love rejected by B-3, goes to a distant part of the country and meets B.
A falls in love with B 345


Married Life

A, bankrupt, divorces B and plans to marry wealthy B-3 377b

A leaves his loving, devoted wife, B, to take up with B-3, a woman who flatters
his vanity 386

A, thinking he has been disloyal to his first wife, B-3, makes B unhappy by his
brooding 405

A falls ill. B-3, who loved A before he married B, nurses A back to health 496b

A’s sorrow for his deceased wife, B-3, causes B, his second wife, much unhappiness 504b

A finds his marriage to B a hindrance in his love affair with B-3 509

A, married to B, whom he does not love, is haunted by memories of a former
sweetheart, B-3, whom he still loves 528

A, husband of B, and B-3, both vanish mysteriously at the same time 540

Gossip has it that A, husband of B, has eloped with B-3 5i0

A’s wife, B, dies. B, A’s wife, on her death bed, has A promise that he will marry

B-3, B’s best friend 578b

B-3 loved A before he married B 578b

B is convinced that her husband, A, has eloped with B-3 589

(1) A is suspected of having murdered his wife, B; but, at the hour the murder was
committed, A was with B-3 537

(1) A is a bigamist; and his two wives, B and B-3, meet by chance and compare
notes 548b

(4) A has two wives, B and B-3, two homes several miles apart, two names by which
he is known in two different communities, two circles of acquaintances, and
and practices two professions 486b

(4) A, married to B, suffers a memory lapse and marries B-3 548a

(4) A marries B in order to emancipate himself from the evil influence of B-3 421

(9) A realizes that his emancipation from the evil influence of B-3 is complete, and
he returns to B a better and a wiser man 393

(9) A succeeds by a stratagem in leaving his unloved wife, B, and, under a fictitious
name, marries B-3, the woman he loves 440

(9) B, second wife of A, discovers that B-3, A’s first wife, was unfaithful 504b

(10) B, wife of A, dons the mask and costume of B-3, A’s paramour, and meets A as
B-3 at a masquerade ball 59 If

(13) A, husband of B, suffers an attack of amnesia and marries B-3; his memory
returns, and he forgets B-3 and goes back to B 548a


Simulation

(10) B discovers that B-3 has told an untruth about A 1154b

-- page 290

A, B and B-5


Helpfulness

(12) A, proving B innocent of a certain crime, proves also the guilt of B-5, a criminal
whom B physically resembles 828



A, B and B-7


Love’s Rejection

(1) A is told by B-7, a maid in the home of B, A’s sweetheart, that B has informed
the police of A’s criminal operations, and that he is an ex-convict 338


Personal Limitations

B, intending to send a telegram to her maid, B-7, through error addresses the
message to A 1136



A, B and B-8


Married Life

(4) B-8 dies, and A contrives to make it appear that it was B who died 456

(9) B, as B-8, is immured in an insane asylum, and A inherits the money belonging
to B 456



A, B and CH


Marriage Proposal

(9) A, in love with B, but too backward and diffident to propose, is horrified to hear
a child, CH, who knows of his passion, propose to B on his behalf 193


Married Life

A has a son, CH, by his white wife, B; B dies 425

B is married to A and they have one child, CH 466a

B loves her child, CH, but she does not love her husband, A 466a

B, wife of A, forsakes cherished ambitions in order to carry out the desire of A
that she bear him a son, CH 515

B divorces her husband, A, and is awarded the custody of their child, CH 594c

A steals his child, CH, from his divorced wife, B 594c

(1) B, married to A, her second husband, finds her domestic happiness imperiled by
the obligation to care for CH, a child by her first husband 514

(5) B’s love for her child, CH, left with her husband, A, when she deserted him,
-- HER obj
draws her back to CH and A 507b

(5) A learns that a child, CH, has been born during his absence.
Result: Reconciliation with B, and happiness 501

(6) B deliberately sacrifices herself at the hands of her husband, A, in order to save
their son, CH, who is falsely accused of transgression by A, the real transgressor
516

(14) A and B, estranged, undergo a character transformation through love for their
child, CH 499a

(14) B, wife of A, suffers a critical illness at childbirth and her character is
transformed 505


Misfortune

CH, a child, playing in the corridor of a large city hotel, transfers a black ribbon
from the knob of B’s door to that of A 737c


Craftiness

(2) A, with a strange baby, CH, on his hands, secretly leaves CH in the care of B,
who has other children 1229

A finds himself with a strange baby, CH, on his hands 1229

-- page 291

A, B and SM-B


Married Life

B is the daughter of A and the step-daughter of A’s wife, SM-B 570

(4) B seeks revenge upon her step-mother, SM-B, because she thinks SM-B has
-- HER poss obj
stolen the affections of her father, A, away from her 570



A, B and M-A


Married Life

A and B, married, live with A’s mother, M-A 384

B quarrels with M-A, and with A on account of M-A 384

A and B are married, and A’s mother, M-A, lives with them 518

B, wife of A, is jealous of the attentions A gives his mother, M-A 543

B has a mistaken idea that her husband’s mother, M-A, is trying to interfere
-- HER obj
between her and A 543

A, and his wife, B, are compelled to live with A’s mother, M-A, and avail
themselves of her slender resources 574b

(1) A and B quarrel regarding M-A, and A is forced to choose between M-A and B
518



A, B and M-B


Love’s Beginnings

B’s mother, M-B, a middle-aged widow, introduces A, her youthful lover, to B
11a

(8) B’s mother, M-B, plans that her youthful lover, A, shall transfer his affections
to B. M-B’s plans are successful 11a



A, B and BX


Love’s Beginnings

(2) A falls in love with B, and renounces wealth which he was to inherit by marrying BX 19a



A, BX and X


Mystery

A struggles with a masked woman road agent, BX, and twists from her wrist a
peculiar bracelet, X 1431

(13) A, proceeding about his business and caught in a crowd, is confronted suddenly
by a strange woman, BX, who thrusts a mysterious object, X, into his hand,
and, without a word, disappears 1383



A, B and SR

Love’s Misadventures

B and SR-B, twin sisters, are both in love with A 137b

Love’s Rejection

(1) A, influenced by his maiden sisters, SR-A, SR-A, renounces his affair with B, the
woman he loves 219

-- page 292

A and D-A


Misfortune

(1) A, in making a scientific experiment, has unintentionally caused his daughter,
D-A, a grievous injury 626


Mistaken Judgment

(1) A, a transgressor, returning as an Unknown to his home, finds his daughter, D-A,
reverencing his memory as of a great and noble person 797


Helpfulness

A, aware that his end is approaching, seeks to protect his adopted daughter, D-A,
by making a will 825


Idealism

-- HER obj
A seeks happiness in being the pal of his daughter, D-A, and in making her happy
910

A is ultra-old-fashioned, and his daughter, D-A, is ultra-modern 910

A, a transgressor, returns to his home as an Unknown after a long absence, and
meets his daughter, D-A 964b

(8) A, a transgressor, learning that his daughter, D-A, thinks he is dead, and that
his character was high and noble, does not reveal his identity but leaves D-A
happy in her mistaken ideals 964b



A and M-A


Obligation

(1) A’s promise to his mother, M-A, prevents him from undertaking a cherished enterprise 989



A and CH


Misfortune

A, temporarily in charge of two mischievous children, CH-1 and CH-2, finds
himself in more dilemmas than he can successfully manage 609

(1) A seeks to live down his bitter grief over the loss of his only child, CH, but finds
it impossible 698

(1) A constructs a concealed trap, and a person dear to him, CH, falls into the trap
and cannot escape 728

(14) A cripples himself in rescuing a child, CH, from death 715b


Helpfulness

A finds a small child, CH, on the beach after a shipwreck 818c

-- HER obj
A takes CH, a foundling, into his heart and his home and rears her as his own
child 818c

A rescues a baby, CH, from death in a shipwreck 818d

A, unable to learn anything about a foundling, CH, adopts the child as his own
818d

A, a rough frontiersman in a rough frontier camp, undertakes to care for an orphan baby, CH 847

(6) A tries to rescue a child, CH makes a heroic attempt, and both die 842a

(9) A rescues a child, CH 842b


Idealism

A handicaps himself by taking charge of an abandoned child, CH 914

(5) A seeks happiness in his love for a child, CH, but for certain reasons finds it
difficult to realize his desire 911

-- page 293

Personal Limitations

A seeks to find the relatives of CH, a foundling of whom he has taken charge 1089

(13) A writes to government authorities sending a copy of a coat of arms found on a
foundling, CH’s, coat, but receives no information regarding CH 1089


Craftiness

A finds himself with a strange baby, CH, on his hands 1229


Mystery

A appropriates CH 1430b



A and SR-A


Personal Limitations

A, brother of SR-A and her only living relative, is poor, while SR-A is wealthy
and unmarried 1123

(1) A, poor, will not inherit the money of his wealthy sister, SR-A, if she marries,
as she seems likely to do 1123


Craftiness

(4) A, through deception involving his sister, SR-A, wins a large estate 1236


Revenge

A seeks revenge for a wrong committed against his sister, SR-A 1321

(13) A, seeking revenge for a wrong committed against his sister, SR-A, has difficulty
in discovering the name of the wrong-doer 1321



A, A-2 and CH


Personal Limitations

(4) A borrows an infant, CH, from a married friend, A-2, in order to carry out an
unusual enterprise 1057b



A, A-2 and SR


Simulation

A-2, deceased, has a sister, SR; and SR, not knowing of A-2’s death, corresponds
with A, thinking him her brother 1183


Transgression

(4) A kills A-2, who is about to marry his sister, SR-A 1290a

(4) A kills A-2, who is about to marry his sister, SR-A, in order that he may inherit
wealth possessed by SR-A 1290a



A, A-2, F-A and M-A


Simulation

A’s friend, A-2, is the sole support of his parents, F-A-2 and M-A-2 1160

(8) A’s friend, A-2, the sole support of his parents, dies, and A withholds the
knowledge from the needy parents, writes them in A-2’s name and continues sending
money for their support 1160

-- page 294

A, A-2, B-5 and X


Married Life

(1) X, an object belonging to A-2, is lost by A in a questionable place; and, found,
is sent by a mischief maker to A-2’s wife with a note stating just where it was
found 390

(4) A, through accident, loses an object, X, belonging to his friend, A-2, at the door
of a woman whose character is not of the best 390



A, A-3 and B-3


Revenge

A, seeking revenge against B-3 for a wrong committed by her husband, A-3, who
is dead, finds that B-3 treasures A-3’s memory most sacredly, unaware of his
evil character 1323a

A could destroy the beautiful love and devotion of B-3 for her dead husband,
-- HER obj
A-3, by telling her the sort of man A-3 was 1323a



A, A-3 and B-S


Love’s Misadventures

(1) A, through the wily manoeuvers of A-3, his rival in love, is innocently lured into
a compromising situation by B-5, woman confederate of A-3 75b



A, A-4 and B-4


Mystery

(13) A’s fortune and happiness hang upon a technicality of the law: Both A-4 and
his wife, B-4, are killed in an accident. If B-4 died first, A inherits, while if A-4
died first, others inherit 1437



A, A-4 and CH


Mystery

A sees a stranger, A-4, leave a baby, CH, on a doorstep 1430b



A, A-8 and SR


Craftiness

(4) A, by trickery, prevents his sister, SR-A, from marrying A-8 1236



A, A-8 and CH


Craftiness

(4) A seeks for his own gain to impersonate a widower, A-8, who has a child, CH.
A has no child, but overcomes the handicap by a stratagem 1224



A, A-8 and D-A


Love’s Misadventures

(1-5) A knew very well that he would suffer adversity all his life when, in order to
cancel an obligation he gave his daughter, D-A, in marriage to A-8, a man she
did not love 48

-- page 295

A, B, A-2 and AS


Craftiness

(9) A’s friend, A-2, captures B, daughter of A-5. and makes overtures to exchange
B for A, whom A-5 is holding for ransom 1281


A, B, A-3 and A-5


Love’s Misadventures

(4) A’s rival in love, A-3, learning of the plans of A and B for a secret marriage, sends
-- HER obj
an automobile to the church with a confederate, A-5, who lures B away by telling her
-- HER obj
A has sent for her 154b



A, F-A and M-A


Misfortune

(1) A’s parents, F-A and M-A, insist that he study to be a doctor, while all his soul
is yearning to make another profession his life work 697a


Mistaken Judgment

(1) A, desiring a musical career, defers to the wishes of his parents, F-A and M-A,
and becomes a doctor; but, all his life long, he feels that he has made a mistake
756


Simulation

(1) A, through no fault of his own, is estranged from his parents, F-A and M-A 1182

(9) A, estranged from his parents, F-A and M-A, effects a reconciliation with them
by proving his true worth in an assumed character as an Unknown 1182



A, SR-A and CH


Obligation

(4) A, a bachelor, undertakes to care for CH, the child of his married sister, SR-A,
while SR-A is away on a vacation 982b



A, B, A-2 and A-9


Chance

(1) A’s presents to A-2 and B are in packages, and the packages are transposed by
A-9 with unfortunate results 1042b

(4) A has a jeweler, A-9, send to his friend, A-2, a silver whisky flask, and to B an
expensive “slave” bracelet 1042b



A, B, B-2 and B-3


Love’s Misadventures

(3) B’s friend, B-2, an attractive married woman, seeks to save A, B’s fiance, from
the wiles of a designing woman, B-3, and restore him to B. B-2 does this by
winning A away from B-3 94b


Love’s Rejection

(3) A is engaged to marry B. B-3, a designing woman, seeks to compromise A so
B will give him up. B-2 is a generous woman who seeks by secret enterprise
to rescue A from the wiles of B-3 and restore him to B 238

-- page 296

Helpfulness

B’s friend, B-2, seeks to save A, B’s fiance, from the wiles of a designing woman,
B-3. and restore him to B 844b

B’s friend, B-2, seeks to save B’s lover, A, from a designing woman, B-3, by
winning A away from B-3 844b



A, B, F-B and A-3


Love’s Misadventures

A, a man of great strength and skill, is in love with B. F-B, father of B, sure
of A’s prowess and proud of it, in order to lure the champion of a rival clan, A-3,
into a wrestling match with A, offers the hand of B to the victor of the bout 180


Love’s Rejection

A’s rival in love, A-3, is favored by F-B, father of B 301a

(1) A has been promised B in marriage by F-B, father of B; but F-B, false to his
promise, compels B to marry A-3, a wealthier man than A 313

(8) A, discovering secretly that B loves a rival, A-3, refuses to hold B to a promise
of marriage made by F-B 209

B’s father, F-B, seeks to discover by secret enterprise whether A or A-3 is the
more worthy of B 77


Marriage

A and A-3, rivals for the love of B, are put to a secret, gruelling test of worthiness
by F-B, father of B 350


Married Life

(1) B’s father, F-B, insists that B, already united to A by a secret marriage, shall
marry A’s rival in love, A-3 573a



A, B, A-2 and CH


Married Life

A and B, man and wife, are to inherit money from a rich relative, A-2, when a
child, CH, shall bless their union 490b

A-2 writes A and B that he is coming to see their child, CH; and A and B find
it necessary to resort to further simulation 490b

(4) A and B, childless, write a rich relative, A-2, that a son, CH, has been born to
them 490b

(12) A discovers that his wife, B, is the mother of A-2’s son, CH 551



A, B, A-2, A-3 and AX

Married Life

(3-9) B, wife of A, is eloping with A-3 when they meet a stranger, A-2; and A-2 in
the presence of both B and A-3, tells about a man, AX, who broke up a home by
eloping with a friend’s wife and then abandoning her. A-2 has recognized A-3
and, in order to save B, tells this story about him, hiding A-3’s identity under a
fictitious name. But it is enough, A-3 sneaks away and B never sees him again
536


A, B, A-2 and A-3


Love’s Misadventures

(1) A, unmarried, elopes with B, the wife of his best friend, A-2; then B leaves A to
elope with A-3 150

-- page 297

Married Life

(3) A-2, a friend of A’s, sends A-3, B’s undivorced first husband, to A, B’s second
husband, and exposure of deceitful B follows 435a

(9) B, wife of A, eloping with A-3, meets A-2, A’s friend, and is rescued by A-2 from
an act of folly 507a



A, B, CH and A-3

Married Life

(4) B loves A-3, and elopes with him, leaving her child, CH, with her husband, A
466a



A, B, A-3 and B-3


Married Life

(1-10) B, deserting her husband, A, for A-3, discovers that A-3 is in love with another
married woman 400

(1-5) B informs her husband, A, that she married him from pique, and because A-3,
the man she loves, married, B-3 406


A, B, B-3 and CH


Married Life

A, thinking his first wife is dead, marries again and has children by his second
wife 389

A learns that his first wife was living at the time of his second marriage, but
that she has died since his second marriage 389

(1) A’s second marriage unwittingly invalidated 389

(1) A seeks to make a new will and go through a second marriage ceremony with his
wife, but is killed in an accident on the way to his lawyer’s 389

(1) A’s children by his second marriage are illegitimate, and A’s property descends
to the relatives of his deceased first wife 389



A, B, F-B, M-B and A-2


Marriage

(4) A is supposed by B’s parents, F-B and M-B, to be A-2, to whom B is betrothed
353

(9) A elopes with B and marries her; A then returns B to F-B and M-B, tells them
that A-2, to whom B was betrothed, is dead, and asks and receives the parental
blessing 353


A, B, F-B, M-B and A-3


Love’s Rejection

(4) B, in love with A, is compelled by her parents, F-B and M-B, to marry A-3 284

(4) B, supposing A, the man she loves, to be dead, yields to the wishes of her parents,
F-B and M-B, and consents to a marriage with A-3 339



A, B, F-B and M-B

Love’s Misadventures

A and B are in love, but B’s parents, F-B and M-B, do not favor A; and A and B
plan to elope, marry, and then seek forgiveness of B’s people 73

-- page 298

Love’s Rejection

B is ordered by her parents to have nothing to do with A 286

B’s parents, F-B and M-B, disapprove of A, B’s lover, because of his lack of
enterprise 311

B’s love for A encounters obstacles through her parents, F-B and M-B 312

(1) B allows herself to be governed by filial duty when her parents, F-B and M-B,
-- HER obj
order her to have nothing to do with A, the man she loves 286

(1) A, in love with B, was divorced from his first wife. B’s parents, F-B and M-B,
have religious scruples against B’s marrying a divorced man 334b

(9) A, an aviator, in love with B and in disfavor with B’s parents, F-B and M-B,
induces B to take a ride in his airplane; and then A elopes with B along the sky
lanes 234b



A, B, F-A and M-A


Love’s Rejection

(10) A falls in love with B and intends to marry her. A’s parents, F-A and M-A, do
not approve of B, and A is shipped off to South Africa to get him out of danger
and give him a chance to do some serious thinking 321b



A, B and AU-B


Love’s Beginnings

(1) A’s love affair with B is not prospering. A secures a love philtre and mixes it
secretly in a cup of tea; but B’s maiden aunt, AU-B, drinks the tea 8b


Love’s Rejection

(1) B sends a gift to A, the man she loves. Unknown to B, AU-B, an aunt of B’s
who does not approve of A, secretly alters or marks the gift in such a way as to
make it offensive to A, or exchanges the gift for some other object which will
offend A 308c



A, B, A-3 and X


Love’s Rejection

A’s rival in love, A-3, finds a certain object B has lost, an object, X, that proves
B’s love for A. A-3 appropriates X and says nothing about it 301b

(3) A induces his rival in love, A-3, to send B a certain gift, X; then, after X is sent,
A proves that it was stolen by A-3 236



A, B, F-A and F-B


Love’s Beginnings

(4) A and B have never seen each other; but, through their fathers, F-A and F-B
who are old friends, it is arranged that A and B shall meet and marry 26a


Love’s Misadventures

(1) A, to protect a parent. F-A, is compelled to take measures against F-B, father
of B, the girl he loves 123


Love’s Rejection

(1) A and B fall in love; but their fathers, F-A and F-B, are bitter political enemies
276

(5) B loves A, but rejects his love because of petty differences, and because her father,
F-B, is an enemy of A’s father, F-A 283

-- page 299

A, B, A-4 and BR-B


Love’s Rejection

(1) A, secretly discovering his sweetheart, B, in the arms of A-4, leaves in anger,
unaware that A-4 is B’s brother, just returned after a long, mysterious absence
222b



A, B, AX and BX


Love’s Misadventures

(2) A, married to BX, a woman he does not know, and B, married to AX, a man she
does not know, meet, fall in love, and A presently discovers that BX is B, while
B discovers that AX is A 167a


A, B, GF-A and F-B


Love’s Misadventures

A will be disinherited by his wealthy grandfather, GF-A, if he does not perform
an act which will prove a grievous injury to F-B, father of B, the woman A loves
118


A, B, A-5 and X


Craftiness

A wishes to buy an object, X, in the possession of B. B will not sell X. A-5,
a crook, steals X from B and tries to sell it to A 1217c



A, B-4 and CH

Personal Limitations

(1) A volunteers to care for an infant, CH, for a woman stranger, B-4, but A finds
himself with CH on his hands when B-4 fails to return 1057a

(4) A, young and unmarried, assumes temporary charge of an infant, CH, for a woman
stranger, B-4 1057a



A, F-A and BX


Love’s Misadventures

A, a wanderer, is left a fortune by F-A, his father, in case he can be found and
will marry BX, a woman he has never seen 117



A, BX and A-8


Marriage

(1) A is married to an unknown woman, BX, by an insane clergyman, A-8, at the
point of a gun 365c



B, A-5 and A-6


Deliverance

(3-12) A-6 proves that B’s enemy, A-5, is a crook, and has him sent to prison 870b

-- page 300

B, A-4 and A-6


Misfortune

(1) B innocently befriends a stranger, A-4; and it later develops that A-4 is a
political offender whom government officials, headed by A-6, are straining every nerve
to capture 644

(5) If A-6 knew that B had befriended A-4, B would be considered a confederate of
A-4’s and suffer accordingly 644



B, A-2 and B-2


Married Life

B uses her weird powers of mental telepathy in reshaping the destiny of an
unhappily married couple, A-2 and B-2 594g

(1-5) B, having succeeded in reconciling A-2 and B-2, married and estranged from
each other, discovers herself to be in love with A-2 594g



B, A-9 and X


Mystery

-- HER obj
(13) B wonders why the pawnbroker, A-9, tries to buy back from her an unredeemed
pledge, X, which she bought in his pawnshop 1384



B, M-B and F-B


Idealism

B’s parents, M-B and F-B, are “just poor white trash,” but lowly B struggles
-- HER obj poss
for an education that will lift her out of her squalid environment 948



B, F-B and A-3


Love’s Rejection

(2) B’s father, F-B, bankrupt, refuses to give B in marriage to wealthy A-3, a man
she does not love, in discharge of his debts 269


(THE END)