Two: Iceland Spar List of episodes in Against the Day

1 two: iceland spar

1.1 episode 1 (pages 121-137)
1.2 episode 2 (pages 138-148)
1.3 episode 3 (pages 149-155)
1.4 episode 4 (pages 156-170)
1.5 episode 5 (pages 171-188)
1.6 episode 6 (pages 189-198)
1.7 episode 7 (pages 199-208)
1.8 episode 8 (pages 209-218)
1.9 episode 9 (pages 219-232)
1.10 episode 10 (pages 233-242)
1.11 episode 11 (pages 243-259)
1.12 episode 12 (pages 260-272)
1.13 episode 13 (pages 273-280)
1.14 episode 14 (pages 281-295)
1.15 episode 15 (pages 296-317)
1.16 episode 16 (pages 318-335)
1.17 episode 17 (pages 336-357)
1.18 episode 18 (pages 358-373)
1.19 episode 19 (pages 374-396)
1.20 episode 20 (pages 397-405)
1.21 episode 21 (pages 406-428)

two: iceland spar
episode 1 (pages 121-137)

the chums encounter russian counterparts, tovarishchi slutchainyi, in vessel, bol shaia igra, captained igor padzhitnoff, says zone of emergency has been declared in area. despite russian s warning mysterious, unnamed , dangerous creature in zone, chums continue chase etienne-louis malus, after missing schooner @ Ísafjörður. narrator tells of adam of bremen, related story of ginnungagap, lightless primordial void. hunter penhallow, heir iceland spar fortune of forebears, plans stow away on malus, heads south instead in vessel. in hotel borealis, expedition headquarters, dr. vormance , companions argue quaternionist theory , time through night. among guests on board fleetwood vibe, son of scarsdale, has bankrolled expedition. son on board keep tabs on expenditures.

episode 2 (pages 138-148)

fleetwood vibe recalls meeting chums, having inspected mysterious object recovered vormance , crew lee of nunatak, warn them of danger. fleetwood, vormance , others of expedition given tour of control cabin of inconvenience, full of scientific gear including manganin resistance-boxes, tesla coil, poulsen s telegraphone , more. malus sails great city in south, perhaps new york, object on board. vibe disembarks , tries leave washington d.c., can t because object, city being brought sorrow , ruin.

episode 3 (pages 149-155)

the great city in chaos when chums arrive, having failed in attempt intercept malus. people have erected structures propitiate destroyer. hunter penhallow appears, lost in distorted grid of city streets. stumbles upon others readying escape city , follows them out on curious underground conveyance.

episode 4 (pages 156-170)

kit traverse goes yale-harvard football game, meets scarsdale vibe first time. learn kit s time @ yale far, including friendship colfax vibe, pleasant rooseveltian type. kit meets mrs. edwarda vibe, scarsdale s wife; scarsdale s brother r. wilshire, , cousin dittany vibe, whom kit has sex. learn family s history, including fleetwood vibe s time in africa. vibe has low opinion of crock of cucumbers has sired , intimates kit might have place in old man’s heart.

episode 5 (pages 171-188)

lew basnight in colorado. fears s being followed kieselguhr kid, notorious dynamiter, basnight meant tracking down. hears many stories kid, none of them particularly trustworthy. flashback time in chicago, started feel battle soul taking place between union men , powers. meets nate privett in anarchist saloon, , figures out kid s meant chasing doesn t exist. following night basnight starts associating anarchists, , gets hooked on dynamite-derived hallucinogen. dies in explosion, rescued 2 england dandies, nigel , neville, decide take him england.

episode 6 (pages 189-198)

webb traverse has become shift boss @ mine. lake prostituting herself on weekends; when confronts it, leaves home. feeling loss, webb throws himself union, members suggest move different mine. there meets deuce kindred, works sidekick sloat fresno mine-owners. abduct webb , intend take him jeshimon.

episode 7 (pages 199-208)

frank , reef traverse go nevada. @ nochecita meet estrella stray briggs, reef s lover, whom s had fight. party townsfolk. reef gets phone call jimmy drop, webb s been taken deuce. reef tries convince frank after mayva , lake while goes out revenge. travel towards jeshimon together.

episode 8 (pages 209-218)

reef goes jeshimon, utah town of evil-doers , priests, under martial rule of governor. reef finds webb atop tower of silence, , takes him down under eyes of deuce , sloat, run off. returns telluride webb s corpse. on road reads chums fo chance @ ends of earth, story chums in arctic, finds strangely real. webb s corpse starts speaking him. traverse family buries webb; frank , reef joe hill calls organize. mayva gives boys webb s old pistol, leave her. reef returns nochecita, stray gives birth baby boy. reef take on father s dynamiting trade, means lying stray gets when disappears days @ time...

episode 9 (pages 219-232)

neville, nigel , lew make england, turns out neville , nigel members of true worshipers of ineffable tetractys (t.w.i.t.). lew becomes postulant in order , meets grand cohen of london chapter of t.w.i.t., nicholas nookshaft , tzaddik yashmeen halfcourt. have complicated mystical system , explanation evil, based on tarot, none of lew entirely buys into: there 22 people in world committing sort of ongoing transgression... invasion of time timeless world. later, madame natalia eskimoff gives spiritualist sitting, in listens in on various geopolitical intrigues rights railways in ottoman empire. turns out madame eskimoff once member of 22, , works against them.

episode 10 (pages 233-242)

lew misses dynamite-derived hallucinogen , asks neville , nigel procure him similar. proceed take lot of drugs. meet dr. coombs de bottle, working on explosives in interests of saving anarchists lives. madame eskimoff predicts british regain ashes following year, provided select bosanquet. lew goes cambridge cohen meet 1 of 22, professor renfrew, asks lew track down anarchist bombing cricket player. tells him german professor werfner (another of 22) has been following laying of railways. lew tells cohen renfrew offered him job, , has therefore become double agent.

episode 11 (pages 243-259)

the chums of chance in venice. follow sfinciuno itinerary, map of routes asia, 1 of possibly leads - not via usual geographical routes - shambhala. itinerary encoded paramorphoscope made of iceland spar, , can possibly decoded using devices found @ underwater isle of mirrors. miles relives st mark s vision in reverse. chick counterfly meets young woman reads tarot cards, , predicts campanile fall. run russian airmen again, , engage in battle, in course of campanile does, in fact, fall. 2 air-crews blame each other, discuss manchurian question; chick points out russian captain padzhitnoff refused talk trans-siberian railroad.

episode 12 (pages 260-272)

deuce , sloat eating @ curly dee s road ranch, lake working. deuce , lake flirt; mayva tries put stop it, fails. deuce asks lake marry him, , runs off him, sloat s incomprehension. lake , deuce married; 3 of them carrying out range of sexual fantasies. despite webb s death, dynamite outrages continue, , mine company representatives think deuce , sloat might have failed kill him after all; might trying kill deuce failure. sloat abandons them.

episode 13 (pages 273-280)

frank wanders country, , starts suspect people looking him. asks webb s death, , starts suspect vibe corp. behind it. goes leadville, people trying turn mounds of slag valuable. meets anthropologist called wren provenance there; takes house of ill repute, enjoys anthropological purposes. prostitutes there ruin everyday bourgeois sexuality. has theories aztlan, mythical home of mexican people, vaguely apocalyptic. @ bar frank learns bulkley wells looking him. reef last seen in glenwood springs, frank takes upon himself follow on wells lead. wren decides not go him.

episode 14 (pages 281-295)

frank arrives in telluride. goes see ellmore disco, runs kind of proto-department store in town, , might able frank interview cap n bulkley wells. ellmore says ll need go through bob meldrum him, , asks why wants see wells. frank says has new system concentrating gold ore use of magnetism; disco skeptical. wander town , see la blanca, meldrum s wife. frank goes bed, woken deaf bob meldrum threatening him, , accusing him of sleeping la blanca. frank sets record straight, , tries set meeting wells. pitches new magnetic system merle rideout (just passing by); merle skeptical, agrees set meeting. japanese trade delegation happens bar, , mania taking photographs precipitates brawl; ask spirit of west. merle suggests american has no national soul.

episode 15 (pages 296-317)

frank heads out little hellkite mine meet merle, isn t there. frank looks mines, dahlia rideout working, , sees duendes. meet once merle returns; knows frank webb s son, , warns him off wells, shows him photo of deuce , sloat. bob meldrum comes mine, , dahlia helps frank escape via mine tunnel. go gallows frame saloon. learn dahlia s unconventional upbringing, in whorehouse. frank goes stay @ silver orchid avoid bob. merle finds him there , tries sell him on method turning silver gold, involves iceland spar; shows him example of it. emmens process reduce price of gold dramatically, in theory. merle says emmens has been selling transmuted gold u.s. mint since 1897. go mines , see duendes playing poker , pool; these little people have been stealing dynamite , detonator caps. frank meets doc turnstone, had heart broken lake... , tells frank s run off deuce. suggests frank go see jimmy drop this, explains best can happened. @ gallows frame, ellmore helps frank make escape joining group of itinerant musicians. frank talks webb s ghost. dahlia leaving too, mother in new york city.

episode 16 (pages 318-335)

kit gets letter lake letting him know webb dead; had been opened before got , suspects vibes. professor vanderjuice tells kit he, too, hired vibes, came feel uncomfortable it, not mention dangerous. suggests kit should go germany work minkowski , hilbert. kit , colfax boat out island @ tower tesla has been building, caught in storm. stay night on island , hitch ride new york next morning, , colfax tells kit vibe interest knows how unhappy is. kit tells scarsdale wants go germany. after leaves office, scarsdale , foley discuss crusade against abscesses suppurating in body of our republic, concluding should smite lot of them. scarsdale can t bring himself kill kit, , come different plan: stipend mayva , lake, job frank, modest jackpot reef. doubts remain.

episode 17 (pages 336-357)

dahliah takes train east, , ends taking job actress in white-slave simulation industry in new york s chinatown. moves in katie , gets contract talent scout of sorts: r. wilshire vibe. when goes shopping katie, sees mother. dally , katie go ball @ r. w. vibe s townhouse. magician maneuvers dally cabinet of mystery, , next thing knows s in front of rooming house. goes zombini residence see mother , rest of family, trained magicians. discusses magic zombini, seems have sawed people using iceland spar, 2 individuals walking around. can t work out how unify them again. fix needs go island of mirrors in venice; whole family going venice. erlys tells dally merle wasn t father.

episode 18 (pages 358-373)

mayva meets stray in durango; next day stray , reef headed arizona. turns out reef has taken family business of outlawry. goes frank in denver, supposedly, , gets caught in avalanche, caused hunting him. reef , stray separate, , takes on identity of east coast nerve case thrapston cheesely iii, traveling touring englishwoman. separates , meets irishman looking kieselguhr kid. s 1 of crew of anarchists.

episode 19 (pages 374-396)

frank traipses around months, , meets ewball oust. go mexico looking iceland spar. frank amalgamation work @ mine, 2 of them thrown in sort of prison, manage escape anarchist crew headed el nato. want steal silver mexican mint, frank talks them out of it. soldiers chasing them; anarchists ride on frank stays behind group of tarahumares, feed him hallucinogenic plant. split , frank rides north, finding sloat fresno in process. shoots him dead.

episode 20 (pages 397-405)

the chums of chance set camp in central park. chick , darby track down dr. zoot, claims have time machine—somewhere near hunter translocated in episode 3--and travel in it, perhaps getting vision of world war i. zoot tells them got machine @ candlebrow u., alonzo meatman.

episode 21 (pages 406-428)

the chums of chance go conference @ candlebrow university. go municipal dump, filled failed time machines, none of zoot s. go looking meatman, fail find him; chick stays behind in bar when leave, , meatman reveals himself. takes chick meet group of time travelers future, time of worldwide famine, exhausted fuel supplies, terminal poverty—the end of capitalistic experiment, tell him chums missions intended prevent them entering our time-regime. offer chick eternal youth if ll them. other chums skeptical. miles accompanies chick on next visit future people, , says has seen leader, mr. ace, in vision. miles concerned double-crossing chums. once learn can grow old, though, scared, go on trespassers. group of chums ve been following immerse @ candlebrow u. harmonica band. after time, come senses , return inconvenience ; meatman takes them copy of map d been searching in venice. require them travel beneath sand.