Married by Growing Up in Ontario Homesteads
Synopsis follows Frank Hall and Jean Lane from a childhood dare at a dam in Ontario through a promise of marriage when grown. As teens they pursue homesteads in Manitoba with friends John and Marjorie, meeting Jake and Spoor as neighbors while building shacks, gardens, and new futures with ox-drawn wagon travel.
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Jean Lane
Frank Hall
Ontario
Jean
John
Frank
Marjorie
Manitoba
Regina
Jake
Jake Angoly
Gpeor
Spoor
Banjo Plan and Neighbor Spoof in Prairie Evening
In a fading summer twilight the group recalls Spoof, a well-traveled neighbor, whose tales of London and art treasures reveal a depth beyond his playful facade. Plans surface for music, a piano, and a boundless future as Spoof teases a banjo and offers lessons before hitching the wagon for home.
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Ant
Worl
Jean
Jack
London
Jove
Regina
Spoof
Jim
Settlement Grows as Neighbors Pour In After Spoof’s Visit
Chapter VII notes affairs quickening in a small settlement as Bpouf sketches an arriving stream of neighbors from many springs of humanity. The narrator recounts returning Wednesday night from Spoof’s and hints at the forthcoming influx over the next months.
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Spoof
New Neighbors on Eightteen Prairie Tent West
The group meets Mrs. Alton and her young Gerald arriving beside a plucky dog and a carryall. she plans a small farm with hopeful schemes for education and a future, while Spoof and Jean bond over neighbors and memories as a calm, evolving prairie community forms around shared toil and new faces.
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Gerald
Jean
Marjorie
Regina
Gerald Alton
Gure
Marie
Jack
Democrat
Mystery Mrs Alton Fearful of Some Enemys Spoof Plot
In a Mystery column spoof, readers are invited to guess who Mrs Alton is and why she fears certain enemies. The piece hints at a comical ruse to sideline Frank through a scheme involving Jean, presenting a playful cliffhanger without revealing full identities.
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Jean
Mrs. Alton
Ini
Gerald
Sandy
Frank
The Substitute Little Betty and the Cat Dilemma
A girl named Betty longs for a dog to own but her father bans pets. He allows a dog only if she finds a well behaved one that won’t bite the baby. Betty spots a stray kitten and pleads with her mother to take it home while noting it’s not the father’s rule.
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Jake
Make
Betty
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Pina
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Wee
Ansfering
Almigble
Joan
Prairie Land
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Evi
Nps
Indies
Spoot
East
Ong Broak
Mra. Alton
Tex Ulger
Gopher Ranch
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Bolle
Canada
Jack Suemanded
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