23 Feb 1883
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Newspaper
Alton Daily Telegraph
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1883
Page
1
A narration of two men recalling an emigrant family's past and their plan to care for a girl named Nelle. They describe joining a harsh frontier trek, rationing, and deciding to raise the child despite a rough history and period hardship. The tone hints at rugged frontier life and kinship.
In Lauderdale Virginia in June 1864 townsfolk prepare to greet hungry Confederate troops marching through. Cary Brook, awaiting her Mississippi lover Colonel Bird, dresses in homespun finery with Grevillea roses in hair while villagers offer bread meat coffee and other comforts, amid a bustling street scene of wartime hospitality.
A Civil War era scene unfolds as Cary Brook and a Confederate captain exchange gifts of roses and defiant vows. The narrative follows a Yankee spy’s daring feats, a cavalcade of marches, and Cary’s romance amid wartime tension in Lauderdale.
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