Bootles Discovers Mignon Heirment and Family Schemes
Bootles learns Gilchrist left Mary Gilchrist aka Mignon as heir under guardianship to Capt Ferrers, with strict conditions to keep her away from her mother Helen Gilchrist. Lacy and Bootles confront a web of deceit as Miss Grace appears and Mignon’s future hangs on the will. The baby’s paternity and custody clash with Helen’s sudden visit as the funeral nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mignon
Miss Mignon
Beatles
Lacy
Gilchrist
Sal
Bootles
Lal
Mr. Gilchrist
Mary Gilchrist
Capt. Ferrers
Helen Gilchrist
Lucian Gavor Gilchrist
Grace
Love Laughs at Locksmiths and a Last-Stand Marriage
A humorous anecdote unfolds with Bootles accusing a married woman of deception, Mignon's bold mother retorts, and Lacy muses that Solomon would approve love's defiance. The crowd reflects on a doomed romance, a belligerent crocket-minded foe, and a final imagined barrier to keep mother and child apart, then ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy
Solomon
Wright
Tacy
Houp-La Rescued From Circus Ringmaster's Cruelty
Capt. Ferrers of the Scarlet Lancers intervenes to stop ringmaster Frisco's brutal abuse of a young acrobat named Houp-La, a twelve year old apprentice. Ferrers takes the boy to officers quarters, promises protection, and arranges care under Terry's supervision at the barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaver
Mr. Frisco
Frisco
Han
Nonzense
Cruol
Capt. Ferrers
Scarlet Lancers
Theminster Barracks
Ferrers
Ind
Iseo
Farny Cab
Berracs
Rilo
Isco
God
Heaven
Iust
Mann
Om Snow
Bootles
Houp-La
Lacy
Owray
Foundling
Ferriers Court
Ieminster Barracks
Houp-Ia
Terry
Buootles
Toby
Bea
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Houpla
Atlanta
Panadyw
Pvulus J. Hackett & Rice
Calhoun Street
Georgia Railroad
Union Depot
Macon
Thomaston
Georgia
Pike
A. W. White
Stop & Read
Collins, &c
Columbus
Barnesville
Ohio
Thompson & King
Dexter
Timkin
Brewster
Peachtree Street
John W. Whehitzell
Redding
Eles
Lyon
Vaupers House
Stelisi
W. D. Redding
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