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Elephants, a bearded admirer, and a last surprise romance
In a Boston park Aunt Bertha, her nieces and nephews visit the elephants Mollie Tony and a looming bearded man who follows them. She meets her long-ago lover, learns he is alive, and a quiet reunion leads to a wedding on a New York bound train with no public celebration.
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Mollie
Waddie
Tony
United States of America
Boston
Bertha
Elephant House
Elm Hill
Aunt Bertha
Alice
Freddie
William
New York
Far West