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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1916
Page
2
A sprawling tale follows Alan, Alix, Gerry, and others from Red Hill to Africa and South America. Birthrights, elopements, and betrayals unfold as marriages form, fortunes shift, and a flood ends Margarita's life with her baby. The judge defends Alan amid romantic intrigue and danger.
Gerry recovers from fever in an inn room as memories of Alix and Red Hill flood back. He reclaims his luggage and mourns Margarita and her child, then faces a lonelier path home. Lieber accompanies him partway. the tale closes with Gerry’s deep reckoning and a blank horizon.
Alan, recovering on a liner bound for home, receives Clem's letter painting Red Hill as life and gift. He contemplates Gerry and Alix while a shipboard nurse-like girl comforts him. Alix arrives, demanding truth behind Gerry's clipped note and Alan's evasive answers.
President Wilson nominates William Deterly for Natchez postmaster. Blue Mountain reports a six week normal enrollment of 301. Brookhaven eyes infantry and cavalry for volunteers. Jackson notes Major Millsaps' death at 83 and Millsaps College founder. Agricultural College markets first Mississippi butter and hosts July August farming visits. Greenville reports Eastern Star chapter formation. Clarksdale votes bonds for railroad. Senatobia signaling road bond opposition. Natchez chronicles a 3,480 mile canoe trip commemorating Brule. Biloxi notes Sam Long joins Mexican war contingent after sweetheart’s consent. Meridian reports pardons for W. G. and S. D. Simpson. Jackson covers Pearl River county summer school aiding economic uplift. Adjutant general’s camp counts 1,422 as short of quota. Natchez power house wrecks yard with 70-ton fly wheel. damage $7,000-$8,000.
The narrator asks how much truth Alan will reveal about Gerry's life in the last three will, and whether Alix, after hearing it, will still wish to meet Gerry and marry him. The questions probe consequences for Alix's feelings and Gerry's prospects once the truth emerges.
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