The Blind Sister and the Vagabond Soldier
Tom Henry, a war veteran, returns from the front and forms a rescue friendship with Jimmy Archer’s blind sister in Annisdale. A famed Paris surgeon later heals her sight, revealing Tom’s battered face, which she accepts with love, urging him to stay and marry him.
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Tom Harrison Henry
James Archer
Tom
Jimmy
Jim
France
Buddy
Annisdale
Jimmy Archer
Cross
Watch
Jimmy Bad Tert Win
Tom Henry
Amos Clark
Emily
Paris
The Gravel Pit Night Secret The Witch and the Box
John Mason suspects a midnight gathering at his gravel pit near his farm. He spies a haunted host, a clairvoyant Madame Cynthia Martin, and two teen diggers uncover a metal box of brass trinkets. Mason retrieves the loot and confronts the arranger with wary humor.
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Mason
John Mason
Bula
Blue Sky
Cynthia Martin
Madame Martin
Four Girls Forecast Hiram Green Romance at Summer Inn
Four girls at Aunt Carolena's Summer boarding house speculate that Hiram Green will marry one of them within three months. They tease, sing, and tease again as Hiram, the first selectman with carrot hair and freckled nose, makes a quick exit to arrange a farm truck and a ride to town. The scene ends with plans of a lavish, bee-filled honeymoon and the prospect of a domestic future with Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolena
Hiram Green
Alice
Marie
Jessie
Charlie
Jons
Hiram
Bob
David
Sultan
Estelle
Wheelbarrow Dance Leads to Wedding Proposal
In a town picnic tale a dancing farmer learns to waltz with a wheelbarrow. Estelle, teased for her partner’s bald head and green antics, escapes to a boat island where a serenade and a bold proposal unfold amid playful chatter and nutty laws.
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Winters
Hiram
Estelle
Marie
Mr. Green
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By Hazel Courtney
Weyard
Jason
Cen
Heuvuus
Albert Fiske
Mrs. Martin
Marie Manter
Green
Greens
Pertater
Cupid
By Phil Moore
Carlena
Panama
Carrot
Charlie Wheelbarrow
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