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Newspaper
Brimfield Gazette
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1877
Page
3
A Bellee era piece by John H Yates reflecting on long wait for mail and changing times. The speaker recalls letters carried by horseback and a postman’s fate, contrasting past courtship with modern speed while praising enduring faith and awaiting the Lord’s messenger.
Charles Winton, a 25 year old hunter, travels with his setter Trojan in a Nevada landscape when a distant human voice interrupts his solitude. He muses on nature's beauty before guiding Trojan back toward civilization as night approaches. A mysterious female voice calls from the wilderness.
In a tranquil mountain setting, Pearl languishes with heartache as old Dan recalls a distant promise. Charles Winton arrives to find Pearl torn between love and duty while Dan laments the stranger who once altered their lives.
A night reporter recounts a suicide amid a city night's hush. The coroner will investigate in the morning. The scene centers on a young woman from poverty leading to a fatal act, described in somber terms.
In Monroeville Charles Hueston dies after congestion, while a woman known as Little Pearl, moved by sorrow, fears for her own sanity. A dramatic revival on a train reveals the supposed corpse of Hueston alive, sparking a frantic emotional scene as the couple’s entwined fates unfold.
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