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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1885
Page
1
A rambling Christmas tale follows a narrator recounting a journey by train. An old man, family quarrels, and a dangerous plan to protect a young girl unfold as passengers confront Pearson the rancher and a gold pocket found in a perilous diggings site.
An eccentric tale aboard a San Francisco El Paso bound train unfolds as a conductor questions a man about a girl and a staged Christmas gift. A red cotton handkerchief worth two pounds of gold prompts claims that the girl is valued at four hundred two dollars and twenty three cents, revealing a twisted posse of crime and loyalty.
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