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Newcomer Reporter Witnesses Imaginary Contests in Town
A young newspaper man in a small town observes a wealthy neighbor converse with invisible figures naming Simple doria. The next day he learns the neighbor is the Hon. David Beasley, a respected politician, with Miss Apperthwaite as an anxious observer. Their past engagement ends over Beasley’s supposed lack of imagination.
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Simpledoria
David Beasley
Miss Apperthwaite
Beasley
Bill Hammersley
David
Mark Twain
Ann Apperthwaite
Gate
Mrs. Apperthwaite
Bill—Hammersley
Dave
Honeychile
Mr. Dowden
Dowden
Dave Beasley
Dewden
Apperthwaite