Little Nest in the Cattails Poem Fragment
A fragment titled Little Nest in the Cattails describes a gray nest among marsh cat-tails. A mother bird cares for four fledglings as they gaze skyward at bees and butterflies while autumn winds blow through lonely marshes.
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Carolyn
Lyman
From Dreams to Home Gail Builds a Life for Kitty
Orphan Gail Burton rejects art for years to support Kitty after Edward's deathbed plea. She finds a modest home, trims costs, and grows into a loving caregiver. A promotion, a piano, and finally John Archibald reappears, recognizing her true art is home-making.
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Bacherncle
Ogtate
Privary
Glendale Institute
John Archibald
John
Europe
Mec
Glendale
Joan
Edward
Gail
Aunt Gail
Kitty
Papa
Institute
Haden
Board of Trustees
Miss Burton
College
Leonora Beck Ellis
Sunday Magazine
The Brown Thrush Poem by Lucy Larcom
A Philadelphia Bulletin poem by Lucy Larcom describes a merry brown thrush perched in a tree singing joyfully. The bird questions children about meddling with its nest and five eggs hidden in a juniper tree, warning that happiness depends on their goodness.
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Lucy Larcom
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Liar Harvest Dialogue on Aging and Truth
In the Buffalo News John D. Wells shares a humorous scene where a narrator recalls a street encounter. A man called Jones is labeled a liar while Smith is praised for truthfulness. The piece riffs on aging and personal perception across ten years.
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Jones
Smith
John D. Wells
Buffalo News
Berties Red Cap Heroism on the Tracks
A young Bertie keeps his bold red cap as he faces a stalled draft horse on a railroad track. He climbs the horse’s body to wave the cap at a passing train, saving lives. Passengers rescue him. his parents prize his bravery and keep the cap as a memento.
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Bertie
Mamma
Nellie
Papa
Charlie
Katherine Herrick
Encounter With Wolves and a Bear in the Frontier Woods
In a February tale from American Boy, James Wilford tracks a cow as wolves threaten a stranded herd. A bear intervenes, paces the wolves off the tree, and the boy climbs to safety with help from five woodsmen led by St Martin. The rescue ends with a bear skin reward for Jim.
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James Wilford
Jim
Mr. Wilford
Bill Sikes
St Martin’s
Charley
Old St Martin
John Jordan Douglas
Vast Chihuahua Estate Makes Terrazas World’s Largest Landholder
General Luis Terrazas, governor of Chihuahua, Mexico, is described as perhaps the world’s largest landowner and richest man in Mexico. His vast property spans an eight hour train journey from end to end, illustrating the scale of his holdings.
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Luis Terrazas
Chihuahua
Mexico
Policemen as Friends Help Chuckie Wackie Overcome Fear
In a tale from September St Nicholas, Chuckie Wackie fears police as ogres until a kindly officer helps a dog in the park. She then trusts the force when lost in a depot, aided by Mr Britton and later reunites with anxious parents in Hartford. The story ends with promises of future hello calls at the depot.
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Chuckie
Wackie
Papa
Chuckie Wackie
Goosie
Pape
Georgie
Mr. Britton
New York
Mamma
Chuckie Wuckie
Hartford
Isabel Gordon Curtis
St. Nicholas
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