Night of the unseen visitor at the sanitarium
Jessica frets over a sleepwalk intruder in her husband’s room at a stormy sanitarium. A second sighting triggers fear of exposure while Dr. Brent and a watchman pursue the mystery as Jessica helps the sleeping man escape into darkness. The dawn reveals the patient’s puzzled, dreamlike memory and one name, Hugh, tied to Jessica’s past.
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Dr. Brent
Jessica
Trush
Ccurtain
Goodby
Miss Volme
Mr. Stires
David Stires
Harry Sanderson
Hugh
Hidden gold and a forged debt on Smoky Mountain
John Hugh Stires battles guilt and poverty while the storm rages on Smoky Mountain. He discovers a forged five thousand dollar draft in his name, fears his past misdeed, and faces the risk of being blamed for theft as Jessica supports him through illness. Hugh later repays the debt, bringing resolution and tragedy as David Stires dies.
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Trorgery
Hugh Stires
David Stires
Ife
Golch
Prendergast
Harry
Jessica
Smoky Mountain
Hugh
Night Memorial Service Echoes on Frosty Hills
A terse narrator describes a man walking toward a Gothic chapel for a memorial service honoring an older man. Frost chills the air as crimson and amber hills glow, the railroad bridge looms above, and a small city’s yellow lights flicker five miles away. The scene links a new life to the ending of an old one as the man approaches the memorial.
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