A Wild Rose and the Harp of Lost Possibility
A speaker recalls a wild rose by the wayside and a ruined harp, whose beauty and fragrance fade. The memory of the flower and the bird’s dying song haunt the soul, revealing the bitter cost of life’s unfulfilled possibilities and paths not taken.
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Saddam Zoet
Thanksgiving Twist of Love and Family Secrets
Miss Jane Finch long isolated by wealth discovers a Thanksgiving visit unravels past romance with Captain Abel Jones and reveals Sarah Jones’s long betrayal. After rekindling old ties at James Finch’s home, Jane and Abel confront forgotten love and mend their lives as Thanksgiving brings forgiveness and union.
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Jane Finch
Miss Finch
James
Sarah Jones
Abel Jones
Jenny Finch
Sarah
Abel
Tam
James Finch
Indies
eGa
Captain Jones
Jane
Finch
Jimmy
Judas
Miss Jane
Captain Abel
Sally
Misa Jane
Miss. Sarah
Jim
Goognese
Abe
A Salty Lesson From a Sailor Captain's Daring Drowning Lesson
In a Salt Water Lesson story Captain Strout recalls a mutinous crewman who sought to drown himself. The captain bound the man with a fifty pound lead and repeatedly lowered him overboard until he surfaced sobered, then resumed sailing with the ship for four years.
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Strout
The
Messenger
Bombardment on a Pleasure Boat and English Village
A cannonball passed over a New York harbor pleasure steamboat during a past bombardment scare. In Minion England a sixteenth pound shell struck Main Street and damaged a bard roof after Royal Horse Artillery misaligned targets. Villagers fled as shells exploded nearby.
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New York Harbor
Fort Hamilton
Minion
England
Royal Horse Artillery