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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1887
Page
7
A poem contrasts a rich man’s son inheriting lands brick and stone and gold with soft hands and tender flesh that cannot bear cold. The speaker notes such a heritage is a single source to hold in fee, implying privilege and detachment.
On the Sea View Place balcony Mrs. St. Johns watches Homer Graves and Alma Marvin stroll with Lucia, plotting to win Graves for her daughter while vilifying Alma. She quietly manipulates rumors to drive a wedge between the lovers, seeking revenge and social ascent as the sun sinks.
Alma Marwin nearly drowns after a boat accident as Graves rescues her and Davis. Mrs. St. Johns schemes in secret with a powder plot to harm Alma while Lucia unwittingly aids. Alma survives but Mrs. St. Johns dies in a mysterious turn of retribution as tensions rise between rivals.
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