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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1894

Page

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Mountain Split Over Raccoon Hollow Feeds Dorinda Hope

Ezekiel Sykes returns battered and hungry to a valley shattered by a mountain split. Dorinda tends his wounds while their bond deepens as a storm and hardship test faith. A Falls excursion brings charity and a silver gift, and Captain Moore offers Dorinda a future beyond the ridge.

Ezelsiel Ezekiel Dorinda Betsey Sykes Captain Moore Ezekiel Sykes

Ezekiel Sykes confronts a mica vein and a stranger

In a dusty mining scene Dorinda and Ezekiel clash with a stranger over a mica seam near a quartz vein. The man, questioned about ownership by Mrs Sykes, pursues the vein while Ezekiel mutters under his breath as Dorinda waves to the departing visitor.

Ezekiel Thetar Ezekiel Sykes Dorinda Rcom Zeke Zelzer Zelke Ever Anon D'rindy Sykes Ezekiel Obadiah Sykes Ani Natur Sal Boler

Fragmentary Dialect Scene With Laughing Miner

A rough spoken traveler Ezekiel Sykes roams toward Raccoon Hollow. On nearing a house he mutters about binders and hogs, then eyes Sinking Mountain and recalls a possible prior encounter, ending with a playful accusation.

Ezekiel Sykes Raccoon Hollow

Night Before the Wedding and a Stolen Sum

James Mayfield recounts the night before his marriage to Kate as the Strangway firm loses £293 in cash and a paper notebook with note numbers vanishes. Gravity, the trusted traveler, is suspected. the money and record seem irretrievably gone, threatening Mayfield’s impending marriage and his future stake in the firm.

James Mayfield Kate Strangway, Mayfield & Co Strangway & Co Broad Street Stephen Gravity Gravity Mayfield Broadwood Hoxton Clapham Bread Street Cheapside Gravily Mary Strangway Mr. Strangway

The Lake Leman Holiday Dream by Clara Grant Dunn

A poem recalling a holiday by a lake in pine woods with friends in Geneva. The speaker contrasts idyllic scenes by the lake with the impending return to London and to labor, cherishing enduring friendship and shared dreams. The verse blends nature's beauty with aspirations for a brighter world and the ache of parting.

Inbor Bealde Geneva Clara Grant Duiin

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