A Buried Romance in a Widow’s Last Hour
Sydney Reed, aged twenty eight and a widow, wills her love to George Winston but his reappearance tests her duty to her husband. Winston, believed dead, returns seeking forgiveness. Sydney remains faithful, marries him in promise, then learns he wed another heiress in England. She burns her letter, a funeral pyre for a broken heart.
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Sydney Reed
George Winstons
George Winston
Marie
Jaz
Sydney
aid
Tarold
Winston
George
earth
min
Marold
SYDNEY Rero
England
London
The Baby's Bank Saves a Reformed Man
An ex-tramp recalls how a banker’s baby, resting beside a gold and silver bank, beguiled him from crime. He confesses a past plan to rob and murder, but the sight and smile of the child changed him. Ten years later he credits the baby with his enduring reform and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohiayyk
Joe
Return to My Childhood Home At Night Wish
Night brings soft beams that light the homeward heart as longing for kin grows strong. After years of patience I plan to trace my steps to the childhood doorway where dear family awaits. Night, with Phoebus fading, will shield our reunion and ensure only true voices greet me at the sacred portal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoebus
morlus
Maxims for Young Men and Agricultural Trial Lead
A collection of maxims urges young men to avoid idle time, seek truth, choose good company, honor promises, face people directly, and cultivate virtuous character while avoiding debt and intoxicants. Also notes a farmer report comparing bran manuring to standard mixes, showing yield differences in wheat trials.
Odd Epigrams And Proverbs From Quirky Verse
A collection of pithy, humorous quips and reflections on life work, love, poetry, engineers, and daily folly. It mixes wry observations about postage, carpentry, luck, and human foibles with sly jests about patience, courage, and cheerful endurance. Notable bits include jokes about Job, a two-cent stump, and a Hartford architect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
An exchange
Florida
Hartford
Iowa
Jimmie
Jerusha
Jimmy
Whitefield Converts Mocking Scoffer at Edinburgh Tree
An anecdote recalls Whitefield preaching beneath a venerable Edinburgh tree as a scoffer perched above him tried to mock. Whitefield paused, then declared the man might yet be the subject of divine grace, a remark that pierced the crowd and led to the scoffer's conversion.
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Goldsmith
Whitefield
Edinburgh
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