Heirship and Reckoning Across a Hidden Past
In a tense family drama, Tilton confronts a stern warning from his uncle about marriage, while a hidden diary of Myra Delano reveals a long buried past. A bracelet and locket link Ada Smith to her forgotten mother and the uncle’s long-lost wife, Myra. The revelation unites the estranged family and foreshadows a hopeful reconciliation.
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Tilton
Triston
George
Ada Wallet
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Mr. Witten
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Myra Delano
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Anna
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Mr. Wlclton
Paris
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George Tilton
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Peter Cartwright Pioneer Preacher and Autobiography Tales
Peter Cartwright, a notable American pioneer preacher born in 1775 in Amherst County Virginia and died in 1872 at Pleasant Plains Illinois, rode as presiding elder for about sixty years. His autobiography, Pitty Years a Presiding Hider, recounts anecdotes such as feuding ferrymen and his daring ferry crossing with a horse.
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Peter Cartwright
Amherst Co
Pleasant Plains
Kentucky
Methodist Epicopal Church
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W. P. Stickland
D. D
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Peter
A Misplaced Conversation From a Distant Minister
A church reports a new minister causing social misreads during pastoral calls. When Mrs. Sadden mourned her husband, the minister pressed with a clash of jokes about the deceased, leading to awkward exchanges about death, disease, and disability. The widow, Mrs. Hadden, retorts sharply as the visit devolves into comic impropriety.
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Quip and quirk mix in a century old column
A jumble of anecdotes and satire runs through a newspaper column. A doctor’s drunken bravado ends in embarrassing misreadings shared with a fashionable patient. Other items mock lawyers on ships, gossip’s harm, and curious quips about school lessons, wives, and a poet offering lives.
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