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Farmhand Jim Irwin and Jennie Woodruff Crossed by a Humourous Spark
Jim Irwin, a thoughtful farmhand with a rich reading habit, faces Jennie Woodruff's rebuff and social tension over marriage and future plans. He contemplates a livable path in farming or rural teaching while Newton Bronson hints at his unlikely nomination for county teacher as they haul gravel on the Bronson Slew turnpike.
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Jim
Irwin
Jennie Woodruff
Tie
Colonel Woodruff
Woodruff
Jim Irwin
Sue
Jennie
Emerson
Theresa
Bayville
Emerson, Thoreau, Ruskin
Bronson
Columbus Brown
Bronson Slew
Newt
Newton Bronson
Des Moines
Faribault
Newton