Readin of novels and a changing fortune at Luke Colorado
A narrator recalls a summer in Luke Colorado where Miss Mabel reads novels and a man recalls a past romance with her. In New York a clerk Tim Bloom inherits wealth then loses it, faces deception by Mr Crabbe, and regains fortune through love with Hetty White and support from Mrs White. The tale ends with engagement and a wedding plan.
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Johnny
Bumps
Mar
Cash
Miss Pringle
David Bloom
H E
Timothy Bloom
Mr. Bloom
Timothy
Jones & Johnson
Tim Bloom
Johnson
Hetty
Crabbe & Co
George
Mr. Crabbe
Belinda
Crabbe
Miss Crabbe
Mrs. White
Tim
Sandma
Mary Kyle Dallas
N. Y. Ledger
Pelted Home From School by the Girls
William Henderson faces a snow pitched mob after a dispute with teacher Miss Varick. Polly Burbank and Kate Sullivan lead the pelt attack as Mrs. Dillaway and Miss Burns watch. William’s mother and aunts confront the mob and defend him, ending the school district’s spats with Miss Varick.
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Bill Henderson
Bill
Miss Varick
William
Polly Burbank
William Henderson
Kate Sullivan
Polly
Mrs. Dillaway
Miss Burns
Kate Henderson
William O. Stoddard
Harper's Young People
Cured of a Bad Habit in a Cautionary Tale
In Our Little Ones, a persistent girl named Mattie ignores warnings and faces a series of accidents. She is stung by bees, soaked by a well fall, and shot by a loaded gun but survives each event. The tale ends with Mattie still meddling, yet purportedly cured of her bad habit.
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Mattie
Amy
Joe
A Change in Fortune at Crabbes Dry Goods
Timothy Bloom, a salesman at Crabbes store, endures a harsh rebuke for tolerating a lady shopper who leaves without buying. He frets over a late arrival causing a pay deduction while watching corset boxes and envying a cherub. A small boy with badge 118 gazes at Bloom’s glass of water.
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Timothy Bloom
Mr. Crabb
Crabbe
Mr.Crabbe
Mr. Bloom
Master Quig: A Child’s Odd Sea Tale of Tragedy
The poem tells of Master Quig a small boy who runs from school and seeks the sea. He dreams of voyage but ends up onboard a boat wrecked by night waves. He dies and is never seen again, as narrator Mary A. Barr records.
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Quig
Mary A. Barr
Gloves Loosen with Wet Dam Towel Test
If gloves are laid upon a dam towel for two or three minutes they will go on with less chance of tearing.
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Luke
Colorado Park
Jedge
White's
Matlingby’s Mill
Lord Augustus
Lianche
Mabel
Rob Roy
Miss Mabel
Papa
Laurel Tree Hill
Faoma Shan
Mina Cna
Frances Ward Xavier
Sisters Mercy
America
Manchester
N. H
United States
Pittsburgh
Qui Young Readers
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