Celestia Reunites With Tommy Then Vanishes Again
Tommy Barclay and Celestia escape Stilliter and rush to town in a taxicab. Mary Blackstone mocks Tommy, while his father agrees to help. Celestia fears loneliness and pleads, then disappears as Barclay scrambles to locate her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Sargent
Mr. Barclay
Stiliter
Stilliter
Tommy
Celestia
Lestia
Tommy Barclay
Mary
Barclay
Tomy
New York
Celestia Escapes Cab Fare in New York Street Scene
Celestia, amid romantic tension with Tommy, leaves a cab after kissing him and wanders the streets with a crowd watching. A stranger rich woman intervenes, paying the meter and guiding Celestia back into the journey as onlookers react. Frederick Appleton Douglas known as Preddie the Ferret is noted as a capable young man from good stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Celestia
Big Earth
Heaven
New York
Preddie the Ferret
Frederick Appleton Douglas
Freddie the Ferret and the Mrs Baxter call to Sweetzer
Freddie the Ferret moves through the city with a mix of luck and mischief. He is known to police and barroom habituues as a useful, morally ambiguous figure who drifts between petty crime and helpful acts. One day Mrs. Baxter hires him to locate Sweetzer and they head to Mrs. Baxter's Market.
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Freddie
Plannerman
Mrs. Baxter
Sweetzer
Ferret
Flannerman’s
The Peacock Girl by Mrs Baxter Reveals A Secret Gallery
Mrs Baxter guides Celestia to a back room above the house where she shows a new “real thing.” Sweetzer and Freddie peek on tiptoe while Mrs Baxter boasts of value and a notorious tale of the artist Allison who died drinking and using drugs. The painting The Peacock Girl is delicate and rosy.
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Mrs. Baxter
Celestia
Breetzer
Freddie
Sweetzer
Billy
Sweetser
Douglas
M'M
Mrs. Douglas
Freddie the Perret
The Doll in the Trunk and Celestia's Vanishing
Mrs. Baxter, torn by fear and remorse, plans to smuggle Celestia away in a trunk after changing her into an American girl. She hides Celestia with ten one hundred dollar bills and awaits Sweetzer, reporting that Celestia is gone as the express wagon arrives.
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Mrs. Baxter
Celestia
Sweeteer
Mra. Baxter
Sweetzer
Celestia Helps Struggling Family as Crowds Greet Her
Celestia leaves Mrs Baxter with money and words from heaven. She helps the Douglas family facing eviction and illness, earning their awe and belief. A threatening figure named Freddie seeks Celestia, pacing with a heavy weapon as the scene ends.
Peacock Girl Sold For a Thousand Dollars Plot Twist
Celestia walks with peacocks framing her path as Mrs. Baxter and Sweetzer conspire to sell her. A thousand dollar payoff arrives with a grim exchange of eyes and money while plans to drug and remove her unfold.
Sweetzer Faces Hidden Trunk Plan Amid Rat Tale
A rat named Sweetzer observes a trunk prepared for a woman. He recalls a peacock tail vision and contemplates his next move as tension builds around the awaiting trunk and its unknown contents.
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Charles Goodard
Morris
Vitagraph Company
Star Company
Iberty
Thomas Barclay
Mary Blackstone
Senator Blackstone
Fitch
Adirondack Mountains
Dearie
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