Peaceful Mapledale Frays Over Dorcas Dollar
In Mapledale a quiet village meeting house hosts the Dorcas Workers with a curious disruption. Mr Glynne uses a door placard offering to loan one dollar, provoking bemusement among ten workers including Jerrie Benison, whose charm unsettles the conservative crowd and unsettled Mrs Setzer. The reform-minded pastor arrives late, his presence soothing yet the scene remains a lively clash of social roles and propriety.
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Mapledale
Wooung
Dorcas
Jerrie Bennison
Jerrie
Geraldine
Bennisons
Mr. Glynne
Grandma Transue
Sewing Society
Miss Piper
Cazalin Dewey
Wren
Jerusalem
Manpledale
Dent
Mrs. Shunk
Coe Se
Dorcas Workers Triumph Despite Hardship at Mapledale
In Mapledale the Dorcas Workers rally to fund a church project with Jerrie Bennison's bold plan. While Teague sisters lead profits, debt looms until Jerrie reveals she earned forty seven dollars ninety cents by hosting for the boys and buying chips for a poker game, promising a return next year.
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Lad
Mapledale
Glynne
Mr. Glynne
Jerrie Bennison
Bennisons
Jerrie
Mrs. Shunk
Cazalia
Miss Piper
Grandma Transue
Saxony
Dorcas
Jerry
Mapledalians
The Busiest Dollar by Marion Hill in Dorcas Tales
A piquant depiction of a bright city girl joining staid Dorcas workers in a country village. Realism heightens humor and surprise. Illustrations faithfully render characters, enhancing harmony between author and artist and inviting readers to share in the living world on the page.
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Marion Hill
Dorcas
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