Ghosts of the Homestead Return in Silent Yearning
In autumn light, a seeker roams a ruined homestead, pondering whether the master and children still visit the old rooms. The verse by Fidelia W Gillette asks if familiar voices, laughter, and love endure in the night and twilight as memories linger among mossy beams and falling stone.
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Fidelia W
Gillette
The Veiled Portrait and the Fate of a Soldier’s Love
In London a haunted veteran recounts a mutiny era tale. Sidney Warren hides a green baize portrait of a beautiful woman, later revealed as Constance, wife of a murdered officer. Constance endures desertion and ruin, journeys to India, finds her husband’s alias Milton, and confronts tragedy at Meerut as a burning revolt unfolds. A ghostly vision ties past and present, ending in the narrator’s death from shock or fate.
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Bengal
India
Lucknow
Baron Reichenbach
Christian Oerstek
Delhi
Cawnpore
Anbailah
London
Sidney Warren
Herts
London Road
Dumbun
Meerut
Sidney
Warren
Conqver
God
Nugeby
England
Cape
Constance
Southampton
Conny
Sidney Darling
Conny Dear
Mafke
Ascension
Horse Guards
Miss Dashwood
Dashwood
Milton
Constance Warren
Calcutta
Ganges
Jahangeerabad
Ayah
Lonon
Sidney Warren Milton
Major Milton
Cantonments
Abu
Staff Corps
Mehm Sahib
Kurnaui
3D Cavalry
Cyed Sidney
Rans
Hamlet
Earth
Queer Folks and a Frugal Household Charity
A detailed portrait follows Robert and his wife in a small town, focusing on a pious, frugal household. Mrs. Robert quietly sustains home duties, supports neighbors, and resists high society while guiding charitable acts. New minister and visitors reveal tensions between social aspiration and personal principles as the family quietly improves their lot through prudent, steady work.
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Robert
Little Brown House
Brown House
Robert’s
Roberts
Mrs. Robert
Aunt Miranda
Alice
Katie
Velveteen
Ethel
Kayip
Igs
Social
Melbourne
Patty Rhodes
Turnpike Road
Madsell
Mrs. Robe
Jeneert
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