Irish Boy Finds Fortune and Family After Night of Peril
In 1864 Kentucky and later in Georgia a tramp named Pat Roach aids Mrs Stanton and her daughter Jennie by guarding two thousand dollars from Confederate raiders. Jennie trusts the boy with the money, he returns it after dawn, and Pat is rewarded with a home and education.
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Mia
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Mrs. Stanton
Captain Jones
Jennier Stanton
Jones
Misa Stanton
Trish
Indies
Miss Stanton
Hawkeye
The Pretty Speller and the Teacher’s Promise
A poem recounts a shy girl in a spelling class whom the preceptor teases with a promise of a secret reward. Years later, rumors and the memory of the teacher’s pledge reveal the promise’s implications, ending with a sense of fulfilled anticipation.
Baldheaded circuit rider spooks buyers and five Sundays tale
A Jersey farmer imagines a New Yorker buyer and lights five candles to impress him but shouts to Sally to blow out four of them when the visitor arrives, fearing it is a baldheaded circuit rider. The piece ends with quips about five Sundays and a joking note on mortgage language.
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Sally
Young Wisconsin boy found by Indian camp in Royalton
In 1864 a missing child named Morell Camp from Wisconsin vanished after playing on the Big Wolf river. A Potawatomi camp later produced a white-skinned youth who spoke English and remembered his name. After verification by two years, the boy reunited with his mother Ruth A. Barber in St. Charles, Minnesota, choosing to embrace civilized life with family support.
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Chicago Times
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Pittsburg Landing
Big Wolf River
Waupaca
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Nassane
James W. Camp
Royalton
Wis
Morell
Mr. Camp
Sears
Morning cocktails and modest fashion in old quotes
A speaker notes two cocktails delivered to a room each morning as if shared with a companion. The reply suggests one cocktail changes the speaker’s persona and implies a desire to entertain the other self. The era’s fashion advice favors simple dress for young girls and modest presence near glamorous displays.
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