Frank Mildway by Captain Marryat
The tale follows Frank Mildway a midshipman who deserts his ship and pursues two women Emily Somerville and Eugenia in a love triangle. After mishaps including a runaway, a stage company, and a daring overboard reunion he returns to Emily with remorse and a commission earned.
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Frank Mildway
Postilion
Frank
Rugenia
Squire Somerville
Ami
Sonerville
Emily
Eigheer Chillings
Somerville
Von
Somerville Hall
Fuzenia
Eugenia
Newland
Mildmay
Bordeaux
Gut
Hugenia
Madame Rosenberg
Paris
Agenia
England
Maryat
Phineas Harden's Inheritance
In a small town Phineas Harden faces loneliness after his mother’s death and a hinted past with Lorinda North. An old letter from his father arrives, urging self assurance and warning against lonely promises, as Phineas contemplates a potential new path or return to quiet life.
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Phineas Harden
Miss Harden
Dick Harden
Phineas
Lorinda
Lorinda North
Mrs. Harden
God
Lorinds North
Richard Harden
Lovinda North
The
Springfield Republican
Burning the Mortgage on the Edwards Farm in Maine Revival
Catherine Edwards returns to the family homestead after years of debt and hardship. She trims costs, dries apples for sale, hires two elderly neighbors and expands into canning and crafts in a bid to lift the mortgage. The effort frees the farm from bondage three years later as the mortgage is paid.
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Edwards Place
Maine
Edwards Kitn
Edwards
Chester
Thomas
Catherine
Eunice
Jonas Edwards
Savings Bank
Chester Edwards
Horace
Klondike
Catherine Edwards
New England
Horace Flint
Baldwin Scions
Uncle Horace
Edwards Homestead
Aunt Netty
Stiles
Grandma” Frost
Grandma Frost
C. A. Stephens
The Misplaced Cook and a Parisian Twist
Emma Maye trusts her memory for a dinner at her brother Mr. Maye's house and hires a refined stranger as cook. The guest, Arthur Maxwell, reveals he is a skilled cook from Paris, mistaken for a helpmate by Emma. Laughter, romance, and a wedding follow this comic error.
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Tom
Emma
Sis
Maxwell
Emma Maye
Joan
Arthur Maxwell
Europe
Maye
Mayes
Mr. Maxwell
New York
Mac
Ally
Alice
Nanny
Paris
Florentine
Mr. Maye
John
Major Trelawny
Arthur
Serle Kenneth
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Obi
By Albert Payson
Terhune
the Press Publishing Co
New York Evening World
Captain Marryat
Shing Lady
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