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The Two Purses A Tale of Boston in Winter
A Boston romance unfolds at a high society gathering. Ferris Harvard, a naval lieutenant, woos Anna H despite poverty, aided by charity and a revealing test by her stern father Harris H. The father, impressed by Ferris charity and merit, approves their marriage after a staged disguise twist.
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Boston
Massachusetts Bay
London
Republic
Mall
Beacon Street
Rven
Our
National Defence
West End
Ferris
Miss B
Anna H
Hough
H- 7
Isola
Genoa
Harvard
Anna
Ferris Harvard
Navy
Orly
Harris H
Shim
Forris
Anne
Mc. Tf
Father
Ludgse Douglass
Illinois
New York Evening Mirror
Judge Douglass
Minuis
Lingey-Woolsey
Serena
Douglass
Tlinois
Mr. Douglass
Portland
Tru
Israel
Elder Common
Dolver
Maine
Moses Sweat
Seth Lee
Cochran
Dammon
J. W. E. Harvey
Iself
Crosby
Ronse
Hall
Flall
Lorton Lambert
Lambert
Miss Baker
Doure
Miss Marmon
Elder White
Jer. B. Green
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Carpman
James Aver, Jr
Damien
Miss Harmon
Job Moody
George Woodbury
Harmon
Baker
House of Gort
John Craig
Avon
cAtknson
Ican
Beisox