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Smithy romance ends in unexpected engagement
Phil Copely visits the Southern family, pursued by desire and social class tensions. Alice Southern, torn between affection and fear of ruin, equivokes as Phil contemplates flight or reform. A coded duel threat forces a fast choice, but Mr. Southern negotiates time and a consented month to prepare for marriage.
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Phil Copely
Phil
Phill
Alice Southern
George
Aldrich
Hong Kong
Alice
Academy of Music
Green-House
Kil
Mr. Southern
Genteman
Mr. Suthern
Demme
Gracie
de Bernot
Southern
Rufus Dawes
Rufus
Ite
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Joliet
Ottawa
Lale
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Liberty
Iowa—City
Marengo
Brooklyn
Grinnell
Des Moines
Iowa
Bureau Junction
Peoria
Wilton Junction
Muscatine
Washington
Fair
Eldon
Belknap
Centreville
Princeton
Trenton
Gallatin
Cameron
Leavenworth
Atchison
Ilinois
Prasenger