Disappointed Anne Chamberlain Faces Courtship Tangle
Anne Chamberlain frets over a dull escort and family indifference while Neal Conrad, a visiting young lawyer, arrives as the social highlight. He admires her character and invites her on a picnic with Mrs Griffin and her son Roy, despite her awareness of social impropriety and Hildreth's jealous indignation. Anne uses scant savings to buy a dress for the trip.
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Anne Chamberlain
George Hildreth
Neal Conrad
Hildreth
Anne
Conrad
Anne Chamberlain Prepares For Neal Conrad Visit
Anne spends seventy five dollars on new clothes and goods with goldsmiths plan to host Neal Conrad at her family home. Neal visits with Roy Griffin and Mrs Griffin, spurring hope of a mountain trip, while Anne works to tidy up and stage the parlor for a proper reception. The arrangement falters as Neal’s visits avoid the parlor, leaving Anne hopeful yet disappointed about the next meeting.
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Anne Chamberlain
Mr. Goldenburg
Tve
George Hildreth
Hare
Roy Griffin
Neal Conrad
Cat
Hamstead
Roy
Aliss Lynn’s
Anne
George
Mr. Chamberlain
Sam
Sol
Neal
Nan
Imaginary Golf Helps Sleep for Insomniacs
A British enthusiast reports that imagining golf rounds aids sleep. He picks a familiar course, imagines a good tee, and plays to form with lapses, finding it oddly relaxing. A humanitarian golf correspondent suggests a kinder plan: invite in bed a sequence of players with bad luck to calm the senses.
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Literary Digest
London Times
Love's Ecstasy Park Keeper Dialogue
A park keeper and lovers share a moment as gates close and a suggestion of draft hints at a clandestine romance. The fragment hints at a rendezvous and a playful tone between two unnamed characters in a near romantic scene.
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Love
Ecstacy
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