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A Dime-Novel Hero
A stray 13 year old orphan named George Burton is picked up by Patrolman Packard on a cold May night while attempting to open a freight car door. At the station he is fed and kept overnight as detectives verify his story, revealing East Greenwich as his home. The boy is reunited with his grandmother and Aunt Polly after a telegram to East Greenwich, and he promises to behave, with his family vowing to take him home.
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Packard
Oficer
Oteer
Great West
George Burton
George
Leutenant
Regaiil
Anon
George H. Burton
Greenwich
East Greenwich
Policeman
Chief of Police
Raven
Grandma
Aunt Polly
Boston
Georgie
Aunt Jolly
Polly
Grandpa