Wish on the star helps Aunt Emmy find a suitor
Aunt Emmy, a sixtyish widow, repeats a star wish for a young man. Marjorie persuades Eaton C to court her aunt, and gifts of flowers and attention lead to a charming sequence. Aunt Emmy's confession shows a misdirected wish may bless both women as Eaton quietly wins over the elder.
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Emmy
Marjorie
Hmmys
Ducky
Marge
Eaton
Hmmy
Early Post
Tinton C
Maron
Candy
Flowers
Aunt Jimmy
Aunt Emmy
Fragmentary plea hints at romantic conflict
A terse line suggests a person asking to be alone with Maron when he calls again. The speaker implies a belief that someone named she was destined for him, signaling a romantic or arranged match dilemma without additional context.
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Maron
Poor Betsy in Barrie’s Dream of Love and Ambition
Barrie sits among scattered manuscript pages in a country home as memories of Betsy, the brown eyed rustic girl, haunt his thoughts. He weighs abandoning Betsy for Pauline’s wealth and political advantage, while savoring past glances and a garden of shared tenderness in a faded summer.
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Barrie
Betsy
Pauline
Pau Nne
Barrie’s Deception Causes Betsy’s Confession and Breaks Trust
Barrie sings of love to Betsy and learns she loves him not for eternity but as a pastime. Betsy reveals an engagement to Jack and explains she returned his jealousy by meeting him at the garden. Barrie reacts with cold disapproval, realizing he has been merely a pleasant companion while another life unfolds.
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Pauline
Barrie
Betsy
Jack
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MaClure Newspaper Syndicate
Poor Betsy
Jack Lanton
McCord
P. C. McCord @ Son
Malvern
Mills County Agricultural Society
G. H. White
Sec
Iowa
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