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Calico Dress and a Becket Picnic Love Story
A penniless widow shepherds her daughter Nely Day through a village arbutus picnic with a calico dress for formality. Nely’s simple elegance charms Mr. Fearing, a New York artist, who is quickly smitten and returns to Becket for visits, while the mother preserves hope and practical thrift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nely Day
Platly
Widow Day
Holdridges
New York
Nely
Nioher
Nelly
Portherh
Becket
Holdride
Lina Holdridge
Mrs. Day
Holdridge
Addie Mason
Jane Glasa
Jane
Addie
Mr. Fearing
Pine Hill Station
Wood Road
Pine Hill
Jane Glass
Lina
Nell
Paris
Miss Bristow
Theady
Ceat
the Falls
The
Academy
Painter