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Three Lovers and a Wabash River Rescue
In Gratton a village belle Susie Jones juggles three suitors who each plan marriage. During a church picnic on the Wabash, Springer Brown and Cotton join her row. Springer’s clumsy rescue ends with mud and insults. Brown saves Susie from drowning and wins her favor with a dry apology. Susie later asks why Brown did not jump in to save her, joking about wet suspenders.
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Susie Jones
Gratton
Methodist Church
Tomi- Gon
Young Springer
Miss Susie
Wabash
Susie
Dunoderhead
Greenhorn
Iillitsop
Young Brown
Sugie
Mills Buse
Brown
Sayle
Mr. Brown
Indiana
Wabasa
Aho
Springer
Cotton
Misa Susie
Gotton