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Mischief, Marriage and Reflections in a 19th Century Parlor
A gentleman at Thiel Place hosts a party when a bell rings and a baby is found hidden under a white linen coverlet swept from a nurse's staging. The wife accuses the guest of fatherhood, but the nurse confesses the child is their mutual offspring long believed gone. The joke ends in relieved laughter and a family reconciliation. The piece also notes Booth's pranks in Detroit and a Paris church inscription mishap.
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Thiel Plhili
Sone
Booth
Edwin Booth
Detroit
Hemisphere
Mr. Booth
Mbo
Marne
Rot
J. Woor
Lepu
Vita
Dane
Atemor
Tower of
Visto
Sian
Ober Dreatneat
Jn Hodapan
Kerohula
Totter
Ulonis
Pat
Yunek
Canaan
Bueldian
Ayer
O. Ko
Jenson
Peridis
Antrath
J. M. Lock
Cincinnati
Joan McLnax
Supreme Court of the United States
Taos
Connes
the Treasury
J. M. Wasoer
Indiana
Loxawourn
Alao
J. BR. Curiom
New York City
W. L. Mancy
Ww. B. Astor
Lenanod& Co
United States
Montana
James
Lowell
Mass
D. Reed
Draggist
Court St
Pomeroy