08 Jan 1885
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1885
Page
1
This piece urges disciplined living and self reliance in pursuit of virtue. It exhorts steadfast effort, prudent judgment, service to others, and boldness in upholding right. It emphasizes patience, resilience, practical work, and turning to nature and faith for guidance.
Charlie Castleton keeps his post at Mr. Mifflin’s to save the company and mend finances. Mabel endures modest living at home while twins grow, and a windfall from Amos Gardner’s estate brings back full pay and a share in a revived business alliance with Will Castleton, signaling brighter prospects.
A gray haired man in Golden Gate Park recounts a life as a murderer and reformed gambler. He describes owning Chicago gambling parlors, a doomed night when a patron named Brown lost his fortune and life, then his wife’s curse and his own lifelong wanderings to escape guilt.
The narrator recalls two remarkable rifle shots during a hunting day. He first kills an old doe and her fawn with a single clean shot, then, while tracking another doe, observes a foxed tail vanish and a perfect shot lands through the deer's tail, with subsequent inspection revealing a precise hit and lethal outcome. The account emphasizes unlikely aim and near-miraculous accuracy.
An unnamed man admits guilt and plans a will delivering about $100,000 to his dead friend's widow and children. He describes gambling wanderings and warns young men about gambling, claiming to have saved some from ruin while his own life centers on visiting dens. He ends with a cautionary tale to a young man.
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