Storm Country Polly by Grace Miller White
Polly Wopkins a squatters daughter in a dilapidated Ithaca area shack faces eviction from Marcus MacKenzie who owns the land. Evelyn Robertson secretly married to Bennett plots money and escape while Robert Percival appears as a sympathetic actor in a tale of love and threats among a rural frontier.
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Small Jerry
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Evelyn Robertson
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Polly
MacKenzie
Robert Percival
Evelyn
Bennett
Oscar
Larry Bishop
Polly Hopkins
Money
Eve
Pollyop
Polly Hopkins Finds Courage In War-Torn Silent City
Polly Hopkins aids squatter families during a brutal confrontation with Oscar Bennett. Evelyn Robertson seeks freedom as Polly tends to the wounded and protects her neighbors. Robert Percival arrives, pledging help and recognizing Polly as a small yet resilient mother figure in the settlement.
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Red Cross
Polly
Jerry
Poallyop
Robert Percival
Pollyop
Polly Hopkins Aids Silent City Squatters
In Chapter VI Polly Hopkins prepares for her daily walk among the squatters by the lake, offering courage and reminding them of their rights to homes, food, and warmth as she shares her compassionate concern for their plight.
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West Hill
Polly Hopkins
A Sporting Judge
A Birmingham Age-Herald cartoon quotes a judge sentencing for speeding: thirty days in the workhouse. The jailed driver jokes about using the judge’s car during his confinement, while the judge dismisses the idea noting the car’s slow speed.
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Durancé Vile
Birmingsisirn Age-Herald
What Blue Flame Means and Other Fragments
A dialogue on Venus rising from the sea and hunting scenes leads to a brief note from Gas Logic about blue flame signaling perfect combustion and yellow flame signaling wasted gas. A closing aphorism states that a devoted lover has no time for outside flirtations.
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Gas Logic
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