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The Belle Julie Rescue and a Desertion at Sea
In New Orleans writer Kenneth Griswold plots theft to avoid starvation. He robs Bayou State Security president Andrew Galbraith, escapes aboard the Belle Julie as deckhand, and saves mutinous mate McGrath from drowning. Charlotte Farnham witnesses events and chooses to report to Galbraith by letter.
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Des Shaons
Kenneth Griswold
Bainbridge
Chau- Mere
New Orleans
Andrew Galbraith
Bayou State Security
Hue and Cry
Charlotte Farnham
Wabaska
Minn
Galbraith
Charlotte
Griswold
Julie
Captain Mayfield
Bayou
John Wesley Gavitt
Miss Farnham
Memphis
Cairo
Missouri