Nashville Drizzle Sparks Town with Quiet Tales and Death
A wandering writer recounts a stop in Nashville Tennessee detailing a decayed mansion and a poor poetess Azalea Adair Caswell, a motley hack driver Uncle Caesar, and the death of Major Wentworth Caswell. The piece blends satire on southern gentility with a grim charity tale and a magazine contract sting.
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Cetewayo
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Azalea Adair
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Wentworth Caswell
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Consoling Thought in a Village Parlor
A country vicar consoles Mrs Higgs over a bereavement. He quotes Providence as a comfort, noting there is a higher power that will not let Providence go so far. The exchange reflects gentle rural piety and mutual solace in misfortune.
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the Golden Gate
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London
Lookout Mountain
Rip van Winkle
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Major
Wentworth Caswell
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Sherman
Plug
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Land of Nod
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Andrew Jackson
Azalea Adair
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Marcus Aurelius
Montaigne
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Montague Glass
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