The Home Stead Farm Boarding in Winter Escape
Adeline Adams and Lela Lizd seek affordable winter boarding at The Home stead farm to escape the cold. They board a country setting with a furnace, aim to enjoy a new rural companion, and explore the deserted barn where cattle and animals create a quiet, old-fashioned rural mood.
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Adeline Adams
Lela Lizd
Dobbin
Silas
Sweet Adeline 26th Birthday Sparks Country Courtship
Adeline recalls a bashful suitor Silas Cummings as a group of country girls plan skating and fishing on Brown's peak pasture. The barn visit hints at a dawning mutual interest, contrasting city life with rural charm as Adeline weighs a rural suitor.
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Adeline
Bia
Silas
Ade-line
Lingcum Ville
Eruat
Tragedy and pressure push Adeline toward a risky dance
Adeline battles shame and a feeble mind as she wrestles with forbidden feelings for Silas Cummings. After an awkward town hall dance, she plans escape, then is drawn back by Silas who asks for marriage amid a tense, comic rise and fall in a rural setting.
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Siles Cummings
Léla
Mim
Adeline
Tela
Mouch
Vaat
Silaa
Cummings
Tiken
Not a cent of her money shall they have
Marela, a minister's mother, distrusts Virginia and resents Sidney's choice as she plans tea with Mrs. Smith on a hot day. Marela's pride and failed ambitions clash with Virginia's youth, leaving the porch scene tense as Mrs. Smith arrives and the talk turns to wedding plans.
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Mars Cla
Goodness
Marcela
Sliney
Virginia
Marela
Marcia
Commencement Day Revelations Between Mothers and Lovers
In a tense porch conversation Mrs. Smith and Marcia confront hidden loyalties around Florence’s enduring influence on Jack and his future. Sidney returns with Virginia as Marcia debates whether to marry or wait, while Jack presses for timing and truth in a crowded, emotional scene.
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Sidney
Marcia
Jack
Marcie
Bay
Florence
Grammie
Mary
Mary Smith
Virginia
Mar
Corners supper banter ends with quiet thoughts
Sary asks about Anat while Cy tones down an exchange about local trouble at the Red Hot Stove Club. He mutters of liars and Bud Holden, then returns to his meal as Sary watches his frown and waits for him to speak. She recalls Ann Crosby and counts months to place the child’s age.
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Bud Holden
Sary
Anat
Ann
Ann Crosby
Mathematica
Liddy
Bam
Min’ Crosby
Charity
Sam Baker
Jim
Merrill
Ann Crosby in Ill Health and Snowbound Visit
In a wintery scene, Sary and Cy visit Ann Crosby, bedridden and feverish after a broken romance with George Bolt. The Widow Baker greets them, recalling past sorrows as they learn Ann’s condition worsens and she longs for George.
Druggist's Drummer Details Stir Hidden Heartbreak
Clyde Weldon recounts a scene in which a doctor notes heartbreak while Liddy Baker closes a sick room door. A Portland meeting raises curiosity about George Holt the drummer and his inquiries about the doctor’s family.
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George Holt
Liddy
Liddy Baker
Portland
Ann
Red Hot Stove Club Nominates Cy After Surprise Meeting
Cy and Betsy plot to expose a suspected rival, George Holt, at Bud Holden's store. Holt arrives at a 7:30 gathering, is revealed as Ann Crosby's former love, and Cy’s ruse leads to Holt’s pale shock and Cy earning praise as the club’s future president. Sary arrives excitedly to share Holt’s intention to attend the wedding. He asks for a loan, and she jokingly warns him to burn any IOUs.
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Sary
Betsy
Batay
George Holt
Bud Holden
Red Hot Stove Club
Red Hot
The Girl in Blue and the Wallflower Avis Corey
Avis Corey, a wallflower in the club, is teased as the girl in blue. Graydon Parker sees her inner warmth and vows to defend her, while Aunt Cal brings food to a patient as Dr. Parker Smith contemplates a ward visit.
The Two Cases And A Woodland Roadside Stop
The doctor and Aunt Cal debate which case matters more as a car breaks on a woodland road. A dawn arrival of a boy at the Ward household and a chronically ill woman are weighed against service and weighty decisions. The car halt prompts a quick medical glance and a plan to visit the injured or ailing. The autumn sun lights Aunt Cal as they ponder their next move.
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Aun Cal
Aunt Cal
Drd
Ward
Cal
Tts
Woodland Treasures and a Pair's Quiet Resolve
In a strained scene, a patient couple and Aunt Cal reveal mutual love as woodland treasures fall from a carried load. The doctor, confessing illness cured by love, asks Carol to decide if the man should be chosen, leading to a moment of intimate truth and healing.
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Tye
Carol
Cal
Avis Corey Shrinks the Town with City Life and Prize
Margaret Taylor portrays Avis Corey transforming from a shy club girl to a stylish city woman after winning a contest prize. Her arrival at a party electrifies the room as she glides down the stairs in chiffon. A quiet private moment with her former mentor marks a deeper triumph and a romance, set against a backdrop of social change.
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Avis Corey
Avis
Graydon Parker
New York
Fie
Sho
Sallon
Reed
Wall-Dowert
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