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Auction reveals a clever sale of junk and a bold romance
In a crowded sale Alonzo Haxtaff’s livery junk goes for surprising sums as Miriam Harris buys the black mules and an old moving van. The van becomes Miriam’s plan to travel as a photographer while she supports herself and helps a foundling Ella Morton. A scarecrow labeled Husband for M H spurs questions about marriage and dignity.
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Alonzo Haxtaff
Alonzo
Jim Wilson
Elam Lydecker
Demosthenes Windbank
Haxtaff
Hen Chambers
Miriam Harris
Miss Harris
Lem Parsons
Demosthenes
Phere
America
Miriam
Dtealea
Diate
Father
Mary Fleming
Billy Slocum
Uncle Billy
Billy
Susan
M. H
Spiri
Ella Morton
Miss ‘Harris
Ella
Lemuel
Q. Parsons