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Ballooning orphans spark rural hosts and mule adventure
A pair of orphans narrate two eventful days in a country town. Subscriptions fund clothes, a fat woman adopts the narrator, and a balloon lands in a farm field causing chaos with mules. The escaping tale includes a dramatic rope hitch, near lynching, and a threat to protect U. S. mail, ending with a note to continue on page 4.
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Orphan Asylum
Peck
St. Louis
Texas
United States