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Dusty the Pony and the Missing Purse Mixup
In a rural tale a father agrees to buy a pony for ten dollars after pressure from his son George. The plan unravels as a string of purse mixups and mistaken ownerships complicate the purchase. George ends up with the pony and the family navigates a comic tangle of mistaken purses and meetings.
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Dad
George
Delbert Wilson
Snell
Mr. Snell
Milly
Delbert
Old Man
Aunt Maude’s
Aunt Maude
Bill Snell
Dan Ford
Dusty
Fli Hi
Jim
Florence Sim
Cora Ford
Ford
Wiarton
Ontario
Erma Plum