Freckles and the Swamp Angel Novel Card
By copyright 1904 Doubleday Pace Co this romance centers Freckles a plucky waif who guards the Limberlost and dreams of the Swamp Angel. McLean the timber foreman befriends him while Mrs Bancan provides a home. Other figures include Duncan Bird Woman Lord and Lady O More Wessner and Black Jack in a tale of moral trials and redemption.
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Freckles
Limbertos
Angel
McLean
Wessner
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Jack
Freckles Seeks Work in McLean’s Timber Camp
Reckles, an eager wanderer with one missing hand, asks Grand Rapids Lumber boss McLean for a job. The stern but fair Scotsman doubts him, noting only one opening for a sturdy worker. Freckles, Irish by birth, speaks with a shy charm that unsettles McLean and hints at a deeper past.
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Grand Rapids Lumber Company
Wade Vaid
Duncin
Danie
Flo
Toelk
Sears
Myoimin
McLean
Willions
Thit
Léan’ ‘Wic
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Edinburgh
Oxford
Canada
Michigan
Indiana
Grand Napids
Is Work
Margyhall
Freckles
Freckles Seeks Chance Under Grizzled Lumber Boss
Freckles, an unnamed orphan with a scarred past, asks McLean for a job guarding a Limberlost lease. McLean questions the boy’s grit but offers clothing, gear, a revolver, and a trial on a trail through dangerous swamp. The two discuss naming the boy as Elen, then the scene shifts as the boss resumes work.
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John Carter
McLeay
George
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Limberlost Guard
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Sharp
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Freekies
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Bmelern
Sam
Aaimsan
Hke
MeéTean
Tam
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