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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
7
Cyril, a dreamer from Barkerstown, tutors and carpents at his ferryman neighbor’s shore and longs for a world beyond the river. He plots escape to a life with better society, white shirts, and a theater-bearing future, spurred by Mary Ann’s kindness and Aunt Harriet’s letters promising money and social ascent.
Cyril and Mary Ann face a life choice as Miss Carroll, an heiress with $10,000, arrives and stirs dreams of a bigger world. Mary Ann reveals she is Carroll’s stepdaughter while Cyril contemplates leaving Brick Ferry for Barkerstown, torn between love and money. He decides to stay to be with Mary Ann, resisting the temptations of theater and city life.
George Giles and Nora Clayton meet in a woodland encounter as an escaped lunatic heads toward the country house. Giles, intending to aid a fellow patient, negotiates with the mysterious young woman who tests his claim of persuasion. The asylum doctor arrives, revealing the escapee’s identity and prompting a swift return to facility.
In Auburndale a crowd gathers as the colonel famed for exploits in the Philippines is drawn toward a gift ring auction. Amy Knight urges him to claim the prize for Martha, Martha Nettia confesses aging, and the colonel asks Martha to choose happiness again after years apart.
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