Christmas Tale of Bert and Mary Boutwell
A tale set around a Virginia plantation Christmas unfolds with Bert Allen’s care for his employer and Mary Boutwell. He delays visiting to help sick employer Burnside, faces danger, and plans a Christmas gift of a large dog. A box swap leads to Bert mistaken for the dog, and he awakens to Mary’s veranda with truth and love, ending in their marriage and Mary abandoning her art career.
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Jesus
Mary
Mary Boutwell
New England
Boutwell
Miss Bootwell
Bert Allen
Strees
Bert
Burt
Coriatmas
Bart
Mr Burnside
Mr. Burnside
Calaboose
Mal
Mr. Burnsile
Prince Roland
Turnagh
Bert Aylen
Billy
Firat
Sant
Lkoow
Firat Expressman
Cam
Mery
Dinah
Tnie
Wes
Weiling
Magic No 3 and Christmas Picked Items From Cedar Gravy
The excerpt highlights a humorously garbled old timey ad style narrative featuring Ga. P. Paris of Cedar Gravy Me and Hill's Pharmacy. It mentions remedies for fever and kidney trouble, candy tablets named Preventics, and Christmas gift lists with rustic dialect. The passage reads as a fragmented social column with playful pseudo ads and local color.
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Ga. P. Paris
Hill
Srs
Poley’s House and Ter Store Ad Warns of Harmful Drugs
An old advertisement warns readers that many remedies for coughs and throat troubles are unsafe. It cautions against unknown preparations claiming to cure coughs and colds and emphasizes seeking genuine, safe products from Hill Pharmacy.
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Filer
Poley
Hill ¢ Pharmacy
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