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Susy Sells Brown Bess to Pay for Education and Wedding
In a New York tale, Susy, pressed by the mortgage and need to fund schooling, agrees to sell her horse Brown Bess. A thousand-dollar buyer promises resolution of debts, pay for the roof, and a path to marriage with Charlie Grant, while her mother muses on family welfare. A river name note follows: the East River was once called the Salt River.
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Susy
Tom
Granny
Jude
Evy
Bey
Adair
Abe
Hillsten
Silver Ledge Falls
Old Dick
Charlie
Jeset
Cocoe
Cat
Suay
Brown Bess
Charlie Grant
Sasy
Charile
Umt
Grandma
East River
Salt River