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The Girl from Prosperity by George Randolph Chester
James E. Carroll, a young country man, travels from Prosperity Indiana to New York City. He splurges on a Broadway barber shop and a string of flirtations with the Manicure Girl and Miss Williams. His swaggering bets, fake wealth, and misreads of urban life lead to a fall, ending with a visit from Elizabeth Ruth Emery. The streetwise Miss Williams arranges a hopeful return home and a possible partnership, while Carroll’s ego breaks under exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Carroll
Belveigh
Bessie Williams
Billy
Hilly
Hippodrome
Mr. Carroll
East Harlem
Genteman
New York
Bill
Tess
Miss Williams
Mr. Smarty
Smartville
Johnny Fresh
McClure
Syndicamn
Bess
James H. Carroll
Prosperity
Indiana
Misa Williams
Reddy
Yap
Green Fe
Reece
Bessie
Reuben
Hiram H. Hanks
Hawkinsville
Josh Dill
Picklesburg
James BE. Carroll
Elizabeth Ruth
Rick
Bly
Bowery
James E.carroll
Willams
James
Broadway
Frank
Jimmy
Tiffany
Emery
Elizabeth B. Carroll
March
Beauty Phillips
Angel Jimmy May
George
Baptist Church
Lke Beauty Phillips
Mira Williams
Diana
Porlum
Herald Square
Irving
Barber
Elizabeth Ruth Emery
Elizabeth Rath
Miss Edwards
Jimmy Carroll
Miss Emery
Winifred