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A Storekeeper's Trial and a Web of Deceit
In a flouring country town Mr Ellis Randall runs a sharp store where traders purchase from local farmers and push high prices. His son Lyman learns to push the line, trading with a customer and applying covert tactics to maximize profit, while Wilton Cunningham, a trusted clerk, is accused of theft from Randall’s money drawer. After a sequence of cross accusations, Wilton denies the charge and Alice Duke supports him, while the community unravels a tangle of payments, marked dollars, and misappropriated funds. The investigation exposes Willey and a porch of suspects, with a climactic public examination led by Squire Bullard.
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Ellis Randall
Hovesty
Lyman
Jones
Phin
Fiyttsan
Wilton Cunningham
Tay Shapidione
Sen
Randall
Wilton Cunninghan
Ranall
Cunningham
Willey
Mr. Willey
Shin
Hadie
Othiers
Tyson
Wilton
Aml
Mr. Drake
Witton
Alice Duke
Alice
Allice
Fair Gift
Dore
Wilson
Udo
Tabadl
Wil
Willow
Piiony
Bart
Ja Almont
Randell
Alice Drake
Eheriff
Altiady
Ganningham
Ballard
Ratdell
Fathier Jones
Saree
Drake
Mark Lord
Hossler
Wpom
Bullard
Squire
Lartner Jones
Thomtosin
Jonta
Lawyar
Wiles Gunningham
Wile Ley
Mark
Lyinat Rendall
Alice Drakes
Dull
Lynne Ding
Jonen
Portland
Todd
Rendall