Vermont Brook Encounter Sparks Mystery For Philip Starr
Philip Starr stops beside a Vermont road to swim in a brook and meets Blanche Manning, a seventeen year old with roots in Hamstead. They share lunch, swap stories about Lady Blanche farm and a family tale linking Blanche to a French countess. He plans Burlington visit but stays the night with Mary, as Blanche offers hospitality and hints at a family superstition.
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Philip ‘Starr
Vermont
Burlington
Trish
Philip
Boston
Vermont Brooks
Mary
Jane
Paul
Blanche Manning
Lady Blanche Farm
Philip Starr
Blanche
Connecticut Valley
Hamstead
Massachusetts
Wallacetown
Lady Blanche
Col
Moses Manning
Lafayette
France
Moses
Trousserau
Slamstead
Jane Manning
Seth
New Year Resolutions Spark Unexpected Romance
Peggy schemes with listed resolves on New Year’s day while Tom vows to reform. A chance meeting with Sally’s cousin Madge leads to a confrontation and rescue, ending in an engagement between Tom and Madge by year’s end.
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Sally
Bob
Pegg
Marmaduke
Tom
Peggy
Marmaduke Butler
Bedford Street
Ton
Burton James
Madge
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU
Ring Out the Bells of Change in the Year’s End
Poem lines evoke a farewell to the old year and a call for renewal. It contrasts ringing out strife, dis ease, and vanity with ringing in truth, justice, and peace. The imagery centers on bells signaling renewal, hope, and noble conduct as the new year dawns.
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