Fortescues Sore Throat Becomes Spring House Cleanings
Ned Fortescue feigns illness to avoid house cleaning as Annie plans a quiet recovery with their children. The ruse spreads to friends who visit, lift spirits, and enjoy the country, while Ned rediscovers the joy of spring air and later confesses the prank to his wife.
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Mr. Fortescue
Ned Fortescue
Mr. Fostescue
Ned
Aunt Maria
Annie
Heriouls
Pheumonia
Ant
Jack Downing
Fortescue
Tom Bascomb
Hennery
Fortescues
Driscombe
Bachelor’s Hall
Jack Detahert
Tom
Annie Fortescue
Maria
Thomas
Jack
Mary
Mysterious Influences Recounted as Psychic Anecdotes
A Brooklyn man relays stories of unexplained connections from Europe and Civil War era telegraphy to a New York Sun reporter. He cites a dying cousin in France, a mother sensing her daughter’s death, and a Gettysburg retreat rumor that turned out true, illustrating mind reading and precognition.
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Brooklyn
New York Sun
Europe
France
America
Alice
Cable
Gettysburg
Lee
Vicksburg
Anthough
Ae Ae
Aes
Sean
Reminiscence of a Civil War Comrade Richard Moss
A veteran recalls enlisting in 1862 under Gilbert Hathaway and serving in the Provisional Brigade. He grows close to a young orphan named Richard Moss who joins as a soldier and dies on the battlefield. The tale covers their bond, capture by Forrest, a reunion with Richard’s brother, and their wartime experiences and trials.
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Grand Army Gazette
Gilbert Hathaway
Provisional Brigade
Union
Belle Isle
County Court House
Richard Moss
Richard
Buel-Bragg
Tennessee
Nashville
East
New Hampshire
Tennessee Valley
Simeon
Nate Company
Earth
Independent Provisional Brigade
Murfreeboro
Alabama
Georgia
Rome
Forrest
Richmond
East Tennessee
Strawberry Plains
Richar
Mossyside
Eco
San
Thomas
Hoodis