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Marwell's Good Fairy in a Pendleton Cottage
In Pendleton a tale unfolds of two women in a cottage, one ill and mournful the other radiant and hopeful. Maxwell Burt seeks partnership with Drewitt & Co. funds strain him after his guardian uncle funds Ida Hunt’s future. A mysterious $1000 gift arrives via a boy with a penny fairy tale, securing Maxwell’s partnership and Ida’s love. The couple wed, Uncle John reveals Ida’s accumulated fortune, and the “good fairy” is finally identified as a benefactor who intended long-term support.
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Pendleton
Maxweall
Drewitt & Co
Young
Newbold
Maxwell
Omaha
Ida
Maxwell Burt
Laura
Ida Hunt
Maz
Max
Laslese
Arkeil
Orve
Drewitt
Tie Aleter
Har Messenger