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Love and Ruin in a Wonderland Romance Scandal
Miss Ruth Stout recounts a fraudulent engagement with Arnold Ernest a wealthy East St. Louis heir who wooed her as a manicurist and promised marriage. Letters reveal devotion yet his absence proved deception, leaving her heart broken as she faces social pressure and a costly breach of promise claim.
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