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Widow’s Hard Work Becomes Cousin to Scheme
Mrs. Whalen laboring at home and on the town tax she pays for care of her ill husband, finds a way to keep them fed by working as a washer. She persuades Mr Evans to hire Mike as a gardener and press Nora’s clothes for pay, while a planter Cobb and Evans scheme to pass wages to Nora without her knowledge. The circle tightens as the three men plan to end the ordeal.
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Whaten
Whalen
Nora
Brady
Mike
Neual
Mra. Whalen
the Herge
Cobb Place
Charlie Cobb
Cobb
Rownd
Miz Cobb
Mrs. Whalen
Evans
Mike Whalen
Hitle
Evana
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