Rest and Work in the Mill, A Sam Walter Foss Verse
A poem cites rest as found not in distant seas or quiet fields but in labor. It asserts true rest comes from work and purpose, urging readers to keep sewing and operating mills to renew the spirit, since no one truly rests with nothing to do.
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Copyright Notice from 1899 Lippincott Company
A historical copyright statement from 1899 credits J B Lippincott Company as the holder. The notice asserts full rights and reserved status for the work.
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Spy in Uniform Disrupts Deadly House Visit
Frances confronts Captain Somers a spy who seeks Raymond Holbin and Louise a dying woman reveals Holbin’s link. Louise admits firing the shot and that Holbin never married her Frances fears for her sons as Somers defies danger to deliver a message while a watching woman hides, blinds cut off view.
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Bold stroke opens risky plan for 1862 spy Raymond Holbin
A cautious Brook family mother watches from a window as Raymond Holbin prepares a bold action in Richmond. With the Brookin fortune ruined by war, his future hinges on success, or possible capture and death for desertion. Frances and revenge loom if he prevails.
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A Confederate Spy Captured in a Cottage Duel
Captain Somers pursues Holbin after Louise dies in his camp. Holbin is killed during a struggle at Frances and Somers’ home as the two lovers face a fatal night and a final vow. A cottage wreck, a dying Louise, and a mother's haunting memory mark the end of their era.
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Escape Ride Through Battle Lines By Confederate Officer
Richard Somers, a parolee in Confederate uniform, avoids guards on a crowded road. With a passing officer’s order he heads toward a chaotic battery under smoke and artillery, racing amid cavalry and infantry toward a wooded slope where the stars and stripes appear. He rides through a broken Confederate line seeking safety.
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A Profligate King Milan of Serbia
The London Saturday Review calls King Milan a bad king and father and abominable husband. He charmed a Belgrade mob with a persuasive speech, but his misfortune and gambling ruined his throne. Defeated by the Turks, he was rewarded with kingship yet betrayed by cowardice at Slivnitsa and cruelly treated his queen, yet remained forgiven by his people.
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Mann Refuses to Fight an Insane Challenger
Horace Mann sits in his study when an insane man bursts in and dares him to a duel. Mann quips that odds are unfair and he is a Mann by name as a man by nature. The intruder presses, while Mann suggests facing four.
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The Delicate Irony of a Darky Called to Preach
A July cotton field scene quotes Booker T. Washington as the narrator, an old field hand jokes that the heat and hard work have summoned him to preaching. The passage reflects a humorous story about labor, weather, and vocation in a race-conscious historical context.
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Temperance agitation sways untried drinkers in Pettyville
A local temperance push last week led the landlord of the Pettyville tavern to claim many who had never tasted alcohol were persuaded to swear off drinking. A judge is referenced regarding the outcome.
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