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A New York Tale of Grace and the Orange Gift
In a cramped room a sick girl Milly lies pale while sister Grace works to pay for food and a dress. A wealthy Miss Utley withholds payment, a generous stranger anonymously sends Milly oranges and ten dollars, lifting despair and changing Grace’s fate to Mrs. Ralph Harding with a hopeful ending.
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Milly
Sister Grace
Grace
Blanche Utley
Miss Utley
Ralph Harding
Miss Blanche
Littl
Mrs. Harding
Johnson
Kentucky
John A. Campbell
Alabama
John H. Reagan
Texas
Alex. H. Stephens
Georgia
Geo. A. Trenholm
South Carolina
Chas. Clarke
Mississippi
Wells
Hartford Press
Tennessee
Jeff Thompson
Louisville Journal
South
Harriet Lane
Buchanan
Henry E. Johnson
Baltimore
Fort Warren
Richmond
New York
Herald
Jackson
Bolton
Vicksburg
Kelly
Thos. A. Scott
Dr. Mudd
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Jerry Black
Newark
Henry Ward Beecher
Philadelphia