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Newspaper
Washington Gazette
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1870
Page
4
A reflective poem by GeoRGE Drakxrice on childhood memory and mournful beauty. It recalls bright maidens and laughing springs as time passes, noting how loved ones fade like flowers and the inevitability of winter for all living beauty. The verse contrasts spring’s promise with mortality.
Will Leaton and Philip Sanglier, young engineers from New York, travel to Oregon seeking work. At a mining village they meet Nannie Burrows, daughter of a rancher, and both fall for her. Tensions surge as Sanglier confronts Leaton. in a dark confrontation, Sanglier is killed when an engine's gears claim him, and Leaton later marries Nannie and recounts the tragedy.
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