Saga of Jesse Smith and the Canadian Exodus
Jesse Smith’s ascent and ruin weave through a frontier saga spanning Texas and British Columbia. A ship captain’s widow, a musician, a rancher’s longing, and a deserter’s return collide as lovers plot, dangers loom, and a daring escape lands in a marshal’s hands while Billy’s Vancouver promise tests loyalties. The narrative follows fate, love, and crime in a divided landscape with naval, frontier, and urban crossroads.
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Jesse Smith
Jamie
Jeane Ros Basaine Rombee
Trim Ho
Trevor
Kate
Jesse Thor Tarried
Ufe
Fales
Lome
Jesse
Lesen
Sete
Jeane
Plana
Kal
Rot
Jense
Cobbers
Clever Rue
Fairy in the canyon and the curate in the woods
A fragmentary tale weaves a widow and her child at a desert canyon camp. A gentle curate, a fairy tale talker, counsels solace as a tragic letter from Polly stirs loyalties. Kate, Jesse, and others move through danger, memory, and restless spirits toward an uncertain finale.
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George
Paradise
Parading
Kate
Jesse
Father Jared
David
The Locked House Chapter xiv Jessa Memoir excerpt
The narrator recalls a shared book of adventures begun together as parting looms and one friend’s fate lingers. Four years have passed since Kate’s loss and the speaker has never dared enter the house where she lived with him, Jesse, the broken end of their tale.
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Kate
Ashcroft
Billy
Cape Horn
Hilly
Polly
Bate
David
South Cave
Father Jared
Ui House
Ephrats
Cathedral Grove
Fraser
Eph
Black Pines
Hundred Mile
Bear
Jessa
Jesse
Case of Man's Ingratitude in Thanksgiving Tale
George B. McClellan, former New York mayor, reflects on Thanksgiving as a cold holiday. A vivid Atlantic City boardwalk scene follows with an overdressed couple arguing and a man pushing a woman, who groans as she rises and shouts a defiant line about pawn screens providing a day off.
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Tre
Father Jared
George
Billy
George B. McClellan
New York
Atlantic City
Pawnin
Scaly psoriasis on limbs advertised remedy success
A veteran describes long illness of psoriasis on arms and legs, noting itched and scarred appearance. After trying various treatments, Cuticura Soap and Ointment offered relief, with a full cure after three months, per Walter Mahony in 1912. Also features a mix of ad snippets and jokes from the era.
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6Th
U. S. Cavalry
Mocar
Sparta
Wis
Walter Mahony
Cuticura
Dept. L
Heston
Even Flowers Must Labor in Nature’s Pressed Duty
A passage reflects on flowers bearing heavy work beyond appearance. It notes petals shed and perfume wasted when hindered, stressing strict natural economy that leaves no room for leisure. The analogy extends to a sunlit laborer bearing unseen toil and accountability, quoting Tagore in Atlantic Monthly.
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Rebindranath ‘Tagore
Atlantic” Monthly
Begging Off at the Station In Rusty Dialect Exchange
A stranger asks for the best hotel in town and pleads, after the train departs, for directions while weighing the chance of a sad farewell. Texe stands nearby awaiting an opposite train, and the two exchange a clipped, misheard reply about weeping.
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Cane
Orion
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Royal Gardens
Nisted
Jared Nisted
Brooke
Abilene
Noah
London
England
Bull Durham
Polly Smith
Kates
Pete Mathson
Pete
Cap Taylor
Sanford
Crabshaw
Preddie
Pha Ha
Saskteenewan
Radio
Seopaieeiz
A. Cook
Otm Strest
Kansas City, Mo
Damalies Crewem St
Carter
Merriam, Ellis & Benton
Ortamouth Bidz
Kansas City
Kaneat
Law
Staab
Irters
Thompson
Sk. Aa
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