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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1916
Page
15
John Burton a steel mill worker unexpectedly inherits an English title and 19 million dollars. He uses his wealth to pursue the question to humanity in the grip of evil, with each episode presenting a standalone story of his search for truth.
John Burton seeks quiet country life at Meadowland farm in Freshfield Vermont. He befriends farmer Simms and his children Jessie and Peter, discovers Jessie’s sketches, and recalls a country artist named Robert West who once rescued Jessie from a bull.
Jessie Simms idyll dissolves into a farmhouse scandal. Robert West, the artist, flirts with Jessie while her brother Peter and John Burton face Farmer Simms’s brutal discipline. A city visit reveals Jessie in West's studio as Burton confronts the fallout and contemplates helping the pair escape ruin.
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