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Old Man's Song and a Mobile widowhood tale of love
A fragmented tale follows Dora Hammersly a widow who confesses a long hidden past to a trusted friend in Mobile. Her tale spans love loss divorce remarriage and a found father figure for her child ending with a dramatic encounter on a balcony that reveals a painful truth. The piece closes with a Boston obituary and a literary tribute to Frances Sargent Osgood.
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Mobile
Dora Hammersly
Wade
Dora
Alt
Mobiy
Abe
Louisiana
Emily
West India
Relanda
Jean
Wetrm
Bosphorus
Tegatu
Emma
Cowes
Roy
Ada
Inet
Dunalow
Atrangian
West Indies
West
Frances Sargent Locke
Boston
Hingham
Juveniile Wiscellany
Florence
New England
United States
Edgar A. Poe
Osgood
New York
Lilly
Mary
Giy
Noah
Webster
New Hampshire
Gotham
Dann Webster
Rockingham County
N. H
Queen Elizabeth
N.H
Lownden
South Carolina
Remack
Congress
Portsmouth
Ing Ead
Bing
Tim
Massachusetts
Senate
Genen Court
Jarvis
Pittsfield
State Street
Theotom
Long Wharf
Miidte
Anlaariff
Abbet Lawrence
Clay
Federal Senate
Harrison
Syler
Bouton
Sone “ Adame Meo
Auch Wen
Haglet
Damos
Macbeth
Shakes