Val Arbuckle Becomes Heir as Mercy Vanishes
Mercy Dill disappears on eve of Val Arbuckle’s marriage revealing a perilous mystery. Attentions focus on Miss Affry and Peter Finch as Val searches London for Mercy while tension builds over Deepmoor Hall and the Arbuckle name. Mercy’s note to Val proves a ruse, leaving him to face a new identity in America and a future in Lincolnshire.
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Miss Affry
Mercy
Deepmoor Hall
Godfrey
Affry
Val
Ivan
Black—Black
Laddie
Moll Dill
Sir Valentine Arbuckle
Deepmoor Park
Christine Black
Miss Dill
Peter Finch
Aunt Affry
Mr. Finch
England
Deepmoor
Val Black
Valentine Arbuckle
Sir Godfrey
Miss Black
Gutter
Deepmoors
Ald Society
Arbuckle
Lincolnshire
Mercy Dill
Moll
Wen
Mr. Arbuckle
Discordo
Merce
London
Seedy Court
Boston
Babylon
Morning Post
Mr. V. Black
New York
Italy
Heaven
America
Clemency report and governor Blease’s reasons
Governor Blease forwards to the South Carolina Senate a full record of pardons paroles and commutations issued in the past year with a transmission letter. He defends executive mercy citing constitutional and statutory authority and notes public support and opposition. He defends the parole system as a chance for reform and explains the mercy spirit guiding his actions.
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Blease
Senate
State Senate of
South Carolina
General Assembly
House of Representatives
State House
Columbia
Richmond
Virginia
News and Courier
Hell
Columbia State
J. 5. Moffatt
Erksine College
Europe
George J. Kneeland
Chicago
Vice Commission
Mr. Kneeland
New York City
Raines Lew
Eneeland
Abraham Frexner
Miexner
United States
Bureau
Sinking Fund Commission
Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House
P. L. Hardin
Carter
D. H. Means
Peeples
Mauldin
Senate Finance Committee
L. J. Browning
Ray
Supreme Court
John A. Parker
John Blake
The Drunkard's Cloak An Ancient English Punishment
A vivid account describes the drunkard's cloak, an old torture device in England shaped like a large inverted flowerpot. The neck was pushed through a small top aperture, weights bore on the shoulders, and the wearer shuffled with limited movement, deterring any notion that a merry time was worth the cost.
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England
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Katharine Bement Davis
Perintendent
New York State Reformatory For Women
Bedford Hills
Paul M. Warburg
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Starr J. Murphy
Bar
John D. Rockefeller
Reformatory
Misa Davis
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
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