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A convict escapes on a stormy night. While the governor and his warders are out searching for him he arrives at the governor's house, where the governor's wife provides him with new clothing and their secret is revealed.
A flapper is boarding with three unmarried, elderly ladies. The youngest of them lends the young woman some flowers, which she has kept in a drawer for many years, to decorate her dress for a dance. Her generosity has a wonderful outcome.
An orphan corresponds with the matron of the orphanage where she used to live. The correspondence lasts for many years and traces the girl's fortunes, including an apparently doomed love affair.
A couple who have known each other all their lives are expected by their families to marry. They become engaged, but both fall in love with someone else.
A neglected and motherless child is picked up from the street and taken to the seaside for a picnic. He hides in a cave and is left behind, but found later by a young widow who has recently lost her two-year-old son.
England objects to the belief that men make better poets and calls for an anthology of women poets.
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Untitled,Mabel Forrest,
Franziska,
single work review — Review of
PoemsMabel Forrest,
1927selected work poetry ;
(p. 24)
Section: Let's Talk About Books