The Romance of a Dry Town
At her home in Oldtown, Conn., Jennie refuses the proposal of marriage from Jimmie, on the grounds that he is not sufficiently established in business. Jimmie, quite downhearted, reads in th... Read allAt her home in Oldtown, Conn., Jennie refuses the proposal of marriage from Jimmie, on the grounds that he is not sufficiently established in business. Jimmie, quite downhearted, reads in the paper of the fortunes made in the west, and he departs for Stone Gulch, Cal. Jimmie reac... Read allAt her home in Oldtown, Conn., Jennie refuses the proposal of marriage from Jimmie, on the grounds that he is not sufficiently established in business. Jimmie, quite downhearted, reads in the paper of the fortunes made in the west, and he departs for Stone Gulch, Cal. Jimmie reaches the western town just as the county has been voted "dry," and the inhabitants are disg... Read all