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"Oh, do bring his shoe back, father. I believe he means to propose."


by Glen L. Bledsoe 

In Jane Austin's "Seafaring Nation" unfinished juvenile novel written through medium Madame Rosa Lucille's father Maior Corcoran tries desperately to marry off his daughter. At the high point of the novel the Major steals young one-handed Captain Bud Robbins shoe and refuses to return it until he proposes to his daughter.


 

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Unwanted

 


by Glen L. Bledsoe 

The story you’ve read in the papers. The unloved child who disappeared and was discovered turned into a statue made of precious materials has inspired a number of fictional treatments in books and movies. Which is the real story gets muddled each time the tale is retold, but one need only look into the sad eyes of the statue once a living little girl to know that every child needs love to grow into an adult. 

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