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daily kennebec journal (augusta, me.) 1870-1975 [microfilm reel] — vanished suddenly

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1873-05-02
Location: augusta, maine, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: daily kennebec journal (augusta, me.) 1870-1975 [microfilm reel] · 1873-05-02 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1873-05-02 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “vanished suddenly”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... prisoner, the rosy, laughing, face vanished suddenly from under his arm and was off and away up the garden path leading to the house, al most before lie could realize what had happened. For a moment David, w ho stood gazing ruefully after her, thought of pursuit and a recapture. Rut before he had lime to put his plan into execution, his tormentress, after stopping to give ono mocking fare well wave ot her hand from the front porch, vanished inside of tho hall door. So there was nothing to be done but to turn reluctantly from the gate and take the road homeward. If you could have looked into the fam ily sitting room ...

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