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ellsworth american (ellsworth, me.) 1855-current — vanished suddenly

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1873-05-15
Location: ellsworth, maine, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: ellsworth american (ellsworth, me.) 1855-current · 1873-05-15 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1873-05-15 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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... er, the rosy, laughing face vanished suddenly from under his arm and was off and away up the garden path lead ing to the house, almost before he could realize wiiat had happened. For a moment David, who stood gaz iug ruefully after her, thought of pur suit and a recapture. But before he had time to put his plan into execu tion, his tormentress, after stopping to give one mocking farewell wave of her hand from the front porch, vanished inside of the hall door. So there was nothing to be done but to turn reluc tantly from the gate and take the road homeward. If you could hare looked into the family sittiDg-room ...

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