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Stalling's Share. The scene is New Orleans in 1830-Creole days when gentlemen worthy of the name kept two establishments, one for the white women lawfully theirs, another for quadroons who found their favor. One M. Brusard, proudest of all Creoles, is betrayed by his mistress, seeks another, finds Mugette, lovely, desirable, almost white. Strangers happen by Kentuckians, staggering drunk but thirsty still for liquor and for women like their own to be their slaves. Pistol shots; and one intruder is dead, the other enamored of Mugette. A voodoo scene, and Mugette begs a charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Deep River | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

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