Word: priscilla
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...been boasting, is a common porter and an "undesirable citizen." He is shocked, and attempts to make out his own destiny by disguising his ancestor and introducing him as the governor of a neighboring settlement; and then tries to arrange a match between his ancestor and Miss Priscilla Melons. Pocahontas is brought in--modern history having shown that she did not actually die in 1617--and she appears at Plymouth with her Culture Club, a band of Indians whom she has educated in England...
...second act an entertainment is held in honor of the two governors. McGraw complicates the working-out of Winton's scheme by falling in love with Priscilla. All plans fail, however, for the elder Winton makes a very poor apology for a governor and disgusts Priscilla, who accepts John Alldone. Through a locket which he recognizes as having belonged to his mother, McGraw discovers that Priscilla is his own great grandmother...
...true identity of the pseudo-governor is discovered, and he goes back to his old occupation of porter; and finds his affinity in a German maid of Priscilla's. The Americans are seized, as implicated in the hoax, and they try to return to 1908, but lose the charm. Matters are looking very dark for them, when the scene suddenly changes and they wake up to find themselves back in Boston...
...Bernard Shaw: His Plays," Mencken. "The Yellow Journalist," Michelson. "The Life of Goethe," Bielschowsky. "Who's Who," 1906. "History of Criticism," Saintsbury. "The Pardoner's Waller," Crothers. "Voyages," Purchas "Princess Priscilla's Fortnight," Pless. "The Oxford Dante," Moore. "England under the Normans and Angevins," Davis. "Conquest of Cannan," Tarkington. "Cambridge," (medieval town series), Stubbs. Samtliche Werke, Goethe. Almanack, Hachette, 1906. British Almanack, 1906. Stieler's Hand-atlas...
...Ogliby '07; "A Verdict Self-Imposed," by W. L. Stoddard '07; "The Boy and the Others," by V. W. Brooks '08; "Why the Lord Gerbert Hawked no More," by E.B. Sheldon '08; "Sympathy," by J. Hinckley '06; "Fortune and Men's Eyes," by W. L. Stoddard '07; "To Priscilla," by W. Goodwin...