Greenwood Hotel Ledger -Book 1

Pages 46-60, (1917)

[Original Ledger Pages & Home Page]

This list was transcribed by Shari Hahn.

 

***I've done my best to decipher the names in this ledger, and apologize for any misspelling and/or complete annihilation of them. Within these pages is a small collection of names with no residence, but are referred to as "Freckles & Co." Just for fun, I Googled it, and came up with a description of a silent movie from approximately that time period. 

 

Please contact me with corrections or additions.

 

Date Last Name First Name or Initial Residence Page
Tuesday, July 03, 1917 Acker E City Page 48
Thursday, February 01, 1917 Anderson C. J. Marshfield Page 52
Friday, July 27, 1917 Anderson Jack "Freckles" Co. Page 54
Friday, August 10, 1917 Anderson Heric Mt Horeb, WI Page 57
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Anghlin J Neillsville Page 59
Friday, July 20, 1917 Annsell E G Dundee, IL Page 52
Wednesday, August 01, 1917 Arneson K A Madison, WI Page 55
Friday, August 10, 1917 Arneson K A Madison Page 57
Monday, August 20, 1917 Arnold? A H Chicago Page 59
Wednesday, July 11, 1917 Arntson H P LaCrosse Page 49
Thursday, July 05, 1917 Auson Charles Milwaukee Page 48
Friday, August 17, 1917 Auson Chas Milwaukee Page 59
Wednesday, August 08, 1917 Ballam John Marshfield Page 57
Friday, August 17, 1917 Ballam J Marshfield Page 59
Wednesday, August 22, 1917 Ballam J Marshfield Page 60
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Ballam J Marshfield Page 55
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Ballom John Marshfield Page 54
Thursday, July 12, 1917 Bandl F R Eau Claire Page 50
Wednesday, January 31, 1917 Barlow F R Minneapolis ?? Page 51
Friday, July 20, 1917 Barlow  G S Foster, WI Page 52
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Baysinger W O Loyal Page 56
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Baysinger M O Loyal Page 55
Sunday, August 05, 1917 Bell  J Kenosha Page 56
Wednesday, July 25, 1917 Bermeister ? C W Milwaukee Page 53
Tuesday, June 26, 1917 Beth Fred LaCrosse Page 46
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Billings E S Neillsville Page 59
Sunday, August 05, 1917 Bingham John Neillsville Page 56
Tuesday, January 30, 1917 Boardman F W LaCrosse Page 51
Saturday, July 21, 1917 Boeckman Dr. (Frank Alfred) Additional Information Page 52
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Bradley W C Hudson Page 47
Friday, August 24, 1917 Bromer F S  Cedar Rapids IA Page 60
Monday, August 20, 1917 Brortzman A D Minneapolis Page 60
Tuesday, July 24, 1917 Brost John Plymouth Page 53
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Brouwer W R Dowagiac, Mich Page 55
Tuesday, July 10, 1917 Brunk F F  Eau Claire Page 49
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Brunk F F  Eau Claire Page 55
Monday, August 20, 1917 Brunk F F  Eau Claire Page 59
Saturday, August 11, 1917 Buicker F F  Sterling, IL Page 57
Friday, July 06, 1917 Burnhaus J E Eau Claire Page 48
Thursday, February 01, 1917 Burnhaus C E Eau Claire Page 51
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Burnhaus C E Eau Claire Page 55
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Burnhaus C E Eau Claire Page 59
Monday, July 09, 1917 Carpenter P P Eau Claire Page 49
Monday, July 23, 1917 Carpenter P P Eau Claire Page 52
Monday, August 06, 1917 Carpenter P P Eau Claire Page 56
Monday, July 09, 1917 Caverson K A Waterloo, IA Page 49
Saturday, July 14, 1917 Cesnik John   Page 50
Tuesday, July 10, 1917 Chaay ? Wilber   Page 49
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Chauvic J D Merrill Page 55
Friday, July 06, 1917 Chauvin J D Merrill Page 48
Wednesday, July 25, 1917 Cheaseck A J Milwaukee Page 53
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Cheasek A J Milwaukee Page 59
Wednesday, August 01, 1917 Chesterson Carl Mt Horeb, WI Page 55
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Clark W C Loyal Page 47
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Cobince ?     Page 59
Wednesday, August 08, 1917 Crane Geo Exx " Page 57
Monday, July 23, 1917 Cronin Pat   Page 52
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Crothers Geo E Neillsville Page 59
Friday, July 27, 1917 Curree V E Eau Claire Page 54
Saturday, August 11, 1917 Daly E J & Family St Paul Page 57
Wednesday, August 08, 1917 DeLacy J C Minneapolis Page 57
Friday, July 27, 1917 Dickinson D W Alma Mich Page 54
Thursday, August 09, 1917 Dickinson Mrs G C Niagra Falls, NY Page 57
Friday, July 13, 1917 Drause ? EJ Marshfield Page 50
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Echetti ?     Page 59
Monday, July 02, 1917 Elk Art R Babcock Wis Page 47
Tuesday, August 14, 1917 Elolman J LaCrosse Page 58
Friday, July 27, 1917 Engaustuco ?? A Madison Page 54
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Evans T J Milwaukee Page 53
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Fink ? J W Eau Claire Page 47
Thursday, February 01, 1917 Fink ? J W Eau Claire Page 51
Monday, July 16, 1917 Flemming C A Abbotsford Page 50
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Fleus ?? N E Milwaukee Page 53
Monday, August 20, 1917 Flugstad O C Black River Falls Page 60
Tuesday, January 30, 1917 Forster C H Stanley Page 51
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Francis G J Merrilan Page 53
Saturday, August 25, 1917 Gates C A Anderson, IN Page 60
Friday, July 20, 1917 Gerlach H A Milwaukee Page 54
Friday, July 20, 1917 Gleulbertson H Minneapolis Page 52
Tuesday, January 30, 1917 Glover W S Oshkosh, WI Page 51
Friday, July 27, 1917 Golwick A M Dallas, Texas Page 54
Monday, July 09, 1917 Graham ? F J Lansin, MI Page 49
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Graip Alex G Minneapolis Page 55
Monday, July 02, 1917 Gray ? J H Old Town Page 47
Wednesday, June 27, 1917 Green R C Chicago Page 46
Thursday, July 05, 1917 Grunkan ? J F Sauk City Page 48
Wednesday, August 08, 1917 Gustafson Ben Chicago, IL Page 57
Wednesday, August 08, 1917 Gustafson Ben Chippewa Falls Page 57
Friday, July 06, 1917 Haimeister F W Chicago Page 48
Wednesday, June 27, 1917 Hall C A  Fond du Lac Page 46
Wednesday, January 31, 1917 Hall C A Fond du Lac Page 51
Thursday, July 12, 1917 Harding C I Burlington Page 50
Wednesday, June 27, 1917 Harper W H Chicago Page 46
Friday, August 03, 1917 Hartford C & wife Wausau Page 56
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Hayes F Freckles Co Page 56
Tuesday, January 30, 1917 Heaslett Leona Neillsville Page 51
Tuesday, July 10, 1917 Heckert C A Appleton Page 49
Tuesday, July 24, 1917 Heckert C A Appleton Page 53
Tuesday, July 24, 1917 Heillen H F Minneapolis Page 53
Thursday, July 05, 1917 Heiser Peter Marshfield Page 48
Wednesday, July 11, 1917 Herman   Chippewa Falls Page 49
Tuesday, January 30, 1917 Heyer Oscar Sparta Page 51
Wednesday, August 15, 1917 Hilgers John Colby Page 58
Friday, July 20, 1917 Hinmaur G H Dundee, IL Page 52
Wednesday, July 04, 1917 Hoard C M Chippewa Falls Page 48
Monday, July 02, 1917 Holder O W Old Town Page 47
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Hurtley Burt Eau Claire Page 47
Wednesday, July 11, 1917 Hurtley Burt Eau Claire Page 49
Monday, July 23, 1917 Hurtley Burt Eau Claire Page 53
Monday, July 30, 1917 Hurtley Burt Eau Claire Page 54
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Hutter J F Minneapolis Page 55
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Ingersoll O F Blair Page 53
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Ives Mr & Mrs R R Minneapolis Page 54
Friday, July 20, 1917 Janisch H G Madison Page 52
Wednesday, July 25, 1917 Jauch Wm ?? Page 53
Friday, July 20, 1917 Jensen A Withee, WI ?? Page 52
Saturday, July 21, 1917 Jensen A Withee, WI ?? Page 52
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Johnson Mrs Edna   Page 47
Tuesday, August 14, 1917 Johnson N H & family LaCrosse Page 58
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Jonkel Geo Columbia Page 54
Thursday, February 01, 1917 Jori ? E Chicago Page 52
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Kafke Chas Neillsville Page 59
Tuesday, August 14, 1917 Kaiser L Milwaukee Page 58
Thursday, August 23, 1917 Karass O C Milwaukee Page 60
Tuesday, June 26, 1917 Kenna ? E B ? Chippewa Falls Page 46
Thursday, July 12, 1917 Kimball H J  St Paul Page 50
Wednesday, January 31, 1917 Kuceball ? J J St Paul Page 51
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Landrum M Freckles Co Page 56
Saturday, August 11, 1917 Latton A J, wife & 2 children Medford Page 58
Monday, August 13, 1917 Latton A J Medford Page 58
Friday, August 10, 1917 LeMennie F Minneapolis Page 57
Thursday, August 23, 1917 LeRichey ? A C Minneapolis Page 60
Wednesday, July 11, 1917 Lindemann ? O Milwaukee Page 49
Wednesday, August 15, 1917 Little ? A S Stanley Page 58
Friday, July 20, 1917 Logerston F N Dundee, IL Page 52
Thursday, August 23, 1917 Ludwig Otto City Page 60
Monday, August 13, 1917 Luell George & wife Ladysmith Page 58
Monday, August 13, 1917 Luell George P, wife & child Ladysmith Page 58
Friday, August 10, 1917 Maas A C Green Bay Page 57
Tuesday, January 30, 1917 Marr W A & wife & son LaCrosse Page 51
Monday, July 23, 1917 Marr W A  LaCrosse Page 52
Tuesday, August 14, 1917 Marr W A LaCrosse Page 58
Wednesday, January 31, 1917 Martin C R Minneapolis  Page 51
Monday, July 30, 1917 Martin C R Minneapolis Page 54
Sunday, August 05, 1917 Mattson Mr & Mrs Neillsville Page 56
Wednesday, August 08, 1917 Maudeville W W Chicago Page 57
Tuesday, July 03, 1917 McClay S E Detroit Page 47
Wednesday, July 25, 1917 Meyer H C Milwaukee Page 53
Tuesday, July 03, 1917 Michael J W Topeka KS Page 48
Saturday, August 11, 1917 Mick Everett Viola… ? Page 58
Friday, August 10, 1917 Middlekauf J. A. (Jacob Adams)  Eau Claire Page 57
Saturday, July 21, 1917 Mills John Waukau, WI Page 52
Friday, August 03, 1917 Mills John Waukau, WI Page 56
Saturday, July 28, 1917 Mink G F   Page 54
Monday, July 16, 1917 Moore Fred A Vincennes, Ind Page 50
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Mueller Henry Spencer Page 47
Tuesday, June 26, 1917 Musser H C Milwaukee Page 46
Monday, July 16, 1917 Myre Michael Blanchardville, WI Page 50
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Nall Geo Spencer Page 47
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Nelson O & wife Chicago Page 55
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Nelson E Marshfield Page 55
Wednesday, July 11, 1917 Nichols Geo D Milwaukee Page 49
Wednesday, August 15, 1917 Noble J N Chicago Page 58
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Nolechek Dr   Page 55
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Nutchell S E Chicago Page 47
Friday, July 20, 1917 Oatman W H Dundee, IL Page 52
Tuesday, June 26, 1917 Olson C A City Page 46
Friday, July 13, 1917 Olson O M Strum Page 50
Saturday, July 28, 1917 Olson John A Blanchardville, WI Page 54
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Ondell Mrs A St. Paul Page 55
Saturday, July 14, 1917 Osborne Bud   Page 50
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Owen W W Watertown Page 53
Thursday, June 28, 1917 Peance R Milwaukee Page 46
Tuesday, June 26, 1917 Perelman B Stanley Wis Page 46
Wednesday, July 11, 1917 Perlman B Stanley Page 49
Monday, August 13, 1917 Phillips H B Chicago Page 58
Monday, July 09, 1917 Podolske A J Milwaukee Page 49
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Porter C E Eau Claire Page 55
Friday, August 24, 1917 Probasco W J Cedar Rapids IA Page 60
Friday, August 24, 1917 Probasco C F Cedar Rapids IA Page 60
Friday, July 13, 1917 Prochaska Josephine Waupaca Page 50
Saturday, July 14, 1917 Ragros ? E E  Oshkosh, WI Page 50
Friday, August 03, 1917 Rahling H L Eau Claire Page 56
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Ramsdell L Freckles Co Page 56
Thursday, August 16, 1917 Rees H J & wife Plainfield Page 59
Monday, August 20, 1917 Rice James   Stevens Point Page 59
Tuesday, July 10, 1917 Ritchie F R Chippewa Falls Page 59
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Rith J & Wife Freckles Co Page 56
Thursday, June 28, 1917 Roehl Otto Greenwood Page 46
Thursday, August 09, 1917 Ross Kim ? St. Paul Page 57
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Rost M Minneapolis Page 55
Wednesday, August 15, 1917 Rowland J B St Paul Page 58
Sunday, August 05, 1917 Ruchalier Wm Neillsville Page 56
Thursday, June 28, 1917 Rush N J  Neillsville Page 46
Friday, July 13, 1917 Sampson John Waupaca WI Page 50
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Schere N W Greenwood Page 47
Friday, July 20, 1917 Schmidt Herman Dundee, IL Page 52
Wednesday, August 22, 1917 Schuelter J W St Paul Page 60
Friday, July 20, 1917 Shedden A G Neillsville Page 52
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Shedden A G & party of 5 Neillsville Page 53
Sunday, August 05, 1917 Shedden Mr & Mrs Neillsville Page 56
Thursday, June 28, 1917 Sherman C W Eau Claire Page 46
Friday, August 17, 1917 Sherman C W  Eau Claire Page 59
Tuesday, July 03, 1917 Smith E A City Page 47
Monday, July 23, 1917 Srcord ?? H W LaCrosse Page 52
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Stanton J W & wife College Springs IA Page 55
Tuesday, January 30, 1917 Stookey D D Thorpe Page 51
Tuesday, July 31, 1917 Stuckey D D  Thorpe Page 55
Wednesday, August 15, 1917 Sturner O W Colby Page 58
Monday, August 20, 1917 Swane ? Boris E ?? ?? Page 59
Tuesday, July 03, 1917 Swope ? W A & wife & son Os?n Page 48
Monday, July 02, 1917 Tanner ? P N Des Moines IA Page 47
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Taylor C Madison, WI Page 56
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Thompson Wm & wife Wash. Page 56
Monday, July 09, 1917 Turn Rufus   Page 49
Thursday, July 26, 1917 Ullway Oshkosh Page 54
Monday, August 06, 1917 Very C L Colby Page 56
Monday, August 13, 1917 Very C L Colby Page 58
Tuesday, July 03, 1917 Voigt J E City Page 48
Thursday, June 28, 1917 Wagner A Milwaukee Page 46
Monday, January 29, 1917 Walburt D W Milwaukee Page 51
Saturday, July 14, 1917 Waldvogel W Marshfield Page 50
Thursday, June 28, 1917 Walle ? Bert Abbotsford Page 46
Monday, July 02, 1917 Wayne Joseph Greenwood Page 47
Wednesday, July 11, 1917 Wayne Leona Greenwood Page 49
Saturday, August 11, 1917 Wayne Joe Greenwood Page 57
Monday, August 13, 1917 Weiss E F Eau Claire Page 58
Monday, July 16, 1917 Wells B Abbotsford Page 50
Tuesday, June 26, 1917 Wetzel Carl Reeseville, Wis Page 46
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Winn W M Granton Page 47
Thursday, August 02, 1917 Winn W W Granton Page 55
Saturday, August 25, 1917 Winn W W Granton Page 60
Sunday, July 01, 1917 Winneshiek Richard Black River Falls Page 47
Thursday, July 12, 1917 Wooster R E ? (Eau Claire) Page 50
Tuesday, August 14, 1917 Wooster R E Eau Claire Page 58

 

"Freckles" was enjoyed by Greenwood, Wis. Attendees

 

 

“The Broadway Amusement Co. will present Gene Stratton – Porter’s ‘Freckles’ at the Grand Opera House, July 31, 1917.” 

Clark County Press, Neillsville, Wis.

 

Neillsville, Wis. Armory & Opera House
The Armory was built in 1892 and opened February 22, 1893.

Later known as the Opera House it was operating as a movie theatre prior to 1926.

It was taken over by J.P. Adler of Adler Theaters Co. in 1929 and was soon closed.
The building was demolished in 1991.

 

 

 

"Freckles" began with a 1904 novel written by the American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter. It is primarily set in the Limberlost Swamp area of Indiana, with brief scenes set in Chicago. The title character also appears briefly in Porter's A Girl of the Limberlost. The novel is marked by its frequent, detailed, and loving descriptions of the flora and fauna of the wilderness through the eyes of its innocent protagonist.

 

Plot summary


The hero is an adult orphan, just under twenty years of age, with bright red hair and a freckled complexion. His right hand is missing at the wrist, and has been since before he can remember. Raised since infancy in a Chicago orphanage, he speaks with a slight Irish accent, "scarcely definite enough to be called a brogue."

Exhausted after days of walking and looking like a hobo, he applies for a job with the Grand Rapids lumber company, guarding timber in the Limberlost Swamp. McLean, part owner, organizer and field manager of the large company, and enthralled with the Limberlost, is impressed by the boy's polite assertiveness and hires him despite his youth and disability. He gives his name only as "Freckles", insisting that he has no name of his own. He claims the name given him in the orphanage (which we never learn) "is no more my name than it is yours". Freckles asks McLean to choose a name for him to put down on the books. McLean gives Freckles the name of his own father, James Ross McLean.

Freckles' duty is to twice a day walk the perimeter of the lumber company's land, a seven-mile trek through lonely swampland, and to be on the watch for those who aim to steal the expensive timber. McLean's chief worry is Black Jack Carter, who has sworn to smuggle several priceless trees out of the swamp. Freckles' weapons are limited to a revolver and a stout stick which he carries at all times and uses to test the wire that marks the company's boundaries. At night Freckles boards with Duncan, head teamster for the lumber company, and Duncan's wife, who becomes a mother figure to Freckles.

Initially terrified of the wilderness after a lifetime in an urban environment, Freckles first conquers his fears, aided by exploration of the Limberlost during its barrenness in the severe winter, and feeds the fickle birds ("my chickens" he calls them) that had once frightened him. With the return of spring and the terror of its inhabitants gone, he develops an interest in the wildlife of the swamp. He is touched by the beauty he sees, and both frustration at his ignorance and curiosity about all he sees lead him, with McLean's help, to purchase several books on natural history. McLean is touched by Freckles' love of nature and urges him to collect specimens, although he warns him against ever killing a bird.

Freckles creates a "room" in the swamp, where he has transplanted the most unusual plant specimens he can find. After a year in the swamp, his hard work and faithfulness lead McLean to bet skeptics a thousand dollars (the value of a single tree among the most valuable) that they can't show him a fresh stump from a tree stolen under Freckles' watch, a wager that threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Freckles gets an opportunity to prove his capabilities as a guard when Wessner, a recently fired lumberman, comes upon Freckles on his rounds and offers him five hundred dollars to look the other way while Black Jack’s gang of thieves steals a prime tree next to the trail. After initially playing dumb to gain information, Freckles puts his gun and stick aside and fights Wessner using only his one fist. He wins, although severely pummeled, and drives Wessner from the swamp. McLean finds him and takes him back to the Duncans over his protests. The boy warns him about the imperiled tree and McLean arranges to have his own crew remove it immediately.

The next afternoon, while he is reading in his room in the swamp, recovering from his beating and taking refuge from the heat of the day, a lovely girl about sixteen years of age appears looking for him. Freckles instantly falls in love with her for her courage as much as her beauty, as she is not afraid of rattlesnakes. The girl's name is never given, but she has come to the swamp with a local photographer known as the Bird Woman and has become lost. Freckles doctors a cut she received on the arm looking for him to lead her out of the swamp, conducts her back to her carriage, and dubs her "the Swamp Angel." He is pleased when the Angel tells him that she and the Bird Woman encountered McLean on the road, who told them about his "son" and how proud he was of him.

That night he returns to the swamp to continue his vigil and encounters McLean, who says he loves Freckles and is going to make him his son. McLean gives Freckles a second revolver for extra protection. In the days that follow, the Bird Woman comes to the swamp often to photograph bird nests while Freckles sings for the Swamp Angel and shows her the wonders of the swamp. One day the Bird Woman spots Wessner and Black Jack in the process of sawing down a tree. Although Freckles' first instinct is to protect the women, the Bird Woman devises a plan to foil the theft, telling Freckles to give the Angel one of his revolvers and producing one of her own. Under the cover of the swamp the three drive off the thieves. Her skill with a gun gives Freckles further reason to love the Swamp Angel. The next day he returns he Angel's hat that she left behind during the fracas to her father at work, rather than going to her home, and this gentlemanly behavior makes a positive impression. While Freckles secretly worships the Swamp Angel, he believes himself to be far below her in social class and meaning nothing to her.

Freckles is given the use of a bicycle to alert the camp swiftly should the thieves appear again. In spite of these precautions, Black Jack ambushes Freckles at dawn, spilling him from his bicycle, and captures him. His gang, all deserters from McLean's crew, tie him to a tree in the room and begin to cut down a valuable tree in its wall. After they finish, Freckles is to be left for Wessner to kill personally, and his body will be hidden so that it will look like he joined the thieves, killing his reputation as well. However, the Swamp Angel finds them, pretends to think they are on official camp business, flirts with Black Jack to make him trust her, and rides off on Freckles' bicycle. She sends Mrs. Duncan to warn the Bird Woman on the other side of the swamp and rides off to bring help. Despite crashing the bicycle she reaches the camp and urges the crew to hurry. When the reinforcements return, led by the Angel, they finds that the Bird Woman has shot Black Jack in the arm and captured both him and Wessner. Freckles is found bound and gagged, and bleeding from a blow to the head, but has not lost his courage. The Angel frees him from his bonds and hugs him, during which Black Jack makes a break for freedom and runs into the swamp. The fallen logs are recovered but Black Jack has sworn revenge on Freckles and the Swamp Angel, and a thorough search of the Limberlost fails to find him.

For a week, Freckles pushes himself to the point of exhaustion by guarding the trees during the day and the home of the Swamp Angel at night. Finally, it is discovered the Black Jack was killed by the creatures of the swamp, and Freckles is able to relax his watch. He and the Swamp Angel find several trees that Black Jack had marked, but when the last one is felled it nearly crushes the Swamp Angel. Freckles rushes toward her and pushes her out of danger, but the blow from the tree falls on him instead, and smashes almost all the bones in his chest. The Swamp Angel and her father rush him to the finest hospital in Chicago, but Freckles' belief that the Swamp Angel deserves a better husband causes him almost to lose the will to live. He fears that he is descended from criminals, who abused their baby and cut off his hand intentionally.

The Swamp Angel declares her love for Freckles, assures him that—since "thistles grow from thistles, and lilies from other lilies"—he must be descended from upright and good-hearted people, "a lily, straight through", who "never, never could have drifted from the thistle-patch". She promises that she will find his parents and prove that Freckles comes from "a race of men that have been gentlemen for ages, and couldn't be anything else." Her inquiries at his former orphanage lead her to Lord and Lady O’More, Irish nobility who have been searching Chicago for Lord O’More’s lost nephew. They prove themselves to be kind and noble, and explain that Freckles' father had been disinherited when he married a clergyman’s daughter, and both had perished in the fire that took his hand. Freckles' true name is Terence Maxwell O’More of Dunderry House in County Clare. The virtue of his parents proven, Freckles revives and becomes engaged to marry the Swamp Angel. With the help of McLean, whom he still regards as a foster father, Freckles plans out what the next few years will hold. Rather than go to Ireland and live as a lord, he will go to college in the United States and then join McLean in managing the lumber company, so that he can always be near the Limberlost.  Wikipedia

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