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A sketch of the narrator's trip by rail to visit the planned manufacturing town of Manchester, New Hampshire.

A young woman is rewarded for her filial obedience with the love and respect of her family and community, and the hand of the young she loves.

The narrator recounts a time in which her neighbor, Mrs. Devon, describes her charitable attention to local Irish Immigrants. While Mrs. Devon's charity is lauded, suspicion arises over the honesty of those she is serving. Questions form over the…

A young Irish servant is in love with a man whose father will not let him marry her because she is a “Paddy girl.” The young woman drowns, shortly after learning of her beloved's decision to marry a non-Irish woman. Her brother vows revenge, but…