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A Story With Four Sequels

An episode of the When Patty Went to College podcast, hosted by Jean Webster, titled "A Story With Four Sequels" was published on July 9, 2012 and runs 10 minutes.

July 9, 2012 ·10m · When Patty Went to College

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Fair Mystery by Bertha M. Clay Loyal Books (Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.)Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and stormy night comes the answer to his prayers. A tiny babe, tender and fair, left on their doorstep with a note asking Mark and Patty to bring the child up as their own, to raise it to be good, like themselves, and to accept for their troubles a hundred pounds a year.The farm is saved, and all is peaceful for a while as the beautiful baby, Doris, grows into an even more beautiful child. But as she grows, so too grows her awareness of her own loveliness, of her difference from the humble farmers who raise her. Doris hungers for luxury, jewels and velvet, bright fetes and ardent admirers. Confident that her ethereal beauty and native wit will bring her everything she deserves, she focuses her energies on obtaining these things and sets in motion a chain of events that will break h A Fair Mystery Charlotte M Brame; Bertha M. Clay (Written by Charlotte M. Brame under the pen name Bertha M. Clay.)Honest Mark Brace is about to lose his farm, land of his ancestors, home to his wife, Patty, and small daughter, Mattie, when out of a dark and stormy night comes the answer to his prayers. A tiny babe, tender and fair, left on their doorstep with a note asking Mark and Patty to bring the child up as their own, to raise it to be good, like themselves, and to accept for their troubles a hundred pounds a year.The farm is saved, and all is peaceful for a while as the beautiful baby, Doris, grows into an even more beautiful child. But as she grows, so too grows her awareness of her own loveliness, of her difference from the humble farmers who raise her. Doris hungers for luxury, jewels and velvet, bright fetes and ardent admirers. Confident that her ethereal beauty and native wit will bring her everything she deserves, she focuses her energies on obtaining these things and sets in motion a chain of events that will bre When Women Speak - Stories Worth Telling When Women Speak What if sharing stories not to be defined by them, but to set them free, opens us up to reclaim and embrace ALL that we are! The messy, the imperfect, the mistakes, heartache, sadness and joy... all parts of our innate wildness no longer shamed into silence. When Women Speak... anything could happen. Welcome to the party! My Favorite Food Keneth The party was on when I came in. The celebration of life, a birthday party of a friend. She has already asked me of my favorite. That was what she prepared for everyone. It was so delicious that it became the favorite food of everyone that attended the party
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