Hope Irvine always sees the best in people. While traveling on the rails with her missionary father, she attracts the attention of a miner named Luke and a young mine manager. When Luke begins to susp
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Several months after fleeing to Chicago and leaving her infant son in Olivia Mott's care, Lady Charlotte runs out of money, but even though a kindly woman offers her shelter and a job, Charlotte conte
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