Life in the Iron Mills, and Other Stories Summary
Rebecca Harding Davis

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Life in the Iron Mills, and Other Stories Summary

Deborah

Deborah, or Deb, is a young woman in the story "Life in the Iron Mills," who works in the cotton-mill and lives in the same boarding house as Hugh Wolfe, his father, and Janey. Deb is in love with Hugh and will often take him his dinner while he is working the night shift at the iron mill, even if it means missing her own dinner. The night on which the story takes...

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