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1 story matching brisk
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:briskest, brisco, bristl, bri, brisban, brisben
- The Gentleman Wood-Sawyer of Seattle
When a young man’s romantic and financial future hung in the balance, he traded his social standing for an axe to impress a boarding-house landlady’s daughter.