The sun was bright and the sky was clear. Jack picked up his little girl and placed her into the carriage. Irene climbed into the front seat of it while Jack took the driver seat. He picked up the reins and said "see you later" to Bonnie.
Fiona came running from the house.
"Wait!," she called. "Mr. Marston! Mrs. Marston! Wait, please!"
Fiona hurried to the carriage. "First, I wanted to say that I am sorry for how I treated Angela," Fiona said. "She's just a little girl and I should never have treated her like I did." She paused. "And I wanted to thank you both for saving me and all those other girls. You really are good people." She paused and went on. "And I know that I was being difficult and that it wrong to steal from you," Fiona said. She handed something to Jack. "This one was the one I hid away when I took it," she said. "I think this means something to you, Mr. Marston."
Jack looked at the item: a silver compass. John had given it to Jack the day before he had died, telling Jack "Now you will never lose your way." The initials JDM were engraved on the back.
"I'm sorry," Fiona said, sounding like she really meant it. "I hope you can forgive me."
"I can," Jack said as he put the compass into his pocket. "Thank you, Fiona. I hope everything goes well for you and your family." He glanced at Perrin and Susan. Jack gripped the reins and snapped them onto the horses. The two horses moved at a fast walk.
Bonnie watched until the carriage rounded a turn in the road and was no longer visible.
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Author's Notes:
It is implied by Javier Escuella during the mission's cinematic that John Marston's late daughter (who is never mentioned by name) was still alive when John left the gang. (He uses the word "children" rather than "child" or "son"). It is believed by most fans that she was younger than Jack. In the late 1800's and early 1900's, deaths of infants and children was unfortunately very common due to lack of advanced medical practices and inoculations. It is believed that she died after John left the gang and before he moved the family into Beecher's Hope since she is not buried at the new farm. Jack is 16 when he is taken by the feds. John says he has been farming for three years. Therefore, Jack is 13 when the family moves to the farm. Likely, John and his family lived in hiding at first for fear that Dutch and his men would kill them, possibly at least one year. The daughter may have died during this time. I named her Charlotte.
American Events in the 1920's
Prohibition of alcohol occurs in the United States. Prohibition in the United States began January 16, 1919, with the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, effective as of January 17, 1920, and it continued throughout the 1920's. Prohibition was finally repealed in 1933. Organized crime turns to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor, led by figures such as Al Capone, boss of the Chicago Outfit.
The Immigration Act of 1924 places restrictions on immigration. National quotas curbed most Eastern and Southern European nationalities, further enforced the ban on immigration of East Asians, Indians and Africans, and put mild regulations on nationalities from the Western Hemisphere (Latin Americans).
The major sport was baseball and the most famous player was Babe Ruth.
The Lost Generation was the name Gertrude Stein gave to American writers, poets, and artists living in Europe during the 1920's. Famous members of the Lost Generation include Cole Porter, Gerald Murphy, Patrick Henry Bruce, Waldo Peirce, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, John Dos Passos, and Sherwood Anderson.
Growth and general acceptance of the Ku Klux Klan in America.
The Scopes Trial (1925), which declared that John T. Scopes had violated the law by teaching evolution in schools, creating tension between the competing theories of creationism and evolutionism.
John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925). In 1928 he invents and demonstrates the first color television.
Warner Brothers produces the first movie with a soundtrack Don Juan in 1926, followed by the first Part-Talkie The Jazz Singer in 1927, the first All-Talking movie Lights of New York in 1928 and the first All-Color All-Talking movie On with the Show, 1929. Silent films start giving way to sound films. By 1936, the transition phase arguably ends, with Modern Times being the last notable silent film.
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (May 20–21, 1927), nonstop from New York to Paris.
Record companies (such as Victor, Brunswick, and Columbia) introduce an electrical recording process on their phonograph records in 1925 (that had been developed by Western Electric), resulting in a more lifelike sound.
Robert Goddard makes the first flight of a liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.
The first electric razor was patented in 1928 by the American manufacturer Col. Jacob Schick.
The first selective Jukeboxes being introduced in 1927 by the Automated Musical Instrument Company.
Harold Stephen Black revolutionized the field of applied electronics by inventing the negative feedback amplifier in 1927.
Clarence Birdseye invented a process for frozen food in 1925.
The tomb of Tutankhamen is discovered intact by Howard Carter in 1922. This begins a second revival of Egyptomania.
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