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 1 1 |          from the little town of Morganton on the Catawba River, and
 2 1 |  threatened were the citizens of Morganton, and even more the good
 3 1 |    aeronaut named Wilker came to Morganton with his balloon. By waiting
 4 1 |        aeronaut, the citizens of Morganton saw the balloon disappear
 5 1 |        between the mountains and Morganton was sure that an eruption
 6 1 |      From the Great Eyrie!”~Into Morganton sped the news that stones,
 7 1 |       far as Pleasant Garden and Morganton?~This time the panic was
 8 2 |                Chapter 2~I REACH MORGANTON~The twenty-seventh of April,
 9 2 |         Blueridge Mountains near Morganton.”~“Surely, Mr. Ward, the
10 2 |       accredited to the Mayor of Morganton, who will assist you. Once
11 2 |         day after, I shall be at Morganton.”~How little suspicion had
12 2 |          the railroad station of Morganton.~Morganton is but a small
13 2 |   railroad station of Morganton.~Morganton is but a small town, built
14 2 |   attracts many visitors. Around Morganton is a rich farming country,
15 2 |        to Pleasant Garden and to Morganton.~The mayor of Morganton,
16 2 |          Morganton.~The mayor of Morganton, Mr. Elias Smith, was a
17 2 |         in his so-called home at Morganton, he was exploring the surrounding
18 2 |       made known to the mayor of Morganton the cause and the purpose
19 2 |          the chief magistrate of Morganton was uneasy about Great Eyrie,
20 2 |       not think, therefore, that Morganton can possibly be threatened
21 2 |         interrupted the mayor of Morganton.” I said nothing of any
22 2 | afternoon, and arranged to leave Morganton with him at daybreak.~Our
23 3 |           Elias Smith and I left Morganton by a road which, winding
24 3 |         to add that the Mayor of Morganton in his role of hunter, had
25 3 |          the first magistrate of Morganton, less young, less vigorous,
26 3 |       took leave of Mr. Smith at Morganton, and that same evening left
27 5 |          Mr. Smith, the mayor of Morganton and his friend the mayor
28 6 |     quite sure that the mayor of Morganton was as eager for information
29 6 |    stamped at the post office of Morganton.~Morganton! Here at last
30 6 |        post office of Morganton.~Morganton! Here at last was, no doubt,
31 6 |      last. I know no one else in Morganton. And if he writes he has
32 6 |         he writes he has news!”~“Morganton?” said the old woman, “isn’
33 6 |         is not from the Mayor of Morganton,” said I.~“Then from whom?”
34 6 |          would stand; neither at Morganton nor elsewhere.”~The hand-writing
35 6 |      accompanied by the Mayor of Morganton and two guides.~You mounted
36 10|       letter I had received from Morganton?~Moreover, a yet more significant
37 10|        where was it posted?”~“In Morganton, in North Carolina.”~“When
38 11|        to me the forest odors of Morganton and Pleasant Garden. We
39 15|    people of Pleasant Garden and Morganton. But of what mechanisms
40 17|  townfolk of Pleasant Garden and Morganton were in danger of volcanic
41 17|       Once more the good folk of Morganton and Pleasant Garden would