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The final chapters open on Labor Day 1907 in Statesboro. The following day, Tuesday, is the ground breaking for the School of Magic. At the ground breaking, the O'Connells surprise those in attendance by using Magic to excavate the pit for the basement of the admin / classroom building.
Later Uncle Aengus appears at Grace and Owen's house to answer questions from those who attended the ground breaking from the construction company, the City Council, and the news reporters about how they had excavated the pit that morning.
On 18 October, Robert and Margie transfer to the O'Connell Realm so she can have her babies at the clinic run by her Relatives. On recovering, Margie needs to check on the health of her Daughters and discovers that there is a problem with one of them.
Robert arrives a short time later and she explains the problem with their second Daughter. Later some of the Senior O'Connells arrive to see the new additions to the Clan, and Margie again explains her Daughter's abilities and also reveals their names. The Senior O'Connells are upset by the names she has chosen, but the Eternal Flame appears, explains the differences in the children and approves the names.
Margie's Family eventually moves into the new house on Plantation Lane shortly before Grace goes to the O'Connell Realm to have her Son, Patrick. The holidays follow and then the First District Agricultural and Mechanical School opens in Statesboro on 5 February 1908.
The new O'Connell printing plant is established in Statesboro in May of 1908. All of the new houses on Plantation Lane are finished by mid-summer and the Teachers for the new school move in. The O'Connells have been running adds advertising the School of Magic all summer in numerous papers around the country and interviewing perspective students.
Additionally, there is an open enrollment period in December of 1908 where many are turned away for a lack of a Talent. The new School Of Magic opens on 6 January 1909. The following day the Eternal Flame appears with discouraging news about the Reality of No Magic, and this is where our current story ends.
This is the conclusion of the third story in the miniseries that began with 'Magic Ink VI', and continued with 'Grace and Owen', and then 'Magic Ink VII'. The series will conclude with Magic Ink VIII, which I am currently working on. I have named the series "Confrontation" which is also the subtitle of Magic Ink VIII.
Since it will require a considerable time to write Magic Ink VIII and to have it Edited, I will shortly be posting another story in the Magic Ink Universe named "Amelia and Greg" which is written, and being Edited presently, and will appear shortly.
It is also possible that another story may appear before Magic Ink VIII as it will be a difficult story to write because of the many causes contributing to the start of World War One. Please be patient.
I wish to thank all of you for reading my various stories, and also my Editors for their continued help in bringing them to you.
Keep Well,
uncle jim
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This week's chapters open with a barbecue on the 4th of July at Grace and Owen's house. Work resumes on the new houses the following Monday, and Uncle Aengus arrives to take Margie to Savannah to visit the Architect who is designing the buildings for the Magic School. Uncle Aengus arranges to pick up the rendering of the buildings to show the City Council the following week.
On Tuesday of the following week, Aengus and Aunt Gale take Margie, Robert, and Grace and Owen with them to discuss the new school with the Statesboro City Council. The Council is cool to their request and demands proof that they can perform Magic as they claim. They take them to Kesh Corran as a demonstration. The City Council will consider their request when they return.
By the end of July, the houses are coming along nicely, and the women's thoughts turn to the furniture needed for them. North Carolina is suggested as a source but is disappointing. Savannah is tried next with better results. The following day Margie accompanies her Mother, Celeste, and Grace to Savannah to purchase furniture.
Later Robert, Margie, and her Parents return to Savannah to move the new furniture to a warehouse in the O'Connell Realm until the houses are ready. Following obtaining the furniture, Margie helps Grace with canning. By the end of August, the new houses are approaching completion.
Enjoy these chapters, more next week.
Keep Well,
uncle jim
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This week's chapters open with the start of construction on the first two new houses on Plantation Lane, and the beginning of spring planting. Things continue to go well until the beginning of June, when Uncle Aengus arrives with the bill-of-sale for the property that the school will be built on. They need to visit the Recorder's office with it.
A few days later, Margie and Grace are in town and spot Ramero from New York City talking to a local girl. Margie freezes him with a spell, and they transfer home to allow Owen to deal with him.
Later Robert and Owen deal with Ramero's assistants. Robert follows them out of town but as Crendenor. When he learns that the men have abducted a young woman, he deals with the assistants and helps the young woman.
The June problems aren't over yet, and it is necessary to address another one in late June ... Deer. They are eating the farmer's crops. At a meeting, Margie convinces the farmers renting Owen's fields to allow her to deal with the problem.
Margie and her father patrol the fields in their Were-form for several nights while her Mother works on a spell for warding stones. On the final night of patrolling, Margie takes down a large but stupid buck, and has a meal before returning to the O'Connell house with it. Butchering is soon underway.
When Margie and Robert return home later, she is anxious for SEX and not love. Later that day Margie's Mother and Aunt arrive with the completed warding stones.
By the end of June, the new house are ready for the installation of the utilities.
Enjoy these two chapters, more next week.
Keep Well,
uncle jim
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This week's chapters open with Grace, Margie, and Joe going to town to check on the availability of seeds for planting this year. At the hardware store a local woman insults Joe, and Margie immediately takes offense to her attitude with a statement of principle regarding all of the O'Connells and their employees. She uses a little Magic to enforce her deceleration.
On leaving the store, the women go to look at dresses and encounter a runaway buggy. Later on meeting up with Joe, he has a surprise for them. On returning home, there are clothes to be mended and bread to be baked. Margie helps Robert close the portals for the night.
Joe brings the cats in at supper time, and Margie returnes them to the stable after eating following introducing them to Macha for them to become acustom to her.
The road work and the survaying proceed rather quickly, and the chickens that they had ordered arrive early in March. Following St. Patrick's Day, Margie's Cousin arrives with a tractor from the O'Connell Realm to plow Owen's fields.
Margie and Robert secure a contractor to build the new houses and she arranges to have the hole for the basement excpvated by a relative.
Owens tenent farmers are impressed with his already tilled fields.
Enjoy these two chapters for now. More next week.
Keep Well,
uncle jim
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This weeks chapters open with the discovery that the music room in Grace and Owen's house is much smaller than the one in the Founder's house and too small for the dinner guests to dance in. They depart for the Hall in the O'Connell Realm while Margie collects the music system and demonstrates it for Grace and Owen.
Grace is shocked by the size of the Hall and by how close the people there dance. Later there is Irish dancing, but several of the main characters aren't familiar with them. Lessons are arranged.
Sunday there are questions about their wedding rings at church. Monday morning the surveyor has complaints and questions, but later offers advice. Later the contractor who will be paving Plantation Lane arrives and explains how it will be paved.
That afternoon, Margie and Robert prepare to clear the fields of the weeds and brush. Grace, Owen, and Joe accompany her as she makes her preparations, and Robert deals with the weeds and brush.
Tuesday, Mr. Hickey, the surveyor has questions about the cleared fields and the road work. On Wednesday, discussions turn to what crops to plant. Grace and Joe prepare to leave for town while Owen cleans up his shop. Later he goes out to check on the road work and Mr. Hickey. On returning, he talks with Robert about portals and tractors.
Enjoy these two chapters, more next week.
Keep Well,
uncle jim
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