A Murder, Mystery and a Marriage by Mark Twain

Chapter one-
-John Grey; farmer 55
-Derrick, Missouri
-600-700 people. Small town
-Rev John Hurly
-As much as Grey works he can't get head; bitter
-Mary Grey; daughter and Hugh Greory are in love
-Hugh is well off
-Tom Grey; brother
-Dave hates Hugh becasue of Hugh stooping Dave from taking Hugh's dad's farm.
Chapter two-
-Rev comes over and tells them that Dave left everyting to Mary
-John tells Mary that she can't marry Hugh and storms off
-John walks out and finds this man laying in the snow. The guy talks different language.
-John takes him back where he is sick with a fever.
Chapter three-
Mr. George Wayne; stranger; very rich; and a frenchman
-His father is a lord and he's a count
-He left because he got in a fight with his dad. He wasn't going to marry anybody that he wasn't in for love. So he has to stay away for two years. He is real name is Count Hubert dee Fountingblow
Chapter four-
-The count goes and talks to Dave. Dave gets called out and he starts to snoop around.
-Hugh and Marry talk and she starts to cry.
-She relizes that she loves Count
Chapter five-
Hugh and Dave get into a fight
-Dave threatens him
Chapter six-
Count was at Greys house when they find out Dave has died. Hugh is in custody.
-The knife was in his bed, blood on his pants, fighiting in public, fathers debt , piece of clothing missing.
-Count and Mary get married. Doesn't get married to Hugh. They get marries on the 29th of June; same day as the hanging of Hugh.
Chapter seven-
-Mary loves Hugh
-People are upset about Hugh's hanging
-The keep waiting for his innocent to be proclaimed, but it never happens and the wedding goes on
-Poice inter and find out that hugh isn't guilty. Mary runs into Hugh's arms
-They take away the Count away. He had an acomplice
-John tells them to get married. Counts friend who had helped him spilled the beans because he felt guilty.
Chapter eight-
-Jean Mercier is the real count
-Self taught
-Met a man named Verned. Who would tweak counts stores from his trvaels and make them magnificent
-Verne was a fraud-used him for stories, verne paid him.
-Verne fourced count to have muderous thoughts. He wanted both to get hurt. One story verne and count are in a ballon and count pushes him out. count floats to johns pasture and ends up there
-he tells the story about the whole mary thing
-talks about how Verne will die in hell