How does Jersey Lily relate to the story of Big Ledge?
Certainly there is no historical evidence that Mrs. Langtry ever set foot in the interior of British Columbia, but she certainly WAS in North America during the years of the Big Ledge saga. Her fame had reached all corners of that continent through its various newspapers. The likelihood that Sproule would have heard of the British actress is great and the possibility that his fevered imagination could conjure up her presence as he worked the Bluebell site seems more than possible.
And… who knows? Considering Lily’s impulsive nature, and Sproule’s quirky magnetism, maybe they actually DID meet?
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Certainly there is no historical evidence that Mrs. Langtry ever set foot in the interior of British Columbia, but she certainly WAS in North America during the years of the Big Ledge saga. Her fame had reached all corners of that continent through its various newspapers. The likelihood that Sproule would have heard of the British actress is great and the possibility that his fevered imagination could conjure up her presence as he worked the Bluebell site seems more than possible.
And… who knows? Considering Lily’s impulsive nature, and Sproule’s quirky magnetism, maybe they actually DID meet?
Cue in the Twilight Zone music...
