Excerpt from The Glory Box: In Sorrow and In Joy May 29, 1889 Dust swirled lazily across the empty street. Elizabeth Barrett coughed lightly into her mother's powder blue handkerchief and shuffled her pointy-toed boots as she made her way down Main Street, headed for Roark Park to enjoy the afternoon with her friend, Harrison Tyler. A good majority of her friends had already left town, their fathers giving up on the dwindling mining operation and eagerly seeking permanent employment elsewhere. The Tylers, however, had remained behind, for which Elizabeth was indescribably grateful, because their son was her best friend in this small, lonel