In High Spirits
If there was one thing the Graceys were known for, was their knack for throwing parties in their mansion. Grand balls and dances would be the talk of the town. Although Halloween was a relatively new holiday in America, it had caught on in New Orleans. The townsfolk dressed up as ghosts, witches, and monsters, or took on more fashionable disguises, and even posed as the heroes of the Battle of New Orleans and the American Civil War. This allowed the more unwanted folk to blend right in. On this occasion, George and Abigail planned to go as Mr and Mrs Washington in honor of their countries central. Inside the grand hall, the Organist sat down at the large pipe organ and played a mournful, haunting melody as costumed guests twirled around the dance floor. Abigail had had little contact with her relatives on the east coast, but if she had a favorite, it had to be her cousin, Samuel Cromwell Pickwick who had developed his own successful trade routes along several canal systems in Europe a...