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biography BORN AND RAISED IN A CABIN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ANNESBURG. HER FATHER DIED IN THE MINES WHEN SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD, TOO YOUNG TO EVEN FORM EPISODIC MEMORIES; HER MOTHER WAS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT WITH PENELOPE AT THE TIME. IN THE WAKE OF JEREMIAH'S DEATH, EDITH WORKED AS BOTH A SEAMSTRESS AND PROSTITUTE TO SUPPORT HER THREE CHILDREN. WHEN REBECCA WAS FOURTEEN, HER OLDER BROTHER WENT MISSING WHILE HUNTING. HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER BLOODY SCRAPS OF HIS CLOTHING AND HIS RIFLE, WHICH REBECCA CARRIES WITH HER TO THIS DAY. THEY SUSPECT HE WAS MAULED BY A BEAR. IN HIS STEAD, SHE ASSUMED HIS MANTLE OF 'MAN' OF THE HOUSE, LEARNED TO SHOOT JEREMIAH JR.'S RIFLE, AND TOOK TO IT, PERHAPS TOO WELL. HER MOTHER SUCCUMBED TO SYPHILIS COMPLICATIONS IN 1889, THE LOSS URGING REBECCA AND HER YOUNGER SISTER TO SEEK OUT MORE LUCRATIVE EMPLOYMENT IN NEARBY SAINT DENIS. REBECCA FOUND WORK AS A WAITRESS IN BASTILLE SALOON, WHILE HER SISTER, HAVING ALWAYS POSSESSED A PERFORMER'S HEART, LIED ABOUT HER AGE AND FOUND WORK IN A MINOR LEAGUE VAUDEVILLE ACT AS A DANCER. SHE HAS SINCE FOUND FAME AT THE RENOWNED THEATRE RÂLEUR, BILLED AS A CANCAN DANCER FROM PARIS, BUT HAS NEVER SET FOOT OUTSIDE OF AMERICA. DURING HER TIME AS A BARMAID, REBECCA MET AMOS SINCLAIR, A WELL-TO-DO REGULAR AT THE SALOON WHOSE FAMILY OWNED A GENERAL STORE IN TOWN. HE HAD RECENTLY TAKEN OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS IN THE WAKE OF HIS FATHER'S PASSING, AND TO THE BEWILDERMENT—AND SUSPICION—OF MANY, BUSINESS WAS BOOMING. WHAT REBECCA DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME WAS THAT HE OWED HIS SUCCESS TO THE BLIND PIG OPERATING FROM THE BASEMENT, AND THE VAST NETWORK OF CUSTOMERS WILLING TO PART WITH THEIR HARD EARNED DOLLARS IN EXCHANGE FOR MOONSHINE. DESPITE THEIR DISPARATE STATUSES AND FINANCIAL BACKGROUNDS, AMOS COURTED REBECCA, WHO RECIPROCATED BECAUSE HE HAD MONEY AND SHE HAD NONE. HE PROPOSED LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, AND SHE SAID YES TO THE GOLD WEDDING BAND HE PUT ON HER FINGER. SHE LIVED IN RELATIVE LUXURY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER EXISTENCE, A LIFESTYLE TO WHICH SHE QUICKLY GREW ACCUSTOMED. OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR MARRIAGE, SHE LEARNED OF AMOS' GAMBLING PROBLEM, AND EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND THAT HE WAS A MEAN DRUNK WHO TOO OFTEN DIPPED INTO HIS OWN SUPPLY. HIS DEBTS BEGAN TO MOUNT AT A STAGGERING RATE, THREATENING THEIR LIVELIHOOD WITH EACH PASSING DAY. THE FIRST TIME HE HIT HER IN A BLIND, DRUNKEN RAGE, SHE WARNED HIM WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE EVER LAID HANDS ON HER AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME HE HIT HER, HE ATE A BULLET. SHE TOLD AUTHORITIES HE DIED IN A BOTCHED HOME INVASION. THE PAPERS BOUGHT IT, BUT OTHERS WEREN'T CONVINCED OF REBECCA'S INNOCENCE. NOW AMOS' DEBTS ARE COMING TO COLLECT, AND SHE HAS A BASEMENT FULL OF MOONSHINE SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH. WITH THE LEMOYNE RAIDERS BREATHING DOWN HER NECK, SHE'S REACHED OUT TO AN OLD FRIEND OF HER FATHER'S FOR HELP, AND IS DESPERATELY AWAITING A RESPONSE. SHE PAWNED THE WEDDING RING.