davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening world., 1890-07-25
CALM AFTER STORM.
u Story of Helen's Troubles and HOa.
INey We're Finally Disposed OF.

Oh. could | bear all this ? Il was hard tc
be Judged as | knew he was Judging me, bu'
| must keep silence;
passenger in a ship bound to New York;
Then II WAS that ! felt all my loneliness. Al
thBt day | went about as one IN q dream;
thur, my blind brother, almost fretfully'
Are o ills"
"Ses. A hgTT, sick at heart"
oh, there are terrible trials TO women.
darling. / have Just passed through one,
and ] fear il is not the last"
You, Helen2 Is the canary dead, or the
""Neiiher: and Won must not ask me what
il in, until YOU are twenty years old.
"And / IN only eleven. Nine years 4
long TO wait. Call II eight, Helen, viii
Silly boyl Igave you only nine years.
No, you will not be old enough even then
unless yen recover your sight,
How strangely you talk, Helen. What
has my sight 10 DO with your trials? All, j
understand? am your trial.
clasped the little hand in mine, and told
him he was my best comfort
After a day or two Of llstlessness anu lndo-
lence, | said to myself; Helen Jones, tins
will never do. Ityou nave resolved TO make
wholly-unconditionally. You have put
your lnyer into one scale, and your father
and brother into Anothsr-and now You
nave decided which weighs heaviest. will
and there OF the precious burden, until your
scared conscience will zcquit you in recall
ing sour decision ."
The result was that ! rose the next morn
ing. determined to act out my resolu-
ton faithfully TO the end: to devote
myself. heart and soul. to my work
OF trying t. makes two live happy, aud for
getting that there Was anything in the past
10 interfere with my doing so.
Ii was already Spring, and every window
in the paTlors aud chambers was open.
NV father sat at the breakfast table. his
spa not yet unIoldsd, beside hls
plate. A glass Of yiolets stood near. The
handsome old man was sitting In the high
backed crimson arm-clair. his silver locks
curling luxnriAntly about his pale face. he
appeared 70 he al rayer waited reyer-
emily for him 10 close abe invocation he
ID that thus chained his faeultissf flushed
The evening world., 1890-07-25

tiers over the waters blde far out to sea. " al
ON board must witness the same sight and
experience the same sensations. SO thar, al
sea, We are all bound IN "A Chain thai cannot
lie severed while at home our neNt-doOr
nelghbor may remain u stTanger-aImost a
myth to u, for years. His life may never
touch ours at any point. The blue hills that
chain our earnest gazette golden glory OF
the western sunset may never arrest his no.
tlce; but let lis take a voyage together and
see IL the same objects, though perhaps ~
different degrees OF pleasure or interest, VIII
not awaken the same thought in each.
There was one on board the CuuArd
steamer "a mere boy passenger. much
younger than Arthur was when he died. who
soon became To me 'oTy lear rom tie many
points Of resemblance To nv dead brother,
Our companiOnshlp, Notwithstanding the
difference IN our ages, grew very close.
Sometimes IL seemed actually a. II ArthuTs
spirit IN dying had truu,tusrd itself into
this boys frame. His ideas ami the manner
Of expressing them were 80 much like my
brothers that sometimes almost forgot /
Was not talking with HIM.
Only that he was gay,r than Arthur AMI
answered me with q more brilliant lcpartee
than no had ever welded, might have
thought myself carried back to the old
times when We two. IN d lonely house, were
cumuauy enough for each other, and tc!t no
lack OF eompanlohShIp1 II 40 one entered our
one day i asked Aubrey Vale of his future.
Not from IDLE curiosity, but nom "A real IN,
teTtst IN HIM, did | ask these questions: aud
he answered with a irAukurss that showed
hIs pIeasuresAt my H4ulsittNent
lie was going out To New FORK, to the care
OF his uncle, u merchant IN the city. lie
va a. orphan. he sGld, his parrut- having
both Died IN ms infancy; Aul ms uncle mad
had the sole MANAGEMENT OF hls AFFAIRS from
the time when his widowed sister had put
the baby IN his arms, and asked HIM lu her
dying voice To be a father to hlni for her
sake. His uncle hal placed HIM At a school
at Manchester, kent 10y Aulergy man, where
his education had beeu We'll attended 10.
until nov that hls tutor had appTlsed hIs
uncle that he had reached the po!ut At
which he Lad desired him TO send Aubrey 10
INN at New York.
Dad you kuow. Miss Jones, that | chose
this very paCkttship because | saw your
name on the passenger llst2. he asked.
My name, AUbreyf Why, how in thr
world did son kuuS anything Of me -
oh. a httle bird whlspered about YOU,
SAID the boy, rugulahIy.
| pOEderei and pOudcrel. PtThap- his
sister. or cousin. or friend had told him u
me as a schoolmate: though / could rvcul.
lect no Miss Vale, and besides, Aubrey had
told M he vas an only had aud had no
relatives living ave this one dear incl,
some friend, then No. he knew no young
ladies' who knew me.
would not ask him any further, and Ne
vent on IS before; but sometimes l would
hass kkadEn knoH hos tina boz. Ehopt
had never seen " heard Of before. should
The evening world., 1890-07-25

an advance agent was willing TO be edu-
Gated. But the local manager will tell
you that them banked agents know 1t
all. Well, we travelled 23, TAI miles, never
missed a performance, q railroad connec;
ton or a meal. Our comedians are oil
wearing diamonds, and our soubrettes
Eealskins. What more" MIR. Harley
has now started out again in the interest
Of ~ Straight Tip" in which James L.
Powers stars, under the management Of
Rich and Harris.
Francis Wilson is cutting himself loose
from the superstitions of the profe ssion.
Some of Percy Andcrson's costume
sketches for The Merry Monarch call
for peacock feathers, which are popu 'arly
supposed to betoken disaster to any play
in which they are used. Wilson, how
ever. has nobly resolved not to do with
out them. Last year he began his career
as an operate star and manager on the
thirteenth of the month.
Max Freeman says that his work for
Nero" will be the effort Of his life.
That is II Of the agreeable little state
ments that the most argumentative can
not deny.
The old and reliable" Primrose q
Vests minstrels opened their season Mt
Dayton. o., last night, to the beautiful
motto IS. Il. q. " The minstrels had II
very hearty reception. They will come
to New York during the season.
The evening world., 1890-07-25

shown me much kindness"
- wanted to see If Miss Jones had for
gotten me-
Ths voice was the same-the eyes and
smile beamed As kindly as ever. Whatever
OF Winter had reigned in my heart, nOthing
but brightest summer relsned with Harry
yer. an the firm mouth was as sweet and
expressive as when. wears ago, IL had told the
tale OF love TO my ear. But OF that l must
never speak again.
They were gone-and | kept my room the
whole day. The sight of Harry Vernon.
coming 30 uueNoectedly. had overcome me-
| felt weak and tired from my recent voyage
and my emotion at seeing him had done me
ON sunday | felt no better, and I did noG
rise unul evening, when | hastily dresseit
throwing Z shawl over my shoulders, and
went into the ORA wlng-room, where the maid
hat been thoughtful enough TO kindls .
fire, Tor the evening was cool and damp.
had nestled down among the soft eush-
ions OF u cnGIr, ard was watching the brill
liant glow OF the ire. The past came troop
lug back To me with all its Joys and grisfs.
the grleis predominant.
The heat Of the room had oppressed me.
aud as the visions had called up faded
away, ! Tell into a light slunlber, from which
| Swoke with the full glow OF the red dame
upHn my eyes. aud makinS gigantic shadows
upon the wall above, Aud among the shad-
ow- there MAS one which, though enlarged
and elongated 10 a size that was ludicrous
tAAiNAE IL 4 hINh wa NAAN AAA - oANNA
caused a smile whenl had seen IL in the
dear old paTlor at my fathers house. .Ana
the shadow approached and laid Its hand
upOn my shoulder. and = voice whispered.
You will be mine nov, surely. dear
Helen ?"
/ started from my seat and turned upOn
lon are insulting me. Mr.. Vernon.
How dare you Go home to your Nifa
sir .!
IL was not dignihed in me, this angry.
incOherent speech; but l did not thInk OF
that IN ms lust rage.
II have no wife. never have hAd-I
shall not have one, unless she whom ~alOneI
have ever loved will bear that relation 70
me. Look at me DO not speak Huthf'
/ shall not tell you what l 1nsWered
Memory has treasured every gOTd he spoke
that night, but IL has lost the sIAmmerinR.
indistlnct sentences that tried to answer
those blessed words.
/ only know that on the face Of the eAFtk.
by nc Preside in America or elsewhere, sits
= happier wife and mother than Helsa
Vernon Happy that Harry is my Husband
happy in ny darling BABE. aud HAPPY IL
the Well-beloYed Aubrey, the son Gd0ptsd
our affections. and hndlnR = home has
10 all the dearer 20 " from hil presence
within IL Tbs haven 81 Esst-aAha aites
the storm
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Overheard in Lake Superior.

To me Editor
/ took passage on one of the old Good
rich Line steamers. plying between Chi
cago and Green Bay. The trip was n
pleasant one until we reached the port of
~Sheboygan. Then an accident befell me
that ! shall never forget.
When we were tied mp to the pier |
thought | would step ashore and watch
them load the freight. In stepping on
the gang-plank my foot caught in one of
the ropes, and over / went, head tore
most. Just one inch of space was the
saving Of my life. A large spike pro-
truded from the pier, and in going down
took the lobe of my lett ear of. Had |
struck closer to the pier it would have
penetrated my head.
| could hear the people cry, Hes
dead, " they thinking SO ON account of the
wnter being red, but il was not my blood
SO much as the dye from the lining of my
cap.
They soon fshed me out, gave inc n
good rolling, poured n small bottle of
wbiskey down my throat and l was as
hearty as ever.
But | still feel at times for my ear and
find only the cavity. That was the near
est approach to death that | want to ex-
p%erience with my boots on. SIC.
The evening world., 1890-07-25

die, to furnish food for the other two. I
was that unfortunate one as decided by
lot, and three minutes were allowed me
to prepare for death.
AT the expiration of the allotted time
the mate approached me with q large
knife in his hand and said jim, your
time has come" l knew no more.
When l regained my senses l was on
board q steamship bound for London.
A vessel hove in sight Just as. the mate
was about to terminate my existence, and
my comrades had succeeded in attracting
the attention Of those on board, and thus
my life was saved.
Before we reached London my two
shipmates died and were buried at sea,
and l alone renamed to tell the story.
DIcK DRAD-EYE.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Why Yankee Ships Are Gone.

'" Iy uhA0O mp - NSAS
The Editor:
some years ago a fleet OF ships
Was built by Yankee skill,
And | propose to show right here
Why IL does not do II still.
II built the crafts, 1t manned them
To sail Ger foreign seas,
And at their peaks the stars aud Stripes
Was ilutterinR in the breeze.
Our European cousins
MaledictionA at us hurled,
For then our Yankee clipper
Were the envy OF the world.
Nothing afloat could beat them.
And when 1t came to war,
Why, Uncle Sam his ships could man
AS he had done before.
They carried Yankee products
10 ports both near and far,
And nations showed respect then
10 every Yankee tar.
Supreme upon tine ocean,
Their homage we could claim.
But now our ships and seamen
Are slurred, and put to shame.
How did we lose our prestige
with everything so fair
Why. we struck the rock of Congress-,
And the whole fleet persisted there.
Loaded deep down with taxes.
They sank beneath the main;
And as long as ere that rock exists
They'll never tloat again.
Not until every merchant,
Master and seaman too.
Shattcr the rock where persisted
Each vessel with her crew.
Then shall our banner proudly wave
on every distant shore.
Aud our merchant marine again be seen
BEACH CoMBER.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Reno Post, No. "A, q. A. r.

The seventeenth annual picnic Of Reno
Post -, was held at sulzers Harlem:River
Park on Wednesday, Music by Prof.
Usher. Some Of the noted ones present
were Mr., j. Il. KENYON n Mr.. J. @. Hol-
man; the .Siamese Twins, more widely
known as Messrs. George Dockrey and II.
a; lIill. representatives OF the Yum Yum
Club, made things lively for every one.
I,licIe were. also present member of the
Moliochs. Hamilton Post, q. A. r., and
many other representatives Of the different
Posts OF the q. A.. IL.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
JAW TACKLE LOOSE.
Thrilling Tales Of Modern Life on the
Ocean Wave.
Gales and lceberus, Wrecks and
Big Sea Snakes.
Write for the Sea story Contest and
the Double Eagle Prize.
CONDITIONS.

LINERS must BE- addressed 10 the Sea
Story Editor Of The EVENING WORLD" Z.
o. Dor ,. b34, Neto York Guy.
WRITE oNLY on N SIDE OF THE PAPER.
me letters must not exceed $50 toords in
ienyth.
Stories must not BE- copied or drdphraSed
nom looks or trdpei, histories, &c.
Postage stamps aud u special request must
n lnciOSed to secure the return or n lanu-
script,
A prfse or SEQ IN oold tou be d,odrded to
he author or the best story.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Strange, but True.

Prom Tsnds %Sittins,.l
Wife-Now this is Il nice time for you to
come home.from the lodge! Here it is half
past =.
Husband--What of II? II hadn'tgone to
the lodge Rt all it would be half past !"
Just the same, wouldn't it,
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Household Item.
lEom Tsra' Si,hh9'.

HYMN TFIuF NVTHVET :
Butcher-Good morning, madame.
Young Housekeeper-Good morning, Mr..
Gristle. i would like to get about five pounds
OF yound and tenter sausage meat, Dieale,
without any bone.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Dangers Among the Zunis.

A WORLD Expedition Sur.
rounded by Hostile savaRes
VIII Form the Subject of a
Thrilling Story in Next SUM-
DAYS WORLD.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Love and Business.

Iron NuHssy's Weekly.
Ethel-Did Harry seem very much put out
when you told HIM you didn't love him well
enough to marry him
Aghes-No, the brute. He merely said.
We'll. business is business" and left the
house.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
SHE R0PED HIM HOME.
The Gentleman Was Very Drunk, but
the Lady Was Very Firm.

IHo LHu5 WIN FoTy rTTfH'
Several hundred people turned ont in
Warren street last evening OH a moments
notice and gave advice 10 u woman about
how to get her husband home, says the
Syracuse TelegrGph.
The couple were in a one.horse lumber
avon. The man WINS several miles over
the border line that divides simply being
iull y from being wildly drunk. The
lady had slowed her husband away az
freight in the bottom of the wagon. and
would have got along all right with the
The evening world., 1890-07-25
A Needless Statement.

prom the Dry Good C%hronieis. I
"Oh. | assure you Miss \. can be very
entertaining when she pleasesl'
mo doubt" repl ed j. ironically, "but
whom eau she ever please"
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Sounds Like 1t.
PROM ne.

He-Oh. do you say you will marry me
Why don't you answer
She thesitatingly Err
He-Why. any II would think had asked
YOU to sing!
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Then wherefore Art Thou, r

tFrom he Dry. Goods C1ronicIs.
Hamlet prince of Dunkirk-Whv art
thou pensive. Romeo Art sad?
Romeo fitting up a cottage at NnrrRgan-
sett-You've struck IL Edwin. am art-sad.
That 81. o Landseer turns out bogus.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Laying in n Stock.

tFrom Nubssy's weekly
Young Mani want half u dozen engage.
ment rings. assorted si2cs.
Jeweller-Ono is usually enough at a time,
sir.
Young Mani know IL. but I'm going
down to the seaBhore for two weeks,
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Anything to obliRe.

tFTORl AuHssv's Weekly
Father-Don Won ever let me see Won sit.
ting in a hammock with a young man again.
Duuful Daughter-All right. pa, I'll have
it removed too place that isn't overlooked
by your study window.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Peals OF Merriment.

GFrom the Dry-Gopds ChroRicis.l
Calico-Did you notice snickerton Just
now3 He laughed so much that he tumbled
clean over
Cassimere-Indeed Slipped up OH a
peal. Ell?
The evening world., 1890-07-25

Wife-What do you suppose baby is think
ing about?
The Brute-.I 'spose he's thinking what to
cry about tonight.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Saved the Shippers Child.

TO the Edttors
shipped as cabin boy on the Fly-by-
Night, from Liverpool bound to San
Francisco. had run away from home
and this was my first voyage.
Once on board | set about to learn my
duties and, being cheerful and obliging.
| soon became n favoIIte with my superb
ors. Blessed with good weather and fair
winds, the early part of our voyage was
bright and uneyentful, and q quick pas
sage was confidently hoped for.
After doubling Cape Horn and when
well INTO he ATTITUDES of the friendly
trade winds we were met instead by
a succession of fierce gales, which kept us
hove to" under c~loSe-reefed topsails for
q long time.
On one of those days. when the storm
was especially severe. an event occurred
which firmly established me in the esteem
of every person on board,
While "waring" ship, little Tim, the
captains four-year-old son. who had
stolen from the cabin To the deck un-
noticed, was swept overheard by an i'm
mense wave
Without hesitation, for I was a good
swimmer, / diyed after and succeeded in
reaching him before lie went down. How
long we remained struggling in the
water | don't remember, and the voyage
WAS very nearly over before / wal strong
enough to listen to the particulars of our
rescue.
Tim is now master of a large steamship,
and his chief officer and best friend is
his rescuer. RICHARD KING.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
1t Didn't Work.

She-How beautiful she sings.
He-Yes. Reminds me OF Patti.
She ,eagerlyl-Oh. tell me. have you heard
Patti
He-N-no.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
He Discovered Atlantis.

TO The Editor,
Some years ago I lett New York in my
own yacht for an eastern cruise via Good
Hope. In due time l sighted, as / sup.
posed, the Cape Verdes and turned
southwark,
To my amazement an unbroken SWEEP
Of coast line confronted me to the equa-
tor, where the shore bent eastward III q
lofty. mountain range whose summit was
O cat~hedral-like spire of dizzy height.
A land one thousand miles long and
unknown to mankind had arisen in the
very heart of the Atlantic Ocean!
instantly recognized 1t as the tabled
continent of Atlantis. of which Scion,
Plato aud Ignatius Donnelly speak.
Rapid explorations discovered the re.
mains of a great civilization. Ruined
cities. vast rivers, t~reeless valleys. traces
of industries, and even ~rock-tombs.
Wondering armor n literary tablets,
all strangely preserved in the refrigerated
sea depths, lay revealed.
Foundered East lndiamen and Spanish
galleons reposed on beds of withered sea
weed, and the friable rocks exposed veins
water fowl broke the silence of a races
tomb.
Taking possession for the United States
and hosting the National banner upon
the chief mountain peak, / hastened
home to organize q scientific expedition.
On the voyage many of my crew died,
and my vessel became disabled and was
abandoned. A passing steamship brought
me to port. but on my return to Atlantis
the ghostly continent had again totally
disappeared.
Albeit from the peak Of st. PauI's
Rocks the Stars and Stripes ioated
proudly. f. A. b.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
Thought 1t Was a Sea Snake.

ne Editor:
I was attached to the United States
frigate Merrimac, on the Pacific station,
during her last cruise under the old flag.
Pending the settlement of some National
question with the Government of
Nicaragua our ship lay some time in a
spacious harbor of that country; the
name / have forgotten. Our officers
landed in boats Mt a small town. at the
head of a narrow and crooked stream,
considerably shortened by a canal. said
to have been cut by Walker. the fill
buster, but so narrow that paddles had
to be used in place of oars.
! was one of the fourth cutters crew.
and she, being the officers favorite boat,
we were more frequently called on to
make the trip.
Returning to the ship one evening, past
sunset, passing through the canal. the
night was dark and made still darker by
the trees that met overhead. forming an
arch. Suddenly a violent tapping in the
boat startled us all. 1t was the general
opinion that q snake had dropped from
the trees.
what under the influence of liquor,
plunged ~overboord and chung to the gun
wales. Others stood up Oh the seats.
Finally the tapping ceased and all re-
sumed their places. reaching the ship
without further incident, and hoisted the
boat up.
Next morning when cleaning the boat
] discovered his snakeship. 1t was a
young swordfsh. JAMES EGoo.
Close Call for Cannibalism.
To the Editor;
sailed from Liverpool in the bark
Lily for Australia. Four weeks out our
vessel caught fire, and the captain. with
several of the crew persisted in the flames.
succeeded in getting INTO a boat with
the mate, cook and two
The fire spread SO rapidly that we
hadn't time to procure provisions of n
kind, and We abandoned the unlucky
bark without even a compass.
For n week we drifted about at the
mercy of wind and waves, without sight
ing, land or sail. We were more like
skeletons than living men, with death
staring US In the face. The cook and one
overheard,
Crazed with hunger. the remainder OF
us agreed that N of our number should
The evening world., 1890-07-25

John F. Harley. of the "Evangeline"
company. writes as follows: Imagine,
if you can. carrying as we did forty nine
people and playing 'Evangeline' through
this blessed country from Bangor to San
Diego, from New Orleans TO Seattle. 1t
is a liberal education in itself-providing
The evening world., 1890-07-25

An interesting catboat race will bo
nj noon tomorrow oil Rye Beach,
Long Island Sound. The course will be
SIX miles to wndward and return. W. ~.
Beck has offered u handsome silver prize
to the winner.
The evening world., 1890-07-25
SUMMER SAILORS ON DECK.
Annual Cruise of the New York
Yacht Club to the Eastward.
Who VIII Meet the Crack Football
Visiting Team.

Tho annual cruise of the New York
Yacht Club begins tomorrow. II will
continue about two weeks, Newport,
Vineyard Haven and other points along
the New England Coast will lie visited.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-12-24
Quaint Traditions of Christmas.

Not such a great many years ago the
superstition that the oxen in the barns
fell upon their knees in posture of
alteration at midnight on Christmas Eve
still survived in many of the rural dis
tricts of England. There were these, too,
whose faith that water drawn at mid
night on Christmas world be changed to
wine had withstood the cynicism of cen
turies. Up to a comparatively recent
date great fires used to blaze on the hills
of Scotland on Christmas Eve, and in
parts of the land of the Dee mock sacri-
fees were offered. In certain German
cities a wheel of fire played its part in
the Christmas festivities. Bonfres at
the Christmas season are by no means un-
known, now, in England and America;
and only few years ago, particularly IN
the country districts, Christmas was not
Christmas unless great Yule log burned
in the fireplace in imitation of the Gus
tom of the Scandinavian to burn such a
log on the day of celebration. In that
good old custom of general illumination,
now unfortunately dying out, the moderns,
perhaps unwittingly, paid another tribute
to the importance of fire in the old festi-
vals. Its decadence cannot fail to be a
source of regret to all lovers of tradi-
tional usages.