davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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fuller Of adventures than one of the old
yellow-back novels. You know how, when
he became multi-milionaire. he was not
suited with new clothes alone, but wanted
a new wife as well. He divorced the good
old woman who had worked for him and
made his fortune and picked up a dashing
young widow, with cheeks like a peach
and with eyes which had brighter sparkle
than any of his gold. when It flowed from
the shelters. 1 will not tell the disgraceful
story OF that divorce suit as it was brought
out In the courts of Colorado. l saw Tabor
after II was over. when he brought the
dashfng young widow~to Washington city
to be married. The wedding took place at
Wizards Hotel, with a dinner fit for a
Lucuhus in room that was almost walled
ard ceiled with roses, though the time was
midwinter. celebrated priest> performed
the ceremony. President Arthur was at
the wedding and gave a rose to the bride
The event was the talk of the capital. and
both before and after 1t Senator Tabor
shone in the brief sunshine of his own no
toriety. He even exhibited to the news
paper correspondents the embroidered night
shirts which ne had made for the occasion,
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shouted at Moncrieff, and when this herd
er of mine wheeled around with a queer
light in his big black eyes and faced the
bad man I saw trouble ahead. and said
quietly to the Englishman. Come on out
Of that, or that devirI plug you
No he won't said Moncrieff quietly to
me- Then he faced Little again. He
head to his heels.
Put you to sleep. you dirty sot?' he
drawled at Little. 1t strikes me that a
frst-rate waking up is what you need
more than anything else. you foul-mouthed
loafer. Come over to me, right here. at
oEce. and turn around with your back to
me. I'm going to kick you awake
Broke His Jaw.
well. the gall Of that proposition, adj
dressed to the most dangerous man in
the territory Of Idaho. was surely some
thing fierce. Little looked at the herder
with his mouth wide open, too amazed for
a half minute to speak. Then he opened
up He let out volley of profanity such
as I never heard equaled for ingenious
combinations. and reached for his guns at
the same instant. Wherever Moncrieff
learned this Indian dodge l don't know
but when he made for Little like a streak
of light he did the thing circuitously. hop
ping from side to side and bobbing the up
per half of his body up and down like
jumping jack, so that Littles bead on him
was never exact for the fraction of a Sec
ond, and his two bullets only bored holes
in the front windows. Before he could
fire again Moncrieff had him by the throat
with both hands and was choking the life
out OF him. when the bad man, still clutch
ing both of his guns. tried vainIy to let
the daylight into the herder while in that
position. Then Moncrieff let his sineWy
hands jump suddenly down so that they
pinned Littles arms at his side and had
no trouble then In wrenching the bad
mans guns from his hands. The TRADE of
1rightfui curses went right on as soon as
Lfttle's throat was released. Then the
thing happened that shows the fellows
across the water to be the original cusses
at times. anyhow. That herder of mine
suddenly let go of the bad mans arms
and planted his open left hand. palm
downward, on LittIe's forehead, This
done. all in a flash he grabbed the strong.
protruding chin with his right hand. Then
ne gave sudden wrench. there was a howl
OF pain, and Little's Jaw was broken and
hanging loose. Moncrieff spat down the
mans throat. gave him a shove into the
chair from which he had Jumped a few
seconds before with evil In his heart and
Joined ME at the front Of the saloon. He
went back to the sheep range and two
months later was found frozen stir with
hve bullets in his body. most of them hav-
Ing entered him at the back. Sonk Little
VINO was afterward hung for rustline proh.
ably knew now the bullets got there.
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worse trouble all the time, until your con
ndential walter has finally felt n quite in
teresting 10 you TO hear, upon Won dozenth
visit or so. all about the condition of his
rising family. the likelihood Of an addition
thereto. etc. Wherefore, out of mere self
protection. YOU are Obliged to abandon that
table and that hosiery. perhaps 10 find
worse trouble.
Feels His Importance.
Worse trouble might mean that YOU would
happen upon the surly walter. The surly
walter ahounds in several OF washington's
most notable restaurants. and he Is suriy,
probably. for the reason that he has been
a waiter in these notable Washington res
taurants for a good many years. generally.
ana consequently feels himself more inn
portant TO them than the knives and forks
he can neither be oajoled nor conciliated.
Take him as he stands. II you don't like
him. 20 somewhere else. He'll take your
order after while when he gets ready
When he does approach your table and In
clnes his ear, his attitude is tinctured both
with suspicion and Indifference. Your or
der being given. he makes no reply hut
walks away from the table. leaving you in
doubt as to whether he has really got the
order right or not. Ordinarily. you md
that he has not. but by that time you are
so afraid of him that you make no COM
plaintD He remains away from you a very
great length of time after he has taken
your order-remains entirely away from
your vicinity. In order to make Il Impossible
for you TO inquire. without yelling, whep
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TWIN TO THE RATCHET STORY.
A Very Old Fable of the Truthfulne..
of COnfucius.

very Old Fable Of the Truthfulne..
of COnfucius.
From Little Men and Women.
"A very pretty story is told Of the child
hood Of the great Chinese sage, Confucius
VINO, 1t will be remembered, lived nearly
SVoo years ago, and for his time was Con-
sidered wonderfully wise man. Here Ia
the story:
One day, when he was only six the little
Confucius was sitting in the garden alone
with mis- book and his pet kitten Just the
other SIDE OF a low hedge which grew be-
tween the family garden and that of the
servants he saw the little child of the zar-
dener kicking up its heels in the middle of
the grass plat where its mother had left it.
The little Confucius watched the pretty
child lew minutes, then returned to his
book. But all at once, as he glanced to-
ward the baby again. he saw 1t making
with all of its tiny speed for a huge china
basin full of water, which was always kept
there from which to water the flowers In
the space OF a moment the little one crept
TO the very edge spied its own face in the
water, and popped heels over head into the
basin before Confucius had time to realize
the danger,
He sprang over the low hedge screaming
for help. The little head was still above
water, but in an instant sank, and only a
tlny arm and the Eight dress were to be
seen. The boy, still screaming, ran round
and round the basin, bending as far as he
could over the top. trying In vain to catch
the little hand. Then he stretched out both
arms toward the setting sun as IL asking
help, and suddenly a thought came to him
as if IN answer. Gathering up some big
stones lying beside the path, he dashed
them with all his might against the china
basin, which broke at once In pieces like SO
much glass. The water ran out in streams.
and in moment the child was safe, cry
Ing. to be sure. but only from fright.
The little Confucius was leading him to
his mothers house when he met his own
father. coming to look for him.
The boy had never been scolded in his
life but when he thought all at once how
costly the great china basin which he had
broken must have been, his heart misgave
him; but he told what he had DONE and in
stead Of being reprimanded. he found HIM
sels III his fathers arms. and his father
said. Il praise you, my child
This boy afterward became the great phil
osopher and moral teacher of his people,
honored by them through more than TWEEN
ty-eight centuries.
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" Love God, hate the devil and fight the
British.
Now, 1 have never revised a particle of
my early-formed notions on the question of
how We stand. and how we ought to stand
With the people of Great Britain as a whole
people. and I'd bit rather give 'em a welt
than not il the necessity for MI Ginning in
with the rest of the boys over some big is
sue between this country and England ever
arose But, since / got out into the cattle
country, twenty and more years ago, and
began to run against the slews Of young
Engishmen scattered throughout all the
ranges and mixed in with all the outfits,
I've arrived at the conclusion that the in
dividual Ergiishman is pretty hard nut
to crack when 1t comes to any sort of
scrap for money, marbles. chalk or blood,
and that he's pretty decent sort OF chap.
too. in the bergain; and 1 have. therefore.
a good deal more respect for the individual
Englshman than you people back here In
the east. who don't have any show to speak
of TO get line on his almost invariable
gaGieness a man. I've seen young Eng
Eshunen in some pretty tight places out in
the cattle country. and | never knew one of
'em to hoist the yellow at any stage of the
game. man can't help but admire the
sullen tenacity and even the bulldog feroc
ity of those British punchers when
they think they are getting the worst of it.
Not So Very Green.
Just after the roundup on my ranch
three years ago young fellow turned
Up at the outfit. looking pretty seedy, as
was only natural after his hoofing it sixty
miles over the trail from the railroad. I
knew he was an Englishman before he
opened his head-a middIe-sized young
chap, pink and white of skin, and of that
deceptive sort of build. characteristic of a
good many Englishmen, I've noticed, that
leaves you to guess whether the mus
Giles beneath their baggy clothes are like
woman's or as hard lignum vitae. This
was quiet sort of young fellow, but what
he did say he said in the dialect that the
cOckney doesn't know now to use. He
was about twenty-three, ard an educated
man. didn't try TO dig much out of
him. for the private affairs of the men ]
hire ! consider are none of my business
and this young chap, whose name was
Hamilton. simply told me that he had been
in the States only q couple of r,onths
and that the week before he had blown
the last of the wad he had come out to
the States with against the Cheyenne
faro banks He told me he could ride
Pretty nearly anything with hair and hoofs,
and gave him a job.
Il Told him to run out to the pen and
take a look at the bunch of spare riding
cattle. and pick out one that suited his
eye. and he started for the pen. / had a
couple of greaser dog-robbers working
around my living quarters, and both of
en- had got drunk few days before, and
stayed drunk in spite of my banging their
heads together two or three times day.
i had ordered them off the ranch, and they
were outside the back door of my shack
packing DIP their saddle traps when young
Hamilton passed by them, on his way to
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the horse pen. The two greasers. about
quarter drunk and ugly, made some sort
OF crock in their pidgin Spanish about the
young Englishman's plaid fore-and-aft
cap The young fellow wasn't any shy on
knowledge Of Spanish. and he rounded on
them 1 was at the window. unseen of the
PACK room on the second floor of my shack,
and took the thing in.
L say. you two said Hamilton what's
thar you Said?''
The greasers both looked at him impu-
IDENTIFY. and went through the pantomi ne
of pulling fore-and-aft caps down over
their ears from before and behind.
Evened Things Up.
THE English chap was at them with a
leap. The greasers were pretty quick on
their feet TOO. and in hte same instant
they were side by side, with their knives in
their feet too. and In the same instant
down simultaneously they were not buried
in the young Englishman's body as | felt
certain they would be. The wrists of both
Mexicans struck with full force the short
cudgel that Hamilton suddenly held out
horizontally before him with both hands
TO ward of the blows. and the sharpness
with which their wrists struck the cudgel
knocked the knives from their hands Be-
fore they had time to recover themselves
the nervy Britisher dropped bis cudgel and
grabbed both of the greasers by their right
wrists, one with each hand. ! could see
then that he didn't need any help, and that
his muscles were like steel He gave a
peculiar sort of twist on the wrists of the
two men he thus held as in a wise, and 1
heard couple OF sharp cracks. He had
broken the right arms of both of them.
He released their wrists, and their arms
dropped limp at their sides. Then the
pink-and-white young Englishman, who
wasn't more than five feet six and had as
mild a looking countenance as any of my
little girls. told the greasers in short AMI
sharp Spanish that the sort of cap he
wore was his own I'd business and
none OF theirs. and continued on his way
out to the horse corral. He punched cattle
on my range as long as he wanted the job,
and all Of the boys felt pretty sore when
he announced that he was going to quit
and go back to England.
Man With ~ Past.
when I was running a sheep ranch in
Idaho ten years ago had a, herder named
Moncrien. cotch-Engiishman. about
thirty years Old whereabouts. and a man
who wouldn't say a word In a year unless
some c3e asked him a question. He was
tig. dark fellow. end also i man of edu-
cation One day. when he rolled up his
sleeves at a shearing. / noticed the word
'Outcast tattOoed In blue letters on his
right forearm. He caught me sizing up
the word, and pulled his sleeve down hur-
Tiediy. but without any look Of humiliation
I've since been told that Australian con-
victs formerly mad the word -Outcast' tat
tooed on their arms in this way, but, even
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e X r l. Y L u
tackle elementarily
the subject. Types
of Washington Wait
ers," is worse than
to attempt in a bro
chure a complete de-
scription of a con-
gress of nations: for
the w a s b in g I o n
waiter is typical. The
Washington waiter,
whether server Of
victual and drink in
pillared dining hall
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whispering that the best of them had cost
him 500 apiece. The marriage was hardly
over. however. before 1T was found that the
whole thing was farce, and that the real
marriage had been performed some months
before by justice of peace In musty
little office In st. Louis. The second Mrs.
Tabor is now comparatively poor. The
first Mrs. Tabor invested the alimony which
she got from the divorce suit and died
with something like 100000. Her fortune
belongs to her son. who stuck to her
rather than to his father, and who within
contributing to his fathers support
Nearly every man / meet here has some
funny story to tell about Tabor. I Was
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The regular army officer. Lieutenant MUIR
ray. who is stationed at Yale University,
announces that after four years as
cadet, more years as an instructor at
West Point, and twenty-five years In the
army, he finds il constant source of won
der how such a number of young men
as are congregated at Yale. with so little
to restrain them other than their own
sense of manliness and honor, should be
so remarkably well behaved" He can
hardly conceive of a more exemplary set
please DIR. Dwight and reassure many
fond papas and doting mammas.
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Silent so Years, Now Cannot Speak.

Silent OV Aeafs3 NOW cannot Speak.
From the New York World.
Miss Experience Guilford of Blue Hill.
Me-. made a vow more than half a century
ago that II she were not allowed to marry
the man Of her choice she would not speak
word to any one though she lived to be
fifty years old. Her father. and then her
mother, died, and her home was changed
several times, but throughout all this per-
iod she kept her word. The fifty years.
silence was to have come to an end one day
last week The day was named for q re-
union OF the family. Three generations
have grown up during these fifty years.
Miss Guilford, dressed In garments she had
not worn for half a century, and standing
before her people. opened her mouth to
speak. But though she made a violent eff
fort and grew red in the face in the at
tempt, she could not utter word. Her vo-
cal muscles had become atropfied from long
disuse and refused to work. She Is now
undergoing treatment in Boston hospital
to restore her speech.
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H e L D 2b ~
worth Of solid gold
in my two hands to-
day. 1t was all I
could lift, and when
I dropped 1t down
upon the floor 1t fell
with q lead-like
thud. T he gold
was In the shape of
three bricks of about
the size Of the red
clay bricks used for
building. 1t was a
mart Of the bullion In
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So He Could Stay mt Home.

So He Gould Stay mt Home.
From the Chicago Post.
II would go with you to the end Of the
EARTH" he asserted passionately.
Not with me you wouldn't" she replied
coldly.
"Why roty' he demanded
For two reasons" she answered zone
is that I'm not going. and the other is that
there isn't any,"
When one meets the prosaic new woman
one has to be careful what he says.
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EIG&N L w no ~ DoI
back in Michigan"
said John Lane, a
Wyoming ranch own
er. at the Ebbitt
House, to a Star man
the other day, there
was a maxim that
the grown folks used
to drum into the
heads of children as
soon as the young
'uns began to think
for themselves. 1t
was this:
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Lots of Colorado Men Have Struck It
Rich.
SENATOR JONES and Hts SUCCESSES
He Thinks Alaska is a Great Place
for Young Men.
GOLDEN HUE OF PROMISE

Copyright. 1893, BY Frank @. Carpenter.)
Special Correspondence Of Ths Evening Star.
DENVER, January IA. 1893.
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WITH AN EYE TO TIPS
The One Thing a Restaurant Waiter
Never Forgets.
CHARACTERISTICS OF TEE CLASS
Many Obsequious, Some Naughty
and Others Too Friendly.
FEEL THEIR IMPORTANCE
CHARACTERISTICS OF TEE CLASS
FEEL THEIR IMPORTANCE

Written for The Evening Star.
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you nay reasonably expect TO be served.
Should he accidentally drift In your direc-
ton. and you should direct this inquiry at
with:
''Ohduh he suhv'd. sub. wen it's dun
radey.''
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GAME TO THE FINISH
Young Englishmen on the Range Are
aPretty Merry Lot.
TWO ENCOUNTERS With BAD MEN
In Each Case the Tenderfoot Came
Out Victorious.
STORIES OF RANCH LIFE
TWO ENCOUNTERS WITH BAD MEN
Written for The Evening Star.
wv

WHEN WAS A BOY
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KISSED BY THE CONGREGATION.
Welcome Home Received by n Preacher
and His Bride mt Cape Cod.

Welcome Home Received by n Preacher
and His Bride mt Cape Cod.
- had kissed a good many brides before I
was married, and thought 1t my privilege as
the officiating clergyman" said a preacher.
but / was quite nonplussed when / took my
bride home and my whole congregation not
only insisted on kissing the bride. but the groom
also. This was one Of my funny experiences
while pastor OF a little church down on Cape
Cod.
About the middle of my second year as
pastor / got leave OF absence for two weeks to
go over into New York State and get married.
Ny people gladly granted my request. and said
that they would be ready for me when l re-
turned with my bride. only l must inform them
in advance Of the day Iexpected to arrive. In
nocent that was. l was careful to do SO.
W returned late one afternoon in Septem-
Der. arriving at our journeys end much
mtIs Seiys BY y a b l0p I'd rS Ns% FoS S93 y Ssr and 2 t tSar
sand dunes. We were greeted at the parsonage
door by a half dozen motherly danes. who had
got everything IN readiness for the parson and
supposed u Tor the night.
loud knock at the door. When it was opened /
found my oldest, and most trusted friend in the
ing in the shadow. Sandy acted as spokesman.
".Rominie. We are all wsiting, over at the
they have sent us 70 escort you over, so come.
hurry and get ready. for they are impatient TO
get the first kiss
Soon We were, on the way. my wife walking
with Sandy and / with the other two. ] asked
one OF them what Sandy meant by getting the
first kiss, and to my horror he said 1t was the
and kiss both bride and bridegroom when It
happened that the pastor got married, He
added, with evident pride, that this would be
church. for there had not been an Opportunity
In about u dozen, years before and the people
had turned ont in extra large numbers. about
800 strong. This was news to me and thought
ing the church. We found 1t crowded and were
met by q hum Of voices as we entered the door.
IT grew perfectly quiet as Sandy led the way up
the aisle and seated us within the ehancel. Be-
fore the ceremonies proceeded further /
deemed il wise to ascertain the, part we were TO
play In the programme. 80 | asked Sandy. and
"'Domlnle, after q word OF welcome from
myself ON behalf Of the church to the preacher
and his bride, you will be expected to make a
response, and then we shall all want TO kiss
you both and thus adopt you into our church
""But.' I said. Sandy, my wife is extremely
tired, and am not willing that this entire
peculiar custom. Can II not be avoided In som
way2 Won't 1t answer II she is left out p
Dominie, you can 90 Just as you Ike about
bridegroom. you might a. well pack up and
leave town. for you could do no further work
among us. This is our way OF adopting you
matter what comes to you in after years. wheth-
or Joy or sorrow. we Will share it, BY this YOU
O'"!Fromp what I have already learned of the
people and their habits / could understand the
situation. aud 80 told Sandy to go ahead and we
would Keep our part Of the programme. And
| We DID,
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aristocratie sentiments and our, conservative
opinions; It Is these men Of action. who have
but one faith. the faith in Church and country.
that some transform into foolish liberals, while
others benevolently make them out to be half
heretics.
If Rome has shown such marked prediction
for these admirable Bishops and this evangeli-
cal purity. 1t is precisely because the Ameri-
cans can serve as examples for us at the mo-
ment when the Papacy is trying to detach Con-
~tinental Catholics from the old political parties
and the historical contingencies that have kept
Catholicism a prisoner. The Americans are
naturally our models Mt a time when the i'm
perative needs of our century and the marvel
lOus teachings of the Holy See summon US to
take VI a distinctly socialistic and democratic
position.
The commotion made about Father Hecker
will soon quiet down. The Pope Wills it. Let
us admire the great founder OF the Paulists.
but let US not make, blunderipgly make, Of him
a symbol and an absolute model. The symbol,
the type, is the American Church, living and
t~hrobbing. purely Catholic. bound to no politi-
cal party, free and proud. conquering and
spreading 1t is bishops who like Cardinal
Gibbons, MonsiRnor Keane, and MOnsignor Ire.
land, have amid Professionals attracted universal
sympathy to us. and that, too, in a country
whose people hated foreigners and where there
has always existed q prejudice against what
ever is European. Father Hecker is an emil
nent man; he is not q model. nor q type. nor q
symbol. 1NNoMIGATo.