davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Il am the man who injured you" he
said. huskily; land would give my life
to be able to deny it. See," he said,
desperately, Il am at your mercy-say
what you please to me; do as you
like! Set me any penance; swear to
perform it. l loathe myself and my
fault. Could a mans humiliation be
more complete?"
"You!' she calculated, turning i'm
ploring, piteous eyes up to his. You
oh, you'll"
ut was worse than Caesars EFT tn.
Brutel"
Valdane was rallying his manhood.
He had been terribly unnerved at the
sight of her. Daily, since he pared
from her in London, had he haunted
the old house, head and heart filled on
ly with the thought of that one wom-
an. To look up and behold her had
been to him only the realization of
daily dream. Now that the first feel
ing of horror and shame was over. and
he stood so utterly condemned, it
seemed as if, by comparison, those
lost few days had been full of radiant
hope. 1t was over. What remained
to him was the bitter humiliation Of
having to let Bernard Selwyn know
of his wrong-doing, and his exile from
Marguerite forever.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
CHAPTER XVI

She had walked a few PAGES away
from him; now she came back, and
stood looking into his face
ooh, say you did not do it," she
cried.
1T would be useless to say so; you
know did it," he returned mournful-
~. You remember me; I saw it in
your eyes just now. You called me
Var as l taught you to do in those
old days. stand convicted. I ask
for no mercy"
Mercy! Did you show me mercy
when | was helpless and In your
power?" she cried, burning blush
creeping into her face "Oh, to think
Of II all! To think of how you used
TO deceive me-of how / used to-
to" She hid her cheeks with her
hands.
He was blushing as deeply as she:
but he struggled for self-control.
"Oh, Marguerite, you torture mel"
he said. with groan. "And you are
not content that l am fallen so low?
Listen-listen! The other day YOU
urged me to confess-to atone! It
was not too late for some poor sort of
atonement. l can set you free; and
meanwhile-me meanwhile faltering =
there is something l would tell you.
VIII you hear me?"
yes" she answered. weeping. az
will hear you. do not want to be IN
merciful."
She sat down in the porch seat. Val
dane leaned against the pillar and bent
over her.
Il should Ike to tell you here" he
said. in low tone-"here, where we
first met. What l want to say is this
there is no need for you to punish
me; my punishment has overtaken me
already. The retribution is peculiarly
Just and fitting. The woman / wrong
ed SO is the woman l love. DO in
suit you by those words? Hardly.
Love is free to ALL / love you as
never thought to love any woman
with a love which nothing can tear
from my heart Is that not punish
ment bitter enough-that the one
woman / would make my wife should
be the woman whose greatest sorrow
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

the sidewalk with your scared and
SCARED countenances until l get out
of range"
When she is through with her err
rand down town she returns to her
darkened rooms, bolts the door and
unblinds her eyes. There is no wick
edness to be seen in any OF these
rooms. Their interior is severely bar
rem Of world garniture. A round
wooden table stands in the center of
her parlor; sofa and two dingy chairs
rest their backs timidly against the
wall, and under them rag carpet
slumbers modify.
1t is forever dark there. and solemn
enough to turn the hair in a sofa. The
few faces that are permitted to enter
the room are obscured in gloom. Miss
Cunningham's eyes object to faces.
even in shadow-they speak too strong
~ Of the world. Even her own face is
spared the temptation of a mirror to
show itself to her-except in the pri-
vacy of her boudoir, which is nobody's
business, one way or the other. The
room she ushers her callers into is
the last link between her private self
and the outside world. In there she
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
The Strange Religious Conviction CT Miss Sarlh
Cunningham Of Vancouver.

At last the world has got so very,
very low down in the eyes of Chris
tan responsibility that woman has
revolted from sight of it and closed the
shutters of her soul with bang against
further intrusion of its visible iniqui-
ties.
She is Miss Sarah Cunningham, and
she hasn't looked upon the earth for
three years.
Miss Cunningham resides in Van
couver. She says the world is too
wicked for her-she has stood a great
deal, but there is a limit She arriv-
ed at that three years ago. AS the lady
seems perfectly sane, and has lived in
other places than Vancouver. there
is no reason to suppose her view of
the earth is based particularly uDon
what she has seen there. 1t is fair to
infer that all wicked places look alike
to Miss Cunningham, and that Van
couver is fit sample of wickedness to
be selected for general rebuke of the
whole outfit.
Three years ago the young woman
did her panied eyes up in a bandage
and drew apart from those who looked
upon the worlds villainy and were
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

II there is one thing on which the
housewife prides herself, it is that OF
having her laundering done nicely. so
that the wearing apparel may be the
admiration of ALL The washing is a
small matter, any one almost can Go
that. but to have the linens present
that flexible and glossy appearance
after being ironed requires fine quail
ity of starch.
Ask your grocer for coupon book
which will enable you to get the first
two packages of this new starch-"Red
Cross" trademark brand, also two of
the children's Shakespeare pictures
painted in twelve beautiful colors as
natural as life. or the Twentieth Gen.
fury Girl Calendar, all absolutely free.
This is one of the grandest offers
ever made to introduce RED Cross"
laundry starch, ]. G. Hubinger's latest
invention.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
News for Coin Colleotnrs.

Washington Special Philadelphia
Ledger: The postoffice department has
received hundreds of letters asking for
information about the shipment of
$1,4Oo,000 of specie from Havana to
New York on the transport Buford. to
pay for Cuban money orders. This
money consists of old gold, silver and
copper coins. Fully 100000 OF the
amount is in rare old gold pieces.
Much of it is badly abraded. The coins
are Of various dates back 200 or 800
years. There are thousands OF PEN
MES several hundred years old and all
well preserved. Besides abraded coins,
there are many that are plugged. The
government will not lose anything on
them, as they were all taken by weight.
Many hundreds of them will sell for
far more than their face value to
coin collectors. A considerable pro-
portion OF the coin looks as If it had
been buried during the war.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

is the shadow tie that binds her tn
myself"
She shuddered. There was a fire of
passion in his voice which terrified and
astonished her.
See" he said. when break that tie
when that marriage Of ours is dis
solved, | break my heart, too! 1t is
a poor sort of atonement. Such as it
Is. lay it at your feet"
She could find no words in which to
reply to him. A feeling of pity was
stealing over her. She knew the bit
terness of love that was not re-
turned.
i would give worlds" she faltered
presently. for it to have been any
one else but you. But-but-"
But 1t was l." he said, ito my
everlasting degradation.
There was silence, only broken by
an occasional sob from Marguerite. A
lark shot up into the sunny sky, and
sang rapturously. The branches rus
tied softly in the breeze: and Valdane
longed to prolong each minute that
went blythe last minute he should
spend with her. At last she stirred.
Il will go back again." she said.
There were a few moments of hesita-
ton; then with an effort she said.
"Goodby."
The pain seemed too great to bear.
He leaned imploringly over her as she
sat.
ITO he continued
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
RIPENED THE GRAPES.
Lightning Comes to the Aid of the
Growers.

Lightning Comes to the Aid of the
Growers.
Visitation by lightning has proved a
blessing in disguise to grape growers
in the Ridge district, seven miles from
st. Joseph. Mich. says letter to the
Minneapolis Tribune Bolts which were
descended upon their vineyards few
weeks ago brought ripening to the
green fruit instead OF the ruin every
one feared. AS a result the fruit was
on the market three weeks before the
usual time and sold at double the price
realized for last years growth. Here
is chance for great invention" said
one Of the jubilant vineyard owners.
If electricity will do this, what is the
use of waiting for lightning which may
never come? A genius who could con-
trive some means OF sending ripening
electric current through our vines at
the proper time would realize fortune
from his ingenuity. Grape growers in
and near this city have been puzzled to
understand how the shipment of lus-
cious fruit could be made from the
Ridge district while their own vines
are still weighted with green grapes.
The explanation was given by Ridge
district grower and ample confirmatory
testimony was easy to secure. The
grapes readily brought is cents bas-
ket, against cents last year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
HIS ADDRESS BOOK.
He Preferred 1t to the Puzzled Book
Agent.

He Preferred 1t to the Puzzled Book
Agent
Smith was always regarded as being
more practical than literary, and more
kind-hearted than polite. relates the
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. OF
course these characteristics crop out
every day, but they were zever more
apparent than one day when a book
agent dropped into busy Smiths busy
counting room. Smith was at his desk
near the door. The agent took out a
sample copy of well-known work and
began his argument by asking his pros
pective purchaser If he had 'Dr. Drum
mond's Addresses" which happened to
be the book the agent held in hands.
Indeed, / haven't the Doctors adj
dresses" replied Smith, without look
ing up. You know man in the city
moves about a great deal, and I
shouldn't wonder if he has several
Places where he receives his mail. Oh,
beg your pardonl Here's the direc-
tory; help yourself" The agent at
tempted to expostulate, but wisely con-
cluded to let his man go. To this day
Smith does not know who borrowed
his directory and has no more knowl-
edge of "Drummond's Addresses"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
Queer Blind Pig.

Chicago Inter Ocean: A novel blind
pig" which is said to be operated at
No. 443S Cottage Grove avenue, is the
source OF much trouble to the Hyde
Park police. who are trying to sup
press all illegal liquor traffic in that
district. The officers say that in the
room is a revolving box. The man
who wants drink places his money
in the box. which swings around and
presents bottle of beer to the patron.
and also the change, IL any is due. How
this contrivance is operated puzzles the
police, and they have made numerous
unsuccessful attempts to solve the
problem. The box fits closely into the
partition, and all efforts to discover
the person In the rear room have been
futile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
"DUT II WAS II HE SAID MY EVERLASTING DEGRADATION"

stream. and in the distance. behind
clump of dark trees. thin line OF
blu5 smoke went up showing where
the house lay.
Marguerite let herself into the
meadow, and wandered across it like
one in dream. She went and stood
on the bridge. and stared down at the
Clear water. Little incidents came
crowding upon her memory. 1t was
here she had sat so late, absorbed in
her book. on the evening Of ner at
tempted escape. She remembered how
che had watched the sun behind that
very clump of trees she recalled the
splendor of the sky; she heard again
the cav of the rocks as they flew home
in long graceful lines, looking so
densely black against the glowing SKY;
she almost felt the dampness OF the
dew on the pasture as her small feet
threaded the misty meadow as she
went homeward.
Yielding to the impulse OF the mo-
ment she left the bridge and went
wandering on, making for small
white wicket, which appeared In the
dark private hedge. Step by step she
tayersed the very way she had gone
that evening when she saw her uncle's
guest leaning against the porch. She
would approach the house this way,
not by the drive and front gate. Dan
tel Brandon was anywhere was no
one to say her nay.
The wicket clicked under her light
touch. A deathly stiffness reigned
around. Was the watch dog dead, she
wondered-the dog whose name she
had so often tried to remember? In
path between high clipped walls OF
priyet she paused.
Ills name was Sultan. of course"
she said. II remember 1t well
enough"
Her heart beat with strong agita-
ton as she reached the end OF the
privet walk. She knew she had but
to turn the corner of that elump Of
Towering shrubs and she should see
the white columns of the heavy porch.
Her steps faltered. For moment she
ElOVHCu anu nCAu ACE II. "A SOTL
of superstltious fear seized her. She
felt as II. once she turned that corner,
the solution OF her difieulties would
stare her In the face. II took but
moment to conquer the feeling Slow
~ she passed round the thick barrier
OF laurel. yew. and holly. and there
flashed upon her sight the same pic
ture which had presented itself that
evening long ago; and her heart al
most ceased to beat for an instant, and
her mind was filled with a CHASTITY con-
seriousness of delusion.
A man was leaning against the white
pillar OF the porch-a man with his
arms folded and his head bowed; his
whole attitude was expressive of the
most hopeless and absolute detection.
He had not heard her footstep; he
remained perfectly motionless. but the
girl reeled and staggered back pace
or two in feeling OF helpless terror.
The man was there-it was the same
man. who stood there beforehand yet
It was the last man whom she would
have expected to see.
II was Mr. Martineau!
The rush of ideas was too quick. too
instantaneous to enable her to rea-
son: she only fell back as il suddenly
struck in the face, and, as it seemed.
without her own volition a name spas
medically left her lips.
"Val!" she cried.
The short syllable appeared to ring
ont like a bell. SO startling was the
sound.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
CURED BY JEALOUSY.
How One Woman Was Made Wen and
Rosy.

Rosy.
1t would never do to give any clew
to the identity of the physician who
conducts a private hospital and who
has just successfully accomplished a
new departure in medicine, says the
San Francisco News Letter. One of the
patients is a wealthy but ignorant
woman, who has been for many years
confirmed hypochondriac and who
has successfully tried allopathy. no.
meopathy, hydropathy, osteopathy-in
short everything pathic The patience
of her husband was finally exhausted.
and he consented to enter into a con-
spiracy with the doctor to play upon
his wife's jealousy. 1t was arranged
that he should seem deeply smitten
with a young widow, healthy, rosy and
jolly, who is secretly engaged to be
married to a Los Angeleno. There
was no question about the unhappy n.y.
pochondriac's jealousy. 1t blazed out
in hysterical declaration that the pref
ty widow was waiting for her old
shoes, but she vowed she would get
better just to spite her supposed rival
and to be avenged upon her faithless
husband. She has kept her word and is
now certainly fair, fat and forty. But
her doctor says she is an example of
the jealousy cure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
The New Philippines.

The Philippines is now familiar
name in American ears, but few people
know that the title of the New Philip
pines" was once attached to large area
of American SOIL The first settlement
in what is now Texas, says the Indian
apolis journal, was made by French
emigrants in 1886. During the next
twenty-five years there was an inter
mittent struggle between the French
and Spanish for supremacy, resulting
in favor of the latter, and in 1914 the
name of the New Philippines" was
given to the country. This was its Of
fetal name in Spanish records for
many years, and until the name Texas,
from tribe Of Indians, gradually came
into vogue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

1t takes al kinds OF ssvaxs to maks
a world-even a cheap sort of world
that isn't worth looking at-and when
really sincere one hobs up there is
something afoot sufficiently unusual to
be thankful for, if you're tired of the
kind of freak that really turns out to
be a lesser one than he claims to be-
We are all freaks, more or less
chiefly more-but when it comes to
denying ourselves a.vIew of the circus
just because we belong to it and are
scornful Of the way the other freaks
are acting. not many of us are up to
Miss Sarah Cunningham of Vancouver.
B. Cor Vancouver. A. d., either.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
DOUBLE EAGLE.
As 1t Appeared on the Arms of Russia
and Austria.


The eagle, as an emblem of authori-
ty, is so old that it would be impossible
to clearly trace its origin. 1t is found
upon the most ancient sculptures that
have yet been discovered, and was no
doubt one Of the very oldest of the to-
TENS, or tribe signs. The early Per-
sian empire appears to be the first
which adopted it as an imperial en-
blem. Among the Greeks the eagle
was the emblem of Jove The Romans
also adopted the eagle as their stand
ard, and so it became the token of Ro-
man dominion. When Constantine be-
came emperor he adopted the double
headed eagle as the insignia of his
authority over east and west. When
the German empire came into being in
the twelfth century this emblem was
revived as being that of the Holy Ro-
man empire, and Rudolph OF Hapsburg
adopted ii as his imperial arms. 1t ap-
peared in the Russian imperial arms in
the sixteenth century, when Car Ivan
Basilovitch married Princess Sophia,
niece OF the eleventh Constantine, and
the last of the Byzantine emperors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
CHAPTER XIV.

II was midday by the time she reach
ed the village; and being very faint
she ventured into the quaint little inn
and asked for a glass CT milk. To
eat seemed impossible; but the mis-
tress Of the inn, noticing the frail
form and evidences Of WEAKNESS,
brought homemade bread and butter,
and suggested that she had better
keep up her strength. Little as she felt
inclined for it, the food did her good,
and, when she had finished the people
directed her to Mr.. Brandon's.
Gould you tell me" she asked tim
idly, "if Mr.. Brandon Is at home just
now?"
The woman giggled, and looked at
her daughter, who also giggled
mo, he amt" she said
Hes got married." giggled the
daughter.
"And he's gone for his wedding
trip" added the mother.
Dear mel" said Marguerite, in as
constituent.
Eyes He's married the doctors
daughter She was a deal too young
and pretty for him; but her father,
they do say he made her. The old
mans pretty well rolling in money"
"Yes-rolling in my money" inward.
ly thought Marguerite, as, inspired
with fresh resolution, she paid her
modest reckoning, and started onwards
once more.
Full Of thought, she walked rapidly
forward. and he dly noticed where she
was going. til suddenly she stopped
with a start; for she was in a place
which she remembered
1t was large, level meadow,
through which ran stream. shaded
by alders and fringed with river weeds.
= uftle rustic bridge crossed the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

Two silver rings, of which enc is in
Paris and the other in Germany, have
associations OF rare interest. They
were worn by Martin Luther and his
bride, Catherine de Bora, on their we'd
ding day in 1926. The rings bear on
the inside the names of Martin Luther
and his wife, and on the outside are
engraved the spear, nails and ropes,
the symbols of Christ's suffering and
death.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19

harry. Since then she has exposed
those sensitive organs only when Sc
curely indoors with all the windows
barred and the curtains drawn. She
lives in a dark, barely furnished little
cottage On Richards street, compare
lively alone, a life of seciusion and oc-
ular fasting. Not once since the year
1886, she affirms, has she uncovered
her eyes to the glamour Of degeneracy
which now scorches the world in a cal
cium glare. The world is wicked and
she will not look upon it-that is the
sum and substance of the whole mat
ter.
Vancouver knows nothing of Miss
Cunningham origin. She drifted
quietly into the city in the early part
of 90, we are informed by the lady
in the neighborhood until she became
known as the woman who would not
look at mankind. Then she began to
shine.
There we're not lacking unkind per-
sons to tap their foreheads and supply
the usual theory which that significant
and popular gesture is intended to sig
Nifty; but these may have been ladies
with especially fine toilets which Miss
Cunningham couldn't see, or gentle
men Of redoubtable personal charms,
which passed the oblivious young re-
cluse unnoticed Anyhow, the theory
did not M 'erialize to any great ex
tent. and Miss Cunningham grew so
austere in her ignorance of their ex-
istence that they fell into the habit Of
drawing aside and saying nothing
when she swept through thorough
fare on which they happened to be
passing.
People who happen to be passing"
when Miss Cunningham walks down
the line are OF no consequence what
ever. They are units in large, horri-
BILE sum of infamy which floats along
in the inevitable tide of hours, like de-
bris on the crest Of wave, unworthy
OF attention. She brushes past them,
with her head in the air, her eyes
tightly closed, her hands put forward
to ward off collision. her whole man
ner disdainful and repellent.
stand out of my way" says this
manner. II do not wish to sully my
eyes with the sight of you. Retire off
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
peafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear There is only Oae
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infamed condition of the mucus lining of the
Eustachian Tube, When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumblng sound or imperfect hear
ing. and when it Is entirely closed deafness is
the result. and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucuS surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
Of Deafness (caused by catarfh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
f. J. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-19
CARPETS FOR ARTISTS.
The Regulation Thing Is Rare in Rea

Life.
zone OF the favorlte properties of
story writer's is the garrett grumbled
an artist the other evening according
to the New Orleans Times-Democrat
THE starving genius always writes his
great poem in garnet. the poor, little
sick child never fails to die in garnet,
usually on pallet of straw, and when
future great men come to a strange
city they invariably live in garrets as a
prelude to glory-in short, the garnet
is the theater Of all manner of ro-
nance, pathos and adventure-in fic-
ton. In real life it is different When
| went to New York to study art had
the great garnet myth firmly fixed on
my mind, and the first thing that did
was to look for a habitation OF that
kind. l was not especially hard up,
but a garnet seemed eminently the fit
ting thing for struggling artist. To
my great disappointment / discovered
that there were no garrets in town.