davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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knew the call and answered it gallant
ly. In three bounds she was clear of
the gray, running strong and free, as
though she never meant to stop. A
hundred yards farther on she neighed
joyously. Johnny's heart came in his
mouth, for down wind, low and keen,
he heard an answering neigh.
He was coming up With the thief,
with Lightly What should he. what
could he, do? He had clasp knife in
his belt. Otherwise he was unarmed
Still he did not despair. If the man
led Lightly instead of riding her she
would break from him and come back
to the drove when she heard Johnnys
call. Then he must mount her and ride
for it. She would run for him as for
nobody else in the world White Foot,
the tagged chestnut, would never catch
her. OF course there was the chance
that Lucas Robin might ShoOt-maybe
that was what the owl and the fox fire
and the whippOorwill had meant-but
1t was too late now to change any
thing. Doggedly he rode on, conscious
Of nothing but that he meant to save
the horses because, in a way, they be-
longed to Miss Alice
Dawn broke red and clear The wind
freshened. Suddenly a bullet sang
past, missing Johnnys head bare
inch. 1t came from the roadside In
the strengthening light he could dis.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-09-18
The Luxury of Grief.

The luxury of grief is indulged in by
all ages, but it is doubtful if it is ever
again so much enjoyed as in childhood
according to the Boston Transcript
Perhaps if our memories could take us
back to the very earliest days of infan-
cy we should find that we were often
reveling in delight when we were sym
pathetlcally supposed to be writhing
with stomach ache 'and with no Ian
guage but a cry"
\ little girl of most angelic disposi,
ton has given the whole thing away.
She had fallen on a brick walk and
barked her knees and bumped her
chin. To her next door neighbor, who
inquired from the window some time
afterward if she had hurt herself very
badly the sufferer replied with quiv-
ering lip; "Oh, yes. ought to be in the
house crying now!'
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tinguish there Lady Golightly tugging
at her halter and lashing out with her
heels at the tagged chestnut The
chestnut's rider was swearing loudly.
His second pistol had flashed in the
pan. Johnny saw that in his anger
he had put it to the black mares head.
and flung up his hands, crying out at
the sight.
Here, you boy! Are you sensible
lad?' Robin called as the drove and
its leader charged down upon him.
Johnny sat straighter
'1f l was | reckon | wouldn't be
here" he said. But 1 try to be hon
est. That's why | come after Lightly"
you won't get her" Robin said with
sneering laugh. She's mine, law
fully mine Joe Gleaves let me have
her to pay one of his gambling debts.
The drove was to pay the others and
leave something over for him. Joe is
a coward. He would not let me take
her openly. l had to drug the lot of
them and then slip off like thief
you are a thief, and yCorse,' Johnny
said hotly. With an oath Robin spurred
at him, meaning to ride him down. In
the rush he dropped Lightly's halter
Johnny wheeled Damsel, whistling as
she wheeled. Lightly ran to him. Be
fore Lucas Robin could check and turn
Johnny was on the bell mares back
and riding for life through the woods
toward the big meadow.
Luckily they were open woods. John
ny lay fiat on the mares back, guiding
her, what time she needed guidance,
by gentle pressure, now this side her
neck, now that 1t took more than a
mile to skirt and head the bewildered.
drove, which turned in its tracks to
follow the tinkling bell. Momently he
expected to feel Il bullet, better aimed.
plow through his flesh. He could hear
Robin behind swearing horribly, but
to his joy the sounds grew fainter, and
when broad daylight laughed through
the woods they ceased altogether. But
Johnny dared not sit up until at
crossroad he ran upon the circuit rider
and the hunter who was guiding him
to his next appointment
They went with him to the big mead
Ow, where the sleepers all were strug-
Cling back to sick consciousness. There
Johnny told the whole story, except
JOe's part in it. That he never told
anybody until Joe was safely dead, for,
say what you will, he was Miss Alice's
brother, and she loved him dearly.
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stiffened legs. Johnny had made a
half circuit of the meadow He was
bringing Lightly back, leaving the
drove, which had followed her, divided
betwixt wallowing and grazing. He
scrambled down and leaned minute
on the mares shoulder. She batted
her ears and nipped his arm, then rub
bed the saddle lightly back and forth
against him. The instant she felt it
ungirthed she slid from under 1t, let
ting it tumble from his hands. gave a
low, prankish kick, then ran a little
way to a level space, put her nose to
earth, turned twice about, feeling for
Bnags or stones, then lay down upon it
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through He said over his shoulder as
he gave roam Mary the spur: ''Son; I'm
obleeged to you, but you've no need tc
worry. Lightly knows the business
nigh as well as I do. This is the tenth
drove she's led for me, remember
Please the good Lord, she'll lead many
more. She shows her age as little as
l do mine"
Joe's face was tense as he watched
his father galloping ahead, light and
straight in the saddle as he was him
self. ''The old mans good for thirty
years at least" he said, half under
breath, his mouth hardening. He was
a handsome fellow, slight, but we'll set
up, with darkling eyes under brent
brows and very red lips cruelty thin.
He had been strictly brought up and
was outwardly a model of all the vir-
tues. AS to whether the virtues struck
deep there We're two opinions. His
world for the most part held that they
did. But there was a sharp eyed
moiety, long cared withal, that whis-
pered in its most private hours of
other thingS-roistering and riotingS
in Nashville town, whittier Joe went
for a fortnight every winter; night long
gaming at the crossroads the other side
of the county, stolen visits to the Nash
vile races and heavy wagers lost and
won.
Still, when all was said, he was no
worse than a hypocrite, throwing dust
in the eyes of blindly doting father.
There were only himself and his blind
sister Alice to inherit the tidy fortune
Squire Gleaves had laid up. Every
body knew Joe would come into seven
eighths of it, so the harshest of his
critics did not blame him overmuch for
keeping his riotous living under cover.
To riot openly would distress his IA
ther beyond measure, and it is every
where understood that those whose can
pay his scot is entitled to riot in his
youth.
Maybe it's fifty years. He's just the
build to live to a hundred" Joe re-
peated, still hushedly, as his father
went out of sight. Then he snatched
4 walnut from a laden bough above
the road, half turned and fired it at
Shadrach, shouting: "Wake up, ole
nigger Wake up! Are you tryin' to
break your neck an let us starve here
in the wilderness?"
"No, stree! Shadrach too hongry.
He not gwine die dat er-way, wild meal
an flour an middlin' meat in de wag-
in" Shadrach said, grinning broadly,
as he rubbed his eyes. But faint no
wonner l drapt ter sleep. Yo all dribe
dem hawses so pizen slow de ve'y look
er de Wagin wheels sot me noddin'."
"Well, drive for all your team is
worth now," Joe called back He was
a hundred yards clear of the latest
drove laggard. Far ahead he could see
the foremost ranks punching and
crowding in the creek. He swung his
whip high above his head, made it
snap three times and went like the wind
in the wake of the plunging beasts. By
the time he came fully up with them
only twenty stood in the stream. 1t
was rolled for 100 yards up and down.
The banks were shallow and shelving
Joe knew the drove had rushed down
them. Then the more whimsical or the
least thirsty had crowded one above
the other, each eager to drink from
current unveXed and untainted.
AS he rode up the bank he saw his
father, dismounted, bending to rub his
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In Reserve.

But" complains the bridegroom,
Il cannot see why the newspapers in
their accounts OF our wedding did not
tell how beautiful you are. 1t seems
to me they should have done it,
"Oh, you poor, ignorant mani" tit
tered the bride. Don't you know
they never say such things. any more
about woman until she gets a di-
vorce or elopes ?"-Chicago Tribune.
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Making a Defense,

Lawyers Helpmeet-Whats worry
ing you tonight, dear?
Lawyer-Tve got client who is de-
fendant in a jewelry robbery case, and
| don't know whether to prove an alibi
or show that he comes of a wealthy
family.-N. Y. Herald. 4
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''The grass widow is going on her
honeymoon" remarked the girl in the
madras waist.
Il bet it isn't new MOON" laughed
the girl in the white hat.-Chicago
Daily News.
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Proving His Case

Bill-You say her face would stop
watch.
Jill-Sure; pickpocket was after her
timepiece, one day, and she just looked
at him, and the watch stopped where
it was.-Yonkers Statesman.
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ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on tn
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Guardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring in
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: R. E. JAMAR, Register
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Something Wrong.

Meeker-There's Grape on the door
over the way. Old man Jones must be
dead
Mrs. Meeker-That's queer. l haven't
seen the doctor there for over a week.
Chicago <Daily News.
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'"The problem of what to do with our
millionaires," said the theoretical one,
"is really becoming serious"
"Oh, no." said the practical observer,
automobiles are solving Brooklyn
Life
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An Open Letter.
These fash


These fashions dear girl, we are viewing
with dread.
They can't be expected to please
When you limp in high heels and you carry
your head
AT an angle of 40 degrees.
Washington Star.
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Properly Named.

Bill-How did they come to name
that cigar after the comedian, do you
suppose??
Jill-Because it's rank, suppose
Yonkers Statesman.
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simple Mediocritx.

''Why did she marry him?"
81 give it up. He wasn't bad enough
to need reforming nor good enough to
make desirable husband. Judge"
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When He showed un.

''My husband only attends one church
meeting year.
(Which one is that?"
where they vote to give the minister
two-months' vacation. Judge.
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Gosh dern, Mary!" said the brides
father, 81 guess you'd better git mar
ried ag'in."
Law! what is the matter, paw?''
''Why, the paper says the ceremony
went through without hitch. ."-Indi-
annapolis Sun.
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Mrs. Van Blumer-I had very inter-
esting conversation this afternoon.
Won Blumer-Who was the listener?
Town Topics.
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Mr.. Speedy-Do you care for out
door sports?
Miss Seedy-Why, I'never thought
you are one, aren't you, Mr. Speedy?
This is so sudden!-N. Y. Sun.
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NOTICE

BY THE ORPHANS COURT FOR CECIL CoUNTY,l
January IA, 1902.
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex-
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward and
do the same. or show cause to the contrary.
or they will be cited up.
Test: r. e. JAMAR, Register
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The Last Word.

"She always has the last word"
"Yes; even in church; she always
comes in on the Amen. "-Philadel-
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STATIONS,

Trains leave Oxford for Philadelphia at 90
a. m. and ID p. Market train leaves
Rowlandville, Tuesdays and Fridays at $50;
Liberty Grove s35; Colora s.44; Rising Sun. $50.
Sylmar 9.06: Nottingham, Is; oxford. 1000 a. III,
arriving at West Philadelphia, $50 p. m.
Sunday train leaves Oxford at 6.55 arriving in
Philadelphia at 9.I2 a. m; and 600 arriving in
Philadelphia at 80 p. m. Saturday only, 8 25 p. IN
W. W. ATTERBURY, J.R. WOOD,
GeDI. Manager. Gen. Pass'r AgeHt.
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LEAVE GOING SOUTH.
STATIONS.
Pass. Pass. Pass Pass
A. NJ. A. NJ A. M.lP. NJ
LEAVE GOING NORTH.
H2 1-2 Congress st.

Additional traus leave Broad st. for Oxford li.l2
q. M, $50 and p. M. sunday only, 1856 a. m.
7.Ol p. M; Saturday only, l1.43 p. IN.
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$: S s: s: $: $ :: s. s: $: $ $:

QUIRE GLEAvES reined in at
- the top of the hill and looked
back down at the long, gentle
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George Washington and his fellow-pa-
triots approve the flag in the fore
ground. The flag is thrown over table,
and is only partly made. The stars and
stripes are plainly visible. and the flag.
which is of heroic size. has joyful look
even at that time. In an unfinished state
The Betsey Ross flag was made by
sewing together long strips of red and
white cloth. In the corner was a square
OF blue cloth. and upon this there were
applied thirteen stars. This was the
flag which WAS considered beautiful by
the forefathers of that day, and the flag
which has come down to US as the en-
blem of the United States.
1t may be said for George Washington
that he was a famous art critic of that
time, and that his judgment was supreme
upon all matters of art and beauty. Few
opposed his judgment, and none at
tempted to offer superior designs when
once his opinion had gone forth
Washington. it must be remembered,
was the richest man of his day. And
although he would doubtless have made
his mark even If he had been poor
man, much of his great success must
be at ibuted to the fact that he had the
means wherewith to demonstrate his
methods 20 the people
When the new Republic needed a flag
and when less wealthy men would have
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:EDOM ON THIS ITS 10Th BIRTHDAY :: :.

| had to sigh in vain for one. Washington
Immediately went TO Betsey Ross, well
known as an art needlewoman. and or
dered one. Just what this cost him none
now knows, but doubtless he paid Mrs.
Ross well for her work and doubtless
she used up great deal of material
and wasted many a day before she
achieved the right thing.
Washington is said to have been very
generous in the matter of remunera-
ton, and history relates that Mrs. Ross
was extremely well paid for the days
and the weeks which she spent upon
the first few emblems of the United
States Washington at first bore all
the expense of these flags, and, when it
Is reflected that all the materials had
to be brought from across the sea in
saiiboats, and that each roll of clotn
cost little fortune, transported in this
manner, some idea can be had of the
great and abundant generosity of the
Father of His Country.
Nor did Washington allow his own
taste to dominate the selection of the
flag He consulted all the men of
prominence of that time, those who be-
came known in later history, and had
them with him when the coIors were
chosen.
The making of the flags of today is a
simple matter. but in those days the
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Just how many flags 1t takes to fl
these three rules it is impossible tc
estimate. And, then, there are the flags
that are hoated on the high seas for
protection, and there are the flags that
are Haunted to show the nationality OF
the owner; and the flags that float from
yachts and from all water craft as
"colors." for few but show the Stars
and Stripes somewhere.
The American flag above all things
is entitled to a birthday. and it re-
ceiyes one every year; for, on June Ii
the American boys and girls ar taught
10 celebrate the adoption Of the beauti-
full flag which means SO much to the
country.
The first flag was made by Betsey Ross,
a woman who lived in the city of PhiIa-
delphia. where Washington resided in
those DAYS.
Mrs. Ross was not poor woman, nor
yet rich woman. but she was friend
of Mrs. George Washington. and when
the Father OF His Country wanted a lit
tie designing and sewing done he ap-
piled TO Mrs Ross. She was a pretty
woman. a good talker. and one who NOV
ed in good society.
History does not say which did the
most of the designing. but there is a
very old print which shows Mrs. Ross
standing in the background, while
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work of devising set of standards ana
a design of colors which should meet
the requirements, be representative OF
the United States. and acceptable TO the
services. Recently in changing the de-
sign of uniforms, the coat of arms OF
the United States as officially defined by
the State Department to be the eagle
with outspread wings, a shield upon its
breast. a nuttering pennant or stream
er inscribed with the words e PlUri
bus Unum' in its beak. and a branch
of olive in the claws of one leg and a
bundle Of arrows in the other, was
adopted for the buttons upon uniforms
and for other ornamentation. and the
same design has been incorporated in
all OF the new standards. 1t is the
feature which makes them similar and
distinguishes them as the standards and
colors Of the United States. Above the
head of the eagle is a cluster of stars,
thirteen in number. representing the
thirteen original States OF the Union.
The new flag of the Secretary of War
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| but which are turned out in great
quantities every year for mantlepiece
or picture frame.
Flags must be made two-sided. for
both sides are seen as the flag flaps in
the breeze: and they must be made
all in one piece. for they will otherwise
tear to shreds in the wind.
But, even with the utmost care in
making the American flag, it is not a
durable affair. 1t soon goes to pieces,
and its life, if it be in constant use, is
seldom more than two weeks in dura-
ton.
If you were to buy an American flag
and were TO hoist it upon a Flagstaff on
top of tall building. and If there were
to come a spell of windy weather, the
chances are that inside OF three days
the flag would show Sits, and that In a
week 1T would be flag in tatters.
And why should not the flag go to
pieces quickly. thus exposed TO the eIe-
ments? The constant beating OF the
wind, the tapping of the gale, the sud
den wrenching Of the strong blasts so
work upon the texture of the material
as to slit 1t and make it threadhare in
a few days.
To prolong the life OF a flag there
are various and many expedients, the
most humane of which is to lower it
every night and run 1t up by day. They
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important Changes the rm Standards
ally OF Troops Bearing Them Battle pnudn Harmony With

and been borne in triumph to victory.
and ii may be with regret in some cases,
especially among the older men OF the
service, who have grown to revers those
banners and colors, to now abandon
them for the new designs, although the
latter are more appropriate. and in ey-
cry way more to be desired.
The Old Cavalry STANDARD.
The old cavalry standard Is familiar
to everyone who ever saw & troop of
Uncle Sans mounted soldiery dash
along with clanking hoofs on march or
parade. II was plain and simple flag
OF two colcrs. red and yellow. the upper
half of the standard being red and the
lower half yellow, with the letter des-
ignating the troop in black upon the
red. and the number of the regiment
upon the yellow. That banner indicated
just what division of the army the COM
mand was which bore it. but there was
nothing which suggested that the boys
who rode behind it were in the service
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making of flag was much more intri-
cate. The material had to be trans
ported across the water; then it had TO
be bought by the roll. or piece; then il
had TO be cut in stripes, and finally
sewed together by hand. Lastly, the
blue sky was set in the corner and the
stars sewed upon this field of blue. It
took weeks to make a good flag, and
the flag sewers of that day were busy
all the year around to keep the country
supplied with the number that was &C
tually necessary.
The flag sewers were extremely we'll
paid, and their duty was ranked among
the most patriotic tasks connected with
the shaping of the early Republic.
The fagmaking of today is differ
ent matter. There are flag factories,
where the flags are woven all in one
piece, and where the flags are turned
of in all sizes, from the tiny flag which
is TO be worn in the buttonhole to the
great flag which hangs at the end of a
political hall, or the flag which waves
over a public building.
Flags are made, nowadays, of many
materials. There is the durable bunt-
ing flag and the just as durable cot
ton flag. The muslin flag is a useful
thing, and the printed flag has its own
field And then there are the silk
flags which are largely for ornament.
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TT would be interesting to know Just
how many Americans flags there
were in existence 100 years ago
today; and still more interesting tc
know how many flags there are in ex-
istence at the present time.
The flag business is divided into three
parts. and all Of these parts have their
own special mission to fulfill.
The first and most important part
which the American flag has to play
is a patriotic part. It is the emblem OF
the country. and as such thousands OF
flags are sold every year. The second
mission OF the flag is that of ornament.
It Is used for decorative purposes, many
of which are of a semi-poHticaI nature,
It is seen in all places from back OF the
desks of political speakers to the tall
poles upon which 1t is carried in the
streets by religious armies. 1t serves as
an ornament and an emblem and ii fills
a part which would be sadly vacant if
il were not there.
The third mission of the flag is that
of plaything. Reverently but play
fully the American girl sticks a flag
in her buttonhoIe. and reverently but
playfully the small boy carries IL on
the Fourth of July and makes a play
thing of it In his fireworks celebrations.
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are also taken in during gale. This
greatly assists in the longevity of the
flag. so that it will wear weeks with
out giving out.
The flag that is brought in when It
rains stands a better chance OF living
long time than the flag that is left out
in the elements, and the flag that is
carefully stretched and dried and kept
out at full size viii bear much better
appearance than the one that is care
lessly thrown into a heap when wet. 10
dry in any shape II will.
The flag is like a human being. re-
spending readily to good treatment. and
showing at once how 1t has been han
died and the sort of life it has led.
A flag that is carefully treated Will live
to good old red. white. and blue age.
while the one that has lived out OF doors
in all weather and has been exposed
to the tragedies OF the night win soon
slit and become useless for ornamental
purposes. Yet even in It's tattered state
an American aag is better than no flag
at all.
There are rules governing the treat
ment of a flag which are distributed in
printed form 10 the superintendent of
Office buildings, and one OF the most
important of the rules is 10 take the
flag down at night Flags should keep
their colors, and the best of flag fac
tories boast that their flags are perfect
in color as long as ribbon remains.