davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23
NlsTEI2Dx ~
(GCF1RISTn ASSY
81 HzzuzH ReGzzRlHazzzIL.

Clsng cisng chang -a-iang-arlang-ar
lang, Down the bread. brilliantly
lighted avenue swept a heavy Ere
truck. It's Eve dappled horses united
in a mad gallop. Ten-yearold Teddy
ONeill. Western Union messenger
boy. cut suddenly into the avenue
from a side street and circled on his
wheel like an eagle. His eyes fol-
lowed the truck with longing II was
struggle twixt duty and pleasure.
Then an engine dashed into sight II
was drawn by three magnificent
blacks. and in the darkness il cleaned
like a demon, splitting fire and smoke.
Teddy gave a howl OF enthusiasm aud
followed in it's wake
For block after block he trailed the
wheel OF the engine. bending low over
his handle bars. Something OF the
spirit OF the fire-hghters Of old was in
his blood. and though his little heart
was pounding with sudden stress he
held the pace. his short legs dancing
mechanically with the pedals
At the cross street a TROLLEY car
blocked the way. A collision seemed
inevitable. The driver rose in his
scat. damned the brake down. and
drew with all his strength on The
lines. The blacks came down on their
haunches and with stinened fOrclegs
slid on the smooth pavement. Just
IN time the heavy engine came 70 a
stop.
But Teddy. pedaling as though for
record. with his eyes 20 the ground,
knew not OF the obstruction.
Suddenly the shining engine doomed
before him. He threw up his arms
and with a little cry dashed into the
heavy steel-shod wheels.
a crowd gathered quickly. Gentle
hands bore the limp and mangled body
10 nearby hospital.
When Teddy awoke he lay In n white
iron bed. In long room. with many
other beds on each side Of him. He
tried hard 20 remember. What did Il
all mean? And what made the pain
IN his head. his chest. his legs? He
gave a little grO3n.
A woman came 70 the bed and
leaned over him. Years afterward he
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23

said gently. AS yon say" he needs
something beyond drugs"
So they separated. and the doctor
went 10 his room TO study. But his
mind WAS not content with books. II
dwelt upon Amy. as she appeared but
n short time before. IL occurred 20 him
that he Ind thought OF her many times
In the past few weeks. But then IL was
purely Professionalism common in
terest in the medical aspect OF their
work She was a very competent nurse
and very attractive. Her eyes and
her mouth and that little wisp of hair
that always curied over her ear stood
before him. But pshsw. Il meant moth
Ing Thus - tried ID trick his con-
science, deceiving himself and saying
Y vas not so, when, in some deeper
he knew that &C was
so and really coald not De otherwise
and that be was hopelessly in the tolls
This is love alchemy.
In the Gimly lighted ward Amy was
ct TeCdy's bedside. The 10y vas wake
tai and restless He wanted company.
Though her duty was over she stayed
With him. talking In a whisper.
Bit by bit she drew from him the
story Of his brief hard life. RE had
no memory OF father or mother. He
- 80 VIII - AAAAs WIZ NLlA HIM
so he ran away aud finally graduated
from newsboy 90 telegraph messenger.
lie was a douhtcr. Even Santa Claus.
that patron saint % the children. was
10 him a myth-"oRly for rich folks
kids. he said.
But when she told him how Santa
Claus would come 20 an children. rich
and poor. n he only knew where they
lived. his ewes grew biz with interest
Teddy" she said. IL Santa Claus
viii come hc-c on Christmas day and
bring YOU lots Of presents and a
Christmas tree viii you try 10 get
wclfg-
Teddy thought hard. Guess that
might be worth gcttin' well for" he
said with a sigh. But he won't come
I hung up my stockin' onct. an they
wasn't nothin' in f." II must have
been bitter disappointment. for the
light faded from his eyes and the Cd
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23
CLEVER WOMAN DETECTIVE.
Mss ADELAIDE &. RUSSELL
1H0AG MOST SUCCESSFUL
or M0DERy SEECTHS.

assumes Many Peculiar DISCUSSES
AMI Visits Little known sections
IL teiSnt~d rs~sician ard Accom-
piishea Lingtist.
EQUIPPED With n personality IS
charming as Il IL distinctive Miss Ade-
laice G. Russell has joined the army
81 women workers. bat In socn n UNIQUE
way taak her accomplishments cannot
fan % interest other women through
out the entire country.
Mss RnSse1 Is a detective. but the
many dsSagrecabis attributes which ARE
commonly supposed 20 so hand in hand
with this profession are waning IN
the case OF this interesting young
woman who follows &c rather from a
love OK its adventures sAan FOR the
results which IL brings about.
Six years service in connection With
the New Ncrk Pinkertcn forces and on
private WORK have given 20 Miss Rus
sell fund CT Interesting experiences
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23

look Of despair crept into his face.
Yes ne Will. Teddy. I'll send him
word. 1 know he'll come Teddy II
you'll only get we'll You knovs the
doctor and I are trying so hard 10
make You strong. but you mus. help.
Medicine won't do II all Ycd must
think about getting better. and try 20
eat and laugh and be happy. And the
first thing you know all the pain viii
go away and you viii be just as well
as 1 ana"
1t was a large idea. and his little
mind could not take it in easily.
How can you tell him where ami"
He was suspicious.
why. TT send him a letter"
Couldn't you send him a telegram
/ It'd get there lots quicker An tel
him TO answer paid" He was on fa-
miliar gnound now.
She thought it over a little before
she replied An right, Teddy, III
send him a telegram. And IL he says
he'll come viii you try real hard.
dearieT Tears or hope stood IN her
eyes.
Yes" he said finally. Ell he says
he'll bring me a tree with lots Of red
an blue an green an yellow things
on II, an some candy. an'-an'-a 10
connective ingyne what1l run all by IL
SELF
She drew the covers around his mech
and tucked him ~ snugly. an tel
him. dearie." she said. And / jus
know he'll bring the ingyne'. Now z,
| 10 sleep and you'll wake up In tn
! morning lots better" She stroked tn,
! little head gently. Slowly his eye
2 closed and he slept
E Amy went TO her room. At her desl
] she wrote note TO the manager o
4 the telegraph company, and taking /
: TO the front door dropped Il in the lei
; ter box with a little prayer.
Teddy's first words the next morn
, ing were full OF anticipation. "Gc
= thar wire yeti" Amy smiled reassul
; ingiy- "Oh. it's too early. Walt Ii
o this afternoon"
: He ate his breakfast with relish. an
there was new note In his voic
Q when the doctor came in. But IL wa
= part OF their plan that the doctC
should not kaow. and though Tedd
D was on the peak OF expectancy /
4 kept the secret.
> AZ three o'clock a messenr<
II brought Amy a yellow envelope. an
r she took II straight TO, Teddy's be
J. fza reached for It eagerly, tore Il one
d and with shining eyes raad the ms
le sage:
" WIN stop ~ some time cnrixtm,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23

though Miss Russell had not time &c
put on her hat and coat she. too
jumped or the train Her badge car.
ried her. but when she got % phu-
adelphia che gave the tip 90 a depot
detective 90 watch the nan ahiis she
hurried into the ladies' waiting room
and Paid the maid two dollars for the
iattcrs hat Mss Russell declares q
was noe the most uotish hat she
ever known but go covered her head
and gave her ara opportunity 90 con.
tinuc "shalowirg" her man. whom she
finally ran 90 cover. and made her
case.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23

recalled that vision-the sweet. serious
face. the white uniform. the pretty cap
resting on waves OF brown hair. She
smothed his hot brow and gave him
cool water. Then delirium seized him,
and for weeks he lowered between life
and death. while Amy Norton. the head
nurse, watched him as though he were
her very own.
In those endless days and nights Of
physical anguish, when he could COM
prehend only two cOnditions-pain and
the absence OF pain-Amy seemed 20
him a broOding Spirit Of Dellverance.
Always there, when he needed her,
divining the cause OF his discomfort
and quick with measures OF relief. she
became in the highest sense a mother
TO this mctherless waif
So the days passed. and gradually
Teddy responded to the care Of nurse
and doctor and awoke to conscious
ness OF things about him His twisted
arm was almost restored TO use; has
crushed leg, though In a heavy plaster
cast. was mending rapidly; but he
complained OF pain in his chest, where
the engine wheels had broken the
ribs. II hurt him to breathe. he said
Now and then a spell OK coughing
shook his little frame and LETT HIM
painting Tor Dream. luSu, IcCONciAA6s
he would watch Amy at her work, hia
eyes following her up and Cown the
room. He was disinclined TO eat, and
daily his face became whittier and thin
ner, and his eyes bigger and biacker.
1t was Dr. Stones custom 70 meet
Amy In the operating room several
times a week for consultation Ont
evening they talked CT Teddy. 1hs
doctor shook his head gravely. II,
was a handsome. young man. Will
close-cut, dark beard. In their common
purpose-the rescue OF this dying or
phan child-their hearts beat together
ssCan you not stimulate him some
how?'' he asked. He Is very low. An,
little complications fever. even
cold--might end II all he Ia too pas
sive. &c does not care. He seems
be merely awaiting the end. We can
not get results under such conditions
Ii is not now a case for medicine. Their
is nothing In all the pha-macopses
that ] can think OF 70 awaken him"
For some minutes they sat IN silenc'
All the mother love in Amy's hear
was stirred Poor little waif-na pa
epts, TO home. and Christmas close I
hand. A great light dawned within he
Christmas-tbe day OF days for chi
dran all over the worldi She turns
her deep, thoughtful eyes upon II
acctor- Let ne take the esss." Ct
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-23

Tho late Senator Hoar WAS informed
that a very dear friend was seriously
~ with Appendicitis.
TIE had hardly finished his note OF
sympathy when le was Informed tnaf
10 was an attack Of acute indigestion
instead. and $50 DC sent the following.
Dear Al am sorry 90 hear That y0u
are NJ. but rclolccd to learn thar che
trouble Ia with The table 90 contents
rather than with the appendix"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
Reckoned by Years.

There is representative in Con
gress from the West whose special
pride 1t is to recount the quaint oh.
srrvations of his 9-year-old daughter.
Not long ago. according to the proud
father, little Ethel came 10 him one af.
Ioruoon and informed him that she
had just seen the Presidents wife
walking with one of the ladies of the
cabinet circle. And papa" said
Ethel, "she isn't anything like as old
as srandma."
Why, my dear" exclaimed the con-
gro ssman, "of course she isn't. Mrs.
Ruosevelt is young woman, How In
the world did you get any other idea?'
Well, papa replied the youngster,
"y0u yourself once told me that she
was the first lady in the land! New
York Times.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
Whale Flesh or Reef2

Whale meat at from three to six
cents a pound is to be the solution OF
the meat trust question. according to
some Newfoundland spectators who
are seeking to make a market for
whale meat.
1t is declared that the flesh is finer
favored than beef, more nearly sug
costing venison, and is capable OF be-
ing prepared in variety of ways.
Whales are not to be found in this
part OF the globe in sufficient num-
bcrs to make serious inroad into
the sale of beef, but it is declared by
the promoters that they have already
built up successful trade in whale
meat with the West Indies, and that
they shortly intend placing it upon the
London market.
1t Is to be shipped in special steam
crs, and even at price of six cents a
pound will return a handsome profit
while the cheaper cuts may be re-
tailed for half that sum.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
Another Cruise to Iceland.

With the introduction of the steamer
Hamburg into the pleasure cruising
field of the Hamburg American line,
the company announces cruise to Ice
land. hitherto an almost inaccessible
island. including in the itinerary Scot
land, the Orkney and Shetland islands,
Norway and the North Cape. The
scope of the itineraries of the Ham
burg-American lines summer cruises
has been enlarged year by year. This
season the company has arranged for
fifteen trips to the Scandinavian Pc
ninsula. Spitzbergen, Iceland and the
interesting islands of the north of
Europe. With the addition of Iceland
almost every place of historic and
scenic interest in Viking-land is visited
by their cruising steamers.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
Fierce Tigers Of China

Annoy is an island city on the China
coast, near Formosa. There are
mountains west of Annoy and accord
ing to a correspondent there are tigers
in them. These tigers lead an easy
and Independent life in the caves anu
dens which abound. They come out
of these every evening just as the
shadows creep over the land and the
blue msts rise from the lower ground
and hide the hills. Then the inhabl-
tants get within their houses and keep
the door between them and these
savage brutes. Many poor woman,
coming with water from the well. or
farmer. delayed too long in the fields,
has fallen victim to them. The nights
are spent by the tigers in foraginS,
and the foxes and wild cats that roam
the hills and the dogs in the villages
become their prey.
There is nothing, however, that
gives the tigers such supreme delight
as the capture of good-sized pig.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16

Operating a gold mine to secure
funds for the juvenile court Of the city
of Denver is the latest fad of Mrs.
J. J. Brown, one of the society lead
ers Of Colorado's capital, according
to the Cleveland Leader. The funds
of the treasury upon which the Judge
of the juvenile court in Denver has
drawn to reclaim boys from their
wicked ways have been fearfully low
o. late. Judge Ben B. Lindsey, father
OF the juvenile court movement in the
west, appealed to Mrs. Brown.
whose wealth and social position have
made her the patron o. all the chari-
ties of the day.
"If you could only insure us an in
come of $4,000 a year" said the judge
to this resourceful woman.
Mrs Brown was lost in thought for
brief space and then said: Il will
insure you twice that sum; the boys
of Denver deserve attention from So
ciety. | will lease claim in Cripple
Creek and give them the proceeds
The next day Mrs. Brown penned re-
grets to a round of fashionable func-
tions and was off to the great mining
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
Russia 1905

A red haze hung over the mountain.
The fiail in the valley was still.
"A lone woman wept Ger baby that
slept,
And the grain lay unground at the mill
A plow in the half-cloven furrow.
A forge that was smokcless and dead.
While over it all hung the stiffness. u
pail.
And the haze 'o'er the mountain. blood
red.
And over and over and over
By village and farmhouse and hill
A haze. bloody red, all the landscape
o'erspread.
And the valleys deserted and still
The earth at the seedtime unbroken
The helds at the harvest ungleaned
And lone vigil kept by a woman who
wept
With babe at her bosom unweaned.
Then down from the mountain a horse
man
Dashed. ,plumed and sworded and
mailed
Nor heard he the moan of the woman
alone,
Nor saw he the ain all unfiailed:
TO arms! For the battle was bloody
TO arms. For the columns were
thnned:
And over the land rang his braZen COM
mand
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
Mine Dividends for Waits

camp. She exchanged the frilled and
hounced gowns Of costly material
which had set two continents agog by
reason of their cost and beauty for
the rough "togs'' of frontier woman,
and surmounted her wealth of glossy
hair with sombrero instead of Pa
risian creation.
Personally she inspected the ores
of the claims from which she hoped to
select the property she would operate
for the Denver juvenile court. She
went down into the mines often in
the iron-bound bucket dangling from
rope windlass. She knocked frag-
ments from the hanging wall with a
miners pick and took them to an
assayer to determine the value of the
lead" She examined more than a
dozen claims in the four days she
spent in Cripple Creek and out of this
number she selected one that was
rich enough to pass muster.
Since the mine was opened six
weeks ago the smelter receipts, be-
sides paying expenses of operation,
have added over 81 600 to the juvenile
court fund in Denver.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16

They are truly Chinese in their tastes
in this respect. One of these animals
will go at a steady trOt with dead
pig thrown over its back up the sides
of steep hills, jumping over huge
powders and taking cross cuts over
the most inaccessible ground. The
physical strength of tiger is some
thing enormous, and its capacity for
derouring large quantities of food is
scarcely less amazing"
"A Chinaman asleep in a tiger-trap
is something of novelty. even for
Perak," says a Penang writer "A
c0olie was discovered one morning
near a Kinta mine, having apparently
passed the night in the trap. When
reused he said that sleep had over
taken him and so he chose the one
spot least likely for the tiger to visit
the trap that had been set for a
year without result. He thought that
the tiger knew thing or two about
traps
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
{" In the Northern Seas "

it out. Away the victim went, dodg-
ing among its fellows. Every now and
then we could hear a plaintive cry,
as the eagle followed it up. The others
did not seem to take the least notice.
When the creature was fairly out OF
the crowd the eagle pounced on it and
sailed away | have never tackled
flying fox myself but by the natives 1t
is considered great delicacy, and
only old men are allowed to eat it
To convey some idea of the numbers
which congregate together, when near
Echo island on one occasion, we saw
what we thought to be clouds Of
smoke. The dense mass turned out
to be flying foxes"
when at Oojountambanoona, in
Bowen straits. on one trip, l saw a
native with spear prodding a large
mass of coral rock" relates Mr.
Searcy "This was at low water and
the native speared a rock cod every
time. The fish had been left there by
the tide. Blacks at Port Essington
have a very clever way of catching
fish in rockholes under water. 1t Is
done with plant which they secure
in the jungle. The plant is well
brushed, fastened to stick and
thrust into the hole. 1t must be a
strong narcotic, for if there are any
fish there they are turned up, but at.
terward recover
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
One Requisite of Success

dullness instead of enthusiasm and
alertness, to the performance of the
most important duties of their lives.
The man who comes to his work in
the morning unrefreshcd, languid and
listless cannot do good, honest DAYS
work. and if he draps rotten DAYS into
the year how can he expect sound
career or successful achievement?
Good work is not entirely a question
of Will power: often this is impaired
by low physical standard. The quail
ity of the work cannot be up to high.
water mark when every faculty, every
function and every bit of your ability
is affected by your physical and men
tai condition. You may be sure that
your weakness. whatever its cause,
will appear in your days work
whether it is making boots or selling
them. teaching school or studying,
singing or. painting. chseling statues
or digging Success
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16

For his horse wore the wings Of the
wind.
Then fatherless lads from their novels
Went shoulderng ponderous guns.
And old men and gray tottered weakly
away
To find the rude graves OF their sons;
For country is higher than kindred.
And what is the glory of Sod
Cnwet by the Hood Of its yeoman's req
blood?
And warts 1t not more than God?
So. women with babes at their bosom
GaZeu out DER the burrows untitled.
Through the haze resting red like tns
blood that was shed
In faraway struggle unwilled:
And eyes that are swollen and anguished.
Cplifted in silent appeal:
20, God of the Poor. does Thy mercy en-
dure
When Thy monarchs know naught but
of stcel?'
And over and over and over.
BY village and hamlet and hill.
The haze resting red like the blood tina.
is shed.
But the fail in the valley is still.
The earth at the seedtime unbroken
The fields at the harvest ungleaned.
And lone vigil kept by woman who
wept
With a babe at her bosom unweaned.
j. w. Foley, in New York Times.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16

I'm Northern Seas" book by f.
Wilmington. recounting the adventures
OF Alfred Searcy in northern Austria
liza. has the following about turtles:
when | went down the coast on one
occasion l obtained a magnificent tur-
tie shell, worth about 500. The coast
is infested with hawkbill turtles, from
which the article of commerce known
as tortoiseshell is taken. There is
also an unlimited supply of the green
back turtle, from which the famous
soup is made. have eaten the hawk
bill turtle, but the green-back is con-
sidered the proper one for edible pur-
poses. have seen the natives kill the
turtles and, after cutting out the
meat, scoop out the rich green fat,
which lies between the meat and the
shell, and eat it hot and raw. The
turtles come up above high water mark
and scratch out nest in the sand,
where they lay their eggs and then
cover them over. The eggs are
hatched by natural heat. In the first
nest l found obtained ten dozen
fresh eggs. We used them in ONE
let's
Mr.. Searcy also says: when pass
ing through belt OF mangroves we
started thousands and thousands of
flying foxes. Soon a great eagle ap-
peared on the scene and, having spot
ted fine, plump fox, started to cut
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16

1t makes all the difference in the
world, in results, whether you come
to your work every day with all your
powers intact, with all your faculties
up to the standard; whether you come
with the entire man, SO that you can
fling your whole life into your task or
with only part of yourself; whether
you do your work as a giant or as
pigmy. Most people bring only
small part of themselves to their
tasks. They cripple much of their
ability by irregular living, bad habits
in eating and injurious food lack of
sleep, dissipation of some other folly.
They do not come to their tasks ev-
cry morning whole men, part of them
selves, and often large part. is some
where else. They left their energy
where the were trying to have good
time, SO that they bring weakness
instead Of power, Indifference and
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16

Assemb!yman TIghe's letter should
be read BY every brain worker leading
q strenuous life.
Hon. John Tighe, No % Remsen ST.,
Cohoes. n Y, Member of Assembly
from the Fourth district, Albany
county, n. Y, writes as follows:
''Peruna has my hearty Endorsement
as a restorative tonic of superior merit.
At times when l have been completely
broken down from excess of work, SO
that my faculties seemed actually at a
standstill, Peruna has acted as heal
ing restorer, starting the machinery Of
mind and body afresh with new life
and energy.
Il recommend it to n man tired in
mind and body as tonic superior to
anything l know of and well worthy
serious consideration. u. Tighe.
Excess of work SO common in our
country causes impaired nerves, leading
to catarrh and catarrhal nervousness
disease that is responsible for half of
all nervous troubles.
Peruna cures this trouble because it
cures catarrh wherever located
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman. giving
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman. President of
The Hartman s,anitarium, Columbus, o.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-06-16
Joke That Was On DepeW.

Senator Depew had to deny him.
self The pleasure of being prHent at a
recent dinner where ne was an in
yital guest, and so he missed a joke
al his expense. which he enjoyed as
much as any one, however, when it
was told to him several days later.
Bi-uop Potter was the perpetrator.
Senator Depew's regrets had just been
read.
j need not tell YOU said the BiSh-
Op how we will miss the senator. he
who has for so many years charmed
us With the humor of his elOquence
an. he logic of his anecdotes, New
york Times