davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
SYNOPSIS.

A detachment of the Eighteenth in
fantry from Fort Bethune trapped by
is a stranger who introduces himself BY
the name of Hampton. also GiIlis I,i the
a majority of the soldiers are killed dur,
Ing Ing a three days. siege Hampton am Ina,sIS and
They fall exhausted on the plains: A
Sraht ~ eomand 90 ana nd them Hampton
and the girl stop at the Miners Home in
eon as M1e e 1anTe eVeP ws MSS
hs-the Kid. She shows him her moth
Of her parentage and mes They decide
she shall live with Mrs Herndon MAZDA
and rejoins Hampton. He Induces her to
go back. and to have nothing more to do
Of ' cards, s, He anDounces l0o ss to % Red siaVin
that he has quit. and then leaves Glen
Giencaid % to teaeh sof its sRat first school Miss
Spencer meets Naida, Rev Wynkoop.
MAZDA and and Lieut.. % Brant again @ meet nee With
out his knowing. who she is. She informs M rs
honor @ OF Of fe MSS n speneer. ieu3 ie W 8rant
reports trenbe brehns shs sou
Social difficulties arise at the Bachelor
Spencer g pan Leut. a Brant amt meets meets Miss spen-
Ger but she is not his acquaintance OF the
day 6 6sf1re She tells him him a OF MAZDA M b ana IS
returning to the ballroom with fan for %
home @ from the dance a On f1 the way !, she she
informs him as to who she is, and that
s IL
Hampton meet. Hampton informs the
lieutenant that his attentions to Nadia
must cease, and proclaims an authority
over her that justifies the statement.
Brant tells Hampton of the presence of
Silent Murphy, and of the fact that Red
Slavin receives government messages for
ton Tells him of a red-faced stranger
views Red Slavin- Finds that he is an ex
trooper in the Seventh cavalry 1t was
Slavins and Murphy's testimony that
Robert Nolan, then captain in the Sew
enth, of the murder of Maj. Brant. Sr-
Hampton attempts to force a confession
from Slavin- Slavin insists it is Murphy
he wants, and Murphy had left In
scuffle Slavin is killed by a knife thrust.
Hampton surrenders TO Buck Mason,
marshal. Mob attempts to capture him.
Mason and his prisoner escape to a hill
and defend themselves. Mob lights fire
to burn them out Brant tells Nadia that
he loves her. She tells him there is an
insurmountable barrier between them.
but that she does not fully understand
it. Brant and his troop reScues Hampton
and Mason from the fires set by the
mob. Brant carries the unconscious
gambler through the lines of fire. Hamp
ton is taken to the hotel and Nadia comes
to nurse him Miss Spencer accepts the
heart and hand of Rev Wynkoop. Brant
is ordered to take the field Before he
goes Nadia tells him she loves him, but
cannot become his WIFE or offer an ex-
PLANTATION He insists he will return to
her.
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

Slavin- That's why I'm after him and
when catch up he'n either squeal or
die
But how do you know7"
Il never told you the whole story
and don't mean to now until / come
back and can make everything per-
fectly clear. 1t wouldn't do you any
good the way things stand now, and
would only make you uneasy But if
you do any praying over it, my girl.
pray good and hard that 1 may dis
cover some means for making that fel-
low squeaL"
She made no response but stood
gazing thoughtfully past him.
Have you heard anything lately,
Bob, about the Seventh" she asked
finally. .Since-since N troop left
here?"
carelessness. No; but it is most like
ly they are well into the game by this
time. Crooks column, l have just
heard, was overwhelmingly attacked
on the Rosebud, and forced to fall
back That leaves the Seventh to
take the brunt of it, and there is going
to be hell up north presently. or I've
forgotten all 1 ever knew about In
dams But come, little girl, as 1 said,
I'm quite likely to be on before night,
provided 1 am fortunate enough to
strike fresh trail. Under such condi-
tions you won't mind my kissing you
out here. will your
She held up her lips and he touched
them softly with his own. Her eyes
were tear-dimmed. "Oh, Bob, hate
SO to let you CO." she sobbed, cling
ing to him. mo one could have been
more to me than you have been, and
you are all / have left in the world.
Everything l care for goes away from
me- Life is SO hard, SO hard!"
Yes, little girl. 1 know and the
man stroked her hair tenderly, his
own voice faltering. It's all hard;
learned that sad lesson long ago, but
I've tried to make it little bit easier
for you since we first came together
Still, i don't see how 1 can possibly
help this I've been hunting after that
fellow a long while now, a matter of
Is years over a mighty dim trail, and
it would be a mortal sin to permit him
to get away scot-free- Besides, if this
affair only manages to turn out right,
l can promise to make you the hap
piest girl in America. But, Nadia,
dear, don't cling TO me so; it is not at
all like you to break down in this fash
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
HOW DO THEY GET IN?
Physiological Problem That Nora
Could Not Solve.

A Philadelphia physician tells of an
amusing conversation between two
Irish girls in domestic service who,
while on the board walk at Atlantic
City one day not long ago, were ex-
changing views as to their various
physical ailments.
Its a sthrange thing, amt it.
Norah,' asked one of the girls, how
nanny new koinds of diseases people
get these days. Only this mor-rnin' 1
We're readin' an advertisement of a
new midicine. 1t said it were wonder
rful fo- sluggish liver
"Gwani' exclaimed the other girl,
scornfully. Liver trouble ant no
new disase. Me own grandfather was
havin' liver trouble whin 1 were not
more'n tin years old"
Maybe was the laconic response.
But" added Norah, what 1 want to
know is: how do thin slugs get inside
the liver, anyhow?"-Illustrated Sun
day Magazine
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
H. S. GIvLER, Pub.
Mioration Of Birds.

No scientific question has been more
discussed with frvitless result than
the object and the significance of the
migration CT birds, toward the tropics
in the autumn and toward the poles in
the spring. It would be easy to suppose
that the autumnal migration is In
search of food if it were not for the
fact that in the spring the birds leave
abundant supplies of food in the warm
regions, and arrive in the colder re-
gions even before vegetation is far ad-
vanced. Another suggestion, that the
migration north is for breeding pur-
poses, is disproved by the fact that the
migratory habit is found in birds that
do not breed until the second or third
year Prof E. A Schafer. in an ad-
dress before the Scottish Natural His
tory society. has suggested and ar
gued p1ausibly that the explanation is
to be found in the search for light
The polar regions are dark in winter
and the days are short in the temper
ate zones On the other hand, the
days are longer in high latitudes than
in the tropics between the spring and
the autumnal eQuinoxes- Birds are
voracious feeders, and occupy most of
the daylight in seeking food; and they
are greatly dependent upon their eyes
in the search. Some confirmation of
this theory is found in the fact that
birds do not start on their journeys
southwark or northward impelled by
change in the temperature, for they
take their flight southwark in warm
autumns and northward in cold
springs, on practically the same days
of the month as in other years. The
theory is at least interesting and
worthy of further study
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

ion,' and he gently unclasped her
hands, holding her away from him
while he continued to gaze hungrily
into her troubled face.
Sometimes 1 feel just like a cow
ard, Bob It's the woman Of it; yet
truly 1 wish to do whatever you be-
lieve to be best But, Bob, need you
SO much, and you will come back,
won't you? 1 shall be SO lonely here,
for-for you are truly all 1 have in the
world"
With one quick. impulsive motion
he pressed her to him, passionately
kissing the tears from her lowered
lashes, unable longer to conceal the
tremor that shook his own voice.
Never, never doubt it, lassie. 1t will
not take me long, and if I live 1 come
straight back"
He watched her slender, white
robed figure as it passed slowly down
the deserted street Once only she
paused and waved back to him and he
returned instant response, although
scarcely realizing the act
Poor little lonely girl. Perhaps
ought to have told her the whole in
fernal story, but 1 simply haven't got
the nerve, the way it reads now. II
can only get it Strengthened out, it'll
be different"
Mechanically he thrust an unIighted
cigar between his teeth and descend
ed the steps, to all outward appear
ance the same reckless, audacious
Hampton as Of old
The military telegraph occupied one
half of the small tent next the Miners
Retreat, and the youthful operator in
stantly recognized his debonair visi-
tor.
well, Billy" was Hampton's friend
ly greeting, are they keeping you fair
ly busy with wars and rumo-s of
wars these days?"
iiutnin' 5oin' just now" was the
chee-fz; reply Everything goin' ter
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

lots happier between us since my late
shooting scrape. When fall comes 1
mean to take you east and put you
in some good finishing school Don't
care quite as much about it as you
did, do you?''
Yes, think do, Bob" She strove
bravely to express enthusiasm. The
trouble is, am so worried over your
going on alone hunting after that
man.
He laughed, his eyes searching her
face for the truth. well, little girl,
he won't exactly be the first I've had
call to go after. Besides, this is a
particular case, and appeals to me in
a sort of personal way. If you only
knew it, you're about as deeply con-
cerned in the result as l am, and as for
me, l can never rest easy again until
the matter is over with
Its that awful Murphy, isn't it?"
He's the one I'm starting after first
and one sight at his right hand will
decide whether he is to be the last as
WELL
L never supposed you would seek
revenge, like savage she remarked,
quietly. You never used to be that
way"
Good Lord, Nadia, do you think I'm
low down enough to go out hunting
that poor cuss merely to get even with
him for trying to stick me with a
knife? Why, there are 20 others who
have done as much, and we have been
the best of friends afterwards Oh,
no. lassie. it means more than that,
and harks back many a long year. 1
told you / saw a mark on his hand
would never forget-but 1 saw that
mark first Is years ago. This is
duty I owe a friend, a dead friend, to
run to earth this murderer Do you
understand now? The fellow who did
that shooting up at Bethune Is years
ago had the same sort of mark on
his right hand as this one who killed
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
CHAPTER xxv.-continued.

She smiled at him through a mist
of tears, a smile the sad sweetness of
which he would never forget. In the
sense you mean, no. No living man
stands between US, not even Bob
Hampton"
Does he know why this cannot be?''
He does know, but l doubt if he
viii ever reveal his knowledge; GER
tainly not to you. He has not told me
all, even in the hour when he thought
himself dying. l am convinced Of that.
1t is not because he dislikes you,
Lieut.. Brant, but because he knew his
partial revealment of the truth was a
duty he owed US BOTH
You leave me SO completely in the
dark he said; lis there no possibil-
ity that this mysterious obstacle can
ever be removed? ?"
None 1t is beyond earthly power
there lies between US the shadow CT
a dead man"
He stared at her as if doubling her
sanity
"A dead mani Not Gillis?'
NO, it is not GilIis. 1 have told
you this much so that you might com
prehend how impossible it is for us
to change our fate 1t is irrevocably
fixed Please do not question me any
more l cannot bear it,
Brant rose to his feet and stood
looking down upon her bowed head,
her slender figure shaken by sobs.
Nadia as you have asked it, will
go; but 1 go better, stronger, because
l have heard your lips say you love
me- 1 am going now, my sweetheart,
but if / live 1 shall come again.
know nothing of what you mean about
dead man being between us, but I
shall know when L come back, for,
dead or alive. no man shall remain be-
tween me and the girl love"
-'This-this is different" she sobbed,
different; it is beyond your power
Il shall never believe SO until I
have faced it for myself, nor viii I
even say good-by, for, under God, am
coming back to you"
He turned slowly and walked away.
AS his hand touched the latch of the
door he paused and looked longingly
back.
Mazda
She glanced up at him
You kissed me once: will Won
again.
She rose silently and crossed over to
him. her hands held out, her eyes up-
lifted TO his own Neither spoke as
he drew her gently to him and their
lips met.
Say it once more, sweetheart?"
Donald. love YOU"
A moment they stood thus face to
face, reading the great lesson of eter-
nifty within the depths of cs ch others
eyes Then slowly, gently, she re-
leased herself from the clasp of his
strong ar-us.
You elieYe in me now? You do
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
Avoid WCrryinC.

If you would make your house and
home cheerful, happy and attractive.
and your husband fond of it, avoid the
habit of magnifying the little vexa-
tons of everyday life until they ab-
sorb your whole attention. The writer
has known many a husband return
home in the happiest mood, to have
his serenity roughly shattered by a de
pressing account of the servants
shortcomings, the children's naughti
ness. and the trickery OF the grocer OF
the butcher All unconsciously the,
habit grows upon some women, says
the New York Weekly, till their hus
bands associate their homes with
nothing but complaints and worries
instead of being a place where peace
and happiness and rest of mind are al
ways to be found
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

The last yestige of the famous old
palace of St Cloud has been removed
by the pulling down of the railway sta
ton reserved for distinguished and
royal visitors to the Emperor Nicholas
III and the Empress Eugenie when in
residence in St Cloud AS win be re-
membered by many a tourist, the little
station was thickly overgrown with
grass and weeds Birds had built their
nests in the imperial waiting room and
lusty young trees had grown up in the
reserved space around the station Nc
train had stopped at it for 81 years.. A
Paris correspondent writes that the
last occasion on which the station was
used was ON the day of the French
declaration of war on Germany, when
the officers of the imperial guards were
conveyed by special train to lunch with
the emperor.
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
FINE RECIPE FOR COLDS.

Mix two ounces of glycerine with
one half pint of good whiskey and one
half ounce of Concentrated Oil of Pine
This latter is a product of the Globe
Pharmaceutical Co. of Dayton, Ohio,
and comes in one half ounce vials and
packed in tin screw top cases. Any
druggist should have it This simple
mixture is to be used in doses of a
teaspoonful to a tablespoonful four
times day. The bottle should be
well shaken each time.
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
BRAIN POWER
Increased by Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has done
good literary work, but reared a
family, found in Grape-Nuts the ideal
food for brain work and to develop
healthy children. She writes:-
Il am an enthusiastic proclaimer OF
Grape-Nuts as regular diet. / for
merly had no appetite in the morning
and for years while nursing my four
children, had insufficient nourishment
for them
unable to eat breakfast 1 felt faint
later, and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops, sausage, cookies, dough-
nuts or anything / happened to find
Being writer, at times my head felt
heavy and my brain asleep.
when 1 read of Grape-Nuts / began
eating it every morning, also gave it
20 the children, including, my 10
months old baby, who soon grew as
fat as a little pig, good natured and
contented.
Within a week I had plenty of
breast milk, and felt stronger within
two weeks. / wrote evenings and
feeling the need of sustained brain
power, began eating a small saucer of
Grape-Nuts with milk instead of my
usual indigestible hot pudding, pie, or
cake for dessert at night
'-Grape-Nuts did wonders for me
and learned to like it. did not mind
my housework or mothers cares, for
4 felt strong and full of go I grew
plump, nerves strong, and when
wrote my brain was active and clear;
indeed, the dull head pain never re-
turned"
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich Read, THE Road to
Wellville, - in pkgs.
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

Cheyenne. The In1uns are gittinr
themselves bottled up In the Big Horn
country
.1oh, that's it. Then maybe you
might manage to rush a message
through for me to Fort A. Lincoln
without discommoding Uncle Sam ?"
and Hampton placed q coin upon the
rough table
Sure, write it out
Here it is; now get it OFF early, my
lad. and bring the answer to me over
at the hotel. There'l be another yell
low boy waiting when you come"
The reply arrived some two hours
later.
Fort A Lincoln. June II, 1875
Seventh gone west: probably Yellow
stone Brant with them Murphy, gov
ernment scout, at Cheyenne waiting or
ders- BITTON, Commanding.
He crushed the paper in his hand,
Misunderstanding of the past, the
present, the future He had borne
much in these last years, much mis-
representation, much loneliness of
SOUL To run this Murphy to cover
remained his final hope for retrieving
those dead, dark years. Ay. and there
was Nadia! Her future, scarcely less
than his own, hung trembling in the
balance The sudden flashing of that
name into his brain was like an elec-
trio shock. He cursed his inactivity
Great God, had he become child
again, to tremble before imagined evil,
mere hobgoblin of the mind? He
had already wasted time enough; now
he must wiring from the lips of that
misshapen savage the last vestige of
his secret.
He dressed for the road, for hard,
exacting service, buckling his loaded
cartridge belt outside his rough coat
and testing his revolvers with unusual
care. He spoke a few parting words
of instruction to Mrs. Guffy and went
quietly out Ten minutes later he was
in the saddle, galloping down the dusty
stage road toward Cheyenne.
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

not go away blaming me?" she ques-
toned, with quivering lips.
There is no blame, for you are do
ing what you think right. But / am
coming back, Nadia, little woman;
coming back to love and you''
An hour later N troop trotted across
the rude bridge and circled the bluff
on its way toward the wide plains
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

If the proposed burying ground for
dogs for which a Newtonville lady is
trying to get authority becomes a real
1ty, and is open to cats, almost every
suburbanite could suggest some that
be would like to have put in it right
away.
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
A Boston Correction.

Bilkins had recently moved from
New York to Boston The other morn
ing he went to the butchers.
Give me a nice porterhouse," he
ordered.
Extremely, sorry, SIR said the pro-
prietor of the establishment, uroanely,
but we are not giving anything away
this morning. Weekly
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

The recognition of pure air as
curative agency is spreading with great
rapidity. Unfortunately, however, the
sn,oke-makers are determined appar-
entity to keep the supply of pure air as
ANAL as they can.
Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07

Know Too Much of Them.
Few men have been admired by
their own domestics.-Montaig
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

bales the corresponding period in 1906.
The export movement. shows about
100000 bales less In the total ship
ments from September LIST to the same
time last year, but the worlds visible
supply is also about 100000 bales
smaller, This is from the fact that tho
crop produced last season Is turning
out or rather running on scale to
indicate total Yield OF only 1860 ,0o0
oales. against l3.500,oo0 bales last year.
The Census Bureaus report OF month
ago estimated the total amount OF the
crop actually ginned as equivalent to
ll,26l.ooo bales of 500 pounds each, ex-
elusive OF ''linters,' which, in crop
OF that size, generally approxmates
10000 bales. Even though the worlds
consumption OF American cotton Is re-
duced as much as 100000 bales from
last years total such a crop as this
would not leave any burdcnsome sup
ply to be carried over into the now
crop season, which begins on Septem-
her LIST
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27
Nos. ITO AND 721 NORTH TWENTY
THIRD STREET,
And the Attractive Vacant Lot

In pursuance OF decree OF the Dis
trict Court OF the United States for
the Eastern District of Virginia, in
trading tns s' as Anderson CO.." Sankrupt.
entered on the 18th day OF April. 1905.
and in execution OF the deed OF trust
from the said Maggie NJ. Anderson.
dated the 2lst day OF October, 1907.
Richmond Chancery Court. the under
signed, trustees. will sell. by public
auction. on the premises. on
MONDAY, APRIL "a. 1908,
at o'clock P. NJ, the real. estate re-
ferred to in the said decree and deed.
and situate as above stated, comprising
the new and spacious detached two.
house. No. 71e North Twenty third
Street. with the lot on which 1t stands.
1t being modernly appointed. neat and
substantial. and under rental at $50 per
month; the spacious and substantial
detached 1wo.story &C. corner .h brick E, ana
third Street, adjoining the above on
the north, with the corner lot on
which it stands. having the modern
conveniences. newly papered through
out. we'll appointed for two families.
and under rental at $40 per month; and
the very desirable vacant lot adjacent
on Street, fronting q 1912 feet. and
having a good depth; the dimensions
OF the said several parcels being shown
by the plat of survey thereof to be ex-
hbited at the time OF sale. and which
may be seen earlier II desired upon
application to the auctioneers.
The sale Of these properties affords
unusual opportunity for profitable In
vestment, and investors and home
seekers are respectfully urged to at
tend at the hour named
TERMS: One-third or more In cash,
and the residue upon credits in two
equal instalments at one and two
years by negotiable notes, with inter-
est added. and secured by deed OF trust
upon the property purchased.
GEORGE C. GREGORY,
Trustee in Bankruptcy in above
matter;
J. B. ELAN.
Trustee in the above-named deed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-27

SpinnerS,
Sentiment on the immediate situation
and outlook is still much depressed.
prospects for the new crop getting an
early and brilliant start are not as
good as they appeared at the close OF
last week as consequence OF excessive
rains In many localities, especially in
Georgia md the Mississippi Valley, and
the floods In Northern Texas, further
delaying planting operations. The
bulllshness of this feature, however,
has been offset by the failure of the
dry goods trade conditions to show the
Improvement which had been expected
to develop by this time. Moreover,
there is still some apprehension that
good deal OF low grade cotton still
being carried In the South by banks
a.; and factors may have to be sacrificed,
There Is no doubt, however, the scat
tered speculative long interest has
been pretty we'll closed out and thus
the situation Is so full OF uncertainty
that even the shrewdest trader finds II
extremely difficult to forecast the prob.
able Immediate future course OF tha
market from this point, The possibili-
Nes OF very sharp fluctuations either
way are recognized, and for these rea-
sons the tendency at~present is to oven
| up accounts, rather than increase COM
mltments 10 any eatent, pending fur
ther developments.
IN me meantime the movement OF the
.rop Is awlndllng to small proportions.
mo TOTAL amount OF the crop brought
INTO sight from the uncounted interior
owns ana Plantations this week. nc.
eotnlhg TO the returns collected by the
New york Cotton Exchange, Is only
p..voo oales, against about 100000 bales
last year, and $4,000 bales in 1905
Inss makes the total amount OF the
crop marketed to date about los7o,oor
bales, against i2,6oo0oo bales the same
| time last year. and about 10000, oot