davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23

He was d handsome chap and sang
dlvinely, and | first met him in Paris.
where he was singing small parts at
the Grand opera. Then / ran across
him in Cairo, where he was singing in
a prodnction-if am not mistaken
OF Aida" Afterward he came to
New York with company that pro-
duced "GirafieGirafia" at the Four
teenth street theater, and a very good
company it was. But, in whatever
cline l met him. his theme was the
same-his beautiful isle and its beau
tiful ocean He would talk for hours
of the purple fingers of the dawn,
stealing up the rose-vermillion sky"
and the huge, snow-capped mountain
that rose in the center of the island
and oyertopped the city of Port
Philip, which think was the name OF
the seaport town where he was
born.
He told many pretty stories OF his
home and of his parents, whose only
child he was-the Benjamin of their
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23

went on wildly. He has gone beyond
excuse or forgiveness He is as dead
to me as though had never known
him. though the word you spoke an
hour ago made me his wife. shall
have that to remember all my life
that and the one moment l had wait
ed for SO long. for my tirst sight Of his
face and my brides kiss! must carry
It with me always. I can never wipe
thnt face from my brain or the sting
Of that kiss from my lips-the kiss of
forger. OF my hucbandl''
The old man groaned. II didn't
know he had seen her!' he said help
.lessly. "Jessica, Hugh's sin is not San
derson's oaultg'
In her bitter words was an injustice
as passionate as her pain. but for her
life she could not help it She was a
| woman wrenched and torn, tortured
beyond control. numb with anguish.
To Harry Sanderson her words fell
with a wholly disproportionate VIC
lence. 1t had never occurred to him
that he himself had been individually
and actively the cause Of Hugh's
downfall. The accusation pierced
through the armor of self esteem that
he had linked and riveted with habit
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
CEYLON: THE DOOR
SILL OF INDIA
The Funny Thing, One See.


Beauteous Ceylon! the real and
only gem Of the sea"-and the tropic
sea, at that. Let not Ireland claim
the distinction of being the emerald
set in the bosom Of the ocean blue.
For never was such emerald green
ness. such ocean blueness imagined
Of Ireland's, sons or daughters as
adorns and encompasses this beau
teous isle of Ceylon. The doorsill of
India! We'll, II India is not proud of
her threshofd-the step over which
one passes to her mighty and imperial
domain-she ought to be.
The harbor of Colombo is plentiful
ly endowed with natural advantages.
but outside of these the English gov,
eminent has constructed an enormous
breakwater of tremendous strength,
as needs must be. for during the sea-
son Of the southwest monsoon waves
break against 1t, dashing as high as
the masts Of vessels that have taken
refuge behind its protecting bulwark
Our attention upon entering the
harbor Is first attracted by the feet
of native dugout canoes that swarm
about the ship, the boys and men pad
ding them wildly shouting: Have q
dive! Have dive!" and zone dollah:
One dollah!" though if only q penny
is thrown over three or four will dive
headlong from their tiny craft, their
paddles left floating on the water, and
In an incredibly short space OF time
they will come again to the surface.
the successful one proudly displaying
the coin. They rescue their paddles
and leap lightly into their canoes
without tipping them in the least or
shipping any. more than the usual
amount of water that floats In the
bottom of each. They are so small
that certain amount is always
washed over the sides.
It Is amusing to see one of these
natives, naked except for a very lin
tied loin cloth, sitting in the bottom
Of his canoe, padding with one hand,
fmploring money with the other and
kicking the superfuous water out of
the canoe with one foot
Our coolies who pulled us to the
Gale Face hotel stopped at the gate,
saying they were not allowed to go
inside, but we had heard of this trick
and insisted upon being taken into
the portico. Here. after making In
quiry OF the door porter as to their
proper fare. we paid them, only to be
met with storm of indignant pro-
testations and refusals. Only when
the money was thrown at their feet
did they pick it up and go on.
So the hotel has built for the
amusement Of its guests very large
and comfortable swimming tank, filed
with sea water. that Is always fresh.
The hotel las every convenience, cleo
trio lights and fans. large airy rooms
and an excellent table, when one con-
siders their limitations Compared
with the Hong-Kong hotel and the
Rallies at Singapore it was perfect.
The Gale Face is further blessed with
splendid manager, Mr.. Hotter. q
genial and obliging man, late OF the
Hotel Cecil in London.
/. A good many of the castles wear
their distinguishing mark painted on
the forehead, and one day at the table
! pasted soda water label on my
forehead and said it was my caste
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23

brothers. keeperl ShoWered 6toao upon
see 1t now" : Ss
She did not catch the deep compunc-
ton In the Judicial utterance. She
stood an instant quivering. then turn
ed and, feeling blindly for the door,
swept from their sight.
White and GREATNESS. Jessica climb
ed the stair. In her room she took a
key from drawer and ran swiftly
to the attic studio. She unlocked the
door with hurried fingers. tore the
wrappings from the tall white figure
of the prodigal son and found a
heavy mallet She lifted this with all
her strength and showered blow upon
blow one the hard clay, her face and
hair and shimmering train powdered
with the white dust. till the statue lay
on the door. heap Of tumbled frag-
ments.
- -
Fateful and passionate as the scene
in the library had been, her going left
pail Of silence In the room. Harry
Sanderson looked at David Stires with
pale tntentness.
"Yet would have given my life"
he said In low voice. ITO save her
this!'
y Something In the tone caught the old
man. He glanced up.
II never guessed" he said slowly
Il never guessed that you loved her
too"
But Harry had not heard. He did
not even know that he had spoken
aloud.
David Stires turned his wheel chair
to the Korean desk, touching the bell
as he did 80. He took up the draft
and put 1t into his pocket. He pressed
q spring; q panel dropped and disclosed
hidden drawer, from which he took
q cracking parchment. 1t was, the
viii against whose signing Harry had
pleaded months before in that same
room. The butler entered.
Witness my signature. Blake" he
said and wrote his name on the, last
page. "Mr. sanderson viii sign with
you"
An hour later the fast express that
bore Jessica and David Stires was
shrieking across the long skeleton rail
road bridge. dotted trail of fire
against the deepening night.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
ITO be continued
NOTICE TO REDEEM.

(Under Sec. 1894, Revision of 1873.
To the unknown owners of the lands
hereinafter described,
Take. notice that at the Regular
public Tax Sale begun and publicly
held at the Office of the County Treas
urer in Cresco, Howard county, Iowa,
pursuant to law, commencing on the
first Monday of December 1905, to-wit:
On the 4th day of December 1905, the
following described real estate was
sold by the Treasurer of said county
for the taxes due thereon for the year
1904, amounting to the sum of IS cents,
to-wit: Lot IS on vacated plat of Vern-
on Springs on Sc I ne Sec. SO, and
W NV Sec. "a, Twp. SO Range IL.
That NJ. s. Barber became the pur-
chaser of said land at said sale. and
that the right of redemption will ex-
pire and deed for said land be made
to the Undersigned who is now the owner
and holder in his own right Of the GER
tificate of sale made thereon by the
Treasurer of said county, unless re-
demption from sale be made within
ninety days from the completed service
of this notice.
Dated Oct. 8, 1908.
1918 M. S. BARBER, Owner,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23

old age, long hoped and prayed for.
So they named him. when he did
come. Desiree' Qonged for). He had
I've forgotten them. His desire was
to see America and the Mississippi,
of which he had read wonderful
things by Chateaubriand, his favorite
author. Fortunately the opera troupe
went as far south as New Orleans
and his desire was gratified He took
everything in America seriously and
his admiration almost took the form
of awe; he would rs soon have
thought Of ridiculing the holy church
and all the saints as of ridiculing
anything American. AS he was of Q
very happy disposition he would often
hum little operate snatches or Creole
melodies while jogging along in the
horse cars, and this was very delight
full to me until some would-be wag
among his New York friends told him
that he must never do that on Sum
days. az the Americans we're very
strict in their religious ideas and
would take 1t as an insult and prob
ably resent 1t, Very seriously he
opened his handsome Oriental eyes
and. in tones of great surprise, eiacu-
lated. az he had done for the hum
dredth time. Wonderful people!"
A little incident, while 1t was very
amusing, showed the romantic side OF
his nature. The troupe. while travel.
ing. stopped at q hotel In q southern
city. where q young lady guest at
tracted much attention by her hair,
which was not only very thick and
heavy. but of rich golden color. My
Creole friend. however, was one Of the
few>who had not seen the young lady
and. as 1t happened, no one had
spoken to him of her. But as he was
about to retire one evening he
stepped into the corridor to say good
night to friend and met the young
lady face to face, followed by her
maid, just as the bells of neighbour
ing church were Ginning the mid
night hour. Saluting the lady with
profound bow. as was his foreign Gus
tom, he was about to re-enter his
room when the brilliant gaslight. fall
ing full upon the lady's form, dis
closed the fact that her magnificent
hair was hanging loose about her like
cloak, and every strand glitterins
like thread Of gold. The young fell
low stood rooted to the spot; then,
clasping his hands. he said In tones Of
the most fervent admiration. Il have
seen the sun at midnight"
What the deuce is the matter with
you?" said his friend.
Il have said it," replied the Creole.
Il will return to my country and
will tell them that in this wonderful
America have seen that marvellous
sisht-the sun at midnight"
1t appeared that the young lady's
maid had been giving her Mistress
hair bath and they had been sitting
on rear balcony that the warm night
breeze might dry the wonderful
tresses before retiring to bed.
Which is why say that loved the
Indian ocean years before saw It,
and when did see 1t brought back
these memories of my young friend
and his charming and ingenious ma
ture and his frank and honest heart.
The sage and the greybeard may at
tract our maturer mind. but youth has
its ever compelling charm: therefore
echo the poets lines:
ooh. youth, sweet youth, we love vel
There's naught on earth above ysls
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
SEEKS CUT RATE MARRIAGE.
Michigan Man Tries to Get Marked
Down License In Indiana.

South Bend, Ind.-George E. Graft
of Bangor, Mich, came to South Bend
to drive matrimonial bargain and
began by asking for reduced rates Of
Frank P. Cristoph. county clerk.
Craft, with his intended bride,
walked into the Office, and after being
tolc the price Of the license remarked:
Don't you think the price little
steep, partner?"
When told that two dollars was the
regular price and asked If he did not
think the girl was worth that much
he "lowed" she was, but added that
he had hoped to save little money
for his wife and not spend it all on a
license.
After much hesitation the man
from Michigan drew forth roll of
bills and paid. muttering that he could
get married cheaper in, Michigan than
In Indiana.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
Alone rhev Did n.

Clergyman (kindly) And after you
had committed this awful crime. the
power of prayer prevailed to show
you to yourself In all your hideous.
ness. Was 1t not SO?
Repentant Murderer'-No, sir: twas
the picture Of me In the newspapers
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
Solemn Thouah,..

Pensively the soubrette who was
touring the provinces applied the col.
oring mixture to her hair in the soil.
tude of her own room.
& How sad It is, she murmured. ito
dye so far from homs!''-Chicaso
Tribune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
All About Her.

Winkle=see that little woman In
black over there? I'll bet there are
more men, crazy about that woman
than any woman in town.
Hinkle What makes you think 30!
Winkle-W she's the matron out
ct the insane asylum. Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23

The same pain
OF mind that had
spurred him on
that long ago
night to the adj
mission she had
heard had start
ed to new life a
barred. a scath-
ed. a reminding
sin.
ut is all true"
he said. II was
the inveterate
voice OF con-
sole nee that
spoke. II have
been deceiving
myself. was my
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
a slave Of Habit.

mr. Butcher" said the patron with
the infant in her arms. will you
please weigh my baby?"
"Sure!" responded the busy butcher.
depositing the little human bundle on
his scales Just 1e pounds and 9
quarter. Mrs. Riley"
But" commented the watching par
emit. your scales registered but 16
pounds"
you're right. madam" said the
butcher. reddening as he took another
look. Then. turning to the bookkeeper
behind the desk, he called out: annie.
take of that quarter Of q pound!"-
Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
A Healthy Family.

sOur whole family has enjoyed good
health since we began using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, three years ago." says
l.. A. Bartlett, of Rural Route l, Gull
ford, Maine. They cleanse and tone
the system in gentle way that does
you good. 25c. at P. A. Clemmer's
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
A Fool at a Boarding House.

Jinks-Tthat fellow Sillipate IL the
most inexcusable fool ever saw.
Winks-What has he been doing to
you?
Jinks-A few days ago some one in.
Hted him to dinner at our boarding
house. Well. sir. that idiot just
praised every dish on the table. and
complimented the landlady on her
cooking. until she raised our rates
two dollars a week.--New York
Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
For Sale.

Hereford bulls at $500 less than
our regular prices. We haven't
the feed to winter them. Better look
them over if you need one.
UPTON Bros. & KRuMM.
Phone SO LIB. 104m2
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
Mail Orders.

Mott & Co., want your Mail orders
Special attention given them. Send for
samples and Ladies' Home Fashion
Sheets. Very truly yours,
u 2tf MOTT 4 Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
Finding His Name.

Bill-There's man In my town who
says he can tell mans name by
looking at his hand.
Jill-That's nothin' / know a Teller
what can tell mans name by looking
at his mug.
Is he mind reader?"
mo, he's barber" Yonkers
Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
Cresco Union Savings Bank
CAPITAL 100000
ROBERT THOMSON, CASHIER.

The man without q bank account is
travelling on foot, while his neighbor
who keeps account at the bank travelling rate
speed afforded by modern improvements
does require large Of money bank
account Place the with which you pay your bills in
the bank We will issue you pass book. can then
write check for each obligations these checks back
the bank returned when balance your
These checks ndsputabe receipts for every cent
you pay
have started your business by check
ing you will find necessity and without
bank account you disadvantage.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23
> Chapter 6

X foot of the stair Harry
paused. drawing a deep
breath as II TO lift a
weight Of air He need
ed TO get his bearings, to
win back q measure Of
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-10-23

O A0ToREA.
Bar, Il. pIhs Kind You Haze Always Bought
ass Z Zz17zEza
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TOOK a BAGS OF MONEY
Two Men Robbed Express Car on the
Pan Handle.

Pittsburg. May 1.-Two train robbers
9 10 evidently boarded the New York
and St Louis express on the Pan Han
die railroad of the Pennsylvania system
at the Union station n this city when
that train left at 1906 LAST night, ten
minutes late, overpowered the express
messenger and got away with four bags
of currency containing an amount Of
money as yet unknown. The robbery
was committed near Walkers station,
particularly lonely and i<nla, ed SPOT
In rough section Of country about
eleven miles past Of the city
The train. one of the fastest on the
road. which Is not scheduled to stop
between here and Steubenville, Ohio
was brought to a sudden halt by an
emergency signal from the bell cord
and when Conductor William Lafferty
went forward to learn the trouble he
found Adams express messenger, N.
Roshen, bound and gagged in the ex-
press car and SO frightened that he
couldn't give any connected report of
what had happened, except that both
Of the robbers were white. The express
messenger Is unable to give any i1cn-
LITIGATION that would aid the secret
service force Of the Pan Handle and
Pennsylvania railroad companies anS
the city and county detective forces,
all of whom have been called out to
work on the case.
The express safe was open according
| TO information reaching here as the
| messenger was making up bills for
| packages received from the local Of
4 fees and the robbery WAS ACCOMPLISH
| ed in a very few minutes Persons
standing on the station platform at
| Carnegie. a short distance from the
place where the robbers left the train,
| report having seen the express mes
senger at work In his car and two men
| on the platform uatsl lie the car.
II is known that four bags, all sealed
| and containing money were taken from
| the car but nothing is known AS . the
amount of money contained in either
| bag. The train Is one of IT,. most I'm
| portant Of the road and usually car
| ries much currency and otne- express
matter from New York and intermedi-
ate stations to the west
There is a dense wood near Walkers
station where the robbers pulled the
bell and left the train and 1t was into
this wood that the robbers disappeared
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termining the championship.

termining the championship.
In regard to thu local clubs chances,
I think that it Is equally as good as
any Of the others. Just now 1t ap-
pears that the Joplin club is quite a
little stronger than at tho outset OF
last season. Our inf1eld is SO per cent
stronger than that Of year ago, and
I don't think the present quartette can
be equalled in the league. The catch
ing department Is much better than
that Of last season. Hawkins being a
first class receiver in every respect.
The twirling staff with the addition of
another good man, who is certain to
be added soon, Is as good as anybody's
and the outfield when the men get into
shape will easily surpass that Of last
season. Bad weather conditions have
made 1t impossible for my men to get
into good physical condition and few
of them still complain Of sore muscles,
but guess we will be in as good shape
as any Of the other teams when the
bell rings.
I wish to make one prediction. II
we do not win the flag, for which we
will bend every energy to accomplish,
we will be up with the leaders, fighting
all the way. Third or better will be
our battle cry. We may not win the
pennant but We'll be one Of the con-
tenders. and we are going to fight and
hustle from April 80 until September
%. One thing is certain, we mean to
have a winner and we are going to
have one.
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RED TAPE Is OUT.
1t Bound the Sheriff to a Crazy Man
for Two Weeks.

1Or Two W0Ck6.
Las Vegas. N. M, May Letters
for Juan Narciso Hurtado may now be
addressed in care Of the territorial in.
sane asylum. The man without mind.
home or country. was corralled by the
sheriff of Union county about two
weeks ago and brought to this city
Saturday last on commitment to the
territorial hospital for the insane. The
officials Of the institution refused to
admit him at that time, declaring they
had no official knowledge of his exist
ence in the absence of the committaI
papers, which 1t then transpired had
been lost by the sheriff. To return
with the man to Union county was out
of the question, as the court there had
cancelled his standing SO that he mo-
longer legally existed in that com.
munity being credited to the asylum.
This left the sheriff with a crazy man
on his hands with no way to get rid OF
him and no legal right to keep him.
Hurtado was cared for here until this
morning, when he was duly received
by the asylum officials. the missing
document having been located. The
sheriff has returned feeling consider.
ably relieved.
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WesIevan g. HaskelI 3.
ATTELL WON EASILY.
Sullivan Made a Sorry Showing Against
the ChamDiOn.


San Francisco. May 1-Hopelessly
outclassed, Brooklyn Tommy Sulli-
van of st. Louis, made a sorry show
ing last night against the American
featherweight champion, Abe Attell.
In the fourth round, after about a
minutes fighting. Attell having drawn
Sullivan into close quarters, promptly
delivered short arm right to the chin,
which sent Sullivan to the mat.
In a dazed condition, Sullivan re-
gained his footing and Attell went at
ter him hammer and tongs. Twice
more the st. Louis man went to the
floor, finally rolling over on his back.
AS he was being counted out an Off
Ger stepped into the ring and ordered
the contest stopped. Owing to a change
the last moment in the articles of
agreement permitting Sullivan to
weigh in at Log pounds, the referee was
instructed to declare all bets of.
Johnny Frayne was given the decis-
ion over Fred Landers at the end Of
fifteen round preliminary to the Attell-
Sullivan fight.
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bases was credited to the Catholics at
the end of the game while the WASH
burn players had been round but four
times. Moran. the slab artist for the
visitors, was pounded numerically.
Dunn for the home team kept the hits
we'll scattered.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
washburn ......O so 000410 7
st. Marys ...........O . 0 3 % 3 O-15 IA
Batteries-Washburn, Morgan and
Smith; St. Marys, Dunn and Kistler.
Wesleyan 6, Haskell 5.
Sahna. Kan. May 1.-The Haskell
institute baseball team was defeated
here by Wesleyan university, score 6
to 8. 1t was one of the cleanest games
seen here this year.
Score by innings:
HASKELL q
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Coyner and
Mack: Haskell. Big Bear, Marc and
Lawrence.
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Editor VIII Act q

Editor VIII Act as InterpretR.
Las Vegas. N. NJ. May IN. r. Gal
legos, editor Of Ell Fenix, a Mexican
newspaper published at Clayton, has
been appointed to act as interpreter
at the spring term Of court at Mora,
this territory.
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Two Pitchers for Columbus.

Columbus. o., May Joe Harris, the
Boston American pitcher. has bsen re-
leased to the Columbus American as
81 iation team He will Join the Cuoi-
tai City nine after they return from
fhtlr western trip. Twirler Rodgers of
L oui>yili., who has been secured ty
Prssiaei,' Erice OF the Columbus team.
reach milwaukee.