davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1908-12-17

was one in the grass not 20 feet from
whore We lay"
Lucky for you-and for me. too, I
guess" said Blake. I'VE were all
three down for the count. But this
settles the Est round In our favor.
How do you like the picnic. Miss
Jennyf"
Miss Leslie. II you please" replied
the girl, with hauteur.
"oh, say. Miss jenny" protested
Blake. Gsnially. I'VE live in the same
boarding house now. Why moi be
folksy? You're free to call me Tom.
Pass me another nut, winthrope.
Thanks! By the way. what's your
front nansT Saw 1t aboard ship
Cyril"
Cecil" corrected winthrope, In a
sw tone.
, 1908-12-17

Do you want nuts or candies for
Xmas. Let me supply your wants al
lowest prices. Pilon.
, 1908-12-17

A clean bed is inviting. Why not
get your new material OF the man
who sells bedding at right pricesi
Pilon.
, 1908-12-17

Do not forget to buy your Xmas
toys in good time. Pilon is Santa's
agent this season.
, 1908-12-17

l do not give clothing away-that's
not my business-but l do give you
good goods for your money.
Pilon, the Clothier.
, 1908-12-17

What are you going to give your
sweetheart for Xmas, boys1 Let me
show you some nice presents. Pilon.
, 1908-12-17

The best of rooms for trausients at
the Waterloo. Mrs. Mary Albro,
proprietor.
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OF instruments which they cut in on
the line with wherever they happen
to be, I don't know where Briesac is,
but Frisbie is down about Riley's to-
night, I think. After you pass him
you'll have no help from the wires"
"Ili have what ! can get" asserted
Ford. Now tell me what we're likely
to meet
Leckhard laughed. Anything on
top of earth. from Brissac or Jack
on light engine, to Gallagher or Fol-
som coming out with string of emp
ties. Oh, ol're not likely to find
much dead track anywhere after you
get over the mountain"
Ford swung up beside Hector, who
had been listening. you see what
wire in fol, Hector. Start your head.
light dynamo and let's co. he said;
and FIVE minutes farther on, just AZ
Penfield. was about to make his fifth
scramble over tie coal in the tend ar
the 1912 took the upward road with a
deafenlng whistle shrek as It's fare.
well to Saints Rest
1t was pocket-dark by the time the
switch-stand at the 5aCin siding sYung
into the broad beam OF the electric
headlight. Ford got down from the
fireman's tox and crossed over to the
engineers side to pilot Hector
'Hows your track from this on?'
inquired the big engineman gruffly.
ut is about as rough as 1t can be
and not ditch the steel trains. You'.l
have to hold her down or well have
results
What in the name O. thunder Is the
old mans notion of goin' to the front
with picnic party and maxim night
run of it, at that, dye reckon?"
''The Lord only knows. Easy around
this curve you're coming to; it isn't
set up yet The 1912 was fast eigh.
wheeler from the main line, and though
the grade was rising four per cent.
the big flyer was making light WORK
Of her one car train.
Ford sat gloo,nily watching the TRACK
ahead at the great engine stor,neG
around the curves and up the grades
The struggle against odds was begin
ming to tell on him. The building Of this
new line. the opening Of the new -coun
try, was the real end for which all the
1 planning and scheming In the financial
/ field had been only the necessary pre-
fiminaries. For himself he had cravet
nothing but the privilege OF buildins
the extension: of rejoicing in his owl
handiwork and in the new triumph o
progress and civilization which i
would bring to pass. But little by lit
tie the fine fire Of workmanlike enthus
iasm was burning itself out agains
the iron barriers of petty spite an,
malice thrown up at every, turn b!
North and the Denver junta OF oh
j, structionists.
He was at no loss to account 70,
North's motive. 1t was no longer til,
contemDtuous disregard of ? ~"rern
manager for one Of his subordinate,
WHO had shown signs Of oI,gi G s. III
his job. 1t was fight between rival
-equals-and Ford knew that it mus
Z go on until one or the other should d
driven to the wall. Thus far, his an
tagonist had scored every point. TIL
MacMorroughs had been helped int
the saddle and held there Mr.. Co
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II her unnr,nc,nIed trad,cer

at her unprincipled traducer, Mac
Morrogh will rub 1t into you good and
hard. Can't you feel the Sunday
school atmosphere right here in the
headquarters this morning? Look down
yonder at the Nadia---wouldnt that
soothe you, now?"
Ford looked and the scowl which
was coming to be a habit transformed
itself into a cynical smile. A hun.
dred or more Of the Marlborough labor.
ers, hats off and standing at respect.
full attention, were clustered about
the rear platform OF the private car.
and Mr. Colbrith was addressing
them; giving them the presidential
benediction, as Frisbie put it irrever-
emily.
Don't you see how you are going to
be hoisted with. your own ammuni
! tion?' the little man went on spite.
| fully. What becomes of all your
complaints Of drunkenness and crime
when Mr.. Colbrith can see with his
own eyes what truly good pople the
MacMorroghs are? And what conclu-
sion will he arrive at? There's only
one, and it's long-armed one so
far as your reputation Is concerned:
you are as desperately bent on having
your own way that you haven't scrup-
led to tell lies about these angelic
contractors"
Let up. Dick, said Ford gruffly,
1--WE got about all can carry till
| catch up on sleep little. But you're
right; this is the place where the fire.
works come in. I think I'll go and
light the fuses while I'm keyed up
to It"
The crowd Of laborers had dispersed
by the time Ford reached the Nadia.
and the president. benign from the re-
dictionary effect Of his own early-morn-
ing eloquence, was waiting for him.
"Ah; we did reach the front safely,
after all, didn't we, Mr., Ford?" was
Mr.. Colbriths mildly sarcastic greet
ing. And then: Come aboard, sir:
we are waiting breakfast Tor you
Ford would have declined promptly,
II the invitation had been anything
less than command He had met
none of the members Of the private,
car party save Miss Alicia, and he did
not want to meet them, having the true
captain Of industry's horror Of mixing
business with the social diversions
But with one example of the presi.
dents obstinacy fresh in mind, he
yielded and climbed obedlently to the
rallied platform. Whatever happened.
he should see Alicia again, privilege
never to be too lightly esteemed, what.
ever it cost.
Ito be Continued.)
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o. e. S. OF PENNINGTON ELECT
OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR.

Pennington AT their regular meet
ing Friday night Mizpah chapter o. E,
S., elected the following officers:
Worthy nnatron--Mrs. H. H. Turner.
Worthy matron--Arnold Stewart.
Associate Matron Miss Jennie
Franks.
Conductress--Mrs ]. P. Brady.
Associate conductress--Mrs. G. p.
Franks
secretary-Mrs. w. H. Knott.
Treasurer-Mrs. John Jack.
Rev. and Mrs. j. II. Krenmeyer of
Mt. Zion visited last week with Mrs.
Krenmyer's mother. Mrs. l.. H. Het-
eel.
f. E. Coulter is recovering from u
sever attack Of pneumonia.
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Don't clicked Frisbie from the
other end of the long wire. And then
at the risk of giving it away to every
operator on the line: You're doing
Yourself up Let the president see
for himself what he has let us in for"
Ford's reply was short and to the
point The order stands. There are
Others besides the president to be con-
sidered. Goodnight"
well, we go to this here Siding
Number Twelve. do we?'' said Hector,
when they were clambering once more
to the foot-plate Of the 1912.
Safely. i think" said the chief, add.
ing: "You can't run fast enough over
this track to get into trouble anyway
Hector for the succeeding twenty
miles When the track was not too
| rough to forbid speed, the cuts were
too numerous, and the big flyer had
to be bitted and held down until some
| of Hector's Impotence began to get
| into the machinery. This shall ac-
! count as it may for what
/ happened. A mile or two
below Riley's, where the lights
were all out and the turmoil Of the
day of strikes had apparently sub
SIDED. the canyon opened out into q
winding valley, and when Ford called
across to Hector: There are no
rock cuts on this section, and we are
partly surfaced. You can let her out
| a little for few miles," the engineer
took the permission for all it was
worth and sent the eight-wheeler fly
ing down the newly-ballasted stretch.
Two long curves rounded in safety,
and the special was approaching a
third, when to Ford, track watching
even more anxiously than Hector, a
| dull red spot appeared in the exact
center of the white field of the cleo.
trio. For a moment it puzzled him,
but the explanation came with Wig.
orOus shock an instant later 1t was
the oil-lamp headlight Of the freight
Hector was huge enough to be slow
| il 'bigness were bar to celebrity But
no drill-master of the foot-plates coull
have brought the flying train to a
stand with the loss Of fewer seconds
/ Happily, too, the 1928 electric head
| light served as a danger signal seen
from afar by the engineer of tbs
freight. So it CHANGED that the tw-
great engines merely put their noses
together; and by the time Penfie.d
came scrambling over the coal with
the inevitable quarry from the presi
dent, the jolting stop was thing Of
the past, and the train was In motor
again, following the freight, which
was backing, at Ford's order, to til.
nearest siding.
No more hurry for us tonight, Hec
tor" was the boss's dictum, when the
obstructing string of empties wa.
safely passed. 1--WE take it slow ant
SIRE from this on, with your fireman
to flag US around the curves ant
through the cuts. This was only tn,
, first section of the train that lef
! Horse Creek at eight oclock-the sec
J ton that was broken down at Sidin,
Twelve. We're due to pick up thu
second section anywhere between herr
{ and the end-of-track."
SLOW it is said Hector. I'm n!
| hog, if l do take little swill now ant
! then: | know when I've got enough.
| This was at ten-forty, while tn
: night was still young. And for sever
} other hours the one-car special inchet
Its psg cautiously toward the goa!
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Empire Builders
| BY FRANCIS LYNDE
Copyright Ieos-By Francis Lynde.

,r1I.prrp WI r,ntinned

CHAPTER XvII-Continued0
"That settles it." said the chief to
Hector. "You'll have to back down to
Saints Rest and fill up. You'll get no
more this side of Pannikin Upper
Canyon. We haven't had time to build
tanks yet
Hector put his valve motion in the
reverse gear and began to drop the
train down the grade on the air. A
dozen wheeIturns brought a shrill
whistle from the air-signal whistle
Mr. Colbritt evidently wished to know
why his train was going in the wrong
direction, Hector applied the brakes
and stopped in obedience to the sig
nal.
'.Do we send back?" he asked
t'No.'' said Ford sourly. LET hin,
send forward"
Penfeld was the bearer of the
presidents question. Would it be nee
essary to discharge somebody in or.
der to have his commands obeyed?
Ford answered the petulant demand
as one bears with q spoiled child
They were returning to Saints Rest
for water. Let the president be as
sured that his orders would be obeyed
In due course.
Hes a mixer, the old man is" said
the big engineer. once more giving
the 1912 the needful inch or release
TO send it. grinding down the hill
'T'd ruther pull FREIGHT thirtv-six hours
on end than run his car for hundred
miles,"
There was trouble getting at tbs
water tank in the Saints Rest ward
Ieckhard, acting as division eneineer
telegram Superintendent, materia
forwarder and yardmaster, found II
difficult at times to hiring order out 81
chaos in the forwarding yard. It was
a full hour before the tumble of ma
teria1 trains could he shunted sn6
switched apd iu@gled to permit tbs
1912 to drop down to the water tank
and four times during the hour Pen
field dutifu'ly climbed over the Goa
to tell Ford and the engineer what
the president thought Of them.
sDurn me! but YOU can tale punish
ment like man, Mr.. Ford!" said Hec
tor, on the heels of the fourth send
ing, sinking rank distinctions In hi:
admiration for cool fighter. These
here polite cussin's-out are what
can't stand. Reckon we'll get ava,
from here before the old man throws
sure-enough fit?"
That's entirely with the yard crew.
said Ford. calmly making himself com
Portable on the firemans box. "We'i
go when we can get water; and vel
get water when the tank track J.
cleared. That's all there is to it
Whereupon he found his cigar case
passed it to Hector, lighted up, ant
waited patiently for another second
hand wiggling from the Nadia.
AS it CHANGED the tank track wa;
cleared few minutes later; the 101,
was backed down and supplied, ant
Ford instructed Leckhard to do wha
he could with the single. poorly man
ned construction wire toward givin,
the presidents special clear track
s'That won't be much" said the hard
worked base-ofsupplies man. View,
got our own operator at Ten Mile, AM
Brissac and Frisbie have each Sc
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with Ford scanning every mile of the
hazardous way as 1t swung into thu
beam Of the headlight arc, with Hec-
tors left hand stiffening on the BRAKE
cock, and with a weary fireman drop.
ping from his gangway at every
curve approach to flag for safety.
1t was not until three o'clock in the
morning that they met and passed the
second section Of empties, and tho
dawn Of a new day was fully coma
when the shacks and storehouses of
the MacMorroghs' headquarters at the
Ford got down from his seat on the
fireman's side and stretched himself
as one relaxing after mighty strain.
That's the end Of 1t for little
while, Billy" he said addressing the
big engineer as a man and brother.
Crawl in on the first siding you come
to. and go hunt you a bed. ! don't
think the president will be pernicious-
ly active today-after such a night as
we've had
But in this, as in other instances
when Mr.. Colbriths activities had fig
ured as a factor, he reckoned without
his best.
CHAPTER XVIII.
| Ford was awake for all day, and
was colloguing with Frisbie about TIL:
carrying out Of the sumptuary order
for the forcible camp-cleaning, wher
Penfleld came with the request tina,
the chief report at once to the presi
dent in the Nadia.
TELL him I'll be there presently,
was the answer; and when Penfie.f
went to do 1t, the interrupted colloquJ
was resumed.
you say the camp has already gont
/ dry?'' said Ford incredulously.
Frisbie nodded. "EveTybodys or
i the water-wagon; here and at all thu
camps above and below-bars not only
closed, but apparently wiped out Of ex
istence. I went for old Brian las
night as soon as reached here. H.
looked at me reproachfully, and said
It's you to be always naggin' ms
about thin whisky dives that I'm for
ever tryin' to run out, and cant. G,
and thry it yourself, Misther Frisbie
an I'll stand at your back till your
black In the face But when | wen
through the camp, everything wa
quiet and orderly, and Jack Battere
bar was not only closed--it was gone
vanished without leaving SO much q
bad smell behind IT.
'And then?" said Ford.
"Then | got out my horse and rod
up the creek and through some q
the camps on the Copah detour. TIL
star-eyed goddess Of reform had ey
IDENTIFY landed on that coast, too. Dor
ahue's Hungarians were singing wal
, songs around their campfire, as usua
J and Contadini's Tuscans were out I
full force, guying the night-shift trac
/ layers. But there was no bad bloos
and no whisky to breed it. Your
, done UP again, Stuart"
II don't see that said Ford, wht
: besides being short on sleep, was r,
: joicing in the thought that Alicia an
. the other women of the private ca
: party would not have to be blind an
deaf.
} Don't you? You've been protestin
to beat the band about the lawles
: ness and dissipation Of the MacMo
: rogh camps. Accordingly, Mr.. Co
4 BIRTH comes over here to see for hin
| self; and what will he see? Decene
!. on monument smiling reproachfull
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ASSASSIN
F FO|I.ED BY
AMERICAN

Calcutta, Nov. IA daring attempt
was made last night by a Bengal TO
assassinate Sir Andrew Henderson
Leith Fraser. the lieutenant governor
of Bengal Like three other attempts
to take his life since his appointment
to that office In 1902. this failed, Sir
Andrew escaping without Injury.
Accompanied by the maharaiah OF
Burdwan, an important division OF
Bengal, and Secretary Barber Of the
Young Mems Christian association,
the lieutenant governor attended
lecture by Prof =. d. Burton, Of Chi
cago university in the town hall.
which was filled to overflowing with
an audience that included many of
the most prominent residents. Just
as Sir Andrew stepped upon the plat
form, young man. who afterward
gave his name as Nhowdbury, rushed
mp, thrust revolver within few
inches OF the lieutenant governors
body and pulled the trigger twice. but
the pistol missed fire both times.
Mr. Barber, who Is an American.
quickly flung himself upon the Ben.
gall The latter struck savagely at
the secretary with his revolver and
wounded him severely on the head,
but was eventually oyerpowered
I'm the meantime the maharaiah, a
man OF great stature and strength,
5eized Lieutenant Governor Fraser
and swung him bodily through a door
out of harms way A group of Ben
gals occupying the front chairs jump
ed quickly to their feet and rushed
out of the han. They escaped during
The commotion which the attempted
that they were present in order to
assist Nhowdbury, but took alarm at
his complete failure TO carry cut his
plan
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AN INTERESTING ExAlslr.
Newspapers From Distant Lands
Oddities Of the Foreign Press.

We extend cordial invitation 10
the public 10 examine a collection OF
newspapers from the most remote
parts of tho world now on exhibit al
our office These papers were sent
TO us by the Chamberlain Medicine
Company. Des Moines. Iowa. manu-
facturers OF Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, and one OF the heaviest ad'
yertlsers not only In this country, but
I'm foreign lands A copy OF each Is
sue of every newspaper containing
their advertisements Is sent 20 the
office OF the Chamberlain Medicine
| Company as a proof OF the insertion
| of the advertisement The package
sent TO US Is selected from those
voucher copies. Some OF the papers
Itear names of places which require
us 10 recall forgotten geography Of
refer 10 the atlas TO locate. Some o
them are particularly curious as the!
are published in the yernacular or ma
tive languages which might be likenet
TO the carefully written notes OF
shorthand writer.
We find the well known Chimes
characters arranged In vertical line
lreading from top 70 bottom. the line
arranged from l4ENN " l'lA- oih " a
Pao" published daily al Shanghai ]
lprinted on a strip OF tissue paper ~
ty inches long and two feel wide Tn
paper is extremely thin and Is prnte
on one side only II is one OF IN
most readable papers published a
one can read the entire paper by
sort Of unrolling process without ha'
ing 10 turn page or fold and unfol
the sheet
The Burmese language, as printe'
lis composed principally Of a combini
ton OF circles. Some one wittily SUI
gested that for this reason circular
would be properly printed in this la
guage.
Cingaiese, the language OF Ceylo
Is also curvilinear Javanese and 81
mese are composed largely OF yertic
lines connected by loops al either q
or bottom but rarely al both. Thei
Languages bear some resemblance
the vertical writing now praeticed
our public schools.
j. The four hundred million people
: India have nearly fifty different di
& lects or yernaculars. 1ae Chambe
; lain Medicine Company adyer-isss
ten OF the principal onvS, ~ follow
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How will you fNant YOU. hair cut,
sir?" said the talkative barber to the
man in the chair.
Minus conversational prolixlty," re-
piled the patient.
"How's that, sir
with abbreviated or totally elm
mated narradons,'
'Ter-don't quite catch your meaning,
sir
With quiescent maniibul1rs."
Which
"U1tA eaervescent verbosity"
"sE?"
Let dimunitive eolloquy be conspic-
uous by its absence"
The barber scratched his head
thJug gl.fuHy moment anl then weni
over to the proprietor OF the shoT
with the whispered remark:
Il lon't know whether that gentle
man in my chair IS mad or a foreign
er. but ! can't find out Shat he wants
The proprietor went to tne waiting
custome ami saii politely:
MY man doesn't seem 10 under
staul you sir How wouh you lik'
YOU hair cut2"
In silence"
The proprietor gave witAerine
look at his iourneyman, while the la
ter began work AMI felt so utterl
wofully crushed that he never eve
asked his patient if he'd like 10 bug
n bottle OF nair restOrer.
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CUBA To
Be GIVEN
ANOTHER
CHANCE:

Havana, Nov. l2.-Cubans will vote
next Saturday for president, vice-pres-
ldent. senators and representatives in
congress. in whose hands the govern
ment OF the island republic will be
committed on the 2Sth of next Ian
uary.
The United States troops will be
withdrawn on that date, three days
earlier than the time originally set, in
order that their departure may mark
the anniversary of the birth Of Jose
Marti. the Cuban patriot.
There is little reason to doubt that
the elections will be conducted with
all regard TO law and order. such as
marked the provincial elections last
August. Both of the political leaders
have given absolute assurances that
they will accept the result Loyalty.
There Is practically no difference
In the platforms OF the two parties in
the field. both having as their chief
planks preservation of the republic
equal rights for all citizens, eucour-
agement Of agriculture and commerce
and maintenance of friendly relations
with the United States. The struggle
Is. frankly. for possession of the gov
ernment and control of public pa.
1ronage.
The conservatives candidate for
president is Gen Mario Menocal and
their candidate for vice-president is
DIR. Rafael AIontoro.
Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez and Alfre-
DO Zayas are the nominees OF the lib
eral party.
Both Gomez an dMenoeal are veter-
ans of the revolution and each has n
large following because of dstln.
guished service on The field. DIR. Mon.
toro is the foremost orator in Cuba
and was nominated in the eXpecta.
tion of his being able 10 control She
large Spanish vote, but he is unpopu-
lar with many Eubans on account OF
his course in the revolution when he
held office in the autonomous govern
ment In the last days Of the Spanish
regime.
Senior Zayas is the idol of a large
faction of the liberals. He was the
leader of the last uprising against
President Palma. but his followers are
suspected OF giving only lukewarm
support to Gomez. between whom and
Senor zayas there was an implacable
feud until Ii was apparent that the
very existence of the liberal party de-
pended on q compromise, under which
zayas withdrew his pretensions to the
presidency. The two factions did not
actually fuse, but Zayas accepted a
nomination for the vice-presidency and
the Zayistas promised to help elect
the coalition candidates.
Business interests and the large
property elements favor Menocal, bui
the result OF the presidential election
probably will be very close.
AS final precaution against even q
suspicion OF intimidation at the polls
Gov. Magcon has appointed in com
mand OF the Rural Guards on election
day the American officers who serveC
as provincial governors at the las
election.