davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-18

You are asking me- "a cnr v1rr
Golden held IN the nacl<at - ...'aa'
Here il vonr convict;nn NJ rsl,'s
mantle original leaves talrar 80.
those books when Won had then on'
bound. / need vour statement !. I,
facts for quite another purpose !,
And If 1 refuse IL make it7
nered rat will fight for his life ".
Gordon"
IF you refuse / shall be reluctan+,,,
compelled to hand these papers ovar -
our attorneys-relucta / say. ~
cause you can serve me better 1ust no,r
out of Jail than in it,
Its an unfair advantage you're taL.
ing; at the worst, am only an acca,-
sorry My principals will be here II
few days, and"
Precisely" was the cold re1oinaar
1T is because your PRINCIPALS are com
ing home, and because they are not vat
here, that I want your statemant
Oblige me, If you please: my time !.
limited this morning"
There was no help for it. or none an.
parent to the fear-stricken; and for
the twenty succeeding minutes tha
typewriter clicked monotously In IN :
his prosecutor pacing the floor of the
private office, and once he found him
self looking about him for a weapon.
But at the end Of the writing interval
he was handing the freshly-ty sheet
to a man who was yet alive and un-
hurt.
Gordon sat down at his desk to read
it, and again the rowing eyes of the
bookkeeper swept the interior OF the
larger rooms for the means to an end;
sought and found not.
The eye search was not fully con-
cluded when Gordon pressed the cleo
trio button which summoned the young
man who kept the local books of the
Chiawassee plant across the way. While
he waited he saw the conclusion Of the
eye-search and smiled rather grimly
You'll not find it. Dyckman." he
said, divining the desperate purpose of
the other; adding. as an after though:
land IL you should. you wouldn't have
the courage to use it. That is the IA
tai lack in your make 1t Is what
kept you from taking the train last
night with the money belt which you
emptied this morning. YouH never
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-18

camePs hair cheviot. When short
nalr fur is used for the collar and
Guns on coats, 1t is often repeated in
9 three or four-inch wide band on the
lower portion Of the coat or skirt. II
is not set directly on the lower edge
as IN the suits Of last year. but the
depth OF hem above the edge.
Madame Paquin has a charm,ne
new type OF a tailored coat this sea
son, which Is In the form Of a Russian
blouse. The upper part of the blouse
IS IN one piece. with a seam at the
upper arm and shoulder. the center
back extending to the lower edge OF
the coat. The lower part Of the Goa,
IS cut slightly circular to At the hips
with perfect smoothness, and is Join
ed to the side of the center back
panel and to the front and sides at the
walstline. The back is plain fttine
and the front slightly bloused, open
ing low at the side with deep revers
This type Of coat is fastened with
fancy olive buttons in jade or nickel
or a fiat buckle interlocking at the
sides Is often used at the lower Dor
ton of the coat with invisible fasten
ings set above.
Although the skirts are narrow
they are not narrow to the point of be-
ing uncomfortable for walking. The
lines are kept straight from the hips
downward, with very little superfuous
fullness at the lower edge, and they
average In width from two to two
and half yards around the lower
edge.
New Ideas In Vogue.
The very simplest form Is made
with a plated panel at the front and
back and the sides In one piece. This
is sometimes cut on the bias of the
material or slightly circular, with q
band trimming set In between the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-18
CHAPTER xxi.

with Norman too busy at the pipe
foundry to worry him, and the IRON
master president too deeply engrossed
in matters mechanical, Mr.. Henry
Dyckman. still bookkeeper and cashier
for Chiawassee Consolidated, had fewer
nightmares; and by the time he had
been month In undisputed command
at the general Office he had given over
searching for certain packet of pa
pers which had mysteriousIy dfsap-
peared from a secret compartment In
his desk.
Later. when the time for the return
of the younger Gordon drew near, there
was encouraging news from Europe
Dyckman had not failed to keep the
mails warm with reports OF the Gordon
& Gordon success; with urgings for
the return OF the exiled dynasty; and
late in May he had news of the home-
coming intention From that on there
were alternating chills and fever II
Colonel Duxbury should arrive and re-
sumo the reins Of management before
Tom Gordon should reappear, all might
yet be well. II not-the alternative
impaired the bookkeeper's appetite. and
there were hot nights in, June when he
slept badly.
When Toms advent preceded the
earliest date named by Mr.. Farley by q
broad fortnight or more, the bookkeep-
er missed other Of his meals, and one
night fear and q sharp premonition Of
close pressing disaster laid cold hands
on him; and o'clock found him skulk-
ing in the great train shed at the rail-
way station, ticket to Canada in his
pocket, a goodly sum Of the company's
money tightly buckled In safety belt
next to his skin-All things ready for
to the final step taking.
The following morning the promini-
ton became certainty. In the Cor
donna mail there was note from the
younger Gordon, directing him to come
to the office Of the pipe foundry. bring
Ing the cash-book and ledger for year
whose number was written out In let
tiers Of fire In the bookkeepers brain.
He went, again lacking the courage
either to refuse or to disappear. and
found Gordon waiting for him. There
were no preliminaries
Good morning. Dyckman." said the
tyrant. pushing aside the papers on mis-
desk. X GU nave OTOu8ut Inc DOOAb
| Sit down at that table and open The
ledger at the company's expense ac-
count for the year. I wish to make q
few comparisons" and he took q thick
| packet Of papers from pigeonhole 81
the small iron safe behind his chair.
Dyckman was unbuckling the shawl
strap in which he had carried the twc
heavy books, but at the Significant
command he desisted, went swiftly to
the door opening into the stenograph-
er's room. satisfied himself that There
were no listeners. and resumed hia
\ chair.
You have cut out some Of tho pre-
| face. ME- Gordon: TIL cut out the re-
mainder." he said. moistentng his dr.
lips. "You have the true record OF thu
expense account ii that package Tn
down ana out; what r It you want 2
Il want q written confession Of JUS
what you did. and what you did It for
was the direct reply, You'll md Miss
Il Ackerman's typewriter "a the Other
room; I'll walt while you put It Il
q type. III
You're not giving me show, Mr.
Z Gordon; the poor show common muir.
derer would have 10 any court of lau
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-18
FRANCIS LYNDE

deep set, burning eyes. had entered
with him to pace evenly as he paced,
and to lay maddening finger on his
soul.
Without vowing vow and confirm
Ing 1t with an oath, he had partly turn
ed new life-leaf on the night Of heav-
emily comfort when Ardea had sent him
forth to tramp the pike with her kiss
of sisterly love still caressing him. Be
yond the needs Of the moment, the re-
call of Norman and the determination
to turn his back on the world struggle
for the time being. he had not gone in
that first fervor Of the uplifting inn
pulse. But later on there had bean
other steps: a growing hunger for sue
cess with self-respect kept whole; Il
dulling of the sharp edge of his hatred
for the Farleys; meliorating of his
fierce contempt for all the hypocrites,
conscious and subconscious.
And now With Alecto's
maddening finger pressed on the soul
hurt, no man is responsible. After the
furious storm Of upbubbling curses had
spent itself there was a little calm, not
Of surcease but of vacuity, since even
the cursing vocabulary has it's limita-
liOuSe Acu q 6IOuPlLlS VI WOIuS 1OuS
forgotten arrayed itself before him,
like the handwriting on the wall Of
Belshazzer's banqueting hall.
when the unclean spirit is gone out
of man, he walketh through dry
places. seeking rest, and findeth none
Then he saith. will return into my
house from whence came out; and
when he is come. he findeth it empty,
swept and garnished. Then goeth he.
and taketh with himself seven other
spirits more wicked than himself, and
they enter in and dwell there: and the
last state Of that man Is worse than
the first"
He put his hands before his face to
shut out the sight Of the words. Far
Their on. he felt his way across the
room to stand at the window where he
could look across to the gray, shadowy
bulk of the manor-house. to the house
and to the window Of the upper room
which was Ardea's.
They've got me down." he whisper
ed. as II the words might reach her
ear. THE devils have come back, Ar
dea. my love: but you can cast them
out again. II you will. All, girl, girl.
Vincent Farley will never need you as
l need you this night"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-18

Reducing the Hips with ToothDic1<s.
One OF the newest and cleverest flesh
reducing methods includes only tooth
picks-and teacup as its apparatus.
stand close up to the wall some
where" directs the exponent OF this
method, 'first making sure that there
is 4 high mantel shelf or other shelf
SO tar above your head that the uplift-
ed hand can just touch it. The tooth
picks nifty Of them are to be thrown
on the door just In front Of the toes.
and with one sweep Of the body a
toothpick Is picked up and placed by a
stretching Of the arm. in the teacup
which stands on the high shelf. This
motion brings In the bending .of tho
body at the waist, which reduces the
abdomen, and the twisting Of the torso.
which makes the waist supple and slcn-
der and reduces the hips an inch !
week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-11-18
ma shah,s HiEhway.

It is true we have some bad roads.
but most OF our highways compared
with those of Persia would be- IS .
paved street to plowed field. says
correspondent OF Harper's Weekly.
You would think that the keeping Of
the shah's highway would be one OF
the first cares Of . state, yet 50 little
attention has been given to this sub
ject by the Persian government that
there are not q dozen good wagon
roads throughout the whole country.
The caravan routes are. except In
very few cases, merely trails. Not
only are the wagon roads bad a. we'll
as scarce, but it Is an astonishing
fact that although Persia is one OF
the oldest OF civilized states, q count
try comprising an area Of $4,000
square miles and q population OF
5000 900, she has but six miles OF rail-
way.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

TIM, CO small a coin as dime when 1t was thrown ii'o
the air. He wasn't doing these things colceiIeuiy ~
oetentatouslv; but Just for fun, to keep MS manu- III Win
his service pistol and amuse the stalled passengers
One shooting stunt however, batfied him. "A SonlaIy
bird was fving tantazingly about three hurded iTe
o1e the middle of the Snake River IN line VIII Il:C
tom Of the palisade upon which the Sergeant anu i'
ro,n stood The bird flying with the Jerky' ial
mo eccentric movements of bat only WIN gie &
more rapdity. The Sergeant tried to get thai plu
half dozen snapshots; but he had picked out 'oo t
c,lt stunt His bullets went wide every tie' iii e,i
raz bird continued to dart hither and yon hgH 'D0'0
the center of the stream. , ,o+ coat Of
Then Young woman, wearing a Newman I ora++
rlaid and with veil draped entlclngy ABOUT ie f tt
face and hair in place of hat, stepped u e tino
palisade after having watched the oeIge.I' i time
with obvious interest. The Sergeant ldu py ;tt tbe
given up his attempt wing the fiutteIiis OiiT % ong
dazzling speed and the crazy flying notiolS' 49, md
woman with the veil about her har Ore" t | IS her
nearl mounted pistol from of the Pocke'e , bird
Newmarket coat studied the flying curves u
for few seconds, and then, suddenly lhting Nei
tool, fired. $50, r s,yaeninq side
The bird, stopped in the middle ol D." s"rI ri,,er
dash fell dead into the middle OF the Drown cet
The young woman replaced the piS'oi III '
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

the committee on arrangements related gloomy as they
passed through the stalled trains, endeavorlng TO ma
if they could some passenger able play the violin VINO
might volunteer help them out with bit OF dance M
ding with piano accompaniment
knew how to scrape, and volunteered. 1t was one
iovous occasion The wives and daughters and sweet
hearts of the railroad looked mighty pretty IN their
white dresses did well as knew how with the M
dle-it was strictly fiddle too, and no vloln-beons-
ing to the brakeman with the crushed hand. MY ten
dency recall was to play too fast; but the aoy pl-
anst-she was of Mormon parentage, she nalVeiy III
formed me between dances and was one OF tmrt
children-kep under pretty alrsh control Wlth he
ump-a-ta ump-ta-ta piano accompaniment OF simple
chords.
As many of the passengers of the stalled trans as
could squeeze into the hall on hand at the dance
most of them to look on; others OF them, particularly
the pretty girls from the palace to take part IN the
dancing and to enjoy it keenly; and not few OF theln
mostly men folk from my own tram. were there Wlth
the sole and perfectly obvious purpose OF strngS e
in my capacity as fiddler for the occasion
loftily ignored these last however, and went almost
through the entire dance programmost but not quite
Here is the reason why did not play the last two
dances the program:
Along toward midnight, while | was saving away at
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

rT,IS small world" Or. less concretely and more
ooloquially After all this old world is pretty
snail, isn't Il:
quote two forns OF one Of our standard universal
-1niiions. Il IS c-ansnlitted truisn; for 1t was
-sppei il the amber Of antiquity The sea ranging
2a1:ans, ctattering on The wharves OF Tyre, prob
ay used IL Alexan5e- Of Macedonia said something
L was verbal first cousin to It. Julius Cesar, If he
lint IN 50 many words, hinted it. Charlemagne
alavsi as i he believed Il Marco Polo, hOar and
Tszr after his wande-nss IN China, said It outright
The globe trotter and the commercial traveller OF to-
E employ the brorrdlon N a careless, Offhand way;
NH nothing remarkable, since ali bromidioms are
zged in Just that se-tsarne way, aren't theye But
F more verify in this world bro
LINN than there Is II most conmonplaces OF its sort
~s opportunities t0r endless proof and illustration
Wherefore, let Us add 10 the accumulation OF in
es having found out 5or ourselves, as well as from
lies good deal that serves to show the almost un-
1sgabe tininess Of GUY planet.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

It, tIofn The track round Pocatello. All Of the
L. ''0nc both ways, were crowded with passen-
-s,s :" question We were as miscellaneous lot of
s H., ever got trapped on q railroad siding We
G Csio--.o VI. ol everything in human guse, -luxurl-
& :-3 1o-k III the palace cars Of the eastbOund
--s. --s - lhelr way 10 New York and thence to the
& No .'' cheerful drunlnners galore; four car
rs y."s recruited soldiers on their way to Pacific
r .51- .51s'Is bovine eyed immigrants of both sexes
-g :, :, children; cowboys in store clothes, re-
u nv NH ranches after tumutuous furloughs;
-s "lta their shooting tools plainly visible;
l<e tre,fl girls who viewed the whole thing as
iSg--da5 elillrg capitalists who f11ned over the
e M We were as mixed crowd as ever for
a1 hsns. larlly within tie borders of Idaho.
By We'll .. including the Toughest Of US, behaved
s. d,r;- . americans generally do in such crcum-
1 Per-, Ule I'VE days Of delay at Glenns Ferry.
5en5re5 va little railroad settlement Of three or
nd t- -aOilants, mostly employees Of the rail
o and = families Fortunately it was an eating
Il S9 nes,r reserve iarder was we'll stocked with
the 60. .cI1ed goods, and the like. The eating
egnen-s@lioh was small; but we took our turns.
Roraer .,1 10y girls from the Pumans and immi-
l1isbes IN - Ihelr babies-sat down first. When
4 men took their turns at the tables
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19
Drawing by Herman Pfeifer

according to their luck in the meal drawings" Those
who drew the late numbers uttered word of COM
plant. 1t all part of the game A Major General
OF the United States army smiled agreeably when, at
almost every drawing, he caught number that forced
him wait for the very last table, hours after the meal
had begun. He was the most monolthc hoodoo as a
number drawer that ever saw; but he grand old
boy and perfect sport all the same, and he never
batted eye when the grnning immigrant men passed
him. licking their chops their way the tables Il
We amused ourselves as best could, tranping
through the crlsed sagebrush of the palisades
overlooking the roly swift flowing, sinister Snake River
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

and started to stroll back to her train. But the
passed Sergeant filled with admiration, meant to have
speech of her. He approached her coureousy, raised
his forage cap and thus addressed her:
Miss, there is only IN the world that
know of who could make shot like that.
"Yes?" replied the young woman, stopping and smi-
ing. And who is she?"
Annie Oakley Miss" !" said the Sergeant.
well, l am Annie Oakley replied the young
woman.
And she was Miss Annie Oakley the most famous of
all women shots. On that day Miss Oakley, always
great traveller might easily have been breaking, with
bandaged eyes, glass balls at the London hppodrome or
the circus at Madrid or Budapest. But crazyfying
bird darting over the Snake River at Glenns Ferry
Idaho, happened be daunting crackshot Sergeant
on that morning. and Annie Oakley just happened to
be there prove the Sergeant that the trick could
be done and to afford another instance of the saness
of the world.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

man, who custo1narlIy 1ur1llSHtu CIle
stringed music for these dances. One
of the fddler's hands had been
crushed, which of course put him out
of business, for the time, at least, as
a fiddler. The LADY piano player
a fireman's wife, was in readiness for
the evening; but they had been used
to dancing to the music of violin and
piano. All of this two members of
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19
A Bafhed Marksman

DURING the forenoon of the second day, grizzled
Sergeant of infantry of the noncommssioned
officers escorng the recruits Pacific Coast posts
doing some fancy pistol shooting the edge of one of
the buttes overlooking the river. He wearing the
medal of distinguished marksman" of the United
States army and the crack shot of the service with
both rife and pistol The stalled travellers watched him
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19

lnterestedly as he pep
pered a tin can tossed
into the air with three
or four bullets before
it reached the ground
He would hit every
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19
What Happened in Idaho

UN March Is, 1894, q train on
Which | was travelling westward
'S stalled al Glenn Ferry, Idaho,
A'Teen TWO Washouts. The trestle
T-lling Indian Creek. ahead Of US,
rs doEn. The track hack Of US,
<l'a1 Pocatello, had been flooded
L washed askew after our leaving
@ Two other wes.5ound trans
'l--llental trains ahead a5 ours were
: Up at Glenns Fer-y, waiting for
/. -aolsn Creek rresle u be re-
.-s1 Alongside Of raese were
I" stalled eastbount transconti-
--.a- trans, waiting for the waters
New-York tribune., 1910-06-19
The Author at the Fiddle

IN that vigil evening of the day of Saint Patrick the
railroad folk of Glenns Ferry had arranged to have
dance at the town hall the general store But the
committee arrangements had been thrown into a
state gloom few days previously owing to an acct
dent which had disabled the fiddler railroad brake
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-04
LARGE COPPER SALES
HELP EASTERN MARKETS

James A, Pollock & Co. bankers and
brokers. furnish the following. received
over their private wire yesterday after
noon:
1t is understood that the United Metals
Selling company has sold 100, 100000
pounds of copper at l2ic and 12ec dur
ing the past two weeks, which is sup
posed to be for domestic consumption.
The Calumet & Hecla. we understand,
has made some small sales at 13c. This
ket, On any weak spots would buy
copper stocks as we believe we have
turned the corner. The offerings con-
tinue very light and any buying seems
York market sold of on profit taking
toward the close, but prices rallied some
what,
Logan e Bryan stock letter New York
The opening was irregular, induced for
the most part by the tone OF the London
market and prices receded sharply un-
der the leadership of Steel and Northern
Pacific. The selling of the latter was
said 10 be based on fears OF a reduction
In the dividend but inasmuoh as the next
meeting Will probably not take place un-
TIL early In October. il seems likely that
the pressure was more in the nature OF
liqudatlnE sales. IL served the purpose.
however, of temporarily undermining con-
hdence, but offerings on the recession
We're we'll absorbed and upon the appear
ance of support the list recovered slight
ly from these low levels Of the day. AS
expressed recently, II does not appear
TO as though conditions surrounding
the market warrant the expectancy OF
sustained movement at this time. but
nevertheless the atmosphere seems
cleared TO such an extent as TO make the
long side OF the drives more attractive
than heretofore Fears of higher money
rates in the near future are still ex-
pressed. but the gold importations and
lack of intense speculation are doing
much at this time towards holding rates
In check
Hornblower letter. Boston-Coppers q
not sympathize with the weakness In the
New York market today, and as n rule
gains were made throughout the list The
buying was good and traders are working
consistently for better prices whenever
an opportunity offers. The demand Is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-04
FLOW Of WATER
AND RICH ORES
Columbus Extension Group of
Alta Was Recent Scene of
Interest.
DRIFT MAY SOON
STRIKE ORE BODIES
Fine Concentrates Make Their
Appearance When a Heavy
Flow Water Found.

Judging from recent reports from Alta,
the Columbus Extension company is
meeting with very encouraging results,
the developments of the past week being
very significant. 1t was reported Alere
last week that q new flow Of water had
been encountered in the Columbus Con-
solidated ground. Il flow which brought
with it a great deal OF concentration but
II later rumor Is TO be credlted, these
concentrates were found in the ColuIn-
bus Extension territory instead OF the
Columbus Consolidated.
The Columbus Extension management
is operating through the main tunnel
level of the Columbus Consolidated, so
the mistake In ownership Of the results
of the water flow was quite natural. II
is said that the flow of magnificent con-
centrates were washed down, little or
none being possible OF control at the time
for future shipment
The Columbus Extension workings are
being sent forward TO encounter the old
Toledo flssure q assure known TO be rich
At first 1t was thought that this water
flow came from the old Toledo workings.
but when last heard from there had
been no recession of water in the shaft.
Local circles believe that this Column
bus Extension work is bound TO have a
very beneficial effect on some OF the Big
Cottonwood properties like the Cardiff
and ReXall. They have even gone so
should be merged with the Columbus Ex-
tension, for it would bring together
splendid area OF ground richly provided
with precious minerals. while the Colum-
bus Extension with Its Little Cottonwood
outlet affords an ideal avenue through
which all ore shipments could be made.
Such a merger in time may be made.
but so far IT Is merely In the speculative
ulation are, perhaps, the ones least in
terested in the premises.