davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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be. The girthy man Of mid
die age with a roll of fat on the back OF
his neck and an eye that seems to con-
template nothing but cent per cent and
the development of coke properties very
often is q man who, strive to hide that
fact as he may, and generally does, car
ries his outfit Of sentiment but a very
short distance beneath his outer cuticle.
And it works the other way round. too.
The Romeo-looking, much-younger chap,
unseasoned and unmellowed by the vicis-
situdes Of emotion and with no glamour
Gus perspective OF dimming days to look
back upon, can be, and very often is, as
hard as nails. SO completely devoid Of
sentiment that sort of vealy sneer ap-
pears upon his visage when anything
even bordering upon the sentimental
knocks upon the door of his immature
intelligence.
Also the woman verging upon the arid
plain of middle age. with the wild roses
of her youth all withered in the valley
lying far behind her, is far more apt to
be a sentimentalist than the eager, fresh
ly blossoming girl just entering upon the
domain of vital experiences.
All Of which is a desultory little pref
atory remark leading up to a meeting. Of
no particular importance in itself. be-
car bound out Of New York for Wash
ingtOn the other afternoon.
The man had chair II in the car and
the woman had chair a. which, of course.
put the man in the seat directly behind
the woman.
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There was nothing perfunctory about
handshake that is exchanged between
two persons who are actually, not sur
facely, glad to meet each other.
1t is incredible. unbelievable, that it
should be you," said the woman, while
he still held her hand firmly. TT is out
OF the question. / simply don't believe
it,"
Recognized you the instant 1 caught
said the man. with kindling eyes
stunned me for a minute SO that I could
scarcely talk. Well, well, isn't it ex-
traordinary It's been twenty-four years
let me see: yes. all of twenty-four
years-since I've seen you But I'd know
the back of your head. your hair, at the
He had her take his chair. so that she
could ride facing the engine while they
conversed. and he turned her chair
But. my dear John." said the woman.
dimpling as woman must and will in
such circumstances. "how could you have
.'The. same girl said the man. smil-
ingly. as If talking to somebody else.
Ever fishing for a compliment"
She laughed agreeably.
Il know your birthday. you know" the
man went on. And, really, you don't
look so decrepit. II 1t comes to the mat
ter of age. how abbut my being an old
fogS;' .;,;so :. =. e.,or non .. s,a .s..,
him.
But I've got two boys at Princeton
and a daughter at Wellesley. II that
doesn't make man an antique. please
tell me what does?" said the man.
"YOu absurd old friend, haven't / Q son
at work at this hour as a mining en-
gineer In Idaho-a son six feet two inch
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one of her upraised eyes which he was
able to see from his position.
A queer sort of flush suddenly over
spread the olive of the mans closely
shaven face and an expression of alert
wonder appeared in his eyes.
At that instant the magazine in the
woman's lap slid to the floor. The man
bent forward and picked it up and
handed it to her. She thanked him gra-
ciousy. scarcely seeing him. He kept his
her the magazine She felt the impale-
ment of his eyes and stiffened slightly
before glancing at his face. Then her
face, too. instantly became overspread
with an extremely becoming flush.
How do. Carrie said the man; not in
the least romantically, but with certain
repressed hoarseness of tone that meant
a good deal.
john
Her voice, too, was hoarse. But her
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stand before the fence in veritable
numbness of contemplation.
Other things thes. children see when
they visit Central Park to visit the cow
that very many of them never have seen
before. Trees and grass and shrubs, for
instance. Now, there is something bit
saddening in the thought that tens OF
thousands of children can reach, some Of
them the age of eight and nine, and even
ten, without ever in their little lopsided
lives. lives pent up in the dark. dark
canyons of city streets, having seen such
fundamental things as trees and grass
and shrubs and such-like. 1t causes one
vaguely to wonder just what the mental
processes, just what the outlook upon
life. Of such children can be.
< !.
There are sheltered hoilows in the
neighborhood of the Central Park Zoo
where the grass remains fresh and green
throughout even the hardest winter. And
it is calculated to fetch bit of a lump
into ones throat to see how these poor
stunted, underfed. ratty little kids Of the
East Side view those patches of green
grass: how IL arouses first their wistful-
hess and then their enthusiasm and &C.
stacy. and how they leap for it and roll
in II and bend their faces close to 1t as
Ii to inhale the elemental of-the-sOil
in that grass and to roll in 1t as tnucn
as ever they please. One surnises, study
ing them as they see and feel and breathe
the cool surface air of the first grass
they've ever known, that this is men,
orable day with them; day they will
always remember; a day that in the time
far ahead will be harked back to by
some of them as hallowed, the beginning
of new era of imagination, the unroll-
ing of scroll new and strange and beau
tiful to them.
All of which, you see. proceeds from
just COW. Great matters, even cata-
clysmic affairs. often hinge upon unin-
portant propulsions. A cow isn't an un-
important propulsion, of course; but II
certainly is wonderful to note what d
wonderful thing has been started over
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here, in the greatest city in the western
world, by SO simple thing as the public
exhibition of one plain or woOdshed va
riety Of cow.
A RENT some men the queer ones
- Now take. for example. this case:
A man who dimes out at restaurants
quite frequently, and who, as a natural
consequence, has been driven to the verge
Of peevishness and prostration by the ex-
actions and worse of those coat-checking
bows who stick you up for whatever you
have left after leaving the restaurant de-
cided to try something on the other even
ing.
He had often noticed that, when he in
advertently left bunch of silver in the
change pocket Of his Overcoat at the time
of giving the overcoat over to the charge
Of the young coat-checking highwayman
at restaurant where he dined frequent
ly, there never was sign, symptom or
silver of such chicken feed to be found
in the change pocket of the overcoat
when he got it back. no matter how
earnestly he frisked himself after leav-
ing the restaurant to find car or taxicab
fare. This, you will infer, annoyed the
man quite a-plenty. It chagrined him. 1t
than that, sometimes it inconvenienced
him. Change is change, il it belongs to
you. You like to retain possession of it,
if only that you may legitimately expend
it for value received, or even experience
the happiness Of tossing it at the chippie
birds And SO, let us repeat, this man
was perturbed and sore.
So he decided to do that thing which
in low-brOwdom is called rigging a
plant for that particular coat-checking
young man. He went and got pocket
book Of the sort that diamond drummers
use wherein to carry their sparkling gems
as they fare hither and yon up and down
the world. Then he went to a friend Of
his and purchased, for a nominal sum,
about twenty of the niftiest pure-paste
diamonds that he could aggregate unto
himself for this purely nominal sum-
These hunks of paste. that looked almost
weirdly like reg-lar diamonds, he strewed
tenderly. even reverently. on the cotton
batting lining of his diamond drummer's s
pocketbook. When, to test 1t, he opened
up that pocketbOok under the garish light
and saw all Of those lovely paste things
lying in their cotton swaddlings, the ef-
feet, even upon him, was quite dazzling
and he must have smiled grimly as he
thought Of what the effect of such a
glittering display would be upon the COW
etous and accumulative coat-checking
young man for whom he was setting the
cute trap.
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The coat-checking youth duly frisked the
and when he felt that huge leather pock-
etbook and saw the glittering layout of
almost Jaeger-Fontaines smuggling there
in, why. that coat-checking young man
furtively waited his chance, got his own
coat, and picked up his moccasins and
beat it away from that restaurant and his
job therein like Dorando doing the early
laps Of a marathon. There isn't the least
room for doubt that the contents of that
pocketbOok looked to him to be worth
enough to enable him to play the hand
books for the rest of his mortal life and
still have plethoric change wherewith to
indulge all of his other fancies.
His assistant handed out the overcoat
minus the pocketbook, to the man who
had rigged the plant, when he was
through with his dinner. The man didn't
say anything about his absent pocket
book. 1t quite satisfied him that the
coat-checking man who had been proving
upon his silvern kale for long time past
had snagged the pocketbook and gone
away. Since then he has been observed
by his friends quite frequently to throw
his head back, even at moments when
levity isn't the thing at all, and give ut
terance to huge, coarse, brutal and long
continued guffaws. His friends don't know
what to think of such doings, let alone
what causes them. But the hereof writer
knows that when the large man exudes
OF how that cOat-checking youth must
have looked when he made his first at
tempt to hook that paste. and of how
1.-The coat-checxing youth must regard the
world. the flesh and the devil when he
rejects that. for such junk. he eloped
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The man was as trig, groomy-looking a
male person of forty odd Several years OF
odd, mayhapD as you'd care to see. His
head. covered with thick but some
what closely cropped mop of fast-graying
hair. was the head of man of affairs
There was a jut to his under jaw that
told of strength of purpose. of accom-
plishment. His face, generally. was fine,
but. in repose. 1t had a certain hardness,
a certain implacability. as of that of a
man who, in the clash and conflict of af-
fairs, had been used for long years to op-
posing his will to that Of other men and
of having his way at the end. His tailor
ing was impeccable-the sort of tailoring
that you know is perfect even before
you've surveyed and mentally commented
upon the elements Of his perfection
The woman was Of about the same age
as the man. She was stoutly wholesome.
Her decided ampleness was mitigated by
the fine. even distribution thereof. She
was big. but proportionately SO. Her
face, which wore that expression denot-
ing the dignity of the maturity Of a wom-
an who never for an instant's time had
even thought of losing the clutch upon
herself. combined with the calm Of a
woman whose path has been one Of peace
and provision. was as smooth and lineless
as that of q girl. the complexion strange
they gazed out Of the window at the grim,
fast-fiying winter scenery. wistfully con-
templative. A magazine and a book. the
pages Of which were uncut. lay in her
lap. She was dressed handsomely, but
with q studied lack Of ostentation.
The man. seated in the chair behind
her. reading an afternoon newspaper and
yawning dfsmally over it. finally tossed
the sheet on the floor. gazed uninterested-
ly out of the window for a while and
CattvAA e1y IN nh IT,, 1t
head resting comfortably against the bit
OF linen shielding the upholstery. as if
to concentrate and think out some recent
ly sprung knotty problem.
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Gradually his eyes rested upon the back
of the head of the woman seated in the
chair in front Of him. The glossiness of
the brown hair, slightly mixed with sug-
gestions of silver, and agreebly lacking
IN the adventitious aid of puffs (Which
the natural man abhors), attracted him.
AS he studied the back of the woman's
head she slightly turned SO that he
caught the outline of her face, the con-
tour OF her nose. the expression in the
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eyes were alight, and there was an ex-
preston of keen pleasure mingled with
the vanishing look OF surprise on her
face.
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And so you ought to see the wfde-eyed
punches of children, with and without
their folks. who stand around the fence
OF the yard In which that Holstein cow
ruminates, II Is as pathetic as IL is won-
derful. the immense interest with which
they watch the animal. 1t seems hard
6or them actually TO believe that the milk
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here, in the greatest city in the western
world. by SO simple a thing as the public
exhibition of one plain or woodshed va
riety OF cow.
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J - OST men are sentimentalists.
| And, oddly enough. the less
VI sentimental they look the more
sentimental they are liable to
Evening star., 1911-01-22

POULD you go 10 q LncHdSeII0
or zoo just to see a cow?
/ don't mean a dove-col-
ored, sacred COW Of the Pun
iauh. or a COW with two
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23

Portland, for the purpose of dealing in
real and personal property Of all kinds
with $625.000 capital stock, Of which
nothing is paid in. Officers: President.
Clarence +. Eaton of Portland; treas
nrer. r. l.. Croteau of Portland. Ger
tifieate filed Nov. Il, 1911.
The Commercial Corporation Of
America organized at Augusta, for the
purpose of promoting and CONSOLIDATE
ing any company or companies. with
$1,900000 capital stock, of which moth
ing is paid in. Officers: President and
treasurer, E. NJ. Leavitt of Winthrop
Certificate filed Nov. %. 1911.
The Display Stand Manufacturing
Co. organized at Augusta. for the pur-
pose IF manufacture and sale of stands
and other devices for advertising pur-
poses. with $4,000 capital stock. of
which nothing is paid in. Officers:
President and treasurer, Z. NJ. Leavitt
of winthrop Certificate filed Nov u,
1911
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23
Kent S Hill.

Kent's Hill. Me, NOV. 22.-(SpeciaD.-
a Joint meeting of the Y. NJ. c. y.
and Y. W. C \. was held. Tuesday
evening. Nov "A. in the lecture room.
The leader was Thomas Eastman OF
Portland.
A social was held in the gymnasi-
um. Wednesday evening, and a very
pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
Thursday evening the Bible study
classes held their usual interesting
meetings.
TIE literary societies met in their re-
spectivc halls. Friday evening, and an
Interesting program was carried out
by each
The first basketball game for the
season was played, Saturday, against
North Wayne The score was 33 To Is
i'm favor OF Rents Hill
Francis Wilson of Alfred has been
confined 10 the house for the past
week on account of an abscess on his
left foot.
MANY improvements are being made
on tle farm buildings. A new dairy
has recently been completed with all
modern improvements WHICH NJ III ~ a
help L. those in the agricultural course.
An Agricultural Club has recently
been formed with the following OIL
GERS Pres. w. II. Wiley, Kent's Hill;
vice Pres, Carl Hayes, Gardiner; Sec,
Theron Burnett, Attlehoro. Mass;
Treas, Ralph Small Woodfords: Ex-
Com. Chas. Jones of Mercer. Lewis
Akers Of Andover and Francis Wilson
of Alfred.
Wednesday evening, Nov %. Chau-
Ger recital will he given at Kicker hall.
The Sunday morning service was
made very interesting by talk on
some of the characters of the Old Tes
lament. Several of the students took
part. In the afternoon a very interest
ing sermon was delivered by Rev. VIM.
Wood. The evening service was in
charge of Allen Milliken of Bar Har-
Dor, Who gave very helpful talk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23
Gray Grange.

Wednesday evening. Nov Il, Gray
Grange discussed the question, Re
solved that rural free delivery carri-
ers receive sufficient compensation for
their services The question to be
answered at the next meeting is.
When was Gray Grange establishe
and who were its first officers ." Dur :
ing the business session it was voted
to hold Bean day" at which the prize
Will be awarded for the largest crop
Of beans grown from one pound Of
seed, on November 22nd. Dinner will
be served at = NJ, and the meeting
win begin at 10 F. NJ The question
for the day will he, Resolved that
beans are the most profitable crop to
be raised by the small farmer and,
Resolved that the farmers Of Maine
should reforest more of their waste
land" At this meeting the yearly re-
ports viii be made.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23
BUT TWO BIDDERS
At Sale of Wild Lands for Taxes by
State Treasurer.

But two bidders were present at the
sale. Wednesday forenoon. Of wild
lands for unpaid State, county and
forestry district taxes of 1909. The
sale took place at IL A. NJ. at the Of
flee of State Treasurer Singleton and
at the time that it opened, but four
parcels remained that had not beet
redeemed.
No bidders we're found for lots A.
Range 1. Riley, oxford county, 32i
acres. and II. Range 6. West Of East
line Of State. Aroostook county. 30
acres. Lot 70. South division. Han
cock county. 400 acres. upon which
tax Of SAB remained unpaid, was sold
to Willis Il. Goodwin of Bangor, who
bid $50. Andeyer North Surplus.
Oxford containing 21s acres, was bid
in by James Plummer. secretary of
the State board of assessors. for S10.4f.
Under the law. the owners Of these
lots have the right of redemption with
in one year
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23
Wayne Grange.

At the regular meeting of Wayne
Grange on saturday, Nov. Is, the mat
ter of having the school children OF
Wayne make an exhibit at the annual
meeting Of the State Grange held al
Lewiston next month, created an un-
usual amount Of interest. At this
time it was decided 10 solicit the co
operation Of the parents in this effort
10 have our boys and girls represented
in a creditable manner at Lewiston.
The exhibit is 70 consist Of fruits, veg
etabes, cereals, carpentry. ra fila aud
all kinds of school work, drawings.
fancy work, cooking. canning, i'm fact
and all things the work Of
our young people OF scholarship age.
\ committee headed by the Wor-
shipfal Master. j. +. Norris was cho-
sen to attend to the collecting, arrans-
ing and shipping the articles To be
exhibited H. Walker MeKeen. Wor-
shipful Lecturer of The State Grange
has kindly offered to defray all ex
pense Of transportation Of the goods
for schools which are DESTROYS OF
|availing themselves of his generous
offer.
'atSlueidb4c UuSlitaSS Wis ti4if7fiSt-
cd as the financial year is drawing to
a close. The lecturers program was
brief but contained smerit.
A vote Of thanks was extended to
Miss Gladys Marsden, Of Pine Tree
Grange, Lisbon, principal OF Wayne
High School. who aided in the lectur
crs program on the occasion of Wayne
Grange visiting starting Grange at
Fayette on Nov II. Saturday. De-
cember >, will occur the annual cleo
! ton oil officers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23

lose much. If anything, except the div
idends since the bank was closed.
j. 3. Rogers. connected with the
United States fish hatchery at Booth
bay Harbcr returned, Tuesday, from
a cunning trip in the Bingham woods.
Mr.. Rogers relates an exciting eNpe-
rience of a bear chasing him only Il
few steps from his camp. Mr., Rogers
shot injured a cub which set up wild
cries and attracted the attention of
its mother. She started for Mr.. Rog-
ers. who fired a shot at her, but miss
ed and with only one shot left in his
rife he was obliged to climb a tree
While the cub and its mother stood
guard at it's base. Mr.. Rogers was
finally rescued by j. Dana Carleton
Of Boothbay Harbor, who succeeded in
frightening the bears away. Mr.. Rog-
ers brought home one deer and Mr..
Carleton two,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23

The statement was made Wcdnes-
day, by a prominent State official that
il the proposed special session should
last 90 days, the cost to the State
would be at least $4,000. and it is gem
orally admitted b. members of the
dominant party that at least thar
length of time will be necessary. pro-
Tided everything is smooth sailing and
that no wrangles result over proposed
legislation.
Others, who have given the matter
some consideration. believe that the
cost will be considerably in excess OF
that, as there are many items To be
taken into consideration. The per
diem OF s. allowed the members Of
House and Senate win alone foot up 70
Sa2s0, while the travel for the repre-
sentatives and senator's and House and
SENATE officers will cost $ill7.
reasonable compensation will,
without doubt. he allowed the House
and Senate officers for the special SEES
sion, which. taken pro rata with thu
salaries Of the regular session, would
make another item Of $4,000, upon the
basis Of n 29-day session. Then 10
this amount must be added the extra
EXPENSES for heat and light. necessary
printing, clerks and stenogra piers of
committees. etc. which will, undoubt-
eddy, cost several thousand dollars.
additional As the presence Of the
Executive Council will be necessary
during the special session, they will
probably receive the. proportionata
compensation allowed them during tha
regular session, which is the SANE
compensation and travel as allowed a
member Of the Legislature" The
prayers of the chaplains will cost $50.
for 20-day session of House and
Senate.
Nor IS this all. Before the Legisla-
ture can assemble special election
must be held in the three counties in
which there are vacancies in the SEN
ate. and If the administration desires,
special elections may also be held.
where vacancies occur in the member
ship Of the House. The cost OF these
special elections. viii also help To-
swell the sum total Of the cost of tue
regular session. 10 an amount, which
cannot fail To arouse Indignation
among the tax payers of the State,
particularly ia the rural sections.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23
CHANGE OF LOCATION
OF State Road Asked by Voters of
Town of OrIand Has Been Granted.

The special commission, consisting of
state Highway Commissioner Parker
J.. Hardison, George L. Bryant. chair
man of the Waldo county commission
ers. and +. .. Sugden. chairman of
the board Of county commissioners of
Hancock county. has granted the
change Of location in the State road
asked fer by residents OF the town Of
Orland
The new location granted begins at
the sorcalled Five Mile corner on the
road leading from Orland to ELS
worth. running casterly by the Blue
hill road to the Penobseot line. The
new designation still leaves a section
of the old road in its limits. extend
ing from the Bucksport line to the
read leading TO the United States fish
hatchery At East Orland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23
WINTER STEAMER SEASON
Opens at Portland, with Arrival of
Lake Erie from Glasgow.

Portland, Ne. Nov. 22.-With the
arrival Of the steamship Lake Fri"
direct from Glasgow, today, the win
ter transatlantic steamship season II
this port vas opened. The steamers
Canada. Englishman and Ascania are
on their way here and the Ascana IS
due in a day or two. All except the
Englishman are passenger steamers
the Canada bringing list of several
hundred The season will be in fun
swing within ten days and will con-
tinae until spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-23

David +. Morgan of Rohoboth.
Mass, but for several years a resident
of Boston, where he was emploved I'm
a mercantile house, was sentenced ia
Cranston Jail, Tuesday at Providence
for one Year, for ronbing the mails.
He was also fined 500 and costs Nor
gan pleaded guilty to the tbeft If four
letters containing cash, which had
been mailed to money lenders ana
others in Providence, since August
last. Among those who pleaded for
ciemency for the young man were ex-
United States Dist. Atty. Charles A
Wilson, Charles Il. Winslow, William
"A. MeAuslan, c, w. Young and John
W. Peck of Seekonk, Mass. The APP
peals for clemency. however were i'm
vain when Inspector Pendleton in
formed the court that Morgan had
stolen so letters within brief Pc
<&ous xi,,ls.i r..