davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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rather than in untanned hide. He
seemed slightsr. sprightlier. and In
every way to convey the impression
of having come more recently from
the civilized, habitable portion of the
world than his companions. He car
ried a rife slung by a strap over his
shoulder, evidently f~oreseeing no I'M
mediate use for II, and q flask.
Cayley was too far aloft for their
conversation to be audible to him, but
he could hear that they were talking.
The leather-clad man appeared to be
doing the most Of 1t, and. from the
infection of his voice. he seemed to
be speaking in English.
Presently he noticed that the leath-
er-clad man had forged a little ahead
of his companions. or. rather-fke .
fash, this Idea occurred to Cayley-
that the others were ~purposely lag
ging a little behind.
And then, before that sinister idea
could formulate itself into q definite
suspicion, his eyes widened with
amusement. and the cry he would
have uttered died in his throat; for
this man, who had SO ~innocently al
lowed the others to fall behind him.
suddenly staggered. clutched at some
thing-it looked like a thin ivorySdart
that had transfxed his throat,
tugged It out in a sudden food Of
crimson, reeled q little and then went
backwards over the CLASSY edge Of .
assure In the Ice. which lay Just to
the left of the path where he had
been walking.
From the instant whom Cayley had
noticed tho others dropping behind. to
the last glimpse he had of the body
of the murdered man could hardly
have been 1--WE seconds.
The instant the murdered man dis
appeared, another, who had not previ-
ously been with the party. It seemed.
appeared from behind a hummock Of
ice. There could be no doubt either
that he was the assassin. or that he
was the commander Of the little group
of skin-clad figures that remained.
The ambush appeared to have been
perfectly deliberate. There had been
NO outcry, not even a gestus' d sAs>
psiss or Of Semsnstranss.
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hands, day after day, while he master
ed the art that no man had ever mas
tered before.
He had set himself this task because
1t was the only one be knew that did
not involve contact with his fellow
beings. He must have something hat
he could work at alone. Work and
solitude were two things hat he had
felt an overmastering craving for And
the possibility he had faced with .
light heart every morning-the posi-
bility of a sudden and violent death
before night, had been no more to
him than an agreeable spice to the
days work.
1t was not until he had actually
learned to ny. had literally shaken the
dust of the earth from his feet and
taken to the sky as his abode. that his
wound had healed. The three months
that he had spent in this upper arctic
air, awning for 18 hours out of ~, had
Gained him. put his nerve in tune
again; given him for mon and their
affairs a quiet Indifference, in place
OF the smarting contempt he had been
hugging to his breast before. Three
months ago, at sight Of those little
human dots crossing the glacier. he
would have wheeled sloft and gone
sailing away. Even q month ago he
would hardly have hung. soaring
there. above the fog. waiting for 1t to
lift again the veil Of mystery which
It had drawn across the tragic cen
he had Just witnessed.
Tho month was August, and the
long arctic day had already begun to
know its diurnal twilight. A fort
night ago the sun had dipped. for the
FIRST time. below the horizon. By now
there were four or I'VE hours, out Of
every 25. that would pass for night.
The sun set while he hung there in
the air, and as It did so, with a new
slant Of the breeze the fog rolled itself
up into q great violet-colored cloud.
leaving the earth. the ice. the sea un-
yelled below him. And there. in the
open water Of the little bay. he say q
ship, and on the shore q cluster Of
rude huts.
II struck him. even from the height
at which he scared, that the ship, tied
to an ice-noe In the shelter Of the
great headland. did not look like q
whaler. nor like the sort OF craft
which an arctic explorer would have
selected for his purposes. II had more
the trim smartness of a yacht.
They were probably all asleep down
there, he reflected. 1t was nearly mid
night and he saw no signs of life any
wbare He would drop down for n
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: me little valley which he hung
poised above was sheltered by a second
rloge OF rocky, ice-capped hills to the
nortn' and. except for streaks, denot-
.ns crevices, here and there, was quite
iree from Ice and snow. There were
bright patches Of green upon IL Nv.
iaentiy some bit of towering northern
grass. and 1t was flecked here and
there with bright bits Of color, yellow
poppy ne Judged 1t to be, and saxi-
rage. Hugsing the base oil the noun
tam on the opposite side OF the valley.
tnen notching the cliff and grinding
oo"n to sea at the other side of It
was a great white glacier, all the
winter. and colder. and more dazxling
ioI its contrast with the brown noun
1aln-slde and the green-clad valley.
UP above h glacier, on the farth-
or side. were great broad yellow
patches. which he would have thought
were poppy field. but for the impos-
sibility OF their growing in such q
place. No vegetable growth was pos
sible. he would have thought. against
that clean-cut. almost vertical, rocky
face. And yet, what else could have
given 1t that blazing yellow color?
Some day he was to learn the answer
to that question.
But the thing that caught his BYE
now, tina made him start and draw IN
a little involuntary gasp of wonder,
was the sight Of a little clump of
black dots moving slowly, almost i'm
~perceptibly from this distance, across
h face of the glacier. He blinked his
eyes, as If he suspected them OF play
Ing him false. Unless they had played
him false. these tiny dots were men.
All of the party. but one man, were
dressed exactly alike. in hooded bear
skin shirts and breaches, and boots
of what he guessed was walrus hide.
They moved along with the peculiar
wary shuttle Of men accustomed. by
long habit. to the footing and to the
heavy combining garb they wore. So
far as he could see they were un-
armed.
The other man was strikingly diff
ferent. He appeared to be clad much
a. Cayley was himself, in leather,
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CHAPTER %.


She stood there on the foe confront
Ing him, not ten feet away. and at
sight OF her Philip Cayley's ayes
widened. What in the world" he
gasped. Then stared at her speech
less.
She was clad. down to the knees. IN
ssalskin, and below its edge he ooxaA
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kind to Philip Cayiey. She had given
him no hint, no preparation for the
stunning blow that was to fall upoa
him. suddenly. out Of 30 clear q sky.
When It did fall. II cut his life
clean across; 30 that when he thought
back to that time now. II seemed to
him that the Lieutenant Cayley Of the
United States army had died owe
there in the Philippines. and that he.
the man who was now soaring in those
great circles through the arctic sky,
was a chance inheritor of his name
and Of his memory.
He had set out one day at the head
Of q small scouting party. the best
liked man in the regiment, eur IN
the respect, In the almost fatherly re-
gard, Of his colonel. proudly conscious
Of the almost idolatrous admiration
of his men and the younger ON
He had gone out believing that no
one ever had q truer friend than he
possessed in Perry Hunter. his class
mate at West Point. his fellow oficer
In the regiment. the confidant Of all
his hopes and ideals.
He had come back. after q fort
NIGHTS absence. to md his name
smeared with disgrace. himself judged
and condemned, unheard. in the opin-
ion of the mess. And that was not
the worst of It. The same blow which
had deprived him Of the regard OF the
ealy people In the world who matter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
A Million Mar,yS

Since the movement began to have all
the British Marys unite in giving a corona
ton present to Queen Mary the number
Of women, children ana men bearing that
name is proving to be astonishing. Already
it is being predicted that 10000 Marys Will
contribute. oz <,
Those who Know declare that there must
be at least 100000 women who bear that
name or its variants in England, Scotland
and ireland. And there are few among
them, according to the London Queen, who
will not give their penny or their pound to
the offering to be made to Queen Mary at
the time of the coronation.
It is only by careful reckoning that one
can realize the number Of Marys. There
are several in the royal family. First
comes Princess Mary of Wales, Princess
Victoria and Queen Maud OF Norway are
both Marys, and Princess Henry OF Bat
tenberg is a Marie And two cousins Of
the king have the name Of Marie These
are the crown princess of Rumania and
Princess Marie Louise Of Schleswig- FIol-
stein.
Then several of the duchesses can be-
come contributors. The duchess Of Nor
folk and the duchess of Bedford are both
Mary, the duchess of Newcastle is May,
the Duchess OF Rutland Marion and the
dowager duchess Of Grafton Marie. In
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

Scotland the reigning duchess Of Hamilton
and her predecessor. the former duchess.
are both Marys, and the duchess OF RoK-
burghe is May. The duchess of Abercorn
makes another Mary, and she represents
ireland.
Mary is a name that Of course, stands
high is favor with Roman Catholics Most
or their women bear it, indeed. It is even
given TO few of their men, as I'm the case
Of the late lord Arundel, the duke OF Nor
felix's son by his first marriage, who had
the names Of Philip Joseph Mary. 1t Is Of
interest to note that the name Of Mary was
rare in western Europe until the time Of
the crusades. After that, however, II came
much into favor, and every Christian coln-
try has now its roll call OF celebrated
Marys and Maries
By the way, when this welcome scheme
was announced several variants of Mary
were Included; but one wishes that place
could be given to the Irish Maureen. TO the
French Marietta and to the Spanish Mar
lana and also to the old name Of Miriam.
which first appears in Bible history.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
Englishmen Handsomest?

Lima Cavalieri recent assertion that
Engllshmen. and especially English Of
ficers, are the handsomest and generally
the finest specimens OF manhood In the
world has caused a German writer TO take
up the pen and make answer to the Italian
prima donna.
Writing in the Berllner Tageblatt the
German admits that Englishmen may be
entitled to international laurels for beauty,
'because-for the reason Signorina Cava-
lleri puts forward-they battle oftener than
other men" But opinions differ radically,
he asserts, on signorinR Cavalieri's de-
duction that English officers are especially
useful members OF human society,
we men OF other nationalities are duly
ashamed ne says but we console our
selves with the reflection that men are
not expected both TO be good looking and
10 strive for glory Of another kind. Inn
portant men are never handsome Goethe
and Alexander the Great who combined
genius with beautiful exterior were the
exceptions which prove the rule.
The other notabnities Of history II they
could be lined up would resemble a col
lection OF Bsrnums freaks. Yet they are
the men who achieved things and left the
imprint Of their personalities upon their
epoohs. one nmped, like Bryan; others
were crooked. like schiller or Leopard:
stil another was bald like Aeohylus. An
other. like Socrates. was frightened by
horses
And not one OF them was fond Of
ablutionary exercises, not even the Apollo
like Goethe. who semi-annuany entered
In his diary With unmistakable relief:
'Bathed today
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
Oh, You Darling!

That is negative argument. SIR" she
said savsgely.
Il thought It was quite positive. Miss
ThoTneycroft," he said with dallying defer
ence.
1t is negatively positive, perhaps" she
admitted hesitatingly. I'd.
A softer light came int his eyes and he
stepped over nearer 70 her. He almost
touched her, but she did not shrink from
him. .. s#fr.-. an
And you" he said with a hopeless long
ing, ARE positively. negative"
She trembled as he looked at her and
her eyes could not lift themselves to his
'Why?' she whispered in low. Ia
sistent voice. 1875 -
Because you said No when I asked
you TO be my wife" he said despalrtngly.
Darling, darling" she cried, putting out
her arms 70 him and he held her 70 his
breast.
The light OF day was fading into the
purple and amethystine hues Of evening IN
the great world without. but in their
hearts the pink and rosy dawn was rising
TO an effuigence OF silver white glory that
could never darken till the shadows Of the
dark river flooded the earth and the full
ness thereof.-W. J. Hampton in Springfield
Republican.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

Il never know whether you are serious
or in earnest" he said in a tone Of dis
tinct annoyance.
Nor she responded with almost a sneer
at his confessed inability to analyze her.
NO" he replied, sunenly, as he threw
his cigarette into Sevres vase so darky,
deeply blue that it might have been OF
royal blood.
why not pray?" she asked with pro-
yoking persistence.
Because you are never the same"
"Indeed?"
quite indeed"
And why am / never the same?'
Because you are SO different"
She rose and went TO the window, where
she stood looking out upon the gay throngs
on the street.
Really, Mr.. Sholmondely," she said I
do not understand"
I said, Miss Thoneycroft," he replied
slowly and incisively. that you were so
different"
But why, pray?'
Because you were never the same, " ne
explained with precision. Anything that is
not the same is different, isn't it?"
She came away from the window and
stood over him threateningly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

Also handicapped table manners" she
contributed, crisply
81 wouldn't mind taking that course IL
it's a coed college" / faltered.
"Why?' she inquired.
They teach the proper choice Of spoons
murmured.
Don't you" she began
Well, have a pretty good idea, but
may be wrong" i admitted zone has to
keep well informed on such subjects or be
a back number"
Times do change she asserted. did
you read about the trouble Of that Magyar
Princess who hired a parlor car to ride
to New Yorb, Only one car. while in We
olden times a Princess was accompanied
by her train. She at least ought TO have
had dining car"
And for why?'
For her gentlemen in waiting" she dia-
grammed.
Isn't it nice now, the days are getting
longer" l enthused. after silence
"Oh, is it the days?' she asked. YEARLY.
1t seemed like the nights were getting
longer.
! thought IL a good time to depart
Copyright, 1911, by the n Y Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

Forward, marchr' exclaimed Dotue.
dainuly ripping February off cute art
calendar in the living room.
queer time for a vacation" ] r1used
just to draw her on, you understand.
Vacation she echoed. being absorbed
IN her own cieyerness. ''Oh. YOU --"
Taking month off" ! explained hast
ny. fearfuliest she should beat me to It, as
IL were.
When Adam was baby she began.
YEARLY .t-s,
-.1 know. but sou bit chortled.
- expected you to have new lines" she
feprimanded. sorroWfully.
II haven't seen my tailor vet" ] replied
Il mean words apd music and you know
Il. she accused why the tsilor?'
sIe's gone 60 tie training camp with the
base. bail club, ,' I rejoined
What do ball players need Of a tailor?"
she inquired
- stitch in time saves the nine" ] en-
lfghtenedi
4 was afraid you were going to mention
the harem trousers-slSrt" she fluttered
spprehensively ...... .---.
why does, The harem scare emp"
queried The new. style doesn't seem
t'rouse 'er 90
rAssistanoer' She murmured family.
Really gov. change your sketch OF back TO
the woods ~
Woods seerl,Eo.' I chartered.
Reminds me, that a French dramstist
insisted that the leading comedienne sub
stitute a different skirt for one Of those
because II gave One audience more laughs
than the play, she observed
That's a, kneesy, thing 60 do, inter
polated.
Have a care. Jack Dalton Remember
Jerseyman dlslocated his jaw by yawning
the other day" she observed
n women would occasionally yawn
hard" I sighed -eE
"A yawn TO the wise is sufficient" she
observed. t'r 80 n rss
And IT'S usually the wise who are
yswned tor fetorted.
You ought 70 go TO that Kansas Agrl-
cultural college where they are teaching
a course OF table manners." she shifted
Course work, ~ cackled
Maybe they teach parlor manners, too.
She added. ts
- Also. II you read it carefully you would
have noticed that there were to be no call
downs for bad breaks" I returned. There
are al kinds OF table manners. including
dining table. card table. time table and
table Of contents. p g. ~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

Kitty says she used to think so. too until
he began to rush her, and then she thought
that showed he must be pretty clever The
day we gave her the dresses she said she
thought she might take him She said Tie
taXicab company she patronizes had been
insulting enough TO insist on their bill be-
ing noticed. -a
She said it was the most impertinent
thing that had happened to her for ages
She said she didn't even have carefare that
month, anyway. She asked US to lunch
with her at Cherrys in order to get
cheered UP and 'phoned for a taxi
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

matter with the dresses. Kitty seems to
be developinE sort Of suspicious nature.
Agnes and / both remarked about IT, Ny
old blue is a lovely gown. It is a trifIe
worn, perhaps, but can be fixed up easily
With a new undsrskirt and sleeves. and
perhaps a new waist lining and belt. and
l guess a new back and trimming. Il can
be made to look like new. Agnes old
pink, 1 must say, Yves a trifle shabby.
don't see how she had the nerve to offer
Il 10 any one Kitty looked At them and
said she d have them thoroughly disinfectsd
and then see what she could use them for
Al times there Is a slight coarseness In
her way Of expressing herself. Agnes and
both remarked about IL. she was read
ms note from Batty Norris Kitty Is his
latest ] believe she could marry him IL
she accepted him and hurried the thing
up.
He's really fearfully keen about her
Cousin Anne says she thinks it's Kitty's
duty. He's got six millions. looks like a
microbe, and Is sort OF half-wittsd. I think
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
Keeping Tab on Ties

To tell the ordinary person that railroads
are now adopting a system for keeping a
close record on every tie along the line
would most likely bring an incredulous
smile. Yet one railroad, the Lehigh Valley.
has already adopted the plan, which will
enable the company 20 determine with
mathematical accuracy the relative eff
cheney OF the different woods and the value
of the creosote preservation treatment
It Is done in this way: First, dating nails
are manufactured: with the proper num-
erals on the heads indicating the year:
for example, I'll" meaning the year 1911
Then one Of these nails Is driven into each
new tie as il Is laid on the track Thus In
the future the maintenance OF way experts
Will be able upon the replacement OF a tie
to know just how long Il has lasted.
The steadily rising price OF lumber com
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

good looking it does seem a pity she hasn't
Constance Boardman's money She's so
good at spending it, anyway. even though
she hasn't got any.
And as for bills-well Agnes can treat
one flippantly, but Kitty doesn't even do
that I've seen her look over her mail in
bed in the morning and. picking out a few,
Just put them in the wRstepaper basket IN
opened.
II she gets one from a milliner in less
than six months time after purchasing a
hat she Is perfectly furious Once Anna
Anna's imagination would never go tnat
far but Kitty was so upoet by It that she
made us go up with her. and I was really
sorry for Anna-she was so mortified about
such thing happening. She apologized
humbly and Kitty finally said she'd over
look it and condescended to buy a most
adorable little theater bonnet-I mean take
an adorable little theater bonnet
However, / win say for her that she
hasn't been a bit extraysgant this year.
Hasn't got single new frock or anything.
Been playing auction bridge. And If you
play great deal you don't find time to
go shopping. No, indeed.
After losing three rubbers sometimes,
which have taken about six hours to play
you are apt to feel slightly wearied and
not at all ia the mood for shopping. strang,
how the score can add up, even at very
little a point. But we decided that Kitty
could not go on wearing that old greer
dress any more, so 1 decided to give her
my old blue and Agnes said shed give hel
her old pink.
When we. told Kitty about it she was VI
in her room wearing an old lace wrapper
that Mrs. Dangerfield had given her, and
some awfully dirty striped slippers thai
Elsie Thompson had given her.
She wanted to know what was the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
NereItie. in Reltn.

In neokwear and belts there are a few
little novelties. The enAmsled effect has
erept into belt decorations. and In neck
Year Irish crochet embroidery and main
'sook combine 10 form graceful models,
though prinoesse lace AND net make a
newer combination A snfAFt muffler OF
oriental silk crosses and hahes below the
waist line. making a waistcoat front, and
adjusted b. a clever band arrangement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
The sapreme Test.

They were talking OF bravery.
i crawled up the hill OF San Juan with
a broken collar-bone and a bullet In my
leg said the first man.
i carried message across Death Val
ley and was without water for five days"
said the second man.
And braved 600 policemen, twenty ush-
ers' six screaming bridesmaids and a raw
ing father and set up my nashllght an
paratus in fashionable church" said ths
pallid photographer.
And without further question they handed
him the medal.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

Jones is an awful crouch He's so
darned touchy"
Nonsense. He's one Of the best natured
chaps know You know that awful homely
baby OF his? Well, 1 told him last night
that the kid looked Just like its father. and
he didn't get bit sore."-Toledo Blade.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
A Careful Defendnnt.

In criminal case tried in an Irish court
the prisoners counsel challenged juryman
after juryman. and when at length the
empaneling was completed the prisoner
bent over the dock and whispered to his
counsel:
The jurys all right now, / think" he
said, but We must challenge the Judge
I've been convicted under him several
times already. and maybe he's beginnin' TO
have a prejudice"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
Remember This

How did the fatal accident in the air
omnibus happen TO DR.. Jenks?"
He was used to stepping off the street
car before # stopped. and tried It with the
air bus."-F1iegende BIaetter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01

pells the railroads 70 use wood that has
undergone treatment TO prevent decay.
II Is expected that the injection OF creosots
oil into the pores OF the wood will double
its life.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
Il ks i { 4Hazue4I &C.: !: sejI

Kitty ChesseborOugh certainly does look
Stunning in the gown Agnes gave her We
ars thinking now Of taking up a collection
and getting her some new slippers and
stockings. kittys such a corker and so
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-01
Demousirnffup

Street VenderIEre y'are. gentsi now.s
yer chawnee-ths grits pern0uncin' do
shufy.-Punch.