davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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"a fav6r of the common cIfiSenS. m
ne audience roofing like wild mon
Tne movingpicture man TED the
nrst Datsman q high. fast ball. ana It
whissed past first for two bases. A
strkeout disposed Of the next man.
while the next drew four balls. The
chaplain came up. tried to catch the
inheld mapping with a bunt. and was
thrown out at first, leaving men on
third and second. with two down.
The Dugler caught slow. tantaliz.
ms curve squarely on the trademark.
and It scared out over center field.
Brockett ran back. back and kept on
travelling. At the very edge Of q mos.
quite clump far behind his position he
gathered In the ball and heard q tre-
mendous outburst Of applause from
the assemblage. He arched the ball
back into the infield, started to walk
back to the bench--and then some
thing swished through the air, and a
loop settled round his shoulders. The
lasso was pulled in with rapid hands.
and Brockett vanished behind the
clump before he could even
rive. warning cry.
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fer it-but somebody's got tub make
good fer them dawgs, an reckon it'll
have tub be the German"
The travellers were accustomed to
receiving notes by now and they were
hardly. surprised when Brockett, as
the train moved out, received small
white envelope from the hand of the
friendly sheriff.
Game by mail this afternoon" !"
cried the sherift as the station receded
into distance. Mote to me with it..
Note said to give it to you as the
train started. Goodbye, boys, and
good luck 60 with you!"
And the note bore, in the same mys-
terious code, simply these directions:
; '3BH Fin w w WP Pos PO TIC. e
2BH PB PO TIC TIC BA TIC Fin TO
SB TIC w TO w TIC Fin ABB PO SH."
Hurry along and look out for
trouble" Brockett translated. I'D risk
something that there's plenty of that
article still ahead of U.S."
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watching : yellow 0ld river Tor fG6E
somebody might declare himself in o.
some graft that the other fellow had
barely overlooked. Those were the
happy days. young men, those were
the happy days!"
The colonel. having Just returned from
San Antonio to the cavalry camp be-
low El Paso. was IN grumpy mood,
somewhat augmented BY memories OF
the times when he had fought three
battles with the Lipan Indians not
nifty miles from his present location.
There's one thing" he grumbled,
@that I deeply regret about those fights
with the Lipans. I killed too many
of 'em, and scared the rest away. II
! had gone little slow about 1t. and
not played hog, they might have last
ed till the present time. and might
60 right out this morning and chase
them over the river. Well, Conroy.
what do you want?'
The old trooper saluted. "Coupla
Of young fellows to see ypu. colonel.
They've been here two days waiting
for you, siEs Blamed good ball play.
ers. too. both of EN-.
What the blazes do I care about
their ball playing? Tell 'em to come
in. and show their excuse for living!"
Brockett and Solano, two handsome.
athletic youngsters, somewhat frayed
as to dress, salutsd the old warhorse
with becoming gravity. Brockett drew
from his clothing fiat package, and
handed it to the colonel, who received
It with Quizzical smile.
Never mind any explanations"
said the old soldier. II have been,
given a little advance explanations,
concerning you. You are the secretI
service messengers who were to
bring me certain orders and instruc-
tions in cipher that no foreign spy
could translate without the aid of a
chisel. If you got through and
brought me the papers safely, I was
to learn the confounded cipher, and
adopt it for future correspondence. Il
you didn't get through I was to re-
port the fact with deep regrets. Cor
rect. isn't it?"
"Yes, colonel"
Have much trouble getting here1"
"A trife, colonel"
The old fellow chuckled. "A trifle.
eh? I'll bet it was more than q trifle.
Good game boys, both of you. This
New Ulm review., 1912-10-23

tkmbly, m VIII 6S mighty 05011l When
Il comes tub ksspin' foreign snakes
from traipsin' 'roun' 70 premises =
Several Of Mr.. Morgan's famous blood.
hounds were with him and the boys
learned. with astonishment, that the
dreaded man-trackers were rather
small. measly-looking creatures, not
large enough or powerful enough to
make q good fight against bull-ter.
rier. and answering in no description
the stories or the pictures which pass
current in all literature.
= Real bloodhounds." explained Mr..
Morgan. grinningly. has come tub be
nothin' but show dawgs. with long
ears that'd git cotched In the bramb!es
in minnit.' Yuh turn pack Of real
bloodhounds loose after q man. an
they'd all sit down on their tails an
yell right helpless. Real, genuwine,
man-cotchin' dawgs 10 wuss mixture
than 1njun an nigger-but they can
foller. an they can find"
They don't look" ventured Solano.
"as II they would tear . man to pieces
Mr.. Morgan and the sheriff haw.
hawed long and loud
No. son. they don't look that way.
and they ain't." gurgled the delighted
Mr. Morgan. What's more, there
never was no man-eatin' dawgs used
ter chase nobody, not even niggers.
In the old slavery days, when Mig
ger run away, the thing to do was tub
catch him, but not tub kill him. Kill
$1,000 niger? Son, that would be
plumb idiotic, wouldn't it +? The hounds
was simply used tub foller him, To-
cate him, an make racket till the
hunters could come up an get the
man."
In Cuba" put in Solano, 'the Span.
1ards used real bloodhounds, and
fierce ones too. to run down and kill
the Indians"
WELL" assented Mr.. Morgan, that
would be plumb diffrunt. An Injun is
a diffrunt beast from niger. Your
niger was mighty valuable-you had
to look out fer his hide Your Injun
was mighty dangerous, an better dead
than livin'. See the diffrunce, sonny?
Tell me, whar did you pick up that
pepper trick?"
Cuban scheme" explained Solano.
I'm the Ten Years war, my father
and his friends threw the Spaniards
on the trail dozen times that way"
Great idee," quoth Mr.. Morgan. Il !
don't bear you boys the least ill-will
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the bases full. the moving. picture mar
put on the steam, struck out the chap
lain Of the regiment-usually q cork
ing good batter-and made the bugle,
pop to the first baseman. The next
man up was the captain OF Company
G, portly gentleman who had struck
out on his last previous appearance.
He barely grazed the ball and raised
. tiny dy that lowered over third.
Solano settled with eager hands for
the catch. Just - the ball landed in
his glove, the trooper who was coach.
Ing at third beloved. like foghosn:
The spider! Look out for the taran.
tula. boy-look out for the spidsrl"
With . startled yell 9olano sprsue
nimbly backward. The ball fen With
. a,chugging ihud and rolled away. Two
runs crossed the platter, and the
whole regiment gave vent to 3Wild and
woolly howls Of glee. solano, 4 bright
crimson sunusing his olive counts.
nance. said never q word. but Brock.
stt, far out. shrieked at the absurdity
Of the thing.
After this the tide Of battle ebbsd
and flowed. The common citisens be-
gan to hit the distinguished marks.
man who was pitching, and got back
those two runs In the NTH inning.
They accumulated two more In the
sixth. thanks to q neat drive by
Brockett, and Solano got some meas.
ure Of revenge in the seventh when he
caught liner and stepped on third
before runner could get back. The
cavalry rallied in the eighth, but could
push In only one man. They turned
into tho ninth With tho score 4 TO :
New Ulm review., 1912-10-23
CHAPTER XIV.

There isn't much that can be said
about certain stretches along the Rio
Grande. except that they are undoubt.
edly those portions Of Texas which
made great general declare that II
he had that state and the internal
regions at his disposal he'd live in
hell and rent out Texas. Mesquite and
prickly brush; jungles bisected here
and there with thorny trails; habita-
tions almost as scattered and as sell
dom visible as in the days when tho
Comanche and the Lipan rode abroad
IN the land-that Is the Rio Grande
border. It is an ideal country for
smugglers, cattle-thieves and revolu-
tionists, just as It was once the happy
hunting ground Of the most pernicious
red men. Ss
Still. It doesn't much matter what
the section Of the land may be, or
what the scenery may amount to. II
It 10 in these United 9tates-and
there is patch Of fairly level ground
discernable-there will be q ball game
In progress any pleasant afternoon,
and the crack Of the bat will rouse
tho echoes where once the Indian war.
whoop scared the birds. Hence 1t can
hardly be considered startling or even
remarkable to find good games In full
blast upon the Rio Grande-
which may not be played with big
league skill, but which are filled with
liveliness and pepper, loud outcries
and troubles for the umpire.
The second game of the great Sc
ries between the Fourth cavalry and
the common citizens promised to be
the warmest battle seen on the banks
Of the big river in several moons.
While the cavalry had won the nrst
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package contains orders that may mean
D lot to our general foreign policy, and
et least two governments that could
mention would give a good deal to get
the key. Tell me about your trip, and
what they tried to do to you"
The boys, thus encouraged, told the
veteran the full details Of their jour
neys, while the old man alternately
laughed and stormed. When the re-
cital was finished, Colonel Lewis shook
hands with them heartily, and the
youngsters knew that the grim old
hero was their friend for life.
"I'll have to devote my attention to
this cipher code of yours for the next
two hours" said the colonel. ''You
boys will mess with me today, I hopper"
I'VE must be on our way as quickly
as possible" Brockett negatived.
There is still some margin In our
time-limit, but we would like to round
up everything as rapidly as possible.
After delivering these papers to you.
our orders take US to Rancho Nogal.
on the other side Of the Rio Grande."
Rancho Nogal, eh?" And the COL
onsls eyebrows were raised in sur.
prise and Interrogation. "Messal /, tol
Gomez Esteral. I suppose7'
Yes, colonel"
''You know who Comes Hsteral nay
be. Of course7'
mo. sir. We didn't ind out ,ny-
thing about him. All We know is hat
We are to deliver him q message, and
that was all we cared to know"
The colonel beamed with appreoiaa
ton.
: "You boys will make good soldiers
yet. The first essential OF . good SOL
dior II to obey orders without asking
questions. and that, I Gee. you have
already learned to do. Under the cir
cumstances I think I win givo you q
little Information concerning Gomez
Esteral-it may help you to realize
the importance Of your llnal mission
The boys sat down and hitched
their chairs near to the colonel. who
spoke In . low. impressive tone. while
his young hearers fairly gasped %
the revelations that were now unfold
I'd to thar attentive ears.
(To BE CONTINUED
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The boys looked out of the tent ana
gazed upon the dreary panorama OF
brush, rock, sand and turbid river.
Then, smitten with the pangs of ex-
cellent appetites and remembering an
Invitation to the eating-place Of the
war correspondents, they stepped over
the threshold. A Mexican-poorly
clad, miserable Of appearance, inter.
cepted them.
II beg pardon. senores."
''Tell It In Spanish, IL you can't ih
English" said Solano. amiably. Tho
Mexican at once started = brief, but
energetic grafton In the Castilian
tongue, and wound It up BY pressing
a soiled piece Of cardboard into So.
lano's hand:
HE says" interpreted Solano,
"that he was poor peon, very much
in debt; that he had saved a little
money, and took gambling chance to.
day by stalking it on the ball game
Says he got five to one for his money.
He says that the catch you made
saved him; that he can now not only
pay of his debt, but that he will be
quite rich man, for Mexico. Just to
express his gratitude he also says that
his brother, Juan Torrejon. is avery
noted bad man on the Mexican side OF
the river, and that If we should ever
encounter Mr.. Torrejon the card he
has just handed me will recommend
us quite highly to his good graces.
Very civilized of the gentleman, isn't
it,"
"You can never tell. That card may
be more than useful yet. Let's hurry
along to supper"
New Ulm review., 1912-10-23
CHAPTER XVI.

Colonel Lewis, under whose COM
mand both the Fourth and Sixth cav.
airy were temporarily guarding the
border, was Q soldier OF tho old school.
white Of mustache and hair, erect
and stately despite his sixty years and
more. and possessed of but one great
grievance In lHe-that wars did not
happen often enough to really keep
him busy. As q boy he had blown .
bugle when the very regiments he
now commanded swept into the light
at the battles Of tho Shenandoah Val
Icy. The war over, he had been sent
to West Point to put he llnishing
polish upon IN education aeQuired In
actual campaigning. Graduating In
1869. hs had fought Sioux, Chsyennss,
Comanchss and Apachss;s hs battlsd
in twenty states. and ;reesived dve
wounds IN actioa. In 1858 he servsd
conspicuously ct San Juan 'HiN: then,
transferred to the PHILIPPINES. No won
honors and promotions IN Luson and
eamar. The old gentleman was now
commanding two whole regiments ana
two batteries Of light artillsry-the
largest force ever assembled under his
personal direction. Counting In the
stormy days Of his bugling boyhood,
Colonel Lewis must have taken part In
200 fights. and yet he was unsatis-
aed.
"Confound It ALL" he growled to his
young aides, there was Z Roman
forget his name. but read
about him at the Point-who took
part in one thousand battles. and per.
sonally killed one thousand barbari.
Ans. That fellow had some enjoyment
out Of his life. In his time, there was
lighting to be done. real fighting, com.
nc to you oil the time. and you didn't
aavs to sit around doing aothiAx 6:
r. -
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think somebody's feelings will be in
jured. Somebody is going to be badly
stung."
| Your belt is gone!" cried Solano.
"Yes. That's the best part of it,"
gurgled Brockett. Half an hour be-
fore the game, not wishing to be too
heavily weighted, I took my money,
my packets OF letters-everything OF
any value or any weight-and placed
them in the safe at headquarters. The
captain of Company F fixed it all up
for me. That took two or three
pounds and lot of bulk of my waist,
and gave me q chance to work more
freely. Whoever lassoed me wanted
that belt. They jerked me In among
these bushes. flung me on my face.
and went through me in less than five
seconds time. And they got the belt,
they got the belt. and ran away with
it," Brockett again collapsed with
laughter.
Didn't you see them at all, ny
boy7" questioned the chaplain.
mo. SIR" Brockett replied. '"rhey
5erked me in here 80 fast I had mo-
chance to turn, and then laid me face
downward. so that I couldn't see them.
They didn't even speak, but robbed
me and were gone before I could even
roll over and look after them. It was
timely done the way the wild
west melodramas used to have the
Mexican villain lasso the heroic COW.
boy"
Didn't they get anything besides
the belt?" asked solano.
Yes. they did," And again Brook.
stt was oonvulsed "They got nice
Get Of nonsensical messages and
faxed ciphsrs that put In four hours
on the train. hope they
get rich With their plunder.''
An old trooper, Q veteran Of the
plains. had pushed q short distance
Into the chaparral while this convsr. !,
Dation was going on.
There was three Of 'em. SIR" hs
reported to the captain Of Company @.
TWO was Mexicans, ono q cheap fel-
low that didn't amount to much. and
The other . vaquero. with new, high.
heeled shoes. and q new black vel-
veteen jacket. His arm caught on /,
some thorns, sir, and here's . bit Of
he goods. The third one was q lit
lie man-at least. his feet were very
small-and he wore regular city
shoes. That's all the trail tells, sir.
suppose they had horses the other
side OF this brush, and are q long
Ways from here by now"
Six troopers rode out, beating the
:haparral. but with little hope Of over.
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contest IL TO y on 0eavleF 1lIIInS,
the common citiSens-war correspond.
ents and camera artists IN the MAIN
had been reinforced the night before
the second tussle. Two 1.-THE, sinewy
youngsters had blown into camp, %.
serting that they had some small. -un.
important business with the com.
mander. AS that ofncial had tempo.
rary business at San Antonio. the
boys had been made welcome and Civ.
en- quarters while awaiting his return.
baseball. of course. had been one Of
the earliest topics Of conversation. and
the newcomers showed intense eager
ness to break into the game. Az any.
one outside Of army circles was eligi.
BILE and the common citizens were
short-handed, the new arrivals were
promptly drafted into service. Brock
ett was detailed to guard centerfield.
while Ramon Solano was listed for
third base. Both youngsters, while
wild to have ct least one day Of diveR.
sion, were modest and difhdent when
asked to play, and declared that they
didn't want to crowd any other fel.
lows of the team. It was explained,
however. that Sanborn. the estimabls
war correspondent of the New York
Whirl, had counted himself out with q
charley-horse. while Summers, kodak.
man of the Chicago Blizzard, had been
stung by scOrpion-not seriously,
but squarely on the right wrist, dis
abling him from further baseball do
ings. That left two vacancies, and
the appearance of the boys was q
blessing to the common citizens ar,
ray.
Brockett and Solano warmed up
with real delight when the teams were
summoned to the field. They had
found friends-a jovial crowd of news
paper men and Photographic experts
and the minor officers of the regi-
ment had likewise extended them a
warm welcome. The Polo Grounds,
as the troopers proudly styled the ball
yard, was somewhat humpy in places,
and rather diversified with cactus in
others, but everybody concerned had
seen far worse arenas for the game.
Grandstand there was none, but long
lines Of cracker-boxes, beer cases and
brush heaps afforded sitting room,
while hundreds of the enthusiastic
bugs stood as close to the base lines
as they dared. Mexican ranchers,
Mexican poems, rurales on short fur 4
loughs, ''lungers" who had sought that
region for their health. and soldiers by
the hundred-such was the assembly,
and it is doubtful If any ball game
ever was played before more up
.oarious crowd.
A college man who was directing
hings for moving-picture concern
vent In as pitcher for the common
and seemed fairly capable.
lie stopped the cavalry hitless for
wo innings, pop flies and strikeouts
quickly disposing of the warriors. The
common citizens were equally help
ess with the stick. Brockett and So
ano, the newcomers, on whom the
ommon citizens were counting for
Material batting help, failed in the
inch on their first times up. Brock
tt raised foul fly to the fat ser
cant, who was catching, and Solano
rounded to a farrier who was play.
ng short.
In the third inning the troopers be-
an to land on the moving-picture
ian and two hits were followed by q
lmble on the part of contractors
gent. who was covering second. With
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SSAAA8 t00 S0uo0v0TOW0FD. Inc yx1s
umphant common citizens ana the dc.
9sated cavalry returned to camp. e.
changing much persinage, and map
ping out the preliminaries for the
third game Of the series. Brockett
and Solano. assigned to . comfortable
tent started . debate a. to the iden-
uty Of their latest adversary.
"The fact that he was . small man.
leaving q small track" said solano,
seems to indicate that our japanese
friend swan out Of the North river.
Doesn't 1t look that way?"
1T surely does" assented Brockett.
"6till, the German baron may have .
few small men az his confederates.
That would be possible, wouldn't it,"
"The baron Is still locked up at
Little Rock" objected Solano. "Ho
woald have considerable dihiculty in
directing any operations from the cell
where We last saw him. can't sec
anyone in this but the gentle Jap.
Can you?"
1T appears to be some Of his play
full doings." said Brockett. HE has
kept himself well under cover, though.
The oflcers-who keep their eyes and
ears open-all tell ma that no Jap
anese gentlemen have been seen in
this vicinity"
Solano smiled. significantly. THAT
may be-but did 1t ever occur to you
that the average Chinaman looks very
much Ike the average Japanese? And
there are quite few Cinnamon along
the river so I'm told"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-26

find the Sank Centre Herald all right.
l stood, in my humble way, beside
the cradle of the Republican party
and / stood beside The Herald at it's
birth and infancy when Joe and Sam
Simonton first wrapped it in Republi-
can swaddling clothes. The time has
come when we must note the time on
the dial of nations. Another great
republic fell in an evil hour. In her
great book of law was written: "Just-
ice is the unchanged, everlasting will
to give to each man his right" That
nation needed not this command, and
fell. That was the spirit that breath
ed life into the third party of 1860;
having become a hypocritical pretense
in these latter days, it is high time
that "Taps" should be sounded and a
requiem sang, to the tune of sJohn
Browns soul is marching on, as the
political bosses of the two old parties
take their much-needed rest.
Yours truly:
d. s. HALE.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-26
CHANGE OF BAS.
A. W. Austin Drops Proprietor.
ship of Palmer House
W. F. SANDfRSON IS IN
New Landlord in Charge and Mr..
Austin Will Take a Rest for
Some Months

There's new proprietor at the
Palmer House. He is w. +. Sander
son, of Excelsior, Mimi, where for
the past ten years he has had charge
of the white House." Mr.. Sander
son is an experienced hotel man and
took possession of the Palmer House
Wednesday morning for breakfast.
Mr.. Austin, whose health has been
poor for some, has not decided upon
his future course further than that
he will take much needed rest. Mr..
and Mrs. Austin will spend the time
for while at their cottage at Spring
Park. After that they will occupy
the rooms over the Merchants Nation
al Bank now occupied by DR.. and Mrs.
Fl. L. Lamb, who are to take house
on North Main street about the first
of October. The Austins will remain
in Sank Centre until Spring, at least
that is their intention.
Mr.. Austin leased the Palmer House
November l, 1907 from the owner. r.
L. Palmer, for term of five years.
The lease has little over one year
to run.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-09-26
SOCIABILITY RUN
Sank Centre Boosters Visit Glen
wood to See Pope County
Fair

The Stearns county fair was visited
by goodly number of people from
Glenwood. To return the compliment
and show a friendly spirit, bunch of
Sank Centre boosters drove to Glen
wood Tuesday afternoon and took in
the Pope county fair. Nine automo-
biles made the trip. carrying some
forty people. The trip back wa
anything but agreeable, for rain set
in shortly after the party left Glen.
wood and continued steadily all the
way home. T h e first car reached
Sank Centre on the return at $50,
the others arriving during the next
hour. Everybody was tired, hungry
and wet but nobody complained. The
cars and their occupants were:
Pilot car, DIR. H. f. Hennemann
owner and driver: Mrs. III. F. Hen
nemann and daughter Loretta, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. M. Rice.
Car No. 2, j. A. Schoenhoff owner
and driver: Mrs. j. A. Schoenhoff
and son, Mrs. H. D. Fairchild, Miss
Agnes Grundmann.
Car No. 3, Ed Hansen owner and
driver: Miss Gladys Locke of Owa-
tonna, Miss Nellie Hansen, S. T.
Merryman.
Car No. 4, C. D. Marshall owner
and driver: Mrs. C. D. Marshall, Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Lyman, Mrs. H. T.
Austin.
Car No. 5, A. H. Grover owner and
driver: Mrs. Grover and son, Mrs.
John Whitson.
Car No. 6, AL Salmond owner and
driver: Mr.. Truax.
Car No. I, Mrs. Frank Pangburn
owner and driver: Frank Pangburn,
Miss Merle Pangburn, Geo. Fish, A.
M. Welles.
Car No. 8, E. A. Richards owner
and driver: Mrs. E. A. Richards.
Car No. 9, Mr.. Dewhirst owner and
driver: Rev. A. Artz, j. B. Schoen-
hoff, M. L. Graham, ]. ]. Weisner.