davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-03-13
49,

Dona Cruz le miro inquieta y dIjo:
Me habeis hecho una promesa.
-Todo 10 que promote 10 cumpIo.
\ ueYando a dona Cruz hasta Ia
puerta anadi6:
-Puede rchusar, 81 quicrc: pcro
por ella misma y por otro que no
Quiero nombrar, desead que acepte.
Dona Cruz ignoraba Ia suelte de
Lagardare y no podia adIyinar la
hipoorcsIa del Principe Sin en-
barge, diio antes de saGr del salon
-Nousenor, ignore los motive, que
os obhgau a obrar como 10 hacGi>; pc
70 desde aver pasan cosaS mIly raras.
Somos dos pobres j6venes y carece-
mos de la experienced que Sc necesi-
ia para adiyinar enigmaS. Por amiS-
tad q nj, por compassion esa pobre
nina desolada decidme una palabra.
ana sola que eXplique Ia situaoi6n
me sirva de argumento contra su re-
sisteucia. Yo tendr6 energia, 81 pue-
do deciIa que beneficial ese matri-
monio al caballero Lagardere.
No ten6is vos confanza en-
mi?-dijo Gonzaga en- tono de repro
che
sNo iene ella con6anza en- yos?
Yo afrmo yos me cre6is; afrmad
vos y os creera ella. Y daos prisa-
anadi6 con acento mas imperioso,-
porQue quedo esperandoos
Dona Cruz Sc alej6
En este momento IN gran tumuIto
Sc produjo en- el salon, tornado por
clamores alegres y sonoras sonrioas.
III Bravo Chaverny !-decian unos
ii FL jorobado es muy atrevido =
exelamaban Otros.
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one ulSnedrteneQ confederate soldier.
must be content with hope, yet am
rich compared with thousands OF 9TH
ers; infinitely rich in comparison with
what l dreamed myself an hour ago."
held out my hand. There will come
a day when l shall answer your in
vitation to the North
You are on your way homer"
Yes; to take fresh nold upon life,
trusting that sometime in the early
future l may feel worthy to come to
you
Worthy" she echoed the word, a
touch of scorn in her voice, her eyes
dark with feeling. Worthy? Captain
Wayne, / sometimes think you the
most unselfish man / ever knew.
Must the sacrifices, then, always be
made by you? Can you not conceive
it possible that / also might like to
yield up something? Is it possible
you deem me a woman to whom
money is a god?"
No. said, my heart bounding to
the scarce hidden meaning of her inn
petuous words, NOR have the sacri-
fees always been mine; you were
once my prisoner"
She bent down, her very soul in
her eyes. and rested one white hand
upon my shoulder. For an instant we
read each others heart in silence,
then shyly she said, Il am still your
prisoner
THE END.
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copyright. by A. c. McClurg a Co.
Ensrred A stsrioner's Hall Lon3on-


past But none paused, and I merely
glanced at them with vague interest,
my thoughts elsewhere. Suddenly a
horse seemed to draw back from out Of
the center of the fast disappearing
party.
/ had led my limping horse out into
the road once more to resume my
Journey, paying scarcely the slightest
attention to what was taking place,
for my head was again throbbing to
the hot pulse of the sun. The party
of strangers rode slowly away into
the enveloping dust cloud, and had
forgotten them, when a low, sweet
voice spoke close beside me: Cap
tain Wayne, / know you cannot have
forgotten me-
She was leaning down from the
saddle, and as / glanced eagerly up
into her dear eyes they were swim
ming with tears.
"Forgottenl Never for one mo-
ment," / exclaimed; yet / failed TO
perceive your presence until you
spoke
"You appeared deeply buried in
thought as we rode by. but could not
leave you without a word when I
knew you must feel SO bad. oh, but
you, Captain Wayne, you have youth
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Vile station on the (, K. h one nasle North
west Of Inwood, mies Southwest OF Martins
burg. on
Wednesday, Feb. rs, 1912,
beginning at 10 o'cioak tn. following personal
properly, to-wtt;
IL Head Horses and Colts
Doll. bay mare. 10 yrx, w.t. 1879, barsheat and
wagon leader. work anywhere; black stallion,
perteetiy genie. and me bslsnear and Wagon
leader, Beuiah, yrs Clydesdale. bay mare
1850 los. leader. wiz work anywhere, Dick, .
dark iron gray geidlng years VI. Ivy los !,
him aud viii work anywhere hiiened. John.
black gelding coming yrs, 1000 lbs, thorough
" broken viii wo anywhere. one of the
bleckey kina; Bird, back mare, yrs. no
lbs, good strap mare: roman. yrs. well orok-
en-, 90 lbs; Maud. gray mare. IN foal by Slydes-
dale horse, safe TOR lady TO drive it0o lbs 2
year old colts and one yearilus; 2-year bay
geluing by Aircastie. promises 10 make fne
Aiitnest horses are Ct, desdale excepting the
gray mare and the Aireasile c Il.
"A Head Cattle
fresh cows with calves by their sides, all
good mixers, heifers. sll with caif and the
Lui, years Old. These cattle are are In good
condition.
80 Head Sheep
70 ewes all win lamb by day ofsale good youns
buck,
9 Brood Sows
each win weigh about $50 lbs. Eat enough TO
butcher each with pigs 10 weeks old that VIII
weigh about 80 lbs each.
Farming Implements.
Two 4horse Studebaker wagon, one extra
heavy and one light, 50 bushei bed Nicely
make In good condition; One-horse wagon ana
bed, in good condition. -tudsbaker trap good
new; buggy, manure spTesder in good con-
disien, Deefing binder, 7-foot cut la good or
der, moving machines. superior grain driti,
horse raRe..2 sets grain ladders rs feet long, set
wood ladders, spring tooth harrows, r.
-quare harrows, corn harrows, disc harrow /,
Osborne make, siugle corn planter. oliver
chilled pows, 40 XXX, 3 replanters. cycle grind
er, double shovel plows, 2 sting 20 shovel piews
corn coyerer. 2 threbie trees, double trees,
lot single trees, lot open rings and crowd
icks cider mill, Baker whOat fan, sets
spreaders, nth chain cutting box. lot log
chains, 5-prong forKs, dung hook, scoop
shovels, cross cut saws, set DEAN scales, grain
cradle asd rake. briar seythe buggy pole,
tongue truck for binder.
Harness
sets of breec hbands, sets trent gears, sets
piow gears wagon saddle. o-herse wagon
anes, 10 brides, collars, riding bride, wagor
whip, set double driving harness. sets fly
nets new, four sets butt ehains, pair breast
chains, lot OF COW chains, lot OF other articles
not mentioned. used on first class farm.
Furniture,
Folding bed, LOT of beds and sprin~s and other
articles. swing churn.
Corn and Fodder
Terms.
credit OF 10 months win be given on all
sums of $40 and over the purchaser 10 give his
cote with approved security negotiable ana
payable at the Merchants AID Farmers Bank
with interest from date, but II paid at maturi-
~ interest remitted Under $40 cash. No prop
erty to be removed uutil settled for
w O.C. PAYNE.
Dodd & Hoffman. Aucts
HARDWOOD Burkhart, Clerk.
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and love to inspire you-for your
mother yet lives. Truly it makes my
heart throb to think of the upbuilding
which awaits you men of the South.
1t is through such as you-soldiers
trained by stern duty-that these
desolated states are destined to rise
above the ashes of war into great
ness never before equaled. | feel
that now, in this supreme hour of sac
rifice, the men and women of the
South are to exhibit before the world
courage greater than that of the
battlefield. 1t is to be the marvel of
the nation, and the thought and pride
of it should make you strong"
ut may indeed be so; can but be-
1ieve it, as the prophecy comes from
your lips. l might even find courage
to do my part in this redemption were
you ever at hand to inspire"
She laughed gently. Il am not a
Virginian, Captain Wayne, but most
loyal daughter OF the North; yet If
l so inspire you by my mere words,
surely it is not SO far to my home
but you might journey there to listen
to my further words of wisdom"
Il have not forgotten the permits
sion already granted me, and 1t is a
temptation not easily cast aside. You
return North soon?'
within week"
l hardly knew what prompted me
to voice my next questionable, per-
haps, weary of being so long Knocked
for 1 felt small interest in her prob
able answer.
do you expect your husbands re-
lease from duty by that timer"
She gave a quick start of surprise,
drawing in her breath as though sud
denly clicked Then the rich color
overspread her face. my husband?"
she calculated in voice barely audi
BILE, my husband? Surely you can
not mean Major Brennan?
But l certainly do" / said, won
dering what might be wrong. Whom
else could l mean?"
"And you thought that?" she asked
incredulously. why, how could your"
How should I Rave thought other
SASAOAihNA, NY eyes Cd6CAl ~
searching her downcast face. "Why,
Cation told me it was SO the night I
was before Sheridan; he confirmed it
again in conversation less than an
hour ago. Colgate, my Lieutenant,
who met you in a Baltimore hospital,
referred to him the same way. If I
have been deceived through all these
months, surely everything and every
body conspired to that end-you bore
the same name: you told me plainly
you were married; you wore we'd
ding-ring; you resided while ct camp
in his quarters: you called each 9th
er Frank and Edith. From first to
last not one word has been spoken
by any one to cause me to doubt that
you were his wife"
Il recall starting to explain all this
to you once" she said, striving vainly
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He WON'T LIMP Now

No mere limp.ng for Tom Moe re OF
Cochran, Ga. ~ had bad sore on my
instep that nothing seemed to help till
used Bucklea's Arnica Salve," he
writes, shut this wonderful healer soon
cured me-" Heals old, running sores,
ulcers, bells, burns, cuts, bruises, scze-
ma or piles. Try it. Only 25 cents at
All Druggists.
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Some Hay and Fodder
Terms Same for Both Sales.

A credit of months will be given on ali
sums OF SO and ever, the purchaser to give his
note with appre ed security negotiable and
payable at the Merchants a Farmers Bank, N
Martinsourg, with interest from date but
II paid at maturity interest renitted. Under
so cash No properly 10 be removed until set
tied tor. A discount OF per cent for cash.
CD ~ GEO. ID. SMITH.
Dodd & Hoffman, Aucts.
Iarwood Burkhart. Clerk,
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Public Sale
Of valuable
Personal Property

intending TO discontinue farming Will sell
1T ny home hall mii@ we>s OF Che Darkes-
Vile station On the (, X. h one nasle North
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Singing Teaches, Correct Breathing
and Lively WaItzes Have Good e.
fects on MelanchoIla Patients.

Two English physicians OF prom1-
hence have recently asserted that the
exercise given to the lungs in singing
Is valuable In the prevention and cure
of diseases OF those organs. They
consider that increased professional
recognition should be extended to this
special therapeutic agency. as adv1s-
able in cases where pulmonary con-
sumption is feared.
Singing involves correct nasal
breathing, and this means that the
air admitted to the lungs is prac-
tically germ free, and also the ade-
quate development OF the upper por-
lions of the respiratory passages. An
other effect is the maintenance OF the
elasticity and proper expansion OF the
chest. The necessary breathing exer-
cises mean increased functional ac-
tivity Of the lungs. Then. there Is
the improved ~oxygenation OF the
blood, which singing necessarily pro-
notes.
AS we know, most singers and also
those musicians who perform on wind
instruments are a healthy looking LOT
Not many years from now music will
be recognized as a most valuable cur
ative agent, especially in cases OF in
sanity or morbidity. What tired, over
wrought, distressed man or woman
does not know the value of music
How many beautiful stories could be
told of the power Of music to sustain
and restrain?
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(TO BE CONTINUED.)
A Tombstone Lie.

"If everybody were as truthful as
the woman who gave me a job the
millennium would be here before this
time next week." a marble cutter said.
About a year ago I put up a monu-
ment to the msmory Of her husband.
There was a lot of carving On the
stone, his name and age. the date and
place Of birth, Bible quotations and
everything. Since then the woman
has visited his folks back in the coun-
try town where he was born, and she
learned from the records there that
he had been mistaken about his age.
He was two years older than he
claimed to be.
1.-The discovery nearly foored her.
She was too conscientious to let an
error like that stand, so she took the
first train to New York to make cor
rections. In her opinion a lie is a lie
even on a tombstone, so no difference
how much it costs to fill in the carv-
ing and cut 1t out again. she wants
the figures set right"
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ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
S0th birthday with a crowd OF miners a.
the Circle City Tivoi. The dance ., iea ons
is staked. HarnIsR loses his money and nd
his mine but wins the mail contract. r nS
starts on his mail trip with dogs anu
sledge. telling his friends that ne WIZ -
In the big Yukon gold strike AT ths s.a w.
Burning Daylight makes q sensatlonaHy
rapid run across country with the mai,
appears at the Tivoli and Is now reauy
to Join his friends in a dash to the new
gold heIds: Deciding that a'st gSta H Tan Sh
BUYS two tons Of flour, which he declares
will be worth its weight IN gold oI s
when he arrives with his -four ne nn1s
the big fiat desolate; A comraoe ber-
vest. He goes to Dawson. becomes me
most prominent figure in the Klondike
and defeats a combination OF capltahsts
in a vast mining deal. He retGTas -,no -
Complications Of high finance, Daylight
finds that he has been led to invest ms
eleven millions in a manipulated scneHle,
He S SHgs to n MsT YerE With Ana a reSolver. he
threatens to kill them II his money IS n9s
returned. They are cowed. return 'Seir
stealings and Harnish goes pack 70 san an
Dede Mason. a pretty stenographer: he
makes large Investments and gets INTO me
political ring. For a rest he goes to the
country, Daylight gets deeper into h tSa
longing for the simple life nearly over,
comes him. Dede Mason buys a horse and
Daylight meets her in her saddle trips;
One day he asks Dede- to go VIII MN
ask her to marry him and they canter
away. she trying to analyze her FEELINGS.
Dede tells Daylight that her happiness
could not lie with a money ~nipoia.
Industrial community. He is insistent
that she marry him and yet hopes to WIN
her. Daylight falls back into his Ola
drinking way There Is a hurry IN .se
that he is going to work on a ranch and
prove to her that he has reformed.
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Of their right arms on the counter, the
hands clasped. Slosson's hand QUICK
ly forced backward and down.
You're the first man that ever sue
ceeded in doing it." he said. Lets
try 1t again"
Sure" Daylight answered. "And
don't forget, son, that you're the first
man that put mine down. Thats why
l lit out after you today"
Again they clasped hands. and
again Slosson's hand went down. He
vas a broad-shouldered. heavy-mus-
cled young giant, at least half a head
taller than Daylight, and he frankly
expressed his chagrin and asked for a
third trial. This time he steeled him.
self to the effort, and for a moment
the issue was in doubt. With flushed
face and set teeth he met the others
strength till his cracking muscles
failed him. The air exploded sharply
from his tensed lungs, al he relaxed
In surrender, and the hand dropped
Imply down.
You're too many for me-" he con.
fessed. 81 only hope you'll keep out
Of the hammer-throwing game"
Daylight laughed and shook his
head.
I'VE might compromise. and each
stay in his own class. You stick to
hammertbrowing, and I'll go on turn
ting down hands"
But Slosson refused to accept de-
feat.
Say" he called out. as Daylight
and Dede, astride their horses, were
preparing to depart. "Say-do you
mind If l look you up next year? I'd
like to tackle you again."
Sure. son. You're welcome to a
futter any time. Though give you
fair warning that you'll have to go
some. You'll have to train up, for I'm
blowing and chopping wood and break
ing colts these days"
Now and again. on the way home.
Dede could hear her big boy-husband
chuckling gleefully. AS they halted
their horses on the top Of the divide
out Of Bennett Valley. in order to
watch the sunset. he ranged alongside
and slipped his arm around her waist
Little woman" he said. you're
sure responsible for 1t all. And leave
1t to you, If all the money in creation
is worth as much as one arm like that
when it's got a sweet little woman
like this to go around"
Daylight's steadfast contention was
that his wife should not become cook,
waitress. and chambermaid because
she did not happen to possess a house
hold of servants. On the other hand,
chafing-dish suppers In the big living
room for their camping guests were a
common happening, at which times
Daylight allotted them their chores
and saw that they were performed.
For one who stopped only for the
night 1t was different. Likewise 1t
was different with her brother. back
from Germany. and again able to sit
a horse. On his vacations he became
the third in the family. and to him
was given the building Of the fires.
the sweeping. and the washing OF the
dishes.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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downright, 1916, by the New York Herald Company
copyright, 1910. by the MacMillan Company.
M7HnP or TIE CHI ~ WNWD
"M/7E AIYG" MAR7WE DkW"EZC
!imself never ~overdone. Nevertheless

I himself never overdone. Nevertheless,
there we're times when both he and
Dede was not above confessing tired
ness at bedtime after seventy or eighty
miles in the saddle. Sometimes, W hen
he had accumulated a little money.
and when the season favored, they
would mount their horses, with sad.
| dle-bags behind, and ride away over
the wall of the valley and down into
the other valleys.
One day, stopping to mail a letter
at the Glen Ellen postofice, they were
hailed by the blacksmith.
Say, Daylight" he said, "a young
fellow named Slosson sends you his
regards. He came through in an auto
/ on the way to Santa Rosa. He wanted
to know if you didn't live ~hereabouts,
but the crowd with him was In a hur-
ry. So he sent you his regards and
said to tell you he'd taken you adj
vice and was still going on breaking
his own record"
Daylight had long since told Dede
of the incident.
"Slosson?" he meditated, "Slosson?
That must be the hammer-thrower.
He put my hand down twice, the
young scamp" He turned suddenly
to Dede. "Say. It's only twelve miles
to Santa Rosa, and the horses are
fresh"
She OWNED what was In his mind.
Of which his %twinkling eyes and sheep
ish, boyish grin gave sufficient adver.
ttsement, and she smiled and nodded
acquiescense.
We'll cut across by Bennett Val
ley" he said. TITS nearer that way"
There was little difficulty. once in
Santa Rosa, of finding Slosson. He
and his party had registered at the
Oberlin Hotel, and Daylight encoun.
tered the young hammer-thrower him.
self in the Office.
Look here, son." Daylight announc-
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When She Phones.

Business will be held up in this
store for the next ten minutes" growl.
ed the inpatient man Even the
prescription clerk is holding his
breath. Two good looking women are
getting ready to use the telephone.
That Is why. When a handsome WON
an talks over an open telephone every.
body within earshot takes a vacation
and listens. A plain woman might
talk half a day and nobody would pay
any attention, but a good looking WON
an at a public telephone draws a big
ger crowd than the president Of the
United States. Everybody thinks she
is going to say something worth hear
ing, and they become vitality inter
ested."
IF you are in such a big hurry"
said the impatient mans companion.
why don't you go down street and
attend to that other errand while they
are putting up your prescription
here?"
"Oh, no." said the impatient man, Il
want to hear. too"
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of what his hands had wrought. The
first evening. missing him. Dede
sought and found him, lamp in hand.
staring with silent glee at the tubs.
He rubbed his hand over their smooth
wooden lips and laughed aloud, and
was as shame-faced as any boy when
she caught him thus secretly exulting
in his own proves.
1t was this adventure In WOODWORK
ing and plumbing that brought about
the building Of the little workshop.
where he slowly gathered a collection
OF loved tools. And he. who In the
old days, out Of his millions, could
purchase Immediately whatever he
might desire, learned the new Joy OF
the possession that follows upon rigid
economy and desire long delayed. He
waited three months before daring the
extravaganza OF a Yankee screw-dr1Y-
er, and his glee in the marvellous IN
tie mechanism was so keen that Dede
conceived fortnight a great idea. Fol-
six months she saved her egg-money.
which was hers by right Of allotment,
and on his birthday presented him
with a turning.lathe of wonderful SIM
plicity and multifarious e~fRciencies.
And their mutual delight In the lathe,
which was his, was only ~equalled by
their delight in Mab's first foal. which
was Dede's special private property.
Daylight had made 10 assertion OF
total abstinence, though he had not
taken a drink for months after the
day he resolved to let his business go
to smash. Soon he proved himself
strong enough to dare to take a
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drink without taking a second. On
the other hand, with his coming to
live in the country, had passed all de-
sire and need for drink. He felt no
yearning for 1t. and even forgot that
it existed. Yet he refused to be
afraid of it, and in town. on occasion.
when invited by the s~torekeeper,
would reply: "All right. son. If my
taking a drink will make you happy,
here goes. Whisky for mine"
But such a drink begat no desire
for a second. 1t made no impression.
He was too profoundly strong to be
effected by a thimbleful. AS he had
prophesied to Dede, Burning Daylight,
the city financier, had died a quick
death on the ranch. and his younger
brother. the Daylight from Alaska.
had taken his place. The threatened
%inundation Of fat had subsidized. and
all his old-time Indian leanness and
litheness of muscle had returned. So,
likewise, did the old slight hollows IN
his cheeks come back. For him they
indicated the pink Of physical cond1-
ton. He became the acknowledged
strong man of Sonoma Valley, the
heaviest litter and hardest winded
among a husky ace of farmer folk.
At first, when in need of ready cash,
he had followed Ferguson's example
of working at days labor; but he was
not long in gravitating TO a form Of
work that was more stimulating and
more satisfying. and that allowed him
ever more time for Dede and the
ranch and the perpetual riding through
the hills. Having been challenged by
the blacksmith. in a spirit Of banter.
to attempt the breaking of a certain
incorrigible colt. he succeeded so sig
nally as to carr quite a reputation as
a ho~rse-breaker. And soon he was
able to carr whatever money he de-
sired at this, to him. agreeable work.
His life was e%minently wholesome
and natural. Early to bed. he slept
like an infant and was up with the
dawn. Always with something to do,
and with a thousand little things that
enticed but did not clamor. he was
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vauohn Held on Serious Charge.

T. U. Vaughn, former superintend-
ent of the South Carolina Odd Eel
lows %orphanage, located at Green
Vile, for whose arrest a warrant was
sworn out by the board of trustees,
charging him with committing assault
upon the person of one Of the orphan
girls under his care at the time he
was in charge Of the institution, was
placed in the county Jail. Vaughn,
who had been out of the city for sew
eral days was ignorant of the charges
that had been preferred against him
until he arrived In the city.