davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-15

sRy, the giri they had left behind awcke from uneasy slumber, aroused by the entrance of Mrs. Murphy. For an instant she failed to comprehend her position. but the strong brogue Of the energetic landlady broke in sharply:s r 5f
 "A bit av a cup av coffee fer ye, honey" she explained. crossing to the bed. "Shure an there's nuthin' loike it when ye first wake up. Howly Mither, but it's toird ,nough ye' do be lookin' yet"
 T haven't slept very weIl," the girl confessed, bringing her hand out from beneath the coyerlet,s the locket still tightly clasped in her finger. See, found this on the floor last night after you had gone down stairs"
 "Ye did!" setting the coffee on q convenient chair, and reaching out for the trinket. Let's have look at it once. Angels ay Hiven, if it isn't the same the oP Gineral was showin' me in the parly."
 The other sat up suddenly, her white shoulders and rounded throat cleaning. - i,a a~i-
 "The old General, you said? What General? :? When was he here?"
 "Shure now, be aisy, honey, an Oi'n tell ye, all there is to 1t. It's not his name Ot know; maybe Oi niver heard till av 1t, but twas the 'GineraP they called him, all right He was here maybe three days outfttin'-a noice spoken or gintlemin, wid gray beard. an onct he showed me the locket- be the powers, If it do be his, there's an openin' to it.; an a picter inside"
 The girl touched the spring, reveal ing the face within, but her eyes were blinded with tears. The landlady look cd at her in alarm
 What is it, honeyr What is it? Did you know him?"
 The slender form swayed forward, shaken with sobs.
 He was my father, and-and this Is my mothers picture which he always carrfed."
 ''Then what is your name?"
 Hope Waite"
 Kate Murphy looked at the face half hidden in the bed-clothes. That was not the name which Keith had given her. but she had lived on the border too long to be inquisitive. The other lifted her head, finging back her loosened hair with one hand. f
 rMr. Keith dropped it," she exclaim- cd. Where do you suppose he got it7" Then she gave a quick, startled cry. her eyes opening wide in horror. The Cmmaron Crossing, the murder at the Cfmmaron Crossingi He-he told me about that; but he never showed me this-this. Do you-do you think"
 Her voice failed, but Kate Murphy gathered her into her arms.
 Cry here, honey" she said, as if to . child. "Shure an, Oi'm tellin' ye 1t niver was Jack Keith what did It. murther ain't his stoyle."
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-15

i=-Puxzied at the unexpected recogni- I ton. yet realizing the frfendliness of the man, Keith grasped the pudgy fn- gers extended with some cordiality. | Don't remember me I s'pose-don' t think you ever saw me-delirious when I came - hate to tell you what you was talking about-gave you hypodermic first thing-behaved we'll enough though when dug out the lead-Minie bullet, badly blunted hitting the rb-thought you might die with blood poison-couldn't stay to see-to damn much to do-evident- | ly didn't tthough-remember me now?"
 'No, only from what you say. You must have been at General Waite's headquarters"
 That's tt-charge of StonewaIl's | field hospital-just happened to ride into Waite's camp that night-damn lucky for you I did-young snip there wanted to saw the boneI stopped that-liked your face-imagined you might be worth saving-ain't so sure of 1t now, or you wouldn't be out in this God forsaken country, eating such grub-my names Fairbain-Jo- seph Wright Fairbain. M. D.-contract surgeon for the railroad-working on the liner"
 Keith shook his head. feeling awak- ening interest in his peculiar com panion-
 'No; just drifted in here from down on the Arkansas" he explained brief ly. Did you know General Waite was dead?"
 The doctors ruddy face whttened.
 "Dead?-Willis Waite dead?" he re- peated. What do you mean, sir7 Are you sure? when~
 "I ought to be sure; buried him just this side the Cimmaron Crossing out on the Santa Fe trail"
 "But do you know 1t was General Waiter" the mans insistent tone full of doubt
 T have no question about it," re- turned Keith, conclusively. "The man was Waite's size and general appear ance, with gray beard, similar to the one remember he wore during the war. He had been scalped, and his face beaten beyond recognition, but papers in his pockets were sufficient to prove his identity. Besides. he and his companions young fellow named Sfbley-were known to have pulled out two days before from Carson City"
 When was this?"
 Ten days ago."
 Fairbain's lips smiled, the ruddy coloring sweeping back into his cheeks.
 Damn me, Keith, you came near giving me a shock" he said, 5erkiIy. shouldn't be so careless-not sure my. hearts just right-tendency to apoplexy, too-get to be guarded against. Now, let me tell yoh some thing maybe you buried some poor devil out at Cimmaron Crossing-but it wasn't Willis Waite. How do knowf Because I saw him, and talked with him yesterday-damn me, if didn't, right here in this town"
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-15

Keith Eibowed His Way Through the . Heterogeneous Crowd i, e> him also. 'sThe latter broke silence with Q quick 1erky utterance. which seemed to peculiarly 1t his personal appearance. -- .- '-s @ Damn it all-know you. sir-sure I debut for life of me can't tell where."a -a- S
 - Keith stared across at him more searchingly, and replied. rather in- differently: ,5 s#
 Probably . mistake then. as have no recollection of your face"
 Never made a mistake, sir-never forget . face,- the other snapped with some show of indignation, his hands now cIasped on the table, one stubby foreAngsr pointed, as he leaned for ward. Don't tell meI've seen you somewhere-no, not word-dont even tell me your name-Im going to think of it',- tt.s. V.
 Keith smiled, not unwilling to humor the mans eccentricity, and returned to his meal, with only an occasional in- curing glance across the table. The other sat and stared at him, his heavy eyebrows wrinkled as he strug gled to awaken memory. The younger man had begun on his pie when the face opposite suddenly cleared &
 Damn me, I've got it-hell, yes; hospital tent-Shenandoah- i'm bedded under third rfb-ordfnary case that's why I forgot-clear as mud now-get the name in . minute-Cap- tain-CAptain Keith-that's it-shake handa -l,z--A
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-15
CHAPTER XVI.
IntroducIno Doctor FafrbaIn.

Introducing Doctor FairbaIn.
 Headed as they were, and having no other special objective point in view, 1t was only natural for the two fugitives to drift into Sheridan. This was at that time the human cesspool of the plains country, seething, boiling maelstrom of all that was rough, evil, and brazen along the entire frontier. Customar- fly quiet enough during the hours of daylight, the town became 8 mad saturnalia with the approach of dark ness, it's ceaseless orgies being noisily continued until dawn But at this period all track work on the Kansas Pacific being temporarily suspended by Indian outbreaks, the graders made both night and day alike hideous, and the single dirty street which com posed Sheridan, lined with shacks, crowded with saloons, the dull dead prairie stretching away on every side to the horizon, was congested with humanity during every hour of the fwenty-four.. ss '5s
 It was a grim picture of depravity and desolation, the environment dull. gloomy, forlorn; all that was worthy the eye or thought being the pulsing human. element. sfsAna about extended the barren plains.t except where. on enc side ravine cut through an over hanging rdge. From the seething street one could look up to the sum- init, and see there the graves of the many. who had died deaths of violence. and been borne thither in their boots.,, Amid all this surrounding desolation was SheridaA-the, child of Q few brief months of existence, and iegttned to perish, almost as quickly the center of the grim picture. . mere cluster of rude, unpainted houses, poorly. erected shacks,> grimy tents Tapping in the never ceasing wind swirling across the, treeless waste, the ugly rad station.. the rough cowpens filled with lowing cattle, the huge, un- Gaialy stores. their false fronts deco rated by. amateur wfelders of the paint brush, and the garish deas of vice tucked in everywhere. The pen dulum. of life never ceased swinging. Society was mixed; ne man cared who his neighbor was, or dared to question. Of women worthy the name there were few, yet there were hitting fe- male forms in plenty, the saloon lights revealing powdered cheeks ana paint ed eyebrows. It was . strange, rest less populace, the majority here to- day. disappearing tomorrow-cow- boys, half-breeds, trackmsn, graders, desperadoes. gamblers, saloon-keeperr. merchants, generally Jewish, petty Of fcials, and . rfR-raf no one could ac- count for, mere floating debris. The town was an eddy catching odd bits of drfftwood such as only the frontier ever knew. Queer characters were everywhere, wrscks of dissipation, de relicts of the East, seeking nothing save oblivion.
 Everything was primitive passion and pleasure ruled. To spend easily made money noisily. brakenly. was the ideal. From dawn to dawn the search after joy continued The basnios and dance halls were sablaEe; the bar rooms crowded with hilarious or
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-15
CHAPTER XVIII.
Interviewing WiiIoushby.

Interviewing WiiIoushby.
 Coo1ly, yet without in the least comprehending how best to proceed. Keith drew toward him the only chair in the room, and sat down. Miss Hope-more widely known as Christie Maclaire-had claimed this drunken lad as her brother, but, according to Hawley, he had vehemently denied any such relationship. Yet there must be one previous association between the two, and what this was the plains man proposed to discover. The prob lem was how best to cause the fellow to talk frankly-could he be reached more easily by reference to the girl or the gambler? Keith studying the sullen, obstinate face confronting him, with instructive antagonism over his intrusion, swiftly determined on the girl. sFs-
 Tt was not very nice of me to como in on you this way" he began, apollo getically, "but you see happened to know your sister,"
 My sistsr7 Oh, guess not!"
 "Yes, but I do," throwing . con. fidence into his tone he was far from feeling, Miss Hope and arc friends:s
 The boy sprang to his feet, his facs flushed. t.-= ef
 "oh. you mean Hope? Do you know her? Say. thought you were giving me that old gag about Christie Maclaire.'' -@ - '''-
 Certainly not; who is shs?"
 That's more than know; fellow came to me, at; Carson, and said he'd met my sister on stage west of To peka. I knew he was lyin'3 because she's home over in Missouri. Finally, I got 1t out of him that she claimed to be my sister, but her name was Maclaire. Why. don't even know her, and what do you suppose she ever picked me out for her brother forf" cze5 b. '-~ %r5 s7N sss+
 He was plainly puzzled, and perfect ly convinced 1t was all . mistake. That his sister might have left home since he did, and drifted West under an assumed name. apparently never occurred to him as possible. To Keith this was the explanation, and nothing could be more natural. considering her work. yet he did not feel like shatterfng the lads loyalty. Faith in the sister might yet save him. a-
 Perhaps the fellow who told you" he hazarded blindly, speaking the first thought which came to his mind. had some reason to desire to make you think this Maclaire girl was your sis ter"s S-i-'f''
 The suggestion caused him to laugh at frst;a then his face suddenly sob cred. as though a new thought had co. cured to him. 5a' -'-' 's 1 Damn me, no, 1t couldn't be that" he exclaimed, one hand pressing his head He couldn't be worktn' no trick of that kind on me"
 Whom do you mean?"
 "A fellow named Hawley," evasive- ly. "The man who claimed to have | met nay sister," 7e @ Black Bart Eawley?"
 The boy lifted his head again, his eyes allsA win suspicion. A.
 "Yes. if ysu must know; hs's .
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-15

Jack Keith" No expression of recog. milton came into the face of the other, and Keith added curtly. Shall we talk?"
 There was a moments silence, and then Willoughby swung his feet over the edge of the bed onto the floor.
 Fire away" he said shortly. ''uu' til I see what the game is about"
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11
INTEREST SHOWN
IN HUMANE SOCIETY
CONTINUED from Page ous)

I
attention 10 eases Of cruelty TO aHt-
mails aud tho abuse or neglect OF chill
dreR. Mr. Aiisworth pointed out tha,
II was the duty Of every member to
keep In close touch with eases of this
kind and when yiolnt ions OF the law
are known 10 take steps 10 bring com
plaiut and have the guilty persons
prosecuted. Father vaicnt!ni' was
went To criticize the methods Of the
police In the past. stating thar too
little attention WIS paid TO dumb
brutes. and suggested that the city
council be asked by the society to
Instruct III" police department TO pay
special attention 10 this humane
work
Rev. x. r. Chandler was bubblinE
over with enthusiasm ana good ideas
and struck "a harmonious chord in hIs
remarks when he suggested that The
society investigate the recently re-
ported case OF Jesus Moyu. a boy al.
Judged mentally dcfcctiv. In the
county court. who was found walk.
Ing about scantily clad aud barefoot
In tho snow nrur Trinchera. Mr..
Chandler ia4uircd II any steps hud
been taken TO have the woman Ip
whose keeping Moya was. brought
Into court. On motion committee
composed OF ice CcsarIo. X. T.. Chan.
der and Clyde whiteScsrvcr were
named By the chair ~ u special in-
v.stisating committee.
While the bylaws provide for yeHr.
~ meetings n change was s,itgex,ed
that III" association miaht meet
often.r. Tn. next regular meeting
of tn" society was fixed for tho sec.
ord Monday In January. and upon
adjournment the board OF directors
met together aud fixed tho date OF
h" next meeting. With u compe-
tent probation officer tho society To-
prepared TO BE- OF real service to hu.
man!iy. 1t IL u noble work that this
roc!esy Is setting out to do--to show
kindns~s TO the abused or neglected
childIen and to animals. TO protect
tho overworkcd ho.r and TO inter.
est tho people OF city and county In
tho good work.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11
GRAVE CHARGES MADE
AGAINST q. 8. SOLDIERS

Fairbanks, Alaska. Dec. H.
Charges OF grave nature against
seven soldiers OF the United States
army garrison At Fort st. Michael
are contained In u special from ST.
Michael to the fairbanks News
Miner.
II is alleged that tho soldiers. In
uniform. attacked an Indian woman
md her IS year old daughter near
the Fort last Sunday night, the girl
escaping after u desperate struggle.
Two OF the seven men have been
Identified by their victims. tho mes
sage asserts and udds that this 10 the
third offence Of a similar nature Of
which the soldiers have been accused
within the last three months.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11

half to ~ minu,i While ih- cor, shelter
lad 'etiucea tho .imc ci sh.l''i. bushel
II corn from iD Minute, To ure ni..He.
That similar advances en- bc looked for
a the future is regarded ~ eS:r .inely
doubtful, but even were such the clse
he situation is further complicated BY
Nhcr factors wh!cl, make IL. importance
wen more acute.
For years this country has been draw
ng heavily for its ,upp'y u! issm 'a'-Jr
,n foreign countries. the asT'culN:ra
development having hccn largely depend
IN, on immigrants who have come here
70 begin al hired l.horcrs but who
eventually bought heir own FARMS al
prices far below ;'ipsr obiainah'e IN
Europe. or late however. ;'i.s source
Of supply has been decreasing rapidly.
In tho grca, Jsrif.''gral region
embraced w,ihin 'hc NUHi Central divi-
sion the p,rccr''1gr ~ :. sc agricultural
iahprers viip larciru born declined
from 1906 PEI ,.i' IA $50 10 !i.S5 per
cent. in laD, Tho dcciinr in the
Western State, was i-on: s1S per cent.
TO 20S6 per cent. ard in the remaining
divisions the decline was pcrccpiiblc.
European nations have awakened to
tie need OF keeping farmers \, l,omc and
as result have been adopting ac :.cu'-
,nral methods designed TO accomplish
this result. While ,ris iro' eircn' has
been widespread. Germany. tho country
which formerly gave Us onr iarEcs,
supply ci farm laLaG. has apparently
developed il in tho ni"s, successful
ms;Incr. will, the rcsr't ,ha, .is. number
OF German farm immigrants TO this errn-
try shows . very marked decrease In.
deed il is the opinion Of authorities here
that this country is now facing the same
condition which Germany recognized
fifty years ago when starvation seem.d
imminent il home production we're to be
depended on and ior that reason par,icu-
lar interest is hciny taken in the methods
by which GERMANY Ia, .o!vci this pro-
blem and hss increased the Fields OF her
acres ur'il il.ey are practically double
those wh'ci, TINS country secures. In
advancing III quarter Of Z century from
= POI ." home produeed 'otas wers
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11

farmers found il far more profitable than
any other general crop 6m ,h-- have
also discovered that other cre.s grown
IN r.iaiion with II. be- zee of the
thorottgu u... ,---.. ~ ~ fa- .s''
full e,,!.iya,:o, show increased Yields
ranging from sii,y t. Que hundred Dss
cent. Figures collected from au pastS
oi the county bear osst thsse facts. The
United States is amply able indeed -
produce I'll i.s own sugar and thus 70
add $i.smm000 10 ~ agricultural
~eai,i, c.ci, year. That the cultivation
of the sugar beet has not spread even
more rapidly is attributed TO the lack
/ OF such assured encouragement: ~ has
! been gwen in Germany >irct it IS
recognized sf,a, the nncii higher farm
wages i,a:'i in :hiS country make some
: form OF equalization acScssary. How.
ever. with s',ch authorities rs Secretary
Of Agriculture Wilson a.d DR.. Harvey
W. Wiley e.ia'npionrg It's rause. II is
believed tia: its u,ciulress j. bound to
receive wider recognition.
Sill another fac,o, which i, imporun,
i, the imp. ling farm libor isnire is
,ia, the iorg period OF e',s.r and fertile
public land available 10 IL. ,-,-,ig.ant
his expired. The ricl, CO. ;s.',ut ems Of
Germans and Sc1niinaviIr. nd Cehs to
tho agriculture OF The ra'!on have ap-
aaren;ly rehrly ceased l.and in private
nwrcr hip "a, moderate prices is still
available. but the i'umigran, does NO,
s,c'; il. lmr';gra,ion is TO the city and
to no, agricultural employment. Efforts
so i,c., the iirinigrar, 10 the land have
lee, made and @nr of them are now
~ operation. but ;h- success il not per.
esptib'e. The immigrant viii not come.
In this indeed experts see the most
FERROUS ;hase OF AT extremely ser;ou.
condition and air,i; ,iat the United
States ms: .hosil, admit the necessity
of solving ,'- vital p-ob!em Of increasing
! il. supply oi farm labor BY getting its
ci,iseris back 90 the land hv making
farming mere profitable as did Germany.
Failing :h'S they 81, this country. seri-
culurally tie richest in the world, w-'
yet find itself facing actual fat: '.s
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11
ALARMING SHRINKAOE
IN FARM LABOR SUPPLY
Startling Decrease s 50 In properties -
Population Engaged In Agricultural rursults-Misht Meas
Eventual Famine. Say Expsrts-hew oermasy
Solved Same Prebism.

WASHINGTON, Dec. o--Ths. the pro-
blcm oi sccrrirg iarrn labor ~ snsicicn,
quantiry to cughie this nation TO con-
tinur Ia prnducc r,s own .lnd is one oi
the most serious c"nir' .ung tic country
and not les imn.h than the trust
and tariff pr, ',.gm,. j, the opinion cN,
pressed hgrc as result OF the stndy ol
figure, compiled hy the Department, OF
agriculture which show thar the per-
ccn,aer oi the population occupied III
agricultural pursuit, has been decreasing
at an alarming r.IIe rnIil this Situation
threatens To become acute
How alarming this .hrlnk.ge has been
!. indicated by the tact that while eighty
three per cent. oi all persons having
gainfu! occup. lions in lS-D were engaged
in agricultural pursuits. the proportion
d~indled tu rs per cent. III 1910. the
last year ior which hru'es have bcs'
tabulatrd Ony thr development o'
farm machinery whir.i has largely offset
The diminishing supply oi hufnan labor
IL Is pointed out. has made possible the
agricultural expansion. which has taken
place. anil while the advance IN lhi'
respect has been remarkable 1t Is moi
though, likci, '"'f the future holds forth
S,n.,lAr poss,bii.yr-.. Between 1855 and
l6A the time OF lIun.a labor required
70 produce one bu.hel Of corn DEFINED
from more 'lian four hour. 7ni one
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11
ECHOES PROM LA JunrA
a Juuta Happenings Always Inter
est Our 1eaderS

After reading of No many people In
cur town who have been cured by
poan'a KidnNy Pills. tho question
naturally arisea: lis this medicine
equally Auceessiul In our ncixhbor-
ting towns" Tho generous statement
Of this Ia Juata resident leaves no
room for doubt on this point.
W. KirwAn.. 2lG san Juan Ave.
La Jun,a. Colo. says: II believe Kid
hey trouble vas hereditary In my
ease. II Was characterized by pain
10 the small of my back which both
cred me especially In the morning
before ! arose and Al times while I
~ working. Tho kidney secrct!ons
vsra also highly colored. Doan's Kid
aey Pills relieved these symptoms
q kidney trombl" and had no bad
sfter effects. know that Doan's
Kidney Pills live up to the claims
made for them"
Fur sale by all dealers. Pric. 80
cents. Fos'cr-Milbu Co. buffalo.
New York. sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember tho namc-Doan's-:
and take no other.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11

,irsnHrcicn, 70. ;cr reeds ~ ,h,, which
she now occupies as probably the fore
most agricultural nation ~ the world,
Germany ha, relied chiefly upon the
cultivation of the sugar bret lnvestika-
ton had shown tha; this crop when
properly { ''iva,ed greatly creased the
Weld of nj. others grown in r"ta'ion with
1t beside. having in Itself = cash value
lar higher than most other. Bearing
this III mind Germany proceeded TO
encourage its cultivation by heavy
bIunt,es and protective duties with the
result ihat that c"unry nos not only
exports $1.HO0m wnerh Of sugar
annually hut has doubled and ,reblssl her
yi-ldS ~ other crops N \ point lOO pr
cent. in advance Of 'he United Ststes.
As a result, the German iarmrr nov
prefers tn remain At hon- IN the as
,urance of larger yield. and re,urns than
;hcse secured in thi, country. and .
similar condition anrlying 10 o;heT PARIS
OF Europe upor .,ic'i tins country has
drawn I" recruit IL. diminishing supply
oi farm labor. il is the orrt"r OF experts
that Uncle sam vii! nerr.l'., be forced
rn follow Germany. :SaI e.. 7 he Is 70
bring hi, own psoplr r . the farm.
Already conSii I'e II, has besa
made in this re,pe... II. l"l2 suG1s
bret harvest in this country will probably
exceed .Un tons and no, only have
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
TOO HIGH SAYS HEAD
OF PAN.ANERlCAN BUREAU

Atlanta. Ga. Dec. i1.--Mreetor
John Barrett OF the Psn.American
bureau addressing the Panama con-
ference expresses the opinion that
President Taft had made y great
mistake in fixing canal tolls ut the
high rate OF $l.:0 per ton.
MIR. Barrett declared the United
States would gain far more than II
would lose by exacting the minimum
toll of 15 cents II ton. which would
permit small ship owners to com.
pete with large companies BY Use
OF the canal
What the opening of the trans.
continental railroad in tho United
States meant to the Pacific coast
states the opening Of the Panama
canal will mean to the fertile Pa
cific coast states of South and Cen
trail America" said Mr., Barrett,
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-11
MEXICAN PRISONER" LETTER
SNACKS OF FAKE SCHEME

ST. Paul. MINI. Dec. I.-For
merely lending his assistance in dig.
Sing up 3e15.o0o In gold from where
Il lies buried near the Mexican bor-
der II. J. Maxficld. state commits
sioner OF immigration OF .Minnesota a
offered S5".13o. This proposal
came In q letter to Mr.. Maxiicld last
night from n man who claims to be
held IN prisoner In a Mexican
bastilc.
The letter is presumed to he one
Of many sent to this country by
swtndlers. 1t Is signed "A. de o. and
instructs Mr.. MaSficld to wire his
acceptance to "Nuno Ortisosa Lista
carrcos Mexico. d. H."
lie will turn the letter over to the
rostofficc authorities.