davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-10-21
Injured By Fall.

Mrs. ID. 81. Scanlon suffered painful
accident Saturday by falling as she was
getting out of the bath tub. Two ribs
were broken and she was Otherwise
hurt. Though still suffering intensely.
she was better Yesterday.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-10-21
Senator James at Lexington.

Senator Ollie James has agreed to de
liver an address in Lexington in October
in the interest Of the local ticket. 1t
will be- worth going over there to hear
Democratic doctrine preached by one OF
its gre greatest apostles.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-10-21
Farm For Sale.

Don't forget the sale OF the 235 l-2
acre farm of the late w. B. Jones on
Silver Creek, Friday Oct "a: at 10 80
o'clock. This farm will be sold, as the
proceeds must be divided among the
heirs
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-10-21
If So, It Settles It.

1t is stated in a Washington dispatch
that Senator James has decided he will
indorse Judge John w. Hughes. of Har-
rodsburg, for the Danville Collectorship.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-10-21
Death.

Samuel Hopper, of this city, aged 67,
died Sunday night OF ptomaine poisoning,
leaving wife and two sons, Thomas
and Harry.
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1913-10-21

We receive every morning a full line
OF green vegetables and would be glad
to supply your wants. Phone ~ & 144
Covington Thorpe Co. Stiff.
The herald., 1913-12-11
Christmas-Tide

THE twelve days of Christmas. .
embracing the period between Christ.
mas eve, December "a, and Epiphany.
of Twelfth Night, January 6, is un.
known as Christmastide. Great as
the feast of Christmas is, nothing can
be definitely traced as to its origin.
nobody knows who first celebrated il
or when or where, or how. We find
that various communities of Christ
ians kept the day on different dates
until about the middle of the fourth
century, when Pope Julius established
the festival at Rome, on December 25.
The holidays of the year are the red
letter days of its calendar. Among
them all, Christmas is unique, mas
much as 1t brings universal joy and
good will. Let the nations, therefore
rejoice and be glad in the gift of the
worlds greatest life.-Jennie Day
Haines.
The herald., 1913-12-11
TEACHES LESSON OF LOVE
Where Its Beauties May Be
Learned Anew.

Owe Is the keynote of the
Christmas season. The
greatest mystery of life is
love. Who has not sought
to sound it's unspeakable
depths? Who has not felt
its all-compelling power?
Who has not surrendered
TO its Irresistible fnrce9
The herald., 1913-12-11

could so back to the pen" and beg
them to take him in. No, he couldn't
do that. He squared his ragged
shoulders as If trying to rise superior
to the thought, for there was a rem
nant of pride in Mulcahy, albeit time
and a desperate struggle to keep his
feet on the globe had frayed its
edges.
No, he determined to go back there
honorably. as he had left. He might
get job shoveling snow-but alas! il
was one Of those cherries Christ
masses, and nature had not even sup.
piled the people out of work with
snow to shovel.
Mulcahy had worked all his life.
He was fifty now, and, as he unrolled
the long catalogue of calamity which
other people might have called his
career, he found that the only year
Of his life that had been a happy one
was his last in jail It had started
merrily even, for, after his outraged
pride had revolted at the idea Of be-
ing arrested for his slight connection
with the robbery, comfort came swift
ly with the thought that he was being
punished for omission rather than
commission.
These thoughts and the haunting
smell Of hops brought Mulcahy to
Fouth avenue and saloon. 1t was
twelve o'clock, and corned beef and
cabbage-leaf being slated for lunch on
q blackboard under a Satyrish-look-
ing book and life-sized schooner"
determined the man, and he stepped
inside.
The story will move much more
rapidly II we do not follow Mulcahy
and wait for him to eat his corned
beef and philander with a spirit more
OF his ilk than any he has met for
the last year. spirit that seemed al
most fabulous when dreamed Of in
the "pen"-to-wit, the bartender.
But look where Mulcahy energies
half an hour later, the inner man
lulled by the succulent cabbage and
beef, but a melancholy gnawing at the
outer man, whose Clothes are slight
protection against the increasing
wind.
AS the day drew her portals slowly
together he fell to trembling again.
How was he going to face the night?
The herald., 1913-12-11

ber-washer between the hub Of q
wheel and the linch-pin.
Presently he found himself at the
notion counter, swept there by the
tide OF customers. He wondered at
the confidence of the storekeepers,
who took no trouble to protect their
wares set forth In little compartments.
Now he was backed into a little
case Of tooth-brlshes. He felt his fin
gers close on something; mechanical
ly he placed the thing in his pocket,
and then let himself drift along with
the crowd.
He had stolen something! Was 1t a
cake Of soap-perhaps; but with a
sickening sensation Of impotence he
remembered that one cake of soap
might not unlock the iron gate Of
the pen"
Mulcahy sighed. Now he was in
the jewelry department. 1t yielded
vast possibilities as far as valaubles
were concerned, but these were care
fully protected by glass cases. True,
there were some little trays of gold
filled pins and bracelets scarcely
worth the effort of attainment. And
yet handful Of these triies, fragrant
ly distracted, might attract the at
tention Of a detective.
Perhaps there were no detectives,
after all This thought smote to him in
the act of reaching out a trembling
hand toward a delicate gold-flled
bangle. Then he paused, and in that
moment Of hesitation he felt a twitch
at his coat, and, turning to face what
he felt must be authority either in
plain or blue clothes, he perceived at
his side a very pretty little girl.
She was well dressed; and after the
first shock he felt on looking into
her clear blue eyes, Mulcahy saw a
beautiful locket and chain clasped
around her neck.
In the mean time she has possessed
herself of his coat-pocket as IL it were
his hand, and chung to him as she
asked:
Have you seen my mama?" Her
voice was smothered by the crowd
that pressed around her, and Mulcahy
had to lift her up in his arms to make
himself heard.
No." he replied, his face close to
her pretty neck and ear. Shall we
go and look for herr" he added.
touched by the sudden moisture that
blurred her eyes.
AS he spoke he carried her to the
revolving-door. Once out in the street,
she told him that she had been shop
ping with her mother and had got
lost. She lived, she said on Fiftieth
street. between Madison and Fifth
The herald., 1913-12-11

Of getting work until warm weather.
It was worse than hopeless to think
he could get work now-why, the
weather, his age. all were against 1t
He would go back to the pen If he
had literally to steal his way back.
The thing to do now was to conjure
up some reasonable offense, some
trifiing transgression that would open
the iron gates of the prison, as diff
ficult OF entrance as 1t was of exit,
and tide him over the winter months
But what could he do? Not single
misdemeanor suggested itself to his
overweight brain. II he could only
steal something long enough to get
arrested and sent to the island! But
how? When, and above all where?
Broadway and Thirty-third street,
with its triangle Of shops, answered
that question. 1t was very late, but
he knew that a week before Christ
mas the shops would be open until
late. In the hope that his clothes
would contribute their help toward
arousing the Suspicious of the store
detectives, he quickened his steps
feverishly.
Inside the shop was warm, brilliant,
and damned with people. The incom-
ing and outgoing crowds jostled and
pushed Mulcahy as II he were @ rub
The herald., 1913-12-11

over the men engaged in breaking
stone remarked casually to a fellow
keeper:
i see Mulcahy is back on the Job"
Yes" the other replied; "he was
liberated a week ago. and now he's
back again. 1 tell you this place is a
cinch for those fellows. They're do
ing life on the installment plant. If
you dumped the whole caboodle into
the East river and told them to swim
to New York, they'd all turn like a lot
Of rats and squeak to come back to
the pen"
(Copyright)
The herald., 1913-12-11

A s THE boat pointed its nose to-
~ ward the city. the solitary man
. at the prov turned his back
on freedom and gaxed longing.
The herald., 1913-12-11

avenue. She didn't know the number,
but there were green trees at the
door. and 1t was a white house.
The man assured her that they
would find it together.
/ You mustn't think that this esca-
pade diverted Mulcahy from his origi-
al scheme. Only he wanted to be OF
use to the child, and he also saw a
much better way of obtaining his ar
rest and entrance to prison.
The locket and chain he knew
would serve his purpose, for he in
tended stealing them as soon as he
had found her home. There were
four dollars and ninety cents left
from the pens" muniflcence. but he
spent enough Of it In a candy-store
TO have provided for himself for two
days.
Over congenial glass OF ice cream
soda the little girl gave him her name
Violet Van Twiller. The telephone
book did the rest in the matter of To-
eating the Van Twiller mansion.
whittier Violet was escorted by her
ragged friend.
Afterward, when Mulcahy left her
standing at the door of her home
waving at him and smiling in her
sweet. frank way, he Wandered how
he had found 1t in his heart to steal
the necklace; but there 1t was in
his hand. still warm from contact with
her throat.
Then he darted away from the
street, and, clasping the locket tightly,
flew to the first police station and
gave himself up.
The judge did not conceal his dis
gust when he learned that Mulcahy
had robbed a child; and when he
uttered sternly, six months on the
island for him." he marveled at the
brutality Of man who could smile at
the sentence.
Meantime, Violet Van Twiller had
been received with the tears and re-
toicings of hysterical and loving fam
lily and diligently Intercepted con-
corning the events of the evening.
Over and over again she repeated
the story Of the kind, ragged gentle
man who had bought her candy and
soda and had found her home for her.
Later, Mr.. Van Twiller discovered
that Violet had mysteriously lost her
locket; but, though he suspected her
strange friend, he was so grateful to
the ragged gentleman" that the next
day he advertised in all the papers
that he wished to reward the person
who had restored his daughter to her
family.
But Malcahy never learned of this
golden opportunity which might have
given him a new start in life, though
he gave the officer who accompanied
him to the island the name and ad-
dress Of the little owner Of the neck
lace, and 1t was sent to her.
The next day saw Mulcahy safely
aboard the Fidelity and headed for the
pen"
At the end Of the week he was sit
ting at the Christmas dinner which
had seemed a fantom on that dread
ful day he was set at liberty.
Between mouthfuls of fat turkey
and cranberry sauce he boosted to
Jerry the Spike, Hank, and Bottles Of
how he had hoodwinked justice.
When he reported for work, a few
days later, the keeper who presided
The herald., 1913-12-11


on freedom and gazed longing
ly at the graystone penitentiary
which seemed to be slipping away
from him and growing smaller and
oozier as distance lent the enchant
ment Of perspective to his loneliness
For Mulcahy. dazzled by liberty
was very lonely indeed. Every mo-
ment that the water widened between
him and the prison 1t lessened the
distance from the city, and In two
minutes more the man knew that the
metropolis, bristling with antogonism
cold and strange and busy with its
holiday season. would be upon him,
and 1t filed his heart with a name
less dread.
But. after all. he had only himself
to blame for his liberty. Good be.
havior"-that was the thing that had
turned him loose from a comfortable
home. three square meals a day, and
his companions Of the quarry.
II he had only transgressed a few
laws, broken a simple rule or two, all
might have been we'll. He might
have eaten Christmas dinner with
Jerry the Spike. Bottles, Hank and the
whole .appy crew who had contriyed
TO spend another Christmas in the
pen" through trifing indiscretions
committed In defiance of the keepers.
These reflections were interrupted
by the sharp teeth of the wind snap
ping at his legs through the thin
trousers and the threadbare coat.
He shivered as the boat locked, and
then took a long breath as he walked
up the gangplank and out into-was
this freedom striking terror to his
soul? Why was he trembling? He
was free at last, but free to do what?
Free to kill himself before he starved
- death, free to wander the uncom-
ionable streets and gaze upon the
ppiness that showed itself in the
ices of fugitive passers-by.
He was only free to 20 anywhere:
but these people had their homes
to go to. each his separate "peniten-
tiary," where there were warmth and
food and human things to talk to.
He shut his eyes for an instant and
started bravely up the billy street that
led to First avenue. Then suddenly
a strange thing happened. He forgot
his misery and his wretched home
sickness. At first he couldn't realize
what the influence was, then he rec
ognized the soothing and thirst-inspir-
ing smell Of hops that poured over
him like hot breath from the brew
cry on the next street This prompted
q thought which was Immediately fol-
lowed by sharp movement.
Mulcahy minded him of the faded
flve-dollar bill he had in his pocket,
the last bounty of the good home
across the river. He pulled it out and
looked at 1t.
1t represented two weeks and half
Of life; that is, he calculated that
while he was looking for a job it
would provide food and shelter for him.
II he couldn't find a job-but that
thought ended with hook toward the
river; and again he saw the pen"
and another thought occurred to him.
II he didn't find anything to do. he
The herald., 1913-12-11

All alone in one of those ten-cent
beds which promise so much to a
weary body that soon discovers the
egg-shell substance OF the promise?
He shuddered and hurried down
side street of American basement
houses, with their dainty Boston ferns
and yews, pretty windows with costly
curtains that sealed happy homes
from the profane eyes of the public.
And this atmosphere gave Mulcahy
hope. The inspiration born of des-
pair took root.
He intended to abandon all thoughts
The herald., 1913-12-11
IS GROWING BETTER
Each Christmas Sees Nearer Ap
proach to Ideal.
Humanity Affected by Teachings Of
Him Whose Birth Is Celebrated
Spirit of Helpfulness Prevails
Among Men.

ACH year brings the world
nearer to the ideal of the
Prince of Peace, the ideal
of universal brotherhood.
Wars may occur from
time to time and nations
continue to arm them
selves, but steadily the
thought develops in the
- -
The herald., 1913-12-11

Romances are built about it, Wars
have been fought for it and religions
based upon 1t.
Love Is the dream of the poet, the
puzzle Of the philosopher, the theme
of the novelist and the song OF the
minstrel
/ Love links all the human race. les
note of victory is heard in the royal
court and in the peasants cottage.
The song Of love is on the lips of ths
proudest queen and of her humblest
subject.
1t Is the stimulus of parental affec-
ton In the home and of patriotism in
the nation. Brave men die for it and
| noble women perish that they may
bear It's sweet incense with them to
the grave
How sweet and tender is this splen-
did attribute of mankind! In its smil.
Ing presence, anger. bitterness and
strife melt away. How much more
has the world to hope for from love
than from envy. malice and hatred
In this period of worldwide dis
trust, Of resentment against econo-
mic conditions, Of protest against au-
thority, human and divine. and wide
spread defiance Of law, can we not
turn aside at this Christmas season
for moment and learn anew the les
son Of love?
When we shall have learned that
lesson, we shall also know the better
and fuller meaning of obedience. con-
tentment and peace.
The herald., 1913-12-11

/ JtEyk Prince of Peace the ideal
I'll" of universal brotherhood.
,V.t Wars may occur from
W. time to time and nations
! CESE9 continue to arm them
lE3SN selves, but steadily the
thought develops in the
minds of men throughout
the range Of civilization that fight
Ing is a wasteful, senseless, .incon-
elusive method of adjusting differ
ences, and that righteousness and
justice can be maintained by other
means.
Over nineteen hundred years have
/ passed since Christ was born, bring
Ing the message Of peace on earth
! and good will to men. Before his
time the world knew no such doc
trine. There was the law of might,
and might prevailed. There were
rights. but rights were dependent up
on the strength of arms and often sut-
fered. The strong arm governed in
the AFFAIRS OF men. The doctrine that
Christ preached was one of enlighten-
ment, an appeal to the reason, ad-
dressed to the higher self Of man.
That Christianity spread so rapidly
after the first struggling start Is
proof that men were eager for such
teaching, and that they longed for
the opportunity to live their lives
placidly and honestly in a spirit of
brotherhood.
Those who are discouraged by the
occasional outbreaks of strife between
nations should take comfort in the
thought that there is a steadily in
creasing sentiment for pacific adjust.
ments, that the essential spirit of
Christianity is at work throughout
the world to bring men into more
reasonable relations, and that in the
international as well as the private
conditions Of life the doctrines that
were first preached in Judea nineteen
hundred years ago are becoming
steadily more dominant.
Christmas day naturally causes a
rejection upon the state Of humanity
as affected by the teachings OF him
whose birth is celebrated. Men are
unquestionably kinder and more
thoughtful toward one another now
than ever before. There ia mora
charity in the world. and more JUS.
uce' and more earnest disposition to
bring humanity up to a higher level
There Is more widespread education
as q result Of this spirit of helpful,
ness, and there is less suffering.
Men are devoting themselves and
thelr lives to the study of the needs
or the less fortunate and to tha
amelioration of their condition. In
all lands practical Christianity ia
working to the end literally of bring.
ing peace on earth and good will to
men.
The observances Of Christmas ara
mere tokens of the essential spirit az
'the day. which is more than the mere
twenty-four hours Of this particular
calendar time, and extends tbroueb.
out the year. No matter how elabor.
ate or costly the gifts that are ex.
changed, how beautiful and impres.
slve the services in the churches.
now extensive the decorations, Christ.
mas is no more sincerely commemo-
rated than by him who on this day
pauses to remember what it means.
VINO pays tribute In his soul to the !
glorious example of Christ's life and |
resolves to conduct his own as nearly
as possible in imitation of it. II is
the personal Christmas celebration
tnat counts, the individual effort to
apply to everyday life that which nm.
derlies the occasion, that which began
at Bethlehem over nineteen centuries
ago.
The herald., 1913-12-11
A YEAR OF PLENTY

The Christmas trees nod in the brexe;
The candy from them drops.
And folks declare they'll surely bear
The heaviest of crops.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-24

John Ryland nosed out Lynwood
Retts by one point In the first, annual
track meet TO be held by the Amateur
Athletic Association of the Life In
surance Cen pany of Virginia held on
St, Andrew field yesterday, and won
the gold r edal offered by the asso-
citation in re senior class. Ryland' $
score was Twelve. just one better than
that made by his nearest opponent,
Belts.
The gold medal IN the Junior class
was won by John Ryland Lacy, with
a total Of fifteen points.
In every way the meet was a great
success, and the omctHts of the Hssu~
citation who staged II And the officials
Of the company who declared the
day a holiday in honor of the first
annual meet are more than pleased
with the interest which the company
members OF the association showed
in the event Only 900 invitations
were issued. and according to those
which the gatemen held after the
close Of the meet, there were exactly
500 persons present. A perfect at
tendance.
Mayor Ainslie delivered the medals
to the winner in the various classes.
and spoke most encouragingly to the
young athletes. He ~ . staunch be-
lever in athletics and favors the en-
couragement which a number OF COM
panies are giving those in their en-
ploy In this direction.
yvuliam 8. Pittman. chairman q
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-24
BUILDERS AND
TIGERS DIVIDE
DOUBLE-HEADER
KELLY AGAIN GETS IN BAD WITH
FANS, WHO HOOT AND JEER
THROUGHOUT GAME-EFTRD
HAS THINGS ALL HIS OWN WAY
IN FIRST. WHILE BARTON HAD
TIGERS GUESSING IN SECOND
GEYER CLOUTS PILL HARD.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. August %.
Roanoke and the Shipbuiiders this
afternoon divided the doubleheader.
making 1t an even break for the
series The first. which was poorly
played from a local viewpoint. went
to the Tigers. s to 0. thanks to the
very able assistance OF Umpire Kelley,
who showed later that he apparently
wanted Roanoke to get both ends OF
the meet.
The second was very we'll played,
brilliant fielding making up for the
several errors made. All of the runs
were made on hits. Geyer's and Smiths
batting being responsible for Bert
Gardin's undoing. Geyer twice drove
the ball to the right field fence.
The fielding of Summers. Gondolfi
and Chastant were other features
Kelley. who not only was of on balls
and strikes, but who repeatedly stung
the locals on the bases, was hooted
and Kissed and Jeered throughout the
game.
The scores:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-24
Joe Turner
to Meet Strahl
In Next MatcE

The wrestling match for this week
will be bet~ cen Joe Turner and John
Strahl and Herbert and Morano who
have arranged the bout declare that 1t
should prove one OF the most interest
ing seen here.
Strahl claims several championships
In the old country and Is said to be a
clever as well as hard wrestler. He
has made something Of a reputation for
his ability to handle heavier men than
himself and Is confident that he VIII
take Joes measure.
The Washington boy emerged from
his grilling match with Con Albright
held last Thursday night I'M the best
Of condition and expects to be able to
retain his position ~ the wrestling
master.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-24
COMPARE
TEAMS FOR COMING
WORLDS SERIES
NOW CONCEDED THAT GIANTS
AND ATHLETICS WILL MEET
IN FALL.

NEW YORK. Aug 23.-Already the
experts are beginning to figure on the
worlds series In October. 1t Is gen
orally conceded that the Athletics and
Giants will be the contestants 1t is
true that Joe Birmingham. Clarke
Griffith. Charles Doom and Johnny
Evers do not concede 1t. but they are
about all. Comparisons Of the two
teams are therefore in order.
In the percentage table the two
clubs are pretty nearly even, but when
other items are considered there is a
wide variance. Each team leads it's
league In batting. the Athletics with
ass, the Giants with .2S0. In fielding
also the Athletics lead. with 1871.
while the Giants stand sixth. with
.967
The Giants have more representa-
ton in their line OF endeavor. In Her
cog. Burns, Doyle and Merkle they
have four OF the ten leading base
stealers. The Athletics have three in
Collins. Oldring and Baker.
In batting here is how the regular
lineup of the two teams figure:
ID r