davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
"Woodsy" Room.

One of the most charming and
"summery' rooms imaginable was
discovered not long ago in a suburban
home. The walls were a cool green.
the reddish brown wicker furniture
reminded one of tree bark, and the
fronds of the window ferns nodding
in the breeze made one have a wood
sy"- feeling indeed. But the greatest
factor in this woodsy room was the
grass green rug underfoot. 1t was
made of heavy denim, which COM
pletely covered the carpet that had
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
CONCERNING THE DOG DAYS
Among Other Truths Writer Observes
They Are Evidence That Backbone
of Winter Is Broken.

The dog days are hot and stuffy.
They warm up about the middle of
August. and are a sure sign that the
backbone of winter is broken. 1t is
only when the Dog Star RACES that We
have dog days, but nobody has yet
discovered what the Dog Star RACES
about, unless it is the sidereal heav-
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
Mhat,s the Answer

What gives US our sense OF loath-
Inc for the garden toad demurely
useful little neighbor that he mas
nroved himself. while his second cous-
IN the frog. who seems to do nothing
hut play the dandy and the braggart'
&c uniformly treated as a good fellow
II the toad gulped and croaked all
nfgbt long. and made his home in
sliny pools instead of in the melon
na,cl. would they reverse their pres
- order in our esteem Atlantic.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
Drsftinq the Experts

whats become OF that bunch that
vas always coming 10 town to take in
the sights?" Z
what? Haven't you heard? Where
do YOU suppose we draft our material
10 formulate the vice committees?'
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
For sunburn. Insect Bites,

Ivy Poison or any other skin inf1am-
nation US Tyree's Antiseptic Powder
and get quick relief. 25c. at drug
gists. Sample sent free by ]. S. Tyree.
Washington, d. C.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20

which dogs do not. Dog daisies bios
som at this season, and they are
tropical flowers, all right. In conclu-
sion 1t may be said without fear Of
successful contradiction that although
every dog has his day, every day
hasn't its dog. and the rest OF US
ought to be doggoned glad of it.-Lip-
pincotts.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
His Intention.

81 see. senator" said the beautiful
Young thing. that you intend to en-
cage in a whirlwind campaign for re-
election"
Yes. There's nothing Ike wniri-
wind to FIJI peoples eyes with dust
where there is any dust to be-that 10
n saw. I intend to sweep my enemies
like chaff from the scene"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
VITALlTAS.

Natures greatest curative force
Sweeps away arrangements Of stom-
ach liver, kidneys and blood AT all
druggists 81 per bottle. Vitalitas salve
SOC per jar; or you can get it from
Vital Remedies Co, Houston, Tex. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONIC TAKE GROVES
The Old Standard Groves Tasteless chill Tonic Equally
Valuable as General Tonic because Acts on the Liver,
Drives Out Malaria, Enrches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Grown People and Children


the well
strongest bitter
equal for Malaria Chis and
life and
Children Removes Bounes without Pursing
liver to action ana
Tonic and appetizer Complete STenetnener
No be xiho
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
His Place.

I'VE don't know what to do with
that fellow. He is an inveterate kick
err"
why not put him on your football
team?"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20

stop. stop!" he shouted What
do Won mean by this tomfoolery!
Won nave the COMPOUNDED impudence
to ask me for a JOB?
The stranger looked hurt We'll
didn't want to sing" he said. With
an injured air Il amt no singer
I'm a stage carpenter. an only sang
,o nelase you, COS you asked me to!
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
The Usual Way.

ut would never do for the farmers
to get into the financial business OF
the nation"
why not?"
From force Of habit they would al
WAYS be wanting to water their stock. y
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
Their Idea.

What do you think of the two gov
ernors who went out and worked on
the state highways themselves"
They evidently, in their official life,
wanted a smooth road to travel"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
An Ercention.

Does IKE always produce like?
"Of course"
"Then why IS poor health produced
BY rich fUod?"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
Her Way,

Mrs. Comeup is getting along So
cially by leaps and bounds"
Yes; you see, she gives so many
hops"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
Alas for Artl

~Daubbs tells me he is welded to
his art"
Good heavens! Another mesaIli-
snca!"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20

The most common name for a place
in England is Newton, which occurs
no fewer than II times.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20

when Andy left grim Scoiands snoe
seek With all
stock The ondes OF
Pttsburg seemed upon
travelled small
his
his life is equal
though millionaire
The reading pounds
through heavy light and themselves night
make appeal warships of Andy's
by Presss yn
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20
III Join Ta57oAU

HE last chapter in the his
tory of the greatest fatal
ity in the annals of noun
tain climbing in the Alps,
which occurred on Mont
Blanc just 43 years ago.
may be written this sum
mer. BY this accident IL
lives were lost in a furious
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20

II woman can't be flattered it's a
sign she is deaf.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20

East Orange, N. J., has celebrated
its semi-centennial.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20

Hanford's Balsam. Economy in
large sizes. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20

HE hot weather was commenc-
ing on the plains. Each even
ing the gymkhana was becom-
ing more silent and dreary
Three weeks previously we
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-29

take me for the easiest fruit that ever
grew on the tree If you think I'll swal-
| low fairy tale like that. II you met
once on Telegraph Hill. and once in
the moonlight. what's to prevent your
meeting at other times. and other
places? You haven't mentioned the
visits up at your house and the dinner
| tonight"
| Rose drew back, frowning uncom-
prehendingly.
What dinner to-night?" she said.
"The one you're going to take with
my husband"
For the first time in the interview.
the young girl was lifted from the
sense Of dishonesty that crushed her
by rising flood of angry pride.
II take dinner with my father to-
| night in our house on California
Street." she said coldly.
''Bosh!" said Berry, giving her head
furious jerk. you needn't bother
wasting time on lies like that to me.
I'm not complete fool"
Mrs. Ryan," said Rose, 81 think
we'd better end this talk. We can't
have any rational conversation when
you keep telling me what say is a
lie. l am sorry you feel SO badly, and
l wish could say something to you
that you'd believe. All l can do to
ease your mind Is to assure you that
I never. except on those two occa-
lsions, have seen your husband since
his return from the country and l GER
tainly never intend to see him again" "
She rose from the bench and. as she
did so. Berny cried:
Then how do you account for the
money that was offered me yester-
day?"
Money!" said the young girl. paus-
ing as she stood. What money!"
THE three hundred thousand dol
lars that your father offered me yes
terday afternoon to leave my husband
and let him get divorce from me-"
Rose sat down on the bench and
turned a startled face on the speaker
TELL me that again." she said. "I
don't quite understand it."
Berry gave a little, dry laugh
"Oh. as many times as you like"
she said with her most ironical air of
politeness, only l should think it
would be rather stale news to you by
this time. Yesterday afternoon your
father made me his third offer to de-
sert my husband and force him to d.
vorce me at the end of a year. The
offers have gone up from fifty thou
sand dollars-that was the first one.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-29

with an air of debonair large-minded-
ness. 1--WE been telling you what you
say is lies and now you tell me what
say is lies. It's not. and you know
it's not. How would have found out
about all this? Do you think Domi-
nick told me-? Men don't tell their
wives when they want to get rid of
them. They're stupid. but they're not
that stupid"
Rose gave a low exclamation and
turned her head away. Berny was
waiting for second denial Of her
statements, when the young girl rose
to her feet, saying in horrified muir
mur:
How awful! How perfectly awful"
"Of course" Berry continued, ad-
dressing her back, 81 was to under
stand you didn't know anything about
1t. / had my own opinions on that.
Fathers don't go round buying hus-
bands for their daughters unless they
know their daughters are dead set
on having the husbands. Bill Can
non was not trying to get Dominick
away from me just because he wanted
to be philanthropic. Neither was MIS-
Ryan. You're the kind of wife she
wanted for her boy, just as Domi-
nicks the husband your father'd like
for you. So you stood back and let
the old people do the dirty work.
YOU"
Rose turned quickly, sat down on
the edge of the bench. and leaned
toward the speaker. Her face was
full of a quivering intensity of con-
cern.
"You poor. unfortunate woman!" she
said in a shaken voice. and laid her
hand on Berny's knee.
Berny was so astonished that for
moment she had no words. but stared
uncomprehending. still alertly sus-
picious.
you poor soul!" Rose went on. "If
I'd known or guessed for moment I'd
have spoken differently. l cant say
anything. 1 didn't know. l couldn't
have guessed. It's the most horrible
thing ever heard of. It's-too-too-"
She stopped. biting her lip. Berry
saw that she was unable to command
her voice, though she had no appear
ance of tears. Her face looked quite
different from what 1t had at the be-
ginning of the interview. All its ami
able, rosy softness was gone. The
elder woman was too astonished to
say anything. She had feeling that,
just for that moment. nothing could
be said. She was silenced by some
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-29

and, all these things considered, |
thought it was pretty ~mean-to the
three hundred thousand dollars they
tried me with yesterday. Mrs. Ryan
was supposed to have made the first
offer. but your father did the Offering
This last time he had to come out
and show me his hand and admit that
one-third of the money was from him :"
She turned and looked at Rose with
a cool. imperturbable impudence. Its
good to have rich parents, isn't it?"
Rose stared back without answer
ing. She had become very pale.
That" said Berry. giving her head
a judicial nod. and. delivering her
words with a sort OF impersonal
suaveness, "is the way it was man
aged; you were kept carefully out.
wasn't supposed to know there was
lady in the case. but of course
did. You can't negotiate the sale of
a husband as you do that of a piece of
real estate. especially when his wife
objects. That, Miss Cannon, was the
difficulty. While all you people were
so anxious TO buy. l was not willing
to sell. II takes two to make a bar
gain"
Rose, pale now to her lips, said in
a low voice;
81 don't believe 1t. It's not true"
Berry laughed again.
well, that's only fair" she said
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-29
SYNOPSIS.

Bill Cannon, the bonanza king. ana ms
daughter. Rose. who had passed up Mrs, p
Rgans ga f,thar SSa at sr5y shn al antelope
Dominick Ryan calls on his mother, 70
beg ball invitation for his wife, and Is
refused. The determined old lady refuses
to recognize her daughter-in-law. Dom
inick had been trapped Into a marriase r
w,e Yeafs his seno She
money. they have frequent quarreis. ~. anu 4
he slips away. Cannon and his daugn,hSlF aIin,clr
Ryan is rescued from storm in uneon-
scious condition and brought to Ante,ope
c9nnon S.s ASe nursss pominiek b mil lex back to life.
Two weeks later Bernice discovers IN a
paper where husband Is and writes ,.ynep let.e1
them. Dominicls at last is able 70 JON
fellow snowbound prisoners In hotei prdd- tprd
an actor. After three weeks. end OF i'm; a;
prisonment is seen. kilograms ana MAJ naii
arrive; Dominick gets Letter ,f TON d nsver EVER
did Stormbound people begin TO depar..
Rose and Dominick embrace. tather ss.s sees
brother Gene is made manager OF ranen' amen
and is to get It II he stays SOBER ,,,I yeaT
Cannon expresses sympathy & for Domi- Por
nick returns home. Berry exerts herse,i Ia,,i
to please him. but he is indifferent. can,
DominiclI's marriage difficulties. and can
non suggests buying Off Berny Doininieks ,s
goes to park on Sunday with lie BsrhS fs fnr ber
and starts uneasiness In Berry. In N Mrs rs,
Ryan's name Cannon offers Berny ssv,ou
to leave her husband and permit diVorce
She refuses. Dominick sees Rose. cor
nelia Ryan engaged to Jack puny. Can,
down Berny tells sisters of oner; Bu-
ford. the actor. makes a hit in vaudev,ile, VIE;
Rose tells Dominick that he must suck
10 wife and nrst time acknowledges Inat
she loves him. Cannon offers Berny y3U.-
900 which sha refuses. saying cannon
wants Dominick for Rose. Gene wins 'he
FRnch,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-29


selves. She could not imagine Rose
and Dominick otherwise than alone,
exchanging tender glances over the
newest form of champagne glasses
filed with the choicest brand of cham
pagne.
A sound escaped her, sound OF
pain, as II forced from her by the
grinding of Jealous passions within.
She dropped the curtain and rose to
her feet. If they married 1t would
be always that way with them. They
would have everything in the world,
everything that to Berny made life
worth while. Even Paris, with her
three hundred thousand dollars to
open all its doors. would be savor-
less place to her II Rose and Dominick
were to be left to the enjoyment of
all the pleasures and luxuries of life
back in California.
Unable to rest, fretted by jealousy,
tormented by her longing for the Of
fered money. oppressed by uneasiness
| as to Cannon's next move, the thought
of the long afternoon in the house was
uncomfortable to her. She could not re-
main unemployed and passive while
her mind was in this state OF disturb
ance. Though the day was bad and
there was nothing to do down town,
she determined to go out. She might
find some distraction in watching the
passers-by and looking at the shop
windows.
BY the time she was dressed. 1t was
four o'clock The fog was thicker
ha oil In,
an even. motionless pail of vapor. Its
breath had a keen. penetrating chill.
like that exhaled by the mouth of a
cavern. Coming down the steps into
1t she seemed to be entering a white,
still sea. off which an air came that
was pleasant on the heated dryness
of her face. She had no place to go
to, no engagement to keep, but in
stinctively turned her steps in the
downtown direction. Walking would
pass more time than going on the car,
and she started down the street which
slanted to a level and then climbed a
long, dim reach of hill beyond. Its
emptiness-a characteristic of San
Francisco streets-struck upon her
observation with n sense of grip
ing, bleak dreariness. She could look
along the two lines OF sidewalk till
they were lost In the gradual milky
thickening of the fog. and at intervals
see figure. faint and dreamlike. ell
ther emerging from space in slow ap-
proach. or melting into 1t in phantas-
NAL withdrawal.
1t was n melancholy. depressing
vista. She had not reached the top of
the long hill before she decided that
she would walk no farther. Walking
was only bearable when there was
something to see. But she did not
know what else to do or where TO go.
Indecision was not usually feature of
her character. To-day, however. the
unaccustomed strain Of temptation and
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-29

worry seemed to have weakened her
resourcefulness and resolution. The
one point on which she felt deter
mined was that she would not go
home.
The advancing front of a car. loom
ing suddenly through the mist, decid-
ed her. She hailed it. climbed on
board, and sanh into seat on the in
side. There was no one else there. 1t
smelt OF dampness. of wet woolens
and rubber overshoes. and its closed
windows, filmed with fog, showed
semicircular streaks across them
where passengers had rubbed them
clean to look out. The conductor. an
unkempt man. with an unshaven chin
and dirty collar, slouched in for her
fare, extending a grimy paw toward
her. AS he took the money and
punched the tag. he hummed a tune
to himself, seeming to convey in that
harmless act sighting opinion of
his passenger. Berry looked at him
severely, which made him hum still
louder, and lounge indifferently out
to the back platform. where he leaned
on the brake and spat scornfully into
the street.
Berry felt that sitting there was
worse than walking. There was no
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-29

thing that she did not understand.
Like an amazed child she stared at
Rose. baffled. confused. little awed.
After minute of silence, the young
gir, went on.
Il can't talk about it. don't alto
gether understand. Other people-they
must explain. I've been-no, not de
ceived-but kept in the dark. But
be sure of one thing, yesterday was
the end of it. They'll never-no one
that / have any power over-will ever
make you such offers again. I'll prom
ise you that. l don't know how it
could have happened. There's been a
mistake. horrible, unforgivable mis-
take. You've been wronged and insult
ed. and I'm sorry. sorry and humili-
ated and ashamed. There are no
words"
She stopped again with gesture of
helpless indignation and disgust. and
rose TO her feet. Berry, through the
darkness of her stunned establishment,
realized that she was shaken by feel.
ings she could not express.
cro BE CoNTINUED)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-29
Oblivion,

"If our man doesn't make a record
In the legislature" says the whitsett
Courier. well send him to congress.
where he'll be lost sight of and never
heard from again"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30

ter 317 of the laws OF 1911, and all other
acts and parts of acts in so far as they
are in conflict herewith
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30
KANSAS DAY OFFICERS
Kagy at the Head and Eight New
Vice Presidents.

At the annual business meeting of
members of the Kansas Day club held
Wednesday afternoon in Security hall,
the following officers were elected
Charles L. Kagy, Beloit, president,
and Fred E. Jewell, secretary Vice
presidents from the several congress
sional districts are: First district,
Robert Stone, of Topeka; Second
district. DIR. L. l.. Uhls, Osawat tonne
Third district, Al F. Williams, Column
bus: Fourth district, e. E. Kelley, To-
ronto; Fifth district, J. E. Brewer, ABB
ilene; Sixth district, N. G. Else, Os-
borne; Seventh district, DIR. c. II. Ew-
ing, Larned; Eighth district, ]. H.
Stewart, Wichita.
Absolute harmony prevailed at the
meeting All elections were by ac-
clamation. Resolutions offered by Ma
tional Committeeman Fred E. Stanley,
in which the Progressives were urged
to return to the Republican camp,
were adopted without an opposing vote.
Short speeches were made by Charles
F. Scott, Congressman D. r. Anthony.
James NJ. Miller, j. NJ Simpson and
Ewing Herbert.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30
HOUSE BILLS.

House bill No. 1893, by Atkinson-An act
relating to civil procedure and amenda
tory of section 5907 of the general statutes
of Kansas, 1909. and repeating original
section 1907.
House bill No. 1874. by Atkinson-An act
limiting the bonded Indebtedness OF
boards of education of cities of the sec
ond class having population of over
GOO and not exceeding 10000.
House bill No so. by Stone of Shawnee
An act asking appropriations for the
Florence Crittenden mission, colored, o.
the state of Kansas, at Topeka, Kan, for
the fiscal years ending June 30, 1913, and
June 80, 1915.
House bill No. 400. by Bunger-An act
to amend section 3, chapter 277 session
laws of 1911, relating to qualifications O.
House bill No. 4o1. by Moyer-An act
relating to cemetery corporations and tc
amend section 1885 of the general statute $
of Kansas of 1903, and to repeal said orig
inal section.
House bill No. 4o2 by Topping-An act
making an appropriation to the Citizens
i,-ate bank of Lawrence, Kan, for a re-
fund of excess capitalization fee paid
when filing application for charter.
House bill No. 403, by Sharpless-An act
providing for the working of the convicts
in the Kansas state penitentiary upon the
public roads and highways in any COUNT
and upon the streets and alleys within tire
cities and in corporated towns located
within the state of Kansas, and to repeal
all acts and parts of acts in conflict here
with.
House bill No. A404, by Laing-An act
prohibiting certain persons having in their
possession fire arms, air guns and other
instruments calculated to cause serious
accidents, and providing penalty there
for
House bill No. 405, by Mulroy-An act
relating to criminal procedure and mega
tive averments therein by the prosecu-
ton.
House bill No. 4Os. by Mulroy-An act
recovery and to prescribe that all recov-
cries for punitive damages shall be for
the public only, and shall be paid into the
common school fund of the county where
in recovered.
House bill No 407, by AIulroy-An act
providing for proportional representation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30
BRYAN WILL TAKEIT.
Consents to Accept Portfolio of Secre-
tary of State.

Miami, Fla, Jan. 30.-Conferences
between William J. Bryan and other
prominent Democrat leaders, includ-
ing Henry E. Alexander of Trenton,
N. J., close personal friend of Presi-
dent-elect Wilson, has resulted in the
announcement that Mr.. Bryan has
given a positive assurance that he will
accept the portfolio of secretary of
state in the Wilson cabinet. Mr..
Alexander left early today for Trenton
and he is believed to be the bearer of
Mr.. Bryan's answer to Mr.. Wilson.
Mr.. Bryan will, it is said, remain
at his winter home here until the last
of February, when he will leave for
Washington to attend the Inauguration
ceremonies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-30

The discussion over the Stanton I'M
seating action in the senate Wednes-
day afternoon uncovered to the mem
bers of the upper house, an orator who
is scheduled to take a lead among the
Republican minority senator's This