davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19

the bills under the tugDoat captains
very nose. They had the effect Of cat
nip to a cat. The captain began to
purr, also to reach out for the money.
LET us understand the transaction"
said Pierpont. ""This man Trask is
wanted on a serious charge. He had
escaped from the Jurisdiction Of Judge
Freeman. He was probably bound for
Canada. / happened to have steam up
in my yacht, so I came after him. I'll
take him back and deliver him to the
judge. You take the barge on up the
river and deliver 1t to the consignee. Is
that the agreements"
that's the agreement, SIR" said the
captain. ~"pervidln' I'm took care Of
proper"
would those take care Of your"
asked Pierpont, holding out two bills.
"What does tC' stand forY' asked
the captain. II can only count up to
double X"
&c stands for a hundred" Pferpont
explained.
1.-TWO Cs will just about take are
of me, SIR" said the captain. As soon
as he touched the bill he touched his
hat, called his crew back to the tug
and set forth once more on his twice
interrupted cruise. Pierpont ordered
Jed released to ARE for the barge. He
asked Nell to go with him, but she pre-
ferred to stay with her father, at Clio
ria's invitation.
Nell was sullen with Gloria, but
Gloria was neither surprised nor re-
sentful. She would have thought less
of Nell if she had been too easily pla-
Gated by her fathers prosecutors.
Trask was no more responsive to
Royce's ministrations. He was be-
wildered with pain and terrified by
his captivity. He was as little CRATE
full as a lion that has been trapped and
bound.
To Royce he was doubly a mystery,
both as a patient and as a criminal.
II he were guilty OF numbering Ere
neau, then his life belonged to the
state, and 1t was Royce's curious duty,
as a citizen physician, to save Trask's
life SO that the state might take it.
Royce had done what he could to
keep Gloria from investigating the
murder. He had lied to her, knowing
that Freneau had been killed by some
person from some motive unknown to
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19
SYNOPSIS.

Pierbont Stafford, with his daughter
Gloria, Is wintering at Palm Beach. Clio
ria Is a vivacious but wslifui young lazy
who chafes under the restraining nan CIV ~
escapes. Her childish capers cause young
Doctor Royce to fall In love with her.
Becoming lost In the everglades she faIis
into the hands Of the, Seminole Indians.
Gloria falls in love with her rescuer. Free
neau. Five years later she leaves school
and meets Freneau at the theater; ne mas
Forgotten Gloria. Later Freneau per
ter-in-law, Lois. becomes intensely teal-
Gus and Doctor Royce discovers In her
nm ally. Freneau takes leave OF Gloria
She secs from her window an attack made
IL a delirium. A telegram followed by q
letter, comes from Freneau. She replies
but her kilograms are returned. She &C
neau reported in the paper. Gloria swears
to End the murderer of her lover. Royce
tells what he knows of Frencau to Mr.;
Stafford. They seek. to prevent scandal
them of conspiracy against her. Gloria
sets about TO run down Freneau's muir
derer. Royce warns Mulry to tell Gloria
nothing. Gloria calls on Mulry and there
suspicious are aroused. Royce endeav-
ors to show her the difficulty she faces.
Gloria goes to David's country home. She
meets Mulry who fees at once. Gloria In
8irlB On kQlNb IA ASg1@ee 49,
sees Muiry there. He leaves for the
North. She Is recognized by her Qne-time
captor, the young Indian chief. He tells
her that Royce and not Freneau was her
rescuer at that time. Gloria attends night
court; she sees Mulry there, also the
tramp who attacked Frenssu. But Judge
tramp when he leaves the court and falls
into the. hands Of hold-up men she hnds
herself In q low saloon dance hall, and Is
selected by one Of the patrons as his part
ner. Doctor Royce. however. follows her
and when he attempts q rescue. calls
down q riot on their heads. The hall II
raided n the crowd. including Gloria
Judge Freeman. The newspapers feature
Gloria's arrest: Reporters surround tn
house. Casimir arrives with the chile
Gloria promised 70 adopt. she ORDER
ford home. She follows Trask and lands
on a houseboat to hear him accused o
jmprisonH her. but she ties him up an
escapes. BY many stages she arrives a
home. In the yacht Gloria and thu
men pursue the barge. Trask fres OF
them ar they near him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19

chamber In a palace. And his daugh-
ter was established In an adjoining
room whose fittings would have salts
fed a princess. They almost terrified
the poor habitapt of a canal boat.
Royce decided to motor into the city
to fetch his surgical instruments and
bring out his assistant. While he was
gone Gloria stole into Trask's room
to question him, but he had passed into
a state between sleep and coma, and
she dared not trouble him. She found
that Nell had fallen asleep, too, worn
out with emotions Of every sort. Clio
ria stole away to her w room. She
was tired out, too. She felt that she
was ON the brink of discoveries that
would mean everything to her. She
WINS q little afraid of them
She paused at her window, and, see
ing Doctor Royce just stepping into
his car, she unused on him. He was
an increasingly interesting mystery to
her, very much at her beck and call
in some ways, and absolutely beyond
her control in others.
He looked back and waved his hand.
She thought he waved to her and she
answered his salute. Then she saw
that he was signaling to someone else
and had not seen her. 1t was a wom-
an he vas signaling to, for he lifted
his hat. Gloria wondered who 1t was,
and felt an odd Quirk of jealousy. 1t
needed her like a stitch in the side.
She would have felt a sharper stab
If she had known that Doctor Royce
was waving at Lois. Lois was with
Casimir's wife. reading to her and com
forting the sick woman as best she
could. The sight had startled Doctor
Royce, as much as it pleased him.
The wild and ruthless Lois had given
up her perilous intrigues, indeed, If
she could give herself to the monot.
ony Of ministering to the lonely and
the sick and take pleasure and pride
In such service as a substitute for
social lawlessness that had made bel
hateful In Royce's eyes.
AS he rode on into the city he fel,
a great citation. He was not a relig
ious man, but he loved q wholesome
healthful soul as well as q body tina
was clean and well. He haC
kept Gloria from learning of Lois
affair with Freneau for Gloria's owl
sake. Now he believed that undei
cover of the deception Lois own sou
had been enabled to redeem itself.
He felt that Lois had earned TIT
right to have back the letters she hat
sent to Freneau. Whether she woult
wish to destroy them or keep them a
a reminder and warning from her evi
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19
SEVENTEENTH EPISODE
Tho Teil-TaIe Envelope.

Shots that are fred from guns do
not often hit the people they are fred
at. The coolest target puncturer grows
excited when his target Is a man, and
more excited when 1t Is a woman. Gid
con Trask was not an expert with the
rife. He had been crazy enough to
take the life Of Dick F~reneau-to
wiring 1t out Of him with his hands. He
thought he had escaped detection un-
til, with IN appalling abruptness, Clio
ria Stafford-though he did not know
her name--charged him with the MUIR
der and declared that she had seer
him commit 1t before her very eyes.
He had not been quite crazy enough
or quite wise enough to kill her then
snd there when she was alone and at
his mercy. He thought to repair the
consequences OF his delay by shooting
her down now that she reappeared
with an armed force at her back. So
he fred at Gloria where she stood In
front OF the pilothouse demanding
his surrender.
They told Gloria afterwards she was
brave as q veteran and faced the as
sassin coolly. But she told the truth
when she said that she was paralyzed
with fear. so frightened that she could
NOT even show her fright.
When the muzzle Of Trask's rife
spat at her, she heard the bullet sing
past her ear. she was already won
dering whether she were dead or alive.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19
helped Royce drag rrask to

dcckhnnd helped Royce drag Trask to
the deck.
He was heavy, and his agony
seemed to increase upon him when the
desperate necessity Of swimming was
over. He tainted the moment his drip
ping body was stretched out, and Doc
tor Royce had, as 1t were, to save his
life twice, first to bring him back from
the swoon Of pain, and then to bring
him back from the humiliation of his
shattered machinery.
Meanwhile Jed was locked in a fe-
rocious wrestle with the captain of
Pierpont's yacht. who called the en-
gineer to his aid. AS the engineer
told Pierpont, Il had to knock him
s~enseless before 1 could knock any
sense into him."
And now Nell Trask, who had
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19

him. He had told Gloria that her ac-
count of witnessing the murder vas
only q delirium. He had lost her con-
fidence and her respect, and they were
that Gloria was tormented by a dual
emotion toward him, one of suspicion
and rancor, one of gratitude and af-
lection. Gloria was helpless in the
quarrel of her emotions. She could
neither love nor hate Royce perfectly,
neither trust nor distrust him.
While Gloria was at a little distance
Royce was questioning Trask in a low
tone, trying to persuade him to speak
the truth. warning him that he might
not have a long opportunity to I'M
bosom himself Of his crime. But Trask's
mouth, distorted with suffering. was
also twisted with a sneer of hate. He
would not even answer, Reyes ques-
tons.
side,g and he said. '"Weh,. how that
you've got your man, what are you go
ing to do with himT"
"Find out why he killed Dick" Clio
ria said, sand then turn him over TO
the police"
I'm spite Of all the publicity?" Pier
pont asked.
I'm spite OF Ill the publicity" said
Gloria.
Pierpont gave up the fight. He
loathed the prospect Of a newspaper
scandal, but If 1t had to come, he must
brace himself to endure it. He had
| done all that he could legitimately do.
and more than that, to thwart the po-
| lice, and now that the necessities of
| the law compelled him to give the law
the right OF way or suffer the con-
sequences. He resolved to turn
Trask over to Judge Freeman as a rep
re~sentative Of the law and let the
Judge assume the future responsibility.
When the yacht reached the country
house at length. Pierpont sought for
Judge Freeman. He had left the house.
Pierpont would have sent Trask on
after him, but he was too weak to be
moved farther. Besides, Royce was
insIstent In giving Trnsk the full bene-
at OF his medical and surgical knowl-
edge, and asked for 4 guest room to
lodge him In.
Now Trask ri stupeded indeed. He
had expected that his enemies would
throw him into q prison cell. And
they had Installed him In Z luxurious
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19

whether the next one would strike
where she heard the first one thwack.
The pilot grunted and mumbled: HE
got mel"
She forgot Trask and whirled round
to see the pilot fall across his own
wheel. The yacht wayered and swerved
In Its course. Gloria was the nearest
to the pilothouse. She had been a
pupil Of the pilot only a few minutes
before. She ran to him, lifted him
aside and seized the wheel by it's pro-
jecting spokes, just in time to keep
the yacht from crashing into the barge
at full speed. She made a sharp turn,
the yacht swerved and ground along
the side of the barge. Gloria mean
while was alarmed more for the life
of the pilot than her own. She be-
gan to call stephen! Doctor Rycel"
But Doctor Royce was too busy to
hear her call. His immediate inter-
est was not In a wounded man, but
In wounding a man. Wien he saw
that Trask vas aiming his rifle at
Gloria again, his whole being thrilled
with a ferocity unknown to him be-
fore. To q Gloria from being hurt
he would have massacred q hundred
Trasks.
He leaped aboard the canal barge
before the deckhands could make 1t
fast. He sprang at Track and seized
the rifle he held. He twisted 1t out
&C Trask's hands before he could fire
a second shot.
But he was pounced upon at once
by Jed. who pinioned his arms and
flung him to the deck. The captain
Of the yacht, following close after
Royce, laid hold OF Jed and dragged
him away before he could harm Royce.
But he left Royce supine on the deck,
with TASKS fatal clutch on his throat.
Gloria, wondering at Royce's not an
swering her call, chung to the wheel
till she saw the cable fast, then she
ran forward to the edge of the up
per deck and saw why he failed her
He was In the baleful clutch Of Trask
Gloria, looking 2or a weapon Of res
cue. could find nothing but a life pre-.
server tied to a rope. She began Il
swing It about her head In circles OF
increasing diameter, like a lasso.
II was revolving at a violent rate
when 1t reached Trask. 1t smote. hin
aside and dazed him into loosening hi.
grip for just q moment. This was
long enough for Royce to shake free
and regain his feet. He hurled him
self at Trask, but Trask, seeing hi.
victim erect and menacing, lost cour
age and an. At the edge of the barg,
he slipped and sprawled. He would
have fallen between the yacht and tn,
barge into the river II the yacht hat
not swung alongside In time to catci
him. 1t held him up, but it held hin
as In a giant lemon sQueezer, and /
squeezed his bone and flesh witt
dreadful force.
Gloria saw the agony In Trask'.
face and the sight vas horrible. Sh,
saw the yacht swing free again
Trask's body dropped into the wa
ter.
Now the life preserver that hat
served as q weapon returned to tt
original purpose Gloria threw 1t t.
Trask. Suffering as he was, he seizet
II automatically and hooked his elbow
through 1t.
Now Royce also reverted to his pur
pose as he xnelt down and clutched a
Trask's collar as Gloria hauled hin
In like q great fish. One Of the deck
hands Tended on the barge and thu
yacht and kept them from closing II
again like scissors blades. Anothel
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19

turned from one battle to another,
tearing now at Royce and now at the
captain, recovered from the stupor
with which she had watched her ia
theirs disaster and. leaping over to the
yacht, knelt by him, calling to him
with wild appeals and threatening
Royce as his slayer.
Gloria came running down from the
upper deck and stood gazing at the re-
suit of her work with utter dismay.
Trask was crushed and perhaps killed.
Jed was unconscious, and Nell seemed
to have gone out Of her mind.
Gloria felt that her head was COW
cred with blood guilt. The sobs Of
Nell were heart-breaking. Gloria for
got all her resentments against Nell
and her father. She forgot that Nell
had kept her prisoner. She saw only
that Nell was a motherless daughter
who saw her father dying.
She caught the girl in her arms, held
her In spite Of her resistance, mur-
muring: "Forgive me. you poor child!
It's all my fault. but we won't let your
father die. Doctor Royce is a splendid
physician. He saved my life. He
will save your fathers. You can trust
him."
Nell also forgot all other emotions
In that one necessity for hope. She
turned eyes of prayer on Doctor Royce
and beat him on the shoulder with i'm
ploring hands, urging him to bring her
father back. 1t was not Royce, but,
doubtless, nature that brought Trask
back to consciousness. Royce re-
| ceived the credit and the gratitude,
however, when Trask's eyes opened
and his tortured lips moved.
Nell and Gloria were overjoyed at
the miracle, but Royce was the more
| alarmed the more he studied Trask's
body with fingers searching every
| where and finding everywhere the
hints of broken bones and internal
decorations. He pretended none the
less to be confident. for the sake of all
three, Tfask and Nefl and Gloria.
A bucket Of water restored Jed
roughly to what wits he had. He came
up yelling, as IL the fight had not been
interrupted. They had to tie him up
to keep him from continuing the war,
1t had taken this much time for the
tugboat to round upon its course and
come alongside the barge. The crew
had watched the scrimmage with i'm
patient envy. They came aboard now
ready for carnage. They were armed
with weapons of every sort, and with
zest for blood. The yacht crew gath.
cred itself to meet the onset OF these
Reinforcement,
Now came the opportunity Of Pier
pont Stafford to use some of the henv.
lest artillery OF battle-fnance. He
was too old and too little used to fish.
cuffs to attack roustabouts with blow
for blow. He put up the shield OF his
pocketbook. The captain Of the tug
boat led his little army forward IN q
wedge. demanding with tugboat EN-
phasis: q
"What kind Of pirates are youse
anyhow, and what you beatin' Or
the old man fur7 For two cents I'd
Pierpont answered:
That's what / want to know. Whal
would you do for two centsr
I'D. t'row de whole bunch OF youst
into de river"
Il see" said Pierpont. "and wha'
would you charge not tor
A W -. - - MnUMA <W|HHW& |&tNNw& % VT =
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-04-19

Royce Questioned Trask IN q Low Tone.
past, they belonged to her and to no
one else. Certainly Royce had no fur
Their use for them.
When he reached his Office and gath
cred up his instruments he took the
package Of letters from the safe and
put them in his pocket. Then he re-
turned to the motor and sped back to
the Stafford country home.
1t was a long ride and he was trou-
bled about many things. about Gloria's
determination to probe into the se-
crets that could mean only a cruel dis
nlusionment for her. about the chances
for Trask's recovery, and the dangers
that threatened the Staffords II the
newspapers or the police learned with
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-09
r the result of snap Judgment.

or the result of snap Judgment.
The selected man offers his life.
For every exemption or dis
charge that is made for individual
convenience on to escape personal loss
of property or money or for favor or
affection some other man whose time
would not otherwise have come must
run the risk of losing his life.
1t is not a time to think of indi
vidual interests. Team work is what
the times demand. Therefore the ex-
emption boards must consider, not the
individuals needs, but the nations.
Boards are to Exclude rigidly" the
pleading of individual cases by the
drafted man or his attorney. Each
case must be decided on its strict
merits. For their efforts the men who
have undertaken to sift the nations
registrants will, as General Crowder
says, receive '.little praise and some
blame" But after reading their new
est instructions it will be strange if
they are not deeply impressed by the
opportunity for service that lies be-
fore Observation-Disclosures.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-09
DOUBT DISAPPEARS
No One in Emmett Who Has Bad
Back Should Ignore This
Double Proof.

Does your back ever ache?
Have you suspected your kidneys
Backache is sometimes kidney ache.
With it may come dizzy spells,
Sleepless nights, tired, dull days,
Distressing urinary disorders.
Doan's Kidney pills have been en-
dorsed by thousands.
You have read Emmett proof.
Read now the Emmett sequel.
Renewed testimony; tested by time.
S. H. Reed, fruit grower, Second
St., Emmett says: "Now and then, my
kidneys got cut of order and | had
backache. Rheumatic pains in my
joints bothered me and my muscles
became sore. knew that the trouble
was caused by disordered kidneys and
| finally used Doan's Kidney Pills.
They gave me prompt relief"
ADDED PRAISE.
OVER TWO YEARS LATER, Mr..
Reed said: 81 am only too willing to
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills again.
| still think they are the best kidney
medicine to be had"
Price go, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's kidney Pills-the same that Mr.
Reed has twice publicly recommended.
Foster Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-09

July II, 1877.
Pursuant to recess taken July
30, 1917, the regular July, 1917, meet
ing of the board of county commits
sioners of Gem county, Idaho, met at
z o'clock p. m. on July 81, 1917.
Present: Walter Knox, chairman:
w. M. Wilson, commissioner. Abb
sent: James E. Flake, commissioner.
Whereupon the following proceed
ings were had:
The board passed the following res
olution:
Whereas, on the Goth day of July,
1917, at an election held in Joint
School District No. 20 in Gem and
Boise counties, Idaho, the board of
trustees of said school district were
authorized to issue the coupon bonds
of said district in the amount of
Sl,500.00 for the purpose of building
a schoolhouse in said district and
the same, under the provi- |
sions of Chapter So, Idaho Session
Laws of 1917; and
Whereas, 81 square miles of the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-09
The Ethics of Exemption.

Even to men who have studied the
conception and planning of the selec-
tive draft law new light will be
thrown on the meaning of the law by
the simple, earnest exhortation of the
provost marshal-general to the MEM
bers of the exemption boards all over
the country. Gen. Crowder's statement
that the governments firm intention
is to operate the draft on so high a
plane that its success can not in any
way be furnished by suspicion of I'M
fair discrimination. Bearing in mind
the vivid phrasing of General Crow
der's counsel, it is inconceivable that
any exemption official should allow
to let prejudice of personal
motive consciously effect his decision.
Exemption must not be perfunctory