davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
CHAPTER Y

MUST now make remark which absolutely necessary in
order enable the foreign readers numer
legends which connected Raspun the influence
of the latter the of public affairs could come to be
accepted by the nation at large principal reason
the tendency which the Russian cultivated since
mmemora times to forbid the open discussion certain things
and facts AT the time about which writing present mill
tary censorship did there was no war which coud
have justified the control by the publication
by the daily press OF the current events of the day.
did not allow mention Raputn made in anv
Of publicity Thanks to this nerdict helped
the invention of the most unbelievable concerning him and
the attitude which he had adopted regard affairs with
which he had begun himself of those
who had by that time learned appreciate fact that the
prophet but the paytng cleverer than himself
and $4,000 times dangerous
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
Copyright. 1917. Harper & Bros.
CHAPTER III (COntinued)

"VoU, if any one' should know after
L all the years you have spent in hunt
ing for it," the merchant observed. "Dios
mio! Almost before Esteban was buried
you began the search. People said you
were going to tear this house down."
"Well, never found a trace. had
holes dug in the gardens. too"
you see? No, sonora, it is possible
to hide anything except money. No man
can conceal that where another will not
find it,"
Isabels face had grown hard and ava
ricious, even during this brief talk her
eyes were glowing; plainly she was as
far as ever from giving up her long
cherished conviction.
Il don't ask anybody to believe the
story" she said resentfully. "All the
same, it is true. There are pieces or
Spanish gold and silver coins, in boxes
bound with iron and fitted with hasps
and staples; packages of gems; pearls
from the Caribbean as large as plums.
Oh! Sebastian told me all about it,"
"of course, of course! I shall not
argue the matter" Don Mario dismissed
the subject with a wave of his plump
hand. "Now, Dona Isabel
"As II II were not enough to lose that
treasure" the widow continued stormily
"the Government must free all our
slaves. Use! Use! And now that there
is no longer a profit in sugar, my plan
tations-"
mo profit in sugar? What are you
saying?" queried the caller.
Don Mario Suspects
"Oh, you have a way of prospering
What touches your fingers turns to gold
But you are not at the mercy of an ad
mlnistrador."
Precisely! / am my own manager
If your crops do not pay, then Panchc
Cueto is cheating you. He is capable OF
IT. Get rid of him. But I didn't come
here to talk about Esteban's hidden treas
ure, nor his plantations, nor Panchc
Cueto. 1 came here to talk about youI
stepdaughter, Rosa
"So?" Dona Isabel looked up quickly
"She interests me. She is more beau
tiful than the stars" Don Mario rolled
his eyes toward the high ceiling, which
like the sky. was tinted a vivid cerulear
blue. "She personifies every virtue; she
is-delectable." He pursed his wet lipi
daintily. picked a kiss from between
them with his thumb and finger an6
snapped 1t into the air
Inasmuch as Isabel had always hate'
the girl venomously. she did not trus
herself to comment upon her callers en-
thusiasm.
"she is now eighteen the fat suite
went on ecstatlcally and so altogethe
eharming But why waste time II
pretty speeches? have decided to MARI,
her.
De castano piueked heavily scente,
siik handkerchief from his pocket an
wiped p beading OF moisture from hi
brow and upper lip. He had habit .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
How the Censorship Helped Rasputin

ST. Petersburg has always been famed for its gossipng
propenes, and place the whole world do
prehenb start and flourish with rapy that they
do in the Russian capital What the
mention told by another whispered from one
another and discussed everywhere clubs drawing
restaurants in the houses of the proudest arocrats
in the dwellings of the humbest citizens rather
did, because believe this has become impossible nowadays the
telephone contribute relate all kind of gossip concerning
both private people public
possibility of controlling all that being related under the
seal of all ST. Petersburg the improbable
in circulation and carried about
ITSELF but in the provinces where the returning
from St. Petersburg but glad with considerable
additions all that they had heard in the capital.
The which enjoned by the authorities
regard to Rasputn added the ates importance
formed him into kind of legendary either holy
bad to be mentioned Soon all kinds of things
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
4
-

a bit too light-hearted readily to i'm
press a grave world with their varied
abilities, but sterling men, for all that;
ambitious men, men with lime in their
bones and possessed of a high and ready
chivalry that made friends for them
wherever their wandering feet strayed.
Spain, France and the two Americas had
welcomed O'Reillys of one sort or another;
even Cuba had the family name written
large upon her scroll. So Johnnie, of
New York and Matanzas, although at
first he felt himself a stranger in a
strange land, was not so considered by
the Cubans.
A dancing eye speaks every language;
a singing heart gathers it's own audience.
Before the young Irish-Amerlcan had
more than a bowling acquaintance with
the commonest Spanish verb he had a
calling acquaintance with some of the
most exclusive people of Matanzas. He
puzzled them, to be sure, for they could
not fathom the reason for his ever.bub-
bling gladness, but they strove to catch
it's secret, and, striving, they made friends
with him. O'Reilly did not puzzle their
daughters nearly so much; more than one
aristocratic senorita felt sure that she
quite understood the tall, blond stranger
with the laughing eyes, or could under
stand him IL he gave her half chance,
and so, as had been the case with other
o'Relllys in other lands, Johnnie's exile
became no exile at all. He had adjusted
himself serenely to his surroundings
when Rosa Varona returned from school,
but, with her coming, away went all his
complacency. His contentment vanished;
he experienced a total change in his
opinions, his hopes and his ambitions.
Matanzas Charms
He discovered, for example, that Ma
tanzas was by no means the outof.the-
way place he had considered IT; on the
contrary after meeting Rosa once by
accident, twice by design and three times
by mutual arrangement, II had dawned
upon him that this was the chief city of
Cuba, II not, perhaps, the hub around
which the whole world revolved; GER
tainly it was the most agreeable of all
cities, since 1t contained everything that
was necessary for mans happiness. Yet,
despite the thrill OF his awakening,
o'Reilly was not at all pleased with him
self. for, as It happened. there was an
other girl back home. and during his first
year of loneliness he had written TO her
more freely and more frequently than
any man on such a salary as his had a
right TO do.
o'Reilly laid no claims to literary gifts;
nevertheless, it seemed to him. as he
looked back upon II, that his pen must
have been dipped in magic and in moon
light. for the girl had expressed an eager
willingness to share his interesting eco
nomic problems, and in fact was waiting
for him to give her the legal right.
Inasmueh as her father was oReilly's
Company" It may be seen that Rosa
Varona's homecoming seriously compli-
Gated matters, not only from sentiment
tai. but from business standpoint
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

Then again. people in the know the time referring to
far too well to what going the ocourt ngu
understand that all against the constant
Rasputn in the vicinity the imperial family would havs
led nothing the simple that those upon whom do
pended did not and could recognize the danger that it
send because they simply looked him holy
He sohed the anxes of the Empress regard small
promising her that the day would when thanks his
the child would ougow his deacy He amused the Emperor BY
talking him rough but bright language, describing bunty
all the incidents that had reached his knowledge generally through
the channel of having
the that their interests But Nicholas
took him seriously into therefore could hardly
brought think others doing
with a vengeance into the bargain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

perspiring when reused from his usual
lethargy
Rosa has will of her own" guard
edly ventured the stepmother.
Don Mario broke out testify: "Natu-
rally; so have we all. Now let us speak
plainly. You know me. 1 am a person
of importance. I am rich enough to
afford what 1 want, and pay we'll. You
understand? Well, then, you are Rosa's
guardian and you can bend her to your
desires"
Rosa Objects
"If that were only sor' exclaimed the
woman. "She and Esteban-what chill
dren! What tempers! Just like their
fathers! They have never liked me; they
disobey me at every opportunity; they
exercise the most diabolical ingenuity
in making my life miserable. They were
to be their fathers heirs, you know. and
they blame me for his death, for our pow
erty and sfor all the other misfortunes
that have overtaken us. We live like
cats and dogs"
Don Mario had been drumming his
fat fingers impatiently upon the arm of
his chair. Now he exclaimed:
your pardon, sonora, but I am just
now very little interested in your domes-
tic relations; they do not thrill meas
nv own prospective happiness does.
What YOU say about Rosa only makes
me more eager, for 1 loathe a sleepy
woman. Now tell me, is She Has
she any-affairs of the hearth"
"N-no, unless perhaps a filtration with
that Young American, Juan OReilly."
Dona Isabel gave the name its Spanish
pronunciation of "ORail-ye."
"Juan o'Reilly? O'Reilly? oh, yes!
But what has he to offer a woman? He
is little more than a clerk
"That is what tell her. oh, It hasn't
gone far as yet"
"Goodp Don Mario rose to leave, FOR
the exertion of his ride had made him
thirsty you may name your own re-
ward for helping me and will pay 1t the
day Rosa marries me. Now kindly ad
wise her of my intentions and tell her
I shall come to see her soon"
O'Reilly Loves
II was quite true that Johnnie O'Reilly
or 'The o'Reilly," as his friends called
him-had little in the way Of worldly
advantage to offer any girl, and 1t was
precisely because of this fact that he
had accepted a position here in Cuba
where, from the very nature Of things
nromotion was likely to be more rapid
than in the New York Office OF his firm
He had come to this Out-of-the-way place
prepared to live the lonely life OF ar
exile. IL an O'Reilly could be lonely any
where. and for a brief time he had beer
glum enough.
But the o'Reillys, from time immemo
rial. had been born and bred to exile
II was their breath, their meat and drink
and this particular member OF the clar
thriyed upon it quite as well as ha'
the other Johnnies and Michaels an'
Andys who had journeyed to far shores
The oReillys were audacious men, bi
too Needless OF their own good. perhaps
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31


which
ympates and others suspected being Disguise
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
REASPUI2]IlN>o-: SPUI2]Il>1 No-:DE3XzIZIyITonS :: XzIZIyT SAINT
All rights reservedJ

Censorship, Which Has Been the Cause of Ire
mendOuS Suffering and Many ReUOLts in Rus
sid, SerUed the Purposes of Rdsputin bv
CLOdking Him With Certain Mysterious
Quality That Added Greatly to His ppeaI to
the Russian Temperament
The Workings of the Secret Police Also Helped
the BLACK Monk" in His Many Exploits, for
the Police Not Only Spied Upon Each Other,
but EUen Violated the Winter Palace Itself
to Garner Information About the Tzar Much
to Rasputin's Benefit
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
"Gricha's" Blatant BOustings


Raspun however different opinion and in his desire
that others should share it he liked to public Of the things
which had of the which had spoken He
upon excellent with of the palace SERVANTS in
whom he had found comrades and with whom he felt At
with else them to relate to him
going the family Of the Tar He cevery
of this knowledge later 1t well known in Russia
Emperor himself watched by the secret police not
only Of his safety but also because it to
the interest of the police be thoroughly acquainted with all that
did and with the remarks it pleased him to make And the
police working hand in hand with Rasputn Their
provocative agents. of which there existed considerable numbers
everywhere talking about the Prophets influence and
growing Importance we'll relating all the restaurants and
public places in the capital wonderful and improbable tales
him and his dong From these they spread among
public penetrated who otherwise would
the possibility of hearing anything about them Among
who showed themselves the active and the most
Raspun and about the influence which he
acquiring well for their German sympates
and others S-ected of being German agents in disguise
that period the aim of the German Foreign Office
bring about the collapse of the Russian ALLIANCES
itself cevery bring it about Among
the whom employed for the Rasputn.
perhaps himself but led by like Count Wtte
almost engaged himself to bring about rapprOchement
between the St. Petersburg and the Berlin Courts Working
Wite Manussewsch Maniulof Of the most
abomnabe the world has known, who his
unscupuousnes would have done anything he asked
provided he paid high enough For he had been
receipt of subsidies By dnt of backmalng he had
contrived maintain himself in the capacity of of the
editors the NovOie Vrema where he all that
asked of him consideration the extent and of
which depended circumstances He also the staff
rendered such services he considered be advantageous
himself without the least thought of the these might be
the State which employed him.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
CONTINUED TOMORROW

novel of love- hidden and rebellion beautiful
Cuba during the exciting days of the revolt against
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-05
THREE PER CENT BEER.

Beer manufactured hereafter Is, by
order Of the president. To contain not
more than three per cent alcohol, This
brings beer almost within the classified
tion of soft drinks" Formerly the
beverage contained from four to six
per cent alcohol. There are temper
ance beers" made to be sold In dry
territory. that contain two and one.half
per cent alcohol. Ginger ale, root beer
etc, often contain nearly that much.
II doesn't necessarily follow that any
one who gets drunk on the new beer
could get drunk on Ice cream sodas,
but obviously the possibilities In that
line are much diminished. For pur-
poses Of comparison, II may he stated
that Tight wines" are likely to have
fifteen per cent alcohol, heavy wines or
highbalhs about twenty-five per cent,
and whisky about fifty per cent.
The manufacture of whisky and other
spirituous liquors is already forbidden.
There is said to be "a sufficient supply
of them in the country TO last about
two years. II the war continues longer
than that, II Is evident that the drink
problem may be virtually solved even
II present prohibition prospects fail of
realization.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-05
STORY OF THE PENNY GIRL

washing between the wo sratnds. where
Sarah Longacre.
Pittsburgh Leader: In 1886 the
government of the United States made
an offer of 81 900 for the most accept.
able design to be placed upon the new
one cent coin soon to be issued. Some
Indian chiefs Travelled from the north.
west to Philadelphia to inspect the
mint, whose chief engraver was James
Longacre. who invited them to his
house.
The engraver's daughter, Sarah.
ten years old, greatly enjoyed the visit
of her fathers guests, and during the
evening. TO please her. one of the chiefs
took his feathered helmet and war bon
net and placed il on her head. In the
company was an artist, who immediate.
ly sketched her and handed the picture
to her father Mr. Longacre. knowing
of the competition for a likeness TO go
upon the cent, resolved TO enter the
sketch for the prize offered by the
government To his delight. the Off
cials accepted il. and the face of his
daughter appeared upon the coin.
The face of Sarah Longacre has gone
into more hands. more pockets, more
homes. more stores-yes. more churches
than any other coin in the United
States. If not in the world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-05
WOULD REDEEM RUSSIA

Tulsa Times: Every time something
that is seemingly impossible needs to
be done. there is sure to arise some
where an admirer of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt with the suggestion that he
be sent to do ii. The suggestion has
been made that the colonel be sent TO
Russia to straighten out its affairs and
put it back into the war.
Colonel Roosevelt is great man
In fact there are many who consider
him superman, but he cannot per
form miracles nor accomplish the i'm
possible. Although he might be will
ing to undertake it. anyone can see
the unfairness of asking him to at
tempt such a task.
The suggestion, however, shows the
feeling that Americans have for Rus
sia. Once they had high hopes that
it would become a republic, similar in
many ways to the United States. They
believed that it had the foundation up
on which to build such a republic. but
they did not take into consideration the
sodden ignorance of the main body of
the people of Russia, nor the hold the
anarchists have upon them.
Russia needs a strong mana man
of the Roosevelt type-Dut he must be
a Russian and not of some other nat
ionality Perhaps such a strong man
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-05
From Other
Editorial Pages
OUR SENSE OF BALANCE

Kansas City MoJ star: Until the
war came, any active young man Of
good nerve might get job AZ an avia'
| tor He could go 10 a company that
employed fliers. and II he showed apti'
tude, could be trained and given EN-
Iployment Occasionally. however, n
man of this sort was the victim of an
unexplained accident lie would fail
to surmount some simple difficulty and
would fall.
II Is now known that many OF these
cases were due TO an unsupported cause
-deficieny In the sense Of balance due
to trouble with the semicircular canals.
Most persons don't even know they
have semicircular canals. They are the
organs OF balance and are located In
the inner ear, although they have moth
ing 10 do with hearing. They lie In
three different planes. virtually at right
angles TO each other. From them go
signals to the nerve centers which help
maintain the whole series OF muscular
actions that are necessary To maintain
ing the balance.
Sight and the group OF impressions
known as the muscle sense" aid in
maintaining the balance, and under
ordinary circumstances person will
get on very well without much help
from his semicircular canals. But an
aviator Is under extraordinary condi'
tions. He must be able to fly at night
and to keep his equilibrium In dense
fog OF cloud where he has no chance
to use his sight or his muscle sense.
Unless his semicircular canals are work
ing a man has no business fooling with
an airplane.
The tests for the United States avia-
ton corps make certain that the semi
circular canals are on the job. III they
are not the man is not accepted even
though he may be in perfect health
and may not know that his sense OF eq'
uilibrium is imperfect. II he should be
accepted he would sooner or later come
to grief through his inability to gauge
the position Of his plane.
Men rejected by the United States ex-
aminers have occasionally been accept
ed in the aviation corps Of other ma
tions. That simply means that other
nations have nothing like the reservoir
Of possible aviators that the United
States has and so are unable TO be as
strict in selecting material as they
should be.
incidentally, this fact gives America
an enormous superiority in the person
mel of its prospective air fleet. Other
nations to a considerable extent have
used up their available material for
aviators. The United States still has
whole nation to draw from. Germany
may produce large numbers. of air
planes. But where is she to get the
ayiators?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-05
pEHER THAN CAL0MEL
Thousands Have Discovered DR.,
Edwards Olive Tablets are
aHarmlesS Substitute.

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the substi.
tute for calomel - are mild but sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver is
almost instantaneous. They are the result
of DR.. Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calomel.
His efforts to Danish it brought out these
little olive-colored tablets.
These pleasant little tablets do the good
that calomel does, but have no bad after
effects. They don't injure the teeth like
strong liquids or calonel. They take hold
of the trouble and quickly correct it. Why
cure the liver at the expense of the teeth?
CaloInel sometimes plays havoc with the
gums. So do strong liquids. 1t is best not
to take calomel, but to let DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets take its place.
Most headaches, "dullness" and that
lazy feeling come from constipation and
disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel "loggy" and
heavy" Note how they clear" clouded
brain ana how they "perk up" the spirits.
l0c and 25c box All druggists.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-05
LIFE AND HOPE.

The skull Of an eleven.year-old boy
| was opened the other day at Johns Hop
kins hospital in Baltimore by DIR. Wal
| ter Dandy. of the hospital staff. He
| removed six tumors from the brain. II
was a delicate job. for the slightest in.
accuracy or slip in the use Of the knife
would have meant instant death. The
tumors removed. DIR. Dandy made a new
brain covering by transplanting the GOV.
ering of the great muscle of the right
leg. By this operation partial paraly-
sis of the left arm was corrected. At
last reports the child was doing we'll
and is expected to recover.
This, though most marvellous to the
lay reader, is only one of the cures
being made by modern surgery AL
most every day brings a new story as
wonderful.
And In these cures. these new discov-
cries, is the answer to the cry for
euthanasia.
There are doubtless cases. like those
of the children whom DR.. Haiselden
of Chicago refused to save, where il
is most difficult to draw the line The
child destined to living death might as
well, perhaps. be spared the pretense
of living. There are also cases of the
very old. suffering from extremely pain
full diseases for which no cure is known
where narcotics which soften and to
some extent shorten the last misery are
justifiable.
But the general principle of euthan-
asa is unsound How dare any man,
learned though he be, or any group Of
men, say that any condition is incur
able? Tomorrow the cure may be dis
covered
If easy death may be decreed for
those who suffer, incentive to research
and experiment is dulled.
Like all general laws of benefit to
the many. this one hurts a few. But
it is sound law; and by its working,
in time the few will cease to suffer
It's the only socially safe basis to
build on-while there's life there's hope.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-05

VIII yet arise In Russia, although he
In not yet In sight. There was at one
time great confidence In Kerensky. but
he has been unfortunate and may nev.
er be able 10 reach the pinacle OF great.
ness. There still Is confidence In Ker.
ensky, but he may not be able 10 sur.
mount the difficulties that confront
him. In history strong man always
has come forward at the right time.
There have been strong men who have
failed, through no fault OF their own
merely because fate was against them.
This may be the fate OF Kerensky.
Had Colonel Roosevelt been Rus.
sian he would have been an ideal man
az this time To go forward and redeem
the nation; but had the colonel been
Russian, that country would not have
been In It's present condition IL would
long ago have been doing it's part In
the war instead OF being known as "a
nation of swift runners