davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-23

Mrs. Andrew Moore, 4ll west Eighth, is ill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-23

the guests of Mr. and Mrs. s. Green, 1700 West 14th avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-23
BIRTHS.

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Cald- well, 1901 West Seventh, sunday morning. twins. Each of the boys weighs eight pounds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-23

Lieutenants George Holderness and Leslie Mcintyre, of Camp Pike spent Sunday with home folks They also attended the dance at the Country Club Saturday night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-23

Captain and Mrs. Melbourne Mar tin of Little Rock motOred to Pine Bluff Sunday and spent the day with relatives
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02

communication from Schultz to a third party
relating to certain letter which, apparently,
the writer imagined the third party had a
considerable interest in acquiring. For he
offered to sell this letter to the third party,
mentioning sum So preposterously high
that 1t attracted the earnest attention of
our Intelligence people. On half the sum
mentioned being paid into the writer's ac-
count at a certain bank in London. the let
ter went on to say the writer wou forward
the address at which the object in question
would be found
ut was simple matter to send Schultz
a letter in return, agreeing to his terms and
to have the payment made, as dee red, into
the bank he mentioned. His communication
in reply to'this was duly stepped. The ad-
dress he gave was that of house situated
on the outskirts of Cleves.
I'VE had no idea what this letter was.
but its apparent value in the eyes of the
shrewd Mr.. Schultz made it highly desirable
that we should obtain possession Of 1t with
out delay. Four Of us were selected for this
dangerous mission of getting into Germany
and fetching it, by hook or by crook, from
the house at Cleves where it was dep sited.
We four were to enter Germany by different
routes and different means and to converge
on Cleves (Which is quite close to the Dutch
frontier).
ut would take too long to tell you of the
very exact organization which we worked
out to exclude all risk of failure and the
various schemes evolved for keeping in
touch with one another though working
separately and in rotation. Nor does 1t
matter very much how l got into Germany.
The fact is that. at my very first attempt
to get across the frontier, I realized that
some immensely powerful force was working
against me.
II managed It, with half a dozen hair
breadth escapes and set down my success
solely to my knowledge of German and to
that old trick of mine OF German limitations
But felt everywhere the influence of this un-
seen hand, enforcing a metCulous vigilance
which 1t was almost impossible to escape.
was not surprised therefore. to learn that
two of my companions came to grief at the
very outset"
(TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02
SCHMIDT QUARTET
GIVES GOOD CONCERT
Appears in Second of Chamber.
Music Series, Presenting
New Piano Quartet

The Schmidt Quartet, composed of Emil
r. Schmidt. first violin; Louis Angeloty.
second violin Emil Hail. VIOLA and William
Schmidt cello. gave the second concert of
the Chamber Music Association series at the
,Bellevue-stratford yesterday afternoon They
were assisted by Letitia Radcliffe Miller,
pianist
The quartet was originally scheduled for
December 20, but was asked to take yester-
days concert, which they agreed to do on
rather short notice. The compositions played
were the well-known quartet of Smetana,
Aus Meinem Leban," one of the rare in
stances of a string quartet being written to
program (and an autobiography in tones
at that. and quartet for piano and strings
by Jongen Belgian composer, a work new
to Philadelphia.
Owing, doubtless. to the brief notice. the
quartet, while giving a very enjoyable con-
cert, did not always play up to It's usual
high standard in the exceedingly difficult
Smetana number. There were, of course no
technical slips but they did not always
show that perfect unanmty Of phrasing or
the exquisite tone quality that made their
performance of the Beethoven C-minor quar-
tet one of the high spots of last years
chamber music concerts. The best work was
done in the beautiful largo, which, both in
interpretation and in tone quality. left moth
ing to be desired. incidentally the quartet
sits in the classical way (the violns opposite
each other), thus obtaining distinct ad-
vantage in tonal balance and distribution
throughout the hall.
The Jongen quartet, which was given it's
first presentation in Philadelphia. is the work
of Belgian composer. and was published in
1909. 1t Is a composition of decided merit
but the first and third movements are of
great length. The second movement the
scherzo. is decidedly the best Of the four,
being a gem both of material and of con-
struction. The whole composition is well
worked out, although the composer has
drawn heavily for his instrumental figures
(though not for thematic materially from the
piano quintet of his great fellow country
man. Cesar Franck. 1t Is strictly classical
in FORM though with some slight tendencies
toward present-day French harmonic ef-
fects Unlike many of the French composers,
however, Jongen is not afraid to write a
melody or to use definite tonalities. The last
movement is especially clever in design and
workmanship. The quartet was exceedingly
we'll played by Messrs. Emil Schmidt. Hail,
William Schmidt and Mrs Miller, the scherzo
especially being performed with the lightness
grace and spirit which its character demands
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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells of Dance for School SeShe Gives Es
tracts of Ambulance Drivers Leter-T,Uo e.
Engagements of Interest

they are both descendants Of Philadel-
phians. and that is what makes 1t inter-
esting to us. Miss Holt, who Is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Holt, Is a
descendant on her mothers side Of Francis
Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration OF
Independence, and Ensign Bliss is grand
son of the late Theodore Bliss publisher
of this city. Beatrice's mother was Miss
Alexina Smith. Her father is the editor
of the Independent and her grandfather is
Judge George C. Holt, of New York. En-
sign Bliss is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Bliss, and he is also grandnephew of the
late George Bliss, of New York;
A MORE local engagement which is an
4 A nounced today is of great interest in
local musical circles. John Braun, the
baritone, who is a great favorite among
Philadelphians, is engaged t. a New York
girl, Edith Evans. She Is musical, too.
and plays and accompanies wonderfully.
Could you imagine a better combination?
Won't 1t be ideal for both, for he loves to
sing and has splendid voice; and she
loves to play and does it wonderfully well.
Miss Evans's father, by the way, Is DR..
Owen Hugh Evans, musical doctor, of
Marysville, o. Mr.. Braun lives in Merton,
you know The wedding, hear, is to take
place this month. NANCY wYNNE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02
THE MAN WITH THE CLUB FOOT
By VALENTINE WILLIAMS
By VALENTINE WILLIAMS

ness seemed to attract me, and I found my
eyes continually wandering back to his face.
And then, without warning, through some
mysterious whispering of the blood, the
truth came to me that this was my brother.
| don't know whether it was passing mood
rejected in his face or the shifting lights
and shadows in his eyes that lifted the veil.
| only know that through those features
raVaged by care and suffering and in spite
of them l caught a glimpse of the brother
/ had come to seek.
I ratified a spoon on the table and called
softly out to the veranda. "Kellner!'
The man turned
l beckoned to him. He came over to my
table. He never recognized me, so dull was
he with disappointment me with my
unshaven, unkempt appearance and in my
mean German shoddy but stood
silently, awaiting my bidding.
'Francis" l said softly and I spoke
in German Francis. don't you know
me?"
He was magnificent, strong and resource
full in his joy at our meeting as he had been
in his months of weary waiting.
Only his mouth quivered little as In
stantly his hands busted themselves with
clearing away my breakfast.
.Jawohl!" he answered in q perfectly
emotioness voice.
And then he smiled and In a flash the old
Francis stood before me-
mot a word now" he said in German
he cleared away the breakfast. II am
promenade by the Schiller statue at quar-
ter past and We'll &C for a walk. Don't
stay here now, but come back and lunch in
the restaurant it's always crowded
and pretty safe"
Then he called out into the void:
"Twenty-six wants to pay!"
-
Such was my meeting with my brother
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rT1HAT afternoon Francis and walked out
i along the banks of the swiftly flowing
Rhine until we We're far beyond the city.
Anxious though I was that he should reveal
to me that part Of his life which lay hidden
beneath those lines of suffer- ng in his face,
he made me tell my story first. So I un-
folded to him the extraordinary series of
adventures that had befallen me since the
night l had blundered upon the trail of
great secret in that evil hotel at Rotterdam.
Francis did not once interrupt the flow of
my narrative He listened with the most
tense interest, but with a growing concern
which betrayed itself clearly on his face At
the end Of my story, I silently handed to
him the half Of the stolen letter had seized
from Clubfoot at the Hotel Espanade
Keep it, Francis" I said "Its safer
with a respectable waiter like you than with
a hunted outcast like myself"
My brother smiled wanly, but his face as
sumed the look Of grave anxiety with which
he had heard my tale. lie scrutnized the
slips OF paper very closely, then tucked them
away in lettercase, which he buttoned up
n his pocket.
Fortune Is strange goddess, Des" he
said, his weary eyes rowing out over the tur-
gid, yellow stream, land she has been kind TO
you, though, God knows, you have played a
mans part in all this. She has placed in
your possession something for which at least
five men have died IN vain, something that
has filled my thoughts, sleeping and waking
for more than half year. What you have
told me throws good deal of light upon
tho mystery which l came to this cursed
country to elucidate, but 1t also deepens
the darkness which still envelops manv
points in the affair
You know there are issues in this pame
of ours old man. that stand even higher
than the confidence that there has ALWAYS
been between us two. That is why wrote to
you so seldom out in France could tell
you nothing about my work: that is one OF
the rules of our game But now you have
broken into the scramble yourself, 7 feel
that we are partners so I will tell Won oil
l know.
Listen, then. Some time about the ba-
ginning of the year letter written bv :,
German interned at one of the camps I,
England was stopped by the camp CENSOR
This German went by the name of Schultz
he was arrested at a house In Dalston m
day after we declared war on Germanv
There was good reason for this for our
friend Schulte-we don't know his real name
was known to my chief as one of the most
daring and successful spies that ever oper-
ated in the British Isles.
Therefore, a sharp eye was kent on his
correspondence, and one day this letter was
seized. 1t was, l believe. perfectly harmless
to the eye, but the expert to whom II was
eventually submitted soon detected a conyen-
tional code in the chatty phrases about the
daily life of the camp. 1t proved to be a
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THE STORY THIS FAR

r,aa, Strange message came to CaptsiI DSs- nSn-
m0nd OkewOod. a scrap of paper that ro., r,
t yinced him that his, brother, whom he nag
thouEht dead. was alive and In Germany. y =
the death Of u German spy, whose clothes ptsa nna
papers he apprOpriates. enable him to entsr
Germany as Doctor SemIin. Germ9nrA;msi55n nr,;nsi5n
the trentment, he Ieceives conyiHces him, bIs s
stil! In the dark when at last he i'll Il In tns tas
expected Doctor tir"ndt-Der stelze-the MSn ISn
d bess ess ntrst Grnra was "sers
and had, been "denble-crossed' by semiiGI; seMuI;
okswoCd is able e snrmIse: but he is a. dan. IN.
poster when bHd from the front tu1nGs %nG
9Ekewsfd Is temnorary dismsssd t.ten III sGnfs ints
thc presence Sf Grpndt Berlin hotfni e. Grnn"df mnd
viii have him INN Killed "e uniess he Immediately
bands the papers he got from Doctor Sien Sew-
In. OkewOod floors him with heavy pi0w.
pushes from The and meets his bESthsr 5;srsan
official who helps him to efsaps bs i,r5t hrothss M
and In pursuit Of IT becomes a waiter n,b r. u
lone tavern from which he escapes wheh .'u'-
foot raids the place,
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CHAPTER |
The Rdggedy Lad

EXTO-HO Peggy! Come coasting with
i me on my bobs"'
Peggy her lessons all finished, jumped up
in quick delight. 1t was Billy Belgium calling
her to crispy outdoor fun in the wintry tw-
light.
"I'll be there in minute" she cried
through the window, hurrying into her warm
est wraps.
Billy Belgium waited on the sidewalk.
Beside him was a shiny set of bobs. with
graceful sleds a long red top board, and
stunning looking steering wheel.
MY, what beauties!" Peggy exclaimed.
did you make 'em yourself?"
Every Bit" answered Billy proudly. "And
they are flyers, too. Well pass anything on
High hill"
Lets hurry and see" cried Peggy taking
hold of the sled rope with Billy
On High Hill they found dozens of chill
dren shouting with glee as they sped down
the icy coastng path.
"Ho. no Look at the homemade bobs,' :"
jeered one fur-coated boy, glancing from his
own store bobs" to those Of Billy Belgium.
Peggy flushed with swift indignation.
They are as nice as your own, Charlie
Chesty," she retorted. And Billy was clever
enough to make them himself. He didn't
have to buy them at the store
The other boys and girls laughted at this,
for they didn't like Charlie Chesty's over
bearing ways.
II can beat you all hollow" boasteo
Charlie
do 1t then, answered Billy, swinging mis-
bobs into position
Everybody pile on" shouted Charlie. as
he lined up his own bobs Half dozen chill
dren accepted the invitat on. The last to run
forward was a little raggedy cnap who had
stood shivering aside as he watched the others
at their fun.
II didn't mean you. l don't want any
raggedy chaps riding on my bobs.' shouted
Charlie, roughly showing the little fellow back.
The raggedy chaps face showed his d!sap-
pointment. He looked pitifully small and for
lorn, as the other childrens laughed unkindly
at him.
But want you on my new bobs," quickly
spoke up Billy Belgium. putting his hand on
the little chaps shoulder, while Peggy gave
him a heart-warming smile.
'Oh, I'm so glad" exclaimed the raggedy
lad. i've been waiting and wishing ali
afternoon some would ask me to ride,
but nobody did.
Anybody else want ride shouted Billy.
mot with raggedy chaps chorused the
children.
"All ready. go" cried Charlie, giving his
bobs start before Billy was ready. By the
time Billy got fairly going, the others were
far away.
But faster and faster went Billy's new
shrieked with delight
"Out of the way ahead" yelled Billy. and
"whirr-r-r-r" they went past Charles bobs
like a flash. Out, far out oyer the meadows
they sped, yards and yards farther than any
Of the other bobs.
When they dragged the new bobs back up
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the hill. there were only looks Of adfniratiop
for 1t, and boasting Charlie boasted no more
Up and down they went four times. eacn
time coasting faster than before The fourth
time, they paused to rest at the bottom before
the hard climb back
wouldn't 1t be fun to coast miles ana
miles down mountain" said Peggy.
And wouldn't 1t be fun IL we had some
thing to pull us up hill?" said Billy Belgium
Would you like, that?" asked the rasgedy
chap.
I'VE surely would" declared Billy and
Peggy together.
"Then your wishes shall be granted said
the raggedy chap, and with that he TOOK
a tiny whistle from his pocket and blew upon
1t piercing blast.
THE astonishing response TO the tohistle
Of the Rdggody chap tuill be told foni0-
TOtC,J rs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02
DANCE FOR SOLDIERS
Wounded and Disabled Americans Re.
turned From War Will Benefit

The wounded and disabled Americans are
returning rapidly to our camps In order
that they may have every comfort and
luxury, Miss Margaret Hetzell and a group
of women are to give large dance on
Monday December 9, at Moose Auditorium
The patronesses are 20 be Mrs. Edward T.
Stotesbury. Mrs Joseph b, Mccall, Mrs
Alfred NJ Gray, Mrs. George N. Urquhart,
Mrs. Walter IL. johnson. Mrs. Ellis Gimbel,
Mrs. Jules Mastbaum. Mrs. John Ford, Mrs.
Joseph d. Israel Mrs William Ware, Mrs
Joseph snellenburg. Mrs. r. Lulsenbach Mrs
George Edmonds. Mrs, Henry Vessels, Mrs.
sydney Bennett, Mrs. william Abrahams,
Mrs David Mccoach. Miss Fennimore. Mrs
Woodward. Mira Giroy and Mrs Simmons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02
WAR POSTERS ON DISPLAY
Club Shows Drawings Loaned by Curtis Pub
fishing Company

An exhibition of ninety original drawings
for miniature posters, reproduced and printed
in the November and December issues OF
the Ladies' Home Journal. will be shown
through the courtesy of the Curtis Publish
ing Company at the Sketch Club. 235 South
Camac street, beginning this evening and
continuing till December IA.
The drawings and posters are the work
Of F. F. Bayha, William Hofstetter. s. e.
Lomas, s. A. Liddle Edwin F. Prittie. Will
liam f. Zwirner. the new studio Of Charles
r. Paul and the Associated Artists of Phila-
depha
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02
THE SLEEP CNOMES" Y

I'm this story Peggy aud Billy Belgium
meet acith thrilling experiences high up on
q tnountain.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
r., nIDDY
By DADDY

A conlplet, ner adventure each 1Deek, begin
nisr0 Monday aud ending Saturday
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02
CHAPTER XV-(Continued)

CCEyt,pEt 1913, by the Public Ledger Co.
. CopyriDht pbv Rob" { NJ Mcbride GO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02

A NEW YORK engagement with re.
hmote Philadelphia end to It is of in
terest here. It Is that Of Beatrice Holt
and Ensign Theodore Bliss, U. 8. N. r. +.
Bsatrics Holt Ii New Yorker and Theo-
dore Bliss Is from Springfield. Mass. but
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02

(To BE CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02

Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Barr. OF 4721 Hazel
avenue, announce the engagement of their
daughter NJ IS Virginia Henderson Barr, to
Mr.. G. Wallace Davis Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs G. W. Davis, of 5012 Hazel avenue
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02

PHILADELPHIA'S LEADING THEATRES
Direction LEE J. J. SHUBERT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-02

Lieutenant Joseph d. Seiberling Otolaryn-
golist of Base Hospital No. rs. Camp Green
leaf, Ga, is spending ten days leave with
his family at his home, 1907 Arch street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-04
Home To Be Provided
For Newspaper Workers

New York, July A home for news
paper men will stand as memorial to
James Gordon Bennett, late owner OF
the New York Herald and the New
York Evening Telegram, according to
the terms of the will made public to.
day. The home will be built on Man
haitian Island.
The publisher, who died in France,
left several annuities, among them one
of $4,000 for the widow, Maud, in lieu
of her dover rights. After annuities
have been provided for the residue of
the estate shall 60 to the fund for tine
erection of the home, and the incomes
from the Herald, Telegram and the Paris
edition of the Herald shall go to pro.
vide for the home.
To enter the home it win be neces
sary to have worked ten years on q
New York newspaper. Publishers of the
papers will nominate those who seek to
enter the home.
Included in the will was bequest of
81, 900 to Mrs. Carrie Wright, formerly
Miss Carrie May; a beautiful Maryland
girl, to whom the publisher wasonee en-
gagged. Bennett andt he girl brother
fought duel after the engagement had
been broken by the girl. in which May
missed and Beunet then fired in the
air. Both principals fled after the duel
to avoid arrest.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-04
MORE DEADLY THAN
A MAD DOGS BITE

The bite of rabid dog is no long.
or deadly, due to the now famous Pas.
teur Treatment, but the slow, living
death, the resultant of poisoning of the
system by deadly uric acid is as sure
and inevitable as day follows night.
No other organs of the human body
are so important to health making as
the kidneys and bladder. Keep your
kidneys clean and your bladder in
working condition and you need have
no feaH Of disease. Don't try To cheat
nature. II is cruel master. Whenever
you experience baekache, nervousness,
difficulty in passing urine, "get on
the job" Your kidneys and bladder
require immediate attention. Don u de.
hy This is the time to take the bull
by the horns. GOLD MEDAL Haar.
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over two hundred years they have prov
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and bladder. 1t is world famed rene
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ever 200 years.
II you have been doetoring without
results, get a box Of GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules today,
Your druggist sells them. Absolutely
guaranteed or money refunded. Beware
Of limitations Look for the name
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-04

Tacoma, Wash, July 4.-Under the
wires, to the strains of the national
anthems of the five big countries at
war as allies, quintet of the speediest
racing automobiles will be sent away
here this afternoon in the Liberty
Sweepstakes event of $50 miles for
which purse of $4,000 is to be given
to the drivers.
PuMen, Durant, Cooper, Lewis and
Hearne, five of the greatest racers in
the United States will appear on the
track in the colors of five nationali-
ties Durant represents Belgium, Pull
len follows with the Tri Colors of
France; then comes the lion of Great
Britain, carried by Lewis. Hearne,
representing Italy follows and Earl
Cooper, probably the most popular rae
er that ever appeared on the Tacoma
speedway, will represent Uncle Sam.
The racers will be stripped of their
flags and sent away, in what is ex-
pected to- be- the fastest racing events
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-04
Four Citizenship
Applicants Failed

-Four applicants for citizenship fail
ed of acceptance yesterday in the
court of Judge Bingham before the
federal officers sent from Portland to
question applicants.
William Francis Wall was rejected
as he had not properly made out his
declaration of intention, believing that
"a residence of a certain number of
years made it unnecessary. The law
regarding citizenship was changed a
few years ago and he had not been in
formed.
In answer to the question as to why
he had delayed his citizenship, Thomas
H. Clark, born in England, said that
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-04
Are You One Of Them7

Theme are great many people who
would be very much benefited by tax.
ing Ohamberlain's Tablets for weak
or disordered stomach. Are you one OF
themR Mrs. M. R. Searl, Baldwinsville,
N. Y, relates her experience in the use
of these tablets; II had bad spell
with my stomach about six months ago,
and was troubled for two or three
weeks with gas and severe pains in the
pit of my stomach. One druggist ad-
vised me to take Chamberlain s Tab
let's. | took bottle home and the first
dose relieved me wonderfully, and
kept on taking them until / was cur
ed. " These tablets do not relieve
pain, but after the pain has been re-
lieved may prevent its recurrence.