davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Washington Journal., 1918-01-04
@0ridan uarnt ieiuOIide anstdu'

Wari1al uarnt ieinbIiGe AHStGn'
Der.
Cine Bornun9. OnB bic Aesierung
niht 3ogern nirS. ie6en feinolihen
G~uSl1n0cr 3a iuterHieren. fnuS c8
notig mir0ss. Inn ben aries 5n eespin.
men, ip,,roe flr5Ii1 in Neu Yorf bon
8unoe8moridon 9bomaS 8. Wc.
nrtbp III elmer Mece c%rIoIIen, Sic
bnilptiGhlid bon 0eutI9omerifaner.,
aebort tpurSe. @cgartbp forScrte
feline 8ub0rer ouf, oieie 8otItaft il.
rem S5reunSeu Sl,outraeen unS ibrcn
Elm fir ale MoI au ingen. BAY ameri.
Ia nienlals einen Sebli6Ing in il.
genoeiner Sot,e Ju beracibnen &C.
bobt bat, bic eS nnteruommen bot.
. Gin Wonn nit feds oSer iiebctl
Bcnerntionell hon Imerifanern bin,
ter linn mag Gin Re9t bober, fidI
iiber Die @erb1Ltniiie bier al beIdne'
rem. iogte McGartAp. ~Aber Elm
@nun. Der aus einem freul0en 9au0G
bierberfommt. ionte fir feline 3rei.
belt bier 10 oonfbnr iein. baE CT OieiC
bon einem Gnoe 0es 2nnoes bis S,rn'
anAeren olSrnfen iollte".
Washington Journal., 1918-01-04
acnfaameritauii4er &atiOuaIbnuO.

@m 81. Ronember 1917 IouS in
Chicago eiue Gisuula ser @geeutiue
uuO Der Observation-Disclosures Oes 8ati.
oualbun6eS inter Dem 8orft 0cS
BrdliSenteil Or. 6. 5. Seramcr Itatt.
IuBer Dem BoritaHo tparen i3
Stanteu bcrireteH. Ole @eridte Der
8lnoeSbcnmteR iuur0cn miinoIid ob.
e~tstben. Bonn 8orfiber Sobn Giorfs
bonn SiIfsfaIIen &omite log 4 Die
SdluBobrehnung iibcr Die SilfsgeI,
Der im 9etrage BON $S86,77O.i Is
Dor, meIhe BON eIuer &u0itorcufir.
ma in Baltimore gebriift un0 rittte
%6eiunoen woroen lit. uno 6te 8ortc
Der Nnerfenuung fir oic f6bige ituS
geluiiienboFte @ertuaItuug nn6 Der
telling Der @eloer benz 8orIiber son.
Ell; 0emielben luuroe ein Danfe8oo.
tim olIsaebroht uno feline gntIaSlung
ongeuomnpu.
Inter ben @eihIiillen 1T sn CT,
WdbueM Dab Die 3peisc Ser GtootS.
'erb1noe eriuht neroen onSueeben,
pieOieIe ibrer MitaIieoer aI8 ScI0o,
ten unlcrer Mrulee ilno Moriue ing
5elo ge5ogen fro. Ser WotionaIbuno
lol Damn enc ~8MiommenIteIung
MAIDEN. oomit Ipdterc @eIdIetter
un6 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. eriobrcn fon'
nen. tpic Sic 9eutftomerif1uer. Die
inherent 2on6e salhporeue Ereue ge,
balien baben. Die Relignntion oes
9unee8prdli6euteu laa Dor. Or. 6,
IS. 3eralnar Fiihrte aus. DAB Die olt5
regeu0e uuo nuiretbenoe T1tigfeit in
ben Iesteu Sobreu feline @eIunobeii
ultergraGen babe. Io5aB es tbal bcim
beiteu @iiIen uHmdGItf Sei. nod;
lGnger I'M @mte 5u berbIcibeH. mi
oaB er oe5holb GuF Aunnbuie iciner
81 i:anatien b2ftebe.
Or. @eroner tolrSe eiuItimmig
ourb Grbeben bon ben Giban. gun,
Observation-Disclosures crfudhIt.
4Is nelier 8uuSesprGliSent w,ir.
DC Serr @. o.. bon 8olfe ron Delo,
mare criudblt. DerleI6c lit in Ame-
rita geboreu. bat in DeutIdInno Ttl'
6ient. fenut Die ScutIhameriTaniIht
@eifihte griinSlid, uno lit Elm nils
ec5eidneter @eoner; er lit no@ eli,
iinger Maun nit hobeN S6eaIen.
@err bon @oile lit Elm @eiItli6et
ciH GROCER Teil 6eS omerifonilG)er
8oIfe8 miro i'm oesboB n,ebr @e.
b0r Idenfen mogcn.
Gle iibrigen @cnntten DurOen mel.
ItenS cinitimmig piebereeip6bIt. MIs
iteltc Disqualification Duroen oiC
Serren Or. GbnS. 8. BeinSbera
let. 2ouig. l,no Or. O. 8. 9iscl. @uf
Falo, crw1blt. MaeprGIioent Or. s.
s. Gommold) bon BortIono. Oreg
1T snr 8eit ais aiIiitcnsor5t In DC,
armee i'm 8elOInaer bei Sort Geo
~bennortb, aoniaS.
Die Sroge Der abbolrln9 uno an
bernumllna Der n1fiteu Bunocsto
gung 1T oen B~orItdnOen ser GtontS
per66noe CUR gutiheiOuRs untcr5rei
tet.
Ger nel,e 8llnoe8prdIibent BOT ur
term /. DECEMBER cine 8otId,aFt al
Die Mitglieoer bes RattonaIbitnOeI
erlalicn; mir peroeu in Der nGdHtel
Summer oieier 8eitunS barauf Su
riidfommen.
--6aitaO 8fu6cr.
Washington Journal., 1918-01-04
-Oberridter Gobinoton bonn bic.

fgen Obergeriht bat eeitottet. bob
3oS @eridtsboiis I'M Gmor1 @ebGloe
IN Der /. uno . ctr. N..8.. t1gIidy
BON 2 ltbr unHmittogs Bis 10 llbr
abenbs fir Regiltrierenoe often itebe.
is Suriiten un0 elm Rihter 6es
0bcrgeriftes tuer0en ontueIeno fein
uuo ben &esiitrierenoeH beim Nus,
iillIen oes SroeebogenS bebiIfIid
iein. Der Grogehcger 1T non gro
Sem 0ienlte fir bag 2ono uno feline
militdrii@en 8orbereituneen.
Die bieii9e TeIepbon @eieGidoft
6eobfidtigt, elm erobes @ebGuoe fir
ibre GngSteGten 5i erribten, Die felt
Dem &riege bort benotigt noren. DoS
aroBe @obnuneseebdiioe ion an Der
IA. Ctr. uno String Rooo gebaui
Nueroen.
-Robert &oroiIon bon &cntl,dr
trot bier ieinen neuen Soften ols $50.
Ii3cirihter am Dienstog an. 8idteS
SorOiion 1T 9o9foIger oes Rifters
%iteb. @r %leiItete ben GID in bic
SGnoe ocs Midtcrs Mu1utunp.
-am icIben Gage. on benz Br6ii-
bent 8iIion Die onterifoniiden Gi-
Ienbahncn in oen Aeeierungsoienlt
'taIlte, feierte er ieinen 81. @eburts.
tag. 9ie oiesjdbrige Seier fnno nur
IN 9eiiein Der unmitteIboren So.
miIie beg GrGlioenten itott. Slid.
'unid)tclegromme fomen aus alien
@eItteiIcn. Ger 8r6lioent erfreui
d trot ieiner idlpierigen 4rbeit eli.
rer guten @eIun0beit.
@or fi,raem neritorb bier Gern.
tor Sroncis @. Netplono8 bon Hcbo.
a 9os 8eardbniS fono orf BEN
0of Sill 6rieobofe itott. 8rGfioeni
miIion. feline Satin, MitgLieoer oe2
2abinetts ionic Diplomoten, Nit'
'Iieoer oe8 RongreIies iotpie bic Rid).
Ter nobmeu oil Der 2ei1enfeier unO
en- @eer1bnis tell.
-llniere ReeierunG 9iebt ben Sor,
en- beS Qua6cS Den Snscg Stat.
Siibner 5u boIten uno gier binig All
Den Morft 5u bringen. lin oobei
ri crfoIgreih 5u iein, ioIIen Die
Gormer i'm 8inter tportne Siibner'
b6uier nnterboIten. B1rme lit gum
2egen bon giern erforoerIid.
--am Greitoe, ben %. DECEMBER,
bcritorb in Der 8obnuug ibrer God
fer, Der 6rau q. garee8. 1880 Ste
Ctr. RIB. Trau 9orOtben Baloc
i'm 81. 2ebensiobre. Dn8 8egrab.
mis- Fon6 am Montog, ben 81. De3em,
Der, ouf benz 9roipect Sin Grieobcfa
Itntt.
YIN Donnerstog boriger 8oht
nntroe Gem Soper8 gum @roBmeiiter
scr Sreimourer oes 0iitrifts 60.
rumbio ertudblt uno in iein nelies
Imtt eingefubrt. Bet oieier @ele'
1enbeit iuuroen aud bic an0ercr
Mnurerbenmten eineeiest.
Der 9reoiger g. g. 50. Dreu
ser Cosmopolitan 8optiItenfirhe er.
slGrtc oicier Sage, DAB eS in 8nib,
notion 1000 Ncgerinnen aebe, biz
Nrbeit iuden. 5alt ale poIlen Sni,s-
prbeit berridteu.
Dos 2ebren Der Oeutihen Gpra.
re in ben nSiab SdooIs" oes Diff.
rifts miro fortgelebt merOen, nad oel
Fusioqe bieiiger SfuIbcamten. 0it
hiilcrSobl in Der 0eitid)sn @btei'
nra Der einaeInen Sigh G6ools III
robrafoY(en, 9ofiir berlonoen oit
~dliiIer Trona0iiidj ODER Sponiih
7ar 5hafouficbcr. SEER Grnelt 8
hurTton erfIdrte, ooB Sic Nodfro'
nod oclitfhem llnterridt nod grof
6erner Iprod) er fid 6abin aus
IS man bier nidit beoblittiee. GteI,
n oic iiG oltf Oie ocuti9e Wotior
'nO oen Saiier in lobcnoer @eiie be.
'nhcn. ol,s3uloiien. Sobn 8balen
NForiirr bes Siab SHool &omites
m Nep gorf. erfI6rtc neuliA, ooE
0ol,ti9 cine tote Sprofc iei.
Washington Journal., 1918-01-04
DGoncOrSio 1emcinbt".
20. uuS 8 StroBc q. N.

a(bgciebeu bonn Rorgengottesoienlt
an 8eiluodltStose Uerinmmelte lih
Die @erueinSe nit ben &inoern 3llr
6cier Der GountogihuIe am abefio
ocS 26. DECEMBER. 8or Der eigeutIi
fjen 6eier fpieIte Die g. g. &opeae
Bic alien Beibuoht8IieOcr. oeren cine
gauge @u5obl bon Den 5eitig grihie-
ueuen irel,oie mitgeiuueen wuroe.
Roh0em Ole &iuOer III Oeu &irhen.
rnum ciugetretel aparen, fam elm ge.
oruft pp~rIicseu6eS Broeromm our
Durdfiibutng. dtf meIhem aIte uuo
neue 2ieoer nit Deflamationen ,ul0
&niprad)en abiuehieIten. Ole @t.
teiluns DER aIeinen Itano unter Der
2eihlng Der Sri. RortbiIoe &olb,
ISABELLA 8Inubod, CHA &rieg uno
6rieoo 0~6ersbauIeu. SRI. Gmilp
Sung l~ieferte cine @iolinmntmer
uno 3eiste nit o%erieIbcn. ooB lie cine
io~rgfdItisc. iIeiBiae Mufferin lit.
Ser 9u9o Borb bate toieoer Elm
GIapicr Jur 8erfiieuns seIteIt. 10
nit fonntert lid OrgeI, &labier imo
Srheitcr in Der 8eeIeituns Der Sic.
ser cereinigeu, mas @ieIeu our red,
ten 5reuoe tuuroc. Sm Ordeiter
ipieItcn @m. Santelmom IT,, sra.
RE Meu3el md 60. Graz /. 0ioline.
emilio Sung. Gffebaro Sen5e llno
Seurp GbaOeu 3. gioIine, &opbael
&oeiter. @ioln; Olga @en5eI. @eao;
Sarrp @einers, alarinette. @nStott
@oben ST cmpfoneeu, trltgep ole
@lieoer Der SonntoeThuIe mieOer
E@aben 5uiammeu fir 9rrne nno
Silf5bebiirftigc. DieIc @aben tom.
men, ic mad 8cOirfnis. SIR Bcrtei.
lung.
Der SpIpelter @otteS0ienIt ian0
Moutog I'm 8 llbr in Der 8npene
Itatt inter s,lter 8eii,f,. Dos Cert
mort Iuutete. noh 8ioIm IS, 23 uuo
fogG 4ennodl bleihe iE ftpt8 az sir.
oeun on hdIit ntidj Bel meiner redtelr
Sa1o. Ou ieiteIt mid noG OeiHem
Rat mo nin,mit mid enoIih nit CD
rem on. 8cun i'd MIR DID babe. 70
rage id) niht nod Simmel mo CIR.
Dc; luenn mir gleiA 2eib un6 SeeIc
perIdmnGten. 10 bilt Oh sod. Soft.
oIleSeit, mcineS Screens TroYt ur,6
nein &eiI. - Cine 4nsobT Ser An.
~pcieuOen fam ser a,lTforoerunq mad
uno OerloS ODER reciticrte Ghrift
Ntenen un0 2ieoerperie. bic Sih 5lir
| 6eier 6e8 @benos eianeten.
Der 6rouenberein o%eriommelte
Iid) RittIpod Rohmittog; Ieioer fat
onS 5Anaeuetter Dem 8eIut redten
Gintraa. 10 oaB sic critic 8crIomm,
lung oeS SobreS nidt 0as nurSe. mas
otc @cnmten germ oorouS gemodt
b1tten. Gie BrGiioentin, Trou G.
ghomforot. fonate obcr onSetoen,
Sab 0tc Ginnobmen 0es Fiir0lihen
misunderstanding beoeitten0 beIIer
~aeluor6eil. ais man ielbit mad ben
frenoigcn GrrDnrtungen Der letter
8erIommlin9. bate boIien f0nnen.
Die Cite Der 8ebnrtstnGSfinSer mies
Sic folgcn6cu Namen auf: 1rolieil
Selnnls. GtanS. S. Mcinhor0t. 8otb.
Gain. Sobu RoIb nnS Fri. Marie
@i0mnier.
Sonnt1a Worgcu. I'M oelttld,en
@~otteSoienite AM II llbr. ioG Sic
fTeier 0e8 SeiligeM MGelomoble2
tottIin6en. aben0B lit guQliidser
@ottes0ienft ttm TAG ubr. R1dSte
Bo6)e. 0onnerstdg abcuo I'm s lIbr.
ipiro beionSerS gum Ge~bctsgctteB.
hienite einaelooan, Den man uGd'
lGnger gciibtem 8rolh III Gimme.
ruug an bic @ebrtsmohe neS Wene,l
SnhreS fp:arf
Washington Journal., 1918-01-04
Stride nnb gep5delte gMWeinS'
fn5dle iOiuie hcdfeines SdWeiae
4, fleiiGl.
%nbIera,
532 Center nnb f8 Miaas RnrFt.
acin srnt6abnIdmans in Sranfreidl.

Ole MebraobI Der cmerifoniiden
Tsolooten in Tronfreid mrBte iif OBJ.
ne 0os ertpnrtete @eibnndtSmohI be.
Fdeibcn 0n Elm goufbootnnariff auf
in Gdift ouf benz bic 8reiieIbeeren
,um Gnmnu8 bef0roert ipnroen. 6ns
Sdiff 3ur llmfebr aipnng. un6 5lpei
shiFfe, ouf oenen oie Trlttbiibner
s;niiber eebroGt per6en ioIItcn, 10
'odt ausliefen, ooB fie u~nmoalid)
~cdlt3eitig IN GrnnfreId eintreffeii
fonnten.
Washington Journal., 1918-01-04
WINS Den Wtretnsfreilen

Wa&ri$kn iii tkt 9vais rsEgtn 10 fpskisuS Witt
pea Aeltiast IA vuftE Htrastleu lslr. rsan fs IN tsf
@cts Gafrahms frtsu featn.
Washington Journal., 1918-01-04

G&tte Tranlinrter naS 8uadwara,
rein npS uuberiGIidt ga bnbeu hci
8IhIegD,
532 GcHters auS Is MieaS Marft.
Washington Journal., 1918-01-04

2undroil. @enlloai, wirfliMe 0elifo.
tcKcm, iin6 AT haben BEL:
SIbIcrs,
532 Center nnb Is @igss NGrtt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-01-18

orifice between the window and the
frame. And then Ali himself had
pushed open the window and entered
the house of his enemy-the house of
the desecrator of Buddha's altar.
At one side of the room there was
great vault. The man for whom they
were waiting came from beyond the
inner doors. He reached up and
pushed the levers which held them.
Then he came out toward the room
where Ali, the avenger, was crouched.
But his hands were empty-the
Buddha was hidden away.
Before he could close the outer
doors, which the East Indian knew
if the only man who possessed the
secret combination which opened them
were dead, the curtains at the window
parted and Ali leaped across the room.
In his hand was the knife which the
young priest of Buddha had conse-
Grated to revenge twenty-five years be-
fore. The knife lifted, flashed and fell.
Christopher McRay reeled and stag
gered to chair. And then the priest
of Buddha spoke in a voice which held
the pent-up hatred of twenty-five
| years.
DO you remember me?" asked Ali.
Gasping in agony, McRay looked at
! his enemy.
And now Buddha's vengeance was
ompleted-Christophe McRay knew
that death was upon him. For this
he had waited through long years. The
terror of this had walked at his side.
1t had made him the victim of secret
| fear.
The Indian Mahmud spoke again,
and at the bitterness of his tone
crept closer to the door.
But Buddha-where is BuddhaT
cried the other Indians.
you do not ask, Where is Ali Jai-
belT Do you forget your master? II
was he who went in search of the
god." said Mahmud, and his smile be-
came still more evil.
"where, then, is Ali Jaibel?" AS the
! Indians moaned the words they
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-01-18

beautiful young girl who came out
from home to be his bride.
There was nothing in all the world
he was not ready to win for her and
lay as tribute at her feet.
One day the young captain took her
to view the inside of queer little
stone temple which excited her Curl
osity. 1t was a stone-walled room
with a stone altar at the rear. On
this altar stood a squat figure about
ten inches high. 1t was an image of
Buddha carved out of flawless black
marble.
The captains young bride glowed
with pleasure when her eyes fell on
the exquisitely carved figure. 1t be-
came the desire of her heart and she
begged her husband to buy it for her.
AT once he determined to get it.
There was a young priest kneellng
before the altar. The captain offered
him all the money he had brought
with him, never doubling that the
cupidity of the East would put the
Buddha at once in his possession. But
the priest drew back in horror and or
dered them angrlly from the temple.
The girl cried little bit-the heat,
the loneliness and the disappointment
made her petulant
The husband could not bear her
tears-he determined that what could
not be purchased could be taken; but
first he would make one more effort
to buy the idol. That night he visited
the stone temple again. The same
young priest was tending the altar.
The captain entered and went to his
side. But now anger met the demands
of the "cursed Englishman." The
priest was young and hot-blooded. He
drew knife and threatened the cap
| tain.
Then the hot-blooded young Eng
lishman tore his revolver from 1T
holster in self-defense and in attempt
ing to strike the knife from the priests
hand he brought down the heavy but
on the Indians head. The priest fel
senseless before the altar of Buddha
! E,r mnmant fright held the Eng
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-01-18

lishman chained to the spot. Then the
knowledge of how he had offended the
priest caste terrified him for a moment
and he started to make his escape.
But there was a daredevil streak in
his blood.
The young captain stopped over the
senseless body of the priest and seized
the squat black figure of Buddhn.
The young English captain sped
home to his bride with the stolen idol.
Silence In the Temple of Buddha.
And then-perhaps 1t was vision of
the young priests distorted mind, per-
haps the mystery of the East holds
some strange possibilities which we of
the West can never Understandable
suddenly queer radiance Lit the
empty altar. and 10 Buddha himself
stood upon 1t and then stepped slowly
to the ground.
He lifted the knife which had fallen
from the young priests nerveless hand
and held 1t out to his votary. Slowly
the Brahmin raised his head, took the
knife and then the vision of Buddha
faded from his eyes.
Dut tht yOuh6 Piltot hHtW uiS Cult
-Buddha must be avenged. The
god had given his command.
And If Jimmy Barton had stood out
side of the house to which he had fol-
lowed the mysterious East Indian he
would have heard the story of the
theft of Buddha told by the young
priest himself.
For Ali Jaibel. Rajo of Calcutta. was
the priest and Christopher McRay the
Englishman on whom Buddha had
commanded him to take vengeance.
Twenty-Five years had elapsed. But
the East Is patient.
When Jimmy and 1 found the de-
serted house where, just that after
noon, Ali had told his. followers the
story which l have written down for
you-the story of the Stone God-lt
stood silent and forbidding.
We found the door open. Quietly
we crept in through the dark entrance
hall. Jimmy led the way up a narrow
flight of stairs. Beneath one door we
saw betraying crack of light.
A voice of slow musical cadence
the voice of the East-was speaking.
From the heart of the jungle, where
the first chapter was written twenty
five years before, to the heart of west
ern civilization the second chapter of
the story of the Stone Gods vengeance
carried us. Here it is:
Early that evening Ali and Mahmud,
the teller of the tale, had gone in
motor cab to house far out in the
suburbs.i Alis knife had made an
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-01-18

Beatrice Fairfax-you want to
help me-" muttered the girl vaguely
And then she fell to sobbing.
This was Dorothy's story: She
loved Donald Jordan, the man whom
the policeman had placed under ar
rest. Her father had felt strange
animosity toward the young lawyer,
but never until that afternoon had he
taken a violent stand in the matter.
That day. however, he had come
upon Donald and Dorothy and had
fairly torn his daughter out of the
arms of the man she loved.
Then he had ordered Donald out of
the house. TIE younger man replied
angrily, and the two almost came to
blows. Finally Donald had raised his
hand in fury and had shouted wildly !:
'I'l marry her and heaven help you
IL you stand in my way"
"Well," said Dorothy, "after Don
said that he just glared at father for a
moment and then he rushed out of the
room. Father was so angry that 1
couldn't face him, so I came up to my
room.
Il didn't know what to do. Then 1
saw the Evening Journal lying on my
table and ! thought of you. Oh, I'm
glad 1 wrote-you will help me, won't
you, Miss Fairfax? / can't bear 1t
alone. Father dead and now Don a
murderer. It's too AWFUL
Then, suddenly Jimmy stepped for
ward-debonalr, smiling Jimmy, whose
frinn1tU erriu satrobt ut
of this frightened girl.
"One question more, Miss McRay.
How does Jordan happen to be here?
If You can give us a good reason for
that / think / may be able to prove
that he isn't murderer"
Just after I had mailed my letter
to Miss Fairfax the phone rang. L
was right down in the hall, so l an
swered it. 1t was Don. He told me
but that once we were mar
ried there was nothing he could do
about ii.
Don begged me to elope with him,
and 1 decided to do it this very eve
my courage held out. /
had my suitcase all packed and the
night lock on the door thrown off, so
Don could come in and get me-"
80 that's how he happened to be
in the house tonight. He came for you
not for your father" said Jimmy.
-. Now / must ask my readers to
come back with me and listen to
story which came to us later on from
strange sources.
Twenty-Five years before young Off
Ger of the British army in India married
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-01-18

the Biltmore class. and then marched
over to the hotel. The clerk was po-
lite enough. but he informed me after
he'd gotten his call-down over the
phone that Ali Jaibel, Rajo of Calcut-
Ia. was not giving interviews.
II stood at the desk and did some
heavy thinking. If this chap didn't
wnnt to give interviews all the more
reason J. Barton wanted to interview
him. While was thinking up way
Dame Fate played into my hands.
Along comes strnight-haired, dark
compiexioned boy who had. the map of
East India all over his Broadway
clothes.
He got by when couldn't. for after
eis majesty All Jaibel got word over
hs phone OF his last visitor Mister
AAAsk sinza = hAll and a Dage comes
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-01-18

you want to be an aid to your enemy?'
1 had struck the right note My
words made an impression on the emo
tional Fasteners.
At last they decided TO carry US
into an inner room and leave Mahmud
to guard US while they conferred and
decided how to dispose of us.
/ turned to the window and brnzen-
ly and openly signaled to the pitiless
empty space. where I knew all too well
no friend lurlSed in readiness to help
us.
Mahmud sprang to the window to
see what hidden re-enforcements there
might be without. And in the same
moment Jimmy's fingers found the
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-01-18
FOURTH EPISODE
The Stone God.

wonder what would have been
Donald Jordan's fate If Howard
Barnes, city editor of the Journal, had
not noticed an fnconspicuous item In
an exchange, / wonder what would
have been the end of Dorothy Nc
Rays love story If James Barton, re-
porter, had failed to make good on
the seemingly simple, but really very
difficult, assignment which Barnes
gave him one morning.
The strange tale began when this
letter was brought to me at the close
of my days work:
Dear Miss Fairfax:
My father has quarreled with the man
l love. Would It be right 10 eiope7 Could
you come and talk with me?
DOROTHY MRAY.
go Pelham Road,
New York city.
There was nothing particularly
startling about that letter, and II 1t
had come to me with the regular mnil
of the day l suppose 1 should never
have noticed 1t. But 1t just happened
that this letter came In at the psyche
logical moment when 1t was bound to
claim attention.
/ was ready to close up my desk for
the evening when Jimmy Barton came
into the office looking puzzled and dis
couraged.
Utter detection appeared to have
possession of the usually smiling jim
my so decided on little home mis-
sionnry work and invited Mr.. Barton
to come home with me for dinner.
He insisted that he hadn't time for
that. but that he'd like to take me out
30 dinner and tell me his troubles. Just
as we were leaving, the letter of which
have told you came. l picked 1t up
carelessly enough, glanced at it and
put 1t In my pocket-and 1t dropped
to the floor just when Jimmy and l
were finishing dinner In quiet cor
ner of the English grill.
Jimmy picked 1t up and frowned at
the square, heavy English writing.
Looks more like a love letter than
letter about love-" he complained.
/ read 1t idly and started to put It
back In my pocket. 1t seemed an ordi-
nary enough case--and hate to inter
fere between parents and children.
showed the letter across the table.
Jimmy read it-eagerly he reread IL
,hen he leaned across the table and
spoke in queer, breathless voice.
''Fate seems to be writing another
story for us to work out in collabora-
ton, Miss Beatrice 220 Pelham
road :. 1t looks to me as If we were
On the track OF something big. Have
you fifteen minutes to spare? I'd like
to tell you what looks to me like
part of this girls story. VIII you lis
ten?
Barnes handed me jolt this morn
ng when he gave me what looked like
4 baby assignefnent for fifteen dollar
4 week cub reporter. Here's the clip
fing he had blue-penciled for me to
follow"
Jimmy handed me crumpled clip
ping, the head OF which read:
AIndian Prince at Biltmore.
7ajo All Jaibei Arrives From Cal
cutta."
Through the smaller type of the
ITEM below this head was blue line
ind penciled across it in Barnes
icrawl Interview this fellow"
Looks like a fine assignment,
Doesn't it?" grinned Jimmy. "Well,
this is what 1t led to. had shave
and shine to doll up and get into