davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

and got her attention from what was happening.
 There was no occasion for scare" . Leely said. "Ehet fire was all outside. Some fool started 1t all by jumping up and 'acteanniAg. s
 r Her father came back, gloomy and swearing. s- Tits shame just when wed got this thing started on pay < ing basis,S he growled.: "What'd you < stnp playing for. Leeiy? Why didn't s you ge right on when you saw what was uP7"
 ; .It got up on athe piano bench and ; talked.to the crowd, father" Leely am : si~erad qustly Then this man gave me his little girl."
 I've besn thanking your daughter for what she did," the man answered. She seems to be wonderfully clear headed"
 He began to talk to her father. Lee ly learned that his name was Theron Dodge, and that he worked for the "Expr~ss," and that he was willing to help them out with a little notice in the next daily bulletin. All this pleas ed her father and he was in fairly good humer when they closed up the : tfeater and went home together. 7. Leely never expected to see Theron Dodge ar Elsie again, but to her sur prise they were at the show next even- ing After the first act Elsie brought Leely box of carnations. They were the first flowers the girl had ever re- ceived, and she told the man 30 when she thanked him.
 After that he and Elsie came about twice week and always sat in the
 sans 4placs. And theg never went eul
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20
A T ale Of A Spetter

memory, and maybe 1t will serve to pass the time. It's one of those ex- periences that. perhaps, man is bet ter of not to have had, or, if he has, that he is able to'foFget But there are some things you. can't fersets no matter how far you travels and how many years have passed in their wake, ",
 He fell to watching the stars again and said nothing f5r awhile.
 Before wsat 'iato steam, 4ne ccn- tinued presently, Twas second mate on the old bafkentines helanepe, which is now ending her days as.c .cealsnuik in ore of the ports of the North Pa cific. We had for skipper Bully Thompson, a, naA ster with, record for brutality thnt,wasl almost equal to his reputation as a smart navigator. His name was a byword in the boarding houses, and it was, only when berths were scarce that he was? able to shin a crew of hands who had heard of him in the fo-c'stles of other ships. For driving men he was without a peer Often for his own 5. .arnusement ht would like nothing better. than to. send the men aloft to crow Ike as he used to say-watching with dev- ilish glee from the poop their antics on the yard arms.
 My stars what change in the sea faring game nowl Twenty years agt the soul of sailor belonged either to
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

power put the wheel over number of points. It was useless in our hands.
 T looked at the big Finn. In the dim light of the pinnacle his face was ghastly It may have been the cold spray, but he was shaking like @ leaf. His head was half turned around and his eyes fixed, with horror, intently upon something. His lips moved, but I could not hear what he said. If words came, they were drowned ip the roar of the waters and the shriek of the gale through the rigging aloft.
 "And now I saw the sight which l shall never forget. As I said before, it's a terrible thing for man to have had such an experience. It stays with you to the end.
 "FolIowing the mortified gaze of the big Finn<I beheld a strange appari- tion. 2. Tall, commanding, menacing against the taffrail, stood tle figure of the dead skipper. It wore slisssgins ssli and the !, sou-wester lrevealed cs:iK a portion of face, which was SwreaTlSl a in a sardonic sneer.v A red sTeea showed on the brow. The eyes glessn- ed like phosphsrescence from under hethsed Of the cap.
 Y. ttThe sweat started from my every pore and I could have appeared sae 4iesss fear stricken sthan the big Finn &wao seemed on the Sverge of topRlfns sever. Just then I felt, the pressure ol !. ithas little horseshoe against my. breast and saw . vfsion ofsthe., little; gfr
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20
.ELKs GET NOTICE ON
 ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION

2. Postal card notices have been re- ceived here by the Elks from Daniel J. Clifford of Bridgeport, who is the chairman of the committee appoint ed by the Connecticut Past Grand Elk alted Rulers association for the pur- pose of arranging for Connecticuts part in, the Victory convention of the lantic City on July Ill, MT. Clifford advises that an early registration for the big event is absolutely necessary.
 The exalted rulers committee has arranged for registration headquarters at the Hotel Blackstone on the board walk in the famous convention city, and all members from New London and other cities in the state are re- quested to make it their business to register at headquarters, which will me located on the Exchange floor di- rectly above the registration head quarters of the grand lodge. It is the first time in the history of Elkdom that the state of Connecticut will be represented with registration head quarters.
 The committee had also arranged for an all Connecticut banquet to be held on the evening of July ' and all those wishing to attend from this city are requested to state their intention immediately The banquet will be a state affair and a get-together of all of Conneoticut's representatives.
 It is thought likely that the largest number of local Elks that ever at tended any of the Elk conventions will go to Atlantic City for this Victory convention and it is the aim of the Past Exalted Rulers association com mittee to have the Nutmeg state take a large part in the activities of the convention.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

felled the captain like an OK. Bully
 Thompson died cursing.
 :" The ship will never reach home
 he vowed before he passed out. Re
 member, hs laughed. with the death
 rattle, in his throat. The ship will
 never reach-'< vsa-
 7. "The consul investigated the case, and upon the testimony of the men that he had struck the captain in self defense, the big Finn was given his
 lihsrty. 7, Five of the hands deserted and we had to snip as. many. Chfleaas to make up. a full, coIspanv : The big Tian, however, ,sullenfy. stuck to his berth. ' 5The$ HPst mate. took command
 offthe barksntihe, and after the dis
 charge of our lumber cargo, we sauar- ed away fn ballast for CalIao, where we were to load a cargo of nitrate for home. .s
 B, "The crew was restless. Those who had remained were continually talking about the old mans threat. Their fears had been communicated to the Chifeans and as the days passed it 7. YVES with difficulty that the mate and < could get them to stand watch un- 5 less three of them were together They seemed to scent the supernatural.
 "As we neared our destination we ] raniinte violent storm. which put the d&eks sawash and stripped us of sev- 7 efal pieces of canvas. In the grave { situaEien of the moment, battling against the elementa, the fears of the
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

There was something she could do at last.
 Leely gave up school and joined, her parents. For three years she played in various ring picture places, for they were sth. ayJ on the wing. Eesne- times they had money and sometimes they had none. It was a precarious existence
 At last they came to Wes4more and opened the Bijou The Bijou was c long, narrow, dark building built ef concrete. It had been useless q long time, for there, was another and ahaf- ter theater.s However, it is the nsw broom that sweeps cleanest, and the Keevers pictures were soon drawing crowds Ii
 In dim corner near the screen Leely played the old upright plano She had strong wrists, and even saftes eight hours of ragtiuae was not Ss;teo tired to sleep. She nsvar looked al the screen. nor the crowd. for she hat ed both. She hated shet own music She hated the life she lived But for her dreams she would have died.
 One night fire broke out ia the building next to the Bljou and started q panio. Z. There / was q rush for tho < doors Lsely had seea such thi4gs be. fore. Her father was doiag hss Fbss < to quiet the crowd. I4eely. mountsd ths piano stool and began. to tsll thost nearest her who; were trying to crirni over each others backs that thereewa. no danger. He was holding a chilt high over his head. -Leely understood the anxiety in his face. She reache, out and got the child and set her upoI 's' the piano. Then Gheestood hefors he
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20
By Will Seaton

at home. Would I ever get thera again? The ship still held it's con- trary course, but now. with the one thought in mind, mastered every en- e1gy in me, and wrestling the helm from the hands of the big Finn, r put it over so violently that the backeh- tine came about with a shock that nearly rolled the masts out of her.
 "The action was none too soon. Al- most on the instant came the terrify- ing swish and roar of breakers and here and there-thank Godl now on our lee Quarter-showed spirals of foam that marked the jagged fangs of a reef.
 When turned my head again the specter was gone. Only the wind yammered weirdly."
 The mate was looking up at tho stars again.
 E "But the Melanope wasn't lost!" I 7 breathed. ,s ssass "No." returned the mate, slowly. @It $, takes more than one murdered man to tssrd ship to her doom: sas5szsEstsAnd the girl who gave you the < ::ssSseshoe, what of; her" The words s8ere out of my mouth before kpew 5 it
 7..s The soft-yoiced mate made q sound tlike a sob, and. clapping his hand to ;, his forehead as if to ward of 3 mos quito. mouRted> the companionway ts : the bridge wfthoutanswering.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20
WILL ASK CHURCHES TO F.,
 AID THRIFT SUNDAY

Sunday, June 9. will be Thrift Sun day in Connecticut and throughout the United States. In: cooperation with the savings division of the treasury department churches of every denon1i-
 nation, will lend their aid to the na- tiona1 thrift campaign. Pastors of churches have promised to lay before, | their people on Thrift Sunday the | personal and patriotic reasons for per petuating the lessons of sane saving; wise spending, and safe investment which the American people learned l through the self-sacrifice imposed by | the war.
 Each congregation in this state will l receive a direct message from Secre-
 tary Glass of the treasury department 1 to be read from the pulpit, setting forth the reasons why the government 1 is fostering the spirit of thrift as a permanent American characteristic | Pastors have been asked to devote at least a part of their sermons on Thrift Sunday to the subject of saw l ing A letter to. the pastors of all
 denominations. sent by Harold Brad dock, director of the savings division at Washington, reads in part as fol- lows:
 We are hoping you will be able to assist the local savings director in | carrying on the savings campaign in his community. and that you will inn
 press upon the members of the or
 ganizations connected with your church the desirability of careful sav-
 ing for some worthy object. It would 'seem that. in the organizations which
 are desirous for saving for this pur- pose, it would be to their interest to I be enrolled as government savings so-
 cieties. The savings and thrift stamp
 securities offered by the government are so safe and so accessible to the
 investor of such small amounts that
 we feel that they should be well adapted to the needs of any church organization. We also feel that if the
 members of these organizations be- gin investing their savings in gov ernment securities it will aid the
 members to feel that they have a
 more direct stake and interest in their government, and make them more ae-
 tive and intelligent citizens. We are counting on your assistance in this great movement for peace time patri- otism.'
 i Local Connecticut savings directors and all other local representatives o1 the savings division will cooperate with the churches to make Thrift Sunday a success.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

boarding house master or a skipper.
 There was DO redress for the A. B. in
 the courts, and owners didn't inquire
 too deeply into the methods Of their
 captains so long as they made clip passages and kept expenses down. A !: captain whose galley bilIs we're at ekb i? and who kept down. his requests for
 new gear andf clean mattresses for. the F crew was always patted on the back
 by the agents. But I'm gEsiiag away from my story" s-4a3t4s,. 3t4s, se&ss- &ssss- aasttsiaA s@ The mate put. his; hand into his thin shirt and bretlght:; out 8, little :.oBistt suspended on cord. It was c tiny
 silver hersezhpe ,3slSi lilssS4s S4etzss- sse
 You'll laugh he said. quietly, ..but 1. this is what I firmly befisys saved. the
 Melanepe and all haadas going. to fnair {, doom. SsilorMah supsrstftfen, you vail
 say, but it's true As !. for thes little girl who, gave it to me1,..s he ,stagpsd 2 short. .. That's another story he aad- : ed, In whisper. N" < ..ss .sss ss4sssssas f well, what had often been predict :, cd in the spiaces where sailors shohas frorn sthe, sea consregate happsned. ], Ii Z vas just .sucha night, as. thls that we
 lay. h thn harboryefs Guayacail. : The
 captain, coming aboard after an even. ing ashore, went forWaifd: and; The tsukl
 abuse i, of the men s followed ': ] va,
 standing in the waist of the sship. .;wlsea heard cry which was sthe last ut.
 tered by the skipper. One of the hands
 big Finn, with beaayingA pin, hat
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20
g. .,...,. ,.....,. 60 f4 f%


 feet health, and how at about 10 o'clock she had been called home from the office, her mother having been stricken with 8 fatal illness, and ar. irving home just too late. =
 With a broken voice she told of her terrible regret of the horrid things she could remember of saying, and how she would have given anything to Lave asked her mothers forgiveness before she died
 Also of the many little things which she might have done to have made her mothers life a little brighter, but how 1t had all dawned upon her just 0 lit- tie too late. 4 -s,.t
 Jean listened to her friend with tears glistening in her eyes, the girls very earnestness having more effect upon her than all the preaching in the world. e:t>=N
 It was a very thoughtful and seri- ous Jean who entered the office that morning. She couldn't seem to put her mind on her work, and her usually perfect letters came back to her with many mistakes Her eyes continually sought the clock, and at one minute of s Jean was hurrying from the office for her train. -.~
 Upon entering the house. Jean ran up to her mother and kissed her some thing which she had not done for some time, and which caused her mother q little start. and very great lump in her throat. She then told her mother how terribly sorry she was for all ths horrid things she had said, and re- ceived her forgiveness
 The mother has often wondered what caused the change. -4
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

of the building without having some thing to say to ,Leely. ~
 AS for, Leelf, her dream had sudden ly crystallIzed into hope. Shelves so happy that she wondered at hersen. The sight of T. -on Dodge's kind, gentle face con. Sted her fully for the long hours o. ,ed:o,is labor at.the piano and for everything else that had been uHRleasant in her life. Then suddenly her father decided to move on to another town where there was 10 competition. It seemed to 1seely as if she would rather die. That night she told Theron Dodge that they were going away. .........
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

tAAa0 o0ao ' C2 tA6 road with, her pArezts. who were third rate actofs fn { stock company ! She had a uufse anttl. ske ,was eight, and ther she was T1Eintb e'school. VSea- ton timss she spent with friend of fer mother wac rAa . boarding house. Two or three tines year she saw her p6rsuts. Sonstanes sheahad spending noney and good clotlcs, sed stI1se- times she had no naney at all and her cietHes were very bad. ,' ~A.
 Through all these ups and down of fortune LesIy trudged. her innocent way. She studied without making re- marksbls progress. She practical up- sn the piano, without sign of talent, and she read because she was a cheap actors daughter. and the rest she let alone
 Nothing stuck to her, neither frionds nor learning nor moral snudge, When ever Mrs. Reever came to see the girl she sighed over her a great deal.
 You're just like your Granny ' Worth" she said. "I'm sure, Leely, don't know what shall do with. you Leely said nothing, but she wonder. cd what her Grandmother Worth wa. {. hkc.
 "You can't dance for sour applss.'
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20
HARVARD GRADS WIN FIRST RACE

Yale's varsity creY will go to the line a slight favorite in the renewal this (Thursday) afternoon of the an- nual boat race on the Thames with Harvard, but the Crimson oarsmen scored a victory in the preliminary that opened the regatta Thursday af- f ternoon, when Harvard won first blood in the gentlemen's eight race. This event of half mile in length was easily taken by the oarsmen who have sat in Harvard boats in years | past They led their Blue rivals by ! one and quarter lengths.
 The night before" in Norwich and New London was probably the quiet ! est ever known. In this city there was hardly an indication that the big col lege regatta was to take place the next day only If miles away, while in New London it was reported the incoming crowd was far below the usual number, though there had been a constant stream of automobiles into the city from both cast and west all through the latter part of the after noon. Many of Massachusetts cars went through here late in the after noon.
 Yachts Assembling.
 fleet of 30 or 40 yachts. much smaller than in years before the war, had collected in New London harbor by nightfall and will line up along the course on the Thames in time for the races. Thursday night the yachting parties made merry at the hotel at Eastern Point with dances and SUD- per parties.
 Among prominent society people registered at the Eastern Point hotel were J. Ogden Armour and party of 40, Edward Gould and party of eight Mrs. Morton F. Plant and party of ten, Charles Hoffman and party among whose guests was Mrs. Regi- nald Vanderbilt.
 Contrary to early expectations, ho- tel accommodations in New London have been entirely engaged and ob- serevation train tickets for Friday s races were unavailable except few in the hands of spectators.
 The day before was one of com parative ease for the crew men and general interest centered in the course arrangements and the final details for the three races that compose the re- gatta day programme.
 Varsity at 6 p. m. or Later.
 At a conference of crew captains and regatta officials it was decided not to start the varsity four mile race until D. m., and not at that hour unless there was an absence of wind The forenoon races will also be set back a half hour. the freshmen rowing at 10.30 and the second varsities al II o'clock.
 Harvard Wins the Toss.
 In the toss for positions Harvard won the varsity choice and took the cast lans but Yale oarsmen expressed the opinion that the west course was the better, so both were satisfied. IT the junior varsity race Harvard took
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

ting remarks really hurt her mother, which words came back to her many times during the day-and how hard her mother sstrived to; please her.
 immediately upon leaving her ma- ternal dwelling her manner, of speech seemed to change, and upon entering tho TAO, which was to convey her to the city, and spying >a girl acduaint- ancss, with joyous smile she remark cd, What a perfectly lovely day; how I'd love to take a long walk in the country this morning" Her compan- ion replied that it certainly was lovely out, but she could hardly enter into the spirit of the weather on account of the day marking the, second anniver- sary of the death of her mother.
 She told Jean how just two years ago she hadzleft-fer work as usual one morning. leaving her mother in per-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

went on Mrs. Reever in exasperation, "aad yeu haven't any more idea of elo- cutfon than. 8 frog. don't know what you'll turn out ts be. It looks to me as if you'll never be able to take care of yourself, and I'm sure your pa and me. can't do it?fnuch longer. Our last engagement only lasted six weeks, 2 and iseeaness knows where we'll get another. The moving pie lures gre 3nste running the show bust- ness. And as for your getting mar lied. who'll you ,marry2 It's the pret- ty, girls that make gthe good matches, and you can see what you are by look ing in the glass"
 sleeay had: looked in the glass and knew. She had freckies and dull hair and a big mouth, and she was. grave and quiet She was like Granny Worth, her mother said.
 What kipd of woman was Gran ny Worth7' she asked suddenly.
 Mrs. Ksevet sighed "She was the best wenan that ever lived, but she hadn't mite of talent. Ny gifts all come from pas side of the house"
 Leely's eyes locked far. away. "I'n going to be gcods. wenan, too" shs said, solemnly. And some day may. be l shall have home to be good in.
 A year later Mrs. sKevver wrote, tx her daughter, saying rather, bitterly that they were down and ousers" al last, and were giving up the stage for ever. MT. Keever had borrowed a lit tie money and was going into. tn, movie" business. J He would take tn. tickets. she would seil them; they hat bired man to run the lantern ans they wanted Lssly- te esplay+ the piaas
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

It was s bad night and the audience was small. Theron waited till tho show was out, and then he walked out beside Leely, carrylng Elsie. who had gone to sleep. @St
 T feel terrible about this" he said. "Seems iike~I couldn't let you go. Oh. Leely, wish you'd stay-with Elsie and me. We can be married tomorrow if you say so. and I'll be good to you and give you good home" He paused for Leely was sobbing. 4a
 "Oh.s she breathed i've always wanted a horne, but. that's nothing noWnothing at all to the way want Elsie and xoll i,,,g. @ .
Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-20

pree, Norwich, employe. injury left eye, at the rate of $14
 C.. H. Norton. North Westchester, employed and Amasa Lamphere, of North Westchester, employe, infected right hand. at the rate of s6.35.
 P. L. Shea Bottling Co, Nav Lon don. employers, and Sam Muscarillo New London. employe. strained back at the rate of SIP.
 ;, C.. B., Cottrell & Sons Co. stonihg- ton, employers, and Herbert Tourte- lott, Westerly, employe, bruised left foot, at the rate of s553.
 New, London Coal Co.,, New Lon don, employers. and Thomas Donovan New London, employe, sprainea knee and ankle, at the rate of s10.S0. ; Ironsides Board Corp, Norwich, ef1l ployers, and c. J. Mlllaney. Norwich employe, bruised right thigh. at the rate of $1O.St.