davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
CHAPTER VII.

Since Friday night, billiard had
lived only for Sunday; his whole eXiS-
tence had been turned to Sunday, and
when at last the morning dawned, his
greatest fear was that he might not
live until dlnner-time.
On reaching Carols side, he was
both awkward and incoherent; and he
failed to derive encouragement from
the realization which gradually stole
over him, that the Durants had asked
number of other guests to dinner.
Armstrong was waiting patiently in
the aisle, and keeping closer TO Carol
than billiard liked, and there was also
a bright-faced boy of nineteen or twen-
ty who had promptly attached himself
to Angela-his name was Wnring, and
he was the grandson of the patriarch
al clergyman, with the head of Moses
and the spirit of youth, who presently
came down to join the little group, and
complete It, So that altogether there
were nine people who finally sat down
to table; and billiards. dream of quiet
progress and harbored conversation
was shattered IN q twinkling.
II was all very homelike, and all
very friendly, but TO billiard, sitting
there between Carol and her mother,
the occasion was peculiarly acute. He
had long since discarded any residue
of his active fears; he was con-
fident in his disguise TO the
point of recklessness, for he had
covered the wlndings of the trail by an
infinite variety Of methods; and yet
without having any tangible facts to
grasp, he was subtly warned to re-
main on sentry duty over his polse.
lie was gratified that the conversa-
ton. after one natural enough eddy. |
was whirled away from the vlclssitudes
of Dicky Morgan, for he had talked |
his oil ON that particular subject. For |
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
Zone chance in a thou
sand!"
(TO BE CoNTINUED)
walk That TELLS Character.

A peculiar walk is that of the long
stride with the decided swing OF the
shoulders. This walk is generally to
be seen in authors actors and artists,
and is Characteristic of the art world,
the man who has ideas Of his own.
and is quite untrammeled by conven-
ton. 1t denotes independence and. II
accompanied by an emphatic planting
down of the left foot, stamp in fact
resolution and determination.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
CHAPTER VI.-Continued.

"a good principle, too, but" Mr.
Cullen glanced at his watch. ITS din
ner time, and more too. Wed better
get along up to the house, or the first
thing you know, We'll have servant
troubles in our midst. And you didn't
bring up that subject anyway
brought it up" He took Angela's arm
paternally. Just as a matter of fact"
he said, clearing his throat. GAS a
matter of fact, Mr.. Hilliard-where-
abouts did you say this property Is
locatedY
Shortly after dinner Angela, who
had fled to the telephone in answer
I to a peremptory summons, came back
complacent.
Dinner at the Durant's on Sunday"
she announced. "All three of us.
Very quiet, Carol said. So 1 accepted
and that means you've got to stay
with us two days more anyway, Mr..
Hilliard. Do you mind very much?"
"Mind" Hilliard had risen half
out of his chair. His tremendous
yearning to see Carol again, and his
violent reaction at the prospect, had
greatly Influenced his voice, which was
strident, explosive. The Cullens were
laughing aloud at his confusion.
"Hes blushing!" crowed Angela.
"Look at him. Look at him! ~
Indeed, he was crimson to the tenn
pies. Sunday-forty- eight hours How
he had spurned her land how he had
suffered from that moment until now!
To see her again .. merely to see
her Business was business, and the
farce must go on; no matter what
else happened, he must hew out his
success; he had ceased to love her,
and he had come prepared for guerilla
warfare =. but to see her again! To
hear her voice! To watch that smile
of hers, and remember the tears she
had shed for Dicky Morgan!
Sunday-forty- eight hours
The Cullens were still laughing at
him, and in Angela's soprano there
was note Of feminine resentment but
billiards ears were suddenly stone
deaf
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

see that her eyes were big and soft
and frightened. She was hardly seven
! teen, and to Hilliard she had never
ceased to be the child of two years
III ka3 Ale bent and kissed her; her
lips were trembling, expressive.
'Now we've got to hurry" he said.
"ColEe dear!"
1t was the tone he would naturally
use to a child, but he had an uneasy
| feeling that he had used it to wom-
an. Children's lips aren't expressive.
And he had another intuition-still
more upsetting to him-which was
that he had been observed. For on the
threshold of the outer door Carol and
Armstrong and Rufus Waring, as
though turned back to inquire into the
cause of billiards. and Angela's delay,
were standing.
He could not tell, of course, whether
they had actually seen him. 1t was
possible that in the dusk of the hall
way he had escaped; certainly there
was nothing in the manner Of any one
of the three, when Hilliard joined
them, to convince him one way or the
other. But he knew that he was in
critical situation; he knew that to any
reasonable person who had seen him
at that spontaneous little outburst of
sentiment, his motives wouldn't appear
to be very Opaque.
No, the manner of those three who
had stood on the threshold was aston
ishingly casual. Perhaps too casual
billiard frowned, and tried to
glimpse their various expressions. All !
Warning, striding stiltedly ahead, had
thunderclouds on his forehead, and as
for Carol
She turned to speak to Armstrong
and billiard knew.
For the remainder of the first stage
of that walk, he spoke not word to
Angela, who trudged along by his side
with God knows what tumults in her |
bosom He thought not of Angela, nor |
concerned himself with the storm he |
had stirred within her. He was alb
sorbed solely with the puzzle which
lay before him, which was to detach |
Carol as soon as possible, and to ex-
plain himself. Otherwise, his reputa-
ton was ashes even now.
And, to his unbounded joy, the OPP
came soon-at the end of
the road, where the party halted for a
to take a referendum as to
the route. Armstrong strayed a yard
Or two too far, and on the instant Hill
lard was at Carols elbow. She said
nothing, nor did he; but when the
march was resumed, he was beside her
and beating his brains for an intro
luctory remark. He had to convince
Ter he had been triiling with neither
lerself nor Angela, and he walked a
rood furong before he could devise SO
much as an opening sentence. AT
ength he cleared his throat.
'rve Just decided" he said, that
IN growing old"
"Yes?' She was UNNECESSARILY sweet
nd distant, and billiards courage
altered.
81 have indeed I've made a most
discovery. Do l look
Miss Durant"
mo; I'd hardly say that" {
He made gesture Of gratitude. !
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

most wrong almost uncomfortable
that we should be so warm and COM
Portable, and well.fed, when over on
the continent well, | wonder
whether we won't have to pay for this
some timer"
II was at this Juncture that Mrs.
Durant rose; and billiard, with keen
foresight. cannily guided Carol after
her mother into the living room, made
for familiar piece of furniture and
pre.empted Il II would seat two peo-
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
Hioh Prices In Early New York

During the British occupation of
New York In Revolutionary days, the
method was to sell in wholesale lots
at public auction and to issue revoc-
able licenses to retailers. The best
-four then sold for $14 barrel. bacon
at 80 cents a pound and beef at 1s
cents n pound. Wages were less thar
30 cents a day.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22

time, he amused himself by watch
ing Angela and Waring playing their
wOrld-Old game across the table; after
that, he paid a little polite attention
to Mrs. Durant, and to the clergyman
and then snatching an opportunity un-
looked for, he gave his kindest smile
10 Carol, and for an instant took the
monopoly from Armstrong. And he
had hardly looked down once into her
/ OctOber-brown eyes before the mystery
of his restlessness was as clear as
crystal, and Hilliard was thoroughly
| dumfounded, and confused.
1t had come upon him, quarter of
an hour ago, as they exchanged their
| first superficial sentences, that he was
| lonelier than he had ever imagined,
but he hadn't realized until this i'm
mediate contingency that this sensa-
! ton had carried over until now. He
was prevented, by the very limits of
the project which had brought him
here, from releasing any of his sincere
! thoughts; he hadn't cOmprehended, I'M
til he had learned the truth just now
| by actual experience, that loneliness
is nothing but an aggravated state of
Self-repression. Never in all his life,
not even when he had lain for months
in hospital in France, had he been as
lonely as today, and at this moment,
when he was surrounded by people he
knew intimately. and when he was en-
joined from sharing in their communi-
ty Of mind.
Carol, looking up at him with what
wasn't exactly a smile, but was at
least cousin to it-that well-remem-
bered flash of sympathetic interest
Carol spoke to him under cover of the
general conversation.
"A penny for your thoughts!" she
proffered.
'They aren't worth it," said Hill
lard. Il was thinking about myself"
He continued to regard her steadily,
and~he was alarmed to discover that
he was losing one Of the abilities
which had made him so sure of him
self. He continued to hold that she
had treated him shabbily, mercilessly;
but notwithstanding that as he gazed
at her, and perceived the sweet nat
uralness which was developing out Of
last weeks shock, he was secretly per
turbed. In spite of himself, he be-
gan to see, as though by camera OBJ
scura dim visions of the past he was
annoyed that they should |
rise to torment him, and still the vi |
sions came.
But after all that you've been
through" she said, Il should think
your thoughts about yourself would
be extremely Interestingly"
'Tm afraid they're rather gloomy,
Miss Durant, whenever they touch on
what I've been through. And when
anything like this gathering here to-
day builds up comparison. I'm
sorry but l can't always master it."
You mean the difference between a
family over here and a family over
there?'
Exactly" he said. Down to the
last detail-what we eat, and where
we live, and what we talk about, and
what we think about-everything."
eve thought of that too" she said
'oberly. But I'll have to confess that
t wasn't until you came-it wasn't
Until after that first night at Angela's
that the great difference came home
o me. It's made me feel that it's al
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-04-22
"ANGELA KISSED MEL"

Synopsis.-Dick Morgan of SYRIA
cuse, y. Y, a failure in life, enlist
ed in the Foreign Legion of the
French army under the name of
Henry Hilliard, is disfigured by
shrapnel. The French surgeons
ask for a photograph TO guide them
in restoring his face. In his rage
against life he offers in derision a
picture postcard bearing the radi-
ant face of Christ The surgeons
do a good job. On his way gack 10
America he meets Martin Har-
mon, a New York broker. The
result is that Morgan, under the
name of Hilliard and unrecognized
as Morgan, goes back to Syracuse
to selling a mining stock. He is de-
termined to make good. He tells
people of the death of Morgan. He
r finds in Angela Cullen a loyal de-
fender Of Dick Morgan. He meets
Carol Durant, who had refused to
marry him. She does not hesitate
to tell him that she had loved Nor
gan. billiard finds he still loves
her and is tempted to confess. Hill
lard tempts Cullen, his former en-
ployer with his mining scheme.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
CULVER GETS OFFER
FROM MINOR LEAGUE
Seaford's Southpaw IS Wanted by
Chadbourne, N. C, Club;
Considering II.
.necLal Corresnondence of Every Evenine

SPECIAL Correspondence OF Every Evening
Seaiord, April s.-'Dal' Culver, Sea-
ford s clever southpaw. has received an
offer from the Chadbourne, ". c.. club
~ the Atlantic Coast Line League, and Is
holding IL under consideration. Culver
n now attending Tome Institute, Port
DEPOSIT, Md, and viii pitch for that team
until the close Of the college season. At
the end Of the college season he hsd in
tended TO return TO his home here and
pitch for Seafurd this summer.
Culver has also been offered trial IN
one of the international League teams.
He made a remarkable record while pitch
ing for Seaford last summer and was the
clubs 1nainstay during the life of the
Peninsula League, the championship of
which Seaford captured. During the
season he pitched 20 games, winning is
and losing ?. When Seaford made their
remarkable run OF l3 straight victories,
Culver won ] ] OF them.
Early last spring be visited Chadbourne,
y. C., and while there pitched several
games for that team. winning the ma
lority Of them. In one of the games he
shut out Wilmington, letting them down
with one hit. II Culver was TO accept
Chadbourne' offer il would leave Seaford
in bad way for pitching talent as the team
was depending on him for their mainstay
in the box again this summer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
GREENHILL CLUB.
Good Program Arranged for Shoot To-
morrow at Club Grounds

The Greenhill Club will hold special
50-target event tomorrow, with take-home
trophies for each of the four classes. The
leg on the double target trophy cup will
also be shot for during the afternoon.
The big event of the day will be the
farewell shoot of 80 targets in honor OF
II. b. Vending, one of the popular MEM
bers of the Greenhil Club. Mr.. Wend-
ling expects to spend about three years
on an extensive tour through European
countries. He will not only be missed by
his Wilmington associates at the local
club shoots of the Greenhili and Whining
ton Clubs, but Mt the registered shoots in
this vicinity Mr.. Vending is an active
trapshooter and a member Of the Greenhill
and Wilmington Clubs, as also the New
York Athletic Club and the Robin Hood
Gun Club. Creenhill has prepared a good
program for Saturday and the trophies will
90 10 the high guns in each class. On
account of the traps being closed last week,
a large crowd will no doubt be on hand.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
WHEAT AND FLOUR.
u. s. Grain Corporation Bulletin Shows
Mnyemcnf for Week

The United States Grim Corporation
today issued it's forty-seventh weekly
bulletin covering the wheat and wheat
flour movement throughout the United
States for the week ending March 20, III
comparison with the figures for the same
period year ago The figures given out
were as follows, for 1920 and 1919, re-
spcctively.
$3.50, 900; 2,240.O0O.
Wheat receipts from farms, bushels.
previous week, 3 COG 600; 1886, 900.
Wheat receipts from farms, bushels,
June " to March 26, 716,G07 900; 70l, :
30S,OO0.
Flour produced during week, barrels,
1,S3s,00o; 2,614,000.
Flour produced previous week, barrels,
/, $4,000; 2,5O6,000.
Flour produced June 27 to March rs,
barrels, los, ,360,0 900; 0l 100000.
Total stocks, wheat, all elevators and
mills, bushels, 1863 ,476,00e; IT'S, ,l0l 900.
Total stocks, wheat, all elevators and
mills, previous week, bushels l69, i76,-
600; Is9. .S07 900.
Change for week, bushels, 100000,
decrease; 14,706, decrease.
Exports Of wheat and flour, July /,
1919, to March 26, 1920, amount TO
81 ,525O00 bushels Of wheat and 1887, :
600 barrels Of -four, making a total equal
to 149, 200 900 bushels Of wheat, compared
with l2g, All 900 bushels Of wheat and
1882 900 barrels Of -four last year 10
March 26, the % days of March being
prorated from the monthly total, which
makes a total of 2l6,557 900 bushels Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
DEFIANCE BIG FIVE
AGAINST ACADEMY
Basketball Fray Tomorrow Night
Will Probably be Last Of
Season.

What will ,.fobably be the final game
of basketball in the city for this wear will
be played on Saturday night, when the
Defiance "Big Five" will make another
effort to down the speedy Academy team
at st. Patrick's Hall.
When the teams met in the previous
game the veterans managed to chalk up
win against the youngsters by the close
score of 80 to 27. Both teams managed TO
ring In the same number of field goals in
this game by the big Five" won out due
TO their unerring ability from the fifteen
foot mark, spinning no less than fifteen
single counters through the netting that
game, while the Academy managed only
to register twelve
Should the Academy win this game, the
final game will most likely be PLAYED at
Fort du Pont on Sunday afternoon
Manager Lowell will send his regular line
up against the Academy team, using
Lacey and Shields at forward. with Buck
ey Magill at centre, while Leo "Red"
Walsh and Lutz will do the Defensive
work.
The Academy will use the same team
that carried them through the Season
at the head of all local quintets, including
Quinn, Gillespie and Lannan at forward; );
Johnny Filliben at centre and Bill Walsh,
Lowell and Joe Filliben at guards.
IL is most likely that the majority of
the rooters will be out pulling for the
Academy team, the latter aggregation
having large number of followers. The
Defiance Girls Club unsurpassed their
willingness to be on hand. the entire club
going TO turn out TO root for the favorite
In the preliminary setto the Defiance
Third will play another local team.
The Defiance teams will hold another
workout tomorrow afternoon at Third
and Adams streets playground at o'c clock
About 35 candidates responded to the
call last Saturday and larger crowd is
expected tomorrow.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
CHAMPIONS AT BELLEVUE.
Members Of Wilmington Trapshooting
Association Shoot for Prizes Tomorrow.

Members of the Wilmington Trap
shooting Association, l9l9-20 champions
Of the Philadelphia 1rapshooters' League,
will shoot at Bellevue on Saturday for
takc-home class prizes and also for legs
on the class cups offered by the club. In
addition to the regular program the
Harlan employees viii again contest for
the L. B. German cup. Whenever these
men get together good time can be ex-
pected.
President Isaac Turner of the Will
mington Club feels proud of the fact
that Wilmington went through another
league season without single defeat and
will try and show Marylanders on May
/ that Delaware has a combination hard
TO beat. He will pilot n team to Balti-
more and shoot a Delaware-Maryland
team race on 100 registered targets.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
Wilmington. Del. Anril Z 1921

Wilmington, Del, April Z, 1920.
Resolved, We, the members Of the
South Side-Eden Athletic Club, have
learned with great sorrow that the
Almighty God has removed from this life
our friend and brother, Cornelius r.
Dougherty, and while we bow in humble
submission to the will of the Almighty.
we deplore the loss of true friend and
brother, and we extend our sincere sym
pathy 10 the family of the deceased, in
this their hour Of sorrow.
Resolved, That by his kind and
generous manner he won the hearts of all
who knew him; and be it further
Resolved, That this club draDe the
charter for the space of 30 days as
tribute TO his memory, and a copy Of
these resolutions be forwarded the be-
Feaved family, and spread upon the
minutes of this club.
Leonard b. Donohoe, President.
Alfred Gibason, Treasurer.
William Forrest, Secretary.--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
PORTLAND HAS 69,19S PEOPLE.

BY Associated Press 90 Every Evening
Washington, April 9.-PopuIation
statistics announced by the census bureau
include:
Portland, Me, %, l9o, increase TO-
o25 or Isl per cent over 1910.
Blddeford, Me, ls,00S, increase 929
or 81 per cent
Quincy, Mass, 47,6i1, increase a.
800 or t5.9 Der cent
Lancaster, Ohio, l4,70o, increase 1913
VI l2.3 per cent.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
John Brown Burned by Ashes.

John Brown, Newport a cc'nfed
laborer employed - the plnnt ~ the
Krcbes Pigment Chemical Co, was
treated ut the Delaware hospital ycstef-
day for burns sustained when hot aabcs
fell on him while az the plant Brown was
working IN the combustion chamber n an
unused boiler
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
Italy and Austria "Get Together.

Rome, April 9.-premier Nitti and
Chancellor Renner of the Austrian Re
public conferred yesterday on questions
of finance, revictualling and raw materials.
The Italian Premier asserted that Italy
desired TO re-establish commercial re-
lations with Austria as soon rs possible,
so that the republic would develop eco
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
THIRD DIVISION.

Games for Monday, April To- ST. PauI's
VS.. Westminster at Westminster, ST.
Andrews vs. Harrison at Harrison,
Grace NJ. E. VS.. Brandywine at Brandy
wine, Union VS.. Cookman at Goodman.
Scores this week follow:
Union NJ. E., No. 2, 5; st. Andrews
Episcopal, 0.
Goodman NJ. E., 5; Brandywine NJ.
E., 0.
Grace NJ. E.. 2; Westminster, 8.
st. Paurs, 0; Harrison Street, 5.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
Eastern Star Gard Party.

A progressive card party will be held
in the Du Barry room of the Hotel du
Pont. Thursday evening, April %, by
Radiant Chapter, No. 6, Order of the
Eastern Star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09

wheat Laet years total -four exports
include American Relief Administration
and American Expcditionary Force ship
menfe.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
INDOOR QUOT LEAGUE.
Standing Of Teams and Scores
Made in Games This
Wc.k.

The following are the scores and stand
ings Of the four divisions of the Indoor
Quot League of the Church Athletic
Recreation League:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09

Every Evenings classified ADVERTISE
n1ents bring results. Proved by the satls-
faction Of many and viii be To you ADV.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09

The weeks scores follow:
Emmanuel, 2; Edge Moor Nj. T., 8.
Eastlake NJ. E., 4; Hillcrest NJ. E., 1.
Epworth, 4; Brandywine, l..
Eastlake, 3; Old Swedes, 2.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
FOURTH DIyISIo'

Games for Monday, April II:
Silv 'rbrook VS.. ST. Pauls at st. Paul's,
" st Presbyterian VS.. Delaware Avenue
Baptist at Delaware Avenue BAPTIST,
Brack-Ex VS.. Grace at Grace, Olivet Pres
byterian VS. Mt Salem at Mt. Sa lem.
Scores this week follow:
West Presbyterian, /; st. Paul's, A.
Grace NJ. f., 2; Silverbrook Nj. E, g.
Olivet Presbyterian, .; Brack-Ex Pre- s.
byterian, 3.
Delaware Avenue Baptist, 4; Olivet
Presbyterian, j.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09

The scores this week follow:
Eastlake NJ. T., 2; Old Swedes, 3.
Edge Moor, 3; Hillcrcst NJ. E., g.
First Presbyterian, 8; Emmanuel Episco-
pal, 2.
Union NJ. E., 5; Epworth M. f., 0.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09
Does Your Blood
Need Iron?
How to Make the Test That Tells

A pale face nervous. irritable disposi-
ton lack of strength and endurance
these are the warning signals that nature
gives when your blood is getting thin. pale.
watery and starving for iron If you are
not sure of your condition. go to your
doctor and have him take your blood count.
or else make tie following test yourself
See low long you can work or bow far you
can walk without becoming tired next take
two flve-graiD tablets of NuxR ted Iron three
times per day after meals for two weeks.
Then test your strength again and see how
much you have gained. Ali good druggists
sell Nuxated Iron. on the distinct under
standing that IL you are not satisfied your
money will be refunded.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-09

Lost something? Try q classified ad-
vertiscment in Every Evening.-Adv.