davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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the national JOY smoke
Me-o-ny,

Like old times. boys" hs laughed.
where's the driver of the lorryf"
That's me, SIR" One Of them
stepped forward.
Good" said Hugh. Take your bus
ten miles from here: then drop that
crowd one by one on the road as you
go along. You can take II from me
that none Of 'em will say anything
about Il. even when they wake up.
Then take her back to your garage:
III see you later.
Now" went on Hugh. Ms they heard
The sound OF the departing lOrry.
"we've got to set the scene for to-
morrow morning" He glanced AT his
watch. Just eleven. How long VIII
II TAX. me 10 get the old buzz-box 10
LaidIey TOwers?"
"1aldley Towers" echoed Darrell.
-"Whnt the devil are you going there
rOri"
II Just can't bear To be parted from
Henry for one moment longer than
necessary" said Hugh quietly. And
Henry Is there, In n prniseworthy ELL
deavor tn lift the duchess pearls.
Dpnr Henry :" His two fists clenched,
aud the American, looking al his face,
laughed softly.
But II was only for moment that
Drummond INDUCED In the pleasures
of anticipation all that could come
after. Aud just now there were other
! things to be done-many others, II
events next morning were to go as
| they should
Take those two into the center
room" lie cried. incidentally there's
| dead Boche on the floor, but he'll
come In very handy In my little
| scheme"
"A dead BOche % The intimldated
rabbit gave frightened squeak
Good heavens you rufiian, this Il
beyond Joke"
Hugh looked at him coldly.
"Youll lind II beyond "a joke, you
miserable little rat" he said quietly
III you speak To me like that" liz
laughed ms the other shrank past him
Three of you boys In there" he or
dered briskly. land II either of then
gives the slightest trouble clip hin
over the head Now let's have thu
rest of the crowd in here, Peter"
They came filing In, and Hugh
waved CHEEKY hand In greeting.
How goes II, you fellows" he crie'
| L. Inf artin "A
pany pOw-wow before popping tn
parapet. What! And IFS bigge
show this time, boys, than any youy'
had over the water. Gather round
aud listen TO me-"
For i've minutes lie spoke, und hi
audience nodded delightedly. Apar
from their love for Drummond-an,
three out ~ every -four OF them kne'
him personally-it was scheme whic
tickled them 10 death. And lie wa
careful 10 tell them Just enough Of III
sinister design of the master-crimlna
To make them realize the bigness q
the issue.
That's all clear, them said Drum
mond, rising "Now I'm on. lob!
| want you To come, too. We ougl
10 be there by midnight"
There's only one point, captain
remarked the American. as the grOu
began to disperse. THAT safe-an
the ledger" He fumbled In his poke
and produced small india-rubber BIO
tie. 'rve got the soup here-ge
ignite" he explained, as he saw ii
mystified look on the others face.
reekoned II might come In handy. A
so q fuse aud detonator."
splendid said Hugh, "splepdie
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-08-13

have killed You. I'm sorry about 1t;
| wasn't particularly anxious to end
your life. But II had TO be done"
The German. hardly conscious Of
what he had said owing TO the pain In
his arm, was frantically kicking the
Englishman's legs, still bound to the
chair; hut the iron grip OH his wrists
never slackened. And then quite sud-
denly came the end. With one dread
ful. cOnvulslve heave the German
jerked himself free. and fell doubled
mp on the floor. Fascinated. they
watched him writhlng and twisting,
until at last, he lay still. The
Boche was dead.
what was that blOw-pipe affair."
cried Sinclair hoarsely.
"rhe thing they tried to finish me
with In Paris last night" answered
Hugh grimly, taking II knife out OF his
waistcoat pocket, Let us trust that
none OF his pals come In TO look for
him"
A minute later he stood up. only TO
sit down again abruptly, as his legs
gave way They were numbed ana
sim with the hours he had spent In the
same position and for II while he could
do nothing hut rub them with his
hands. Till the blood returned ANA ne
could feel once more.
Then, slowly and painfully, he tot
tered across Ia the others and set them
free as well They were In mn even
worse condition tlun lie had been
and IL seemed rs II Algy would never
be able to stand again, 80 completely
dead was his body from the waist
downwards But. Mt length. after what
seemed an eternity TO Druminond, VINO
realized only too well that should the
gang come In they were almost as help
less In their present condition as IT
they were still bound In their chairs
the other two recovered
"AII nj nOw2 Good We've got 10
think what we're going to do for we're
not out Of the wood yet by two or
three miles" ,
Lets get the door open" remarked
Algy. land explore"
Cautiously they swung II open ana
stood motionless. The house was IN
absolute silence; the hall was de'
serted
switch out the light" whispered
Hugh wen wander round,
They crept forward stealthily IN the
darkness. stopping every now and then
Ia listen. Bul no sound came y" tIelr
ears: II might have been house OF
the dead.
suddenly DrummOnd. who was IN
front OF the other two, stopped WIN
warning hiss. A light was streaming
ont from under door AT the end of y
massage and rs they stood watching
n they heard mans voice coming
from the same room. Some one else
answered him and then there was
silence once more,
Ar length Hugh moved forward
again. and the others followed. Ahu
IL was not until they got quite close 10
the door that strange, continuous
noise began to be noticeable-a NOISE
which came most distinctly from the
lighted room. II rose and fell Win
monotonous regularity at times II re-
sembled brass band--at others "
dled AWAY to gentle murmur' Ana
occasionally II was punctunted with
strangled snort
( "Great Scott" muttered Hugh ex
citedIy "the whole boiling bunch arr
asleep, or I'll eat my hat"
"Then who was II spoken" said Algy
AT least two of 'em are awake right
enough"
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Ana, as II In answer to his question.
'here came the voice again from In.
side the room.
wal. MIR Darrell, | guess we can
pass on, and leave this bunch"
with one laugh of joyful amazement
Hugh hung open the door, and found
himself looking from the range of a
yard into two rcyolvers.
Il don't know how you've done II,
boys. he remarked, but you can put
those guns away, hate looking at
them from that end"
What the devil have they done to
all your dialsT said Darrell, slowly
lowering his arm
We'll leave that for the time" re-
turned Hugh grimly, as he shut the
door. There are other more pressing
matters to he discussed"
He glanced round the room, and q
slow grin spread over his face. There
were some twenty of the gang, all Of
them fast asleep. They sprawled gro
teSQuely over the table. they lolled. In
chairs they lay on the floor, they hud.
died I'm corners. And, without excep-
tion. they snored and snorted.
"A dandy bunch remarked the
American, gazing at them with salts
faction. Then he turned to Drum
mOnd. Say now. Captain, we've got
Il lorry load of the boys outside; your
friend here thought we'd better bring
cm along. So us up to you to get
busy"
"MullingS and his crowd" said Oar
rell, seeing tie look of justification on
Hugh's face.
For few moments Drummond
stood. deep In thought; then once
again the grin spread slowly over his
face. Get the boys In. Peter: and
get these Jumps of meat cnrted out to
the lorry Aud while you do II, We'll
go upstairs and mop up"
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-08-13

Lexington first. Ob yes--most I'M
doubtedly--Ilenry first !"
And once again the American
laughed softly al the look ON his face.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-08-13

And In accordance with the law and
an order OF the Board of Directors
made on the 7th day of July, A. D.
1871, 30 many shares Of each parcel
81 such stock as may be necessary
VIII be sold at auction at the residen-
q OF the secretary at American Fork
Utah. on Monday, Sept. 26. 1921, at
o'clock p. m. to pay delinquent as
easements thereon. together with the
cost OF advertising, and expenses or
sale.
F.M. HOUSTON, sec'ty.
first pub Aug 13--Last Aug. 20, 1921
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DELINQUENT NOTICE
Comstock Consolidated Mining 4 Mill
Ing CO.. Incorporated Under the
Laws OF the State Of Utah. Prln-
elpal Place Of Business. American
Fork, Utah County, Utah.

NOTlCE-There are delinquent up
en- the following described stock on
account of assessment levied on the
7th day OF July, 1921, of 800 per
each 1000 shares. the several amounts
Get opposite the names OF the respec-
tive holders as follows.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-08-13
Classified
Ads
FOR SALE

e,LE-One Overland "a ton
Wv ...,t good condition. Starter and
W. ,,,ss $4,000; easy payments.
:" 40, Agency, Am. Fork. 13-tf
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CHAPTER xI
In Which Lakinaton Plays His Last
Coup"
ONE

"'roby, I've got u sort OF horrid feel
ing that the hunt Is nearly over"
With regretful sigh Hugh swung
the cart out OF the sleeping town OF
Godalming In the direction Of Laidley
Towers. Mile after mile dropped
smoothly behind the powerful two
scatter, and still Drummond's eyes wore
look Of resigned sadness.
"yery nearly over he remarked
again. And then once more the
tedium OF respectabillty positively
stares Us In the face"
You'll be getting married, old bean"
murmured Toby Sinclair hopefully
For q moment his companion bright
ened up.
TRUE, o King" he answered. at
will ease the situation somewhat; at
least. suppose so. But think Of It,
Toby: no Lexington. no Peterson
nothing at all to play about with and
keep one amused"
You're very certain. Hugh" With
u feeling almost OF wonder Sinclair
glanced at the square Jawed. ugly
profile beside him. There's mary Q
slip :"
"My dear old man." interrupted
Drummond, there's only one cure FOL
the proverb- quoting disease--a dose o
salts In the morning" For u whit
they raced on through the warm sum
mer's night in silence, and II was no
| till they were within u mile of thei
destination TINT Sinclair spoke again
"What are you going to do Wit
| them. Hugh?"
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-08-13

You're ar acquisition. Mr.. Green. to
any gathering. But / think think
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-08-13
THREE.

Even In his widest dreams Hugh
had never imagined such IA wonderful
opportunity. To be In complete pos
session Of the house, with strong
forces al his beck and call. was Il state
OF affairs which rendered him almost
speechless.
Keep your guns handy" whispered
Hugh. Wen draw each room In
turn till We find the girl"
But they were not to be put to SO
much trouble. Suddenly door oppo-
site opened and the man who had
been guarding Phyllis Benton peered
out susplciously. His jaw fell and Il
look of aglast surprise spread over
his face as he saw the four men IN
front Of him.
Hugh stepped past him and was
smiling nj the girl who, with II little
cry OF joyful wonder, had risen from
her chair
"Your face boy" she whispered, ns
lie took her In his arms, regardless OF
the others, ''your poor old face W.
that brute. Lakington
lie laughed gently. and '"r a mo,
ment she clung 20 him, unmindfu' oil
how he had got to her, glorylng ON!
I'm the fncf that he had. II seemed Ia
her thnt there was nothing which TINS
wonderful man of hers couldn't man
age. and now, blindly trusting, she
t..i. "A
nightmare was over; Hugh was Win
her. 81.
Are there any cars outsider Hugh
turned 10 the American.
rYours." answered that worthy
"And mine is hidden behind Mist
Benton's greenhouse unless they've
moved IT," remarked Algy.
Good" said Hugh "Alsy lak'
Miss Benton aud her father NJ 10 HhlI
Moon street-at once Then come bach
here"
But. Hugh" began the girl ap
peallngly.
AT once, dear, please He smiled
AT her tenderly, but his tone was de
cided. "This is going to be no place
| for you IN the near future
with no further word Of protest IN
girl followed Algy. aud Hugh drew
breath Of relief.
| "Now, yOu ugly-lOOklng blighter'
ne remarked 10 the covering rui1au
who was by this time shaking VIII
| fright. 1--WE come To you. When zoe
I.aklngton RETURN
"Termorrow sir" stammered III
| other.
"Where IL he nowf'
The man hesltated for moment
bu, the look In Hugh's eyes gaIvan
lied him into speech.
| "He's after the old woman's pearls
sir-the duchess Of Lampshire'S.
"Ah," returned Hugh softly. 20
course he Is. forgot. When doe
Peterson come bnckT
"Termorrow, too. sir, as far MS
knows" answered the man,
"And what's he dolngf' demande
DrummOnd,
ION the level, guynor. ] can't rel
yer. Strife, ! can't
Al that moment Dnrrel's voice cam
M from the hall
The whole bunch arr slowed away
Hugh. Whnr's the next itemT
Hueh walled to the top OF III
stairs A grin spread over his fne
rs be .uw h,lf dozen famlil"r face
"a Me tail and he hailed theI
| .huL.r.il.
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Hanging Pictures.

A picture should be hung In a room
% that It's center comes just on u
level with person or average height
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09
Henry Van Dyke
Says $50 Long"

1t is the twelfth of twelve papers,
and therefore of necessity word OF
parting from a year-long occupation.
and from the friendly readers. near
and AR who have sat with me IN
spirit besides these camp-fires. More
over. iC belongs to the season of the
years decline and fall. that last of old
December which must precede the
first of new January; and tho Charles
Lamb calleth New Years Day every
mans second birthday. the nativity
of our common Adam" | note that his
little essay ON the subject. ttrue as
his writing always is to the depth OF
human naturG.) dwelleth more on the
niversary. 1t is epicedial-more of n
farewell to the parting than wei
come 20 the coming gucst-and so is
most poetry, ten times vale, to once
ave. Finally, I find myself now upon
that stage of lifc's journey wherein
the milestoncs. as some one hath sara,
seem altered into gravcstoics-at
least by the evening light. Or, If thnt
figure is too sOmbrc for You. tnid
[ confess in my own Judgment it hath
tcO ccmeterial Il shade for Who'll.
TRUTH then let me use Il simpler
metaphor and say: l have come so
far along the way that | have surely
more partings 90 remember than
meetings to expect on the terrestrial
road. So, then. it is thrice natural ut
this time that | should write a little
essay ION saying Good-by.'
have often wondered why we have
no parting word in English to express
what we so clearly hear in other ton
glIcS-thc lively hope of meeting again.
The German says auf Wiedcrsehen-
do you remember Lowcll's lovely lyric
with that titic?-and the Italians. n
rivcdcrci. and the Frcuch, an rcvoir.
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09
BUND LEADER HONORED.
81. G. Il. ServIcc.)

New Tork-Quite n crowd turned
ont yesterday afternoon to great
Vladimir Modem at the first publi"
meeting he has addressed in this coun
try Il. VladiCk, manager of the New
York Forward. presided and the
speakers included Abraham Cahan.
editor of the Forward. Joseph SlioS
berg. benjamin S~hIcsSfngcr and DR..
Hoffman. all of whom spoke in praise
worthy terms of the great 1iundiSt
leader In responding Mcdcm explain
ed that his chief mission in this col,ii-
try was to gather funds for the Bund,
he being particularly Interested in
sustaining the Bund publication now
appearing in Poland
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09

WED by long-cstablished governments
She received large number OF cars
and locomotives i'll the best of colui-
ton. a splendid organiZatloh-ahu
within two years she blundcfed so
terribly that there really can be no
excuse The cars are now dirty ana
broken. with window punes missing
locomotives acquired the habit of cont
ing to stop in the middle of thf
road-and we are beginning to ycafh
for the oll-faShioned Russian rail
roads. It seems clear. therefore, that
under sucll circumstances it is not the
lack of cars and locomotives tha'
causes the trouble but because inc
cars and rolling stock rot away some
where. where nobody knows. and they
cannot of course furnish and supply
the cities of Poland with their needs.
The Warsaw gas administration has
been begging for weeks for cars to
get the necessary coal, but it could
not obtain any and its coal supply
has come to an end with the result
That no gas WAS to be had i'll the
city.
To undertake Il journey by railroad
in Poland is tantamount to rishlnS
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09

ones life. In the purchase of tickets
and the securing of seats in cars.
there are battles which result i'll the
majority of wOuld-bc passengers re
nuinng outside. The cars themselves
are filled to overflowing. But even il
you do secure Il seat in first or
second class coach. you will in mo
mcnt encounter an officer who Will
ask you to vacnte it. OF course, the
officer has IL prior claim. But not
withstanding all its congestion and an
impossible saving in operating OK
pcnses. the Polish railroads have fill
ishcd the year with Il deficit of nearly
eight million marks. Is that not an
example of hopeless inrfficicncy in
government management?
Yet, as has been said, the presses
of the country. keep turning out bank
notes so that the government may have
its operating expenses. And on the
other hand the population is assessed
with heavy taxes. l don't desire to
cnumeratc in this article all the taxes
that Polish citizen is compelled to
pay 1t would seem that taxes are
endless. One is compelled to stand in
line in front of the cashiers offices
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09

where the various taxes are payable.
And if one fails to reach the cashiers
window by "A given day. he has to pay
fines. And yet all the taxes are just
a drop in the bottomlcss sea. No
wonder. The little nation which until
two years ago was under the tutclage
of others, has now decided to play the
part of Il world power. There is 4
starving army of ten years. service,
and even now that war is over recruit
ing stations are accepting volunteers
up to 80 years of age. The army con
Sumcs some so per cent of the entire
budget of the state. And how long
can that last? The restoration loan
in the country has ended ignominous
ly and so has the campaign for loans
from the Poles in America. Instead
CT go million dollars which the gov
trnmcnt expected TO get from them,
only II million were subscribed for.
Former ministcry GransKi appealed
for aid in vain TO. the governments of
France and England.
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09

Ground has been broken for "A new
TalmUd Torah 10 he erected in Jersey
City. y. j.. in connection with the
Congregation Ohab Sholom on Warnc:'
avenue. The building which will he
four stories in height. will cost 500
coo to erect
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09

London-The first bible hearing II
dat" and issued in 14G2 by Peter
Schnffcr. was sold at auction ycstcr-
day fetching f3OO0.
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09
RELIEF TRANSPORT BRINGS
SEWING MACHINES, BEDS AND
INDUCEMENTS.

Danzig-A relief transport intended
for the Jewish population has E"cn re
machines 5000 beds. 1000 bcd-cOvcrs
and large quantity of medicamehts.
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09
United Synagog's Ninth
Annual Meeting
CONTINUED from Page Ole.

wonder that the rabbi is at his wits
end to supply sufficient entertainment
at his Friday night services to compete
with the theatre company or moving
compete successfully with Charlie
Chaplin or Fatty Arbuckle This Is
why the synagOg makes of rabbi>
spineless spiritless footmen. with dis
gust in their hearts, milk on their lips
and cobwebs on their brains
In the opinion of DIR. Kaplan, the
synagog needs reconstruction on the
old lines of the Beth Hamidrash
where public worship was subjected
10 the place that the public assembly
has in the schools. He appealed for
a new standard for congregational af.
filiations. where the payment of dues
alone would be insufficient to make II
member in good standing. where pro
fession and practice would be squnr.
ed
Neither reform or orthodoxy. but
absenteeism are ut the basis of the ills
of Judaism. which has nothing to feat
from any ''doxy." but everything tc
fear from the practice of believing
and living Judaism by proxy.
Prof. Louis Ginsbcrg. of the Jcwisl
Theological Seminary. took issue. dur
ing the second days session. with DIR
Kaplan's criticisms of the synagog:
1T would he monstrously out OF
tceping with the august character oi
the synagog." he said. that it should
be tossed about with every wind wlicl
may chance to blow from that cave
of Aelus called higher criticism. The
Synagog will wait until higher crit.
icism has really established some
thing certain. and then will consider
bow far the traditional thesis taught
by the synagoS should he modified in
consequence. In round numbers. dc.
caLc is the average life of IL school OF
higher criticism. We do not want Al
new Judaism every ten years
DR.. ElinS l.. solomon. of New York.
was reelected president. and the fol
lowing were Chosen for the executive
committee:
DIR. Herman Abramowitz. Montreal :
DR.. and Mrs. Cyrus Adler. Philadel-
phia; Mr.. Simon Davis. Pittsburgh :
Rabbi Max Drob. New York: NJ. Il.
Freedman. Cleveland; DIR. Julius II.
Greensboro. Philadelphia Mrs. Charles
|. Hoffman. Newark: DIR. c. f. Hillel
kauvar. Denver: Arthur Lampor:.
Nrw York: L. J. Newman. Newark :;
David Stcclilcr. New York: Horace
Golden. New York Samuel Greenblatt.
Brooklyn: Charles POlakoff. Buffalo ::
Rabbi Abraham f. Halpern. St Louis ::
l.. Schauman. Cleveland.
The convention closed with ban
Iuct at the Jewish Theological Scmin
ury.
The Denver Jewish news., 1921-02-09

Gratitude is Il fruit of great cul-
tiration you do not find it among
gross people. Johnson.