davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25

efforts TO loosen his gag. His eyes
were rolling horribly, and he swayed
from side to side in his seat, but the
bandages round his hands held firm
and at last he gave it up.
Even when he was lifted out and
carried indoors he did not struggle
he seemed to have sunk into a sort
Of apathy. Drummond followed with
dignified calmness, and was led into a
room off the hall.
In a moment or two Peterson en-
tered, followed by his daughter. "Ah
my young FRIEND" cried Peterson af-
fably, Il hardly thought you'd give me
such an easy run as this" He put
his hand into Drummonds pockets,
and pulled out his revolver and bun
die of letters. "To your bank" he
murmured. "Oh! surely, surely not
that as we'll. Not even stamped. Un-
gag him, Irma-and unite his hands.
My very dear young friend-you pain
me-"
Il wish to know, Mr.. Peterson" said
Hugh quietly, ''by what right this das-
tardly outrage has been committed.
A friend of mine, sick in bed-re-
moved, abducted in the middle of the
night: to say nothing of me-"
With gentle laugh Irma offered
him cigarette. ''Mon Dieu!' she re-
marked, "but you are most gloriously
ugly, my Hugh!"
Peterson, with faint smile, opened
the envelope in his hand. And, even
as he pulled out the contents, he
paused suddenly and the smile faded
from his face. From the landing up
stairs came a heavy crash, followed
by a flood Of the most appalling Ian
guage.
"What the-h-l do you think
you're doing, you fiat-faced son of
Maltese goat? And where the HI an
l. anyway"
Il must apologize for my friends
language" murmured Hugh gently,
'but you must admit he has some JUS
tiiication. Besides, he was, regret to
state, quite wonderfully drunk earlier
this evening, and just as he was Sleep
ing it off these desperadoes abducted
him."
The next moment the door burst op-
en-. and an infuriated object rushed in.
His face was wild, and his hand was
bandaged, showing a great red stain
on the thumb.
whats this-jest?" he howled furi-
ously. "And this ID bandage all
covered with red ink?"
"You must ask my friend here,
Mullings," said Hugh. Hes got a
peculiar sense of humor. Anyway,
he's got the bill in his hand"
In silence they watched Peterson
open the paper and read the contents,
while the girl leaned over his shoulder.
To Mr.. Peterson, Godalming.
To hire of one demoblized
soldier ................. D o 0
To making him drunk Tin
this item present strength
and cost of drink and
soldiers capacity must
be allowed fOr) .......... 5 o 0
To bottle of red ink ...... 0 o l
To shock to system. ...... 10 o 0
L /
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ONION GROWERS HAVE
ADOPTED new GRADES
Standardization of Bermuda
Industry Is Completed.
Commercial Crop Of coacheIla Valley,
CAL, Is to Be Marketed on Basis
Recommended by Department
of Agriculture.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The 1921 commercial crop of Befmu-
da onions in the Coachella valley, Cal,
is to be marketed on the basis of Uni
ted States-B Bermuda onion grades. ac-
cording to an announcement of the bu-
reau of markets, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. This completes
the standardization of practically the
entire Bermuda orion industry in the
United States.
United States grades for Bermuda
onions were recommended by the De-
partment of Agriculture in the spring
of 1918. The same year the state OF
Texas legislated the compulsory grad
ing of Bermuda onions according to the
grades promulgated by the department
and adopted by the Texas state depart
ment of agriculture.
When the onion shippers N the Goa
chella valley requested inspection serv-
ice from the California state depart
ment of agriculture in 1921, the depart
ment indicated that it would be i'm
practicable to render such service un-
less suitable grades were agreed upon
as basis for inspection Accordingly,
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IT IS TO LAUGH.

Synopsis.-1n December, 1918, four
men gather in a hotel in Berne and
near one Of the quartet outline a
plan to paralyze Great Britain and
at the same time seize world power
The other three, Hooking, Ameri-
can, and Steineman and Won Gratz,
Germans. all millionaires. agree to
the scheme. providing another man,
Hlram Potts, an American, is taken
In. The instigator Of the plot gives
MS name as Comte de Guy, but
when he leaves for England with
his daughter he decides to use the
name Carl Peterson. Capt. Hugh
Bull-Dog) Drummond. a retired
officer. advertises for work that
will give him excitement, signing
Al0.' AS result he meets Phyl-
lis Benton, young woman who
answered his ad. She tells him Of
strange murders and robberies Of
which she suspects a band headed
by Peterson and Henry Lakington.
She fears her father is involved.
Drummond goes to The Larches,>
Miss Benton's home, next door to
The Elnis, Peterson's place. Peter
son and Lakington stop his car and
look him over. While dining with
Phyllis and her father Brummond
leaves The Larches and explores
The Elms. He discovers Lakington
and Peterson using a thumbscrew
on Hiram Potts. who signs a paper.
Drummond secures half the paper,
rescues him after a struggle and
takes him to his own home. Peter
son calls and demands the half of
the torn paper and Potts. Hugh
laughs at him.
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CHAPTER w.
In Which He Spends Quiet Nipht at
the EIms.
ONE

"It is little difficult to know what
to do with you. young man," said Pc
terson gently, after long silence. 81
knew you had no tact"
Drummond leaned back in his chair
and regarded his host with a faint
smile.
81 must come to you for lessons, Mr..
Peterson. Though l frankly admit"
he added genially, "that'I have never
been brought up to regard the forcible
abduction of harmless Individual and
a friend who is sleeping off the effects
of what low people call Jag as being
exactly typical of that admirable quail
| ity"
PeterSOnS glance rested on the dis
heveled man still standing by the door.
and after moments thought he
leaned forward and pressed bell.
''Take that man away" he said alb
ruptly to the servant who came into
the room, land put him to bed. l will
consider what to do with him in the
morning"
"Consider be ID" howled Null
lings starting forward angrily. you'll
consider a thick ear, Mr.. Blooming
Know-all. What l wants to know"
The words died away in his mouth,
and he gazed at Peterson like a bird
looks at a snake. There was some
thing so ruthlessly malignant in the
stare Of the gray-blue eyes that the
ex-soldier who had viewed going over
the top with comparative equanimity
as being part Of his job quailed and
looked apprehensively at Drummond.
"Do what the kind gentleman tells
you, Mullings," said Hugh, "and go to
bed" He ut cigarette, and thought
fully blew out cloud of smoke.
"Stop this fooling," snarled Peter
son. "Where have you hidden 'otts?"
"Tush, tush," murmured Hugh. "You
surprise me. l had formed such a
charming mental picture of you, Mr..
Peterson, as the strong, silent man
who never lost his temper, and here
you are, disappointing me at the begin
ming of our acquaintance"
For a moment he thought that Pc
terson was going to strike him, and his
own fist clenched under the table.
Il wouldn't, my FRIEND" he said
quietly, indeed l wouldn't. Because
if you hit me, shall most certainly
hit you. And it will not improve your
beauty
Slowly Peterson, sank back in his
chair, and the veins which had been
standing out on his forehead became
normal again. He even smiled; only
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25
The Adpef1f1IYeS OF a
Den10bilized Officer
Who Found Pe1ceD1lu
By CYRIL McNEILE
"SAPPER"
Copyright BY Geo. Il. Doran Co.

| the placid warmth of the street out
side, the gentleman without, whom a
keen observer might have thought
Strangely interested in the beauties OF
| that well-knOwn thOroughfare-see
that he had been there for three hours
remained serenely unconscious OF 1t.
His pal had followed the Dennys to
Paddington. Drummond had not come
out-and the watcher who watched
without was beginning to get bored.
About 4 80 he sat up, and took notice
as some one left the house; but it was
only the superbly dressed young man
whom he had discovered already was
merely clothes-peg calling himself
Darrell.
The sun was getting low and the
shadows were lengthening when taxi
drove up to the door. Immediately
the watcher drew closer, only to stop
with a faint smile as he saw two men
get out Of it. One was the immaculate
Darrell; the other was a stranger, and
both were quite obviously what in the
vernacular is known as oiled.
"You prisheless ole bean," he heard
Darrell say affectionateiy, 'thish blink
ing cabsh my show"
The other man ficcoughed assent,
and leant wearily against the palings.
Fright" he remarked, "ole friend Of
me youth. 1t shall be ash you wish"
With tolerant eye he watched them
tack up the stairs, singing Justify in
chorus. Then the door above closed,
and the melody continued to float out
through the open window.
Ten minutes later he was relieved.
1t was quite an transformations relief
Another man merely strOlled past him.
And since there was nothing to re-
port, he merely strOlled away. He
could hardly be expected to know that
up in Peter Darrell's sitting-room, two
perfectly sober young men were con-
templating with professional eyes an
extremely drunk gentleman singing in
chair, and that one Of those two
sober young men was Peter Darrell.
Then further interior activity took
place in Half Moon street, and as the
darkness fell, silence gradually settled
on the house.
Ten o'clock struck, then eleven
and the silence remained unbroken. 1t
was not till eleven-thirty that a sud-
der small sound made Hugh Drum
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the ceaseless tapping of his hand on
his left knee betrayed his momentary
loss of cOmposure. DrummOnd's fist
unclenched, and he stole look at the
girl. She was in her favorite attitude
on the sofa, and had not even looked
up.
81 suppose that it is quite useless
for me to argue with you," said Peter
son after while.
81 was a member of my school de-
batting society,"" remarked Hugh remi-
niscently. "But I was never much
good. I'm too obvious for argument,
I'm afraid"
"You probably realize from what
has happened tonight" continued Pc
terson. "that am in earnest"
Il. should be sorry to think so,' an
swered Hugh. "If that is the best
you can do, I'd cut it right out and
start tomato farm"
The girl gave a little gurgle of
laughter and lit another cigarette.
"Will you come and do the danger
Gus part of the work for us, Monsieur
Hugh?" she asked.
eff you promise to restrain the little
fellows, I'll water them with pleas
ure." returned Hugh lightly.
Peterson rose and walked over to
the window, where he stood motion
less, staring ont into the darkness.
Hugh realized that the situation was
what in military phraseology might be
termed critical. There were in the
house probably half a dozen men who.
like their master, were absolutely un-
scrupulous. If it suited PetersOn's
book to kill him, he would not hesitate
TO do so for single seconds
For moment the thought crossed
his mind that he would take no
chances by remaining in the house;
that he would rush Peterson frem
behind and escape into the darkness
of the garden. But it was only mo-
mentary-gone almost before it had
come, for Hugh Drummond was not
that manner of man-gOne even before
he noticed that Peterson was standing
in such a position that he could see
every detail of the room behind him
reflected in the glass through which
he stared.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25
Washinqton's ReIiQion.

There has been considerable contro-
versy over the extent to which relig-
ious belief entered into Washington's
character. His own chronicles show
that most of his Sundays, except dur
ing the presidency, when he felt
obliged to set an example, he spent in
answering letters, going over his &C.
counts, hunting or doing any business
that those with whom he was negoti-
ating had no scruples. In choosing
people to work for him he set up no
barriers of creed, judging men from
the standpoint of honesty, industry
and ability.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25

mend sit up. in his chair, with every
nerve alert. 1t came from the direc-
ton of the kitchen-and it was the
sound he had been waiting for.
Swiftly he opened his door and
passed along the passage to where
the motionless man lay still in bed.
Hiram c. Potts. he said in a low,
coaXing tone, "sit up and take your
semOlina Force yourself, laddie, force
yourself. l know it's nauseating, but
doctor said no alcohol and very little
meat"
His voice died away, and he rose
slowly to his feet. In the open door
four men We're standing, each with
pecular-shaped revolver in his
hand.
what the devil" cried Drummond
furiously, is the meaning OF this?'
"Cut it out" cried the leader con-
temptuously. "These guns are silent
If you utter-you die Do you get
me?"
The veins stood out on Drummond's S
forehead, and he controlled himself
with an immense effort.
Are you aware that this man is a
/ guest of mine, and sick?" he said, his
voice shaking with rage.
you don't say" remarked the lead
er, and one of the others laughed. rip
the bed-clothes off, boys, apd gag the
vo,,po ooc4--SporrOy,
Before he could resist, gag was
thrust in Drummond's mouth and his
hands were tied behind his back. Then,
helpless and impotent, he watched
three of them lift up the man from
the bed, and putting gag in his
mouth also, carry him out of the room.
Move" said the fourth to Hugh.
You join the picnic"
A large car drove up as they
reached the street, and in less time
than it takes to tell, the two helpless
men were pushed in, followed by the
leader; the door was shut and the car
drove off.
Don't forget" he said to Drum
mond suavely, this gun is silent. You
had better be the same"
At one o'clock the car swung up to
The Elms For the last ten minutes
Hugh had been watching the invalid
in the corner, who was making frantic
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25
How Kisses Came.

Of course 1t doesn't really matter
who invented kissing-but the legend
Of the Grecian shepherdess who found
an opal on one Of the hills near
Athens and, wishing to give it to a
young shepherd whose hands were oc-
cupied, let him take it from her lips
with his own, is one Of many stories
which give Greece the honor es the
very first kiss.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25
YOUNG CHICKENS
NEED BEST FEED
Nebraska PouItryman Gives His
Reasons for Start of Runts
in Poultry FIocks.
LARGELY MATTER OF RATION
Weight of Chick Varies According to
Breed, Those Given Balanced Ra.
tion Almost Double Those
Fed in Ordinary Way.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of AgricultureD
"a pen of ten chicks fed by farm
er in the ordinary way reached an
average weight Of 9.4 ounces at seven
weeks old. Other chicks receiving a
balanced ration reached 4 weight Of
1853 ounces at the same age. 1t is my
firm belief" says a Nebraska poultry
man in letter to the United States
Department of Agriculture, which re-
Gently conducted an inquiry into the
cause of runty live stock. that this is
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25

Are your chlckS up to standard
weight? Chicks should double their
weight every two weeks until they
weigh one pound. Weigh 10 of your
chicks and see If they are getting
enough feed.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25

The following table, furnished by
the same poultryman, contains ages
and weights of various lots Of farm
chicks and also the weights given as
standard. The variations in the
weight Of the farm-grown chicks ara
very noticeable:
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25

That the standard weights devel-
oped at the Vineland station are not
beyond the attainment of good poul
try raisers is shown by other observa-
tions. Ten chicks that had access to
dry mash at all times anu were care
fully handled reached an average
weight of 17.6 ounces at seven weeks
old. This Is Ia ounces heavier than
the normal or Vineland station weight.
Middletown transcript., 1921-06-25

Chicks of Same Age and Breed-One
on Right With Properly Balanced
Ration Weighed Almost Twice as
Much as One on Left, Which Was
Given Ordinary Feed.
the way many runts in poultry start.
Here was case of normal chicks to
start with and they developed into
runts by the time they were seven
weeks old.
Club Investigating.
"Our poultry club in making some
investigations" he adds, visited a
number Of farms and weighed chicks
Of various ages at each place. The
chicks received ordinary farm feeding
and you will see from the figures
shown in the table below that they
were all under normal, according to
the standard weight given by the
Vineland IN. J.) station.
1--WE find among the flOcks under the
supervision of our county agent that
the weights come up nearer normal,
so there is no question in our mind
that the runt problem is largely
matter of feed so far as chickens are
concerned"
Weights of Chicks Fed in Ordinary
Manner Versus Those Given Bal
anced Rations.
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Fat incomes of some men are due
10 the judicious use of writing pads,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-17
COURT FREES HUSBAND
OF HOUSEHOLD DUTIES

DETROIT, Jan. 17.-Thst he was
compelled to do the sweeping. wash
ing the dishes and the clothes and
usually 20 breakfastless to his
work, were some OF the charges
made by James e. Rogers, an &C
countant, against his wife. Carolyn,
In court here. He was granted n
divorce,
Rogers testified that he gave mis-
wife unlimited credit at several
stores, privilege she abused by
running up staggering bills. She
rewarded him for this, the husband
said, by deyoting her attention to
a canadian soldier. and this finally
broke up the home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-17
Sand Workers Wages Cut.

BERKELEY SPRINGS. w. Va, Jan.
TIA cut of so cents day in the
ages OF all sand workers at the
various white sand mines hero has
gone into effect. While there Is de-
preston just now in the glass sand
industry, normal conditions are OK.
pected by spring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-17
HOW'S THIS!
ss5 TO 70 SIS $1A:5z5
COATS AT IL

n from Is for misses to a. Tor
women; Velour siveone Polo CLOTH
shawl of
blue Sold Ga TX
choice UA1''O
Another Coats including silk lined
Cloth Black
Taup and All 49, E10 IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-17
Established Mems Store
No Matter
How Busy
You May Be

it will pay you
to drop every
thing and come
to this SALE. If
in d i S p O sed,
send a son,
d a u G h t e r,
friend or neigh
bor-for never
again will you
have a like OPP
portunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
only once each season
 but it's a bear

You know the old tale about the bunny rabbit trying to kid the mother bear about the respec- tive number of little ones each brought into the world. Said bruin to bunny, Its true, only bring in one cub year-but it's a bear. Blach's has only one sale each season, but it amounts to something and because we're not always shouting sale" folks sit up and take notice when we do announce one Also thc-'--s learned that a reduction at Blach's is iu1t that much actually saved, because our goods are priced right in the first place D, ced for quick spot cash selling instead of cut price "sale-ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
SOUTH RESENTS THE QUICK ACTION OF PRESIDENT HARDING
Resolutions Introduced Ask Chief Executive for Infor- nation About State
 ments on Famine
By HUGH W. ROBERTS Washington Bureau The Age-HeraId
 800 Davidson Building

Washington, July 2S.-(special)- The south quivers under the decla- ration of the President that it is an impovered country.
 The south, in other words, rebels. Representative James F. Byrnes of South Carolina, demanded this after noon of the President, the authority for his statement, "that great sec ton of our country that they are won't to think of as immune from such experiences is actually menaced q with famine and plague"
 Why does President Harding thus hold up to the gaze of this world a section which has proved itself to be able to care for itself? The Pres- ident has been imposed upon, is the unanimous conclusion. The public health service, which first sounded the warning, Is the goat" says Mir. Byrnes, in his resolution presented this afternoon
 Whereas the press on July 26, 1921, published an alleged communi- cation addressed. by the President to Livingston Farrand, president of tn $ American Red Cross, containing among other things the following statements:
 Recent reports of distressing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
BOOSTERS LINING UP
Anniston Organization to Start
 Get-Together Movement

Anniston. July 2S.-(Special)-The Anniston Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary, Kiwanis and Exchange clubs of the city and all of the live wire business elements of the city are coming together within the next two weeks for a get-together period which promises great things for the improvement of business conditions in Anniston.
 The entertainment committee of the Anniston Chamber of Commerce has been designated to handle the banquet \ features of the gem eral meeting of business men, farmers and citizens generally and great things are promised as the de- velopments of the meeting.
 The decision to hold the banquet and acquaint the guests with the ob- jects of the meeting was reached Wednesday afternoon at enthusias- tic meeting of the Anniston Chamber of Commerce held in the directors room of the Anniston National bank and attended by more than dozen influential business m -n of the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
ANNUAL OUTING OF
 GOODMAN EMPLO DYES

Preparations are practically com pleted for the first annual outing and barbecue to be given by the Good man Transfer and Warehouse com pany for their employees and friends of the company.
 The outing and barbecue will be held throughout tomorrow at West Lake park and many plans are being made to make it day to be long re- mbered by those who attend
 Henry Goodman, president of the company, states that invitations have been issued to the city missioners, members of the Real Estate board, the Retail Furniture Dealers associa- housemen's association as well as the office forces of the several rail- roads of the city Admission will be by card only.
 Two large trucks will leave the Goodman office, 2024 Third avenue, tomorrow morning at II o'clock to take the parties to the park. Two other trucks will leave this same point at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow after noon and those who have been invit- ed are urged to be on hand at those hours.
 The first dinner will be served at 80 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and the second at o'clock. Watermelon cuttings also will be enjoyed several times during the afternoon. The bathing beach and the dance hall in the evening and all the facilities of the park will be at the disposal of the members of the party and genu- inc good time is expected to be en- joyed by all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-29
LADIES ENTERTAINED

Sheffield. July Especially )- Sheffield Rotary club entertained the ladies at the regular monthly meet ing held tonight. The Sheffield I,o- tAry Anns are considering the or. ganization of . club similar to the Axis club of Birmingham.