davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1921-03-03

Nj. b. McKillip left this morning for
Denver. expecting to meet Mrs. McKil-
lip there OF her return from California,
where she has been s%ojourning for the
past few months.
, 1921-03-03

Hon. H.. A. Hunter returned here the
first Of the week from Cheyenne, where
he had made his headquarters since
he opening of the recent legislative
session.
, 1921-03-03

Keep me in mind when you need n
setting of eggs. Pure bred extra large
). c. White Leghorns. Let me know a
few days before you need them so can
select the eggs.-W. A.. R%uffcorn. 322
, 1921-03-03

All kinds of pastries always fresh.
1907. loaves of good homemade bread.
Anything baked to order at The Sara
toga Bakery.
, 1921-03-03

Farmer relief measures have been
successful. The government has de
cided that n man can drink his own
hard cider.-Parkersburg News.
, 1921-03-03

Martin Christensen came down the
first of the week from the French
Greek tie camp, where he had been en-
ployed recently.
, 1921-03-03

Ross Willford came down from the
ranch near Pearl, Colo, last week and
will remain in town with his family
for Il time.
, 1921-03-03

We have the best Neatsfoot oil
black for harness, light for saddles.
Your horse collars need oil as well as
your harness.-Whitney's Saddle Shop.
, 1921-03-03

F. X. Johnson, C. C. Hickok. j. T.
McAnulty and A. c. Want are among
the citizens from this section who have
been s~ubpoenaed to appear at Rawlins
during the present term of the dis
trict court to serve as jurors
, 1921-03-03

The bluebirds are arriving this week,
and with IA few more days like the last
few we shall be expecting tourists and
skeeters.
, 1921-03-03

Misses Grace Peters and Frances
Pennock went TO ~Encampment on last
Fridays train II visited there for "A
couple of days.
, 1921-03-03
UNCLE EZRA SAYS

Perhaps the man In the next bust
ness building desn't have as. many
worries is the editor but neither does
he have as much fun.
, 1921-03-03

The Saratoga Bakery will be open
Sundays from s to 10 and 3 to 6.
Special during Lent-Delicious Hot
Cross Buns.
, 1921-03-03

The Women's Guild Easter Bazaar
will be held at the Jensen Hall on the
afternoon of Saturday, March 2Gth.
Further details will be announced next
week.
, 1921-03-03

w. p. Hays this week received from
Governor Carey his commission as Il
member of the State Board of Phar-
macy, to which position he was recent
ly appointed by the Governor.
, 1921-03-03

We can furnish you with F1avo
Flour at $3.50 per cwt. Lexington
Cream Flour at 1915 cwt.-The Paul
o Well Store.
, 1921-03-03
SHORT STORIES


II. l.. Ross of Wheatland spent a
couple of days here on business this
week.
, 1921-03-03

Andy Olson, manager of the Wyom-
ing Timber Company, has spent the
past few days here on business.
, 1921-03-03

The Saratoga Bakery will only be
open these beautiful California Sun
days from s to 10 and 3 to 6. Don't
forget.
, 1921-03-03

Gasoline 33c per gallon at the Paul
son Well Store.
, 1921-03-03

Laundry soap by the case, 100 bars
for $3.50 at the Paulson Well Store.
, 1921-03-03

l can supply o with coal from the
local mine at $500 per ton delivered
if ordered Mt once. First-class screen
ed and forked coal guaranteed.-E.
n. killam. Orders may be left ut The
Sun Office.
, 1921-03-03

IF YOU WANT a land loan, sec
McKillip.
, 1921-03-03
WANT
Notice to All Platte Valley Motorists.

j am installing a Haywood Steam
~Nulcanizing plant in the River Street
Garage. and will be ready for bust
ness abou March 18TH. Tubes and cas-
ings vulcanized, and all work guaran-
teed. Don't throw away that old rns-
ing-bring 1T to ROY GILLESPIE, at
the River Street Garage.
FOR SALE.-Young brood SOW, with
pig. Inquire at Sun office. $50
, 1921-03-03
FOR SALE.

BUY FOR CASH and save money
Gasoline 33c per gallon at the Paulsol
Well Store.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26

W.+ANt[
be burning good and hard. TO hear
them talk you would have thought she
was another Portia-person. and then
some.
The dinner wore itself out after a
while, and when the waiters brought
the cigars, the boss was looking at his
watch. n
I'm sorry ] can't stay and smoke,
with you, major" he said, pushing his
chair back. "But the business grind
never lets up. Tn obliged to go TO.
Stratllcona tonight"
/ don't know wlsat the major was
going to say to this abrupt break,
away: the after-dinner social cigar
was a sort of religious ceremony with
him. But whatever he was going to
say, he didn't say it. for at that mo-
ment a telegraph boy came in and.
handed him a message. He put on
his other glasses and read the tele-
gram, with his big goatee looking more
than ever like a dagger and the fierce
white mustaches twitching. At the
end of things he folded the message
and put it into his pocket. saying, sort
of soberly:
Graham, there are times when
Sheila's intuhferences are mighty
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26
Nation Without LANGUAGE

One of the %strangest things to be
found among the nations of the world
is the fact that Switzerland has no
language Of its own. The official Ian
guages of Switzerland are French, Ital-
ian and German, all three being rec
ogniZed as the mother tongue" of the
majority of the inhabitants.
A majority Of the people speak Ger
man, while the others use French and
Italian, varying as a rule, according. to
the proximity of the people to each
country whose tongue they speak.
Public documents and notices are
printed in both the French and Ger
mar languages.
In the Swiss national parliament the
members make their speeches either in
French or German, the members beina
as familiar with one language as the
other.
Statements from the President OF
Switzerland are furnished to the news
papers in both languages.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross. rail-
road manager, and his secretary. Jimmie
Dodds, are marooned at Sand Creek sid
and her small cousin. Unseen, they Wit
ness a peculiar train holdup, In which
a special car is carried off.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26

reused him, and he was up and dressed
and coming along beside the engine.
When he came up, Maclise told him
why we were stopping. He didn't say
anything about the rail break, but he
did ask, sort of sharp and quick, what
engine that was up ahead.
l don't know what Maclise told him.
Chandler turned to go back to his en-
CINE, and the rest of US were moving
along the other way, the boss setting
the pace with Maclise at his elbow.
Three rail-lengths ahead Of the stopped
light engine we came to the break.
The head engineer and another man
were down on their hands and knees
examining it, and when they stood up
at our coming, | saw that the other
man was Mr.. Van Britt.
"What?' said the boss you here?"
Our only millionaire nodded. II
ride the line once in a while-just to
see how things are going" he re-
turned crisply.
The boss didn't say anything more,
but he knelt to look at the break. 1t
was a trap. all right, set, beyond all
question of doubt, to catch the private
car special. The tish-plates had been
removed from a joint in the left-hand
rail and the end of the down-hill rail
had been snrnng.- out TO make a de-
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26

OF somepuuy in me track anead, nag
ging us down with a lantern.
A minute later the brakes had been
set and Buck and | We're off. AS we
swung down from the engine step,
Maclise Joined us, and we went to
meet the man with the lantern. He
was the fireman of the engine ahead,
and when we got around on the track
/ saw that our first section" was
stopped just a little way farther on.
"What is it, Barty?" said Maclise,
when we came up to the fireman.
"It's them h-l-fired wreckers again.
was the gritting reply. Rail joint
disconnected and sprung out SOS to
let us off down the mountain"
I thought t was up to me to go
back and tell the boss. but there
wasn't any need of it. The stop or
the slow running or something had
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26
NATURE FOND OF FREAKS
Good Old Dame Seems to Take Pride
in Perpetuating Physical oddi-
ties in Mankind.

Occasionally it happens that a boy
or girl is born with webbed feet
that is to say, with toes united by
heshy tissues. 1t is a phenomenon
called ~"syndactyly."
This eccentricity is apt to be hand
ed down from generation to genera
ton in a family, appearing in some Of
its members, but not in others.
The Magazine of Heredity de-
scribes one such case, in a branch Of
an old New England family. The pa
ternal grandfather was web-footed
and bequeathed his peculiar toes to
a son, who passed them along to three
of his six children.
If these people were to intermarry
for three or four generations with an
other web-footed family, all the chill
dren born would exhibit the peculiar
ity. For nature, %curiously enough,
seems always willing to perpetuate
freaks Of any kind.
: What we call freaks, or sports"
in the animal Or the vegetable world
n natures little experiments. 1t is
by this means that she creates new
species and varieties. Some anthro-
biologists are of opinion that all hu-
man beings were originally black and
thai the first white man was 4; sport.
1t might be said that many white
people today respond to that descrip-
ton, though not in the same sense
Philadelphia Ledger. ..
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26
CHAPTER Xiii
What the Pilot Engine Found

49, ~ '''N ~ - SAIla [EFH
For a time after the suicide of the
off Observation-Disclosures the wreck epidemic
paused. Acting upon Mr.. Norcross'
suggestion, Mr.. Van Britt called his
%trainmen in, a crew at a time. and
gave them the straight tip; and after
that the hoodoo died a natural death,
and a good many pairs of eyes all
along the Short Line were keeping a
sharp lookout for the trouble-makers.
In the meantime. Tarbell, still dig
ging faithfully. managed to turn up
a few facts that were worth some
thing. In the Petrolite case he found
a lone prospector living in a shack
high up on the farther side of the
canyon who told him that late in the
evening of the day preceding the
wreck he had seen two men climbing
the slope from which the boulder had
been dislodged, and that one of them
was carrying a pick. Also, further in
vestigation seemed to prove that the
rail which the blow Of the rock was
supposed to have knocked loose had
been previously weakened. either by
drawing some of the spikes. or by
unscrewing the nuts on the bolts at
the joints.
/ another field, and this time under
Ripley's Instructions. our ex-cow-
punch had been able to set and bait
a trap. BY diligent search he had
found the man Murphy. the Clanahan.
benchman. who, under pressure. had
given away the Timber Mountain plot
which had climaxed In the kidnapping
Of the boss. This mar had been de-
l~iberately shot In d bar-room hrawl
and left for dead. But he adscrawled
away and had got out Of town to live
and recover at q distant cattle ranch
In the Ifmberton hills.
When Tarbel discovered him he had
cut out Inc booze. had grown Il beard,
and was ti,irstlng for vengeance Tar-
bell brought him hack to Portal City
and presently there began To he de-
yeiopments. Mnrnhs knew MI the
ropes, IN i little lime Ripley with
TarbcifS help was loaded Tor hear.
One chilly October afternoon THE Inv
Yer rame down To our office 70 tell,
NJ Norcross that NE game wns cor.
nered
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26

CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail-
road manager, and his secretary. Jimmie
ing with a young lady, sheila Macrae.
and her small! cousin. Unseen, they wit
ness d peculiar train holdup, In which
a special car is carried of.
.nArTER u.-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John ChadWick's, financial
znagnate. whom he was to meet at Portal
City. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers Norcross the
ship Of the Pioneer Short Line, which is
in the hands of eastern spectators.
headed by Breckenridge Dunton, presi-
dent of the line. Norcross, learning that
Sheila Macrae is stopping at Portal City,
accepts.
CHAPTER uI.-Dodds ~overhears con-
y~ersation between Rufus Hatch and Gus
tave Henckel, Portal City ~financiers. in
kidnapping. their object being to keep
Chadwick from attending q meeting of
directors to reorganize the Pioneer Short
Lime. which would jeopardize their inter-
ests.
CHAPTER IV.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel, the Red
Tower corporation, Norcross forms the
oany. He begins to - manifest a deep in
terest In Sheila Macrae. Dodds learns
that Sheila is married, but living apart
from her husband. Norcross does not
CHAPTER W. Hatch. aware that
els participation in the Chadwick kid
anlaping, offers him Inducements to leave
office, he is knocked senseless.. Recov-
ering consciousness. he learns that Nor
cross has disappeared and Is believed to
have resigned and gone east.
CHAPTER V.-Dodds connects Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
of Hatch and Henckel, n on recover
ing strength sets out to solve the mys-
terry.
CHAPTER III : With Kirgan. the
roads master mechanic. Dodds gets a
line on Norcross' disappearance. They
follow a clue given them ehrou9h .
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER YIIl.-The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lured. Norcross re-
sumes control Of the Pioneer Short Line,
refusing to give place to mar whom
Dunton has sent to take charge.
CHAPTER Ix.-Dodds fol ows an ennis.
sary of the Red Tower peoiie, spying on
hears a plot to put .Norcross. out of
business, and at the risk Of his life frus-
trates it.
CHAPTER x.-At the home Of sheila
Macrae Dodds is witness OF strange
actions of a man he believes has 4sde-
signs on the life of his friend and boss.
He prepares to defend him.
CHAPTER xI-The sudden return of
Sheila's uncle drives the intruder away
Later Dodds recognizes him as Howard
ton Of the Pioneer Short Line. A series
of wrecks on the line, impossible to ex-
plain. cause alarm to the management.
xII.-Durgin, night dis
patcher. routes passenger and freight
trains to meet on a single track. Dis
aster is narrowly averted. Durgin com
mits suicide, leaving evidence that he
was bribed to bring about collision.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26

n was uoIng Ju, IN s-s ----
and in our way.
What's the pusher out for, BuckY
I asked.
Chandler grinned down at me.
you amt so much Of d railroad
nan as you might be, Jimmie" he
said. "That amt the pusher. It's
our first section. runnin light to
Strathcona.
Maybe Chandler was right, that I
wasn't much of a railroad man. but |
sawed the Short Line operating rules
well, enough to know that it wasn't
usual to u a light engine, deadhead-
ing over the road, as a section of a
special. Also, / knew that Buck
knew it.
With that last little talk over the
{ club dinner-table fresh in mind, | be-
gan to wonder. but instead of asking
Chandler any more questions about
the engine out ahead, / asked him if
I might ride a piece with him up the
branch and when he said Sure" I
climbed up and bumped myself on the
fireman's box.
Maclise got his orders in due time
and we pulled out. l noticed that
when he gave Chandler the word, he
also made motions with his lantern
to the engine up ahead and it prompt
" steamed away. speeding up until it
had about a half-mile lead and then
holding it. That seemed funny, too.
Though it is a rule that is often
sections of a train are supposed to
keep at least five minutes apart, and
first" wasn't much more than a
minute away from us at any time.
Another thing that struck me as be-
ing funny was the way Chandler vas
running. 1t was only sixty mountain
miles up the branch to the big gold
camp, and we ought to. have been
able to make it by one o'clock. taking
it dead easy. But the way Buck was
niggling along it looked as if it might
be going to fake us all night.
Just the same. nothing happened.
The first ten miles was across a desert
stretch with only a slightly rising
grade, and it was pretty much all
tangent-straight line. Beyond the
ten-mile station of hippo we hit the
mountain proper. climbing it through
a dry canyon. with curves that blocked
off everything fifty feet ahead of the
engine, and grades that would have
made pretty good toboggan slides. The
night was fine and starlit, but there
was no moon and the canyon shadows
loomed like huge walls to shut us in.
On the reverse curves | could oc-
c%asionally get a glimpse of the red
tail lights of the engine which ought,
by rights, to have been five full min
utes ahead of us. 1t was still hold
ing it's short lead, jogging along as
%leisurely as we were.
With nothing to do and not much
to see. l got sleepy after a while,
and about the time when / was think
ing that I might as we'll climb back
over the tender and turn in, l dozed
off right there on the tireman's box
which was safe enough, at the snail's
pace we were running. When / awoke
twas. nearly one O'Clock in thesmorn.
ing, and we had worried through the
thirty-miles of canyon run and. were
climbing the steep talus of Slide noun
tain.
While I was rubbing my eyes. the
eight-wheeler gave another little jerk
and I saw that Chandler was slowing
for a stop: saw this and got a glimpse
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26

neah uncanny; they are. for a fact,
sub. This wire is from her. What do
you suppose it saysY'
OF course, the boss said he couldn't
suppose anything about it, and the
major went on.
"She tells me in just seven words,
not to let you 60 to S%trathcona tonight.
Now what do YOU make Of that? How
on top Of Gods green earth did she
know, away off yondeh at the capital,
that you were meaning to so to Strath-
coma tOnight|
Mr.. Norcross shook his head. Then
he said: There are wires-both
kinds-though T5don't know why my
body should telegraph or telephone the
capital that | expect to attend a mine
owners meeting tomorrow morning in
the big gold camp. That's why I'm
going. you know"
But this warming" the major in
sisted. "There's a reason for it, Ora
ham. as sure as you are bawn Y
Again the boss shook his head.
Between you two. you and Sheila.
I'm due TO acquire a case of nerves.
don't know what she has heard. but
] CAM afford to dodge Il business ap-
pointment. Shetla has merely ever
heard an echo of the threats that are
constantly being made by the Hatch
sympathiZers. It's the aftermath of:
the election, but it's all talk. They're
down and out. and they haven't the
nerve to strike back, now"
That ended matters at the club. and
the boss and walked down to- the
headquarters. The special, with Buck
Chandler. vas waiting, and at the last
minute | thought 4 wasn't going to
get to go.
There's no need of your putting in
a night on the road. Jimmie said
the boss, with the kindly thought for
other peoples comfort that never
failed him. But after I had begged a
little, telling him that he'd need some
body to take notes in the mine meet
ing. he said, 'All right and we got
aboard and gave the word to Maclise.
the conductor, to get his clearance
and SO.
A few minutes later we pulled out
and the night run was begun. Like
every other car the boss had ever
owned. the '05' was fitted up as a
working office. and since he had me
along, he opened up a lot of claim
papers upon which the legal depart
ment was giving him the final say-so,
and we went to work.
For the next two hours 4 was so
busy that | didn't know when we
passed the various stations. AT half.
past nine, Mr. Norcross snapped a
rubber band over the last of the claim
files lighted a pipe. and told me I
might go5to bed If / wanted to; said
that he vas going himself after he'd
had 4 smoke. Just then. Chandler
whistlsd for 4 station, and, looking
out of d window, ] saw that we were
pulling into BauXite, the little wind.
blown junction from which the Sfath.
coma branch led away into the north.
ern mountains
Wanting i bite OF fresh air before:
turning IN, ! got on When N made
the stop and strolled up to the en-.
gine. Maclise Was In the office, get,
Ing orders for the branch. and
Chandler Was squatting Ia the gang
way of the S1a anu waiting. up ahead
of us, and too Tar away for me Wi
read the number on her tender, there
was a llgs,t engine. I thought at arst
Il was the pnsller which was kept at
Bauxite % help heavy freiglits up the
branch grodes. asnll. !. wapaered what
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26

railing switch, which was neid In posi-
ton by the insertion of n of the
fish-plates between the rail-webs. If
we had hit the trap, going at even or
binary Notwithstanding speed, there
would have been nothing left to tell
the tale but a. heap OF scrap at the
bottom of the thousand-foot dump.
SContinusd Next Week,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26
italian Invents A~rtificial Rubber.

Italian IhVehtS NrtIfIcIal Rubber.
Artificial rubber which possesses all
the qualities Of natural rubber, at one
twentieth of the cost, has been In
vented by Washington Rossi, an Ital-
ian chemist in the Barcelona labora-
tories in Spain. according to reports.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-05-26
a pipe won't burn your
TONGUE if you smoke P. A!

Prince Albert Is
sold IN toppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and halt pound tin
humid orr and inthe
pound crystal glass
h u m Id Of NTH
sponge ~moisteneY
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-11-16

Their friends lu ttct.
Nss. Harriet ~ STOW # sheridan
emae has ret.nG fren Indiana
ET.reor where ~ sper, ! wcl VISIT
iae at The W 10. V.n sI,.nc home.
Mr. and Mrs II nsv Il. Lewis II
Sd eridan avenue have ecn entertain
ing tile latter's e9o-bcl sl;hur Mar
i'm or Tampico. y VI and her broth
el. Mr. j. Martin and wife Of Indian
apols
As a climax for the local campaign
Vie democrats enjoyed a pleasant time
the S'ovak nan when the democrat
ic workers were entertained, the
hosts b Russell =. - ith n
a candidate for Mayor. T J Suuivnn.
elected for judge and she winning
democratic Alderman Refreshments
We're served there were speeches and
a general sood time.
The Young Ladies GUILD Of the Con
gregatlonal church VIII serve baked
ham supper il the church parlors to-
morrow evenn sS from 5.2e to T.30.
The Plymouth Aid VIII also have a
bazaar tomorrow evening in the
church narlors when several useful
sifts may De rrrchased
Nfinka the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
a ObIcsiak Of Cleveland avenue. who
has ben III with scarlet fever is inn
proving nicely
Two children Of Mrs. Mary Williams
of Cleveland Avenue are on the sick
list
~ pound daughter was born to
AIR and Ms. David Whumire nco
Grace Twitt If Oliver street on Mon
dav evening
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-11-16

aslae. ptoeram Will be the feature Of
tlte afternoon.
Miss Marie Keckich Of 1915 Myrtle
avenue motored with party of her
friends from Joliet to ChamDaign. H.
where thoy attended the football game
asst SATURDAY and returned home on
sunday even.ns
James Nicholson OF Roberts avenue.
was on "a hunting trip the latter part
ol the week. near Valparaiso and re-
.urned with a number of fine looking
rabbits.
\ son was born on Monday morning
10 Mr. and MIS- George Demko of Rob
erts avenue, both mother and baby
are getting along fine at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs Mike Hubbard. their
daughter Beulah and son William mo-
tored here from Toledo. Ohio. and are
spending a few days visiting at the
home OF mir. and Mrs. Captain George
gader OF Myrtle avenue The HUB
bardS VIII be Remembered as former
Robertsdale people MIR. Hubbard is
now IN the tire business in Toledo.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Mcneil Of Rob-
erta averne. attended theatre in Chi
cago on saturday evening.
Nj. c. Naef OF Roberts avenue,
spent few days in Cairo. Ill. on bus
mess for the Standard oil Co
Anyone guessing the weight Of the
chicken in the windoY Of Nfatscn' =
Dairy, can have it for their Thanks
giving dinner.