davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

Last year many families would
not preserve fruits on accoun. of
the high price of sugar, and this
year lot of 'em won't on account
of the value of their time.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12
SUNNY SQUIBLETS

Some of the people who kick on
the price of milk, are the same
ones that break a number OF milk
bottles each week.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

The office seekers who are try-
ing to find out how the president
stands on their applications, are
likely to find out that he is going
to sit on them.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12
prospective winner in the light
WEIGHT championship.

A problem in metallurgy. How
long will it take the man who drops
a copper cent in the plate on Sun
day to win a golden crown?
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12
CURRENT COMMENT
Somebody Got Punched

Surely those rum smugglers
took some chances on their wild
ride through Groton with a man
on each side of the automobile with
drawn revolver. We Happen to
know several good sportsmen in
this Caledonia town who would
just as soon as not, if delegates
with the roper authority, make
the tires of the smugglers' car
look like worn out shoe laces.
Strikes US, that unless there is a
let W in this through traffic rum
bisiness, some one is going to get
hurt.-Waterbury Record.
The Rutland Herald is peeved
and does not know whether the
congressional delegation is driving
double hitch or tandem in this sea-
sons great free for all.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

Entered as second class matter
May 1, 1916, at the post office at
81. Johnsbury, Vermont, under the
ltt of March 3, 1879.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12
BACK TALK

The capture of a whiskey still
in cave overlooking Willoughby
Lake smacks of the wild tales of
the yellowbacks, but the Barre
Times is sure the removal of the
still does not remove any of the
real charms of Willoughby.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

The Burlington News calls Ex-
Governor Fletcher misunderstood
altruist, and Lynn Hayes another,
and you're another.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

Some of the after dinner speak
ers tell their funny stories so often
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

III. As members of the Associated
Press that organization is entitled
Exclusively to the use for repub-
lration of all news dispatches
credited to it or not otherwise
credited in this paper and all the
'lQcal news published herein. All
fights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

! A newspaper headline intimates
bat Central Vermont trains are to
slow down, Gracious! Let's walk
md save time and money.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

The Ru.lan News is sure that
by his experience Col. Gibson is
well filled to command the First
Vermont regiment and he has the
of being a very able
officer.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

| A constant subscriber wants Us
70 nominate the ~roceryman as
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12

We see William Howard Taft
referred to as a kind hearted man.
Yet the Burlington News is in
doubt about it for he used to go
horseback riding.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-12
FRIDAY, AUG. IL, 1921
EDITORIAL

! A wheat crop of $50 million
,pshels is forecasted. 1t looks as
4 we would not have to eat saw
lust any longer for a breakfast
bod.
Evening star., 1921-02-27
THE BUDDHA'S TOOTH

wildflre-that a party OF visiting Eu-
ropeanS had stolen the tooth and car
ried it away to the Island of Fragrant
Waters.
Some villagers from near the shrine
had brought the news from the island
mon report, and SO they had stirred
up the people and the people had
stirred up the magistrate, with the
result that he either would have to
report it to the governor at Canon,
Or the people would organize a
FAX Lien Tang" ("Band of Re
venge") and march down on the
case would probably mean serious
international complication and the
consequent finish of the magistrate,
and so he begged the abbot to use
every influence in his power to pre-
vent it. Would he not find out.
though prominent Chinese or Euro
pean friends. just who the persons
were that visited the shrine. and if
they had purloined the relc-proba-
playful way they had of appropriat
ing religious treasures in the east
would he not induce them to imrne-
diately return it?
He folded up the letter and, &C
cording to the custom of his country.
returned it to the red envelope in
which it came. Glancfng up at the
he said to himself: There must be
no delay in this; it is not too late
to go to the temple tonight. AS my
English friends are so fond of say
ing: There is no time like the
golden present" Old Chang was
ordered to go to the nearby chair
stand and call two coolies for his
Evening star., 1921-02-27
A Wang Foo Story by Sydney c. Partridge

know it. several lives will have to
pay for it,
Yes. that is most important. most
important" repeated the abbot as he
rose to depart.
seHEREs an old friend and ad-
mirer OF yours come to see
you He really is a most wonderful
bird, Miss Mosher. Why. he just leaves
our American parrots in the shade"
remarked Freddie. as the room boy
dragged out onto the porch i large
bamboo cage.
HE would leave any kind of bird
in the shade,'" smiled the young
writer as she laid aside her pencil
and paper, for he is certainly blacker
than the imp of darkness himself.
Why. it's the bird that talked to US
at the wharf! But what did you go
and buy him for?'
Not what did L buy him for. Miss
Mosher, but who did l buy him for?
Why. just look; he's calling to his new
mistress now" AS she said the words,
the raven, sleek and black as the OF
that croaked out "Nevermore" to the
poet. hoped out from the open door
to the lady's feet and said almost as
distinctly as the boy. My chin-chin
you! My chin-chin you" (How d'y'
do? How d'y'do")
Good gracious, you don't mean that
You bought him for me? Why. of
course. it's perfectly lovely i. you to
think of me, but how in the world am
l going to drag him and that mon
strous cage around the globe with
me?"
"Oh, you won't have to drag him
he'll just love to go of his own ac-
cord. Now, just watch me ask him
Here. Pluto, old chap, wouldn't you
consider it the greatest pleasure in
Evening star., 1921-02-27

ton. Hayward got by in the costume
of medicine man. Gamut, the sing
ing teacher, had escaped merely by
being insane, as the Indians liked that
sort of thing.
x X *
They found Alice prisoner, and also
Uncas, the ultimate Mohican- Uncas
gathered an army of Delaware In
dians TO go back and free Cora Ma
gua's forces were crushingly defeat
ed, but the vengefu1 Indian grabbed
Cora and ran of with her to the,
mountains. Uncas. Hayward and
Hawkeye pursued them heatedly.
Standing of a ledge adjoining a con-
venient precipice, Cora saw the jig
was up. She didn't have a sweetheart
anyway. and she knew she was no
good to the plot.
Woman" cried Magua, raising his
pork chop whittier. "choose-the wig
wan or the knife"'
Whoof. Uncas, the last OF the Mo-
Evening star., 1921-02-27
WindOwless Houses of
the Hebrides Islands

own damp breath, through which the
miserable cattle loomed like shad-
ows. Everywhere lakes and pools. as
thickly sown among the land as sis is. .
wretched and chiNy. To the east the
Minch, rolling dismal waters toward
the far-off heads of Skye: to the west
the ocean. foaming at the lips and
stretching barren and desolate into
the rain-charged Clouds"
Potatoes. oats and fish are the
principal foods of the inhabitants.
with unfermented bread. and milk and
eggs for the well-to-do. Every log
or plank washed up from shipwreck
by the sea is carefully treasured on
these wet and windy treeless isles to
make the rafters of a human habita-
ton. These hardships probably ac-
count for the fact that the females
exceed the number of males by 10 per
cent in the islands. able bodied men
climes. Nowhere on the islands can
one go far without coming to lake or
pool or arm of the sea. SO deeply in
dented are all of the coasts.
North list has an extraordinary
harbor. Loeb Maddy, a sheet of water
not more than ten square miles,
which, owing to it's numerous deep
inlets, has a coast line of 300 miles.
ST. kilda, another Of the dots on the
ordinary school map. is said to pre-
sent IHS IOlllCSL CTdS, IiSIH5 oaI VI
the ocean on one side a sheer 1900
feet. The population of this lonely
place numbers q few score persons,
whose chief industry is with the birds
that swarm there. '"rhe air is full of
feathered. the sea is covered with
them, the houses are ornamented by
them the ground is speckled by them
like fiowery meadow in May"
Occasionally there is a sun. Then
the highlander sees beauty. The wild
coast with its granite masses, its
spare grass brown-green. its sea-
birds a snowy white and the ocean
with it's innumerable waves sparkling
blue. And on summer nights, when
the fishermen go forth, the phos-
phorescent glow offers a splendid
sight. "A stream OF fire ran of each
side from the bows" says MacCulloch,
''and the ripple of the wake was span
gled with the glowworms of the deep.
Every oar dropped diamonds. every
fishing line was a line of light the
iron cable went down in torrent of
flame. and the plunge Of the anchor
resembled an explosion of lightning.
Evening star., 1921-02-27
HER LETTERS
By Paul Ginsty

"Be seated. please. Charmed would
| be a better word"
':Ah! Pierre. you say that without
conviction"
| She smiled, but with a faint sug-
gestion of melancholy.
How feelings change! It is less our
/ fault than that of our poor natures
I that we don't want things to last. But
We loved each other all the same"
| ut is a sacred memory, Charlotte
There was silence. Both were em-
| barrassed. She pulled herself to-
gether and began.
1T is curious that I should come
| here to say the word which puts a
definite end to our little romance.
test And as for me, my mind is made
| up. Possibly you have already heard
| that am going to be married"
You are?"
Eyes. Is it love or only friendship
| which I feel for the man who is to
be my husband? In either case. ! put
my life confidently in his hands You
don't know him. He is not of our
world His name would mean nothing
to you. 1 came to say good-by."
You know, Charlotte. that I wish
you happiness with all my heart
May you be loved and appreciated as
you deserve to be-"
She looked him straight in the eyes>
You think, perhaps, that 1 could
| have been that man. loving you and
understanding you better"
NO; no reproaches, my friend.
Don't let's talk about what's past.
And don't let's try to deceive our
selves with phrases. Let US end the
matter smilingly."
She looked about the room, at the
table covered with books and the
pictures on the walls.
Nothing is different here. Only you
and are different"
Her eyes rested on a little secretary,
tightly closed.
lContiuIled on Sixth Paeel
Evening star., 1921-02-27

such a state Of excitement and un-
rest still. that any little faux-pas on
the part OF a foreigner-and GER
tainly the common accident of the
wounding Of a child by a stray shot
from a hunters gun-would throw
them into condition where they
would be beyond control and very
serious results and possible loss of
life would follow
And how long do you think it will
last?''
Il have good reason to believe that
it will not be many weeks and that
the temple will recover the relic and
explain its disappearance satisfac-
torily."
Very well, then" said his excel
lency. Il and my colleagues have such
perfect confidence in your good judC-
ment on all native questions-espe-
cially when the welfare of the colony
is at stake-that if Inspector Higgins
agrees with us We will have a notice
put in the papers tomorrow" And this
was the notice:
Owing to much disturbed con-
dition of things in the district around
the Pale Moon Hills. II. F., the gov
| ernor. feels it his duty to warn all
residents and tourists against visit
ing that part of the mainland until
the present excitement is completely
over"
tomorrow" said Col. Champion. when
the reason for the notice was ex-
planned to him by the American con-
sui. Do these people actually think
that respectable Americans come out
to their wretched old country TO steal
their old tusks or any other trash
from their temples? Why. wouldn't
be mean enough to steal even my own
grandmothers false teeth, to say
nothing of the holy Buddha's"
Don't you remember saying any
thing out loud about buying the
Buddha's tooth or carrying it away
asked the consul.
Nothing except that it might be
worth IS TO carry il away and present
it to some museum, but. good heav-
ems. that was only a joke
We'll. a joke sometimes is over
heard and distorted and may cause
unthoug ght-of trouble in this country
however. we are all to meet Mr.
Wang Foo this evening. so please
Evening star., 1921-02-27
The Last of the
MOhicans.

T n the days when the American In
dians were subletting large slices
of the continent to anybody who
had handful of beads and bot
tie of red eye, England and France
decided to fight over lease rights.
The French marched on Fort Will
liam Henry. held by the English un-
der a Scotsman named Munro. who
sent out a c. Q. D. for able-bodied as
sistance, but got only few boy scouts.
Meanwhile, Munro's two daughters.
Cora and Alice, craving excitement.
set forth to join their papa in the
semi finals. Accompanied by Capt.
Hayward, who was sweet on Alice. an
Indian guide called Magua for short,
Evening star., 1921-02-27
the world to travel with Miss Mo!

the world to travel with Miss Mo?
sher?"
Can do. Can do" croaked out the
raven.
"There: what did I tell you? Could
you find more enthusiastic admirer
entertainment for you on your whole
/, trip, and the Chinese say that he is
such an affectionate creature, deep
down beneath all those black feath-
ers. that he'll grow to like you more
every time he sees you"
"Mr. Appleton" she said. picking up
the bird. which really was very tame
and gentle: from the floor. mfr. APP
pleton-"
Good gracious" he interrupted.
have we got to go back to that old
Mr. business? Why I hoped we
might have an occasional sprinkling
of Freddie or even Apple after the
picnic"
well. if you force me to it, then"
she said. looking straight into his
face. and hardly suppressing a smile,
Frederick, Gee. that's almost as
bad as the Mr.. Why. even the bird
can say it. Say. Freddie. old chap.
Freddie. Freddie" The raven. who
was certainly quicker to initiate than
the average parrot. repeated. Fred
die! Freddie" and. Of course. Ger
trude had to yield
We'll. Freddie. do you remembe r
what Priscilla said to John Alden
when he went to speak a good word
for Miles Standsh?"
mo. for the life of me. can't re-
member. but I'll just run over to the
library and look it up. while you in
troduce Pluto to Mrs. +. and the
colonel"
ICO you think it would be wise to
~ stop ali Europeans going over to
the Pale Moon Hills for time. do
youo' asked Sir Evington Beecham.
the governor of Wang Foo. as they
concluded an important interview in
the inner office.
Not only wise. but absolutely es-
sential. your excellency." was the re-
ply. II can testify. from q personal
visit there, that the people are in
Evening star., 1921-02-27
u! ii! 1la1fed C!a01c(:ZkgS
~ eEg-b<A Annev gordan =S5EZ
bZA1znexgordarr

You come. no resist, be sweet
papoose to big Sweet Pepper. Then
sister go home by herself, huh -
You double-dyed. stove-polished
varmint," shrieked Cora 81 will not
allow my sister to go home by her
SELF
"I should trouble my face" grunted
Magua. using the quaint Indian equi-
valent of a popular song. Have lady
tortured, please"
Just as a persuasive redskin raised
his tommy hawk to tap Alice on her
conundrum cracker. a shot rang out
on the still 3:45 air (p.m.). Crack!
A redskin bit the dust. 1t was none
other than our friend Hawkeye. ac-
companied by Uncas. the last Of the
Mohicans: not forgetting his dad
Chingachgook. the next to the last.
In the contest that ensued nobody
kept score. but all the Magua gang
chewed the real estate except Mag
himself. The captives were freed
and in a short time entered Fort
William Henry, where a real fight
was progressing.
Montcalm and his French and In
dains were too much for the English
Evening star., 1921-02-27
n the Hebrides Islands are
thousands of so-called "black
houses" having neither CHM

thousands of so-called "black
~ houses" having neither chin
ney nor window. a single
door serving the purposes of all
three. A member of the Carnegie
Foundation staff. who recently trav-
eled there. reports that in these cheer
less one-room novels a peat fire is
kept burning day and night and in
the soot-begrimed interior the in
in which the poorest OF the islanders
live are OF undressed stone. piled to-
gether without mortar and thatched
with turf. Because of the const@rt
rain and winds the turf roofs must
be frequently renewed, hence they are
made SO low that it is often difficult
TO distinguish them from the sur
rounding rocky fields.
The Hebrides Islands exceed 500 in
number. of which only one-fifth are
inhabited. Thirty of the inhabited
islands have population of only ten
are group entirely uninhabited. The
population of the entire Hebridean
archipelago is only twenty eight to
the square mile. They lie few miles
off the west coast of Scotland. the
Outer Hebrides consisting of Lewis
INOIlH OlSIs SOutH JlSl
and Benbecula, while Skye, Null. 1slay
and Arran are the principal isles CT
the Inner Hebrides.
Bathed in the warm waters OF the
Gulf stream, the climate of the Hebri-
des is warm rather than cold, consid-
ering the latitude, and there is an
average rainfall over the entire group
of fortyseven inches per annum
which often mounts to over 100 Inche
at the coast. In spite nf this. the
islands are for the great part tree
less. Hope Moncrieff tells of a wom- =
an who. having lived all her life
there. had no conception of tree
except that it must look like a cab
bage. They present more often tina n
not bleak monotonous aspect Of rock
(granite or gneiss), water, sand and
bog, where the sea is all islands and
the land Is all lakes" A visitor Ge-
scribes their common features On half
the days OF the week as:
"A dreary sky. q dreary fall Of rain.
Long. low flats covered with their
Evening star., 1921-02-27

that they CHANGED upon the trusty
scout. Hawkeye. and his bronze plat
ed friend Chingachgook. who was
none other than the father of Cncas,
the last Of the Mohicans.
x X X r
Listen, Hawkeye." Chingy was
saying. II am next to last of the Mo-
hicans, and Uncas he absolutely last
First Mohicans own this place. Then
come Dutch. Give Mohicans heap hot
firewater. Zowie. ugh, Too much
woodcraft alcohol Mohicans gone on
bum. Turn up toes. Zip. All gone
Uncas last"
Hayward interrupted the prohibition
oration to ask the way. Hawkeye.
seeing that they were trapped. led
them to a cave, while Magua disap-
peared into the unshaven scenery.
The wretch soon tracked our heroines
and heroes to their cave. where a des-
Evening star., 1921-02-27
Translated From the French by
WILLIAM l.. MCPHERSON.


HIERRE vIRIEU, the historian
- had shut himself up for the
day in his library. He had
given orders to admit nobody.
Nevertheless, his valet entered the
room with a knowing smile and an
nounced one of those unexpected call
ers whom it is simply impossible to
turn away.
Its Nine. Charlotte-'
Bah"
Monsieur understands that
couldn't refuse"
"All right said Pierre Virieu, a
little annoyed by the liberty which
khe valet, long intimate with his
masters affairs. had taken.
He got up out Of his chair and
prepared to greet the visitor.
Charlotte Lantier. The memories
she recalled were charming. undoubt-
edly. She had been distinctly high
bred, original and truly feminine. His
friendship for her had not been with
out clashes, though it had lacked any
real passion To him it was now
only an agreeable recollection.
The break between them had come
almost of itself. He hadn't Seen
Charlotte for more than a year. He
had heard of her only Indirectly, in
chance conversations in which people
spoke of her talent as painter and
Of her curious sincerity of vision.
He had practically forgotten her.
although at first such forgetfulness
would have seemed to him unnatural
and impossible.
X X X X
CHARLOTTE LANTIER was visibly
~ affected. There was slight tinge
Of color in her pale face.
You are surprised to see me- she
said
Evening star., 1921-02-27

and Munro surrendered. The fort
population were granted safe conduct
to Fort Edward, but the sight of so
many available palefaces reused the
envy of the Indians, and all the wom-
en- and children save our heroines
were scalped. Magua, who never
overlooked a bet. was present and
captured Cora and Alice.
Munro. Hawkeye and Hayward, who
had Missed the massacre, returned to
find the girls missing, and picked up
the trail Of the villianou Magua- They
came to an Indian village, and Hawk
eye who had the instincts of a clever
detective, disguised himself as bear
and roamed around without molesta-
Evening star., 1921-02-27
ion't worry abou, it until he explains

don't worry about it until he explains
things" a
A Nd when the assembled company.
I whom the detective had asked the
| consul to call together that evening
listened to Wang Foo's story. this is
what they heard:
The Buddhas tooth was never
stolen by any Europeans. II was
| temporarily withdrawn from it's case
in the shrine in order that its ename.
might be sold to the Hindoos. who
were travelling 10 China for just thiS
purpose Tho Hindoos had been dis
! covered in an Indian boarding house.
and the tooth. with tho enamel chip
ped off and its surface covered with
plaster CAS- skillfullY as an American
dentist could have done it), was now
/ in the possession of the police. who
would retur il 10 the temple and thus
| quiet the minds Of the people"
But what made the people think
that we had taken It? Was it any
thing that we said at the picnic"
asked Mrs. Fairbanks.
'Oh. not at all: put your minds at
perfect ease about that 1t was SIM,
ply the words they heard at the tea
house, Yang jim lao liao fu ya,' that's
all"
And that means We stole the tooth.
does it :"
An. smiled Wang Foo. now you
come to the secret of it all 1t could
mean that. but il also means The for
eiCner has taken away the Lucky
Raven for the words 'Fu Ya.' you
see. are exactly the same with a very
slight d iference in tone"
80 old Pluto and 7 are the guilty
parties. are We them exclaimed the
astonished Freddie. We'll. old bird,
you're not such evil omen after all
so III Just take a seat by the side OF
your dear miStres-I don't care now
who sees us-and well just change
the 'Nevermore' of tho poet to the
'Evcrmore' of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Appleton"
And may the happy stars ever
shine upon your pathway was the
Celestial blessing of their eyer-dc-
voted friend Wang Foo.
Evening star., 1921-02-27

hicans. thudded down beside Them.
having jumped halfway down the
mountain to be present at this excit-
ing scene. Uncas couldn't get nm in
time to escape being knitted, and both
he and poor Cora took the count.
The evil Magua leaped several fis-
sures, but lost his foothold and grasp
<d precariously at a bush that grew
out into the precipice. He pulled him
self up slowly.
Crack. 1t was none other than ouf
faithful Hawkeye's rifle that spoke.
Magua shook his fist defiautiy as
he shot the >chutes down the preci-
pice. but it didn't do him any good
when he hit the bottom
Evening star., 1921-02-27

and a batty singing teacher named
David Ganut. they hit the trails
through the thicket toward Fort Will
liam Henry.
Suddenly out of the underbrush
CLEANED an animated cigar advertise
ment-a hand painted Indian. Either
Magua or the tobacco trust was lead
ing them into trap. 1t was well