davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
SPANISH ~ S4MqdA S4M555A DOUBLOONS :;;:::::::::::. ;;:::::::::: :::::::

I difficult; not that BesS Is as a 0an- eral thing obtuse, but because the nic. ture of Aunt Jane embarking for some wild, lone isle of the Pacific as the head of a treasure-Seeking expe. dition was enough to shake the strong. est intellect. And yet, amid the wei ter of ink and eloquence which filled those fateful pages, there was the cold hard fact confronting you. Aunt Jane was going to look for buried treasure
 in company with one Violet Higglesbv. Browne, whom she sprung on vou without the slightest explanation. as though alluding to the queen of Sheba or the Siamese twins. By beginning at the end and reading backward Aunt Jane's letters are usually most intelligible that way-yOu managed to piece together some explanation of this Miss Hlgglesby-BrOwne and her place in the scheme of things. It was through Miss Browne, whom she had met at a lecture upon Soul-Develop- ment, that Aunt Jane had come to realize her claims as an IndividuaI upon the Cosmos, also to discover that she was by nature a woman of af- fairs with talent for directing large enterprises, although adverse infiu. ences had hitherto kept her from rec ognizing her powers. There was a dark significance in these adverse in- fuences," though whether they meant me or the family lawyer 1 was not sure.
 Miss Higglesby-Browne, however, had assisted Aunt Jane to find herself, and as consequence Aunt Jane, for the comparatively trifling outlay need full to finance the Harding Browne ex- petition, would shortly be the richer by one-fOurth of a vast treasure of Spanish dOublOons The knowledge of this hoard was Miss Higglesby- BrOwne's alone. It had been revealed to her by dying sailor in a London hospital. whither she had gone on a mission of kindneSs-yOu gathered that Miss Browne was precisely the sort to take advantage when people were helpless and unable to fly from her. Why the dying sailor chose to make Miss Browne the repository of
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
CHAPTER |.
An Aunt Errant.


 Never had life seemed more fair and smiling than at the moment when Aunt Jane's letter descended upon me like a bolt from the blue. The fact Is, I was taking vacation from Aunt Jane. Being an orphan, I was sup posed to be under Aunt Jane's wing, but this was the merest polite fiction, and I am sure that no hen with one chicken worries about 1t more than I did about Aunt Jane. I had spent the last three years, since Aunt Susan died and left Aunt Jane with all the money and no one to look after but me, in snatching her from the brink of disaster. Her most recent and>nar- row escape was from a velvet tongued person of half her years who turned out to be a convict on parole. She had her handbag packed for the elopement when l confronted her with this unpleasant fact. When she came to she was bitter instead of grateful. and went about for weeks presenting a spectacle of blighted affections which was too much for the most self approving conscience. So it ended with my packing her off to New York, where I wrote to her frequently and kindly, urging her not to mind me but to stay as long as she liked.
 Meanwhile 1 came up to the ranch for long holiday with Bess and the baby, a holiday which had already stretched itself out to Thanksgiving, and threatened to last until Christ mas.
 As to Aunt Jane, my state of mind was fatuOusly calm. She was stay ing with cousins, who live in suburb and are frightfully respectable. 1 was sure they numbered no convicts among their acquaintance, or indeed any one from whom Aunt Jane was likely to require rescuing. And if 1t came to a retired missionary was perfectly willing.
 But the cousins and their respect ability are of the passive order, where as to manage Aunt Jane demands az gressive and continuous action. Hence the bolt from the blue above alluded to.
 was swinging tranquilly in the hammock, I remember, when Bess brought my letters and then hurried away because the baby had fallen downstairs. Unwarned by the slight est premonitOry thrill, I kept Aunt Jane's letter till the last and skinned through all the others.
 At last I came to Aunt Jane. | ripped open the envelope and drew out the letter-a fat one, but then Aunt Jane's letters are always fat. Nevertheless, as I spread out the close-filled pages I felt a mild wonder. Writing so large, so black, so stag gering, so madly underlined, must in- dicate something above even Aunt James usual emotional level. Per hapS in sober truth there was a mis- siOnary-
 Twenty minutes later I staggered into Bess' room.
 Hush" she said. Don't wake the babyr'
 Baby or no baby" whispered sav- agely, "rve got to have a timetable. I leave for the city tonight to catch the first steamer for Panama!"
 Later, while the baby slumbered and I packed, explained. This was
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02

my homework all through the month. Recommend your Vegetable Compound to my friends for female troubles. "- Mrs. DELLA SCHoLZ, 1412 Salisbury Street, St. Louis, Mo.
 Just think for a moment. Lydia E Pmkham's Vegetable Compound has been in use for nearly fifty years. It is prepared from medicinal plants, by tho utmost pharmaceutical skill, and supe- riOr methods. The ingredients thus combined in the Compound correct the conditions which cause such annoying symptoms as had been troubling Mrs. SchOlz. The Vegetable Compound exer- ciSes restorative influence of the most desirable character, correcting the trou- ble in a gentle but efficient manner. This is noted, by the disappearance, one after another, of the disagreeabls symptoms.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
TREASURE ISLAND.

We'll, here's a new kind of Treasure Island"-a kind that Stevenson himself would chuckle over, could he come back to read it. And by . wo- man, tool So, as you may easily imagine, it's different from the rank and file of the many stories about treasure islands.
 Just the same, it's a real treasure island Story-an unin- habited island, adventurers who have adventures, mystery, treaehery, violence and Spanish doubIoons. And this time, for good measure, love and ro- nance and humor are thrown in.
 The author, Camilla Kenyon, was born in San Francisco, with a legend of a buccaneer ances. tor in the family. She says she sometimes thinks the old rOver's soul may have got by mistake into her earthly frame. Any way, she always has dotted on sea tales of adventure-and now she has written one of her own that's better reading than most of those she has read.
 Yes; it's sure different-the red-headed heroine tellS the story herselfI An interesting young person with a yarn that will keep you reading far be- yond bedtime.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
Have You A Daughter ? How to Take Proper Care of Her Health

Hastings, Nebr.-'FWhen I was about Eixteen years of age caught severe cold which caused irregularity and suffer ing. My mother gave me Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and four bottles of it completely restored my health. And in all these years I have not had the least sign of woman's weakness, but have always maintained unusual health, which think is due entirely to the Favorite Prescription that my mother gave to me when I was developing. I have been enthusiastically recommend ing Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for forty years and shall continue to do SO as long as I live. Mrs. Ellen Heun, 211 N. Burlington Ave.
 Get the Prescription today from your druggist-hquid or tablets.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02

his secret, don't know-this still re- mains for me the unsolved mystery But when the sailor closed his eyes the secret and the map-Of course there was a map-had become Miss Hlgglesby-Browne's
 Miss Browne now had clear before her the road to fortune, but unfOrtu- nately 1t led across the sea and quite out of the route of steamer travel. Capital in excess of Miss Brownes re- sources was required. London prov ing cold before its great opportunity, Miss Browne had shaken off its dust and come to New York, where a mys- teriOusly potent influence had guided her to Aunt Jane. Through Miss BrOwne's great organizing abilities, not to speak of those newly brought to light in Aunt Jane, a party of stanch comrades had been assembled, a steamer engaged to meet them at Panama, and it was ho, for the island in the blue Pacific main
 With this lyrical Outburst Aunt Jane concluded the body of her letter. A small cramped postscript informed me that it was against Miss H.-B.'s wishes that she revealed their plans to anyone, but that she did want to hear from me before they sailed from Panama, where a letter might reach her if I was prompt.
 "And of course" explained to Bess as hurled things into my bags, If a
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02

letter can reach her so can I. At least I must take the chance of it. What those people are up to don't know probably they mean to hold her for ransom and murder her outright if 1t Is not forthcoming. Or perhaps some of them will marry her and share the spells with Miss Higglesby-BrOwne. Anyway, I must get to Panama in time to save her."
 "Or you might go along to the island" suggested Bess.
 paused to glare at her.
 "Bess And let them murder me, tOo?"
 "Or marry you" cooed Bess.
 One month later was climbing out of numbering hack before the Tivoli hotel, which rises square and white and imposing on the low green height above the old Spanish city of Pan- anna. In spite of the melting trop- ical heat there was chill fear at my heart, the fear that Aunt Jane and her band of treasure-seekers had al- ready departed on their quest.
 I crossed the broad gallery and plunged into the cool dimness of the lobby in the wake of the bellboys who, discerning helpless prey, had swoOped en masse upon my bags.
 Miss Jane HardingT" repeated the clerk, and at the cool negation of his tone my heart gave a sIckenlng down. ward swoop. Miss Jane Harding and party have left the hOtelw
 "For-the island?" I gasped
 He raised his eyebrows. Cant say, I'm sure" He gave me an ap- praising stare. Perhaps the woe in my face touched him, for he descend ed from the eminence of the hotel clerk where he dwelt apart sufficient ly to add, "Is 1t important that you should see herr"
 'T am her niece. have come all the way from San Francisco expect ing to join her here."
 The clerk meditated, his shrewd eyes piercing the very secrets of my soul.
 "She knew nothing about It," I has, tened to add. "I intended it. for a surprise"
 This candOr helped my cause. "Well," he said, "that explains her not leaving any word. AS you are her niece, suppose 1t will do no harm to tell you that Miss Harding and her party embarked this morning on the freighter Rufus Smith, and I think it very likely that the steamer has not left port. If you like I will send a man to the waterfront with you and you may be able to go on board and have a talk with your aunt"
 Did l thank him? 1 have often wondered when I walked up in the night I have a vision of myself dashing out of the hotel, and then the hack that brought me is bearing me away. Bellboys hurled my bags in after me, and I threw them largess recklessly. Madly we clattered over cObbled ways. Out on the smooth waters of the roadstead lay ships great and small, ships with stripped
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02

masts and smOkeless tunnels, others with faint gray spirals wreathing up- ward from their stacks Was one of these the Rufus Smith, and would I reach her-Or him-befOre the thin gray feather became a thick black plume? I thought of my aunt at the mercy of these unknown adventurers with whom she had set forth, help less as a little fat pigeon among hawks, and felt, desperately, that I must reach her, must save her from them and bring her safe back to shore. How was to do this at the eleventh hour, plus about fifty-Seven minutes, as at present, hadn't con- sidered. But experience had taught me that once in my clutches Aunt Jane would offer about as much re- sistance as a slightly melted wax doll. She gets so soft that you are almost afraid to touch her for fear of leav- ing dents.
 So to get there, get there, get there. was the one prayer of my soul.
 l got there, in a boat hastily con- mandeered by the hotel clerks dep uty. We brought up under the side of the little steamer, and the wide surprised face of a Swedish deck hand stared down at us.
 'Let me aboard! I must come aboard" I cried.
 Other faces appeared, then a rope ladder. Somehow I was mounting it-a dizzy feat to which only the tu- mutt of my emotions made me indlf- ferent. Bare brawny arms of sailors clutched at me and drew me to the deck. There at once was the cen- ter of circle of speechless and aston ished persons, all men but one.
 "Wellf" demanded a large breezy voice. "What's this mean? What do you want aboard my ship?"
 I looked up at a red-faced man in a large straw hat.
 "I want my aunt" explained.
 "YOur aunt?' he roared. "Why the devil should you think I've got your aunt?"
 "You have got her," I replied with flrmnesS. "I don't see her, but she's here somewhere"
 The captain of the Rufus Smith shook two large red fists above his head.
 Another lunaticl" he shouted. "Pd as soon have a white horse and a min ister aboard as go to sea in floating bedlam!"
 AS the captains angry thunder died away came the small, anxious voice of Aunt Jane.
 "What's the matter? Oh, please tell me what's the matterI !" she was say ing as she edged her way into the group. Her eyes, round, pale, blink ing a little in the tropical glare, roved over the circle until they lit on me. Right where she stood Aunt Jane petrifed. Her poor little chin dropped until 1t disappeared altogether in the folds of her plump neck, and she re- mained speechless, stricken, immobile as a wax figure in an exhibition.
 "Aunt Jane," said, "yOu must come right back to shore with me-" spoke calmly, for unless you are perfectly calm with Aunt Jane you fluster her.
 She replied only by a slight gob- bling in her throat, but the other woman spoke in a loud voice, ad- dressed not to me but to the universe In general.
 "The Young Person is mad" It was m unmistakably British intOnation.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
Enouuh Said.

Frequently a question contains It's own answer. Such a question was the one put recently by Kansas young woman who had failed to qualify for a position as teacher. Feeling that she had not been considerably dealt with, she wrote: 'I think I am en. titled to an exclamation of why failed, anyway. Transcript
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02

had backache and
 had to go to bed as [
 could not work. My m o ther and my
 whole family always
 took Lydia B. Pink hams Vegetable Compound for such troubles and they
 induced me to try h
 and it has helped mo very much. I don't have cramps any more. and | can d0
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
Good Advice.

Germs, says the United States public health service, are usually a hand to mouth affair. Better wash up.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
Considerate.

Bobby (triumphantly)-I prayed that God would make grandma better In four days and He's done it.
 MOther-Why didn't you pray to have her get better right away?
 BObby-You know things take time. Boston Transcript.
The St. Johns herald., 1922-02-02
CRAMPS, PAINS
 AND BACKACHE
St. Louis Woman Relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
 etable Compound
lUIlIllIIIIIIIIllI

St. Louis, Mo. -"I was bothered with cramps and pains every month and
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20
SECRETS OF COOKING BACON
To Fry Until Thoroughly Delicious and
Crisp, Though Unburned, 10 Not
Difficult.

Frying bacon so that it Is thorough
ly delicious and crisp, though un-
burned, is not such hard thing to
accomplish as has sometimes been
supposed. According to the Office Of
home economics of the United States
Department Of Agriculture, it makes
no difference whether the cooking is
fast or slow, and to keep pouring OF
the fat as 1t tries out is more work
than is really necessary for perfect.
ly good result.
Frying bacon so that it Is crisp Is
chiefly a matter of getting the water
and excess fat out of it. In order not
to burn it, one should be very careful
that neither the bacon nor the fat in
the pan becomes overheated Through
out the process the fat should remain
light brown color and should not be
allowed to get dark brown. It Is
easier to cook bacon slowly than to
cook it fast, because it Is easier to
keep the fat uniform pale color when
one takes plenty of time for the
task.
Bacon to be crisp does not need to
drain while it is cooking. 1t can even
be fried in deep fat with excellent re-
suits. After it is cooked and before
it is taken from the pan it should
be thoroughly drained while sti1l hot (;
then 1t should be served at once.
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20
REMEDY AGAINST LAWN ANTS
Nests With Boiling Water
or Using Kerosene,

To get rid of lawn ants entomolo.
gists of the United States Department
Of Agriculture suggest drenching the
nests with boiling water or pouring in
small quantity Of kerosene oil. Sim
liar treatment may be applied to nests
between or beneath paving stones.
Spraying the lawn with kerosene
emulsion or with very strong soap
wash Is also recommended. For large
ant nests disulphid Of carbon injected
into the nest by means Of an oil can
or small syringe is recommended to
kill the ants. The fumes Of disulphid
Of carbon have very disagreeble
odor and are inflammable, but they
are not injurious to higher animals in
the open air.
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20
F0CH PRAISES AMERICAN WAY
Pride Of France Well Pleased With
Enthusiastic Welcomes Through
out the Country.

Marshal Foch of France, has given
to Commandant de MERRY, formerly
of his staff, the task Of writing the
Impressions of the generalissimo on
his recent visit to America as the
guest of the American Legion. Marshal
Foch has made it a lifelong rule not
to write for publications Of any sort.
In speaking Of his trip across the
American continent, Marshal Foch
said: "There was always the same
enthusiasm, the same warmth, all
through the weeks that I travelled, no
matter whether we were in the West,
the North, the South or the East. No
matter what the weather, thousands
Of men, womenyand children were al
ways ready with cordial greeting.''
The Marshal paid an especially high
tribute to the "cordiality and friend
ship of the American Legion" which
he said, rendered easy the Journey Of
more than $4,000 kilometers in forty.
five days."
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20
Carrying On With the
American Legion

Various units Of the Auxiliary have
now adopted every ward In the war
hospital at oteen, N. G. The last
''orphan" ward was taken over by the
women Of Sitka, Alaska. @ :ss
: syt \. i4, 7s & m ~
A proposed reduction in the salaries
Of the school teachers Of Seattle,
Wash, was protested at once by the
American Legion there as being a bad
thing for the public schools.
,tss # 5
By keeping tab on allen slackers ap.
plying for naturalization, the Legion
post at Spencer, Ia. has. It reports,
"kept several yellow individuals from
becoming American citizens.'
Tl IL = H. IL "a . i4 Il
The camp for disabled ex-soldiers
Of Minnesota, located on the shores
8of Lake Minnetonka, IL under the man.
aEement of the American Legion and
the Minneapolis Council Of Social
Agencies. The camp was formerly con.
Quoted through the summer season b.
The svstsrans bureau.
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20

party from one Of the northern states
on the way to their new home near
Lake Winnepegosis, Manitoba. They
were a sturdy, self-reliant lot and
carried with them a full complement
Of farm machinery. With the tractor
outfit they intended to commence
rather extensive operations this spring
on the land which their scouts had
already inspected and reported on
favorably as to its productiveness.
At almost every point on the Cana
dian border where there are located
means for admitting settlers, the re-
ports are that it is almost a daily
occurrence to admit settlers from
states as far off as Texas who have
adopted the automobile as means to
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20
OBSERVE LEE-GRANT BIRTHS
American Legion Requests commemo.
ration on Both Sides Of Mason.
Dixon Line. i.

Observances BY posts Iof the Ameri-
can Legion on both sides Of the Mason
Dixon line Of, the birthdays Of Gen.
Robert E. Lee and Gen. u. s. Grant
has been requested by the national
headquarters of the Legion. Legion
posts in Northern states co-operated
with the G. A. r. in the celebration Of
Grants anniversary on April q. The
birthday of General Lee will be OBJ
served January 20, 1928.
The Legion's celebration of the birth
Of these two men, not as Northerner
and Southerner, but as great Ameri-
cans, will be ian effective argument
hat all sectionalism 10 buried and that
he glory Of the nation is the chief
,oncern Of every patriotic citisen,'' I
l.emuel Bolles. adjutant of the Lssioa,
+ declares y
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20

west Of Chateau Thierry, Col. Robert
q. Patterson is now back in peaceful
Washington with the task of looking
after the medical end Of the work Of
the veterans bureau.
Under the supervision of Colonel
Patterson, the medical division of the
bureau has been completely re-or-
ganized and Is doing everything pos
sible to alleviate the suffering of the
disabled World war veterans.
OF course, he Is q member Of the
American I4eglon-an ardent worker
in the George Washington Post No.
/, at Washington.
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20

carry themselves and their families
to the country Of their choice. Such
settlers are bound to succeed. Some
OF them go two or three hundred miles
inland, and select their homes in the
park districts Of Manitoba, Saskatehe-
wan and Alberta. Others purchase
improved and unimproved farms in
the more thickly settled districts In
the southerly and central parts Of
these provinces. Wherever they may
go, they are certain to secure land
Of certain possibilities. They will see
grain crops Of high value, wheat that
will produce from 20 to 40 bushels
per acre, oats giving high yields, bar
ley certain producer, and grass and
fodder in quantity and quality that
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20
THOUSANDS OF RATS
DESTROYED IN TEXAS
Rodent Control Specialists Aid
Local Authorities.
Counties Divided Into Zones and
Money Raised to Givo to Men and
Boys az Prizes for kIIIino
Largest Number.

prepared by tho United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Six hundred and seventy thousand
rats were killed In the determination
drives In Texas last year. County
agents employed comparatively by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. state agricultural colleges, and
the counties promoted many Of the
campaigns with the help Of members
of local farm bureaus and chambers
of commerce and under the general
supervision Of biological survey rodent
control specialists.
Some counties were divided into
zones and money was raised to be
given as prizes to men, boys, and
schools killing the largest number Of
rats. The county superintendent of
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20

will satisfy them that the cattle and
stock raising possibilities are fully as
good as they have been told.
The reports from all parts of West
ern Canada at the present time fully
bear out the most optimistic expecta-
tions and hopes Of the early days Of
seeding. Evidence of the splendid
growth of this year is the fact that
alfalfa was cut on the 18th of June
and yielded nearly two tons to the
acre.
Corn planted on the 23rd Of May,
on the 5th Of June was showing sew
eral inches about the ground,s and
making glad the heart Of the farmer
who had built his silo, which he hoped
to fill in the latter days of August
Advertisement.
Sioux County pioneer., 1922-07-20

parade at the unveiling Of the Grant
memorial. Accordingly, he selected
Capt. Thomas P. Cheatham of South
Carolina, whose folk fought against
Grant in the struggle between the
states for the honor.
Shuler had notable record with
the marines during the war. He re-
.celved the Croix de Guerre, Navy
medal, Distinguished Service medal
and citations from Marshals Foch and
Petain, General Pershing and General
Lejeune.