davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

and sho had TO work for a living About q
month ago she became very i'll and had no
place 10 go. I asked my parents whether
she could stay al our home and let me pay
the expenses. They would not. I could
see they did not like her. SO / sent her TO
her uncle. in the southern part OF the state.
whore she got married two weeks ago.
| had a quarrel with my parents and
have a notion TO leave home. I cannot
blame her. for che had no place TO stay and
she was not able to work. [ suppose she
was Disguised with me for listening to my
parents and thought the only way out was
to get married Am I to blame, or her, or
my parents: What would you do2
G. ..
It is an unfortunate situation. I
am not sure any one is to blame. You
were right to listen to your parents,
and they thought they were acting
FOR your own good. And the girl
probably was desperate. However, she
was lot fair to you.
Your parents We're to blame, I be-
lieve, in refusing TO help the girl when
she was i'll. Again, though, they were
thinking Of you.
Don't leave home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

me about you, and from what I know
about her, you are both extravagant
young persons. You both have had
money enough to crafty most of
your wishes; you neither have had
any great responsibilities.
I never was the kind Of man, how
ever, that wanted to pick out my
daugters' husbands. I ran away with
Leslie's mother because the old man
thought 1 was not good enough for
her. [ lived to see the day he came
to me to borrow money. I may as
we'll tell you hat I never expect to
have to ask the husband of either Of
my daughters for a similar favor.
You two young people Will have to
live your own lives. You will have to
support Leslie and she will have to
learn to live on your salary.
I like your frankness and your
mOdesty. If Leslie is satisfied with
you, it is not for me to cavil. Let
us see you soon, my dear John.
Most cordially yours,
JOSEPH GRAVES HAMILTON.
TOMORROW: A letter from Leslie
Hamilton to her fiance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
Meetings Here
Thursday

Buick Motor Company-Lunch-
con, Claypool.
RIckenblcke r Company
Luncheon, Claypool.
Traffic CIub-Luncheon. Sew
erin.
General Contractors - Lunch
con. SpInk-Arms
American Association Of En-
rineers-Luncheon. Board OF
Trade.
Advertising Club Luncheon,
c.. Of C.
Sigma Chi Fraternity-Lunch.
con. C.. Of ..
Credit Men-Luncheon, Clay
pool.
Electric League Luncheon.
Lincoln.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

My mother is especially proud Of
being a direct descendant of John
Alden, but hat Of course e moth
ing to me; in fact, I have felt that all
my life I have been somewhat cir
cumsCribed and confined because my
mother expected me to live up to the
more or less narrow precepts of my
ancestors.
l haven't done it. I am just a
modern young man who has gone
through college with more or less es-
capades and honors-perhaps more
escapades and less honors. How
ever, I have not done anything that
I am n ever you would consider
objectionable.
OF course, I cannot expect to keep
Leslie in the way in which she now
lives, but l am getting $4,000 a year
with the Acme Advertising Company,
and I have prospects of being raised
another thousand shortly, and a good
chance Of becoming a member of the
firm some day.
Leslie tells me that she is surs she
a live on a comparatively small
salary and I think perhaps she would
De NIIlHS 10 MAKE some SdtIiIlce7 AoI
me; and I know anything that 1 shall
give up will mean nothing to me be
side the fact hat I shall be privi-
legged to call the sweetest woman in
all the world my wife.
If you think me not wholly un-
worthy it VIII give me the great
est JOY; but I must also tell youz that
with or without your consent. I
shall make Leslie Hamilton my wife.
because ] love her with all my heart.
and she has told me that she loves me.
Respectfully yours.
JOHN ALDEN PRESCOTT.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

sent her either violets or orchids
every day, and that you drove a
smashing red roadster, and that you
didn't object to a girl using a lip
stick in public or smoking an occa-
sional cigarette. I told her, If that
were so, you were either more len
lent or more Of a fool than her Own
father. I have objected to it siren
uously.
I am afraid you two young peo-
pie Will run up against some snags
because from what Leslie has told
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
Next: Etiquet of Engagements
-M0rtha Lees AdUice-
-M0rth Lees
Dashing 'Sheik' Wins
Affection-But How?

THE handsome hero dashed
Il from the darkness, grabbed
the beautiful young heroine,
planted a firm kiss upon her lips
and
She fell in love.
"Sheik" tactics worked. And. in this
case, even mother is happy.
Oh yes-I forgot to mention the
fact that the nero has money-plenty
Of 1t. 1 cannot help wondering what
would have happened had no been
poor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
At the Dance

1. \ man asks the first dance Of
the woman he has escorted, and makes
sure that she does not lack partners
for later dances.
2. The woman does not seek her
partner for any dance number; he
comes TO her.
3. Any couple who dance together
so much as to make themselves con
spicuous court criticism
j. No mar should ask a woman to
dance with him unless he Is sufficiently
proficient so that the dance will be a
pleasure to her.
5. Men who accept invitations to a
dance are duty-bound to participate
in the dancing, instead Of lettering in
the smoking room
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
Go See Parents

Dear Miss Lee: I am 27 and have been
keeping steady company with a girl OF 21.
She has been married and has a 2-year-old
child. She Is living with her parents, who
forbid her to have company. Please tell me
what TO do. SHELBY REL.
Go to the girls parents. Find out
why they object to your seeing the
girl. Perhaps they do not wan her
to marry again because they are
afraid her little girl will not be treated
right. You would have to show them
that you could be trusted to treat the
child as if she were your own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

by double hemstitching or ~fagsoting.
The opening formed by the pieces
must be large enough 10 slip easily
over the head. once on, the scarf
may be worn as a square or 1t can
be pulled around so that one point
m down in front, with both
shoulders and the back adorned With
the other points. The shoulder
points may be kuotted or only one
point tied. The clever girl a make
her own adjustments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
C. T. u. IN CONFERENCE
Mrs. D.. X. Livingston Is Speaker al
State Meeting.

Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston of
Providence, r. l., is a special guest at
the State meeting Of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union today at
the Y. w. c. A. Mrs. Livingston is
national director Of the citizenship
department of the W. C. I. L. She
spoke on disqualification of Public
officials Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley.
State president. presided. Tonight she
will talk on The Worlds Appeal to
America"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
Few Cents Buys Jar any Drugstore
Not Sticky. Greasy or Smelly

"Hatr-Groom keeps any boys un-
ruly or stubborn hair combed, either
pompadour. straight-back or parted.
AS the boys hair Is combed in the
morning, so It stays all day. II APP
piled after a shampoo, the hair al be
combed as neatly and as easily as be
fore. "Cow-licks" stay down.
Greaseless-Does not stain pillow!
Hair-Groom is a dignihed combins
cream which is quickly absorbed,
therefore does not show on the hair.
1t leaves the hair glossy and lustrous,
but not sticky. Fine for hairl
Nothing else gives a boy or man
more dignity han neatly combed, well
groomed hair. Millions OF women buy
Hair Groom" for their boys-also for
their Observation-Disclosures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

Music Is life to Miss Sarah Sisson.
president Of the newly formed Opera
Club at Butler University.
Given courage by her enthusiasm
she talked the Butler faculty into
granting a petition that one-hour
credit a semester be given members
~ ID clra ln' others for choral
work in the chapel hour.
Miss SissOE is the daughter OF
Mrs. Mary Z. Sisson. 1850 \.
Delaware 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
OE WHITE SERGE

The perfectly plain frOck Of white
serge Is greatly favored at winter re
sorts. Tts only trimming Is a binding
Of ribbon or braid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

please. To make it, two pieces Of
ribbon are inferred to make a o
ner-one piece about a yard long
with a double knot or loop in 1t
through which the other end, about
three-fourths of a yard. slips.
Fore and Aft
The upper right and lower left are
fore and aft views of the same ar
rangement of the scarf. -Four pieces
Of wide ribbon are inferred together
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
For Sports Wear

Anyway, the Deauville scarf first
appeared at this famed resOrt-orig-
inally intended for sports wear.
But it was too much of a success
to be limited, in its activities, to any
time, place or style Of frock, and to-
day it's featured in connection with
evening gowns, afternoon attire,
house dresses and even kimonos.
It's added pep and dash to the dull
costumes women had accepted for
business wear and it's relieved the
deadly monotony of the collarless
ueckline.
Naturally there are bound to be
variations, so It isn't surprising to
find ribbon being used decoratively
in a manner which the scarf plainly
inspired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
Must Be a Reason

Dear Miss Lee: / love a fellow and be
lieve he cares for me. Mother does not ap-
prove of my going with him. Should I
give him up? UNDECIDED GIRL.
Why does your mother disapprOve?
Find out. Then either prove to her she
is wrong or give him up, If you can
not convince her. She is thinking Of
YOUR hardness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
ON NEW HATS

Ribbon is probably the most favored
trimming for the first spring hats. 1t
IS used for bindings. cockades and
lows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
VELVET TULIPS

Velvet tulips, life size. but in shades
% brown and tan. make the very ar
tistic trimming on. tan felt hat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
Save Your Frock

The photographs viii give you
suggestions that may enable you to
save the old frOck you'd intended to
discard. evolving a snappy Easter
costume from it instead, by the pur-
chase of a few yards of ribbon and
the expenditure Of a little ingenuity.
To make the ribbon flchu dover
right you need three yards Of tat
feta ribbon, preferably figured,
doubled over with a loop knot in the
very center and then the doubled
pieces stitched together for half a
yard, then knotted again. One end
is drawn through the loop knot and
the others used to make the bow
or knot that ties It.
At the upper left IS shown an ad-
Unstable drapery hat may be used
about the neck or hips, as you
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
WOMEN! DYE
Anything NEW
FOR FEW CENTS

Buy Diamond Dyes"-no other
kind-and follow the simple direc-
ions in every package. Don't wonder
whether you can dye or tint success
fully, because perfect home dyeing IS
guaranteed with Diamond Dyes even
If you have never dyed before. Just
tell your druggist whether the ma
terial you wish to dye is wool or silk,
or whether it is linen. cotton, or mixed
goods. Diamond Dyes eve streak,
spot, fade, r Observation-Disclosures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
Household Suggestions
Good For Burns

4 soothing remedy in case of a burn
or scald is white Of egg. It eases
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

OCIAL graces are absolutely essential to social success.
- Gentility must be both graceful ard gracious. Nowhere is
gentiIity out to a more severe test than in the ballroom. It's true
that dancers are born and not made, yet with patient practice
and intelligent instruction, any |abIc-bodied person can become
an acceptable dancer, and should.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
GRAY N SILVER

Silver leaves form the girdle and
make festoons that reach to the hem
on a lovely gown of gray chiffon with
floating panels and graceful drape-
ries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07
LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN PREsCor

Ny Dear r Hamilton
By the time you receive this letter. leslie probably will have told you that l have asked her
to be my wife AS you know nothing of me- however 1 thought would be nothing less thanh on-
to tel. you d lHea about tem man whom you are being ask to give yur daughter
As ym probably have guessed from my name John Alden Prescott my fnbears were of
Puritan stock My father is dead and my mother has enough to keep her comfortably without any
helm from me
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

Mrs, Henry F. Fraser Of y. Della
ware St. entertained the Indiana So
Cety Of the Colonial Danes of Amer
lea today. The house was decorated
with baskets Of blue and yellow flow
ers, the colOrs Of the Colonial Danes.
Mrs Horatio c. Newcomb read a
paper on Indianapolis in the Early
EeHenHes.H
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

MIS- Allie Gregg OF E. Sixteenth
St. announces the marriage Of her
son Carroll Gregg to Miss Martha
Wunderle Of New York City. which
took place n the Little Church Around
the Corner at high noon Tuesday in
New York Mr.. and Mrs. Gregg VIII
arrive IN Indianapolis soon TO make
their home temporarily with Mrs.
Gregg.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

The United Spanish War Veterans
and its auxiliary viii give a card
party Thursday evening al II f.
Michigan St.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

Mrs. c. T.. Clifford Of E. Thirteenth
St. is stopping at the Edgewater
Beach Hotel in Chicago this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

TOMORROW: A letter from Leslie
Hamilton to her fiance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

At a meeting OF the Irvington
Mothers Study Club this afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. A. 3. Wagner. Mrs.
c. McKittrick spoke on "sThe
Paradoxial Age" and Mrs. Z. W. Law
son on The Age of the Gang"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-03-07

Mrs. Rose Cohen and Miss Bernice
Natalie Cohen leave this week for
Denver, Colo, where they will make
their future home.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-09
LAND BROUGHT UNDER PL0W
Two Million Farms In the United
States Artlhcially Irrigated to
Point OF High Production.

Under the system Of federal coop
eration the reclamation of Americas
arid lands proceeds today with In
creased speed and confidence. Before
1860 the number OF farms under lrri-
Cation In the United States was 600,
comprising 100000, acres: in 1910 the
acreage had increased to 14.433,2 S5,
while by 1870 the government census
shows 1.ef6.301 farms under irrigation,
with an irrigated acreage OF 10, i91..
TIC and an area subject to irrigation
under projected spstems in excess Of
no, 900. 600 acres. The present gross
area under irrigation In the United
States, NIL Of which Is the result Of
not more than 20 years activity. rep
resents one-ffth of the aggregate
lands now being irrigated on the
earth's surface. In addition we have
many great projects In view, Including
the Columbia river project, which con-
templates the reclamation OF 10000
600 acres OF arid land. and the Colo
RADIO basin. with 100000 acres, while
bills In congress and appropriations al
ready provided furnish many hundreds
Of millions OF dollars and include de-
veiopment In all parts OF the country
where irrigation Is In p~ractice.-Ed
gar T.. Hampton In Current History.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-09
IMAAzezsA
NEW IN WORLD OF HARMONY
Recently Invented Device Seems to
Offer Undreamed-of Possibilities
to Composers Of Music.

Added possibilities for orchestral
composition are revealed in a device
perfected by Bernard Samuels, Euro
pean musician. Competent judges in
the world of harmony believe that his
''areophor" will greatly advance scor-
ing for wind Instruments by tinting
future compositions with new and
strangely beautiful harmonies, and
will also prove a blessing to the mu-
sicians themselves by saving their
health and nervous energy.
This instrument is said to provide
a a of holding Il ont indefinitely,
while the performer is resting his
lungs. This is accomplished by foot
pressure on a dust-proOf bellows. A
small bellows operated by one foot sup
plies the air. Connected with this Is
a rubber tubing which terminates in a
small metal reed fastened near the
m~outhpiece of the instrument. Both
the reed and the regular mOuthpiece
are held in the mouth of the musician.
BY a sort of stOpcock both are con.
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-09
Sources of Arsenic.

The most important sources of the
worlds supply Of arsenic are the sill
yer mines Of Saxony, the tin and pyrite
mines of England and the mispickeI
(arsenical pyrites) mines of Spain and
the province of Ontario, Canada. The
Canadian mtspickel contains gold.
Germany, In normal times, produces
the greatest quantity Of metallic and
white arsenic, England, which led the
worlds production In 1912, having
fallen behind. 1t is estimated that tie
United States consumes about half Of
the entire production of metallic, white,
red and yellow arsenic. The yellow
arsenic is known as Orpiment. In the
arts arsenic is used in pyrotechny and
In the manufacture of shot, as well as
for medicine and the making OF fly.
powders.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-09
OF THE DESERT

which is different; now he marry fol
long while"
HE marry of his own race-he-eY
"Sure; you have seen her she caret
for the old sonora"
"The cir. in white?"
"Tis she; and Madre de Dios,
would 1t was ! who had her, Pedro
Did ever you see such eyes? Sacra
| would ride through HI to make her
smile on me-"
"Pah!" indifferently, "she is too
pale for my taste"
pale! with those cheeks and lips
My blood boils at dream of her kisses
I'd give every maid in Mexico for
such as her"
""Tis as your taste runs. senior; but
how came she to love this fiend Of an
AmericanO?"
Love him :" Sanchez rocked with
laughter. Ill! he has but spoke
to her the once, to my knowledge. ]
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-09
CHAPTER no
The Coming Of the JUDGE.

~~y''6 W ~ S1d4Vs
Assured that the way was clear,
Deborah made a quick passage across
the open space, a dim. ghostly figure
feeing~ through the night, and snc-
ceeded In obtaining entrance at the
side door without being observed.
First Of all she must safely conceal
the weapon she had stolen, which was
too large and cumbersome to be car
ried upon her person. Her own room
at the end of the hall, small, but
neatly furnished, gave the greatest
promise Of security, and she felt a de-
cided sense Of relief when she finally
thrust the weapon under various ar
ticles at the bottom of a bureau
drawer. 1t was there, ready at hand,
II an emergency arose, while she felt
fully prepared to make use Of 1t. The
conversation just overheard had
strengthened her resolve to defend
herself at all hazards.
Certain that nothing further would
occur until after the arrival of the
expected guests from Nogales, she
stole into the room occupied by her
patient, relieved to find Mrs. Meager
sleeping soundly. Locking the door,
she sat down YEARLY at the window,
which was slightly open, peering anx-
iously out into the night, the cool eve
ming air of the desert caressing her
hot cheeks.
Another day? What would Il bring
to her? Married to Bob Meager7
death? or would she be a fugitive.
with the stain Of murder on her soull
She shuddered. the blood seeming to
stop circulating In her veins, as these
questions brought home so markedly
the situation. II must be one Of the
three; there was no alternative. The
fellow was fully capable Of this In
fanny. He was but repeating an old
offense. Somewhere. down below those
mountains that marked the boundary
line, a girl Of another race had met
this same fate now confronting her,
and was paying the price.
Well, she would never pay II, or II
she must. then she would choose her
self what that price should be. She
felt. at that moment that she could
XIII the brute as she would a mad
dog II was a duty. a privilege. Again
and again her mind swept about the
unbroken circle; the chain binding
her was complete; she could turn mo-
where Tor help; she was absolutely a
prisoner. The revolver hidden away
in that bureau drawer alone promised
protection. There were tears In her
eyes, but not tears OF weakness or
Of pity: her lips were firmly set, and
her hands ciasping the window sill
were steady with determination. She
had made mp her mind.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-09
Il--continued.

every we'll" she said, forcing n
strange calmness into her voice, II
will listen to what you have to say"
Listen! | rather guess you will,
I like your d-n nerve, but youll find
out I've got some myself. Now, see
here, Miss Deborah Meredith. A week
ago I didn't even know you existed.
together the other day in the old lady's
room. / made up my mind that | was
going to give you a lesson. You didn't
like me, did your"
He stopped, but she did not answer,
although her eyes met his own.
"Come oni talk up. l know you
didn't; but | want to hear you say So"
ut certainly Is true"
"Sure It's true. Why in HI shouldn't
II be? The old man had filed you
full"
"Your father never once spoke OF
you to me-"
Then my precious stepmother did
"Only In reply to some questions,
but nevertheless, | knew. If It Is nee
essary for me to answer, l WILL do
not like you, Bob Meager."
The man grinned almost cheerfully.
"Some fellows might get mad at
that, but l don't. / rather enjoy II.
Why? Because I've got you where
II don't make any d-n difference.
That's why. As long as | want you.
I'm going to have yau. don't care
what you think o. me. Likely I'm
ever worse than that but from the
first minute / seen you In that white
uniform, ! made up my mind you was
the girl / wanted; and / made up my
mind, too, that 1t wasn't any use OF
my trying to make love to you-not a
d-n bit. You'd just laugh at that.
So l went 10 work and figured out
another way"
ITO get me?" in growing horror. ITO
get me7 For what?"
"Oh. It's ali going to be honorable,
so d'm't let that worry you now. This
Is going to be a square deal. only l
handle the cards-see? The first
thing / had TO do was to build a hog
tight fence around this ranch, so you
couldn't get out. ! amt been bother
Ing you any meanwhile. l hain't spo-
ken to you since that first time. There
wasn't no use. / saw In your eye what
sort o. girl you was, and just about
what you thought o. me. But I'd made
up my mind what I was after, and
how ! was going TO get 1t. / didn't
have any notion of coming to o
again until l had the cards stacked
seer"
"And-and now you-you are ready
to play, and have conner"
Correct. / can't lose. You got to
do what I say. whether you like II or
not. Maybe you don't just get this
straight? Well. listen. In the first
place ! am Bob Meager, and, l reckon,
you never heard nothln' very soft
about me. It's pretty generally known
around here that l am a herman, AMI
that | usually get what l go after.
You know that, don't your
II have heard of your methods
yes"
II thought most likely you had.
Well, that's one point. The second
point Is I'm the real BOSS Of this