davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1923-05-02
~ ESTHER turned about to
her. She had swung half

49,
Ia round in her seat, and
her forward thrust face was
quite close to his. Some
thing about the expression on
that face made him glance quick
" down. Her right hand, he
saw, was held up close to him.
But instead of holding the pack
age Of plates between her fingers,
she held a black-metaled auto
matte revolver. It was a short
and ugly looking firearnn, sugges-
tive of both Boston bull ter
rier in its squat proportions, and,
oddly enough, of the girl who
held it. It's lines seemed to re
peat the, lines of that pert and
impertinent profile. and one
seemed as unexpectedly menacing
as the other.
NOW. Mister Slooth, said the de-
termined rouged lips, you make one
move an I'll pump your floatin'
ribs so full o. lead you'll look like
E. range-target! One moye-an',
by Gawd, I mean it,"
She CROPPED for the taxi door as
she spoke, half rising from her
seat and backing slowly away as
the door swung open.
Kestner stared into that crafty
and audacious young face a. the
girl lifted the revolver so that
the round black 20" of it's bar
rel-end gaped insolently and i'm.
pudently up into his own face.
He watched her as she stepped
to the running-board of the cab,
and from there drew still further
back to the curb of the side,
walk.
mot a mover' she warned him,
rs she slammed shut the cab door
behind her.
She had crossed the sidewalk
and was half way up the brown
stone steps before he came to
decision. The ignominy of utter
inaction. under the circumstances,
was more than he could endure.
He decided to take the risk. And
taking it, he knew it would have
to be taken with rush.
r. -x,1c L,ale 49, o,,4 - ~. sea%
before she saw him. She turned
fully around, at that, raising her
right arm a little as she turned.
The next moment, Kestner
dropped low in the seat, hugging
the worn upholstery. for in
stinctively he knew what was
coming. The sharp bark of the
revolver mingled with the sud-
den crash of glass. She had de-
Mberately shot out the window of
the cab door.
Kestner heard the drivers shout
Of terror, and felt the sudden
pulse of the accelerated engine
as the clutch was let in and the
cab started forward. The man
inside called for the driver to
stop, but several precious mo-
naents slipped by before the order
could be understood. And before
Kestner could fling himself from
the seat, the girl who had fired
from the brownstone steps had
slipped inside the house and the
door had closed behind her.
A bIue-coat who had heard the
shot came on the run from the
cross-street to the east. Kestner
met him as he came up.
There's a woman there in
127 we've got to get" cried out
the secret agent.
who fired that gum" de-
Knanded the officer.
BLOW for help" was Kestner's
frantic command.
Whore your
Trap for help! And get
> Gordon round this block. I'm a
The Washington times., 1923-05-02

Federal officer and I've got to
get that woman!'
what woman?'
The officer was already tattoo
ing on the curbstone with his
nightstick. The bounding staff Of
seasoned ash filled the valley OF
the street with an odd ringing
call that carried even better than
q human voice could. Kestner
remembered that it was a long
time since he had heard the sound
of nightstick drumming the
pavement.
whats up?" again, asked the
still STOPPING officer, as a second
blue-coated figure rounded the
corner and approached them on
the double quick.
Its a counterfeiter, was Kest-
ner's answer, as he made for the
steps. And one with the goods
onr'
CHAPTER w.
On the second floor OF that
4
The Washington times., 1923-05-02
WHEN DID 1T
HAPPEN

when was the threshing
machine invented?
@When was the Brook Farm,
Association OF Massachusetts,, a
communistic movement, organ
lied?
S-When was Constantinople
founded?
when did Kant, the Ger.
man philosopher, publish his
"Critique of Pure Reason"
5-When was Cervantes' Ia,
nous Don QuIxote" translated
into English?
ANSWERS to these questions win
be printed tomorrow
The Washington times., 1923-05-02

ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions.
1.-The YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, flood
in which 2,209 lives were lost,
took place May 81, 1889.
Queen Victoria Of England
died January %. 1901.
3-Gold was discovered in Aus
tralia in 1851.
1.-The first United States Con-
gress met in New York April 6,
1889.
5-James Fenimore Cooper, the
American novelist, wrote 1.-THE
Pathfinder" in 1910.
Copyright, 1928, King Features
Syndicate, Ihc.)
The Washington times., 1923-05-02
Beetle .sWireIess.' z

6sDEATH WATCH beetles living forty feet apart in
the heart of old timbers, signal to each other By
beating their heads the wood thus giving rise to the
superstition their sounds signs Of impending DEATH
The Washington times., 1923-05-02
By Horatio Winslow.

~ UT with all them old rascals
K tryin' to marry the purity
H. young actresses, I tell ye
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
FROM 81 POUNDS
SHE GOES TO 1872
Mrs. Gross Praises TanIac for
Overcoming Stomach Trouble
of Long Standing-Says
Results Are Priceless.

Before I took Tanlac I only
weighed ninety-four pounds and
scarcely had strength 10 sweep the
floor or make the beds: but now I
weigh n hundred and thirty-two and
am as healthy and happy as a be-"
This remarkable statement was made.
recently by Mrs. Mabel Gross, 1877
Aldrich ST.. y. Minneapolis. MINI.
For nearly two years I had been in
a seriously weakened condition and
suffered nearly all The time from head
ache and backache. My nerves were
beyond my control and I was terribly
dizzy. l couldn't half sleep and my
stomach was so out of order that even
the sight of food n%auseated me.
1.-THE benefits l have received from
Tanlac are priceless. I am now a per-
fectly we'll and my friends
often speak of how healthy / look. !
certainly have a great deal TO praise
Tanlac for. Health is worth every
thing. and that is what Tanlac has
meant to me-"
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug
gists. Over 80 million bottles sold
Advertisement.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
New Camera Does Wonders.

Instant ~changeabilty from stand
ard-size moving pictures to double
size still pictures, through aperture
and shutter control; adaptation of the
intermittent movement, replacing the
customary claw movement; reduction
in size, increased. capacity, daylight
loading; wider range of utility, with
elimination of tripod, if necessary.
are features of a new moving picture
camera designed by a Seattle war
veteran who served as aviation pho
tographer in France for Il months.
The new camera, described in POpu-
lar Mechanics Magazine, can be car
ried about and used for snapshot or
still pictures like an ordinary hand
camera. Used in this manner it has
a capacity of 5000 pictures, either
standard moving picture size, q inch
by / inch. or double size, 11a inch by
l inch, which latter can be enlarged
with sharpness up to s by 10 inches.
About 200 snapshots can be made in
the time consumed in taking six
with the ordinary roll film camera.
This. is, perhaps. the most important
feature of the new amera.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
The World of Life.

Enormous powers of rapid increase
are exhibited by both the animal and
the vegetable kingdoms, and these
powers OF increase have insured the
continuance of the various types Of
existing life from the earliest g%eologi-
cal ages in unbroken succession, while
being an important factor in the pro-
duction Of new forms by adaptation.
A common weed. the Sysymbrium
sophia, produces three-fourths Of a
million seeds, and these, if they all
grew and multiplied, would in three
wears cover the whole land surface Of
the globe. It has been calculated that
the slowest breeding of all animals,
the elephant, would in $50 years, from
a single pair, produce 100000 indi-
viduals. Rabbits would from a single
pair, produce 100000 individuals in
four or five years, as they probably
have done in Australia. where they
have long been a national calamity.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
NO REAL CAUSE FOR ALARM
Chinese Fortune Teller Mas Merely
Wishing That Good Luck Might
Follow His Customer.

To have your fortune told In China
is likely to be rather an ordeal. In
Beyond Shanghai Mr.. Harold Speak
man describes a curious experience
that he once had with q fortune teller
at Wuchang. What the fellow told
him was something astonlshing-con-
sidering the length Of time he TOOK to
tell it.
Asking All Chow, my Interpreter, to
listen attentiyely, says Mr.. Speakman.
| sat down at the book-littered table Of
a large prophet with d benign express
sion and horn-rimmed s~pectacles. All
that he had to work with was a pair
Of dirty hands with long. razorlike
nails that he instantly began to play
about my face with all the abandon Of
an excited orchestra leader. Hoping
that the prophecy ne WAS TO make
might not include the immediate loss
Of my eyesight, l sat still and waited.
After he had felt my head, thumped
my chest and looked at my palms he
seized my left hand and began to
shout his voice doomed out like a bell.
In a minute l was the center of a
large and eager crowd. In three
minutes the crowd that listened breath
less TO every word blocked all ways Of
escape.
Tie fortune teller gave his predic-
ton in short. precise sentences each of
which began yociferously with the
preface. "Yehalla. !" What with the
humidity Of the crowd and the steady
-bombardment Of yehallas close to my
ear, | decided after five minutes that il
was time to depart. With a smile and
a bow that | meant should convey
thanks and inality / tried TO withdraw
my hand from the grasp of the prophet j;
but he only held on the tighter and
fairly peppered me with yehallas.
Should he cheat a foreigner? No-noi
-Four hundred cash had been paid, and
the yehallas were only huff finished!
At last after l had begun TO have
morbid thoughts of knocking him on
the head and of escaping in the con-
fusion he let go his talonlike grip. We
rose MOSTLY and made our way out
through the sweating crowd, which
opened in respectful silence in front
of US. For nine minutes by the watch
he had foretold just what the future
wouh hold for me, and, though |
thought him a faker, l was curious to
know just what he had been saying
during all that time, what | asked
All Chow, did the fortune teller say?'
oh" replied All Chow, "he say,
Good luck youths Companion.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
HE HAD COUGH;
WAS WEAK AND
SICK LOOKING
coughed So Hard, Thought
His Chest Would Burst;
Couldn't Breathe.
TOOK HYP0-C0D-ST0PPED
COUGH, GAINED ID LBS.

ST was so sick with cold. cough and
bronchial trouble that I wasn't able 10
get cut of bed for days. The coughing
spells were so bad I thought my sore,
aching chest woul burst. Ny head was
all stopped up so I couldn't breathe and
the remedies I tried were like so much
water. Napors and all that stuff were
not strong enough to reach my case, so
finally I did what I should have done in
the first place. sent Town TO the drug
store for a bottle of this wonderful Tnedi-
cine called Hypo-Cod. It is the real
stuff declared Charlie Fortmann tevery-
body knows Charlie. the ~shoemaker), lois
Light St. Baltimore. Nd.
FIXED HIM UP FINE.
"Hypo-Cod increased my weight four
teen pounds. It cured my cough and cold.
I feel like a new. rebuilt man since TAX
ing Hypo-Cod. I know Of a lot of friends
around my neighborhood who swear by
Hypo-Cod same as I do" continued Mr..
Fortmann.
Hypo-Cod is the most modern. most
powerful. incest tasting tonic made. Il
Is the most powerful strength-building. re-
constructive tonic that money can buy,
according TO chemists. It is made of the
very finest ingredients, in the famous
Earle laboratory at Wheeling. ". Va.
Thousands in Baltimore and many thou
sands elsewhere praise il TO the sky.
(Sae formula and directions for use on
each bot.le.) All druggists have ii. Avoid
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
caddls Ely Has Short Life.

The eggs Of the caddis fly are laid
on the surface of a river or stream,
but they sink TO the bottom before
Matching. The fly is first born in the
larvae state when it is surrounded by
what appears TO be long white threads.
These are its breathing organs. The
larvae at birth are about three-quar-
tiers of an inch long. Immediately
after birth it commences to build a
covering protection fer its body from
the material nearest at hand. As soon
as the hy's wings begin TO appear it
leaves the water for the dry land,
where it finds a place in tie sun 20
dry itself and unfold its wings. Then,
quite unrecognizable a. the larva thar
lived a. the bottom o. the river, 1t flies
about the banks of the river to enjoy a
short -. hectic existence
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Rats Regarded as Edible Dellcacy.

Kippered rats are a standard article
of diet in China. Often you can
identify them only by the character
istic teeth. Rats were extensively
eaten in the siege of Paris. The
Soutlials of Bengal eat them, as do
millions of people in East Africa, the
Polynesan islands, and elsewhere.
During the siege of Kars rats fetched
high prices. Spiced rats are eaten in
West Indies. When they feed in sugar
cane plantations they are found in
fine condition. The negroes make
them into f~ricasse. The natives Of
Brazil like rats so do the Australian
bushmen, who catch them in grass
snares. The Chinese love rat soup,
and pay as much for it as for oxtail
u In the picturesque days of 40
the Chinese gold diggers in California
ate, as an especial delicacy, a dish of
rat brains. with garlic and aromatic
seeds.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
An Old MoraIist

The oldest known book is the Egyp-
tian volume, 1.-THE Precepts of Ptah-
Hotep." Its date is about 25OO B. G.
Ptah-Hotep has been called the father
of the whole tribe of moralists. Pre-
cents such as the following have a
c~uriously modern flavor. BE not OF
an irritable temper as regards that
which happens beside thee; grumble
not over thine own affairs. Be not
of an irritable temper in regard to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
North America.

The areas and the populations Of
the three countries that make up the
mainland of North A~mericasare: Can
ada, 3,729.665 square miles, popula-
ton, S~,7SS,4S3; the United States.
100000 square miles, population
1O5, 710,62O; Mexico, 10000 square
miles, population 100000. Besides
these, there are Greenland, a Danish
possession, Newfoundland, a British
colony, Cuba. an independent republic.
and the other West Indian islands.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
DYED HER BABY'S COAT,
A SKIRT AND CURTAINS
WITH "DlAM0ND DYES"

Each package of Diamond Dyes" con-
tains directions so simple any woman can
new. Even if she has never dyed before,
she can put a new, rich color into shabby
skirts, dresses, waists, coats, stockings,
sweaters, coverings, draperies, hangings,
everything. Buy Diamond Dyes-no other
kind-then perfect home dyeing is guar
anteed. just tell your druggist whether
the material you wish to dye is wool or
silk, OF whether it is linen, cotton, or
spot, fade or run.-Advertisement.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Why Students Leave COLLEGE.

OF the students who leave college
before obtaining their degree. one-half
is due to delinquency in their work.
OF the remainder more than one-thlrd
leave for financial reasons. Health,
marriage and deaths were the other
reasons.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Wanted a Mind Picture.

jeans mother has a sister living in
California, whom Jean has never seen.
one day she said, Mother, tell me all
about how Aunt Blanche looks so |
can get a view of her in my mind
Chicago Tribune.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

thy neighbors; better is a compliment
to that which d%ispleases than rude
ness. Do not repeat n ex-
travagance of language. Let
not thy heart be naughty. Com
pose thy face even in trouble"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
TAKE
LAxATlVES =?
Discovery by Science Has
Replaced Them. 3

Pills and salts give temporary relief
from constipation only at the expense
of permanent injury, says an eminent
authority.
Science has found a newer, better
way-a means as simple as Nature it.
self.
In perfect health a natural lubricant
keeps the food waste soft and moving.
But when constipation exists this
natural lubricant is not sufficient.
Doctors prescribe Nujol because it
acts like this natural lubricant and
thus secures regular bowel movements
by Natures own method-lubrication.
As Nujol is not a medicine or laxa-
tive, it cannot grippe and, like pure
water, 1t is harmless and pleasant.
Nujol is used in leading hospitals.
Get a bottle from your druggist
today.-Advertisement.
Art has no beauty like Natures pur-
\ I.1-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
cuticura for PlmpIy Faces.

To romove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keen your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to in
clude Cuticura Talcum. Advertisement.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
WILL INVESTIGATE
VETERANS BUREAU
CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY Is TO
BE MADE INTO CONDUCT,
METHODS AND WORK.
RETIRING HEAD WELCOMES 1T

Great Majority of Ex-Service Men De-
sire Regular Army Methods of Dis
cipline Applied to the Office Work.
Newly Appointed Director Is a Re-
tired Officer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Taking II Home.

"What have you there?"
AL the latest scandal. The New
York Blurb. louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

Some people can't understand the
difference between acknowledgement
and misfortune.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in a run down condi-
ton viii notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is a local disease, il is greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application. and the
Internal Medicine, a Tonic, which assists
in improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 20 Years.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Special Renters Plan
Buy Out of Profits

perhaps little capital. the Canadian Government
has a Renters Plan, whereby one may work
a new or improved farm-"Try it out" for sew
eral years if desired-and buy a farm of his own
ouf of pro6tc
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

Marriage Is also paved with good
intentions.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Thirty-Two Years to Pay

For the benefit of those wishing to buy land, a
national non-proft sharing organization the
Canada Colonization Association-has been eS-
tablished. with head office at Winnipeg. and
United States office at ST. Paul. This Associa-
ton offers selected land convenient to railways
much of it at SIS to $40 per acre-on very small
cash payment; no further payment until third
year; balance extended over thirty years, but
purchaser may pay up and obtain title at any
time, if desired. Inter-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Stray Bits of Wisdom.

The just soul has no peculiar rank.
He is q mendicant, a traveller, or a
prince, according to Gods will. His
aim, his profession, is to be just.
George Sand.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

make no expense but to do good
to others or yourself."-Benjamin
Franklin.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

What Every Hubby Knows.
Wifey-What do you know about
women's clothes?
Hubby-The cost.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28
Western Canada
Your Opportunity!

Western Canada is the farmers land Of oppor-
tunity. Thousands of settlers who started not
many years ago with little or nothing, are today
the owners of fine farms, with comfortable
homes and barns. thoro'bred stock, dairy herds
all the marks of prosperity. Yet land is not
dear-only SIS to $40 an acre for rich, virgin, prai-
RE convenient to railways. Land is not dear in
Western Canada-yet-because there's so much
of il. But many settlers are expected in 1923.
and now is your opportunity. before the best
farms are taken. Get started. Taxes are re-
dueed, not raised, on land brought under cult
walton. On farm buildings, improvements,
machinery. personal effects. automobile, etc.,
there is no tax at all. Canada wants workers
it wants its land farmed - and the farmers,
through their municipal councils, have practical
control of all local taxation.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

Art has no beauty like Natures pur-
pie hills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-15

gether for the afternoon session at
one o'clock, flag salute was given
and the welcome was extended by
the worthy master of the East Madl.
son grange, G. w. Clement and the
response was voiced by Eugene Dam
forth of Arson. The following pro-
gram arranged by the lecturer, Mrs,
Elizabeth Watson, was carried out
and much enjoyed: Vocal selection,
grange choir; history of East Midi
son grange, l.. C. Jewett one of the
charter members; vocal solo, May
Gleason of Salmon Lake grange; rec,
itation. Mrs. Evelyn Paul: mono
logue. Lillian Harville: vocal duet,
Leona and Edna Greenleaf who re-
sponded to an encore; remarks, Ro-
land T. Patten, business manager of
the Independent Reporter; address,
j. w. Taylor, agent for secondary
cduca ton of the department of Idu-
cation OF Augusta; remarks, w. b
Woodbury.. superintendent of the
Skowhegan and Madison schools:
vocal solo, Velma vinvent: closing
thoughts, Wllmot 3. Whittier OF
Skowhegan. The next meeting of
the Somerset Pomona will be the
two day annual meeting and as Is
the custom this meeting will be held
with the Skowhegan Grange and will
occur on the eighth and ninth of
January.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-15
STATE OF MAINE

KENNEBEC. SS.-Board of County
Commissioners. august Session, 92S,
| Held by Adjournment. November
18th. 1923.
On the. foregoing Petition, satisfac-
tory evidence having been received
that the Petitioners are responsible
and ought to be heard touching the
matter set forth in said Petition and
that an inquiry into the merits is ex-
pedient. 1t is Ordered, that thirty days
previous notice be given that, the
County Commissioners will meet at
residence of Il. ID. Gordon in Readfield
on Tuesday the 18th day of December
proceed to view the route mentioned
IN said Petition. and immediately
afterwards hear the parties and their
witnesses. and then take such further
measures in the premises as may be
ad1udgcd proper. Said notice to be
given by serving attested copies of
said Petition and this order thereon,
upon the Clerk of the town of Read
field and by posting up such copies in
three public places in said town. and
by publishing the same in the Kenne-
pee journal. public newspaper print
ed in said County: that all PERSONS and
corporations interested may attend and
be heard If they think proper.
Attest: c. w. JONES. Clerk.
A true copy of the Petition and or
der of Court thereon.
Attes!: c. w. JONES, Clerk.
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