davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
the Country.


they were befriending."
Don't you think she was re-
hearsing to say that?" asked
Ralph.
Then Envy surprised me. She
bent her head thoughtfully for a
moment. Then she flashed q
quick, confident smile up at
Ralph.
"she might have been coached"
she agreed.
In the midst Of my misery I
felt a vast store of energy flow
ing through my sodden veins.
II must look" I cried.
Hurrying across the room I
flung open the door Of what turned
out to be a big closet. It's hooks
were bare. It's shelves were bare.
In a frenzy Of desire to find
! something-anything that might
bear on the situation-I rushed
to the sagging bureau against the
opposite wall. Drawer after draw
er I pulled open.
Then something caught my eye.
1t was a bit Of white, glimmering
from the back Of the last drawer.
Almost reluctantly I twitched it
from beneath the dirty paper
which almost covered it.
1t was a square Of white cloth,
a handkerchief. The touch and
feel of it was arresting just by
contrast to the dirt and cheap
ness Of the place where ia found
it. But even before 1 saw the
carefully worked initials. IN. H."
1 knew it was Meals.
TITS Neals!' L gasped. "A hand
kerchief Phoebe embroidered for
him!'
My voice seemed to strangle in
my throat.
Ralph took step toward me.
Then he went to the window and
stood with his back to us, while
Envy came and tried to take me
in her arms. But I pushed her
away.
Now I know it's true" 1 whis-
pered. i'This is Meals handker-
chief. Those were his things the
men you saw were dividing. They
had so much loot, they could over
look this.
I'm afraid that's how it is"
murmured Envy in a low voice.
tits true" sobbed. "I'll have
to be brave. Oh-help me to be
brave. Help me!'
There was no sound from Ralph.
But Envy, her eyes wet with
tears, cried out:
Ralph viii help you"
"Oh. what is there for anyone
to door say?" I choked hysteri-
cally.
crumpled the handkerchief
into a ball. / hated it because it
was still here when Neal Is gone.
1 flung it from me. Then i
stopped and picked it up again
and smoothed it out. After all 1t
had once been Meals.
From far away and with in.
finite gentleness. Ra1ph's voice
came to me. I looked up. His
face was lined and haggard. His
eyes were sad. But there was
something logged in him that
wouldn't acknowledge defeat.
"I'll take you home now, Anne"
he said firmly. "And when you're
rested, We'll start talking Of a
way out. I'm not giving the boy
up YETI
Ralph Lacy led the way from
the sailors boarding house where
we had found the handkerchief
which seemed to offer mute evil
dence that Neal was gone and
that his possessions were in the
hands Of his enemies. With ready
tact, Envy Mason insisted that
she was going in precisely the
opposite direction from mine.
Though tears I watched her go.
Then was left alone with what
ever comfort could take from
Ralph's sturdy strength, but moth
ing remains Of Neal but memory
and the square Of white linen.
Nothing.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29

Alas alas for those sweet Odashioned days. when the
said eyes, madam" the wife said Certainly dear;"
sad Thank and the lover said "Wl met"
appear marital responsibility
its skin-just glide right out Of It'll
The first time wife threatens to leave her husband he is
aarmed the second time he is the third time he
ful-and after that he is just cynical. ~
When bachelor signs that mo win marry him. he
merely that he defies to TRYl
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
BY Ann Isle,
Whose Serials Of Married Life
Have Won q Big Popular
Success.

Have Won q Big Popular
Success.
AZ Copyright. 1924. King Features
ssisS; i5l.:s Syndicate Incl .ss,.
e r. T was brighter than the room
o. from which we had come, but
It was. nevertheless, in a sort
Of twilight repose.
''Will you light the gas?' asked
Envy of Ralph, There was shud-
der in her voice. VIZ
"Just e. minute" Ralph an
gwered.
He stepped to the big window
and lowered the shade till it COW
cred even the Window ledge.
Next he stepped to the hall door
4and locked it. There was the
scratch of a match and then the
"a light flared on.
q "Wait," commanded Ralph.
Then. he went back to the room
s from which he had come, and !
could soon hear him locking the
hall door Of this room also
We stood without stirring, wait
ing for his return. !.
felt that we were in a room
# ghosts and ugly conjectures.
Much as dreaded looking about
K1 could hardly restrain myself
from beginning to peer into its
every nook and Granny.
But something told me not to
move until Ralph came back and
Wade me begin nay search for
some evidence of Neal.
When Ralph returned to the
d, room in the sailors boarding
house where Envy and huddled
as If we were sheep waiting for
the shepherd dog to come and to
show us the way home he broke
the ugly tension of the last five
minutes with a deep laugh.
4 BLESS your hearts, you haven't
moved since I went to the other
room to make sure that no one
could spy on us-as Miss Mason
did on the men who were in this
room a while ago. How long ago
was it?"
LESS than two hours, surely"
she replied. IT took a taxi to
Anne's office, which is only about
l twenty minutes ride, isn't it?"
"It took us slightly less than
that to come down." agreed
/ Ralph. n
And we weren't In the restau-
rant more than an hour, were
/ Re?" 49,
"No," agreed Ralph. "And that
seems to me to be evidence that
there really is too much coinci-
dence about this whole thing. It's
what you might call a bit thick.
"Why?" demanded Envy.
I'm less than an hour from the
time you just happened to over
hear those men who knew SO
much about-the boy" said Ralph
with slow stress. They're out Of
here, bag and baggage. Did you
hear them say anything about
1 making a quick getaway"
/ 'No-why should they?" ques-
/ toned Envy.
Y "They said so much"-smiled
Ralph. "But they forget to make
It plausible that on your return
in two hours the place should be
clear and ready for you to step in
and examine, didn't they?''
'Ye-es," agreed Envy slowly.
f'They were still here, going over
the-pile Of clothes-when 1 left.
But I suppose when they were
through with that it's only nat
Cral they should go.
"They might even have heard
me tiptoeing out and have sneak
ed away. Mrs. Stephen didn't
know whether or not they were
gone. She only told me to tip
toe up to the room where I'd
been before. She said to come
as If I'd left something OF as II
I were showing the room to
friends who might be thinking
The Washington times., 1924-02-29

ADVERTISEMENT
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
DOYOUKNOW THAT

Christmas day among Arme-
mans is celebrated on January
10.
Mince pie was known originally
as shred pie, and was a savory
rather than a sweet.
Salt Of lemon does not come
from lemons.
Westminster Abbey contains a
waxworks Of dead kings and
queens and other famous people.
The Washington times., 1924-02-29
MEDITATIONS
MARRIED [ WOMAN
BY HELEN ROWLAND

MAN spends five nvenng abis staying
~ gleand the rest Of his life explaining why married
In lovemaking girl used to put the brakes but
steps the gas 3FTT
The Washington times., 1924-02-29

Every man believes that q girl should Ian
guish when he doesn't ask her to marry him
and drop dead with establishment when he does.
80
Cleverness brightens woman's personality like
a glittering lacquer, but sweetness clings to her
like perfume and leaves fragrance every
thing she touches.
When it comes to "the ties that bind" all the
a are outweighed by the little bit of mother
love" she feels for him. "N
A mans wife is his human "alibi" his eternal
excuse" his one valid exemption card" whereby
he escapes all the things in life which bore him,
from dull dinner party to writing "dutY letters"
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
Gland Patient
Wins Race
GIandOgen. Provides Simple Method
Of Taking GlanduIar Treatment.

OF Taxing GlAmOuA0F EFeaEmemt.
with awe and to their amusement
onlo0kers saw q 73-year-old ruuner
dash across the line winner Of
5O-yard running race in the sensa-
tional time Of seconds, just IS of
a second short OF the worlds rec
ord. This almost unbelievable la.
cident occurred at the annual field
meet held at one OF CalifOrnia's
State institutions.
It was another victory for Science,
proving again that youthful vigor,
stamina, ambition and power may
be restored by .reviving the vital
glands of the body; for the winner
of the race was a gland patient.
Many leading citizens are now
hopefully looking to a rejuVen0tion
of health and strength through the
nourishment Of vital glands in ac-
cordance with well-known scientific
principles.
DIR. Arnold Lorand says in hi;
book, "Old Age Deferred" in speak
ing of the glands: 1--WE must insist
upon the reinforcement Of their
functions, if changed by age or dis.
ease, by means of extracts obtained
from the similar organs Of healthy
young animals"
Science has now prepared such u
treatment in convenient, compact
tablet form-C Clandogen-which com
bines the healthy glands of young
animals with other efficacious in.
gradients. Hundreds of keen.eyed,
vigorous men and women are today
taking Glandogen. ''.'t
Glandogen is obtainable at Peo.
pies Drug Stores, 16 stores.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
WOMEN VOTERS LEAGUE
OPPOSES EQUAL RIGHTS

CHICAGO. Feb. 15.--The National
League Of Women Voters has gone
on record as opposed to the wom-
ems equal rights bill now pending
in Congress.
They want man TO have some ex.
elusive rights. and one that they
graciously assign him 's the right
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
RADIO HITS

Overture, the great emotional
song success Of the year, repro
duced from the London ard Paris
opera by request: There's va
cant chair awaiting for my land
lord up in Sing Sing
Scientific Lecture by Professor
Piffle How Long Is q Short Cir
cuit?"
Legal Problem - If Wifey and
Mother-in-law talk Father to
death, who should set thu insuE-
ance money
Educational 'craveloguo - "A
Visit With the Natives Of Acme,
sia." Extraordinary ana exclusive
picture, showing the chief Of the
tribe getting -1aiI ee water :,r
his squaw.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Greece has been changing kings
so often lately that the royal tin
smiths have to keep working night
and day adjusting the crown to
fit each new royal head.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
:. .RightAfter a
. Severe Illness
McCOy's Cod Liver Oil Tab
let's Help You Gain
Strength and Put on
Needed Weight-Great

Nothing like the 'vitamines in Cod
Liver Oil to help convalescing peo-
pie, to quickly get strong and well
Everybody knows that.
But nobody wants to take the ILL.,
6rne1ling, horrible tasting, stomach
upsettihg oil itself, so nowadays,
up to date medical men are order.
ing a tablet of Cod Liver Oil and
s& surely: does do the work.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

no sleeves into their dresses in
winter-that's them.
Ike Podkin has made him a
New Year resolution not to pay
no attention to the village reform
society.
They amt much milk of hu-
man kindness in a hard.boiled
egg.
Funny how often an ambulance
is waitin' at t'other end of Joy
ride.
Bad enough to lose your money
without losin' your temper.
Zeke Pitts says he didn't git
nothin' much for Christmas but
an empty wallet.
Julyet Jinks is all dressed up
like she belonged to a show com.
p'ny, with open.work shoes an
pink stockin's an everything.
Boys down to the village sure
does appreciate her.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

You should keep the throat andmouth
clean and healthy. Amy disease that
attacks the canal through which must
pass the food we eat, tho beverages We
drink and the very air we breathe is 0
serious matter. Why neglect Sore Throst
or Sore Mouth when TON6ILlNlE
makes it so easy for you to get TeliefP
TONS1.lNE Is especially prepared for
that one purpose. TONSulNE -
does its full duty-you can 80
depend upon it. Keep . bottle
in the house-where you can get
it quickly when needed. Sc.
and 60c. Hospital Size. 500,
Your druggist sells n UtlSILNE. u
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
amt got none too much of it.

Sophrony Spriggs says if her
neighbors don't want to speak
to her she amt goin' to bust
right out cryin' about it.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
CHESTER'S
CHUCKLES !.
By Chester G. Conner.

By Chester G. Conner.
"HE success Of an orchestra
depends ON its own practice
= plus the exercises taken by
aahe conductors. s' hs
Sometimes ,one thinks that
aGongress, needs bond specialist.
si.s, 49,. t = s 3-s
xs< Mother thought the hat was
stunning but the bill killed Dad
) stone dead.
A g1rl never tells man it's
hopeless until she has seen him
aEmalIng love. ats.i n'~
asa a.,s5 &
81 Don't attack, grapefruit unless
you expect it to strike back.
go It wouldn't be 90 bad If women
stepped when they have told all
they know. 4,;s
- "a ~ 49, 80, ~ Es4
Some tears are precious-oth-
Ors won't produce cent.
p;.@S.s 956s@ ,s;l,f-----T- -. ~.
s.sa Mothers. are, forming a = union
u to demand time and one.half for
overtime.
College still seems to be doing
business even If the football sea-
1}1oTi' is over. -
s&st .%zii' =; ~
THE person welded to art has
mo- business marrying anyone
else.
German banks are free from
robberies, there being no incen-
,e tiye to steal worthless stuff.
[ 5FWoman's face may be her for
tune or that of the beauty doc
tor.
The auto industry is a real
menace to the shoe business.
( No man succeeds in marrying
ii, his widow's sister.
49,
~Sepe men never realize their
childish ambition of-wiggling
their AaFs.
iASsif1 is not necessarily dainty
because she eats like a canary
aapeclSat q time.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

The bashful chap who remains
outside on the sidewalk when his
girl goes into a store to try on
some new shirtwaists.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Polly Pilkins got bottle of
perfume for Christmas that's so
strong you kin smell it even il
there Is an auto around.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
FAMOUS ALIBIS

II would like to help you along,
old man, but IL would hardly be
right for me to contribute, he.
cappe l am supporting my par.
60 and deyoting Every effort
make -.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

I notice that the chap what's
always an forever explainin' how
good he is amt much good after
all.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Boys down to the village store
is busy talkin' about what they're
goin' to do next spring.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
GLANDOGEN
THIS PRESCRIPTION
FOR KIDNEYS
MarshrOOt Contains No Drugs
Just Roots and Herbs

Five years ago DR.. Carey said. .'when
backache comes get after your kidneys
and don't waste any time"
Right at the start, 20 to your drug
gist and ask for DR.. Carey's Marshroot
Prescription No. TIT; take it as directed
until backache ceases and your eyes are
clear and bright"
For more than 40 years DR.. Carey
specialized in diseases Of the kidney
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

urine. getting UP in the night and
puffy eyes tell the story. ..
II you even auspect-start today with
TIT. II will drive the poisons from
your kidneys and your druggist knows
all about IL.
Peoples drug stores dispense lots Of
Il. II comes both in liquid and tablet
form. II will help you as II has host
OF others IC II should not IL you
aren't glad in one weeks time that you
bought u. money gladly refunded. Price.
81 SO and well worth ~.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

ana OIa0oer, ana
when, in the
height of his re-
markably busy life,
he decided to dis
pense his, most ef-
fective kidney and
bladder preserip-
tion through the
better druggists. he
helped thousands
who could not afA
ford to GO to him
for treatment.
Thousands Of un-
obgervant people
have kidney all
ments and never
know Il until too
late. High coioPad
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
SLACKERS

The fellow who takes all the
free automobile rides given by
statesmen, but who never did and
never will buy q car.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
their old age. Charity begins at
home, you know"

Sorry that we couldn't make
your card party the other night,
Mrs. Blooey. My husband cut
( his finger terribly and it was
too late to start by the time the
doctor got it fixed"
"Turn the car around and drive
!. me straight home, Oscar. Father
has been rather nervous lately
and mother told me to come home
early"
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Main street down to the village
on. Saturday nights is full of
chickens that ought to be home
to roost.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
UNCLE EZRA
OBSERVES
BY "a Monte WaIdrOn.

IN v'RY time. a feller borrOws
five in cash he borrows
A ten dollars worth Of trou-
BILE, too.
Soon's I lit one of them cigars
Lafe JinRins give me for Christ
mas Mandy run right out into the
kitchen to see what was burnin'.
Aunt Hannah Marian says a lot
Of these wimmen might better be
raisin' voters than castin' votes.
The risin' generation is tryin'
to beat the altytude record, but
it'll have to come down. sooner
or later. ~
Lot of wimmen would ruther
freeze 'emselves TO death than be
out of style. Furs in summer an
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

that jest as soon's he's sent to
Washington he's got to talk his
head often him.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
GIVING AND
RECEIVING

1t is better to give than TO- re.
ceive-th is what the minis
ters and charity workers say.
And any prizefighter win ten you
the same thing.
The landlord receives half Of
your salary and gives you . de-
cent place to freeze. You are al
ways in hot water. but you never
have any.
A politician gives the public
all he has and takes everything
he can get. And when the pub
lie takes stock it hasn't any
thing.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Whaddye mean, put another
nickel in the phone? ! put one
In a minute ago and somebody
cut In on me. Hurry up and
ge0 that number for me. or I'll
A.. 49,, a. shoAauo~nr
The Washington times., 1924-02-15
F()R.IICHING TORTURE

Use Antiseptic Liquid Zemo
There is one remedy that seldom
fails to stop itching torture and re-
lieye skin irritation, and that makes
the skin soft, clear and healthy.
Any druggist can supply you
with Zemo, which generally over
comes skin diseases. Eczema, Itch,
Pimples, Rashes, Biackheads, in
most cases, give way, to Zemo. Ere.
quently, minor blemishes disappear
!. overnight. itching usually stops
instantly. Zemo is a safe, antiseptic
liquid, clean, easy to use and de-
.pendable. It costs only s5c; an
extra large bottle, $1.OO. It is posi-.
tiyely safe for tender. sensitive
skins. Zeno Soap, 25c-Zemo
Otrtv,ev,t SNc.
+ [.Zem0 |
ron SKIM IRRiTATtONe
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

-
Lot of fellers is always yellin'
for a chance to show what they
kin do. Way 1 figger it is that
they ought to do somethin' to
show what they kin do.
Deke Spriggins says all this
here radio is a terrible waste of
languaOe. teA'
When feller's made up his
mind he amt a.goin to he comes
around an asks your advice onto
what he ought to do.
Biggest blowhard in the village
never boasts to the income tax
man on how much l.e is maxim.
Folks what spends all their
fime argYfYin' abOui religion
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

''It couldn't have been my boy.
that threw the stone through
your window, Mr.. Schmalz. The
lad has been physically handi-
capped since he was baby and
would be unable to lift a rock,
much less throw It."
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

The auto industry is a real
menace to the shoe business.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

~some men never realize their
childish ambition of-wiggling
their etics.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

A2sifd is not necessarily dainty
because she eats like a canary
azpeck&at q time.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

I No man succeeds in marrying
~ his WIDOWS sister.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Folks what spends all their
time argyfyin, about religion
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

~ It wouldn't be 80 bad IL women
stepped when. they have told all
- they know. 4,Sg
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Some tears are precious--oth-
ors won't produce a cent.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

.ooI TO me as II a man Ahinks
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

kkaSA %Nls EhNfp fSs.- ut y
s.a Mothers are, forming union
II to demand time and one.half for
overtime.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

College still seems to be doing
business even If the football sea-
J Son is over. ~
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

/ 55fWoman's face may be her for
tune or that of the beauty doc
tor.
The Washington times., 1924-02-15

German banks are free from
robberies, there being no incen-
Z tiYe to steal worthless stuff.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-25
DESERT STORM
CLAIMED LIFE
LA. MAN, RUM0R

SAN BERNARDINO, Feb. 25.-
Lost in the binding sandstorm
which swept the Black Water Well
District of the desert over the week
end, Max Stewart, of Watts, near
Los Angeles, was believed dead to-
day.
Stewart was trapped in the terri,
fic gale which flung mantle of
sand over the desert wastes and
across the mountains, down into the
San Bernardino valley, where it did
thousands of dollars worth of dam
age, destroying tents of the ma
tional Orange show here.
He left Atolia, a desert hamlet,
Saturday morning for Almond
ranch, seven miles away, leading a
team of horses. The animals were
found yesterday 10 miles from the
ranch.
Searching parties We're organized
today and sent out from Barstow
and Atolia, in San Bernardino coun-
ty, and Johannesburg, in Kern
county.
If Stewart is located alive, which
is believed improbable, he will more
than likely be found erazed by the
exposure and fierceness of his bat
tie with the elements.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-25
SMITH PROVES
TO BE FROM
. SAN QUENTIN

Harry Smith, arrested in Gila
Arizona, last week by Undershcriff
Bert Underwood, on Il charge of
stealing car in IGoltville, and be-
licved by the officer to possess 4
criminal record, proved to be & pa-
rolled prisoner from San Quentin
prison, having been given his lib
crty on December 10, 1923.
Smith was serving Il one to five
year term for burglary, committed
in Tehama county at the, tilne II
his parole, Previous to this Of
Tense he had served time in Oak
land, Dillon, Montana, and several
other places, using rs aliases. the
names Harry Wilson and Charles
Jackson.
At the time of his arrest, Smith
told Underwood that he would do
anything rather than return 20
California, and made an attempt
to break out Of the Jail Mt Gila,
which proved unsuccessful. This
gave Underwood the impression that
Smith WAS wanted here, ami his
finger print records and photograph
were sent 20 the Identification bu-
reau at Sacramento to establish his
identity. The report received this
morning came from this department..
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-25
Death Ends BOX
Car" Baby Career

Death las finally put an end 20
the troubles and wanderings Of the
"boy-car' baby found abandoned
on the east side of the city several
weeks ago, the little one dying
early this morning at the home of
Mrs, Mary Ramirez, 374 Olive street
Mrs. Ramirez took the baby on
February 1t, promising 20 give it a
home and the desired care.
Following discovery of the ab@n-
doncd baby by night Waterman
who was prompted to investigate a
box ear when he heard the little
one s cries, the baby was taken III
charge by Probation Officer swan
son, aud later turned over to Dick
Cohen, court Interpreter, wht gave
Il a temporary home. Dick was um-
able to keep it and returned it to
Mr.. Swanson, who then found a
home for it with Calexicp family.
The man of the family refused tc
permit the baby to stay in his place
and once more it was taken back to
Swanson.
Mrs. Ramirez then agreed TO take
the baby and give it home. The
infant was none too strong, and
though given careful attention, con
tinucd to grow weaker until death
came.
The baby will be buried this af.
ternoon in Evergreen cemetery.