davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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than the number reported for 1922.
The statistics of marriages for
1923 were furnished the depart
ment by the Ordinary, it is said.
and those concerning divorces for
the same year, were supplied bS the
Clerk of the Superior Court, Of
each of the 100 counties throughout
the state. These figures, however,
are preliminary, it is pointed out.
Sumter county had 426 marriages
and 10 divorces in 1923. with a7S
weddings and 10 divorces in 1922.
Fulton county leads the list with
4343 weddings and 81? divorces
in 1928, and 4157 marriages and
$50 divorces in 1922.
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Today we end our interviews
with the citizens at large on the
outcome of the election. J,is- as
we expected the greater rcrtica OF
the populace will vote the Demo
cratic ticket. Everybody we have
talked to seems to be well posted
en- the political dope, the LitetarY
Digest. the New York journal of
Commerce, the Times Recorder and
ether leading news papers have keTt
them informed. The radio too has
been instrumental in placing the
political situation before the pubic.
One man tells us every night last
week in New York state there were
campaign speeches made by Da. is,
one of Coolidge's speakers and ia
Toilette. He said that ~! the speak
ers were given big ovation when
introduced but that Davis received
a great deal more applause at the
conclusion of his speeches than the
Republican or Independent speak
ers. Applause is the barometer Of
the peoples feelings end appreeia
ton. This being true ard the PEG
pie vote according to their feelings
and appreciation. The Democrat
should stand an excellent chance 0.
carrying New York. We will fine
al this out Tuesday,
4 We wish to thank the people fol
their kindness in expressing thei1
opinions and we hope every bod.
will be on hand at the T. R. offic,
| to hear the election returns whicl
we are going TO give you hot Of
the wire.
| Those talked to today say: o {
Johnson, Prop. Post Adv. So. g
am absolutely going to vote tn
| Democratic ticket. -
/ My worst enemy could be rur
ming and / would support him
feel as though the next presiden
will be Davis and that h is the ma
for the office. There will be som
people who will vote for La Fal
cite but l don't think he mas
general following"
\ C. w. Walters, CLERK, Rylande
Shoe Co., q nave always voted tn
| Democratic ticket not because
was born a Democrat Int because
have always been satisfied wiz
their candidates. l would not hes
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ARMENIA TO ENCOURAGE
GROWING OF COTTON
(By The Associated Press)

ERIVAN1 ARMENIA, NcY 3.
American methods Of cctton-grow-
ing are being introduced into Ar
menia. A new cotton factory equip
ped with modern American ma
chinery has just been completed IN
Erivan. AT the present time more
than 10000 acres of cotton are
under cultivation. This is 40 times
greater than the acreage undec cul-
tivation in 1921. Tie Armenian
government expects this year to pro-
duce 10000, 600 pounds Of raw cot
ton. Inc factory in F.rivan has an
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NATRIMONY INCREASE
SHOWN IN GEORGIA
While Marriages Show An In
crease of 6 Per Cent, Di-
vorces Show Decrease
(By The Associaled Pressl

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.--Ac
cording to returns received by the
Department of Commerce, there
were in the State of Georgia dur
ing 1928 a total of 37.959 mar
riages performed, while 1928 di-
vorces were granted. For 1922
marriages performed ran up to %.
s23, and a total Of 1883 divorces
were reported.
The increase in marriages as re-
ported for 1923 over tie number
given for the preceding wear, is O.
1876 or six per cent. The divorces
as reported to the department for
1928 show a decrease Il five, or
three tenths of one per cent less
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r ecord Vote In
Georgia Expected
(Continued from PAGE One.l

NOOlitiHueC from rage One.t
stitutio nof Georgia in reference
to the consolidation Of city and
county governments in counties '.av
ing therein city with a population
OF $4,000 or over.
A proposed amendment to the
constitution cf Georgia authorizing
the increase IN Their bonded indebted
nesa Of the mayor and aldermen Of
the city of Savannah.
A proposed amendment to the
etltution of Georgia in reference
ize Their city Of Brunswick to incur
as indebtedness up to a minimum of
IA per cent centum of TIE assessed
value of the taxable property there
in.
A proposed amendment to the
constitution of Georgia to provide
for biennial sessions of the general
assembly.
A proposed amendment to the
eonaitution of Georgia to pro-
vide for the creation of Peach coun-
ty.
A proposed amendment to the
constitution of Georgia to pro-
vide for the exemption of certain
manufacturers and industries
from taxation for period not ex-
ceeding five years.
A proposed amendment to the
constitution of Geogia to author
ize the general assembly TO consoli-
date the offices of tax receiver and
tax collector in the several counties.
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REPUBLICANS PREDICT
COOLIDGE LANDSLIDE,

WASHINGTON, Nov 3.-The
Republicans declared they are count
ing on a clean sweep for Coolidge,
approaching the proportions of a
landslide, right across TIE country
from New England to California,
holding the La Toilette strength in
the Northwest as negligible quaint
ty and cutting into territory usual
ly classed as a part of the demo.
cratic solid south.
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LA TOILETTE SEES
VICTORY, TOO.
(By The Associated Press>

Wy AhC 2SoOShntCu AECSby
MADISON, Wis, Nov. 3.-Sen-
ator Robert M. La Toilette returned
TO Madison Sunday for the first
time since his nomination as indie
pendent presidential candidate.
Fellow townsmen noisily greeted
him. An impromptu parade formed
at the railroad station and led his
automobile through the central part
of the city. At the state house he
rendered formal welcome home
The senator replied In brief
talk from the state house steps, ex-
pressing satisfaction with his cam
paign and predicting a victory "for
the progressive cause" Enthusi,
astic crowds lined the route to the
La Toilette farm.
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output Of nearly 2,OoO. 900 pounds
y PACE Fvl
By Martin
By Swami

output Of nearly 1900. 900 pounds
month.
In order to encourage farmers
TO cultivate their own cotton fields,
the government is alloting them
large quantities Of free seed. The
government pays $2.75 for 40
pounds Of the raw material. The
present average yield is about 1000
pounds an acre.
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The original name Of the ornrge.
which came by way of Persia from
southeastern China, was "naranj."
The rotary engine was invented
by George Westinghouse at the age
Of IA. 60
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VYLET DO MAKEDONIE.
Zotka kuedcr-Dcmetrouicora.

Bylo to asi deset nebo Gtrnact
dni pred syStovou valkou. kdyz
mns vodili moi znami po vesni-
cich mad Bitoljem. Byly to kras-
ne vesnice, lepsi nez kdekoliv v
Makedonii. Svobodne vesnice,
rozumi Sc. Skoro kazdy dim W.
stavsny pod iedno patro thu
sty6 zdi. obileny. a hezky upra-
veny. Prave kostely proti bid
nym chatam Giftlickych vesnic,
kde kfest' t'anska raja smutne 1.-Two
fila a kde ubohy sedIak neopravo-
val ami toho ncimensiho ma SVEN
z blata slepenem obydli re stra-
chu, ably velkostatkaf Turek, ne
myslel jak Sc mu dobfe dafi a ne
wal mu cista iiasna posledni ov-
ci re stada vzdyt' byla zeme ieho
vsechno. co sc ma nj narodilo
tele. slepice vsechno. Mad Bi.
toliem byly vsak vesnice svobod.
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ne. Lezely v zeleni. vysoko mad
mimi svitil ma Peristeru vecnv snih
a rovina pod mimi byla pozehnana
a lrodna. v Bitolji bylo 1navne
vedro Gervencoveho dne. tadv We
vesnicich val vsak pfijjemnv CHA
dek re zelenvch lesu. Oko. v
Makedonii tax nezvykle ma lesv.
radostns Sc kochalo krasnymi kop-
ci pod vysokym Peristerem a ve-
die cest zurGely potucky.
"Bude to raj ma zemi az to tro
chu upravime," fikali po,, profe-
sor ucitel nekolik distojnik1.
ktefi sli nami. Mladicky poru-
elk. ktery dlel V vrbsko-bulharske
valce mnoho mesicu v iedne visce
ma pohranicnem pohofi tolik
zkusil, ze mel ma obou skranich v
iinak havranovs cernych vlasech
snshobils kucerv. vypravoval. 7e
general %ivanoviid vvdal zanovsd'
aby zadny voiak nedostal dovole-
ne. neslibi-li. ze pfinese sto iader
nektereho ovoce. al Sc vrati
zpst. w zahradach a ma pla-
Mich neni tady zadneho ovoce a
nv chceme. ably "a nskoik rokI
bvlo plno svestek. merunsk. tfest-
nj iabloni."
lak Sc tenkrat pracovalo Ma
kcdonii! Srbove nell "a sebou
dive kratke vitezne valky a zlsta-
10 Mich ieste tolik svszesti a ide-
alismu! Hned "a starou hranici
ukazovali mi prlmyslove skolv.
Gitarny a uz spoustu rolnickych
spolkI pro zlepseni agrarni produ-
kce. Sarajevsky atentat pfisel prc
ty pracovniky mills brzy pfa-li s.
miti iests nskolik rokG casu ma
praci. aby obvvatelstvo videlo. ze
jsou schopni dati Jim svobodu.
v Bitolji bvlo ui cititi valku,
&C zadny netusil. ze toho bude
strasny svstovy zapas. Onoho
Gervencoveho dne mluyili :sme q
nebezpeci valky jako necem da.
lekem. co je ncvyhnutelne, co phi.
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drahe mati6ky, vyplatf mnS
diva tisice xlatych, kters mann
po mati6ce ' sirotci pol<ladns
ulozene. Snad Sc 5 Gastkou
tou nSkam dostanu."
Otec ztrnule patril ma syna,
a Tonik SC slxami v oGichs po-
kraSoval:
''D9kuji vim, tatinku, "a
vychovani q "a vse, co jste
pro mne uGinil. Budu 80 "a
vas po cely cas- zivota svsho
modliti, jak &c ma syna slusi
\ patti! Tedy jests naposled
; Bohem!"
To fekl Tonik a chspal Sc
otcovy ruky, BY mu il polibil.
k Semuz otec nepripustil, sta
hi ruku zpSt a potacel Sc ma
zidli, na kterou jako bez VIA
dy klesl. Byl timto neoGek1va-
nym 6inem SYNONYM jako O.
mracen. S lzasem patril, jak
syn sklicen opousti svstnici,
aby snad nikdy vice Sc do nj
nevr8til.
Tonik rozhledl Sc po dvofe
a po celsm hospodarstvi louce
Sc 5 mistem, kde Sc zrodil,
kde prozil sve radostne mladi,
a nyni, kdyx dospsl v jinocha,
ma to drahe mu misto tako-
YOU horkosti opustit!
PAX vyhledal sve dve ses-
try, kters byly zamsstnany ma
zahrads, aby Sc 5 mimi roz-
lou6il. kdyz Jim sdSlil svs roz
hodnuti, ze je tomto Okla
mziku ma vxdy opusti, tn ODE
sestry zGstaly jako omraceny
a nechtsly ami slovim jeho
vSriti. kdyx ale Sc slzami v
oGich pocal sc mimi louciti,
kazdou obejmul a polibil, tn
teprve i ony horce Sc rozpla.
kaly. A kdyx Jim dal posled-
nj s Bohem q odchazel, tn se
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"a MIN rozbshly' a u dvffek
plotu jej dohonily q ODE no
obejmuly:
"Co to dSl&s, Toniku? Co
sis to vzpomnsl, kdo ii ubli-
zil? Ty nesmis odejft,- my e
nepustime!" TAX 4 podobnx
nafikaIy.
Tonik sc vyprostil jejich
niruGi. 'Bud'te tu Pinem
Bohem a bud'te st'astnsjSi nez
ja!" fekl q vyklouzl re dvirek
a brzy zmizel Jim oGi.
Smutno bylo na statku Hru-
bych. Po odchodu Tonika u
mlkl zpsv v mastali i ma dvo-
re. Tonika byvalo vsude -plno,
nyni vsude schszel. Kons v
maitali fehtali, ot6Seli se Cd
zlabu a hledsli ku dverim, ja-
koby Tonika oGek8vai - ami
do jidla Sc Jim. nechtslo. -
| ten starry pes Ofsch smutns
&c loudal po dvofe, obGas po-
zvedl svou kudrnatou hlavu
a patravs naslouchal, q zas
loudal Sc pomalu dale. by vse-
ska mozna mista, kde Tonika
vidaval, proSt'oural. Ale kde
mic, tn mic - zalezl mrzuts
pod kolnu, kde u1ehl, by IA
kratko opst v pstrsni pokra-
coval. | ty dive mlade lfpy,
kters Tonik z jara v praceli
rtatku zasadil a peSlivs ose-
troval a zaleval, nsjak sesmut-
nelly. Schazel jim jejich pssti-
tel.
Nejvice postradal Tonika
jeho otec. jemuz byl pravou
rukou pfi hospodsfstvi. Ami 3
konmi nemohl ni6eho pofiditi.
Vzal-li Ia oprats, tn oni hned
citili. ze to neni JENNA ruka
Tonikova. ami lichotivS slova
jeho, ktera k MIN Tonik mlu.
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ZDOnikODa dcerQ.
Z DypvdO0Udnf mast bdbitky. nopsal
jan JzROUSEK.
:: KSnuje Star1m feskDm Osadnfkam:-

dcery, druhymi dvefmi ze stat
ku --"
Tim byl osud Tonikiv spe-
cetsn.
x X X
Tonik pokusil se jests jed.
nou pozadat otce, aby mu od-
pustil, v temkoliv ho rozhns.
val a aby byl X nsmu shovi-
vavym. A yyjidril Sc zcela
urcite, ze on cd Mafky zvoni-
kovy "a zadnou cenu upustit
nemini, ze rad<ji VIDA Sc
vsech naroki ma statek.
''Vsfte, drahy otce," Sc ST.
zami v o6ich pravil Tonik,
"Radsji pdjdu 'tou milova-
nou divkou zit v chudobe, Ii
viii j praci rukou svych nez
ziti ma nasem rodinnem stat.
ku Sc zenou, kterou bych ne.
miloval, kteri by mns byia
vnucena CO dobra partie, pro.
toze by prinesla ma statek
penize, vsno, . kterym by sc
zas podobnS santrocilo. @ co
vas, drahy tatinku. vroucns
zadam, jest svoleni a otcov.
ske pozehnani k snatku sc
zvonikovou Mafkou. PAX vez.
mu svych par kouski satu do
uzliku a odejdu ze statlku,
.iako bych tn jak xiv ami ne.
byl."
Otec, jak sc zdilo, trpslivs
vyslechl tuto synovu z8dost,
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Co oba tn chvili v srdcich
svych citili, posoudi jen div
ka ! nebo shoch, kterym bylo
jednou takove chvile proziti.
Tonik vstoupil, stavs se ja-
ko vzdy wesley q usedl ma po-
d&yanou mu zidH.
Starry zvonik sedsl stolu
a 6etl bibli. Podfval sc pres
bryle ma Tonika 4 jaksi chla-
dine, ba nevlidnS ho pfivitav
zahledsl Sc opst na fadky svs
asi dvs ste roki stare knihy.
Zvonikov6 .edsla M druhe stra
ne stolu a drala peri. Bylo ma
nj znati, ze je uplakanS.
Pojednou starry zvonik sum
dal bryle a polozil je opatrnS
ma knihu, obratil Sc k Toniko-
vi, vedle nshoz sedSla jeho
dcera Mafka, a jaksi rozcilen
pravil:
"Ano - co jsem chtsl fici;
Tondo, co to tropis "a skan-
dal? My nemIzem pro hanbu
ami hlavu ze staveni vystrGit.
U vas ma statku je bozi dopus-
tent. Otec a matka .vini mas,
ze pry jsme tx svedli, ze ma
me zalusk ma vas statek. Ma
to ubohe dsv6e, ma nasi Mar
ku, by psi hlavu nastreili. A
k cemu to vsechno? Je to ha.
nebne osoGovani - ami my sta
Fl, ami to dsvGe ma mic talko-
veho nemyslime. My jsme spo-
kojeni tim, CO name, co nam
Bdh radslil. A jestS jsme byli
.pokojensjsi, nez ty jsi Sc do
na;i tichs domScnosti pocal
vtirati."
Starry zvonik vstal Cd stolu,
bshal po svstnici jako Sileny a
ODE zenske Sc rozplakal.-.
(POkracovani.)
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Mole kamar6dky mne sr6ze-
ly 4 smsly Sc mi. Jedna dokon-
ce, kteri mns ~ vdavky z6vi-
della, zaGala mnS fikat ina.
cecha", ovsem ne v me pri-
tomnosti, ale jen mezi dSvca.
ty, prisla-li o mns rec. A j
ku v;emu tomu hyla hluch8 q
to jen lisku mou X tobs rome
covalol"
"Tak vidi;, ToniGko, jalk
asi je Tonikovi, q pfec nemai
: MIN zadnou utrpnost q zad.
ne smilov1ni!" oval Sc muz,
ktery mel zenu tam, kde j
chtsl NIT. On by byl svkmu j.
max posluinemu synovi hlou.
bi srdce nejake Istupky u6i.
nil, ale pro nj to nebylo moz.
no.
"Ano," fekla zena. ia do.
bfe vim, jak Tondovi je, ale
povas, muzi, ze toto je docels
jipy pfipad mex byl mij. Zde
sc jedna 0 penize. kdyby 81
fonda wal chudou, CO by do.
staly mole dvS dcery? ia ii
povim, muzi. Zabezpec osm Il
sic zlatych ma "gruntu" hypo.
tekou pro me dvs dcery -
tolik ja jsem sem pfinesla =
q pax - pax At 81 sem Ton.
da privede zvonikovu Mafku
bez krejcaru. Ale to ii reknu
- ona jednsmi dvermi do stat
ku a my, totiz js a mole dvi
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lidskych ltrapach. o neslychanvch
dobrodruzstvich. A jakoby miu-
villa z neho celia ia Makedonie. u
trapena. hrdinska. divoka kras-
ma. Ohromna stupnice citl je v
dusich toho lidu. Cd nejobeta-
vejsi lasky slechetnosti az do Ger
ne. strasne. pekelna nenavisti q
pcmstvchtivosti.
''Vzdyts jjsou TO ie.vahy Primo
renesanGni. rravim.
"Ano. Jsou. Jsou schopni vse-
no neikrasne;siho az do hrlzy pc
kelne TINY. Divoka. ohromna 81
la ie Mich a zistane. ISkud Sc
nepfizplsobi iivotu klidnemul a
pro ne nudnemu. jakvm ma ziti
dnesni uzite6ny obSan statu.
PAX pfisla svstova valka. Vody
makedonske a pole makedonska
znovu zGervenaly krvi. kostl
Nemcl Mad arl promichaly Sc
kostmi Makedoncl FrancouzI
a Angli6anl. Cd Solune specha
la vitezna voiska bileho orla a
makedonske kopce skropila pro
svobodu spole6na obetovana krey
sbrskych. chorvatskych a slovin-
skych dobrovolnikl. Nenavis,
bratfi Srbl BulharI nicila tisi-
ce a statisice zivotl. ale take laska
SrbI. Chorvatl Slovincl vyza.
dovala velkyych obeti nejlep;ich
synl Jihoslavie.
)aro pfichazi Makedonie
zneklidnovana agitaci Albancl a
Bulhari. lupicskymi kousky ne.
kterych svych vlastnich nespoko.
jencl. pIsobi move starosti donna.
elm a cizim statnikGm. Jeiihc
temperament politely vyuzitko.
val take chorvatskyy tribun Radio
- ale dobfe fekl iiny Chorvat ,
parlamente: dnes chrani Makedo
Mi neien srbsky. nybrz take chor
vatskyy voiak - lest jihoslovan.
ska. A iists pfijde cas-. kdy "a.
cell sc strasne rany bratru bratren
zadane a pres makedonsky mos
pfiidou k nam take Bulhafi. aby
vsechna slovanska plemena ma j.
hu cd Adriatickeho az do Egej.
skeho a Cerneho more lila v kid,
/ bratrstvi:
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lde. CO pfiliti musi ale az "a
deset let. v kazde vesnici. kterou
jsme prosli. piala isem 81 vidst
vnitfek selskych domG a mluvit
lidem. Vchazeli jsme tezkymi O.
kovanymi dvefmi do skoro vidy
prostrannych a pskns uklizenych
SIM.
Mac pax takove zelezem oko-
vane dvefe a tsike zelezne okeni-
cc - vzdyt' kazdy dim w.
iako mala pevnost9" ptam Sc.
"Vsak isou to same male pew
nosti vidyt' isme v Makedo-
nil" povidali mns. w Make
donii Sc cd Alexandra Velkeho
az po dnes nespi moe klidne a ne
Mill clovek lplnym zebrakem. u
della dobfe. kdyz stavi dim neien
pro ochranu pred zlvm pocasim.
ale take pred zlymi lidmii.
Pres to. ze byly vesnice mad
Bitoljem svym blahobytem vlast-
ne malo typicke pro Makedoniii.
nikde isem tax dobfe nechapala
ducha Makcdonie. Skoro v kaz-
dem dome wisely ma stsnach foto-
giraffe Z Amerikv. To syn. nebo
bratr. nebo stryc odesel do Ameri-
ky. mnohdy Sc tam take oienil.-
vzdy dobfe vydelaval. namatoval
ma sve hnizdo donna Makedonii
a zasilal penize. ably Sc opravova-
la stfecha slime okenice prvnim
patfe a zvlaSt' zelezem okovane
dvefe pfizemi bez oxen. Ale
zaiimavsisi karakteristictej;i BY
la prapodivna garderoba. ktera Vi
sela po stenach v pokoiich. Byly
to lbory vsech narodnosti. ktere
obvvaji tu zvlastni krasnou a ne
klidnou zem. Kroi sbrskeho Sc
dlaka kroi bulharskv. kroi rec
ky a nsiake Stroke turecke kalho-
~ 5 fezem.
Mac tolik tech rGznvch kro-
i1?" divim Sc.
e. gospo. to ic komitska ku-
ca" (dIm komitG) povida hospo-
dyne vvoravuie romantickou hi
storiii takovych komitskych domI
"MIj muz ie komita. novstalec.
ieho otec byl Jim. ! dsd pradsd.
Nasi muzove neumiraji donna Y
postelich. Pod Turkv bvlo vse-
lijak a mij muz nebvl iednou do
ma sedm rokI. Vidite me dsti,
kazde mi nfinomina ns;akou hod-
ne smslou navstsvu meho muze.
PHscl jednou jako knsz. podruhe
tfebas iako turecka hanuma do
nasi vesnice. Mluvi vsemi mare
simi Makedonie ie iiunak. hrdi-
ma hrdinskeho rodu."
Byla isem okouzlena pfekras-
nymi vy;ivkami ma satech techto
zen a je;ts vice povidanim o sms-
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vfval. Bud'to nechtSli z mfsta
hnout, anebo n6hle skocili .
milem sedlaka Hrubyhovs vo-
zu shodili. Ia to on je ztyral,
ze pry jsou tax tvrdohlavi ja-
lko jeho SYN, on ze Jim ty hla-
wy napravi, kdyz sc mu to. u
syna nepodafilo. Ale stale dou
fal, ze syn jeho Sc vrxti, ze
to bylo jen chvilkove rozcile-
nj. Al ochladne, ze poznS
svou chybu, ze rad pfijde a
odprosi a bude budoucns roy
umnsjs - cekal vsak marns,
syn nepfichazel.
Tonik zatim meskal u stry-
ce, sveho poru6nika, - Sekal
ma vyrizeni z6lezitosti sveho
dsdictvi, by mohl svdj plan u
skuteSnit, az bude NIT penize
v ruce. Msl totiz 3 Mafenkou
umluveno, ze pojede napred
sam do Ameriky a il "a sebou
povola, jakrnile pro nj upravi
hnizde6ko. Vsdsl, ze rodi6e
jeji Sc do Ameriky vypravuji,
avsak on tax dlouho nemohl
cekati. Zdilo &c mu, ze by ne
mohl po rozluce 5 otcem nikde
ami hlavu vystrcit.
Byl krasny mkjovy veGer,
kdyz Tonik zaklepal ma dvefe
zvonikovy chalupy. v zapsti
dvefe Sc otevfely a na prahu
objevila Sc Mafenka. Ackoliv
byla ma pfichod TonikHv pri-
rravena, zdala Sc byt prekva.
pena q srdce il busilo, jako by
sc chtslo z jejich kr8sns se
dmoucich prsou vyprostiti.
Vzpamatovav;i sc, podavala
mu ODE sve ruce Sc slovy:
"Pojd' dal, Toniku," a Size
vstouply j do oGi, nebot' tusi.
la, ze pfichSzi Tonik Sc 5 nj
rozIouciti. =
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lych kouscich muzI v boil prot
TurkGm.
"Neporozumite MakedoncIm.
povidali mi B9lehrads mluvi
zvlsstnim nafecim."
Ale mne bylo lehko rozumet. S
pocatku isem Sc dokonce kazdou
chvili otacela. mystic. ze mluvi
Ia mnou moi uzsi krajane. Slo-
vinci. Makedonci nefikaji ia" ia !.
nybrz ''jjaz" mali je;ts spoustu
jinych staroslovinskych vvrazi.
ktere Sc zachovaly neien u Slovin-
cI, nybrz take u lidu ma nasich
ostrovech.
v iednom dome jsme zastihli
hospodafe.
Nu. jak Sc vam lib svoboda ?
ptam Sc.
Je krasna'' povida. = "ale
abych rex pravdu. casem tro;ku
nudna. Nasinec, ktery po leta
I'll v nebezpeci a We stalych put
kach Turk" tszko zvvkne 1.-Two
tu s>ofadanemu."
Sedl povidal pfihody divoke
a smele ze sveho zivota. Povidal
o Saskatchewan, 0 hrdinstvi. o ne
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Z cehoz Tonik soudil ma do
bry vysledek, ale mylil Sc. @
tee Sc pojednou vzchopil a
jak.i rozhorlens rekl:
"No, uz jsi hotov?"
"Ano, otce, to jest vse, oc
vas zad&m."
"zadas nesmysl! Ami svole-
nj k takovemu snatku, ami po-
zehnani ii nedam! To by han
bu a ostudu pro mne a celou
rodinu jests zvStsilo, to by
Tide teprve msli CO povidat, .
nejvice by trpsla ma zena,
iva nevlastni matka. ma To-
mix macechu," kaxdy by fekl,
"a ia no vykousala z domu,
a nejen to, i statek musel po.
stoupit We prospsch jejfch
dcer!" To by tax hralo! Ma
takovou zadost mann jen jed.
nu odpovsd' - jsi posetilec a
proto zadosti I've nikdy nevy.
hovim. Povaz, nerozv8zny q
uminsny synu, jak mohl bych
TAX uciniti? isl pfec jen mil
SYN, ma statek die prSva mas
ty jediny naroky. A jen proto,
ze jsi ztratil hlavu a tvs Il.
lena laska ts zaslepila. ze
chces jit v dobrovolnou chudo.
bu, mann ja . tim souhlasit .
k tomu nesmyslu dat sve svo.
leni? Nikdy! To je me posled.
nj slovo!"
"DGkuji vsm, tatinku," .
placem rekl Tonik. "Tedy
ja vam dam .ve posledni slo.
vo: Abych vas uSetfil handy
davam vsm posledni 8 Bohem
Je;ts dnes opustim svlj dra.
nv domov, svs, jak pravite
dsdictvi a pIjdu, kan mne o.
ci ponesou. .Jsem plnolety .
proto mGj porucnik stryceL
kroupa, bratS me zemrelt
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Slecna Anita Ercell, stu
dentka re stredni skoly V ST.
Paul, Mimi, dala svoji krev
ma zachraneni zivota pi. Will
liam Mortonove. 76-lete. Ia
sest tydnp po transfusi krve
pi. MortOnova obdrzela sde-
leni, re zdedila 100000, po.
zdstalOst zanechanou jeji bra
trancem v Australia. Pi. Nor
tOnova pred nekolika dny ze-
mfela a We sve posledni Will
odkazala cele im6ni slecne Err
cellove. Divka. iez velmi sc
zajima zemedelstvi, pravila
re 81 koupi farmu az vyjde ze
skoly.