davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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kind that responds to punishment, but
l dunno. / seen 'em comm down the
hill together a little while ago. and it
looked to me like she was getting
ready to hit him and run
The Information Kid chuckled and
then grew serious. so long as the
pigeon and the horse don't break
we're all right. Advance Guard has
been assigned top weight in the clos
ing day handicap. They're going to
ask the old boy to carry hundred
and twenty-eight pounds for a mile
and quarter"
"One hundred and twenty eight"
gasped Henry. That's charity for
you! Why don't they put the grand
Somebody must be sick of seeing that
old horse come down in front. He
amt going to start, is he? What?"
Sure is confirmed the Kid, "and
what's more, Henry, he'll carry every
cent the old mans got. Benny's been
pointing for that race all year. and he
can't afford to back out now. He's
been racing his horse into condition
for that one event, and II he wins 1t 1
wouldn't be surprised to see him re-
tire"
Yes, but a hundred and twenty
eight pounds"
"Yeh, that makes it look bad. Still.
that horse has been running 10 points
above his normal rating. and I'd hate
to bet against him. Seems like that
pigeon has lent him wings
X X
PUT a bombshell exploded one morn
ing among the railbirds who were
clocking early workouts. French Bon
vile hurled 1t.
Miss Brown went North last night
and took her pigeon"
What"
I'm tellin' you sumpy'in. She paid
up the last of Dusty's debts, sold her
horses and told Old Man Benson he
was right-a woman didn't belong on
race track. Silver Dream Charley
says she took her pigeon and went
away cryin', and Benny just stood
there. rubbin' his head and lookin'
like somebody had hit him with an
ak"
Henry the Rat squeaked shrilly:
Didn't I tell you it was comm? The
lad pulled the hit an run, Benson
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that we could see the sticky liquid
running off the church steeple. Dur
ing this next night-the 2Sth-I had
to dash out 10 or IL times to re-
pair the telegraph wire, which was
CO. --inually being cut by shell fire.
Morning of the 29th came and with
it orders to advance again and take
another town which was about a mile
beyond US.
THEN came my two narrowest es-
capes I have ever had. The wire
leading back to the town we had left
was being smashed all the time by the
terrific shell fire, and / had to walk
back and forth continually repairing
the breaks. BY this time l was in
such condition that l never thought
of being killed. I had simply decided
that l wasn't really there to be hit.
But the wire job was hopeless; COM
munication could not be maintained.
/ could see that the men would go to
pieces if we didn't get help from the
rear.
So I started to run back to the
town. It is peculiar feeling to know
that bunch of artillery has picked
you out as special target. ! strug
gled through the last of the barbed
wire and started my final sprint, run
ming as hard as could, bent low.
Suddenly a shell burst right in be-
tween my legs. None of the metal
hit me, but the force of the concus
sion OF the air threw me forward, flat.
I was able to get UP and go on, but
by the time I reached town several
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The Information Kid spread his
hands helplessly and scanned with
boyish gray eyes the weeping MexicaI&
heavens. Henry, / thought maybe
the lady had to go way to make ups
her mind, and she took the pigeon
along so that in case--Aw, l dunno.
1 guess such things only happen in
books. Paddock time, amt it? Let's
go look 'em over"
They were just going through the
gate when they were overtaken BY
Frenchy BonviIle, wide-eyed and slut
tering. Behind him were Silver
Dream Charley and a, score of ragged
confreres. Frenchy cIutched in one
fist a bedraggled lavender feather.
"Out of the sky he gasped. ~
seen it fall just now, 1t come right
past my nosei Hunch. amt il,
Featherweight in the saddle, and a
feather hits me in the nose. Play old
Snow-face on the beeZeri Cmon.
The Information Kid led the rush,
and two minutes later every book
maker in the ring was rubbing his
slate. Down dropped the odds, and
still the hustlers kept up the on
slaught. Advance Guard to win!
Write it again, brother, Hundreds on
his nose, Gimme 90 same way. mister!
All right, Bill. you know me! Ad-
vance Guard for the whole works.
The crowd followed like a lot of
sheep. Nobody knew where the tip
came from or what ii was all about,
but it spread like fire in the night.
The Information Kid edged out of
the mess and found breathing space
at the rail. Thither fiocked the hustler
fraternity. A hundred pairs of eyes
vainly searched the dark canopy OF
rain clouds that hung above the track.
"Nothin' up there but a helluva
Storm" groaned Henry. IF you ask
me, l think we fell for a sucker play.
FrenchY pulled a fast one on US. He's
probabl-- workin' for the books and
been carryin' that feather around for
a month";
They concentrated attention on
the field that was now at the post.
And all the while, high above their
heads and screened from view by the
wind-blown mantles of the Storm
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can remember, the one that
comes back to me now most
i vividly, is the time 1 had dur
ing the Battle of Cambria,
from September 26 to 80, in 1918. That
was a time III never forget-five days
and four nights without sleep or rest,
fighting most of the time, and practi-
cally nothing to eat. 1t was during
that 100 hours that l had the two
closest shaves of my career, too.
1t began on the morning of the 26th,
when our lone Canadian battalion of
the Sd Infantry started out to take a
railroad embankment the Germans
were holding. Being a f1rst-class sig
nal sergeant, l had to carry my roll
of wire with me wherever we went,
and unroll it carefully, so that our ad-
vance line could keep in constant COM
munication with headquarters in the
rear.
The first little episode of the bunch
that were to come thick and fast in
those five days came in the morning
of the 26th, when we had left our
trenches and were crawling over the
open ground toward the railroad en-
bankment. About 10 o'clock in the
morning we noticed, on looking back
of US, that the Germans had flooded
all the ground behind us and had us
now, and we soon found we couldn't
stay where we were-thousands of
blue cross gas shells began bursting
around us on this fiat ground, where
there was no shelter-So we had to go
forward We worked up slowly and
took the embankment at the point of
the bayonet at in the evening.
But we couldn't stay there all night
without knowing how far the foe had
retreated. So Lieut.. Shepard and l
volunteered to go out in front and
reconnoiter.
At 6 o'clock in the evening we
crawled out and headed into the dark
ness. As we walked cautiously for
ward, stopping low, l unrolled the
wire. ..=
Suddenly a few yards away we
heard some Germans talking, and
could hear the tramp of their feet. We
had passed through their front lines
unawares. AS l understood the Ger
man language, I was able to tele-
graph back to headquarters what they
were saying about their plans. But
for the present, of course, we just lay
low and waited until the. enemy,
about 200 or 800 of them. had passed
Then we crept on forward, through
slashed-up trenches and old shell
holes.
We had got through three of their
lines by 10 o'clock and then the buzzer
refused to work-the wire had been
cut somewhere. / had to crawl back
through the lines. find the break and
fix 1t, and then come forward again to
where Shepard was waiting for me.
X X X
MIDNIGHT passed. It was now my
AVA birthday, September 27. and
was 81 years old. I'll never forget
that birthday There we were, a mile
and a half ahead of our lines, in the
darkness. and not sure whether we
could ever get back or not. We were
on a ridge, looking down on a stream,
where the Germans were busy plac-
ing machine guns to receive anybody
that wanted to come.
But our battalion commander tele-
graphed us that the bunch were COM
ing up to join us, so we waited. At
sos O'Clock in the morning the bar
rage started, and in half an hour the
battalion was up with Shepard and
me. Then we all moved doWn the
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suppose you would. But don't get the
idea, brother, that the only speed
sheet in this world is a railroad time
table. The closing handicap is on
Saturday, and if 1 understand you
right, Miss Brown reaches Portland
Wednesday, and that's over twelve
hundred miles away. Well, I'll inform
the universe I'm stumped! Fare
thee well, brother, there is no power
or might save in Allah
x
IN the closing days of the meeting
Old Man Benson kept pretty much
to himself. Advance Guard worked
out in the early mornings and then
retired to his stall to peer all day
from his half-open door at gathering
clouds and to listen in vain for the
familiar f1utter of wings.
Friday morning it began to rain,
heralding a late storm that was
sweeping down from the North. Sat
urday noon it was still raining hard,
and the track had become a sea of
mud. A high wind added to the dis
comfort of the crowd. Shrewd stu
dents of form put aside their dope
books. realizing that under these con-
ditionS past performances counted for
little. Picking the winner of the han
dicap was solely matter Of guess
work. Even the Information Kid was
unable to answer the eager questions
that were flung at him by his custom
airy patrons. His instincts were all in
favor Of old Snow-face, but the last
minute developments operated against
the big chestnut. Johnny Murray
who was to have ridden Advance
Guard, was thrown in the second race
and badly hurt. The only boy avail
able in the emergency was Wee Willie
Scott, midget apprentice. Willie tipped
the scales at only 95, which meant
that old Snowflake would have to
carry 33 pounds of lead in the sad
dle-and a pound of lead is equal to a
pound and a half Of live weight Ad-
vance Guards inpost would be heavier
than ever, and he would be without
the benefit of his accustomed rider.
Its all off" said Henry. II wouldn't
bet a shoebutton against a million of
dollars. Benny laid down his bank
roll, but that was before Murray got
thrown. Tough luck, 1 thought you
said the pigeon would come back?"
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wake. The Information Kid saluted
and set off down the hill.
At the bottom of the hill he en-
countered Benny Benson, leading Ad-
vance Guard. the battle marked king
of the selling platers. They made a
picture that halted the Information
Kid in his tracks. Benny was prob
ably not more than so years old. 1t
was the rusty black clothes, battered
felt hat and unshaven stubble on his
cheeks that caused people to refer
to him as "old man" Benson. He
had the glum, unsweetened counte-
nance of Il cantanllerous old bachelor
"a mask almost as forbidding as that
Norn by Dusty's sister.
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ference is that old Snow-Face sensed
it first. You're still runnin' in
blinkers. SO long, Benny; see you
again some timer
He sauntered away, shaking his
head obviously.
At the lower end of the avenue of
stalls the youthful knight of the bet
ting ring paused for a backward look.
He saw the tense, angular figure of
Miss Brown leading Princess @ into
the sunshine for her morning brush.
Not 20 feet away, old man Benson
was minsterinG to Advance Guard;
crusty old bachelor and prim middle
aged maiden, keeping their backs de-
liberately turned upon each other;
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BY JACK w. DAVIS.

" HE most thrilling experience
can remember, the one that
comes back to me now most
l. vividly, is the time l had dur
tho oF hro
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Continued on Fifth Page.)
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[ THEs WHIR OF WINGS
BEAUMONT. va


~ tGEONS. snorted old man
80 Benson. Pigeons and a
woman! What's this race
track coming to? Amt l
got any rights? Who stabbed
Evening star., 1925-06-07

Through mercha ndising foresight we have
been able purchase these hieh-grade dresses in
such styles embodying wide diversity of Fashions
demands. They have been priced with view of
our policy of giving unprecedented value.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
The Fable Of the Poor Chap Who Wanted to Be Sport

which every restless Kid is loyal Member They trying
be True Sports because they know there Unwritten Law
to the Effect that the NoGoods will be ostraczed scoffed
and branded as Mollycoddles. ~
Why did Griswod little later put his Foot on the Ran
and try his darndest Drink Glass of Lager without making
Face Because he had learned that he had burst through
the Swinging Doors pound the Bar in order to acquire
anv real Standing One of the Boys He didn't have more
Craving for Beer than had the other Thousands of dauess
Heroes who tried before driven across the
River to Windsor 1t tasted like Spoiled Rain Water with
Pickle in it AS the Red Stuff the first Swg of that was
like swallowing Kerosene Torch
Even after he had acquired the Standard Vices it became
evident to rz that he would be regarded True Sport
unless he could hang up Performance such as one OF the
Following:
l. Sit in the same Chair for IA Hours playing Draw and
then appear unconcerned after being ncked for Months
Salary
e. Go to the Race Track and listen to Tout and plaster all
the Currency on Crippled Goat that in just before they
are starting the next Race.
g. Slip out at Night and attend Wild Party at which
great Sums of Money devoted the Purchased OF Pardge
and Champagne for Ladies connected with the Theatrical Pro-
fesson who were brought up Soda Biscuits and Young
Hyson Tea.
d. Feed the Rent Money Roulette Wheel
s. Bet in Loud Voice every Election Result.
g. Never under any circumstances express Willingness to
terminate Party and go Home.
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GIVING CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE

1t easy Matter for who is trying to get Foot
hold in the Business World perform all OF the bthernS
Idioces involved in the foregoing Tasks.
The Point is that when to being real sure-enough
hot Sport the Rules of Common Sense do not apply There are
certain Traditions and Peceden which must be observed One
must know how part with large Hunk OF Money and never
bat an Eye If the Money really belongs to the Creditors that
makes no Difference. Usually it does.
Well Grswold kept being True Sport until he nearly
ruined his Health so now he living in the Country and
letting somebody else buy Diamond unburs for the Wives OF
the Bootleggers ea-- s.-.,a.." ..
Some People think he is Has-Been, but he got quite
Thrill the other Day when he tried to make shot
over Water with Niblic He Rotten and the Dyot went
almost as the Ball. but he very much pleased to hear
Spectator say: "We you've got give the Old Bird credit
for one Thing He's got his Nerve with him. He's Sport
Which is true. Probably they will put it on the Head
Stone that he Real One up the Time that his Stomach
and Nerves and Pocket Book gave out.
Moral: Better ride in Ambulance than be
known as a piker.
1880
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GIVES Mawus. getting be small place after
ALL trying find somewheres, newspaper
which place where the Prince of Wales happens
to that it is impossible print half tone pic
lures Of illustrated section yunderstand Abe Potash OBJ
served morning. (which only wireless but also
western postal telegaphy has been improved lately
that the Prince of Wales has shot couple Of
lions Africa the picture Of arrives by straight telegram in
Bend quickly though he had shot them in Elk
hart at the very furhest,-FOrt Wayne"
me- Abe" Morris ventured say, "hat with
what per cable tolls, yundrand they might
take chance Of missing the evening editions and send pictures
OF Wales shooting ons by day letter instead
Of straight WIRE they might send the Prince and one lion
by day message leaving the other lion night letter.
depends whether the telegraph company in send
pictures Of the Prince of Wales shooting two lions unde
stand by the prince the on Abe replied (which
the thing has occurred particularly when have
the the Of day. aphed pictures Of
Mr. Coolidge in high silk hat cumberland and the rate for
eeraphng silk hat is equivalent words Of less than
understand would quite saving
they the silk hats all together in night
letter 90 granted unless otherwise notified"
at would also do the telegraph companies Of much
money the words letter follows left of practically
per all business kilograms" Morris
ed although Abe joking TO SIDE telegraphng such pic
the Mayor Of Los Angeles welcoming the Shrne Con-
vnion understand there would be considerable economy
telegrsphng only the Mayor of Los Angeles and sample
Shrner Of Skinner in Shrners Convention
looking any expert
typer newspaper office could duplicate the sample shrner
enough times to make what the editor might consider to be
sn, Msvruss this here sending photographs by telegraph
has big possibilities in the future" Abe sair.
DAWN STOP"
Sunless something is like making it a felony"
suggested otherwise it's bound and
first thing you know, from egsphng still photo
on on another vacation yunderstand they will sending by
straight collect Should Men Behave superfeature
In reels, with such titles And then
ssyl Everybody don't knock moving pictures like you do
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-08-02
THE SPORTING CODE OF HONOR

When Boy who is brought up in Refined Home and
surrounded by all of the Civilized Influences, shows wide
Streak Of Wkedne Persons say that he is proving the
Doctrine of Original Sin and others that he is revertg to
aboriginal Type and the Nebors say that his Parents have
neglected his bringingup.
But Grswod and all of the other juvenile Apaches know
that they trying with all of their boyh Strength to live up
to the Teachings Of that powerful but secret Fraternity Of
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ton that are demanded of any who would learn to eat
Olives play Bridge reduce the Weight listen to an Opus or
read Hndoo Poetry.
By the time he his Teens he owned Pipe and pain
fully tried to the kind Of Language that would have ho
rficd his Sunday School Teacher and he had seicrinal
Record on account OF playing Hockey smashing Windows and
stealing Watermelons.
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spirit of Bravado by learning Smoke When he made this
manly Resolve it was still possible get Pittsburgh Stoges at
two for Five while very good Quality of Cheroot could be
had out of Paper Box any Grocery Store for Three Cents
each for Five twelve for Two Bits so that the foul
Narcotic was as you might say within the Reach of ALL
II he finally could puff Twoer without getting dizzy
was because he showed the Optimism and logged Determine
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MONTAGUE GLASS: =

MaHuss" said you could take from MaWru
day distant when by combination OF radio
broadcasng graphing moving pictures will be put into
any upoae American with every feature Of first class
moving picture thea except being shown to seat by
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nee there was very small and succulent Urchn VINO
i discovered before he had been the Planet many
~ Moons that no Individual attracts favorable Attention
unless he exhibits certain Amount Of alurng CuSsedneSs
found out as all kids of Normal Intelligence must find out that
his Elder laid down for him strict Set OF Rules which they
took great Pleasure in busting Simultaneous.
AS soon as he could sit hard adult Knee he was
warned that during the Years come he must be Polite Cu
s.,f;sb Industrious and Economical lot of the Folks who
noed him this rare Dope were annered and grabbed and
law and aste but what of it? Among Parents and ReIa
lives the Big Idea to be worked off the Youngsters u.s. do
as l say and not as do"
Many Cove-Eater told him that when he grew up ne
pst shun LIQUOR The Poker Players explained to him that
Good Little Bows PLAYED Marbles for Fun and not tor Classics
or Agge Uncle Fred with both of his Vest Pockets stuffed
full of ggrade Conneccutwrapped Five Centes and smell
ing like Smoke House. would the Little Man that he
must never never form the Tobacco Habit.
No wonder that Griswold when he was years OF Age
SAT down one Day and figured it out in Spirit OF utter
Cyuicis that Life was Bunk and Old People were white
washed Sepucre and conventional Virtue offered absolutely
no Inducements to a Lad of Parts and Ambition.
Even at that Early Age he felt stirring within Himself an
outlay Desire to be True Sport He took note of the Fact that
a, of tn. Juvenile Paragons who held as Models OF
Department the oney Youngsters were pale and had sea
shell Ears and wore Shoes the Summer Time and didn't seem
to be getting anything out of Life and loahed by the R
,ooT
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EARLY VICES OF A sEMLcRIMINAL


On the other Hand all of the Hard Eggs who could light
with their fist: and swimming in the Crict before the Ice
was out carried NiggerShooers and had standing teud
with the Town Marshathey were talked about and admired
and quoted and surrounded by crnging Courtiers.
Griswod cropping toward Fact which has long puz-
rled and discouraged good many Moralss
Robin Hood remains gorified Figure but who IS IN
teresed John Bunyan Captain Kidd has enduring Fame
and is beloved by Thousands who heard of the Ach
bishop of Canterbury Roo goes into the Discard but Huck
Finn remains luminous Hero whose shocking Vices endear
him to Old and Young
The trouble with straghtlaced Morality, praciced in
perfunctory Manner many Communities is that it holds
out no gttering Inducements Grsoldtor "Grz he was
addressed by his Colleagues knew at the Age OF Eight
that he would be respected coming Buffalo Bill or
Tohn l. Sullivan merely because he washed behind the Ears
and saved UP his Pennies for the Heather understood
among the Lads of his Gang that the Good Ones going to
escape burning Hot Flames but aside from that they had no
Prospects
It seemed to Gswold that if he wanted to be cowboy
travel with Circus he had better demonstrate an immediate
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Potash and Perlmutter Discuss
Pictures by Telegraph

necessary wiring yunderstand favor Of taking
up Interstate Commerce Commission before goes any
further"
81 objection to it,, Abe remarked, II it's going 70
keep people home nights"
"say! 1t would only keep home nights but
would also practically hermit Of me- Morris declared
GAS the matter today Abe I've just about made what
call mind that amt going to to any more houses whee
of having heard Kiss Me Again on
average four times night evening during the past
all points east of Hastings, Nebraska and
things to such where couldn't go and WISH
friends running the risk of seeing the same Holly
wood stars in the with the incidental
music Abe, I'm going to be practically beddden outSue O
business hours for the rest Of my life
ANONYMOUS PICTURES MAY WRECK HOME
Gwen sending photographs by wire has its dangerous
SIDE Ab at used to was in the days before
eaphy had reached the point Of sending written
but imagine what harm could be done by
people making shots and sending them by te
graph e. .-.....o A.. uo, MOI. ~ Tho road making
Chicago big cities where dress buyers expect e
hospitality understand and someone was to send your Rosie by
telegraph snapshot of you and lady dress puer
getting fifty cent Of ten dollar luncheon at one
Thomas J. Edison whoever it IS that invented ue Ise
possibilities when he takes out his patent and
mission don't do something the future this here invention
Of sending photographs by gapy will have busted many
the necessary wiring profitable for the telegraph companies
"We there will to bee whne let Of Improvements
teegraphed pictures of the Prince OF Wales shoot
ing zba Africa which have seen far s@te ssn
gambling proposition to which the Prince and which was
oher teIegraphed pictures which far been published
improvement them Prince pictures neither Only a
of France Ma@uss all the dots his face caused by
the wireless Mawuss maybe France could pay her deDt US ana
maybe she couldn't but the other hand them dots was
caused by measles smallpox indigestion, yunderstand
then it looks like France depending an awful sick
On any event, Abe I wouldn't no snap judgments il
you the strength Of wirelessed Photograph MOTIFS
Copyright 1925 by The Bel Syndicate Inc.l