davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-09-03
ElucRkULA.

s.. o. Zajandyl nasioh zahra-
nisnytch bratov do yiasti, ku kto-
rym v poslednej dobe poskytol
prilezitost prave minuly Vseso-
kolsky slet, vyvolayajd prirodze-
ne. al nvahy Q prieinach, ktore We
dii nasich krajanov k tomu, aby
81 hl adali novy domov mimo hra-
mic svojej otciny. Wink q vyvoj
cesko-sfovenskych kolonii "a hra-
nicami je dosdedkom yyst ahova-
leckeho prddu, ktory Dol pred
prevratom vel mi znacny, to
jak 20 zemi ceskych, tax al 20
Slovenska a Podk. Rusi. Ones re-
prezentuje silhrnny pocet nasich
zahranicnych krajanov vel mi
siusny zlomok celeho ceskosloven
skeho naroda. Vo svojom spise !:
Gesi Slovaci "a hranicami'', J,
tlvadza Stanislav klima tento Gel
kovy pooet cfslicou 2,136.5O3, GO
znamena takmer patinu cesko-
slovenskeho naroda. 70 zahranic-
nych Cechov a Sloyakov zije mai
vaessia cast Spojenych Statoch,
242,662 (v celej Amerike L.
277,212). v Europe zije mimo
Ceskoslovenska celkom S58, ,525
Cechov Slovakov.
Ako je patrne tychto niekol'
kych cislic, ma csl. narod "a hra.
nicami al pocetne zastdpenie ne
soficialne mozeme dodat', "a
stIpenie, ma ktore moEeme byt'
hrdi plnym -pravom. Vyznam ma
sich zahranicnych ,kolonif "a val
ky nem0ze hyt ami dost dobre o.
sceneny a nesmie nikdy ipadnilt.'
do zapomienutia nezistna obeta-
;yost', S ktorou nasi zahranicni
hratia podali nam ruku Y boji "a
slobddu. V existencii a cinnosti
nasich zahranitnych koloifii ma
me nazorny doklad pravdivosti
pravidla, ze kazda yec ma sEoje
svetle / stinne stranky. Narazame
tn ma. otadkuNo o ktorej sa v posled-
nej dobe v tlaci hodne uvazova-
10 - totiz vyst 'ahovalectvo.
Vyst 'ahovalecke hnutie nemoz-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-09-03
KDE JE POTREBNA AUTO
NOMIA?

Penaznfctyo na Slovensku ma
10 pred preyratom odlisne rysy
cd pomerov V historickych ze-
miach V historickych zemiach
behom kratkeho obdobia WYNN,
la sa bohata clenitost' roznych
typov dvernych dstavov, kdezto
u mas ma Slovensku a v Podkar-
patskej Rusi mono hovorit' len
o dvoch zakladnych formach a
typoch tychto 1stavov: BAN
kach a D 1vernych druEstvach.
Banky boE prevazne akciove spo
locnosti q nverne druEstva zakla-
daily sd ako spolky. Toto triede-
ME malo svoju dobrd prEinu v
tom, be banky boly dstavmi pre-
vazne mad 'arskymi Iverre druz
|stva nedisponujnce S tax vel 'kym
kapitalom dstavmi sloyenskynf
Banky boly prevazne Y rukach je-
dnotlivych rodin, a K ich vzniku
sa nevySadovalo ami statneho po-
volenia. "a takychto okolnosti me-
mozno ovzem AMI hovorit' . neja-
kom dozorcom prave statu, q tax
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-09-03
sTARoBNE PoIsTENIE.
F. L. 1. S.

+ Ne Z 7 ~ i
Nemame dnes po ruke smero-
dajnych statistik, aby SINE mohli
odhadnut' presnejsie pocet os0b,
ktore vo veku IS rokov s1 odka-
zane zivotom ma dobrocinnost' a.
merickych organizacii. Poslddny
cenzus bolaprevedeny v roku 1912
.xsedy i6f pocet Dol odhadoya-
ny ma jedon stvrt' miliona.
Lekarska veda predlzuje pud-
sky zivot. Zaroven vsak moderny
system priemyslovej vyroby ube-
ra Tudskemu zivotu ma sehopno-
stiach a tax dnes vel'a skorsie
nez starsfdh dobach stavame sa
prace neschopnymi, alebo aspoil
pre- poziadayky priemyslu menej
cennymi, Statistiky kalkuluj1, be
bezpecne m0zeme ocakavat', ze1
dozijeme sa vacsieho veku ako
mas dedo, ze vsak budeme n1teni
prestat' robit' d'aleko skorsie a.
ko on.
Zavislost' ma dobrocinnych or
ganizaciach neznamena, re dotyc-
ny v svojich mladych rokoch Dol
nesporivym, caste nes1 vinu po-
merry rodinne al existencne. Vac
sina postihnutych nachadza lto-
ciSte vo verejnych chudoblncoch,
dakedy Il Ceryeneho Kriza a po-
dobnych organizacii. Chudobince
s1 ysak poazovane teraz "a for
mu prezitu, drahd a nedostatoc-
MI, a preto mnohe staty zaobera-
jl sa uz planami ma uzak0nenie
! starobneho poistenia. Pen1ia po-
chadzajdca potion . poistny ych
fondov nebola by teda a1ntiznou,
| ale placou v, uznanie "a prAcu a
snahy minulosti postihnutymi
preukAzanymi. Staro6na penzia
potion u1ndEnila by dotycnym O
| sobam zostat vo strede svoich
starych priatel 'ov, namiesto hl'a-
Il dania litociSt q y uZavretOm pro.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-09-03

no samokrejme posndzovat len
podl'a jeho svetlych stranok. w.
1T 'ahovalectvo povaSuje 50 . h l'a.
diska podArskeho vseobecne q
zjav nepriaznivy to menovite Z
toho dovQdu, De silny yyst 'a'hovar
1leckyy pr1d vychadza oby6ajne 20
zemi a statov postihnutych host
podarskou a socialnou depression |;
byya sve,dectvom, BE ma pracov-
nom trhu dotycnej zsnle alebo
statu prevlada silna rabidka pra-
covnych sill, ktory nenachodi prit
meranej protivahy Y poptayke, q
.hl'ada 81 totiz vychodisko odli-
vom "a hranice.
Tiez Slovensko ma svoju W.
st 'ahovaleclnn otazku, ktora o.
vsem neni data poprevratoveho,
ale co mozno dobre tvrdit -
svojimi koren1ni tkvie prave pos
liticky, hospodarsky a al kultdrl
ne nespravodlivom rezimu byva7
leho Raknsko-U -Uhorska. Medzi hl.
priciny, ktore vyvolavaj1 hnutie
vyst 'ahovalecke, patri v prvom
rade nespravodlive rozdelenie po-
zemkoveho majetku existen !
cia rozsiahlych latifundi rru-.
kach niekol 'kych jedincov ma jed
nei strane a ma drnhej strane me-
pomerne vel'ky poeet MATTEL 'ov
t. zv. malych hospodarstiev, alebo
len m2dovyych pol 'nohospodar-
skydh robotn1kov. Uzemie byva-
leho Mad 'arska mohlo v tom srne
re sliizit' "a vzor, ze rozdelenie
pody ako nesmie vypadat'. A pri
prevazne pol 'nohospodarskom ra-
re Slovenska, malo ovsem toto
lespravedlive rozdelenie majetku
al svoje vel mi pren5kave dosled-
ky socialne. Ones, ked' ma Slo-
vensku dochadza k realizacii pro-
gram pozemkovej reformy, moz-
no dovodne ocakavat', re jej
priazrlive 1cinky prejavia sa al
tynto smerom, a de- prevedenie
pozemkovej reformy prispeJe k
zvol 'neniu vyst 'ahovaleckeho prl
du slovenskeho.
Vyst 'ahovalectvo vo svojom ja-
Dire je nesporne vysledkom vii
vov a pomerov hospoda1skych,
aekol 'vek hrajn tn svoju dlohu al
momenty psychological. Ak chce-
me celit vyst ahovaleckemu hnu-
thu talk nepozostava nez liecit je-
no prfciny, t. j, zlepsoyat' h6spo-'
darsky stav svojho statu tax, ably
sa stal pevnou hospodarskou "a
kladnou celeho obyvatel 'stva, a
by na jeho pode na jeho vyrob-
nych prostriedkoch nasli obzivu
vsetci, ktori cheu poctiye praco-
vat. Bolo by ovsem iluziou, do
mnievat' sa, ze vyst 'uhovalectvo
mono stlacit ma nulu. Nebolo by
to ostatne ami zdrave. Vzdavali
by SINE sa talk priameho a uzitoc-
neho styku SO svetom, uzavierali
by SINE sa pred vnikanfm novych
idef cennych zktisenosti, ktore
nasi vyst 'ahovalci v1ucaj1c sa O.
pat do vlasti so sebou prinasajil
ktore vo svojom celku znamena-
;jd tiez vd'k1 hodnotu.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1926-09-03
d'arskych dstavov tvorily vkladyI
drobnAho slovensktho l'udu, d

d'arskych nstavov tvorily vklady
drobneho slovenskeho l'udu, 4
ked takyto dstav zkrachoval,
jednalo sa tu Wac o zaujmy vkla-
datel 'ov slove1skych. v lani sa
udeloya1y koncesie k prijimaniu
vkladov. Bola to tedyl doba, ked'
sa mohly odcinit naraz vsetky
krivdy pachane na slovenskom
penaznfctve. Nestalo sa vsak tax.
Byvale Mad 'arsko, q tedy al Slot
vensko, bolo w al predtym zna-
me ako stat, kde sa vsade uplat-
i1uje protekcia Mad 'arsk6 istavy
este yeas vytusily nebezpeeie, kto
re i'm hrozf zakon ma ochranu
vkladatel'ov preto podnikly vse
tko mUzne, aby 81 zaistily udelo-
vanie koncesii pre- vklady, resp.
ich priifmanie. Bolo prave pred
vol 'bami, co bola vel mi vho1dlla
doba, lebo politicke strany jak
|slovenske tax al mad 'arske 81 III
bovaly hory-doly, d tiez neustale
al interNenovalyl zaujme tychto
ustavov, len. ably 81 zaistily 20 maj
vacsiu priazen. Mad 'arski banka-
ri vyhrazali Prahe, ze talk tax,
udelenie koncesie pre- .ich 1stay
je V zaujme konsolidacie Sloven-
ska, a veru kde tieto hrozby nispo-
mahaly, oohotne sa siahlo al do
+vrecka... a koncesie dostali. Inter
venujdci "politikoyia' ovsem ne
myself, ze svojim pokracovan1m
kopn hrob slovenskenlu penazni-
ctvu, i'm bola prednejsia strana,
zaujmy jednej vrstvy a stavu nez
zaujem celku, celonarodny. Slo-
venske penazne lstavy dostaly
silnych konkurentov, lebo vacsi-
ma mad 'arskych ustavov po plat
n'osti uvedeneho zakona ma ochra-
nu vkladatel'ov fuzionovala. Pc
vonkoye tieto ustavy rozprestie-
RAID celli siet' svojich filialok,
ktore TAX zachycnjd nielen ma
d'arsky, ale hlavne slovensky
vol ny kapital. A najhorsie vo
veci je to, BE. tieto mad 'arske Il
stavy sn odvisle este al dnes ma
Pesti, kde sii vel mi zaintereso-
vane, lebo do Mad 'arska radsej
investujn a radsej poziciavaj1.
Kto pozna hospodarsky stav dnes
neho Mad 'arska, obchody tieto
musf rozhodne povazovat' "a ris-
kantne, ako nam to nazorne do
,hazuj jas al pripad .rkomarnanske j
Korunovej banklyA Slovenska Vse-
obecna nverna banka Bratisla-
We, V spravnej rade ktorej sedi al
niekol 'ko slovensky'ch 'politi-
kov', ako by ma ukazku, je pro-
totypom penaznych hniezd ultra
mad 'arskych, a slovenska hospo-
darska a finanena verejnost' je
celkom opravnene rozrusena jeJ
najnovsou aferou. Jedna sa tn 3
zatknutie prokuristu Rotha, kto-
ry konal "kuryrske" slllzby me-
dzi byvalym jej riaditel'om Baa.
nom a znamym pest skym financ-
nixon baronom Ullmanom. Bolc
to pred troma rOkmi v dobe Ii.
vych valutovych a devizovycI
obchodov Mad 'arskom. Roth O.
disiel Cd banky nedayno wy
zdvihol 81 pri svojom odchode LEI
tax na ylastny Nrub 235, 900 Kcs
"a svoje slltzby. 2 tohoto vel Ike
| ho obnosu mozeme bezpecne usu
dzovat' ma druh tych ssluzieb'
a ma slovenskost' tohoto 1stayu
ktory sa len pod tlakom verejne
no mienenia odhodlal prokuristl
sndne stfhat'. ct. o.
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OZNANIEINIE.

DR.. Gerald d. Spero oznamuje
odst 'ahovanie svojej kancelarie
slo 4O2 Keith Albee Bldg.
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COLDS THAT
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utes later police arrived. They shot
the dogs and took-Mrs. Olsen to hos
pital. She died from her wounds.
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WOMAN DIES WHEN
TORN TO PIECES
BY 3 BULLDOGS
Several Neighbors Witness
Tragedy, Afraid to
Intervene.
Rn United Prees

BD United Press
SYDNEY, Oct. S.-Mrs. Christina
Olsen, 80 years old. living in a Mel
bourne suburb, met death in an aw'
full fashion. She was torn to pieces
by bulldogs.
Mrs. Olsen was alone in the yard
of the house. where the dogs were
allowed to exercise, when the trag-
edy occurred.
She was, 1t is believed, hanging out
some washing when a prop support
ing the clothes line fell. Her action
in STOPPING to pick up the prop Is
held to- have been construed by the
dogs as an action Of picking up q
stick to beat them. AS she was
STOPPING, the three dogs, in a con-
certed move, launched an attack
against her.
They knocked her to the ground.
The aged woman's screams attract
ed neighbors, who grouped outside
the fence, too afraid to enter. Mean
time, the dogs were charging Mrs.
Olsen. inflicting terrible injuries.
At length the women outside were
able to attract the attention of the
frantic animals, ard Mrs. Olsen was
able to crawl to shelter. Blood was
streaming from wounds inflicted by
the dogs. She was too weak to rise
to her feet, or even proceed at fast
rate on hands and knees. She
dragged herself inch by inch across
ten-yard stretch OF ground to the
back door of the house.
The dogs returned to the attack
and Mrs. Olsen had to pull open the
door slowly and thrust her body In
side, at the same time preventing
the dogs from entering. A few min
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HQosier Athletic Club opened its
fall and winter season classes in
physical training Sept. Is, under su-
pervlsion of George w. Lipps, direc-
tor Of physical education. Nearly so
per cent Of those enrolled in the
business mems classes have had
from five to eight years training I'M
der Lipps.
Membership in the club includes
gymnasium work for the member,
his wife and children under 8. Mrs.
Flora Kinder teaches the ladies' and
children's swimming classes. John
Haynes handles the men and boys
in the pool.
All classes are open for registra-
ton until Oct. is.
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to Barton. They were ready to ad-
NIT that he, a New York advertis-
ing agent, could do what none of
them have ever done in all their
years since Coolidge set up business
on Pennsylvania Ave.
Plenty was said yesterday in that
official interview. But there was no
ling nor me-ing. >
1t was an official ghost that greet
ed the Washington men, the same
old ghost, the Presidents well
known spokesman.
Wearing the Coolidge clothes, but
not the Coolidge responsibility, the
spokesman discussed affairs OF Alas
ka and Geneva. He discussed com
mercial aviation and smuggling.
And the scribes, pick of their kind,
stood and sweated and wondered.
Somewhere the birds were singing
and the fish were biting. And some,
where Barton, an advertising agent,
had sat down with Coolidge and OBJ
tanned an interview in which Cool
idge allowed himself to be quoted.
There were men in that crowd
willing to climb Washington monu-
ment to get a quoted interview with
Coolidge and the mere fact that
they, the trained and efficient, had
never accomplished the feat had
made the Barton interview front
page stuff from New York to San
Francisco. Oh and Oh!
That's ALL" said the spokesman
and the scribes filed out to write Of
what they supposed the spokesman
believed to be the Presidents mind.
well, hell fire." groaned one.
Barton should have been able.
Wasn't he press agent for Coolidge
in the vice presidential campaign"
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COOL|DGE'S 7
STORY BATTLES
NEWS SCR|BES
Sixty Reporters Fail to
Duplicate Barton'S
Beat
Times Wdshin0ton Bureau,


WASHINGTON. Oct. st was
left somewhere back in the woods of
New York. that presidential person
al pronoun.
Sixty.odd washington newspaper
men paraded into the White House
late yesterday to give ear to the new
Calvin Coolidge. the Coolidge who
had thrown caution to the wind and
used az" in a newspaper interview.
The occasion was solemn. The
startling interview, obtained by one,
Bruce Barton, had just appeared In
print. The Washington, men were
gathering at the White House for
the first time since the shock.
And the scribes were wiser men
today.
They were ready to doff their hats
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

the frozen wastes of the northland
before he proceeds to satisfy it..
There he may, with perfect i'm
punity, commit murder, assault and
battery and all the cunning little
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NO MURDER CHARGE

Eskimo Can Not Be Prosecuted for
Killing Marvin Years Ago.
BIZ NEA SerUtce
COPENHAGEN, Oct. She who
cherishes a deep and homicidal
grudge should lure his enemy into
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to the killing Of member Of the
Peary expedition seventeen years
ago.
The territory was not under thee
jurisdiction of any nation at the
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tricks Of the Spanish inquisition-
A crime committed in no mans
land obviously cannot be prosecuted,
as shown in the recent Marvin case
Of the Eskimo who has confessed
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time. and Danish authorities admit
that no action can be taken against
the Eskimo Kudlooktoo. Since that
time, however, Denmark has as
sumed control of the area.
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Made Pleasant with Grape
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Evening star., 1926-11-26

All the bright, sunshiny forenoon
she worked. Dave could make no
complaint about her housekeeping,
but why was he so Indifferent to her
desirese She clinched her hands and
looked out over the prairies.
II think you should let Hannah
have that kid. Dave"
1t was lunch time and the gooo
food and lighted pipes had made the
men communicative. :.
"Ah, what good will 1t be? II 1t
was a boy about IA or so, but I ain t
going to spend no money on some
fools brat" Dave spat loudly.
Bill Briggs eyed the man a mo-
ment. We'll, it's different with
men,"
"Oh, it's a good thing you didn't
marry, Bill-a woman could twist
you around her little finger" and he
laughed until his thick neck showed
its cords.
Bill thought of Hannah Clark as
she was 20 years ago, a gentle,
brown eyed girl. and wondered what
she had seen to admire In Muliet
Head" as the folks back home had
called Dave.
It was late afternoon when Han
nah was returning from the pasture
with her arms full of goldenrod, for
she did love flowers, that she heard
Tillie moan.
There was the little calf, just in
replica of the proud Tillie. Yes,
even Tillie has something to love"
A longing surged through her thin,
overworked body, a longing so in
tense, so gripping that it seemed to
assume definite proportions and to
master her, to leave her weak and
shaking. She ran to the house cry
tng-"Oh, God, why couldn't / have
Evening star., 1926-11-26

Then, taking the ground corn, she
went out to feed the chickens-and
to look in on Tillie, the white faced
heifer. Even little Tillie is going to
have something to love-" she num-
bled as she petted the heifer's head
but l have chickens, a dog and a
cat"
Fifteen years before she had bur-
led her little brown-eyed baby back
in Iowa-and with her she seemed
to bury most of herself and all Of her
heart; her grief had been so terrible
that Dave had sold out his improved
farm in a thickly settled country and
moved to the prairie. where he
thought new scenes would help Han
nah forget.
All her life Hannah had a passion
for babies. Even as a little girl she
planned on the time when, instead
of mothering dolls, she could have a
real baby that would be able to love
in return.
For years after little Betty had left
her she had hoped there might be
more. but she hoped in vain,
Then on a trip to Dellwood a
month before, where she had to go
had stolen away to visit the Home
for Unmarried Mothers, and there
were babies, dozens of them. One,
the little brown-eyed girl, had walk
ed right into her hungry heart, and
she had wanted it so. but Dave
would not give his consent.
Evening star., 1926-11-26

HuSKS.
Y ANNAH MULLET answered
- mechanically as her hus-
band called up the stairs;
Il Il Get up! Waters boiling"
She had been awake long
before, but from force of habit she
waited; when one has heard the
same call at about the same time,
$50, for 90 years, it would seem
the announcement.
She washed at the crude little
homemade stand-combed her hair,
that had once been brown and glossy,
twisted 1t into a hard knot at the
back of her head-then commenced
her preparations for breakfast.
The kitchen door was open and
the cool air blew into the warm
room. Hannah, with her hand on
the knob. looked out across the
prairie and, shuddering, she closed
the door. After Is years she seemed
like a stranger in a strange land.
While the men--the hired man and
DavS-ate noisily, Hannah prepared
their lunch, for they were going
down to an isolated quarter to plow.
She acted nervous and i'll at ease
there was a look in her eyes that
seemed to hold a longing, shadoWed
by hopeleSsnesS. Bill Briggs asked
her kindly as he brought down a
box for the lunch, "Ain't you feeling
good, Hannah?"
Yes, all right" she answered la
conically. But she glanced quickly
at Dave, who was still eating.
She was a spare woman, old at 40,
with a queer tightness about a sensi-
tive mouth, but her eyes were brown
To- N1o of
evidence about both face and figure
that she had been comely.
Just before the men got into the
wagon Hannah came out and went
up to her hunband, timidly hesi-
tating as though his stolid face and
bulky figure repelled her. AT last
she spoke.
David, please couldn't I write to-
das? You and Bill will be away SO
much this Fall; the prairies are so
lonely"
"Oh. hell! You've been on these
prairies Is years; should think you'd
be used to them now
She drew back as though cut by a
lash and per pale face redeemed.
Some one else will have that
brown eyed baby. They would only
keep it till September 1. Can't l,
Dave?"
NO, you can't. Who wants some
body elses brat to take care Of?
You've got chickens and dog and a
cat to fool with. Now, have good
meal ready. I'm not struck on this
cold stuff; Wen be home by dark"
She put her hand TO her head In
n gesture of hOplelessness, and Bill
Briggs looked at her pityingly, but
Dave was already in the wagon.
Watch that white faced heifer,"
he called back over his shoulder. IT
kept her in. It's about time for her
to CalVe"
Chickens, a dog and a cat!" she
repeated duly, as she turned back
to the kitchen.
From force Of habit rather than
desire she started her long days
round of duties. She was a pains
taking houSekeeper.
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They opened the door, then heard
the soft grooming voice Of a mother
singing q lullaby.
In the little room. where Hannah
kept Betty's clothes, they found her
raised her finger as the men entered.
Don't waken my baby. Hush. she's
asleep" Her eyes. expressionless.
looked right past them.
Dave Mullet stood as though turn
ed to stone. my God, Hannah"
was what he said. But Bill Briggs,
with his hand at his throat and the
muscles of his face working, tiptoed
over to Hannah and saw the fea-
tureless, lifeless imitation she had
dressed in Betty's baby clothes.
isn't she nice baby?" in q
strange voice. She commenced to
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another baby? I've wanted one SO
long"
It was almost dark when Dave
and Bill Briggs drove into the yard.
quietness about the premises that
seemed ominous, and although both
! men felt 1t, neither mentioned 1t.
II see Tillie has her calf" said
Dave as he hung up the harness.
Fine little critter, too." added Bill
Briggs, as they started for the house.
There was no light in the kitchen
and no evidence of meal. they
noted. as Dave lighted the lamp.
Whats that?" asked Dave.
They listened; low sound came
through the closed door. Dawes face
had gone white as he told Bill Briggs
to take the light and he followed.
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Groom again and rock to and fro.
Then, for the first time In his
selfish, narrow life Dave Mullet
glimpsed the borderland of mother
love and bowed his head as Bill
Briggs led him from the room.
(The end.)
DOWNRIGHT 1026,)