davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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eyed tourists sitting watch,
ing, and somebody's dirty
faced child munching a pop
corn ball staring right into
Rogers glowing face.
She stepped back hastily,
gave him one small, cold
hand. She said with hard,
cold brightness that chilled
him more than she meant. it
to, YES, here / am
and here you are, at last !"
1t WASH t that she wanted
to hurt him. She was SO soft
at heart, SO ready to melt
into tears, to throw herself
upon him and cry, Dom
leave me-don't let me go
again" I" at sight of his lean
BROWNIES, his clear, blue
eyes. She needed that bright,
hard armor, she clung to it
like shield.
He took her hand and
looked down at his boots,
shiny and new for the trip.
He had forgotten everything
he meant to say.
They couldn t go on stand
ing there in the station with
the sticky child edging
nearer and nearer, staring
from her to Roger, and back
again with round, interested
eyes, and his mouth wide
open.
Where did you want to
take met"
He flushed, and looked at
his bag. So she WASH t 60
ing to take him home; he
wasn't going to meet her
people, even yet.
Why, / anywhere.
you like" he said lamely.
81 sNppose we could go
somewhere and talk. :"
"Yes, that's it. Where
could we go?
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apple tree not so far from
the front porch, that she
was engaged, he threw his
arms about her and hugged
her in spite of her protests.
She ought to have been
very angry but somehow she
WASH t. There was some
thing fascinating about Jack.
Marie didn't say any
more; when she went home
that night she thought over
what Jack had said: Would
she have to wait till she was
so before she saw Europe!
Had she done right by her
self to promise to marry
Billy and settle down to
hard years of saving and
struggle in small town?
She struck this note of in
cipient discomfort with Billy
the very next evening they
went walking together. "Yon
were talking about what
we'd do after we married, F"
she said. why cant we
go abroad on our honey
moon9"
The Washington times., 1929-07-31
A Tense Story of Love and
"A Girls Ambition
CHAPTER XXXIN

- TXTEENTH STREET STATION, Oakland, is built on
fled-in ground 1t vbraes when the long trains from
~ the East bear down upon il, rounding the curve II
shyers when locals the elevated tracksfor few
hundred wards the West eevatedrate by over
head.
Through its wide doors the wind from the bay blows
smartly bearing its breath the smell OF salt marshes
lowde, tar. clans
So that only in the does the smell of waiting
lnger Most Of the atmosphere of farewells, welcomes
nervous waiting is swept out the pungent breeze.
The Washington times., 1929-07-31

Roger, cant you see how
you hurt mel | begged you
to come 1 put my pride in
my pocket / waited and
waited II was no use
she couldn't keep her voice
steady tand you didn't
come =
Darling, ! couldn't come.
| couldn t get away. | told
you that | couldn t! Oh,
Nancy, | cant make you
understand. We don't speak
the same language. It's the
city = - ell this artificial
stuff" !" He waved . long
arm wildly, meaning the
hotel, the crowd, the used-up
air they breathed. Come
back, Nancy. Try it again.
Come back home. We love
each other : we were
happy - : we II be again.
You do love me, girli You
do, know you do, and |
well, | thought | knew
how much you meant to
me, but | didn't. | didn I
know till you went away.
That night when | found
you gone, | : oh,
well! I guess you know,
Nancy. ="
She was trembling vio-
lently, biting her lower lip
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the tears. Don't cry, silly 4
What did you expecti II
he could ignore you when
you begged him to come, is
it likely he "a get a change
Of hearti Besides, what do
you carei Yon re through
with him, aren't you
With a bottle-green "but-
tons carrying the battered
bag, they got out at the best
hotel. Nancy sank into a
chair to wait.
''Single room and bath"
the clerk asked, and while
he was summoning another
buttons to carry the bag up
stairs Roger came over to
where Nancy sat.
Would you stay here
with met" he asked shyly.
He was ashamed because he
had made up his mind he
wouldn't meet her on any
such terms. 1t was to be
an honest facing of the
music with her family, or.
nothing at all. But since
business had brought him.
&s&
PLEASE, y he begged.
How can you ask such a
thing9" she whispered. Her
cold hands writhed in her
lap. He might have been a
stranger, insulting her, she
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She led the way to where
the taxis were waiting.
Where 70, sirl''
Where shall we go,
Nancy9'
There he was, leaning on
her, making her decide when
she was SO tired, and it
seemed any minute that she
might be sick. But she said
patiently, " You'll want to
get rid Of that bag. Don't
YOU want to 60 to D hotel
first and register, that is, If
you re staying over to-
night"
Yes that's a good idea.
What hotelf'7
She told him that, too,
and there was another heavy
silence. He could not talk
with the chauffeur's head so
near, and Nancy, his own
wife, so cold and changed.
"Did you come down on
business? Z" she asked, still
in that bright, hard voice.
"Yes. A rush trip. III
be pulling out in the morn
ing. -
So it was business that
brought him. Not she. She
was just to fill in some
empty time.
She bit her lip, and strug-
gled furiously to hold back
The Washington times., 1929-07-31
Honeymoons Exchanged

Billy 's sensitive ear picked
up the note of discomfort.
"Oh, don't You think it
would be better to wait for
a year or so till we get to
know each other really? Z"
mo, ! don I, +" said Marie,
eff we don't go now we IL
never go--I We heard such
promises before"
He tried to laugh it off.
"You We been engaged be-
fore" he asked.
"No, ! haven t, but I've
heard Of other men who were
always going to do such
things for their wives and
then when they were mar
ried they forgot all about
them.
But, argued Billy pa
tiently, don't you want to
help me save. / thought you
and | could be so happy here
for a year or SO fixing up
a little house. "
But Marie's beautiful face
was clouded. Then you
haven t got any money saved
up at all'" she asked. "All
you've got is what you
earn"
"Well," replied Billy. Il
didn't suppose you were
marrying me for money. /
thought it was love.
When Billy kissed her
goodnight she showed no
answering enthusiasm, and
the appearance of Claudia,
who lived a few houses
away, gave her opportunity
to air her mind.
"What do you think about
marrying and living on a
small salary!" she asked.
"Me?" Claudia looked at
her in surprise. why, it
depends on the man-you re
lucky I'll say
"Oh Billy's all right, but
he's always talking about
what we'll do in the future.
There's Jack Bixby, for in
stance. He believes in the
present"
Marie, +" Claud Ia s
shocked voice startled even
herself. "Billy's worth a
dozen of Jack-what do you
know about Jack-just some
one my brother met by acci-
dent and told to look us up
on his way to New York.
"But he's rich, : coum-
tered Marie.
whats that got to do
with it-great heavens you're
not thinking of throwing
Billy over, are youh
Yes, ! am, /" Marie con-
fessed. eve been too hasty
that's all-what's s the sense
of tying myself DOWN.
You're the biggest fool
I know, = Claudia expostu-
lated.
"All right as far as I'm
concerned, = replied Marie
flippantly.
A little later Mr.. Bixby
sauntered up to the Parker
gate and Claudia left. 1t
was a moonless night and as
Jack seated himself in
Gloucester hammock beside
49, Mo-;a RalA - her heart
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A Romance of
Fact and Fancy

q thrill she had never ex-
perienced when Billy was
near.
Marie forgot all about the
little one-story frame house
on the crowded street and
travelled with him in imagina-
tion. Why had she fallen
for that future stuff of Billy
Parker's' As Jacks wife
she could do now what she
might never be able to do
as Billy's wife, see the world
unhampered by lack of
] money:
1t was easy enough to
argue herself into believing
that it was best for Billy s
sake that she should break
the engagement, but she
hadn the nerve to give him
back his ring. She begged
Claudia to do it for her.
Claudia was amazed
don't know what to say
you do this for me, Claudia
IN never forget it-you
can explain so much better
than | can write-honestly,
| don t know what to say.
Perhaps some sneaking re-
gard for Billy induced
Claudia to accept. Anyway,
when she met Billy she did
the best she could for Marie,
but to her surprise Billy
laughed a little wryly. 81
thought she wouldn't go
through with it,, !" she said.
"But you don't seem
terribly h cart broken. =
Claudia tried to smile, too.
"No," said Billy, be
cause I'd made up my mind
that Marie wouldn't be
happy looking forward to
things working for them. "
/" Listen, Billy, = said the
girl. eve told her she
was a fool-L've told her y
then she stopped and her
face flushed.
Billy was putting the ring
in his pocket. "That's all
right, !" he said. Thanks
for what you've DONE"
Three years later a girl in
a gingham dress was calling
impatiently from the door
of a small frame cottage,
"Oh, Jack, please come in
to supper-you re always
late and it s so hot and / m
so tired cooking. y
A few moments later Mr..
Bixby appeared. "Say,
you're a great little wife,
all right-I've been to the
postoffice here g a letter
for you. =
Marie opened the en-
velope. "It's from Claudia, "
she cried; "she and Billy
are in Cairo"
A small piece Of hlue
paper dropped on the floor.
Jack stopped and picked it
up. 1t was q check for
$500, made out to Marie and
signed by Claudia Parrish.
She's a good SPORT =
said Jack. who'd ever
have thought Billy Parrish
had all that money tucked
away9 Come on. honey. the
nofafoaa are 0Aft;nS aold -
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A cold, unhappy place
with none of the merry
hustle Of other stations. A
place to board a train, that s
all.
Roger Decatur, more tired
than be knew after his
hours of travel, sat in
corner with a battered
brown bag between his
knees, and an unopened
newspaper in his hands. He
had watched the door, star
ing into the bright sun until
his eyes ached.
The minute he turned his
eyes away her taxi drove up
and she got out.
.eCharge it, Miss I" The
driver recognized her.
'No, I'll pay for 1t this
time = she said hastily, She
couldn't LET Jack Beamer
pay when she was coming to
meet someone else = her
husband : = The bright
color famed i'm her cheek.
Feeling utterly lost and at a
disadvantage, she gave de-
fiant tweak to her hat, and
looked around for Roger.
He should have been stand
ing outside, eagerly waiting.
Not that she expected it.
She had made up her mind
never to, expect anything
kindly or good of Roger
again. It was the armor she
built round herself, so that
he could never hurt her
again.
She was almost on top OF
him before he saw her.
!" Nancy, sweetheart I"
All the WEAKNESS dropped
from him, all the doubts and
the fears. He was seeing her
again. His Nancy. His long
arm shot out, as if to press
her to him, right there in
the waiting room; with dull
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Read How Nancy Tempted
Fate to Win Romance

until it bled. There came
pounding in her ears, black
ness that blotted out the
hotel lobby, blotted out the
world, her good resolutions.
Everything but Roger. Roger
and she.
The Washington times., 1929-07-31
Birds at School

pair backbirds which built their nest on the clock n
Il. gymnasium At wndham Hall school, LostokGraam England,
rhted the children BY rearing young within the schoOoO
The Washington times., 1929-07-31
Irish Bones Yersus EnoLish Bones

Irish bones mend better than English bones according to
London police surgeon his theory being that the calcium in the
much used ireland strengthens the bony
The Washington times., 1929-07-31

Out came her hand, crop.
ing for his.
''Stay with me, Roger.
Stay with me. Don't 60
back eyerl"
ITO Be continued)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-07
CONTRACTLET
FOR 5 HOMES
Bowie And Trent to Build
Attractive Houses In
San Benito Park
(Special to The Herald)

tCDCCldl " 1liC I1CI dlQJ
SAN BENITO, March Con
5truction work on five attractive
residences in Valencia Park is to be
started at once. following awarding
Of contract to Walter F. Chambers,
local contractor.
Announcement Of plans to erect
the houses was made by Bowie &
Trent, developers of Valencia Park
who a short time ago purchased the
subdivision from George T. Walker
Of Brownsville.
The homes will be Of Spanish
style architecture, and Of varying
exterior design, sc there will be nc
similarity. They have been design
ed with special consideration to the
prevailing breeze, making ventila-
ton nearly perfect, according to the
developers.
The majority of the houses have
living rooms approximately 40 feet
long, solid wood beamed ceilings
and fire places, two large bedrooms
CllllIls lOJlIio, dllQ hltCIlCllo Will
buiIt-in features.
The buildings will be framed ex-
tremely well, using heavy studs
Floors are to be of oak throughout.
except in the bath, which will be OF
tile. Decorating of the rooms will
be carried out in three enamel
coats, with the latest and most at
tractive design.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-07
FISH TO STOCK
VALLEY WATER
Shipment Sent Olnito Ey
State Hatchery At
KerrviIle

Seven hundred and fifty fish, in
tended to stock the lakes and re-
sacas Of the Valley from one END to
the other, left The state hatcherie5
at KerrviIle Thursday. bound for
.Olmito where they VIII be given a
new home in the new state hatchery.
This is the first shipment Of fish
! or the hatchery here, which was
A:ompleted recently Gt a cost CT ap-
Eroximatcly S30,O Geo. The Olmito
Il tchery is designed 70 supply
cams and lakes in the Valley
)itt.' game fish, and the state de-
IA tinent men are proceeding to
$orce out this plan.
Ma announcement or the ship
ma made by S. q. Garrett,
Wft{shas been in charge Of putting
IN tie hatchery, and I. Q. Haynes,
who arrived to take over The hatch
cry now that it is installed and COM
pleted. Mr.. Garrett VIII leave for
San Angelo, to install another
hatchery, which is his department
of the fish work.
, MI. Haynes came here from Aus
tin. and will make his home at the
new Valley hatchery.
The shipment which left Kerr
Vile by truck this morning includes
approximately 300 bass, 200 white
perch, and $50 green perch. These
fish VIII be placed in the various
parts Of the hatchery, and the pub
lie is invited to visit the hatchery
and look over the place during the
next few weeks. When the fish be-
gin spawning, however, no one will
be allowed to stand or walk along
the edge of the hatchery. as the fish
would be disturbed on their nests.
The task of stocking the lakes of
the Valley may be started within q
couple of months after the first
spawning period if the crop is
good, Mr.. Haynes said, although it
is not the usual policy to move the
fish before they are older, and the
movement usually Is made in the
fall.
The two trucks bringing the first
shipment are expected to reach Oh
mito between 4 and 5 this afternoon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-07
P~ENNSYLVANIANS TO
MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
Especial to The HERALD

HARLINGEN, March Former
Pennsylvania residents will assemble
for their annual get-together ban
Quet at the Women's Chamber of
Commerce building here tomorrow
night, according to Judge @. Lori
mer Brown.
Reservations already made indi-
cate a large attendance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-07
McALLEN SUIT WILL
GO TO TRIAL FRIDAY

McALLEN, Jan. 1.-THE suit
against Mayor F. B. Freeland and
City Commissioner c. M. Rich OF
McAlIen, filed some time ago by
Lee Minner, former city attorney,
questioning the validity Of city eX-
penditures in connection with
right-of-Way secured through the
city by the Southern Pacific rail-
road has been set in the 93rd dis
trict court for Friday.
Z. A. Mcdaniel has been employ
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-07
CALL ACCEPTED

MISSION, March THE local
BAPTIST church has received a wire
from Rev. George z. Benson Of Lib
erty, no. advising them Of his &C
centarce Of their call. Rev. Benson
viii be i'll Mission to take over this
Ci.arge bv March II.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-07

ed by the city commissioners to
represent the city in the suit, and
it is understood that he has filed
a general demurrer for Freeland
and Rich and that future action
viii be in the form Of intervention
for the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
CAPITAL CENSUS
PLANS UNDER WAY
TabuIations, Beginning April
|, Next Year, Expected to
Show 100000.

Preparations are proceeding slowly at
the Census Bureau for the counting of
something like 100000 noses in Wash
ington next April, when several hundred
census takers will start on April l the
task of counting, person by person, the
population of the Capital.
Where in 1920 the official count of the
population of Washington showed total
of 437,571, the tabulation beginning
April l next year is expected to show
population of nearly 100000. Based on
the annual average increase of about
IL 900 persons, judged by the Census
Bureau to be the correct increase in
population, Washington today has a
population of nearly $4,000 persons.
The official estimate of the popula-
ton of the city for July l, 1928, was
$50 900, but the bureau, following its
usual custom, did not give out an esti-
mate for July l, 1929, explaining that
it is not customary to issue a popula-
ton estimate for the year preceding the
taking of a bi-centennial~ census. Car
rying forward the increase of about
II 900 each year to July /, 1929, the
population of the Capital on that date
would be about $4,000 persons, and
would be about $4,000 on July l next
year. Estimates of the annual average
increase are based on the average yearly
increase in the previous l0-year census
period.
j. Sterling Moran, who win direct the
force of several hundred census takers
in the 1880 decennial census, is shaping
his plans for the count, and several
weeks prior to the date of beginning
will have the census enumerators as
signed to cover certain districts and
! proceed with their task without confu-
sion and overlapping. Robert A. Mat
tingly, now Judge Mattingly, was direc--
| tor of the census for the District of
Columbia in 1920. In that year the
count started on January l. but next
year it will not start until April l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
WHEAT TIME EXTENDED.
Milling in Transit Privileges Are
Increased by Railways.

MINNEAPOLIS, December S R-
Extension of the time limit for holding
wheat under the milling in transit priv
ileges here has been granted by North
west railways with approval of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Frank B. Townsend, director Of the
Minneapolis Traffic Association, said the
ruling would enable flour mills to with
hold their product from depressing con-
Stunning markets and also solve the prob
lem of grain congestion at the terminal
markets.
The time limit was extended for four
months, making 1t possible to hold
wheat under the privilege for % months
instead of two years without change in
the through freight rate after it was
reconsigned as -four to Eastern destina-
tionS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths nave been reported to
the Health Department in the last "a hours:
William D. Parker ~, Georgetown Hos
Daniel NJ, Delaney, II, U. s. Soldiers
Home Hospital.
ro John mo Morris, S. p on Pa RI train en-
N.Y. 6: 1'0'" '~' ' " 'Ou'''eiN FiheS'
James Hebron. 81, Providence Hospital.
Bessie Broun. 81, en-. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Florence NJ. Corey, 50, 81 Quincy st.
ualty Hospital
Infant Of Herbert L. and Eddie I. wilkins,
10 hours, Sibley Hospital.
FREDERICK Newman, go; 1912 s7th st.
ISAAC Graves, 81. 1852 Corcoran st.
Marie Smith, 26, 928 o St.
Annie Smallwood, /, Chldren's Hospital.
Hughe Barron, / month, Children's Hos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05

He advocated an extensive program
in industrial relations on the part of
the churches and q demonstration of
unselfish interest in the welfare of in
dustrial workers.
DR.. F. Ernest johnson, secretary of
the councils commission on research
and education, said organized religion
could strengthen its hand by conVinc-
ing the public that I'VE can be as loyal
to the truth as secular scientists. -
Questions such as prohibition, motion
picture control, marriage and divorce
sex education and limitation of off,
spring we're cited as among those for
which slight provision has been made
by organized religion for IAN unbiased
exploration of fact"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05

In a few cases." the speaker con-
tinued, local mill village ministers have
been known as the worst enemies Of
the strikers opposing the union when
people in desperation adopted the strike
as a last resort to remedy conditions
which they felt to be intolerable. Such
events can have but one result. Work.
ers tend to lose their faith in the sin
certify and integrity of the churches
and cease to attend"
The same danger of trend of the
working classes away from the church.
he said, was found in the mining
fields of Pennsylvania and Colorado
and in the big cities, where contact
was lacking between labor and church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
PROTESTANT CHURCH, FOUND
IN COMFORTABLE" DISTRICTS
Industrial Secretary of Federal Council
Finds That Workers Are Drifting
From Organization.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO December PToestant churches in
industrial the Federal
recently South
industrial
o
Textile workers the South exceedingly Myers said
didn't know what think about the churches
do anything conditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-05
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to
the Health Department in the last "a hours:
Thomas A. and Ellen C. O'Brien, boy.
James E. and Marion H. Sellner, girl
Edward M. and Helen Taylor, boy.
Robert 8. and Eleanoe F. Heriot, girl.
Willie and Annie Copeland, boy.
Leon C. and Beatrice "; Harvey, girl.
Albert and Marion Smith, boy.
John and Ruth Alexander, girl
William and Mabel DOUGLASS, girl.
James and Irene CUNNINGHAM, girl
Carl and Ruth Taylor, girl
Angelo and Mabel Chapman, girl.
James and Alma GlaScoe, boy.
Three thousand bags of chestnuts
recently arrived in New York in liner
from SOUTHAMPTON. England.