davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04

may come another studiousl looking youth in long kimono and sandals and wearing a felt or straw hat. l On d fine macadam road just out | side the city you may watch big auto truck roll by, followed by q heavily laden cart to which six to | 10 coolies are harnessed.
 If you lived at Osaka, the Pitts | burg of Japan," the chances are | that you would work in one of It's modern steel mills. The din of trip hammers would nearly deafen you. giant cranes would be piling tons of stuff into barges on the nearby ] river. If on the night shift, you I would work and sweat-under the glare of arc lights. 'f 1 If you were an office worker in ! Tokio or Yokohama or Kobe or | Kyoto, the chances are that you would toll in one of their modern l office buildings. | If you wanted night life, you could find plenty - night clubs, cabarets, movies, theaters.
 1 When you celebrated, you would drink sake - made from rice In stead of corn liquor.
 l In the big railway depots you would find red caps ready to grab your bag when you stepped from a | Pullman car, line of taxicabs waiting to swish you to modern ho- tels where there are slant-eyed bell boys as eager for a tip as any of their American brethren.
 | Beyond the great cities the scene changes. old Japan - the | Japan that Commodore Perry found in 1853 still lives In the l hinter-land. ...
 In these quaint villages that cling to the mountalnsides and dot the fertile valleys, the old order re- mains. Men and women in queer lMrasol-lik bamboo hats toll knee deep in the waters of the rice fields the people live largely on diet of rice; they sleep on thick mattresses on the mating covered floor. a notched wooden ,heardrest serving as q pillow,
 l The water buffalo pulls the wooden blow. the handloom comes out after the days work in the rice field fig done. little wooded places with sacred shrines beckon the Japanese to the gods of his ances-. | tOrs.
 The charm of the ancient seems to finger. Even n rich Toklo manu- facturer, after being driven to his suburban home in his limousine. may exchange his Americanized at tire for silk, kimono and wooden sandals and squat upon the floor with his family for q cup of tea.
 The average Japanese Is civil, po- lite, secretive, intelligent. Lack Ing u sense of humor, he is as dumb as an Englishman when 1t comes to understanding the point of joke. Nevertheless, he Is us- ua1ly light-hearted and buoyant.
 Centuries of rigid mental train ing have masked his feelings, mak- ing him lmperturable in trouble, stoical in pain or death. He looks upon towards as the most despic- able of vices. and loyalty ---particu- larly to his emperor and his coun- try--as the supreme virtue. Thus he gets his pride of race and his near-fanaticaI, patriotism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04

He Is cocky, confident and quite satisfied with himself. He is usu- ally truthful -- except when the truth hurts.
 When young couple marry, 1t is all arranged for them by family councils. Uusually, the girl is 15.
 Marriages average about 8.31 per thousand units of population. Di- vorces are less than one divorce to every 10 marriages, and occur usually in the lower classes.
 Babies are frequent; every year there are 100000 more births than deaths.
 Education is compulsory from six to 13. After that, the boys who desire to become army officers - they might as well, for they will be conscripted-can enter q middle school and then pass to q military school. Higher education is encour-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
Latest Pictures And News Bulletins From Battle Zone
Two Battalions Of
 Japanese Trapped
(Contiuued From Page D

into flames in a dozen new spots. Cable lines were cut during a bombardment of the Woosung forts at the mouth of the Yangtze.
 The Japanese reinforce ments held their lines. The move was taken to indicate they intended to drive the Chinese back and eliminate the increasing danger to the international settl e m e n L. Shells landed in foreign areas all day.
 The settlement and the French concession were calm. Chinese bankers feared loot ing. They feared the Chinese armies were near the end of their resistance, but might try to rush the settlement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04

Nothing seemed to help me. I tried everything I could hear of but my indigestion hung on four years.
 "Then a friend got me to take some Pape's Diapepsin. l had almost im- mediate relief with the first two tablets. Now that have been taking them for some time. I find can eat meats or most anything and have no trouble. l want to tell others about Diapepsin because itsure helped me-"
 Thousands like MT. Barnes arc finding quick, certain relief for sour stomach, or acidity, by using Papc's Diapcpsin. Chew a tablet and that feeling, of weight and discomfort after eating just disappcars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04

tivity against Chinese, but that the purpose of the representations al- ready had been accomplished.
 Reports to the State Department from Colonel Hooker, commanding American marines, said all Japa- nese left the International Settle ment at 10 p. m., F. s. T., last night. This action removed the danger, in the State Departments opinion. of a Chinese attack on the International Settlement against Tapanese
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
Admiral Taylor
 Makes Report
(Continued from Page 1.)

press dispatches to be unfavorable, was awaited eagerly. The reply was expected to be delivered form ally later In the day.
 The State Department announced in the meantime that 1t had made new representations to Japan re- garding the use of the Interna .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
CHICAGO MONEY FOR CHINA

Chicago Feb 4-(UP)-The huge dragon that will be carried through streets of Chicagos Chinatown in the annual New Years celebration Saturday will eat this year instead of it's traditional fare of lettuce The money swallowed by papier mache beast will be forwarded to Shanghai deray munitions costs in the conflict with Japan Already $000 has been sent by Chicago Chinese to their homeland and the weeks New Years celebration will make an intensive drive for funds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
War Bulletins From
 All War Sectors
tContinued From Page D
MOVING NEAR TO HARBIl

.Changchung, Manchuria Feb troops into the outskirts of Harbin strategic city in north after sharp fighting today which the Chinese were routed.
 Reports to Japanese headquarters here said the capture of the city by General Hasebes expedtionary im mnen His troops aided by advance from the west a detachment from Tsitshar moving Harbin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
JAP ADMIRAL NOT A SUICIDE

Shanghai, Feb 4-(UP)-Reports circulated abroad that Admiral Koichi Shosawa had committed suicide were em phaicay denied to-day by Shgeru Iguch Japanese consul in behalf of the Japanese minister, MamOru Shgemtsu
 Admiral Shiosawa at 9:3O D. (8:30 a E. s. IT., headquarters of the naval landing pary guch sald The admiral most happy at the Japanese success in consolidating their positions today"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
Barney Barnes Can Now Eat Anything
 He Chooses

= I g o t s o I couldn't eat any, thing without having trouble afterwards says MT. Barney Barnes, popular oil rig builder, of ? ? 1 M w e 8 t Grand Avenue, Oklahoma City. Okla. l"I would have heartburn, and indigestion pains after meals,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
IF YOU LIVED IN JAPAN TODAY Nippon "Goes Amercan' As Modern Replace Old

EDITORS NOTE - This is pans Skyrocket Rise"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
CHINESE DEFENDERS LOST 1000

London, Feb 4-(UP)-A Harbin dispatch to the Lon don Daily said that the Chinese defenders of that city suffered 1000 casualties in hard fighting recently against advancing Japanese.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
TokiO Has Flatly
 Refused Offers

( (continued from Page 1.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
Total Dead in
 Blast Unknown

(Cnntinued from Page 1D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04
More Shocks at
 Santiago De Cuba

(Continued from Page 1.D
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02

Indian dialect. She learned to shoot with deadly
aim. Always at her best astride q horse, she and
her fiery mount soon became familiar sight in
the neabry villages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02
All SeIfiShneSS, ANYHOW

nF all the human species, the
~ professional politician is the
most peculiar.
He has changed but little since
the dawn of history, when the med
icine man used incantations and
played upon the superstitions of his
people to perpetuate himself in
power.
In fact, politics, instead of being
the science of government, really is
the science of job getting and job
holding.
All this is prompted by the
thought that although those elect
ed three weeks ago have not as
sumed office, squabbling for the
mayoralty elections year hence
already has begun.
Less than a week after the gen.
eral election, Joseph Markey, for
mer criminal court judge, an
nounced for the Democratic nomi-
nation for mayor. Immediately the
attention of all professional politi-
claims was turned toward the city
election.
They frankly declared themselves
amazed at Markey's early an
nouncement. The only possible ex-
PLANTATION is that it is easier for the
first cadidate in the field to obtain
pledges of support while he yet is
unopposed.
Many are prone to believe that
Markey merely may be serving as a
stalking horse for some other pos
Sible candidate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02
'THIEETGTELL AE.,5 s J
GA~Azr, @f7755FIN1S0RN

Among those mentioned for the
Democratic mayoralty nominations
are Judge Thomas Garvin of the
municipal court; L. Ert Slack, for
mer mayor; Herbert E. Wilson,
prosecutor; E. Kirk Mckinney,
Iron Man" Of the Sullivan admin
iStration; Otto De Luse, former ma
tional head of the Eagles; Superior
Judge John w. Kern; Thomas
Quinn, furniture merchant, and a
host of lesser fry.
Garvin or Slack will be advanced
as the candidate of the Baker fac
ton of the Democratic party.
Because his majoritieS in the 1880
and 1882 elections were large, Will
son, they tell me, has conceived the
idea that there is an overwhelming
popular demand for his services,
and though he has not even started
his second term as prosecutor, Will
son already is running for mayor.
This is having an unpleasant reac-
ton among party leaders.
Although Mckinney does not
want to be candidate for mayor,
because he foresees a bitter pri-
mary battle, yet he is being sub
jected to intense pressure by those
who see in him spokesman for
the progressive and liberal attitude
on government.
n.
De LuSe would be the ideal candi-
date to attract voting strength from
all sections of the community. AL
though admirably fitted for the post,
it is pointed out by professional
politicians that it would be difficult
to nominate him in a Democratic
primary because of his previous
Republican affiliations.
In Kern the city and county or
CARNATIONS feel they have a COM
promise candidate in event that
Mckinney is adamant in his re-
fuSal to run. Because of his name
and judicial record, Kern would be
extremely popular.
Quinn heads a list of aspirants
affiliated with none of the factions
or groups in the county organiza-
ton, but who believe that if there
is a large field of candidates they
Will have a chance to nose through
because of the breaking up of or
ganization vote strength.
Probabilities are that at least a
half dozen more will be mentioned
for the Democratic nominations for
mayor. Although I am not cynical,
can't help but believe that none
of these will be actuated by sin
cere desire to serve the people. In
stead, they will be advanced by
little groups and cliques selflshly
eager for power.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

T OOKING after Marvin's retreat
~ ing demonstrating, perhaps,
but in a manner more suggestive of
a militant forward march-Linda
was tempted to run after him and
demand that he come back and tell
her what really happened, answer
her questions, listen to her pro-
tests.
She did none of these things. Her
glance travelled to the placid front
of the big white house. She met
the cold stare of its many windows
and her mood of childish rage in
Stantly vanished. Murder
murder =. murder!" the house
seemed to say.
She dropped into the wicker chair
more from real weakness than from
graceful yielding to the inevitable.
She had sworn to penetrate that
mystery. She had taken the first
steps to do so.
She hadn't begun to cover all
the things Tom had mentioned
had she done any good at all?
She had learned-or had She?-
why Marvin had quarreled with
Cousin Amos. 1t seemed incredible
that the old man actually had taken
it upon himself to reprove another
guest for his attentions csuch as
they were!" thought Linda dis
paragingly) to his hostess.
Yet that paternal touch was so
like him-to mention that, her
father being dead, he as an old
relative-as if she weren't of age
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02
THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

He could not be by the kitchen
door, for the voices would not then
sound so near. Unless they were
looking for her, Rosie or Annie sell
dom came around here.
If they came from the service
door, it usually was to go toward
the road or the garage.
The garage! At the association
of ideas, her mind came back sharp
ly to the moment. She became
acutely aware of herself and her
surroundings-and that low, half
whispering so near.
Except for it, the air fairly pulsed
with soundlessnesS, this quiet, hot
July afternoon on the deserted lawn.
Then from her vantage point she
heard voice she could not mistake,
deliberately thickened with an Irish
brogue as rich as a stage comedians.
Shaughnessey-what was he doing
there?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02

you wanted to speak when you
beckoned me so secret-like behind
Armies back"
Twas not of last night-for that
you have assured me you have for
got!" There was nothing gallant in
the sudden sharpness Of his voice.
Yes. sir" The girls voice was
subdued, but not repentant. Rather
she seemed definitely waiting and
in the pause that followed, the I'M
seen listener realized her cwn posi-
ton as eavesdropper.
Should she refuse to overhear and
tiptoe nobly away? Probably she
shouldn't nothing would induce
her to do so.
She was rewarded by another at
tempt on the part of the Irishman
to get around Rosie-at least that
was the Interpretation Linda
shrewdly put upon the situation.
Yes, sir and yes, sir Rosie,
tbs the perfect echo you are! But
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02

the kitchen door is so near you can
not forget your lessons in respectful
behavior.
Come, now-do you stroll over
with me to the neat little establish
ment call mine. The ould dragon
in the kitchen will not miss you.
I'VE can rest us in comfort with
a pot of strong tea between us and
no one any the wiser"
The madam will be needing me"
Linda had the grace to blush or feel
like blushing behind her covey of
bushes. 'Tis tea for all of you
must brew very soon, sir. What was
it you wished to say to me before 1
go in?"
Bless Rosie for a loyal young
rascal! Whatever this cozening
visitor wanted of her, she was not
making it easy for him to ask it.
Linda heard an exclamation of
baffled annoyance that secretly de-
lighted her. And then Rosie spoke
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02
BEGIN HERE rnnAv

BEGIN HERE TODAY
amos EEABODY, elderly cousin OF
the second floor BALCONY ~ ~. az k. I'm,
Lorg Island home 's nFOiluS
Linda reaches him Just before he dies
~ siIne 20 near him gasp q few words
Linda PUSHES upstairs Someone tries to
strange her and she faints
mere aye Tour guests in the house
Mr. Nh spssP rhI9 . q The crime. They are:
Of TOM AyERILL; CAPTAIN DE Vos,
handsome Belgian; MARVIN PRATT.
s sgIIneT snltor Of Lindas: and LIAM
When Linda tells her husband what
happened, she persuades him they must
keep these four men In the house until
There fs Is no d eSdsrc which one is guilty
Tom ana Linda are aided in their
plan when DIR: BOYLE, official medical
examiner. sends word that every one
them.
Boyle IS on fishing trip and can not
return Tor several hours.
Linda talks to Pratt. who il notice
ably suffering from strain He kives her
little information, asks curious questions
about, Cousin Amos, and refuses to say
why he quarTeled with him the night
before the older mans death.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER TWENTY Continued
Marvin. it's only fair to tel
me. 1t was last night, before We
went to the dance, wasn't it?"
"Yes-yes, Linda" Again he
achieved control by vicious eff
fort. 1T was simply that Mr.
Peabody gave me to understand he
he stood closer to you, perhaps
than he did"
But he didn't know me at ALI
cried Linda, perplexed. This wasn'i
getting anywhere! Marvin COM
pleted her sense of baffled annoy
ance by a gesture that was almost a
stiff bow.
IT wish you'd tell mel Last
night" She tried, without in
sincerity, a personal appeal, "Yor
really hurt me, Marvin. YoJ
acted $3.50 strange. We were
always good friends"
Had you told Mr.. Peabody
that? Or perhaps you said it toe
often?"
you mean--he actually had the
nerve" She gasped at the i'm
plication. Her guesses at the reason
for Marvin's behavior had skirtec
this possibility, but never really con-
sidered it. "Marvin-did he suggest
that-that you and I"
Suppose we let it go at that. He
said a good deal. That covers part
Of it," Marvin's jaw set grimly
again. "And now, if you'll excuse
me-"
She had lost her victim. IF there
had been anything hypnotic in the
way she held him, her momentary
lack of concentration had broken
the spell.
Marvin Pratt neatly evaded her
The physical barrier of table ano
chair behind him and her owr
slender but solidly planted form
directly in front of him proved in
sufficient to pen him in.
With catlike precision, surprising
because Of his impressive size ano
build, he stepped through the slight
gap offered by the two pieces of fur
niture; and as he started toward the
house, leaving her baffled and in
dignant, he vouchsafed in a tone oi
deadly, implacable fury more alarm
ing than any open show Of anger:
Your cousin assured me that he
had only your best interests at
heart"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02

eagerness had assured her she
would be.
She knew-at least, she guessed
why Marvin might have killed
Cousin Amos. But she preferred
fact to guesswork. She did not
know what had been said and GER
tainly she had failed to find out the
details of Marvin's actions last
night and this morning.
Then her spirits rose little. After
all, this was only Saturday after
noon. They had the rest of the day
and Marvin could not avoid her in
definitely.
Probably, when he was not so
conscious Of being alone with her,
that abnormal constraint would re-
lax enough to permit her to probe
again into these dangerous subjects.
At present he rankly had de-
serted her-quite obviously stranded
her on her own front lawn. She
had hoped to prolong their talk I'M
til perhaps the Belgian returned.
She wondered if Tom were max
ing any progress, over their sales
diagrams, with Statlander. If so, it
only would hinder his probing if she
were to join them. Well-she'd bet
ter get a book and make the best
of it.
CHE rose and went up the soft
~ grass. Nearing the house she
walked more and more slowly. No,
she was not exactly nervous, but
somehow there lay a deeper shadow
there than should have been on the
front terrace.
The house seemed so silent, so
ominously brooding. IF she went in
Nonsense, It was her house, her
home! Tom was inside and what if
he were not? She was often here
alone all day, except for the maids,
of course
That thought turned her mind to-
ward faithful helpers in her kitchen.
She had not seen them since her
hurried visit this morning, and she
wanted to speak to them now, to
express her appreciation of the way
they had stood by Tom and his
mother earlier in the day.
Rosie must be wondering, too, if
any one would be back for tea and
Annie about dinner. Linda veered
toward the dining room wing, walk
ing along the soft turf without
stepping on the gravel path.
At the very end of the house,
where a decorative clump of bushes
blocked sight of the door of the
sunroom, she stopped. She could
hardly have said why.
But she realized that for a second
or two she subconsciously had been
aware of the murmur of voices and
now they were very plain. She Won
dered idly what delivery boy had
come so near the front of the house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02
LIS voice rose coaxingIy over the
a a protest of q lighter one.

LIS voice rose coaxingly over the
Il protest Of lighter one.
Sure, an yen give me snotherl
What's one kiss but the first drop
out of the sky with the whole of the
rain to follow? Come, now-am I
so obnoxious to YEP"
"Oh, but please, Sirl" Rosie's
voice and with an edge of some
thing-could it be fearP Certainly
it was not just the fiirtatious resis-
lance of a buxom Irish girl barter
ing stolen kiss.
"'Sir-sir' is it? Have I acted
the grand gentleman with you that
you try my soul with any such fool
ishness? Twas not with any sirs
or madams that we bothered last
night when We talked of County
Athlone-and other things.
Why should you come out at all
to talk with me if you must use such
mannerful politeness?"
" Twas of last night I thought
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-02
NNeg&EeH5 MNdRDERzSI,ai: SHE!

and able to take care Of herself, to
say nothing of having Toni
Yet Marvin had said Cousin
Amos wanted to advise herl That
hardly fitted in with this theory.
The old man might have warned
her or demonstrated with her over
some too apparent intimacy, but
what advice would he have given?
Why that emphasis on their talking
together?
He was so anxious to ind out"
she slowly analysed every word of
Marvin's brief, confusing outburst,
whether Cousin Amos and I got
together to talk something over
after the dance.
He wanted us not to talk about
something. What? Was it that
Cousin Amos blamed me for the
supposed Irritation? How idiotic!
But that wouldn't account for Mar
wins being-not frightened exactly.
Apprehensive, that's the word.
HE most awfully didn't want us
to get together and to compare
notes. But that again isn't reason
able What had he done that we
could discuss that way? Did Cousin
Amos know something"
Linda gave herself little shake.
Nov I'm Just reading things into
what he said. Every one knows
Marvins the high-mindedest sort
of person. 1t must have been SIM
ply calldown over his way of To-
cusing on me.
tom noticed it and I told him
it was just Marvin's queer way. But
Cousin Amos, Of course, had to in
fer the worst-and go straight to
the point with the wrong person"
II
CHE sighed. There had been good
~ cause for Marvin's rage and his
subsequent avoidance of her. She
knew his fanatic standards of be-
havior.
She could not imagine, thinking
swiftly. any single suggestion that
so quickly, so surely, would inf1ame
him Would it infame him to
murder? Perhaps not alone-but
with something else, equally insult
ing-no, she really had no justiflca-
ton for imagining any other motive
Nor, probably, did she need one.
This slur would as surely enrage
Marvin as the idea that he was I'M
gentlemanly would infuriate DeVos
and that he was unSportsmanlike
would offend Statlander and that
he was a social and mental inferior
would hurt Shaughnessey.
Uncanny Cousin Amos-to hit so
surely at the weakness of each one.
The special insult that instantly
would drive him into that state of
insensate passion that might fairly
be called madneSs-and murderouS
madness!
Again Linda sighed. The way of
the detective was not easy. She
was less a success than her first