davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1938-01-16

bawl? Then, with valiant casualness,
he went on. 80 you came out in this
Winter Wonderland, all by yourself.
to haul me in? What was wrong with
all the big. brave boys?"
Nothing. IL just slipped out,
Randy" She could not tell him now
about the wedding: could not tell him
that it was Quen's wife, and not
Suzanne. whom he would see if they
ever did reach the lodge. Il called the
Ranger. He said you were on your way
up
And 50 you came out like baby
St. Bernard just to be sure I'd make it
in time to kiss Suzanne again." There
was a wind-swept pause. Then he said,
Don't mind the razz. infant. You'll
never know how good that whistle
sounded. You see. had mislaid my
self"
She drew a deep breath. That
makes two of us, Randy. I've been off
the trail for half an hour Guess got
onto the wrong ridge. somehow. I'm
afraid we're lost"
Don't mention it," said Randy.
then, after a moment. ITS girl in
the Reynolds household. Thoughtful
young lady. Came right on schedule so
/ could get away"
Il hope they burn all the skis in
town before she grows up"
Scared, Toby?"
She started to deny it casually. as
she had taught herself to do. Then she
remembered that it was Randy, not
Quen. who stood beside her. "Of course
l am. I've been wobbling 50 l can
hardly stand up. Therer She sat
down abruptly on the tail of her skis
and walled, What can we do. Randy"
All the fears that she had kept behind
a wall during her years with Quen
came surging through the break in
that wall now, and she whimpered
with fright "It's 50 awful being lost.
Especially on Christmas Eve!
''Shut up" said Randy. genially.
Contisvsd os poos 15)
Evening star., 1938-01-16
THIS WEEK
Red, White and Blue
Mooozins Section

black cOloring matter, in the tissues.
Whole or partial mechanism is much
more frequent in wild animals than is
albinism. The black leopard of India
and Malaga is merely melanistic
phase of the common yellow leopard,
and not a distinct species. So also are
the black and silver foxes phase of
the red fox The black squirrels of our
southern states are melanistic ex-
amples of the gray and fox squirrels.
Some animal species, like those l
have mentioned, are susceptible to an
excess of melanin, while in Others this
susceptibility is exceedingly rare. For
instance. l have never heard of a
black tiger, though in South China l
hunted a so-called blue" tiger for a
whole summer. This brute was a man.
eater with seventy-six victims to his
discredit. never saw him but talked
to dozens of men who had Instead of
yellow. his stripes we're maltese color.
Doubtless it was partial mechanism.
Then there is eryth,ism. or redness.
This. too. occurs in many domesti-
Gated animals and birds and in some
wild ones. 1t is an increase of melanin
over the normal. only it is of a differ
ent shade. Most of us have seen the
red phases of the screech owl which is
a common example of erythrism.
Evening star., 1938-01-16

established two landmarks for her to
work back on after finding Randy.
She slid her left ski forward, bent into
the wind.
If she wanted to forget Quen's
wedding. this wilderness of icy night
was good medicine She needed every
atom of will power to push forward
and fight down fear The nick of the
ridge was farther than she had thought
and it vanished from time to time in
the hag-driven sleet. The lodge lights
had long since fallen out Of sight be-
hind an upthrust and left her alone in
the world.
She thought she heard hallooing
behind her. three or four times re-
peated before it ended. but it might
have been the trumpeting of the wind.
The frozen trail was tricky navigating
in the best of weather and her minds
eye saw the river down below. curling
white lips around its teeth of rocks.
Sick with fear, she walled to herself.
why am l such a coward?"
Occasionally she stopped to crook
an elbow before her face to make
breathing easier. Then. fumbling
under her parka for the cord that held
the whistle, she sent its thin cry shrill-
ing through the night.
Once she found her skis slipping
along a downgrade where there should
have been no downgrade. Throwing
herself down, she wrinkled her fore
head trying to remember the trail.
Then. wild with panic, she was fight
ing back up the way she had come.
She had been heading for the river!
After long time she knew she must
be halfway to the road and decided
that Randy had probably gone back
to the car. just as Quen had prophesied.
Quen and Suzanne She swayed. lashed
with whips of ice, and marveled how
the north wind froze emotion just as
it froze the wind-stung tears on her
lashes. She pulled at the cord around
her neck. and put the whistle to her
lips. An answering halloo rode the
shouting of the wind Temples pound
ing, Martha swung off in the direction
of the call.
At long last she found Randy, well
up the slope from the ridge where she
had been travelling. His homely face in
the fashlit spindrift of snow was drawn
with pain. "Who is it?'' he shouted.
Its IT.
He still had the old grin. Pip
squeak! BY all the little goldfish!
Who's with you, detective? Where did
you leave the others?"
Nobody came with me, Randy.
It's l. all by myself"
His lips twisted and he took limp
ing step toward her. martha Tobin,
you ought to be spanked. Turn that
light off >"
She interrupted, Randy, what's
wrong with your knee?'
II fell and these cunning skis tied it
in bowknot. Turn that light off my
face, brat Do you want to see me
Evening star., 1938-01-16
Wedding on Wings

Co0tiavsd fro0 precsdiag po0s

Quen and Suzanne were surrounded
by half a dozen guests. "Quen," she
said, Randy IS on the trail"
What makes you think SOP"
Il phoned the Rangers cabin. He
saw the car and tried to stop Randy,
but he had no authority over Su-
zanne's private trails"
Quen's face was a white mask. The
foolr'
Poor old Randy, thought Martha.
dragging his sick heart up through
this storm. She said. you'll go?"
His dark eyes went to the bleak and
rafting window and suddenly Martha
realized that phantom stood at his
elbow as it had stood, 50 very often.
at hers when she took off over ski
jump. She stared at him. Qwen -
afraid? Almost apologetically. she re-
minded: you promised"
Then through the silence, Suzanne's
voice came limpid and amused, 80
sorry, darling Martha, but not even
you may postpone our wedding.
We're to be married this evening"
Martha reached out, with her eyes.
toward Quen. He drew deep breath.
He smiled at Suzanne. who explained,
with this miserable weather we could
not be married outdoors tomorrow.
50 we have decided to be married
here, tonight. inside"
Il see." Martha looked in Quen's
direction. "And what about Randy?
Are you man, or an exhibition skier?"
Look here. Martha His
eyes were honestly hurt and bewil-
dered. Randy will turn back to his
car before the first half mile. Can I
walk out on my own wedding?"
Martha turned quickly. He called
after her. but she flung up the stairs.
Safe in her room, she closed the door
and locked it. There were her parka
and her old fur gauntlets. Her ski
boots. She always carried fashlight
and police whistle in her kit. Swiftly
she got the things together.
An outside staircase led from her
second-story window to the ground as
provision for deep SNOW weather. 1g-
noring a knock on the door she went
through the window and onto the
narrow staircase platform. and sud-
denly found herself fighting against
all the force of a mad north wind.
Down the steps, she kept her bal
ance by leaning against the lodge. Not
a star was visible; only the crusting
snow underfoot illuminated by golden
light from the windows behind her.
Steel-edged snowflakes flicked against
her face. In the forest of stark skis up
right and frozen in the snow she found
her own and with numb fingers be-
deviled by awkward fur gloves she
adjusted the stiff leather of her harness.
The buckles snapped comfortingly
into place beside her heel.
Head up against the drive. she
charted her course from lighted win
dow to broken fir snag. from snag to a
ridge blacker than the sky. That
Evening star., 1938-01-16

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Evening star., 1938-12-27

what the authorities, for the OBJ
scurist reasons, regarded as unde-
strable characters. But now that
worked no more.
The orthodox Communist bunch
was not taking much notice of the
little band of purple shirts that
afternoon. From 1887 onward an
almost genteel discretion had per-
meated the Communists. They had
found long since that indignation
and violence were far less effective
against Lord Horatio's once dreaded
following than ridicule. They would
kill his trained speakers by listening
to them in pseudo-awestricken
silence-in which they stumbled or
fell-or they would disconcert them
by sudden battling Interruptions.
But this afternoon, because of the
general vague dissatisfaction, even
the sport Of Raging the Popular
Socialists was proving a poor draw.
Three or four dingy young Reds
were attempting to get capital out
Of the absence Of Lord Horatio at
Liverpool.
where's Horny today? Taking a
day of with his girl? Hi jeans!
Long jeans there! Where's his
Ludship?"
Rud contemplated the scene.
"Well?" said Rogers.
"All our men are here?"
Eyes. And now?"
I'VE go on to the platform. Which
way up?"
Those trained speakers of Horry's
are no good at ALL" said Irwell, lead
ing the way around the crowd,
Sheer waste of money. Listen to
that fool-a chick of three days old
could heckle him down."
I'M speak," said Rud.
This way" said Bodisham.
A tall young man wearing one of
the prohibited purple shirts (but one
costume does not make an indictable
Evening star., 1938-12-27
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALL
MENITC

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALL
MENTS.
Rudolph Whitlow had come q long
way since the days when his nurse
had called him "the Holy Terror" His
character hadn't changed, but he had
ripened and the world had rotted under
the vast dislocations of depressions,
wars and dictators. At Camford Uni
versity he discovered in himself a talent
for oratory and leadership and there,
and on vacation tour, and later in
London, he gathered around himself as
disciples and mentors ambitious young
men. who saw in him a chance for
great political adventure Among them
were the heutenants of the moribund
Popular Socialist movement led by
Lord Horatio Bohun. They formed a
conspiracy against Bohun with B. M.
g. or Bohun Must Go as slogan) and
insisted Rud should take his place. Rud
made two calls on the man. the sec
ond at time when British marines
had landed in South Carolina to help
American proprietors put down a poor
white rising. Rud saw this as a great
opportunity to put forward his slogan
for union of the English speaking peo-
pie: But Lord Bohun was yielding the
initiative to no man and all Rud could
90 was explode with useless anger. He
retired home after his second meeting
snd explosion, feeling discouraged and
Evening star., 1938-12-27

uniform) seemed to recognize Rogers.
He was acting as the days usher Of
the ineffective Popular Socialist elo-
quence. Rud found himself hoisted
to the platform by his henchmen. He
elbowed his way toward the front
of the platform.
You're not going to speak," said
the tall man.
Il am going to speak"
I've heard nothing about it from
Hoggin."
Change Of plan at the last mo-
ment."
The tall young man turned to
Rogers and asked in an audible
aside: "Who is this fellow?"
Hes all right" said Rogers. "You
hear him."
But what are you going to say,
Mister"
"You listen," said Rogers.
"When?"
Right now" said Rud. Don't
you bother me-" And he pushed his
way to the forefront of the plat
form and stood glaring. The au-
dience had been having routine
time with trained Boomers" and
they hailed new face as a pleas
ant variation of the afternoons
proceedings. "Ullo Beethoven!" said
red-faced, frizzy haired little man,
giving name that was not un-
helpful to Rud on later occasions.
'Ullo Bottle-imp! The things old
Bohun catches!'
Rud faced the interrupter with
an outstretched hand. Here Col
lywog," he said, "listen to me-"
"Gollywog" fitted. Shouting and
pushing subsidized. This might be
worth listening to.
| (copyright, 1888. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Tomorrow: The Leaders Speech
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Evening star., 1938-12-27
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The Washington times., 1938-09-29
SWARMS DARE
LADY WITH As

ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. %.
Mrs. Beverly ]. Wiltshire, the
shooting secretary of the Mont
gomery county police commits
sioner. believes that wild Bill"
Hickok himself would challenge
her prowess with the pistol if he
we're alive today.
AS resulr Of last weeks story
in the Washington Times telling
of her proficiency with her AS
Colt pistol and her challenge to
the Montgomery county high man
on the police pistol team, Mrs.
Wiltshire has been deluged with
challenges bearing the odor of gun
powder. Many amateur marksmen
have invited the fair lady to meet
them on the pistol range or in
their backyard for a real show
down.
Mrs. Wiltshire said today that
she could not accept any more
challenges. 1T would be humanity
impossible to accept the chal-
lenges that have been hurled at
me these las few days." she said.
Several persons have also re-
quested that l shoot with a shot
gun or a rifle, but these are not
my line. I intend to stick to hand
guns" she added.
Because someone last week re-
moved the trigger from her re-
volver which she kept in her desk
drawer, Mrs. Wiltshire will be
unable to meet the pistol teams
high man until her gun is re-
paired
The Washington times., 1938-09-29
LAW UNYIELDING:
CITIZENSHIP DENIED
WIFEOFU.S. CONSUL
Mrs. Richards Is
BritOn Due to
Technically

A blond young woman will gaze
wistfully at the Statue of Liberty
today and pull closer to her hus-
band as they stand at the rail OF
a ship sailing them into uncer-
tainty.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
L. Richards. She is a Briton and
he is an American. In fact, he is
headed for consular duty for his
native country in faraway Cape
town, South Africa. And the
seas they are crossing lead into
dark and menacing war clouds.
NO CITIZENSHIP
Yesterday in the gathering
dusk-kindly Chef Justice Alfred
A. Wheat-gazed down on the pair
and almost sorrowfully told them
he couldn't grant Mrs. Richards
the protecting mantle OF American
citizenship.
I'm sorry, deeply sorry" said
the whitehaired jurist. But 80
days must elapse, under the
statute, before I can grant your
citizenship"
JOINED CANADA
AS they went back to their Six
teenth Street hotel last night they
told reporters their story. Mrs.
Richards father was an Ameri'
can-his folks stemmed back to
1749 in this country. But in the
last war he joined the Canadian
forces before the United States
entered the war. And thus he be
came a Briton.
Mrs. Richards was born in war
shaken London in 1917. But since
childhood she's thought she was
an American - though she loves
her technical homeland.
WE'D ATTACHE
Last spring she met young
Richards, a consular attache al
Alexandria, Egypt. They were
married shortly after on the 70
mantle Isle of Cypress.
Recently they came back to this
country for a brief leave. Mrs
Richards had learned she wasn't
an Americn. With war tearing at
the heart of the world again and
fearing she might find herself in
a perilouS predicament somewhere
abroad, she sought the cloak Of
United States citizenship.
But the pressing nature o1
The Washington times., 1938-09-29

Eats and Sleeps with q Black Snake.
Four-Year-OId DUSTY" Hall of Chill
licOthe, Ohio, thinks snake is q boys
Bobo, q big black snake, for all the
dogs and cats in the world. Read the
story of this strange friendship and
see photographs Of the serpent eating,
sleeping and playing with his master
I'm The American Weekly, the maya
sine distributed with next Sundays
Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-09-29
U. S. PREDICTS
GAIN IN FAR N
PRODUCE SALES
But No Increase Seen
; Over 1887 Income
International News Service

With farm income below that
Of 1897, Agriculture Department
officials have forecast increased
demand for farm products this
fall and winter.
The increase is not expected to
cause farm income to exceed that
Of 1887. Officials estimated that
cash farm income from market
ings and Government payments
for 1888 will approximate rs bill
lion dollars, compared with 8.6
billion dollars in 1897.
PREDICT INCREASE
They attributed the decrease to
q decline in purchasing power
brought about by the industrial
slump. They predicted the indus,
trial index would increase during
the winter, and that farm income
would rise accordingly.
"Once q rise in business &C
tivity gets well under way" the
department said, lone favorable
development leads to another,
and the upswing tends to con-
tinue with only minor Setbacks
until interrupted by some COM
bination of unfavorable circum-
stances sufficiently strong to
upset the cumulative influence
&, of the forces pushing upward"
ADVERSE FACTOR
The department said some ad.
verse factors to the farm-market
b might be the possibility of adverse
developments in the foreign situa-
ton, and difficulties in bringing
various industrial costs and prices
into better alignment.
The department warned that a
"too rapid initial upswing of busi.
ness activity and security prices
might be followed by a sufficient
reaction to bring a return of pessi
misrn and postponement of longer
time commitments on the part ot
businessmen"
The Washington times., 1938-09-29

diplomacy sent her back on the
high seas again today. "Someday," :"
she probably says as she looks at
the Statue in New York Harbor,
I'll be back"
The Washington times., 1938-09-29

SEA FOOD SPECIALS .
Fresh Sea ScaIIOps .lb. Isc
Fresh Green Shrimp .lb. 25c
Fresh Shocked Oysters qt. 4Sc
FiIIst Of Haddock lb. Isc
The Washington times., 1938-09-29

WALDORF TOILET
TISSUE 4 rolls 1Sc
Evening star., 1938-03-24

Abroad. three weeks ago. in hotel
perched on cliff overlooking the blue
Mediterranean, gorgeous head waiter
was urging me. with awe in his voice,
to treat myself to one or two Of the
flrst-of-the-season strawberries. They
were tiny, anemic objects. nestled in
a discoura ged fashion in cotton wool
about six to box. The cost. the
bearer said. in hushed tones, was only
the equivalent of about one American
dollar, for the six! I thanked him
politely. and could not help informing
him. with a slight touch Of eagle
feather. that we had been having
strawberries-good ones-for some
time before I had left America. He
looked incredulous, took his prize sadly
away, and, I am sure, told his fellow
workers that just another boastful and
untruthful American had fallen to his
lot!
SO. looking upon those plump, ruby
red berries, so casually accepted by
the average Washington housewife, I
blluuk1lt OIlCe IIioie llu" NclS iuShS
we are! I remember in Paris. for
getting the difference in geography. I
ordered asparagus for dinner in one
of the restaurants. 1t was one of those
famous establishments that never al
low themselves to be f1oored by the
widest demands on the part of their
patrons-so We got the asparagus.
eventually. But the person who was
foored was my husband-when the
bill was presented I heard a good
deal ABOUT the matter for some time
afterward!
Evening star., 1938-03-24
Manners
of the
Moment

RUS drivers grow pretty disguised
with us girls who keep asking
them where their buses are going.
They think we ought to be able to tell
by the sign on the front Of the bus.
Well, let me explain. First, bus
signs are written in code half the time.
anyhow. so how can a girl tell what
they mean? They'll read. "C'n'tl St.
and Av." and mere layman is sup
posed to know that means Central
street and Eighth avenue That's all
right If 1t is a bus you take every day
of your life. But if it's new to you the
bus has been and gone before you get
it figured out. So a girl really has a
right to ask the driver. She has to
know.
In the second place. when bus is
humping and juggling to stop, you
can't always focus on the sign.
In the third place. you aren't always
In position to see the sign.
And in the fourth place, what If you
are near-sighted?
You haven't leg to stand on, bus
driver. And for one, intend to keep
right on asking you if I have the
right bus. JEAN.
(Copyrisht. 1889
Evening star., 1938-03-24

dence and poise Diet and gymnastic
work pared my figure down to grace
full one. Good clothes did the rest and
at 40 I often hear the comment made
as I pass: Isn't she an attractive
woman"
Il am married to a man on the
staff OF a large university, one who
admires my mind and my ability In
the sports in which he also INDUCES.
No girl need be doomed because she
wasn't born with a peaches-and-
cream complexion and a willovy fig
ure. MRS. s. B. c."
This answers the homely girls let
ter and sets a star of hope in her
sky. For it is true that no girl. un-
less she is an actual monstrosity,
needs to feel that she is barred from
all the things she wants in life lust
because she isn't living picture. Her
cue is to substitute another attraction
for the one that she lacks Brains
for beauty. Tact and charm and per-
sonality for a graceful figure. Skill
Perfect grooming and smart dressing
for violet eyes.
After all, while beauty attracts us
at first, it doesn't hold us very long
unless it is backed up by other quail
ties. A girl might be as beautiful as
houri. but no man would want to
dance with her If she stepped all over
his feet. And. on the other hand, the
girl who is homely enough to stop the
clock will have plenty of partners If
she is superlative dancer.
Men pick out their partners at
bridge by their skill and not their
looks, and they like to talk to the
girl who is intelligent and a good lis
tener instead Of one who is beautiful
but dumb. So there is no use in the
homely girl despairing unless she is
too lazy and stupid to cultivate q lot
OF other attractions instead of the one
Nature denied her.