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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1915)
i By 5sic Endicott Ai0Btan Wfeclf lflrr r1l' jil? i f $D "ifSSl m iiwff fc ) fey W d Slfclf il I ! Vi J !' d V I B. ' T i 11 II KA m El"1 -II Ml FTT- It 6' n tl fr J J G I. o ct tl J'l T- ; w it h 7i K9'. w tl'l "T m ti ;. fcOi m 19 f kv VIS 7 ot Hi i; WAS a comical fellow and the first tlnio wo saw him was when ho In serted his features, accompanied by u two-bit smite, Into our depart m ant nno day recently and arrested our attention by turn U - i. . -I,.. ing loose a medley of sounds which very much resembled what u French menu looks like, only a trlflo thicker. Sometime later wo discovered thnt ho was a Bulgarian, dubbed Hcliu by tho hospital attendants, because no ono could understand his line of talk enough to got his real nanio and be am so he occupied Room 57. ' Tho fact that Hclnz left tho scenes of his nativity when tho grapo shot became too habitual for comfort, mado ono think that ho was not with out soma amount of gray matter In his anatomy, but when on the second day after his arrival In the land of tho freo and homo of pollto graft, ho paused In tho mlddlo of a busy street to contemplate tho lofty structures and allowed his person to becomo entan gled In the cog-wheels of progress, It looked as If his judgment wasn't so keen aftor all and that ho would probably havo done as well by staying at home and being shot up by tho enemy. After tho curious visitor was care fully picked out of tho mechanism of two automobiles and a truck, tho U you haven't any thing to contribute to our rummage sale? I thought that perhaps you might give some thing, and take a table. Vou know jou haven't been to any of the church doings sliico " Janes voice trailed into nu rmbar lassed sllciicn undor the level gazo of Alicia Barnes. She Jorked her shawl mound her shoulders nervously, but lingered in tho open door as tho other woman uttcicd a calm: "NoI can't think of anything now, Jane, but I I'll tend u table and if I como ncuiss anything I'll bring It when 1 come to tho sale." She lesumed her ple-maklng with a cool Ignoring of her caller's tarrying that provoked .In no Into a snappish: "Well, don't fall to come -for 1 ex pect Henry and bin wife will ho there. Of course, you knew ho was married?" OHN stared at the note on the table until Its every word was burned lulo his brain, It said: "I am going to David. You would not give mo the money to go with, so I havo sold the spoons -they woio mine, you know -and tho old hall clock. You will find your dinner on tho stovo nnd I've engaged Mary Ball to do jour washing on Mondnjs, You are n good hand to cook, so I guess j mi can get along somehow. If jou should need any medicine, there's tho pep permint in the kitchen cupbnitid, on tho left hand corner of tho third shelf fiom tho top, nnd tho catnip and oth er herbs nio hanging In tho noithcast comer of tho garret. Shall sl.i sis long as David needs mo. "AMI3UA." On (he lahlti beside Amelia's uotu OHN LANG ought to have been a happy man. He hud sud den! come Into famous a popular novelist, his writing had In ought hiiuan r.isy competence, his talents had won lor lnm a coidl.il reception Into tho most exclusive 1uIh and the literati welcomed him with open arms. But ho was an thing hut happy. Of course, there was it gill at the bottom of It all, There usually Is, He aad not seen her since site was a slip f a maid, with a turnediip unso which ' arrount of coaxing mid niiituro i i 4 keep the freckles off, and very M ha'r that curled and tossed pio vtrg" 1'verybody made fun of her frt'klei and hair, that is, everybody IvW jtiM pieces wero brought to our hospital and u bunch of squab doctors who needed practice were detailed on the case. And Btrango as 11 may scorn, tlo amateur medics, with tho kindly nsslstanco of a few internes, succeed ed In putting Heine's works together so well that nearly cvciythlng match ed up nnd there were but two or three minor fragments left over. When Holm; had becomo able, the doctors had let him out for a fow hours each day to tako a llttlo exer clso through tho corridors, nnd thus It was that ho wandered away from tho regular halls and Into our department. We did not know all this until later, however, for as our department, that of dentistry, is located In a wlnj re moved from tho general hospital, we sco very llttlo of the patients excopt those brought to us for treatment. 'Qee, what is It7" whispered Rich nrds, my co-worker, when Heinz push ed his rovnmped anatomy Into our midst nnd got off the aforementioned bit of scrambled talk. "If you guess right you can hnvp it," I replied lightly and went on polish ing my favorlto yell producer "Did jou want somo work done?" asked Richards, in that honey and mush tono ho employs whllo strapping his victim In tho chair nnd telling him It will not hurt ono bit. Hclnz merely lot out n couple morn lengths of smile and nodded yes and no. "Write It out for him." I suggested. "If ho can't understand plain Hnc- .Wante Allda Barnes critically eyed tha pie balanced on her upturned palm; tbon painstakingly trimmed off tho super fluous crust before sending an appar ently careless: "Oh, yes I knew It somo tlmo ago!" over her shouldci. Jane sniffed unbelievingly, then went out, leaving behind her a woman out wardly, calm, but Inwardly raging. Sho understood pefectly Jnne'o object In coming and lescnted II with all tho force of her proud natuie. "Humph!" she muttered. "Mttleshe cared about my coming to thnt sale I She Just wanted to sea how I'd tako Henry's mairlage! But sho didn't get much satisfaction out of It, I guess! I hadn't heard ho was married but I'd have died bofoio I'd have told her sol Nobody shall say that I'm breaking m hcait over him even if I did havo my wedding dress nil made, ready to marry him five years ago! The mini doesn't live who can boast that tin's marrying mo Just for n housekeeper! Why, I'd hnva sent him packing, even if the coremou.v had been half through 4- 8 was a letter addressed to her fiom a doctor In the far West, which told of tho serious Illness of David. John's ckh gleamed with angei ns he realized that his quiet Amelia, who had always asked Ills advice, and had never taken It upon herself to act without It had i rally gone. Why hadn't she shown tho letter to him at once? True, she hnd asked him for money to go and sco David, hut ho had not given It to hor. Hadn't David dls glared him? Biought his honored name down to tho dust? David, their only son nnd child upon whom they had built such high hopes. "Poor David," ho said. "If I had known jou were so sick, but -" The "poor David" was paid not with out sorrow, but he was getting used to the boy's absence, although tin had missed him at (list. But should hu get iiticd to getting along without his wife, I' onl for a time? John was one of those men whose husband love was stronger than his father lovo. hut John, who would chase the cul prils who called her "dinger' or "Firebrand, ' until he caught them and the promised amendment They weie good puis- John and Pegg that is, the weie until the Ush cume. John had cuHtiall) mentioned one duy thut Peggy would make a sweet Utile wife. He said he knew sho could duin and mend and conk ami clean better than any other girl In the village. The other girls were so silly. When ho got mairlcd, he told her, hu wanted u girl who would be tho queen of his lome and who would know that sho belong ed In the home and not go "gallivant In" off like a ceitain young bride they both know "Huh!" Peggy had tetorted hotl, "I guess ou think queen of the humo menus 'druge of the kitchen.' No for minol" Then bad followed a hot nud heavy wur of woids, Jouu maintaining A M Happiness llsli, how the deuce can he read It?" asked Richards, trjlng to stab mo with a look. "That's right," I admitted. "Why don't you dmw him a picture of it, then?" "A picture of what?" "I don't know." "Aw, shut up," said my ungrateful friend and turned to the patient. "Kprockcn zo Dutch," ho told him, nnd got a shako of tho head and somo more Chossy-cot grin. "Polly voo tho gay Paree," said Richards, nftcr thinking a while, and tills got him a sluro of polite oplssl tutlo followed by another nll-cucom-passlng grin. "HI yah, sub gub yakamee uo oheckco no washeo," I put In playful ly and received as much encourage ment as Richards. "It gels me," muttered my fellow worker its ho surveyed the expansive smile In bewilderment. "Ho must bo something or other. Ho looks llko a bear." "No, ho Isn't a bear," I 3tatcd posi tively. 1 had seen several bears. "He looks something llko John." "That's tho first sensible Idea I ever heard you express," congratulated Richards. "Send for John, whllo I watch It." i "Sure, sure," I replied without knowing what ho meant. "That wus ti fine Idea; great head." And I pushed the Turkish Janltor'n call button. After a fow minutes John, the Turk. A Home Maker before I found It out. And I shouldn't have known if Jano hadn't heard him say It; but. all tho same, I've despised her ever since sho told me, aud I can't help lit" As sho set her pies away, a sudden Impulse sont her hurrying up Into the attic. Pulling a trunk out from under (ho eaves, sho dusted and unlocked it. Taking out n puckage carefully wrapped In bluo tissue paper, sho opened II nnd shook out h white satin gown, Its bodlco veiled In yollowed, filmy lace, Stroking tho shimmering folds across her lap hor lips trembled pileously then settled into a defiant line. .Sho wouldn't cry she Just wouldn't! But dchpitn her determination, a mo ment later, tho dress was tossed arldc, her head went down on the edge of the open trunk, and heavy sobs racked her from bend to foot. She had loved her flniice with tho passionate adora tion of a nung girl; and tho shnttor Ing of her love dream had been a blt tei blow. M The very independence of Amelia! She had sold the spoons that were a wedding present from her aunt, and had cost $25 or more n doien! Aud the old hull clock! Why, he although It was a maternal heirloom on his w ifo's side had refused 1200 for II While ho went to the hull to see If the clock was really gone, Amelia who being cnirlrd miles away fiom him by the fnst moving train. After a two days' Joiirno. which sceinp'd n jcar, she readied her boii's bedside. He clasped his wasted arms around her neck, nnd his sunken ejes drinking In her every look, ns he cried Joyfully, "0, ma! M durllng mother, you've como." "Yes. child Yes. cs, my boy, mot liar's come!" A few diivs nftcr David said, "I wish M was heie, too. But fathers aro dlf fcienl. It's mothers thut stick to a feller through thick and thin. O, ma! I can't realize that It's nvo years tdneo I saw vou. I've tiled hnrd, mil out his part of the argument with ve hemence. Peggy with flu; und anger and ending up with the stlnglni, and blinding infoi motion, "And you've gone and went and done jourself too much honor, mister, to think I'd be jour kitchen diudgc, for I'll bo no bodj'8 galley slave. I'm going on the stage to bo a famous prima donna -so there!" And John, cut to the quick, hnd run away from homo and had tint seen her since, But tonight as ho paced his studio, with the chceiful glow from the open Hie casting wistful shadows, ho lived tho scene all over again. He won dered how llttlo Peggy wus. He knew she had left tho llttlo town after the death of the aunt with whom she had lived He wondeied whether she had kept to her old determination to t," on the stugo, and he shuddered For all her temper aud girlish arrogance, Love appeared and I then discovered what my great idea was. "John, wo sent for jou to act as in terpreter," said Richards. "Thin gen tleman Is a foreigner and we thought pcrhnpB you could find out and tell us what ho wants." John looked the oilier over careful ly for a moment and then let loose u collection of sounds which were so much llko our victim's warblo that 1 knew at onco the two must be near relatives. When John got It all out, however, and Hclnz put on that wide smile and began to shako his head I began to fool discouraged and wanted to go home. Richards looked si loved, too, and John Deemed disappointed, but recovered almost at once and a pe culiar look enmc to his face; a look that mado a juvenile shiver scoot up my Bplnal column without any reason whatever. Tho Turkish Janitor's )os narrow ed, ho leaned toward the other nnd spoke a few word3 which sounded like a saw striking a knot. Immediately Helnt's smile leappcarcd, but accom panied this time by a vigorous nod ding of tho head, and the next moment wo were pulling John oft" the patient and trjlng to find out what In hades hud happened J'HInt Bulgarian." veiled tho Turk, after ho had ceased to struggle. "My brother him get kill las' week I Bul garians kill him -I kill Bulgarian!" Things were looking brighter every moment now and tho prospects for a But proseutly the storm passed. She folded the dress again In Its blue tis sue wrappings and took it downstairs. "I'll contribute It to tbo rummage sale aud sell It to Henry's wlfo! ' Hhe declared grlmlj. locking it away In the front room closet. It wus the night of tho sale.l Tho church vestry was ciowded, and sales were brisk. Allda was busy keeping her customers In a "buying mood" by her witty though good-natured com ments on her wures. Sho hud nearly succeeded In convincing u deacon that It was his duty to purchase nn anti quated bonnet "to help the cautr" when hor budlnnge died on her lips, and her face whitened under hor smiles. Henry was coming toward her table, n handsome, smartly gowned woman on his arm! Allda took in every de tail of her face and form In ono awlft, surreptitious glance. Sho also took In the fuet that sho was jears uldcr than the man by her side. "A ninnev match!" she thought. hero to do right. I have, honest. Haven't drank a drop since I left Home I've hud my lesson. But ev er thing neonied against me, and Just when I was getting a llttlo start, I hud pneumonia, and all my savings had to go for the hospital bill. And now" "Never mind, child, don't worry; mother will stay with oit and care for OII " "I know, but It won't be long, It is September, ain't It? Hasn't Dr. Blown told you? It don't seem squnre, that Just as a feller has learned how to live, he's got to die." "Hush, child, mother will stn.v with ou." A legucy from her aunt came to Amelia a short tlmo after her arrival la the West, and her husband's pic diction Hint sho would soon be send ing to him for money did not come true. That legacy hud a atrungo ef fect upon her. David lingered until Atuil when he egaine Pegg was a trusting little soul, aud there were wolves about! He sunk In to a chair by tho open Are and bulled his face in his hands, Just for u t-Ight ot her again now that success had come sho wouldn't have to be a kitch en diudgc, and ho was broader now nnd moro considerate of womun'u place In the world, And, oh! for u sound of that glorious voice! Suddenlj he sat up. Krom a studio next door u plaintive little song, ac companied by a master hand on the piano, cume clearly to his ears It thrilled, throbbed und called; there was a pause which signified waiting, then It called again st longer, lougiug h und pleadingly. John Lang above evcrj thing else was honorable aud would huve scorn ed au eavesdropper, yet he dellbeiute ly moved aside the heavy bookcase which barricaded tho door betweeu his flist-class murder never seemed bet ter, but after we hud sat on tlin vengeful Turk a while, talked to him as n couple fathers, shook some light of understanding into IiIh head, show ed him vvhv II was nclthor advisable nor polite to Indulge In miscellaneous minder at thin time and gave him two perfectly good dollars, he consented to postpone the killing until homo fu'.uro dnto and wc let him up. "Now. John," coaxed Rieliuids. "we've got to find out what he wants and vou nio our only hope Please, John'nsk him Just this ono little cues tlon, and nfler wc gel through wltn him jou can kill him ul! ou like. John was stubborn but finally per suaded, tinil shot a sizzling query at the patient Immediately came tlin answer and even .vet that vast sin ten of grin lingered. Nothing could wipe that out. "What doc3 he sjj?" wc asked eugcrly. The Janitor stood n moment pu; .sled 'I hen he glunced over the loom and a look of genuine mirth showed through the generous coat of engine greaso at d coal dust on his face. "No understand him," he said, and wo know he lied, but tho next mo ment ho was gone. "Well. I'll b" dunged!" said Rich ards and sat down suddenly. "On two," I teplled, nnd mopped my brow. And then, like a blight light shining through the dnikncss, Heiti aiosc, scornfully, mentally bracing hetsclf for tho trying ordeal of greeting her old lover under the curloun ejen watehlug her; and so, like a wlso Fun eral, she took the Initiative; and an tho couplo drew near, sho called out a frlendlj : "Wclcomo back to Woodvllle! You'll flud many of jour old friends her to night, and I hope that you and jour--" She paused purpose), anil Henry mm mured a polite. If somewhat shaky: "Mrs, er. I want jou to meet an old friend of mine Miss Allda Barnes." Allda put out a slim bund to meet the warm grnBp of the older woman, who, after expressing her pleasure at meeting any friend of "HenryV began looking over tho articles on sale. Sho finally turned to her companion, who stood leaning against tho table, hla ejes frankly fastened on the faco of the saleswoman on tho other slil of It. "I can't soem to find anlh'i!g I could use. Hcnr." she said apologet By, died. HIb mother's eyes were Mght but tearless. Hers was an Intense na turo that had moved too long in nar row limits. John met his wife at the station. He had n crepo band aiound his hat, and kissed her with gravity. "I've mado all ariangementH for tho funeral. Amelia, we'll havo tho best of evci thlng, I've engaged sonic fine dug- CIS," "John, he won't know now The lime was when our boy went wioug, to have stuck to him." "But he disgraced my name " "He never was a bad boj." upolo gied the mother, "hut easily led. Ho never would have got into that brawl It he hadn't been drinking. Wo aro botli to blunio for his bringing up. We laughed nnd thought how cuto ho was, when wo should have checked him. and lie grew up thinking how anurl Im was. WheiKhe came home that tilglil ou told him ou wouldn't holp him. he'd disgraced ou. Tliiew awn and the music teacher's studio, and peeped in thiough the keyhole. Now. the radius discernible thiough a key holo Is not particularly spacious, and jet it la surpilslng what emotions the vision there visible can sometimes pioduce. The glil stood beside the piano and John Lang saw u golden head, topped by a rather unfashionable hat, a girl ish bosom, heaving under a sliabb) diess with the emotion of her yong, and white hands clasped convulsively together. Was It possible Pegg) had been studjlng In the very next room to his without his knowledge, ho won dered. This was the only night of tho week that he made a piactlee of giving up work absolutcl. and that was probabl the night Pegg was tukinc liorstC83on It seemed an eterult before It was over, with Us exasperating scalei uud crossed over to the dental chair, seat ed himself, pointed to tho tools lying nhout and rubbed tho side of his face. "Aw, why didn't wo think of It bo forc," giowlcd my partner. "Of course, he has something tho matter with his teeth or he wouldn't come hero. All we need do is ovinilnn his grlndots, find what Is wrong and flv II. A pood dentist doesn't havo to bn told what the trouble is. (Ice, wo aro a couple of mils." So Ilicliaids set out to discover something. All doubt had now van ished do n i liis mind; he wan master of the animation; again down to Ills calm, collected self nnd operating at Ids profession. in a very busluess-llkp manner lie pried tho victim's Jaws npatt and looked In. "Dirty." lie niutlcicd. "I'll clran litem up llrsl so I can nco what they look like." It was a skillful operation nnd qulckl.v perfoiniod. When finished Heinz looked In I lie mlirnr. grinned at himself and noted that his features had been Improved. Then ho grinned at ttlcliaids and nodded liln head to show that all was going welt, but on second thought looked serious, almost astonished, and again ruhhrd his face. "L'h-hiili. toolhaqho?" nalil Rlchtuds. nodded his head at the patient and rubbed his own faco In reply. "Prettj sort." ho wild to himself, "pretty nofl," and began sorting ovoi his tools of lot tin o, whilo I nurtiked 8y Joe Buschc ically, lie turned, smiling at her puz zled face. "Oh, buy an thing," ho advised, "people hii at a rummage nalo Just for the Mike of buying, to holp tho cause, whatever II ma be." Tho pa) etiological moment had come! Allda turned like a flash. Fioin a box behind the table, she drew forth a wonderful, Hhlrnmcrlng mass of rutin and lace; shook out the lustrous folds and murmuring swccll): "Possibly your our wife might llko tliln. as -an a souvenir. You'll see It Is nomowhal old-fosliloncd. It was Intended for a wedding gown; hut the brldo-to-be found out Hint her piomlscd husband wus not was not" Sho found her voice deserting her, and stooped to pick up a fallen pln ciirIiIoii. Tho other woninn uttered an excla mation of delight. "Wh.v. It's beautiful beautiful!" she riled. "Of course I'll buy It! It Clarence Carder. join boy because he didn't turn out perfect, when 'twus jour own fault " John tried to speak, but uo words cume. She went on: "When 1 used in try to correct him oi punish him, .vou'tl speak right up, and David knew. So I, weak thing that I was. let you havo jour way, as in everything, nnd wo lost our boy; and you. when you might havo saved him. let him go, for he had disgraced jour name. You wero a dlsgiueo to him, I'm thinking." II was small cousolutlon to Amelia Hint tho wholo town turned out to Da vid's funeral. Hho thought tho tlmo to do for our own Is while thov nro alive, and not wait until they aro dead, Aftnrwuids, their lifo wus a strange ono, although to outsiders it was much the same hh before. John visited Hie cemetery often, Folks said that Im look Ida boy's deatli harder than Ills wife did. Bui that ginvo held tho tinged or their lives. Amelia was not Hie sumo. One dti By l-lsic !:ndico(t mechanical exetctseB, but Ilaug was waiting at the clovHtor the minute the 6li I emerged. He was shocked nt her frail appearance. The high coUr of other eais had given away lo a clcur white lovol) In Its transput enc), but pathetic in Us Indication of her cloll-rac)-while In place of the plump, lounded figure appouud thut of the sylph As Peggy lecognlzed him, she mow n her bicath, and though her o)cs lighted, sho spoke uo word Nenhei did he, but hungry eyes melted into each otlici, aud outstietchcd hands that wore empty with longing clasped waimly Lang biought her iuto his stud) How has the world been to you'"' he ventuied, drawing tip a chair "Oh, wretched! I'm u otenogtapher not a paitu'utal) good one. Tor 1 loathe it, but It's the onl) thing 1 cau aiound andtirn.j... grin r hm,,;.. """ present iinin ,,,'. '"'St Irnnt "no luolh ViS? tia.i.,1 urnuS . , '" inai one if Inrs contained a n, ,! Iiunif.il It araorfb oll which our patt 2 ;'"tH.v thereafter ,VI ... ... muic JMKClUft., - '" e lot Hit, rml nil,- -l. :i spoil, the truth am , ffiiu ' Before closlc;. botrs Mii'iiuiMi wmi ItClQI lstk. door like an electric ia ... ... ni-vn luerrmir.u light caBt upon th( iii;r nlnlied by tlio TutklnU fllfltll,ll In ,n ... ... i. "Been thlnkln'," tt u III A ..III .. l.r.1 J..I n ...i win n imi mm flfflfl-j stop hero and iee Hm nnhln' da . li . . thj ilk it is barber ita.' ulini n Iiib' M... ii " 0"t, do d i ra j...... una murt niBHC Thru wlthaudiollife oil and left us toourtb ,.nllnliil. t.n.1 ... .I.... , . ... ..nj iimj uui mine had Ji'iknl uut onto! hit 2 will work la ipteolUkl lea u x next winter. Htsn I At the sight of III hi face went white, will look at A d.hdrtiM mass away from blitpj a decided: "No. Aunt Ortrolt-Ul claim tills! Aid Will - vou are evidently V a mistake. This liirli'.l my Undo Henry, far ni named Through no Mj fdenincantv." 'raitUllt with a wedding prititl Flon, 1 shall not reittiUlrJ to wear It. Please Will keep It till tomorrow tsJ Henry Joins us wen. uiih In nil vnnr adtktllttt ou see. I want s hoo than a houscKeereri : And Allda. enllsMttdt n .ii(rrent In muhi . nrolnn .if HlO H.1TIU TCl ugo. uttered a low biitc "I shall be very j3i when Uer bita; . .. .. - ..1,1 uftR U- ciocii File J"u -" -',,. "Don't jou ever Ml nor the spoons ilu " BOl iu ; - i ... . ,. tmll' 111 "I know ii, """-, wi )CP"f "'.In. IW 1 ulirt aim ' j, , ( to ill) own wi .,,.. SV K-Vjf wpntonvwiuB"-UMf ,CS8 HC adopt Jl "J '"'".I Vooknow, and Jim t'aru".tihit bod) seems lo " helping iie.r hrinq round cH"" when r.nesi"" v TuM hli'. JbD' U,. ,o rn o"y;AW n B,JTv "I l,oie '' nrlV for nl''" ' "V.jpflU1 hllll-l,0Mfi H ull.at lilt. pi"1?, -aihT the """th,o! aim's -mu i", K le back, aru Med ,..,! And Plir"J biac'swr.-- .,1,1V ... i. that Vs,,..nrt 1 ." litVll lu that glorious