TOE MORNING ASTORIA N, ASTORIA OREGON.
THURSDAY, JANUARY it, 1933,
APRIL
SHOWERS
Hy Hulk Santttl
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The raindrops pattered down
Herri ly and musically aa If an unex
pectea ahower were a moat delightful
thing. They washed the brick pave
ment to a fresh red, mating Uny rim
lets of the gutters.
But Phyllis Dalrymple was not oc
cupied with admiration of the ran
drops' pranks. It was provoking! Ten
minutes before there had not been a
suspicion of rain. And here she was
cooped op on the tiny plana of an
apartment boose, without too remotest
hope of rescue till the rain should
please to cease. How empty the street
seemed toot
. A lose pedestrian! Enviable crea
ture, with rain coat and umbrella,
sauntering along as If being out In the
rain were the pteasantest thing imag
inable, and now what an odd young
man he was stopping right in front
of her to watch the tiny river swirl and
divide upon aa obstructing brick!
I beg your pardon, sir, but could
you possibly let me" Her voice fal
tered. ' Herbert Ward heeled about and be
held, perched on the top step under the
narrow shelter, a most alluring picture
of distress.
. "Can I be of assistance?" he began,
drawing nearer, hat In hand. "You
were speaking to mef ,.
The vision stiffened from Its appeal
ing attitude.
Too most be mistaken, sir. I do
not recall having met you." Then,
hastily, at his look of Injured surprise:
"Oh, yes, yes. Forgive me. I did
speak to yon. Oh, please don't go
away and leave me nowl"
The bewilderment on Ward's face
was so very frank that the girl broke
Into a ripple of laughter.
"Really, I must ask yon to forgive
me again. I do not mean to be rude.
But It was funny to see you looking
as overcome as I felt There! That
smile makes me sure you are , good
natured, and if you'll come up out of
the rain IT1 try to tell you."
Ward accepted with alacrity.
"You see I was caught by the show
er" ard nodded, with a compre
hensive glance at the dainty toilet
"and I simply must go on, because I
promised to take this lace pattern to
old Mrs. Walker, and I always keep
, my word. And I couldn't wait very
long either, because I've 'an engage
ment st 3. And there's no car. no cab.
no anything and you just looked like
salvation and I was sure you hadn't
anything to do, because you weren't
hurrying at all, you know"
"Not a thing except your bidding un
til 3," assented Ward. "I, too, have an
' appointment'" ,v
"Thervjoa could just as well as not
you know," walk along? I don't believe
JV;ever asked any one before," she con
fessed, with a charming blush, in apol
ogy for her embarrassment
"Couldn't have done so well with
years of experience," declared Ward,
looking Interested. "My worthy um
brella and humble self are yours most
devotedly. And as It seems already to
be raining quite a little less viciously
perhaps you'd like to start" be sug
gested. "You are very kind," replied Phyllis
demurely, gathering up her ruffles pre
paratory to setting out
As a matter of fact, It was not rain
ing much now, but the big umbrella
and its stalwart owner were excellent
company in the deserted street
"I almost believe I like unconven
tionallty," said Phyllis, picking her
way as a dainty woman will. "It's
so well, different from everyday."
"I am convinced that I like uncon
ventionally, if this Is it" responded
Ward.
, Phyllis looked reproachful
. "This was what I thought about It
before I first spoke," she said hurried
ly. "Of course we don't know each
other at all"
"Worse luck !" said a voice at her
side.
."but I need to be rescued, and he's
apparently nothing better to do than
rescue me. He looks trustworthy, and
after he takes me to Mrs. Walker's,
where I can send for the carriage, we
shall never see each other again"
"Never see each other again! Oh, I
say, after I do my best"
"and as I am perfectly sure" with
no hesitation to show that she beard a
word of the protest "from his appear
ance that be would not dream of tak
ing advantage of my confidence I think
I shall run the risk of appealing to his
generosity."
They walked for a minute silently.
Then she stole a glance at his clear
cut face, flushed with mortification,
and relented.
Tou are doing me such a favor"
more genially "that I don't mind tell
ing you that I was horribly frightened
after I spoke and truly believe I should
have run away the minute you turned
if it hadn't been for the rain." '
"Thank heaven for rain!" he mur
mured so fervently that they" both
"But" of course," responded rhyllls.
"I couldn't permit myself to presume
upon your kindness when I dont real
ly need you, and, you see. the sun l
trying its best to shine this very min
ute."
"May failure attend its efforta-tnat
ls-I -mean you know how very un
certain such weather is, and if I al
lowed yon to be caught again I'd never
forgive myself."
"Oh, you wouldn't think of it again,
of course,"' she laughed coyly. "But
I should be desolated If I caused you
to miss your appointment It's quite
a little nearer S than it was, you
know."
"Hang the appointment! Oh, I say,
I beg your pardon, you know. But
really I'm having such a good time I'd
forgotten, snd it's a bore anyway."
"The appointment?"
"Yes. a beastly duty, yon see. You
wouldn't mind my unburdening my
self? I'm just In town for a few
weeks on business, and an old school
chum made me promise I'd look up his
sistergave me a letter and all that
which I'm to present this afternoon. I
know her sort too well the frothy,
gushy kind. Old Bob's the right stuff,
but these girls-Lord, I'd no end rath
er be excused. If It had only been
Some one like you, now"
"Oh, you really mustn't say It" came
a oueer. muffled voice.
Ward looked down to see a very pink j
face, a pair or unaccountably roguish
eyes and a tempting mouth that twitch
ed at the comers. t
"Why mustn't I say It?" he persist
ed. "Hang conventionality! There I go
again tint hang it anyway! Here I am
having the best time of my life, and
just because we happen not to have
met formally I can't say what I think.
And, worse still, I've got to go pres
ently and run my head straight into a
noose. Probably flud an 'at home,' and
tie house full of others Just like her.
I'd not rebel at all if you were to take
care' of me that is, if you were will
ing. Can't we be Introduced or some
thing, whatever would be necessary to
make It proper?" J
The pretty face had burned pinker
and pinker.
"Don't you think you're a bit hard
on a girl you've never seen? suinrest.
ed the same muffled voice.
"Don t have to see her. What's more,
don t want to. I know the sort, I tell
you. But Bob"
"Bob who? I might know his sister."
"Bob Dalrymple. Grand old chap
too."
"I knew it!" triumphantly. "I mean
yes, I have heard of him. And here
we are at Mrs. Walker's. You can't
think bow grateful I am for the share
in your umbiella aud your very re
freshing frankness. Goodby."
"Oh, I say! You're going to let me
find you again, aren't you? To lose yon
at once for a mere form when I've
waited all these years."
The genuine distress on his face was!
too much for Phyllis' composure, and
the repressed laughter came in a gale
or merriment
"I won't detain yon longer," she said,
swinging the gate with lier toe. "I have
I an engagement at 8-sonietLlug of a
nuisance too. 1 shall bnve to entertain'
a friend of my brother's, and I under
stand he's rather a stick -not half so
charming as you have been. I'm sure."'
Then the gate sianiu;ed aaiu.st htr
hand, and a shower of white cards
sprinkled the walk. Wc.rd bent to pick
up" her purse end 'f.uni every white,
square wns confronted by the words.
"Miss Pio'llia Dalrymple."
"Miss Dalrymple," lie stammered in
an agony of humiliation. "I-I-hovr
could you Jet me I" ' !
But Phyllis was tripping up the
walk. As she reached the step she
turned and smiled. Just then the sun
burst from behind a cloud, transform
ing the world Into a sparkle of dia
mond drops.
"Miss Dalrymple will be at borne,
alone, at 3," she said. "It is possible
that she would listen to a well, let ns
say an explanation."
Mammoth Sale bt ladies' aiiii
Children's Unci ermislims. ,
Begins Monday, January 30, at 8 o'clock a.m.
AT
Foard
Stokes
Co,
We have been fortunate in securing for this city the exclusive sale of Undermuslins made by one of the lar
gest and lest known manufacturers of popular priced undergarments in the country. This sale will be the' best
prepared from every standpoint that has ever occurred in Astoria. No such grand collection of Women's and
Children s Superior Made Underwear has ever been placed on the retail counters of this city. Immense quanti
ties, varieties and assortments, different than all or any other store can offer. We shall tell you in the quality
of the goods, and cleanliness and purity and their speaking prices what must perforce be omitted here? The
following illustrations will give our customers a hint of these remarkable offerings, See Large Window Display
Lot 1.
Includes values just
as you see them pic
tured only better.
They would sell in the
regular way at from
20c to 35c; commenc
ing Monday you get
your pick for, each
12 l-2c
Lot 3.
Is composed of La
dies' Gowns, Chemise
Drawers and Corset
Covers. Such values
as these you can fully
comprehend only aft
er you have seen them.
Come and take a look.
Your pick, at a garment
29c.
A Few Momenta of Lelaar.
Thrift and Industry have been the
guiding stars of Miss Jelly's life. Dur
ing a sojourn In the Adirondacks with
an invalid niece she made the best of
her time and has only twenty-four
hours to regret hours during which
she was lost in deep woods into which
she had ventured to search for a de
sired medicinal plant
Her absence much alarmed her niece,
and when the search party at last re
turned with Miss Jelly, whom they
had found hungry, but safe, the niece
fell on ber aunt's neck.
"Ob, Aunt Phoebe," she sobbed,
"weren't you frightened to death out
In those dreadful woods all night?"
"Frightened!" said Miss Jelly, with
fine scorn. "No, I wasn't I reckoned
thpre wouldn't be any critters but
what I could get away from If It came
to that, for I can climb with the best
and I'd chosen my tree. But it did
make me mad to think of the chance I
had to study out that knitting pattern
Miss Brown's cousin sent her, and
there I was with not a single knitting
needle or a mite o yarn!" Youth's
Companion.
' 8ickening 8hlvering Fits
of Ague find Malaria, can be relieved
and cured with Electric Bitters. This
Is a pure, tonic medicine; of especial
mfled and Caught ach other in the curatIve lnfluenCe on the disease drlv-
" I rttr It sntlroltr mit rf fh vat am Tt 1
But I really think it-snot raining mucn to be preferred QnMn
lrnn now." aha asM "Thr-wm nntk. . y
ing none of this drug's bad after-ef-
a drop now," she said. "There's noth
ing left but the sprinkle from the
trees."
"It would ruin your frock in no
time." And he gave the exquisitely
gowned little figure another openly ap
proving glance.
fects- . 8. Munday of Henrietta, Tex
writes: "My brother was very low with
malarial fever and Jaundice, till he
took Electric Bitters, which saved his
life. At Chas. Rogers' drug store;
price 60c, guaranteed. ,
Lot 5.
This 1 t alone should
be sufficient to send
you hurrying to our
store, and that's what
you'll have to do if
you get in i on the
ground floor. Values
that two months ago
we couldn't buy for
$1.25 we are selling to
you now at, your pick
for
70c
5,c Wi&iliA
Lot ' ' fk $ IkjsS I Lot 2
3 WSk 3
. li!'J? ssir assi m sMpaM ifi smss . am Mr g . .
Lot 2.
It composed of Corset
Covers, Drawers, Chil
dren's and Misses'
Waists and Gowns.
The making alone it
worth the price we are
asking for the wholi
garment. Take your
pick at, each
19c.
Lot 4
Is similar to Lot 3,
only there's more of
them. Whtt'i the use
of you making your
own garmcntt when
"ch prices as these
prevail. Your nick
for 1
59c.
Lot 6.
The grandest and best
assortment of all are
pure, clean, union
made garments, Style
quality and price, all
combined, gr to make
this what it isthe
most stupendous value
giving assortment ever
offered by any mer
chant. They're worth
p to 3.00; take your
pick at, a garment
$1.18.
Sale commences on Monday next. Don't wait too long, a few days at the most will clean them out.
Fo&ird S4ole o
Astoria, Oregon. , .
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