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UNOAY, MAY 7, 190S. THE MORNIKGIASTQRIA N, ASTORIA OREGON. r V The Western Academy of Music Hooutloo, Oratory and i - .', ... Dramatis Art ef Pertland .Oregon, . y' ...... v, 2 . y H . j ' : I 1 1 III II -J .' f 4: ,51 Pref. Adrlsn tpplng. 1 Pref. W. M. Ratmui " Hsve epened a brsnsfc In thl elty. ; ! .' ' rer.4f m aM time spply te Mr. John Shields, Lessl Manage. Ne. 163 Cemmerelsl Street, Attfrla, 1 , , . Tsrana Sar vole-Mr.','4:pplnf, ij.boj Mr. Shfelds, lies.' ,;. Tarmior.Eloouilon, drttorr and Dramatic Art, Mr. RMmn, It'll par baton. .,,; , . y --v ' .-.,:. Terme for Piano, Miss jWynoUa, Uo per lesson. Jelo the U4W OIm Oub Ml Sight Singing class, under the Initruc- in oc nr. sppmf. Term". 11.00 per month, cb class. t G M-R ' Has always in stock a -., ': " fine assortment of ' Boots antfShoes -mi;:BIUNDUBBER BOOfS. f Call and See. Bond Street. A . - I. .The r Astoria j . . . . ' . . Restaurant. If you want t good, clean , meal or if you rc in a hurry you ihould goto,the -H , Astoria Restaurant ' Thli fine restaurant ii thoroughly up.to-; ; (A date in every detail. - EXCELLENT MEALS. , f .:-. EXCELLENT SERVICE Ititttttttti A L , rriTTf'T 6e: j Gentleman I -i.,.'f if; Indtana V2p, HOOTH '''TAHXtfQTO'f :Kt;tt;H:tfttt:t;::;:unilHn!H ASTORIA IRON WORKS JOHN FOX, Prta. and Soyt. FLUISUor. Secretary A. T.. FOX, VlraPrn. v ASTORIA tiAVIXOS BASK, Treaa Designers and Manofactarcrs of k the Latest ijitroved ' Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers, Complete Cannery OutfiU Furnishe C0HRC5PONDCNCE SOLIOTCO. . Foot of Fourth Street Aatorla, Ore Scow Bay Iron S Crass VorI(s Manafactarcrs en ' t- ; Iron, Steel, Brass and Bronze Castings. ... . General Foundrydien and Patternmakers. .j ;..;,.-.. , 'Absolutely firstelasi wbrk. Tricea lotfesfc ' PIicne245IiV. r. -Comet ElUhteenthiid Franklin. HOTEL, PORT LAN D , The Finest Hotel Iti the Northwest PORTLAN D r ' ftGO&:: . V Electrical JLja. a Waanr ,W are horougbly prepared for makinu eelimatua aud- exeeutlng ordera for " 'all klmla of eJeotrical Installing and ; '.f repairing, jjuppllee la atook. . W ' eallthe Celebrated 8HLBT LAMP. , Call top rhon116L 428 BOND STREET 'filer the exclaimed. "I know vbea t.auy arway, I gneaa.. Do go ind put that terrltle jrvo up." , no," aaia tfnacoo Hgcunf him cgu dellbwat!.-, ir jail aafr tbere'a no (lumtlon of thatt but maybe WtJtlam and 1 bcttrr; go put and tflke a amoke In tb orchard a kmg'aa tber $taj down at the cwek." ' -4 In the garden fhafts of white light pierced' the bordering treea and (ell where June'tpet breathed the mild night breexe, and here, through atun mer apella, the editor of the tlmU! and the ladj who had run te blin ai the paatare ban ktrolled down a path trembling with thadowa to where the ere It tinkled over the pebble. They walked elowly, with aa air of being well aecuatomed frienda and comradea. and for some reaeWIt did not strike either of tbPtn aa unnatural or extraor dinary. Tbey came to a bench on the bank, and he made a great fusi duat iug tbe seat for her with bla black aloucb hat Then be regretted the hat it waa a shabby old bat JT a Cartow' eountx fnnhion. . : " " " . '. ' T ' It waa a Jong henrb, and be seated hlniwlf rather remotily toward the end onpnviie her, suddenly realising that be bad walked very close to her coining down the narrow garden path. neither knew that neither bad sookeu since they left the veranda, and tt bad laaen tnein a long time to come tliroucb the little orchard and tbe gar. li-n. She rested her chin on her liand. leaning forward and looking steadily at the creek. Her laughter bad quite ftono; her attitude seemed a little wist ful and a little sad. He noted that her iwlr curled oer her brow In a way he Jmd Hot pictured in the Indy of his dn'aius. This, waa so much prettier. lie did not care for tall girls. He bad not cared for them for almost half an hour. It waa ao. much mora beautiful to be dainty and small and piquant He bad no notion that be waa sighing In a way that would have put a fur nace to aha me, but be turned bis eyes from her because be feared that if he looked longer be might blurt out some ipeech about her loveliness. His I i e i e i ,. ', ( (el CeftjnrW IS$f, hr VmtU44jr (3X MiClurt C tit - ... Cwyrliki. 1902 MtCturt, TkltUp ZL Cm. "I ihould say not-sald WUIIsju. with a deep frown and a Jerk of bis head toward the rear of the bouse "lie Jokes about it enough. Wouldn't even promise to carry a gun after this. Said hs wouldn't know bow to use It never shot one off since be was a boy, on the Fourth of July. This Is tbe third tune he's be'n shot at this year, but be say a. the others was at a- wbat 'd b can itr . "'A mmli complimentary range, 9 Briscoe auppnVd. lit bandedf William cigar and bit the end off another him self. "Minnie, you better go in the bouse and read, I expect, unless yoo want to go down to the creek and Join wose toils- j . i e . . , -e. , e. , .e e In thTpCTturbifhYa of eoned7rr7of got- "It waa melodrama, wasn't itr she said. He laughed, but she shook bet "Purest comedy," be said gayly,wt Shelrman lmfer Co. ' IHENRY BHERMAX, Ilanager ' ' ; ' ' ! Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks 'and ( urniture wagoug- ftanos Moved, Boxed and Shipped. , M 433 Commercial Street Phone Main 121 ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK CapitalTatJ In tlOO.OOa 8 urpltu and Undivided Profits I3S.Q0C : ; Transaota a general banking business. Interest paid on time deposits. J. a A. BOWLBY.i 0. L PETERSON, FRANK f ATTON. J. W, OA NEB .President Vios President Cashier. Asst. Caahier J 68 TENTH STREET. yj$TORIA, ORE SUOwr knew that ntithtr had spoken.' glanca rested on , (he hank, but iti diameter Included the edge of her white skirt and the Up of a little white, high Dooled allpper that peeped out from beneath, and he had to look away from that too, to keep from telling her that he meant to advocate a law compelling all women to Wear crisp white gowns aad white kid illppera on moonlight ' night ' ; She picked a long spear of graas from 'the turf before 'her, twisted It absently In her fingers, then turned to him slowly. Her Hps parted aa-lX to apeak. Then aba turned away again. Tbe action was so odd, somehow, as she did It so adorable, and the pre served v silence was. such a bond be tween them, that for bis life be could not have helped moving halfway op the bench towardJtan . ' , !.' 4 "What la itr be'askedand he spoke in a wuisper aucn as he mlsht have cept yoov part of it Ton shouldn't havs dona It This evening was not arranged In honor of vislting lsdies.' But yoa musrn t tbink me a comedian. Truly, I didn't plan It My. friend from Six Crossroads must be given the credit of devising the scene, though yoa divined It-' .-. "It wsj a Bttle too picturesque. think. ,1 know about Six Crossroads. Please tell me what yoa mesa to do." "Nothing, What should I r - "Xoa mean that you will keep on let ting them shoot at yoa until they-untU you" . She struck the bench angrily with her hand. . ', '"There's no summer theater In Six Crossroads. There's not even a church. Why ahouldn't heyr be asked grave ly, -uunng tbe long and tedious even ings It cheers tbe poor Crossroeder's soul t drop over here and tske a shot at me. It whiles away duU care for him, and he has the additional exercise of running all tha way borne." "Ahr abe cried Indignantly. "They told me you alwsys answered like this." "Well, you see, the Crossroads efforts bare proved ao thoroughly hygienic for me. As a patriot I have sometimes felt extreme mortification that such bad marksmanship should exist In the coun ty, but I console myself with the thought that their best ahots are, un happily, In the penitentiary." "There are many left- Can't you un derstand that they will orgajtlxe again and come In a body, as tbey did before you broke them upT And then. If they come op a night when tbey know yoo ar wandering' oot of town ." ;You have not bad the advantage of an intimate study of the most exclusive people, of the Crossroads. Sliss Sher wood. 'There are about thirty gentle men who remain In that neighborhood while their relatives sojourn under dis cipline, u yoo baa the entree over there, you would understand that these .thirty could po gather themselves Into a company and march the seven miles without physical debate In the ranks. Tbey are not precisely amiable people; even among themselves.' They would quarrel and shoot one another to pieces long before tbey got here." "But tiK-y worked ja a company once," "Never for seven miles. Four miles waa their radlul. FJre would see them all dead.", She struck the bench again. "Oh, you Isugh at me! Ton make a Joke of your own life and death and laugh at every thing. Have, five years of Plattvllle taught you to do thatr "I laugh only at taking the poor Crossroaders too seriously. 1 don't laugh at your running Into fire to help a fel low mortal." "I knew there wasn't any risk. I knew he had to stop to load before be ahot again." "He did aboot again. If I bad known you before tonight I" Hla tone changed, and be spoke gravely. "I am at your feet In worship of your divine philanthropy. It's, so much finer to risk your life for a stranger than for a friend." ' 4 ' , . , "That la a man's point of view, Isn't itr . "Ton risked yours for a man you bad never seen before." , "Oh, no. I saw you at the lecture. I heard yoa introduce tbe Hon. Mr. Hal loway." , ' i . 1 ,; - "Then U don't understand your wish ing to.tave me." - ' ,l She juvlled unwillingly and rtirned her gray eyes upon him, with troubled sun nlncss, snd tinder the sweetness of her regard be set a watch upon bis lips, though be knew it would not avail him long. He had driveled along respect ably so far, he thought, but he bad the sentimental, longings of years, starved of expression, culminating in his heart She continued to look at him wistfully, searchlngly, gently. Tbeo her eyes trav eled over hla big frame, from hla shoes (a patch of moonlight fell .on thera; they were dusty; he drew them under tbe .bench with a shudder) to jils broad shoufters "(he shook the ptoop out of them). She stretched her small white liands toward him and looked at them in contrast and broke into the most de licious low laughter In the world. At this be knew the watch on his llpa was worthless, It wss a question of min utes till he should present himself to her eyes aa a. sentimental and suscep tible Imbecile. Hs knew it IleVas In wild spirits. -' , "Could yoa realise that one of your I - capita! tins advantages like tliatT JTelt wimrr uie rouway siauon IS 10 DSVS a new stove for the waiting room. Hear en itself is one of our suburbs it is so close that all one has to do is to die. Tou Insist upon my being French, you ae, and I know yoa are fond ,of non sense. How did yoa (happen to put Tbe Walrus snd tbe Carpenter at the bottom of a page of Fisbee's notes r . "Wss it I How were yuojursit waa ir .... , ."In Cartow county r . . Tie might bare written it himself." "Fisbee has never in his life read anything lighter than conelfonn ' io ctiptlooa.' ' 'v " KMIss Briscoe"-. .' "8he doesn't read lewis CsrrolL and Jt was not her band.' What made yoa write it on Flsbee's mannscriptr " " "He was ' here this sfternoon. I teased him a little about your beading ia the Ueraid-'Bnslness end tbe Cra dle, tjur Altar and tbe 3rave.' Isn't Itt and "he said it bsd always 'troubled him, but your predecessor bad need Jt and you thought It good. So do I. H asked me if I. could think ef anything that you mjgbt like better and put ia place of it and I wrote The Time Has Come,', because It was tha only thin I could think of that was as appropri ate and aa fetching aa yoar headlines. ue.was perfectly dear about it" He was so serious. He said be feared tt wouldn't be acceptable. I didn't notice that the paper he bsnded me to write on waa part 0f his 'ootea; nor did be. I think. Afterward be pot It back in bis pocket . It wasn't a message." . I m not so sure be did not notice. He te very wise. Do yoa know, I nave the Impression that the old fellow wanted me to meet you." "How dear and good of him!" . She poke earnestly, and her face waa suf fused with a warm light There was no doubt about her meaning what she said. It was," John answered nnstesdlhr. "He knew how great was my need of few minuter companionable nets wun with "No," she lnterrpnted. T meant dear and good to me. I think be wss think ing of me. It wss for my sake be wanted na to meet" . It might hare been bard to convince woman if abe had overheard this speech that Miss Sherwood's humility was not tbe calculated affectation of a coquette. Sometimes a man's unsus plcion la wiser, end Harkless knew that she waa not flirting with him. In addition, be was not a fatuous man; he did not extend the implication of her words nearly ao far as she would have bad him. .. "But I bad met you," said be, "long ego." .."What!" she cried, and her eyea danced, j "Too actually rememberr' Tes. Do your be answered. "I stood In Jones" field and beard you singing, snd I remembered. It was a long time since I bad beard yoa sing: ' T was a nifflar of Flanders 1 . And fousht for a florin's kin. Tou wr the dame of my captain ' And san to mjr heart's desire. "But thst is the bslladlst's notion. The truth Is that you were a lady at the court of Clovls, and I was a heath en captive. I beard you sing a Chris tian hymn and asked for baptism." She did not seem overpleased with his fancy, for, the surprise fading from her face, "Oh. that wss the way you remembered." she said.' "Perhaps It was not that way alone. You won't despise me for being mawk ish tonightr he asked. "I haven't ,had the chance for so long." , The night air wrapped them warmly. and tbe balm of the Utile breezes that urreu me loiiage arouna tnem waa the smell of damask roses from tbe garden. Tbe creek splashed .over the pebbles at their feet, and a drowsv bird, half wakened by the moon, croon ed languorously In the aycamores. The girl looked out at the sparkling water through downcast lashes, "Is it be cause It Is so transient that beauty Is pathetic," she said, "because we can never come back to It in quite the aame way? I am a sentimental girl If you are born so It Is never entirely teased out of you. Is It? Besides, to night is all a dream.- It isn't real, you know.- You couldn't be mawkish." ' Her tone was gentle at a caress, and it made him tingle to" bis finger tips. "How do you know r' he' asked. "I Just know. Do yoa : think ' mt very bold and forwkrdr she aald dreamily. - , . ' i "It was your song I wanted to be sentimental about I am like one who through long days of toll'-only that doesn't quite apply-'and nights devoid of ease,' but I can'tclaim that one doesn't sleep yell here; it la Plattvllle'a specialty like one who- "Imt'was ff about tCTmejoJlear abe said. "Nothing. I don't know bow to thank yoa for this evening that yoa have giv en me. I I suppose you are leaving to morrow. No one ever stays here. I" "What about tbe melodies r He gave It op. The moon makes peo ple tnaaoef he cried.. . . , "If that is true, then yoa need not be more afraid than L because Deonle' la plural -What were yotl saying about" "I bad beard them ia my heart When I beard our voice' tonight I knew that it waa yoo "who sang tbeni there, bad been singing them for me al wsys." ;:N ;,'f ff.v,f v; . "So!" she cried gay'ly. "All that de bate about a pretty , speech r Tba, sinking before bira-ta a courtesy, "I am beholden to yoo," she said. "Co yoa think no man ever made a little fUt tery for me before tonightr ... V " At the edge of "the orchard, where tbey could keep an unseen watch on the garden and tbe bank of the creek. Judge Briscoe and Mr. Todd were ensconced , wader an apple tree, tbe former still armed with his shotgun. When tha young people got up from' their bench, the two men rose bastiry, then saunter ed slowly toward them. When they cast, Harkless shook each of them cor stially by tbe hand without sweating to know it , , , ,,:.;:f ,... , .-v., . "We were coming, to, took fee.ycu? explained tbe Judge. "William waa afnild to go borne alone thought some one might take him for Mr. Harkless and shoot him. before he got Into town. Can yoa come out with Willetts in the morning. Harkless," be went on, "and go with the young ladlea to sea the parade? And Minnie wants yoa to stay to dinner and go to the show with them in the afternoon." . , Harkless seized hla hand and shook tt and then laughed heartily aa ha accept ed the Invitation. , At the gate Miss flherwood extended er hand to him and said politely, . wniie mockery shone trom her eyes: "Good night Mr. Harkless.. I do not leave tomorrow. I am very glad to have met yoo. .v..- ; v . "We are going to keep her all sum mer, if we can," said Minnie, weaving her arm about her friend's waist. "You'll come in the morning r : "Good night Miss Sherwood." he re turned hilariously. "It has been such a pleasure to meet yoa. Thank yoo so much for saving my life. It was very good of yoa, indeed. Yes; in the morn ing. Good night good night" He -shook bands with all of them. Includ ing Mr. Todd, who waa going with him. He laughed all the way home, and Wil liam walked at his side In amazement The Herald building was a decrepit frame structure on Mala street It had once been a email warehouse and was now sadly in need of paint Close- ' ly adjoining It in a large, blank looking yard, stood a low brick cottage, over which the second story of the o'd ware house leaned in an effect of tipsy af- ... fectlon that had reminded Harkless, -.' when he first saw it of an old Sunday school book woodcut of an inebriated parent onder convoy of a devoted child. The' title to these two buildings and . tbe blank yard bad been included in the purchase of the Herald, and the cottage waa the editor's borne. There waa a "light burning upstairs ' In the Herald office. From the street . a broad, tumbledown stairway ran np . on the outside of the building to the second floor, and at the stairway rail- lng John turned and shook hla com panion warmly by the hand. "Good night William." he aald. "It was plucky of you to Join In that musa tonight I shan't ferget It" "I Jest happened to come along," ra the other awkwardly. Then, a portentous 'yawn, he asked. "Still heard in his soul the aausle Of wonderful melodies." "Yes," she answered, "to come hers and to do what you have done aad to live this Isolated village lite -that must be so desperately dry and dull for a man of your sort and yet to have tbe kind of heart that makes wonderful melodies sing la itself-oV she cried. 1 say that la finer "You do not understand. he return- ed sadly, wishing before her to be un mercifully Just tp himself. "I came here because I couldn't make a living anywhere else. And the "wonderful melodies' I have only known you one plied with Ain't ye goln' to bedr" "No; Parker wouldn't allow It "Well," observed William, with an other yawn, which threatened to ex pose tbe veritable soul of him. "I d'know how ye stand it It's closte on U o'clock., Good night", ' John went up the steps, slnrins? aloud ' , ' ."For tonight well merry, merry be. . For tonight we'll merry, merry be," . and stopped on the sagging platform at the top of the stairs and gave the moon good night with a ware of the , hand, and friendly laughter. At this It suddenly struck him that he was twen-' ty-nlne years of age and that he had laughed a great deal ,that evening: laughed and laughed over things not in- the least humorous,' like an excited schoolboy making-a first formal call; that he had shaken hands with Miss Briscoe when be left her as If he should never see her again; that he had taken Miss Sherwood's hand twice in one very temporary parting; that he had shaken the judge's hand five times and WUIIam'a four. "Idiot.1" he cried. "What has hap pened to mer ' Then he shook his fist at the moon and went In to work, be thought .. r; (Continued Next Sunday.) Subscribe for The'Astorian. dangers might be a shaking V she rneu. -is rour seriousness a iosi anr evening and tha moiiM u. . . . , - f "O . uv iwr useo. at xne Deaaiqe or a ayinsr friend, uer laugnter ceased suddenly. . "Ah. Mo his feet and tnnir a r tie would nof have", laughed if be had J no! I understand Thiers said, the the garden. "Come," be said. "let me known he did so. She twisted the spear ef grass into a little ball and threw it at a stone in the water before she an swered: ' t " Do you know, Mr. Harkless. you and I have not 'met' have wef Didn't we forget to be presented to each otherf ' ... r -. L-hgJTtir French laugh always In order not to weep. I haven't lived here five years. I should laugh, too, If I were you." "Look at the moon," he responded. "We Plattvllllana own that with the best of metropolitans, and, for my part I see more of It here. Yon do not ap preciate us. We have large landscapes and fell unon ber head. lie rained lie Mart ef the dtv. and what other. ' " . I. . , take you back. Let us go before I"- ue finished with a helpless laugh. She stood by the bench, one band resting on it She stood all In the tremulant shadow. 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