Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1905)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 190$. THE MORNING ASTOR IAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. " t In Sinple By Everett HolbrOOK - IT I generally conceded that Cne ter Allen Is a soulless brute, aud ttita conviction In regard to blin growe deeper and dwpcr oue learua more about til view of life, lie tine an aatoulahlug familiarity with tbe tuuet wrctcbed experiences of hie fel low creatures, and be relates tbuui with an awful Indifference, : Aud jut I have known Alien to act with great kludue aud delicacy. I bave seen blni express by dood a sym patby which he seems entirely Incapa ble of feellug. 1 hare rsasott to be grateful to him, but when be baa dune me a favor 1 have been well aaaured that If the circumstances bad been a little different he would bave ahot me with the same frown placidity. lie baa an unsytumetrlcal face, the left tide being ao much better than the right that even a photographer could tiirdlr fail to prefer It, Hie forebsad la rajbsr low and narrow at the top; bla eyes are a leaden gray; bla cheek bouea are too high and prominent and bla Upe are hard and thin. It will pnasls a physiognomist to ds- MA a aki m Man wfcit llllWiM tA tli.tl description la often called bandaome. VI ' la B)I at v t MfUIV iur elegance of bla attire ma explain the riddle, or It may be that bla perfectly unaffected manner attract. - Allen baa been a reporter for a doten years, though be snjoys an Income from property In trust that woukl en able blni to live without wort: He la valuable to a newspaper becauee be U never mlaled by entbualastn or de ceived by fil hood. It waa In the way of bla profeaaton that be met Kitty Magtnley. Kitty waa a very pretty young woman who worked In a candy atore for W, a week, fine bad only one dreae for summer aud one for winter, but aha knew how to wear thetn and bow to adorn ber avctf with 10 cents' worth of ribbon. Fho lived with ber fattier, who waa a depraved and drunken rascal, and with two little alsters. One day Magtnley went Into the atore where Kitty worked and aaked her for aome money. Except In one particular atage of Intoxication, be knew better than to do thla, but the fate conspired, and be did It Kitty bad no money and ao ber father picked up a great bar of nut candy off the counter and threw It at ber. It atruck one of the glaet doors protecting the shelves along the wall and there waa a terrible shattering crash, Kitty faint ed aeray, and while ahe Uy npoo the floor behind the counter the band of the law waa laid npoo ber parent Allen bad been paeatng the atore' at the ttma of thla occurrence. lie went In with the crowd and remained front profeealon) eonsideraUous. The flrat thing that Kitty aald on being reetored to conactouaneea waa that .ahe would pay for the , broken glass. Thla variation of the conven tional "Where am If ao aroused Alla that be gave the storekeeper f 15 and received la return a receipt In full for all danagee and a promise not to prose cute MaglnUv or dtecbarge Kitty. The poor girl sobbed with gratitude, being unable to expiree It In any other way. but thla waa cororaw, and Allen ceased to pay any attention to ber. . He called the next day, however, to aaauae blmself that the candy man had kept hla word. He had. But be con fided to Allen that be waa afraid Ma gtnley woukl come In again and make more trouble. Aa a reault of thla Inti mation Allen fell Into a habit of Halt ing the atore four or Ave tliuce a week. Aa to what occurred In the anon, I ave obtained my Facta from the pso- prletor, a little, womanish man with aa ear for everything. It appear that Kltty'a eoIleeguA, an experienced young woman who had been married and do serted, told Kitty one day that Allen waa "maabed." Kltry rejected the aug gestlon aa a wtld absurdity. "Of courae he la," aald ,the grasi widow. "What doea ha come In here for every da buying candy? Do you BupreTba eata It? Why, I've seen him throw It Into the snb can ouUlde the door, lie come here to aee you." Kitty did not believe It, but the next time Allen came lu ahe waa ao nervott that nhe spilled candy alt over the floor, and when be bad gone ahe waa obliged to alt down lu a corner aud fan hetwslf, whereat the wotnau of experi ence laughed. One day when Allen called Kitty bad a targe piece of court planter ou tin , side of ber forehead. he waa ao pain- JuQy aahamed of It tlmt there could be aovjoubt about the cauae of the Injury, tbofigh ahe tried to tell Allen that ehe Lad bumped ber bead agalnat a door. ' Of a alngular coincidence, when Kit ty left the atore that afternoon a 0 cWk ahe met Allen on the neareat ooroer. lie aald that be happened to I passing, aud If ahe didn't, mind walking a little way- Why, of courae. It all looked perfectly natural to the grass widow, who waa a witness ef the (occurrence. . . To afraid your father hurt you jjeetty Udly." aald Allen. And Kitty stopped auddenly, with her face flam ing. "Doe be often do It?" . , Tbe tears began to force their way out of Kltty'a eye. Bbe waa aahamed of tbem, aahamed of the wound, aaham ed of everything In the world. Sometime thoae little Injurlea leave ,a tear, conuaueu au;u buu uiai fcul for a prettr girl wbq wajtsjojlnd O-pyrlglit, lOOJ, by Chr1- Ktherington, a rtrti ttMojud aome day and be an or nament of society, but a good doctor can prevent It, you know, and I happen to be going right now to aee the best man In the bualneaa. If youlLcoms along he'll look at your bead, sod be won't charge you a cent becauae you're a friend of mine.'' For aome atrange reaaon thla propo rtion eeetned to Kitty to have an ad verae moral aapect, but Allen persuad ed ber. Kitty went to aee tho doctor, and be told ber that ahe would bare to come every day for a week at least If she wlabed to avoid a bad acar. He waa a clever man, and be aared ber from dis figurement but be did Dot treat ber for a a affection of tbe heart that waa get ting worse and woree all the time, the waa seeing Allen every afternoon-see-lug blni In ber dreams, both sleeping and waking, too, poor child and aba knew that ahe waa to kta with blm, but she would sever bave believed that be could care for ber If It had not been for the wise woman la the shop. . "He's dead stuck on you," aald thla sapient person. , "Anybody could aee that- . "But be hasn't aald a word about ft." preteeted Kitty. He doesn't even look at me, or whan be does be looks right through toe. And be tatka right through toe too. I don't know half what be eays. I might Just aa well be a telephone for all be cares about me." Tbe wise woman laughed. "Tool! find out" shs aald. Til bet you could make blm marry you If you bad any senss." At this suggestion Kitty nearly fell in a faint, but aha fancied that Mrs. O'Nell did not nottos It When Kitty's wound was almoat mended, Magtnley, who bad noticed that bis daughter was not coming borne Quite ao early In the afternoon, got Into a quarrel with ber about It and atruck ber again. Allen told me of thla occurrence, and be seemed to be Interested In the coincidence that the Injury waa precisely almllar to the former one, except that It waa upon tbe other aide of the girl's head. "Queer, Isn't Itr be aald. "Allen.- aald L "what are yon going to do with thla gtrir n "Nothing." be aald Indifferently. "I'm going to Europe In July." Later be toM me that be bad advised Kitty to run away from home. . I've seen her father be said. "Tberes no dolnf anything with blm. He's be responsible. Ha ought to be In sn asylum." Then why dost you send blm therer I Inquired. Too mnrb treubea," replied Allen. When the ecperteneed Mrs. O'Nell beard that Allen was suggesting flight she aaked Kitty what ahe waa going to da "I hsvent got any peace to go," said Kitty. "nell find you a place," said Mrs. O'Nell - ' "Ooodneesr cried Kitty. "I couldn't miss It is. lis asked me ones where I ceuM go, and I was ashamed to tell bhn tbe I didn't bave a friend in the worW. so I said I bad an aunt in Buf fata. I used to bars, bat she's dead." "Don't you worry," was the response. "When he says go, go. I tell you he's In love with you. He really means It Hell marry you." One day Kitty came to the store a whtts as a gliost Shs was slmost half an hour late and waa breathless with running "I've bees over to the Children's so ciety," shs said. "They're going to take Lottie and Jane.. Father's ao rough with thorn now that I bad to do something. Mr. Allen told me what to do. And I'm going away. It seems awful to leave father, but Mr. Allen eays there Isn't anything else to do. I've got to. Tbat'a all there la about It" "I'm glad you're getting a little aenae," responded Mrs. O'NeH. There waa a pause, and then poor, distracted Kitty seised the woman's band. "Are you sare ke cares about met" ahe demanded In a choking, agonised whisper. "It doesn't look like it to me. He never said a word of love to me or tried to kiss me. He never even took bold of my band." "Tbat'a all right" reviled tbe wise woman. ' "lie doesn't want to frighten you. He's s gwntlenwn, but'he's cmy about you, and you can twWt blm around your Anger If you want to." "If be doesq't ask me to marry1 blm what'll I dor pleaded the glrL "Bop-, pose be tells me to go to my aunt" Mra. O'Nell laughed. - , ' "You dou't suppoee be really believes you've got an auntr said abe. "He knowa you're' lying to him, but be doesn't care. All be want Is to get you away from home. . He'a afraid your father 'II kill you. You'll be bit wife In a -wk if Tu don't make a fool of yourself." - That afternoon I saw Allen, and hi told me that Kitty waa going to hei aunt He had bought her a gray trav cling dre during the luueueon bou and had a very ammtlng time persoad Ing her to take It I "She- hna a holy horror of my epf.ic Ing money for her." he said. "I'm c ing to bave a tusale when It comes to buying ber ticket and giving ber some thing for her Journey. But she's got to be sent out of this town for her life." TJftpn't you ever see her again V I BlXen. "You seem to think thla I a senti mental affair," said he. "If yoi saw a woman drowning and polled ber out of the water would you expect to spend the remainder of your life in her so ciety?" "Tbat depends upon the woman," said L And be replied that they were all alike to blm. Then be told me that he bad made arrangementa for ber to bare a, room at tbe Central Depot hotel for the night and that she would leave for Buffalo lu the morning. "I was going to take ber to dinner,1 be said, "but tilings Bars suddenly come s round In such a way that I can get out of town at once. I'm likely to sail for Europe tomorrow, and In that case 1 may not see her again." In fact, be wrote a note to ber later telling ber to go to tbe Central Depot hotel and take the room engaged in a fictitious name. Bhs would either see blm or bear from blm In tbe course of the evening. So poor Kitty, in ber new dress that shs bsd expected to be married in, went to the hotel to wait for the man whom abe worshiped with an all ab sorbing, dumb animal Intensity. I can fancy ber sitting In that room alone, trembling with fear and nope. And Allen, that student of humanity, thought of ber only aa a poor girl who waa running away from a brutal fa ther to a kind old aunt in Buffalo, About 9 o'clock In the evening be wrote ber a note telling ber of bis sud den change of mind and pleading bis hurry ss sa excuse for not seeing ber. He told ber sll about trains and time tables with great particularity and In closed a fifty dollar bill for ber si nenses. Ths note wss colder than the Inscription on a tombstone snd Kitty's heart died In ber bosom. Bbe bsd given up everything, even ber little sisters, for this man, and hs waa going away without earing goodby. How complete wss her desolation may be judged by the fact that abe did not leave a slngte written word, even for blm. They found her tbe next morning dead upon the bed. She bad taken off the gray dress and It waa claapod In her arma as If It bad been a doll and ahe a child asleep. Allen changed bis mind about going to Europe during tbe nlgbt sod bs re ported for duty as usual at 10 o'clock. Ths city editor sent blm over to the Central Depot botel In the matter of the suicide of an unknown girl by poi son. I met blm on the way. We found tbe coroner In charge. while a couple of detectives were con sidering the queetlon of the girl's Iden tlty. Ths clerk had said that a man of very respectable appearance bad en gaged the room for tbe girt, but be could not give a good description of blm or furnish any other information. Thla showed the clerk's discretion, for be bad known Allen about nine yeara. Ws went up Into the room of death. My heart burned within me and my kneea trembled with nervous excite ment Allen wss perfectly calm. Hs looked st tbe girl snd then st the little pile of ber belongings on ths dresser, from which be secretly sbetrscted bis own note, that was signed simply "A." Ths coroner eome days afterward ao- cnaed Jm yf.tbe theft though without inyiuaplctan the theletter was hj own. Allen equelcbed blm with the question, "If I'd got ths thing Co you suppose I wouldn't bavs, printed Itr The ease was bushed up, and I fancy It coat Allen a few hundred dollars to manage It The queer thing about this affair." aald Allen to me, "Is that I shouldn't bavs known that shs wss deceiving me about ber aunt I blame myself for that , It waa stupid of me," Tke B4. Ths bed Is I bundle of paradoxes. Ws go to It with reluctance, yet ws quit It with regret Ws maks up our minds every night to leave It early, but we make up our bodies every morn ing to keep It lats.-Colton. I sm compelled by a sense of gratitndt to t:ll you the great good your remcdi baa done me In a case of Contagioua Blooc Poiaon. Among other ymptoma I was se verely afflicted with Rheumatism, and got almost past going. The disease got a firs, hojd upon my system; tnv blood waa thor oughly poisoned with the virui, I lost in weight was run down, had sore throat, eruptions, splotches and other evidence of tbe disease. I wss truly in a bad ahacx when I began the use of S. S. S., but th persiatent use of it brosght me out of my crouble safe sad sound, sad I have the courage to publicly testify to ths virtues of your great blood remedy, 9, 8. 8., and to recommend It to all blood-poison suffer irs, sincerely believing if it is taken ac cording to direction, sad given a fall trial, H will thoroughly eliminate every particle of the virss. uuu CuxiAX. Stark Hotel, Oreeoaborg, Pa. HlsioiswetUsga b tbe groin, red erop ttoa upon ths easn, soses In ths month tnd loss of kr sad eyebrow, ar some of the symptoms of tibia vile disease. 8.8.8. s an antidote for ths awful virus that ttUcks sod destroys even the booes. 5. 8. 8. coatssna ao Mercury, Potash or ither mineral sagredieut We offer $t,ooo lor proof that it is not absolutely veget- aoi. tiome treat ment book giving the symptom and other interesting and valuable Infor mation about this disease, mailed free. Our physi cian advise ires those who writs us, lilt Swift Ssselfio Coatpaay, Atlaata, ta. Blni ( Tkiaic -the hind of o, $ioi for Mom HAGAZjtlE ia paging (10,000 too mmcuiT I s fniliiU sms Mm tht rm4 I ilmil turn M mtm. Ir-f-i m im I kwrlHKf awl. Do grow know of atelier one W want iltth toric. tnecdote. bit of vtmaay clipping from o in pa par. soagutn or bouk Uut hi mad yo Think, Laugh or Cry Uo prUet wilt bt gln for the bnt trWo- ths firet ten tucceMf ul compttiturtM Thconly con di tic for entering this com petition U that you end ith yourclippinf to U NailoMl fttaaxLa. AddrcM, JOE CHAPPLE, Editor MS DOnCHCSTta AVENUT. It ff THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL, test to the east and south. Making lose connections with trains of all transcontinental lines, passengers ar given their choice of routes to Chicago, Louisville, Memphis and New Orleana, and through these points to ths far sast Prospective travelers desiring Infor mation as to the lowest rates and best routes ars Invited to correspond with the following representative: 8. IL TRUMBULL, Commercial Agent 141 Third St. Portland. Ore. StttttltBt JUST A MOMENT! ' dt g We Want to Talk to You ABOUT BOOK BIDING We do it in All the Latest and . Best Styles of the Art ... Wc take your. Old Magazines that you have piled away on your shelves and make , Handsome Books of them fit to grace any library " We take your old worn out books with the covers torn off, rebind them and return to you good as any new book. Let us figure with you on fixing up your Library. JS JS siS JS ' . The J. S. Dellinger Co., Makers of All Kinds of Books Astorian Building Corner Commercial and IOthStreet (ni'4nisTWlaTll J. Q. A. BOWLBY, Present. 1HAXK PATTOX, Cashier. 0. I. TETERSOX, Vive-PreOdent ' J. W. GARNER, Assistant CCaahkr. sAstoria Savings Bank Capital r!d to tlcOlfl. lurpto sdS CnfilyloXI Profit 135,000. IranMeu a Ceoena BaaklDg BimIdm. Intern, raid on Tun Deposits 161 Tsnth Street, Are You i Interested In Advertising? The third quarterly convention of the Pacific Coast Advertising ilea's MMieiation will convene at Seattle, October 23 and Si. The association is made up of advertisers, advertising writers and agents and advertising solicitors and every one who is interested in ad verttnlng. ' Papers on advertising salmon, shingles, retail stores, export trade, etc-, will be read and discussed. Yoti Are Invited Whether or not you are at the present time a member of the association, the meetings are open to the public and will be immensely helpful to any one who uses ore expects to use advertising space Thia i the place where new ideas are sprung make it a point to be there. For further information write to C. V. . - WASHINGTON SEATTLE, ASTORIA. OREGON. WHITE, VICE-PRESIDENT K C. A. M. A. WASHINGTON.