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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1905)
SATUKDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1505. .THE 3IORNING ASTORIAX, ASTORIA,' OREGON. 3 1 1 A Strong Man ByMirtht McCalloch-WilUami. roj.y ( l V.- 41 41 i ' "JIampb! I'd tlev marry fu Iffll M Wilton Iloy,H Granny Hunch alii, her short nose In air. I Sunshine laughed loud, rlunshlne waa otherwise Aou Trevor, hulnna of ,Vay'e Knd, and Cranny Bumh was Jim. Richard I-ee. ftunahlne was tali ad twenty. Granny Hum h waa abort and stout, with fresh, ruay facw. The two were rronlea despite the forty yean Ix-tweeo them, also despite th fart that flrauoy Punch waa lient oa matching BuiMfclaa to hvr mind. j ' They lived balf a mile apart, and flunshlne did tha visiting fur the most part Hh waa not yet mistress at .Way Kttd. Her stepmother. ' Mma. Trevor, bad a Ilia tout there aid was aa austerely unsocial aa Granny Bunch waa lioapttible. Hlie bad alao a arrudga . against Qraany iu. that abj too, bad rtewa ai to Anne'e proper bo towel. Oranny iru all fur marrying flunahlna " toi ler "ftindson," Richard, Lea 3d, wbertaa V.mi. Trevor held, H lUUe abort -ei-Ur-atepdaugttUr' Chrlatlan duty to take Wilton I toy, Ler nephew. II fed coma with bat to Way's End and Uved there. He waa dlrulfled, aojW and senatblo. ex actly the bMband for eoch pWce of quicksilver aa Anoav Tbe match would be In every way Maul. Wilton bad only modest competence, along wttb a capacity for handling a fine fortune. Thus Mmt. Trteur to ber Inmost aelf, tbua alao obavurely, with much wrapping about of fine phrases, to ftunablne. She hated bitterly Richard 3d and did not amiple to say out right that ba aud bis fat old grand mother were rank Drtune hunter, lay ing trapa and plffllla for Acne'a nn wary feet Annexe usual answer waa to mount bar boi and gallop away to ber dear (Jrsitoy Hunch. If Rich rd ad harm-tied to be there when be arrived, why, ex much the hotter. He waa youugtr than Buusblue by whole month aid fancied himself rnadly In love wits ber. Ha bad been courting ber aloe tiioy were fifteen. with the usual lufarludoe college esca radea and amum flirtatious. Sun ahUis knew all abofl tbain, for Granny bunch waa Ulcbard 3d' confidant Too muarn't mind, honey ab bad eald to Souablna. "Indeed, you ought to be obliged to those ether gtrlathey are taking out aufb. a lot fit tbe fool Ishneea. By the time Irtcky la throngh college be will hsva coma to know u!u- eulf In a measure, Thetj Jifl find out over again what he knew In the bo- ginning-that the 4a nobody In all tha world like Huwtfilne." It waa Mcky'a tiry-4he tala of bis latest mtbrallmcathlt had led to Oranny Bunch'a rtrllcnieot of YVlltoo Hoy. Hunshtna bad an Id, demurely aha -did not understand bow men could ba ao different Wlltoo Roy bad told bet iie should never make love to any girl but the one he meant to marry. And then Oranny Bunch had exploded. She tinted the superfine) Wilton. - "One couldn't very well marry funeral-mBiTTlng minister la about tbe nee rent thing .teX" Bunshlne said reflectively. Oranny Irunch eyed her narrowly, then broke Into a laugh, y Inc: r. 4 "Honey, you (Writ fooled me then, nonent now don t . you Ond him mighty war!nr ; ( j "Not always; he bs bis bsm," 8uiv ahlne said. "He saya an undisputed thing In aucb a solemn way and after I have beard him awhile almost any Ixxly ' else la ref renhlngly Irllllnnt- ven Dicky dear." "Dicky Is no gonlu.t-be'll never set the rlvr nil re but he Is a mnn-an fithlute, strong as a mule, gentlo as Iamb," Granny BuncB retorted. Hunnblne laughed. "Tell btiu In yout letter I aend him a klsa-for bis grand mother's sake," she eald. "Tell hliu, too, I have named the pup he sent me for him, and ask Mm If he does not think bla namesake deserves new collar." "I know he thinks yea I stall write Mm to bring the collar, not scud It," Oranny Huiifb said, atylng HutiNblne lovingly. Bunahlne held up her hands, crying: "What! Take him from bla studio?, for a whole week! You mustn't thlnl. of It Oranny! Dicky dear barm't an) too much scholarship, aow-certalnly cona to Joae.v . . I ". "A bring jfor books and loetarea ami all that fiddle fsdjlle.". Granny salt) toutly. "The buy la not there to cram Ms bead wltlt IU' h atuit, J ; only want tbe place to mold him aa It helped to mold hla father and grandfather. If thought It coold make a prig of him like well, somebody I might name ha hould leave tomorrow." "I aee you are ah obstinate person likewise opinionated, my dear Mrs. Iiee,' Sunshine mocked- In, Mine,' Tre or'a ow manner. 1 f -.The two 'were langhlof a heartily they did not hear Wilton Roy ride tip to the opeft hall door and kepi chat ting madly of things they would not bare had him hear for kingdom. Whether or no he heard, he gave no aJgu when'.h'acaiha' In x tea; mbjutea later. ' But on the way home and all through that 4 evening lie taet Sun shine to marry b!m, pressing her nntll be waa almost driven In shea weari ness to accept. '" Wilton waa a rood 'atratertst: ha did Vnot fall tnto the two elderly rpman'a mlatakavof'irunnlng down aQ poaUle rivals. Indeed, be Ignored rivalry ind talked of bla love aad..kmx derotioa. - riit. I1K5, Jly Maltha, IMVIIJianis. , l U bad never talked so well, and flier was a ring lu hi voire that Impressed ber. X It Fate were on hla !do, tl morulug was rainy. Tb day wearing on broiiKht a deluge thut shut In Way's L'ud aud utterly forbade stirring abroad. The rain held three daysa regular autumn freebet: U'w Aune got through thfin sImj neiaf under stood. Wilton plcudcd manfully ami Mine. Trevor deUlwrately left hit alone whenever she ventured Into the big parlor, the library, the long halls or the Inclosed beck pluxza. Aune did not know It but Wilton bad aald to his aunt: "I have got to clinch thing at once. Mrs. Ie la teaching Anne to laugh at tne. if I M that happen I am lost Aa for the boy, he don't count" All through the laat day Sunablne felt a numb fear of herself. She seemed to be losing volition, to move and apeak automatically. It waa only by a anprem effort of will she kept to the shelter of Iter solitude. Wilton did not call ber audibly, but abe felt Invisible,. Inaudible forces drawing her to blm. To escape them she bung out of the open window, heedless of the pouring rain. In the dash of It tbe cool aplashlng, she found strength to reelst the eerie Influences. By and by, when the Influences began to tug hard er than aver, abe ran away from them, rushed downstairs, caught up her hat and mackintosh and atole out to the stables. They were deserted; groom and coachman were doting In the hayloft With trembling flngera ahe flung the aaddle upon Beauty, ber pet mare, loosed I'lck from bla kcunej, then Clambered op and daabed away, tbe puppy barking madly at Beauty'a heels. The rain still poured, but Fun shine waa bent upon aeeklng refuge with Granny Bunch. Sue rode bead long, bending low over Beauty'a neck aud alnglng. Tbe wind waa roaring, but abe bad no fear of It nor of tbe water when she came to the brook. She aaw It running bank full, turbid and crested with drift But Beauty knew the ford by the landmark tret on the other aid. It ahoold not be more than breast deep anywhere, al though the current waa swift and strong. Beauty snorted and pawed aa they went In, but after tbe tbJrd step made way beautifully. Halfway across Sun shine flung up ber bead, laughing aloud, saying: "I'm eafe, aafe! Maybe I've been bewitched. Indeed. I think so. But wltrticraft and witches can't cross running water. I'm ao happy! Happy aa a freed bird." She beard above the tumbling water a hoarse shout. In spite of herself ahe checked Beauty and listened Intently. It came agnln. Wilton waa crying to her: "Come backl Back! Come! You belong to me! Comer 8b eat quivering all through for the space of a breath, then turned her horse balf about, moving a little up stream. Beauty waa contrary. She plunged willfully forward, lost her foot ing, scrambled wildly, thea went down, bead over aara, In awlmmlng water. Tbe ford bad a gravel bottom, and the treacherous current had awept out great bolea In It leaving a quicksand In between. They cam up together ten feet off, the mare anortlnit and awlmmlng gal lantly. She had struck what should have been bottom, but was In truth holding sand. Aa ahe floundered her self free Sunshine became auddenly cold. Wilton, she knew, could not swim a atroke, and before he could fetch help the water, still rlning. would have made an end of Beauty and ber rider. The uaro could awlm until ahe struck shoal water, but there tbe quicksand would hold her. Quickly the girl slipped out of her cumbering rain cloak, flung away hat and gloves and resolved to try her alight atrength against the raging stream. Just aa ahe waa slipping down from the aaddle Dicky cried to her from the other batik "Down! Go downt I'll meet you on tlio big betiding sycamore!" 8tay where you afe!" Wilton about ed behind her. "I--I am going for holp!" But before his cry bad fairly died away Beauty'a head was down stream, with Sunshine holding It eaxlly yet strongly above the racing wave. It waa a hundred yards to the big syca more, leaning far ovr the water, with great horny branch almost parallel with Its face. Dicky acrambled out on the branch. locked bla legs about It aud hung, head down, to grasp Sunshine and raise ber high enough to grip the big bough. "Hold tight! I'll have you-up In a minuter' he panted, writhing up himself. Once she was aafe he klsaed her owr and over, aaylng: "Sunshine! Sunshine! rupioe Granny had not sent for niel I nerer should have known real atmshlne Agnln." "Suppose, rather, yon had not been a strong roan." Sunshine said, hiding hee eyes, In, h!i breast Then, with a quick revulsion: "Did you bring Dicky thu collar? If you did you enn have anything you please In return for It." "Thank you. I have all I want just now, Dicky aald masterfully, helping ber toward the tree trunk. Am Aaiarlaaa Iaraa Eaettaa. There la an American In London who I rapidly learning English. He used ring tha bell and call curtly for adlag." Aaalduoua and willing at- 3!aLt( brought him everything yoo eat think f from mo -peerage" to f acketa of cigarette, but never tbe ex act thing ho wanted. At last the most Intelligent of the young men put the right question and got the answer. "Oh, yea." be aald and brought gum. In America when you want to atlck thing together you ask for mucilage, and when you want something to chew you demand gum; so called, by lim itation, we presume, because It Is "etlckjaw." London Chronicle. The Kcrattlaa's !-. Some years ago an Englishman was coming down the river Nile, In Egypt on a large boat loadod with grain, and the birds came off from every village and ate the grain piled on, tbe deck. The Englishman asked the Egyptian captain of the boat "Who owna tbl grain V Tbe Egyptian captain said. "I own It" Then the Englishman ask ed. "Why let the birds eat up the grain r The Egyptian asked the Eng lishman, "Who made the birds r Tbe Englishman answered, "God." 'The Egyptian asked whether grain waa a food which Ood Intended bird to eat The Englishman aald It waa. The Egyptian aald, "Can tha bird sow and raise the grain for themselves r The! Englishman aald. "They cannot" Thea aald tbe Egyptian: "Let them eat Ood baa provided enough for both them and oa." NAPOLEON'S RETREAT. that FateTal iad ratal ' Jesiraey lUrk rra MMsow. Tbe main facts of tbe French retreat from the rul of the great Russian i-lty of Moscow are as follows: Napo leon had entered Kussla June 24. He found the country through which bis route lay devastated and abandoned aa be advanced, with no enemy to make a stand against him. He had to leave large bodies of troop along bla Hue of march and to detach forces to threaten 8t. I'etersbnrg and other cities. At the battle oT Borodino, Sept. 7, one of tbe bloodiest In history, the lwse probably aggregated 40,000 cm each side. The loe to Napoleon, who could gi-t no re-euforcements, was futal. Hut still he pressed on and entered Moscow, Sept. 11, to And himself rob- led of the fruits of his victory by the terrible conflagration which broke out two days later. let NaKleon lingered lu Moscow until (X't 10- Then he inarched southward to Kaluga, hoping to make bin way through a rich and unexhausted country. But h was foreed to follow the path he had blazed on the way to Moscow. At first the weather was One and only moderately severe, Then came rain, anow and cold. The winter set In earlier than ustisl. Swarms of Coaaarka surround ed the Frenchmen, harassing them at evrrjLchnoce, . The Invaders, worn out were thrown Into disorder. The remainder .or, tha retreat or ;.a. (LnLutti'ai awtiiaa tina n rn wm 1 IaI In titai. tory for tbe varioua sufferTng ,Dd horrors underaone. In November, bf the tlmo he ltid reached iho Berezina, bis army had dwindled to 12,000, men. In the 'retreat "from Moscow alon M.000 had lxen lost" In the "whole campaign aome historians have esti mated that 123.000 bad been alaln. 132,- 000 died of fatigue and banger and cold and 193.000 were made prisoners. Napoleon wa now rt-tnforeed by 18,. 000 men. arid he made hi waf acros the Berezina, tbua escaping total ruin and captivity. i -. i .-' It was a miserable throng which, on the evening of Dec. 6, like a crowd of beggars "tottered Into Vllna. the old capital of Lithuania. In all nearly flOO.OOO eoldlera had perished from cold and bullets and hardships or had disappeared. Way llomea Rtambte. Many horses stumble and are whip ped therefor because persons having them In keeping are careless In "hitch ing them up.!' - The. most flagrant and common error In clothing a horse is the placing of the broechen, or hold back Btrap, at the , proper height on the 1 horse'a hind legs. In fact, every third j horse Is hitched wrong In this respect The breechrn should be o biirkled that It will not slip up under the horse'a tnll and never no that It, will when the horse Is going down hill or holding against a loud slip nearly down to hla bocks. The latter position deprive the horse of tbe free use of his hind legs, causes bla feet to cross alternate ly, lifts hla hind feet, if not his whole hind parts, nearly off the ground and throws the weight of the load and of the horse himself on to hla front feet, tbe result being badly "sprung" knees, frequent unavoidable stumbling, with the generally attending whipping, Jerk ing of the reins and curses of the fool driver. 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