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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 9, 1905)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1903. THE MOBNIXG ASTOltlAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. Her Sandalwood Box By Fannit fittttip Lti, Copyright, 1905, bjr Fanni Htnlip Let. rule 1 too tint one be wrote m flrr-ftT"- "After lie aitkiMl you to marry blui," said Wllmot r-linly. "1 kuow." KJIsabetb faltered a Utile. "If you would rather not "If you would rather DotT aald lbs man, ao tliry rvad on. Tlicr waa no beading to the boylali crawl, uo date, and the ir waa yellow with much baudllug: "How did wa do It. little girl? I'm I trd o' tlia earth tonight, la It only Ova hoiira since 1 left you? I'd a wear It waa Ave wiiturlM. I'm lu uiy room, working, but at what I don't kuow. Your fac com betwww nia and tlM white pajwr-betweeo ma and tha fool Inn, pounding kryabetwtn tun aud all tha world alaa. An, dearly beloved, your eyee wbvn I klaaad you, and Um maddening tilt of your chin! I'an aud luk'a but a poor thing, after alU I wrlta down worda that meao tha world and all, and thty coma out black, bug gtab thing on a ablny wblta sheet I'd Ilka tu wrlta. to you la forked light ulug oa a giant roe loaf. Uood night, tuy piece tha world r ' ' ' jr What waa bla workf aakad WU tuot, wltk buaky Irreverence. "Btories and verses. Ila wrota." Ells a beta laid tha Utter gotly 00 tha coala aud draw out tha nest Tlwi art not many," aba explained. "It waa only a mouth, and wa-wa aaw aach other ao eft en -and I kept ouly tha lettera from that ona month." Wtlmot nodded In allasca. "You ara Um funnlaat child," aald tha ntit letter. "Wbu 1 think of tha way 1 lore you-lt eeeina absurd. One ought to giro you a doll or a picture bowk. .Well, 1 hare glvn you my II fo for tha oue and my heart for the other, haven't IJ I'm not laughing, llttloel-at leaat I'm ouly laughing that you may Dot know what a powerful pull you bare on my beartatrlug. I got a check thla morning fur a story I'd almoet for gotten about Tbat'e why I'm eendlng you a rose. It'a the flrat thing I've bought with the mouay. I'm working liard on tha play. It'a going to be a great thing sow day, and you-no, I wean we-are going to be proud of It We'll go to the theater tonight lltlleet and burn up eotue of the new check." "How old ware you thenl" aakad Wllmot. "I waa eighteen," Elizabeth snswered dreamily. "I'm twenty-live now, you know." The letter burned alowly, aud they read the neit la alienee. "Sweeteat," It aald. "I've been 111 the laat two daya or I'd have aeen you. I're been eMng you anybow In tha 'abadowa of the room and the window urtaloe and a lot of other allly place. I waa out of my bead, they tell me. Feel aort of era 1 7 now." The letter waa blotted, and the writing a mere acrawL "That big blot la where I dropped my head Juat now, because I waa too tired to bold It up any longer. 1 muat get back to the play tomorrow; loelng too much time. Lord, bow my liead achea! Oh, llttleat girl. I waut your' . "He waa only a boy," aald ElUabeth. "Just a year older than 1" "Go on," aald Wllmot tenaely. Elisabeth turned over the ueit letter, -and a withered roae fell Into her hip from the Infolding leaf of a torn pro gramme. "We went to the theater," ah ex plained, touching the flower with g"U tie flngera, "aud I wore the roae ou my gown. It waa red." "You like red ronee beat," aald Wll mot Jealously. "Waa It alwaye ao, or -did you bt-glu thenl" "I-1 aunpone It waa then," ahe ad mitted gt-ntly. "Ua alwaya acnt them to me." Wllniot atarted up audileuly. "I can't atand much more of this," ha aid. "Wd you ever cam for me at ur . Tont 1) angry"- ElUnbi-th laid a hand, on bla arm and drew him bnck. 'There lin't much more, and-I think If I didn't love you I couldn't abow the lettera to you at all. Walt till the cud-you will undorataud." 8he Inld the dead roae on the Are with the torn programme. The next waa ouly a line or two on a narrow card. Tlowrre he . aeii mo," Elizabeth said, "because he wanted to come thut night. And tlila-ahe glautvd over a lialf aheet of rougti paper rloavly cov ered "be 'wrote to thank in for a book I Bent blui." Hue looked up at ,Wlltuot Ills eyes were durk and In ecru table, but he waa white to the llpa, and ahe hurried on. "There'a only one more to read- theae are Just card! that came with flowers or booka." She laid them on the lire and smooth ed out the paper that had Iain clinched la her band ao long. "Ia that the laatr aiked Wllmot with dry Hpe.';Slie nodded, and he bent to read It - ' ' - "You are right," It anld, "quite right to brekk with me. There are a thou sand feaaona why you ahould, and the ! one reaaon why you abouldn't, my lore, Ja a very worthless reaaon. I don't " LLame you for not considering It I knew It muat be a mlstake-you were not for me. Yon alwaya gare me your cheek to kiss-and I didn't want your cheek"- . . "You aee," Elisabeth whlapered, with a little catch In her voice. "You nerer really cared for me, Uttleat-nerer cared; that la, at you can care-aa yon will care aome day for the man wbo to come to you. lie need not be Jealous of me, sweet, when be does come. Your lore for me waa a chlld'a lore that he will not want, and that you will not giro him. I have had tny divine day, and It Is over, but no matter who cornea In aplte of the man who la to win where I hare Irwt-you will remember I claim that littlest, for my right you will reiueniltf'r when you love bliu that I taught you bow. I ahould not write ao, perhaps, but there are tlmea when a man muat apeak what he knowa. Keep the few thing I bare given you. Ixtn't send them back to me. Put them la the aandalwood boi aud abut their memories In with tbem. I aba II keep your lettera. God knowa they're few and cold enough. "Oh, llttleat girl I'd nerer let 70a go In thla world-ir Kllzabetb'e hand altpped softly Into Wllmot'a, where It rested on the arm of her chair. . They sat In alienee while the laat letter flared up, then aank and crumbled. "I think," at laat ahe aald softly, "that be was right You need not be Jealous of blm. . I waa a child then. I am another self now. .When you came In I bad been reading bla letters, and somehow In the duak and quiet I bad allpped ont of myself back Into the little girl be used to lore. My mind was full of blm and of that little girl, and I couldn't readjust things at once. Then when you used bis very words It waa-lt was like a ghost You aee, don't you, deart I'm not disloyal to you. It waa Juat that I remembered, aa he aald I would." "I understand," aald Wllmot holding ber close. "I waa a Jealous fool, but you must admit that It waa disconcert ing to come In and find yon reading over another man'e lettera the night before our wedding." "It waa allly, I euppoae," ElUabeth admitted, "but I couldn't help It-and you understand." "Where la he nowT asked Wllmot, kissing the soft ware of ber hair. "You won't grow to care for blm again, will your "Oh, Will, bush!" the girl whlapered. ber cheek agatuat bla coat aleere. "Ilea dead. dear. He died that year. Didn't 1 tell you at flrat? I thought you understood." The aleet rattled angrily against the window pane, Jarring the quiet of the shadowy room, and the Ore aank and darkened. " 'You will remember when you lore him.' " quoted Wllmot softly, " that I taught yoo bow'-poor beggarr It Was Herd Ue Fealty. Modern method of dealing with con tagious diseases are a severe trial to mauy an old fashioned person who In childhood tired through epidemics of various kind. "I thought your grandson waa look lug pretty peart again after, bla 111 uess," aald ouo of the residents of Canby to Zenaa 8prawle, "but It etruck me the rest of you looked lnd Of wore out I e'poae be was pretty alck for one apell there." "No, be wa'n't" Mid Mr. Sprawls stoutly. "There nerer waa a thing the matter of blm exceptln' a sore throat 'bout same aa. I've bad downs 0' times, toweled my neck up for a night or two an' come out all right But my son's wife she bad that city doctor to blm, an' be made out 'twas one 0' tbem Itlsea an' bad him an' hla ma quar antined off from the reat of ua. "He bad the full uae of hts legs, an' the way be run orer that floor above our heads waa enough to wear out a hen. An' -when be waa able to be moved they bad that part'o' the bouse fumigated. It laid the foundations for a stomach' trouble with both Mar thy an' me, that fumigation did, an' I don't know aa the amell will get out 0' my clothea enough for me to go to church this whole winter. Get me In a inlddllu' warm place and that fu mlgatln' essence begins to try out 0' my overcoat same aa If 'twaa karo sense. I guess there'a reason enouith for Marthy an me to look wore out." Youth'a Companion. Ts. Linus a4 the Lamb. Borne 300 years ago King James I. of England visited the Hons then kept In Loudon Tower, the show from, which Ij derived "tiie lions" In the sense of the sights of n place. The king had had nn arena built on to their cages for fishts with bears, dog aud bulls, but the two lions that entered It on this day simply stood blinking. Two "racks of mutton" and "a lusty live cock" were succes sively thrown to them and devoured. "After this the king caused a lire lamb to be easily let down unto tbem by a rope, and being come to the ground the lamb lay upon his knees, and both the lloi.e Btood In their former places and only beheld the lamb, but presently the lamb rose up aud went unto the Hons, which rery gently looked upon blm and smclled ou him without sign of any further hurt." However, a lion ami mastiff, light that followed was better "sport." The Ir ! Orl. .i The largest mass of Ice In the world la probably the one which fills up near ly the whole of the Interior of Greerf land, where It baa accumulated since before the dawn of history. It Is be lieved to now form a block.about JWO, 000 square mile In area and averag ing a mile and a half In thickness. According to these statistics, the lump of ke Is larger In rolume than the whale body cf water in the Mediter ranean, and Mere n enougn of it to cover the whole of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland with layer about seven miles thick. If It were cut Into two convenient slabs and built up equally upon the entire surface of "gallant little Wales" It would form a pile more than 120 miles high. There Is Ice enough In Green land to bury the entire area of the United States a quarter of a mil deep. An American Gill. OF all the charming thlnfi there To make this world a bright on I c hooss nd know I am not far From picking out the riant oae A alrl of ssvsntMa or so, American completely. A Hcurs trim from head to toe, Gowni-d uatufully and nat!r Look In her ayse-what wells of truth. Of sympathy and kindness! But not too long, enraptured youth. Lest looking brings lovs's blla4oesa. As angelT Yea. and any one Who knows gold Is not copper Can seo that she Is full of fun, Provided It Is proper. I must confess. If Father Time Would only let me stay ao, rd stop at twenty-one, and I'm Not half ashamed te say ao. I envy much the lucky man The Joy of his beginning Te tore this fair American ' Ills wooing and hie winning. . Oh. wbe eaa loss his faith In this Our best beloved nation T Here Is our hope; w cannot Bias ' ' Applause and approbation. One dare not quit disparage ene'a Own country until others Can show such prises tor their eons And such prospective mothers! -relli Carmen la Life. Agreed "With Bias. ... Uost-rve been amoklng an awful lot of cigars lately. Guest (who has been offered one) Well, if this I a sample I don't doubt your word, old man. A Bad Mefaorr. The train swept Into darkness. "George," ah whlapered, "we art In a tunnel." "I know that" be responded. "Well, do you know the usual cus tom?" What custom r "What does a young man generally do when be Is seated by a girir "I d"- "Doea be alt atllir "Oh, yea, I know what be doe. II" "Too late. We are out of the tunnel. Ceorge." Chicago Newe. A Baalaess PropoeltloB. "I " think It'a mean," ahe sobbed. "You might give me tlie money I ask for. I don't think yoo care for me at all." "My dear." said ber cloae husband. 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