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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1905)
SUNDAY, 0CT0BE1 15, 1903. THE MORNING ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. 3 . - i Aunt Maria From Danbury By Everett HolbrooK luw riht' im l1"r," IN a letter written to 1110 lu Uie early jmrt of January Cousin Kmlly rirt uicutloiiJ ber bus baud'a auut, who waa coming from I )n 11 bury, Conn., to visit them. "I'oor Auut Marin." eahl aim, "muni be a tjj.ltal old uinlil. Hert telle ma tbnt alio la very nervous and timid, nut abe doesii't care to go out to niect 1IIi and that aha hna a iHwIttve hor ror of tncu. 1 dou't kuow What I ahull do with her." And, agalu, a few day Inter: "Aunt Miirla will arrive about mld ulght Thursday, all alone, In a rab from the dt'ttut. lli-rt vao't uieot tier, and ha wou't l-t 1110 go at smh au hour. 1 don't quite understand why ahe can't come 011 an curlier train." No more timid I until tho iostcrljt of the letter bad conveyed thn follow lug hint: "J looked ii the trnlua from bail bury and found that lucre waa one which would bring Aunt Murla to ua la time for dinner. I atiftfcsted to Itert that liv tclcgruph about It, uud then I learned that It'a Dunhury, Vt., where Auut Maria Uvea and uot Itanbury, Vuu. I auiKM she'll bo In hysterics when ahe get here after rldlug across the city In the night. I'm going to be very good tu Inf." . It eecuied atrauge Uiat Eiully'a bus liand ahould uot moot thla tlmoroua rualdeii aunt and escort her to hla bouie. AlUiough there waa rcsurs of work lu the oltlca of the gigantic cor poration which employed him ao that lie had Ixm-ii detained till past midnight doteu time nliii w Uie flint of the year o Emily had Informed 1110 I ahould Lave thoukht he mlutit escape from toll upon au excuse a exec llcut. 1 wasted cuiiMldcrublu tliuo tu medi tating upon thla mutter, endeavoring to wtluiute the irobubllity Uiat the ueg lert of Aunt Marin today Implied the neglect of Kinily next your. The mar riage had been a love match If ever there wa one; too huitty, with 1 prevl ua acquaintance perilously brief, yet not without high purpoaes of laatlng loyalty, ami, though Hert waa undoubt edly committed to the creed of gain, the moderu aiooey hunter la uot ao bad a husband aa hla prototype of a gener ation ago, when plnehlug aelf denial waa nil 1 1 an acceptable offering to Mammon. l"pou the whole, I waa In clined to hope for the bent and to be lieve that Itert bad valid excuses In the cane of Auut Maria. My next letter from Emily eeerned to aupport thla view, but It ralaed otlier uueetlont even mora heavily weighted with perplexity. "I never waa more aurprlaed In my life thao when I flrat aaw Aunt Maria," ahe wrote. "She la not Uie leaat like my mental picture of her. 1 bad fun tied her thin and old and quaint In dreM and manner. Why, ahe'a not more tli nn thirty and quite good look ing. Her clothe are very alinple, but they're nice enough for anybody, and Ml wager they were all made In New York. "And. oh. It la ao atrange that ahe hould I ao tltnM and afraid of men! I hare never aecn a bumnu counte nance, of man or woman, ao calm and ateady and bold aa bera. 'Hold' Isn't quite the word. It ha a false algulfl cauce when applied to a woman. And yet In Ita better meaning It appllea ad tntrably to Aunt Maria. ThU woman, with ber level browe, her atcel gray 1NHAPPINE8S DISPELLED. Mra mmd Wenea I'asalreoua About It. Many women weep and wall and refuse to be comforted bcaue their once mag tillWent treaaea have become thin and ridi-d Many men Incline to profanity Terause tha (Ilea bite through lha thin (hatch on their cranium, it will be good tiw to the miserable of both aexee, to learn that Newfcro'e Ilerplcld haa been plarj upon tha mnrket. Thla hi the new ncalu armlclde and antiseptic that aet hy destroying the germ or microbe that is the. underlying eauae of all hair de trurtjon. Iterplcld I a new prepara tion, mad after a near formula, on an entirely new principle. Anyone who hue tried It will tettlfy aa to Ita worth. Try It youraelf and be convinced. Bold by londlnar druggist. Bond We. In stamp for aampia to The llerplclde Co., De troit, Mich. " Eagle Drug Store, 351-353 Bond St., Owl Drug Store, 649 Com. St., T. F. Laurin, Prop. "Special Agent" . ' " lt A Girl of 14 - tiO . wrote 110 words SG4sK. minute blindfolded, Gregg. y c j shorthand. At 16 the r s waa official court reporter. Tounaaat reporter In the world. Ceta M (alary. Writ for booklet that tell about her. Or 'iittm qulolcest te ' Irnrn becauae taed on longhand prln . 'Clple. - - Only atithur!id tarhara In Portlaad. LCaaONt BY MAIL. 115. Writ (or -). Illuitratad catalooue. IH1 U U BUSINESS COLLEGE a 25-M V.M.C.A. Bldg., Portland, Oregon cyea, her ri-tolute, predatory uoc; her atralght. firm mouth and atrong chin, ahould be the heroine of aoine amnr.o liluti romance. Well might ahe tie auch a heroine, for, with all her atrength, ahe la a feminine, aa I am. You might have funded that I wna describing a man In womiiu'a clothe, but not at all, my excellent coiinIii. Kho la not with out tlu cliuriu of aex. A man mlglit Lrro Aunt Maria and die for her or with her In aome great adventure. "Hut It'a quite true whnt Itert auld of her that ahe wna tormented hy Jut auch fanciful terror a the comic pa (era attribute to old tiiulda. Hlie alta In her room with the door locked In the daytime, and when I knock ahe moke me epcuk In-fore ahe will admit me, and atrungera ao emburraaa her that I ran hardly pentundo her to meet any of my acquaintance who call. I'm TUIT SIT IT TILL I O'CLOCK AMD TALK. If raid ahe wfil And It very dull bare," Except for Itert'a toother, who came on for tha Wedding, Aunt Maria waa the only member of hla family that Emily bad ever met, and aba waa nat urally anrtoua to make a good linprea ilon. I aideratood thla perfectly and therefore aympatblaed with the regret which ahe etpreaeed In ber next letter. "Aunt Maria doean't like m a bit 1 can't win ber over. I can aee very rlcarly that ahe regarda me aa a non entity aud wonder why on earth Itert ever married uie, fib aeema to be a woman of conalderable meana. fine baa money In atocka, bonda and thing and can tnlk with Dert about eabject that 1 do not uuderatand. They alt up till 1 o'clock and tajk. and I can't keep awake to aave my life. So I go to bed about 11 or even earlier, and I think licit la glad to bave me take uiyaclf off, becauae I am such a dum my when It cornea to bualneaa Inter est and that aort of stuff. Vhat do I care about the control of the X. T. Z. railroad or the declalon of the supreme court In the caao of the Forty Thieves' company! Bert will attend to all thoae atupld things for me so far as they affect our lutereata, and I will try to make A cheerful home where he and I may ow rich In aweet memories and In such capital as a human aoul may need In the bualneaa of being bet ter all the time. "However, you mustn't think that 1 am angry with Aunt Maria or In the leaat bit Jealoua of ber for the Influence aho exorts over my huaband. I like ber more than Bert doea, If I'm any Judgu of the matter. He la polite and atten tive to her, but abe roakea blm ao uerv oua aonietluica that be nearly hna a fit I beard him walking the floor for two hour In hla room the other night after bo bad bad one of hla long talks with her. I knpt going to sleep and waking up agalu, aud Bert would be always tramping up and dowu. Finally I call ed to blm aud asked blm whut time It wna, and he uttered a hollow groan aud said It wrwi a quarter of 4. What with Auut Marin's conversation and the dreadful work In the office Bert la growing Uiln, aud there are dark clr clea under his eyes. This morning be waa looking particularly bad, and I asked him Impulsively bow long Aunt Maria expected to atay. lie auddouly clapped a band to but forehead and cried out. The Lord only knowaP 1 think perhapa I ought to speak to ber about It If I could aummon op the cour age; but, Oh, I am a poor worm of the duat In the presence of Aunt Maria I I alwaya feel as If she were saying to herself when she looks at ma: 'What earthly use la this tow beadod creature anyhow! Is Albert 8tevena a cbJV) that he ahould bave a dollf And yet there la something steadfaat about thla woman. Mhe would be loyal te tho death, I'M euro, aud I love loyalty. Bo I would Ilka to be friends with Aunt Maria, but Site won't have It She has no nee for me except that I ehall keep our tnald en duty La the frout ball so that no strange men can get In. Really, abe kt a perfect crank about men. I'm euro ahe searches her room thoroughly before she goes to bed and piles furni ture agatnet the door to sestet the lock. . And If. she should find an iutroder there some day heaven help him I Though lie were stained with all the Crimea, I think hla punlahmeut would go beyond the bound of Justice. A hatpin la the banda of Aunt Maria would be a Oread ful weapon, for ahe Is the Incarnation of cold precision, and every thruit ahe gave would .touch a vital spot. Sjk. Ing of men I bad one here yeaterday to fix the kitchen range, and IWt told me that tdghl that I'd better not hnvt a i;' more rrorlniieii co.ne while Auut Mnrln I with ua. Ho I suppose ahe must luive come upon thla man and leuly and h ive got ft iM-nre, thoug!i I didn't know nlott If Kmlly la men au Inexperienced W II . and hud fallen ao far Into the. wake o, tho world lf lie Unit vU't to the c.t; which autb-d her fnte that I -t:iH readily un lersUind tier simple vle.v ol Aunt MarU. To my c;.c, liowevtv, ill' ludy i pitcni'ed to bit something um'Vi Hum n ni.'ip efeetitrlc ( h iracler mid to stand veiy inu u lu need of a rational explanation, ibis nrej becuu' ewn more i rc!i.; afler I hud made a ti V, upon n firid of mine who hall frojj hauliury, t, mid ge there freque'jt ly to visit hi nijcd parent. Aee'irdlog to this geutl iuhii'h icpiMt, ii.i such prr son a Mitt Mnrlu Hteveu hud live I In Jianbuiy wMilu the p.ist twenty )ear. I wa tnleavoriug to formulate a course of nil Ion suitable, to a situation soilclleute vheii 1 reeclv-d from Ojui In Kiully a b.-tter contalulng an account of a very sensational occurrence lu her borne, aa followa: (continutHl on page 7) Full of Tragic Meaning, are these linea from J. IL Simmons, of Casey, la. Think what might have re sulted from hi terrible cough if ba had not taken the medicine about which be writeai "I bad a fearful cough, that dis turbed m- "ight'a rest. I tried every thing, but r"ing would relieve it, until I took D. Kind's New Discovery for C nsumption, Cough and Colds, which completely cured me." Instantly relieves and permanently cure all throat and lung diseases; prevents grip and pneu monia. At Chaa. Rogers' druggist; guar anteed; 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free. Sev. Carlisle P. B. Martin, LL. D. 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