FRIDAY, XOVIKBEX j, 190).
THE MORNING ASTORIA. ASTORIA, OREGON.
3'
THE NEARER BATTLE
By Howard Fielding. Copyright 1905, by Charles W. Hooki.
FOUTJKIfci ngulimt tb day's uti
kindly pwrulae by a inrtmi
(lily breakfast, Kendall rc
turned to die npMr regions ol
the bonrilliiir house ami rtnolutely sui
lowu to .write. There lay Itefore bin
Hi Drat agft of a story. It hnl top
nhI Ilka a cheap chirk In the ainnl
hours of tha iiioriiluir, and lio lind
altamloued It with a groan ami haft
Bone to bod. Hut the thing uniM I
tinkered and put toother ami wound
i5
ana bad vnur amri icu at uim imjoii
tip ami Hiild. lie aratiued' It 111 th
cold light of dny ami was ainaxed to
And Nome good In It, a clever lilt ol
characterization warned, a touch of tin
ilctuni(uo oddly out of place, a gliut
of trtitrt In a muddy tnea of lualncorl
ty. There wna even a pleaaant "Jlngl
In the language, marred by dlnaoiiaucet
unnatural and inalleloua, aa If the very
devil had Jogged the autbor'a elbow.
Kendall read and wa affected wltb
Hty of bluiHelf and wltb a certain aym
fiathy, a eorrowlug tenderueaa, for tlx
Mor tuff that be bad labored to pro
duce, the rotabfgotten child of fall
abllltlea.
A weak, uneven tapping at the dooi
. a knock that waa aa cbaracterlatlc at
haud writing and revealed a Died bablt
of Indeclalon-aumiuoned Kendall t
perform the aad rltea of bomeleea hoe
ltallty. The ape-t of bla Tlaltor wat
ao clear In bla Imagination that b
acarce aaw ber tetter after the door
waa open than before. Hue waa a fad
ed woman of forty-live In wboae face
there lurked an tatonlahlng prettlnese,
moult and Inappropriate to ber years,
the ghost of girlhood. ,
He gave ber welcome from an honest
heart, but with a feigned good cheer.
Would ahe come In? No; abe waa upon
aome errand and bad merely atoped
at bla door. Nevertheless aa be con
tinued to atand waiting abe entered
and eat down.
"Edith hat bad break f ant." aald ahe.
"1 brought up a cup of coffee and an
orange. Hue aeema to feel better tula
morning."
"There's nothing like a good square
meal auch aa you mention," aald be,
mulling aadly, "to put a heart lu one.
May I go In by and by?"
"Yew; right away," ahe aald, rising,
while her eyea wandered to the writ
lug table. "If It won't Interrupt your
work. JSdltb wanta to aee you."
He eacorted her to the hoad of the
atalre and then returned to bla room,
k where he paced back and forth for
some uiltmtea, fore-lug hlnmelf to think
cheerful and lira re thoughta and strlv
hill to bring bla countenance Into ac
cord with them. When thle process
had accompllahed all that could be
hotted of It In the light of hhi expert
euttt therewith he weut out Into the
ball and aaw a big, aturdy man as
ceudlng the stair, which creaked loud
ly beuciitb him. '
"Good morning, doctor," aald Ken
dall, "May I auk If you aro going to
ee Mies Cameron)"
"Yea. I waa on another call In the
bouse and met ber mother, who sug
gtatel that I ahould go up." -
','WIII you look In upon me after you
have H4Hn her?" auld Kcudall, turning
toward hla room.
It may have been half an hour later
when the doctor knocked and waa ad
mitted. ' Kendall eyed hi in with ob
vious, aching anxiety,
"Convalescence la a long bualneaa
aometlriies," aald the doctor. "Mine
Cameron bad a serious Illness, and
there la a aenae In wbtcb abe baa re
covered from It, but a complete resto
ration to health may be a very tedloua
process."
"I)o you aee any Improvement V
The doctor shook hla head, and to tha
bext queatlon, "A loaa, perbapar ba
anawered with a guarded aaaent
"1 dread the winter," aald Kendall.
"If ahe could have a change of scene.
If ahe could live an outdoor Ufa In
kealtbfnl surroundings" , m
"I nuderatand that there la a pecun
iary difficulty."
"They have a email property," re
joined Kendall, "but It la not yielding
touch Incomo Just now. I have looked
Into the matter at Mm. Cameron'e' re
quest A year from Dow they will be
aorwlint easier In pocket.Meanwhll
they live Ui Upon greatly reduced
terina lriiu of rclatlomiblp. Yo
iloulitliwa know the situation."
"Mr. Cameron ejilnlnl It to me,"
aald the doctor -niitiMily. "Hhe nieu
tlotied nu linlchliHliifxn which Con
foil in I It: he broke out. "If the peo
ple wou'd Ntop worrying, the girl would
be ss well iim I urn In six uiontha."
Keiiilnll wii very pule, ami bla face
looked drawn and olij.
"You are 11 ware thut I waa enguKed
to Min Cameron," miUI be, "In aueu
elrcuiiiit'uu -C4 ut the time of Mia Cain
erou'a ll.ne lice wilier, with great re-luctiiiHi-,
lu-riiiluel me to nlt In
meeting noiiie cIcIiiiiikIh. 1 wait then Id
a fair way, hut n w" hla voh-o aud
dculy betu;!f xhrlll ami tremulouft
"now I bine gone nil to plw-e. 1 can
witrcety - make my living. And th
kuovii!(o of my altered comlltiou la
the hint straw upoi, their baeks. Mle
Ciimeroti ha iu.e:iod me from the eu
gngemeiit peremptorily. Khe will not
bear of lu roiiiliiiiuiii-e, believing ber
nwu cine to bi' liopeU-M and her ml f a
mere burden. Ho, even If I had the
money, they would inl take It. They
would not let me auve tier life."
"I'iiU-m you had the strength to car
ry the matter with a blxh hand." re
apomled the doctor. "And. laklna
of your atreiitfih, I am not your med
ical advhter, but If you will grant
for a moment the greater privilege ot
advlNlng you aa a friend 1 ahall auKKeMt
for you oImo a change of aceue. I think
you Hhotikl not uxelixuily wreck your
own career, of win we prouilHe I havt
beurd aome very flattering thing."
"I tlmiik you," miM Kendall coldly
Aud the doctor took hi lome.
Anln Kendall pa-el tmi-k and fortU
and minniioiii-il it hU courage with
even bit profit thun In-fore. Then Ur
aat an hmir with Kdlth nml rclurm-d tt
hi own room, hi heart nore with of
and heavy with rih-ouriicriucni.
And at uhout the Hume hour then
were two men talking of thl very mat
ter. One of them waa Kendall' ne
thotiKh be ImikiHl younger, lie iimk
vlgorouly.amoked hartl between wbllet
ami wulkel the floor with an air ol
et lu the exerctiw. The other wa
much older. Ilia fare waa deeply lined
and thoughtful, lie at by a broad, flat
tuplNMl dek Uttered with mantmerlpti
and letter aud an odd aiutortment ol
reference book, big and little.
"You have cboneu the flower of tha
flock." aald the younger man. "Kendall
la not only a natural born corrcioiid
ent, with the gift of getting the truth
aud the much rarer girt of writing It,
but be la the very man pbylcally for
thl Job. Heat and cold, rain aud
drought, good food, bad food and uo
food at all; awampa, microbe and bul
leta-I tell you Kendall eata them all
and growa fat The only thing that
hurt blm I a quiet life. I aaw him In
Cuba and In the Philippine, and be
waa alwaya In coudltlou, alwaya bright
and cheerful and cnthualaetlc. Dealdea,
be baa a amattertng of Japea had
a Jap claanmate In college whom hi
waa very foud of. I tell you, Graham,
wltb theae arrangement of your and
Kendall aa your man you'll get th
only good atuff that will have come
from the eaat alnce tbo war began." '
"There are two polnta," aald Graham
lowly. "We 'cannot afford to pay
much; the expenea are bo heavy. He'll
come back uo richer except In reputa
tion. Hecond, I wlh that be bad kept
hlnmelf more In the public eye of late.
He ba aunk completely out of eight."
"There'a a reaou for that, aa I have
told you," aald the other, biting hi
cigar vlcloualy. "Hut you can boom
blm up. The public rcmeuibera blm."
"Well." Oabam reauined after a
pnuite, "I authorlxe you to lay thl
proportion U'foro blm. You are hi
cloHuMt friend, Htetaon. You are the
only man who without offenxe can
ahow htm the folly of hla present
cotlrae. Get him for me. I want blm."
"Without offeime?" echoed tftetaou.
"I don't know, ltut I'll do my duty.
It hurt rlrfit that Ned Kendall ahould
wreck hla career for Jhe aiike of any
woman, though ahe were the beat In
the world."
"Telegraph him to dine with you."
atiKirexted Gruhtim. "Take hliu to Ju
Uuu'a, where tho old crowd goe. Give
blm aome raw tneat aud aomo good
atroug 'man talk.' aa Kipling call It.
That will fetch him."
It w.u half paat 0 when Kendall and
Btetvon met at Jullalf. Kendall wn
weary with the day'a ungrateful toll
and gloomy , thoughtj; Stetaon waa
alert and kwn, with tub eyea of a buut
er. Fortune waa kind; the right crowd
waa there, the atmoapbere of the scene
waa perfect, and Kendall with lan
guid aurpriae, aaw himself welcomed
aa If from a long lllneaa or the very
Jawa of the grave. And In the exposi
tion of the acheme Stetaon aurpaaaed
all hla own expectatlona.
"Jack," aald Kendall at last, "I thank
yon from my bouI. If this hour la the
turning point of my life, as I truly be
lieve, the credit Is largely yours. Ton
have awakened my manhood."
' '"Thank the Lord!" responded Stetson
fervently.
"Too have made an error, however,"
Kendall continued, "a natural error,
which I will point out to you. We have
aeen ao little of each pther In 'the past
year' that you have loat track of me
completely and now know nothing of
my progreaa. I have advanced a great
distance, but you have thought of me
as standing still Just where you left
we. We all make such mistakes. We
hold the pictures of our friends as we
last aaw them and forget that they
mult chnngfi-
you mean that you've rea!ly got
on with your work?
Kendall abook his bead.
"Very badly," said be. "My work la
moat respects baa gon hack. It la 1
that have advanced, and I really didn't
know It myself until this evening. There
Is my debt to you. It Is the way yott
bare apokeo of man'a life that has
otM-ued my eyea. Why, Jack, you've
been talking of boy' gnniea, the health
ful amiwemciit and exerelwn of youth,
which fit ua for the serious IjunIimk of
the world. Io yon really faijl-y that
following an army ami living on hor
meat end alc-pliig lu alx Incbea of dirty
water In the ttoiii of an abandoned
trench comdltute a great achlcTcineut
that la worth while lu Iturlf? My dear
boy, I have outgrown audi thing. I
bnve done them In the pnt. aiffl they
beneflted me aa much a fojthall, per
bap a little more. It renin In for me
now that you have brought thi ne early
Icmioii buck to m& reiiieiiilirauee to
take the good of them ami profit by the
patience, atrength and rourccfiiliiea
and courage that they taught me. 1 will
begin tomorrow 110. tonight, for there
are three good hour before VI."
"Hut-hut aren't you going: to take
Grabam'a offer?"
"I can't conlder It The war In the
eat la no doubt an Important matter
for thoae who are cngngi-d In It hut nut
for mo. Certainly I can't afford to look
ou at It I can't afford to b a looker
on right here and now, for there I war
all around u. aud I stand armed In the
thick of It. I buve dropx-d my -n
and taken up the aword while you aud
I have ut here at tbla tabU."
"What do you nieanF
"I mean thut the flmt duty of every
man la to the woman be love; thut all
the labor of hi youth are merely prep
aration; that he endure hardnhlp and
aee battle and fights tbem If tha
chance cornea for no other worthy pur
low than to learn how to fight for her.
And I haven't done It. I have been
looking on and Jotting down note that
I cull aforlc. I'm through with it. To
be plain with you. Jack, there I one
blgh and holy tank before me now, and
the Ird, through you, bus given me
the grace to ce It. Good night. Give
my rcNpcctful thanks to Mr. Graham.
You will hcp 111c again when I have cut
my way out of the heart of this bat
tle." On the third day following tbla Inter
view at the time of auuaet Kendall
knocked at the Cameron' door and
was admitted. He waa haggard and
pale, but bla eyea revealed an Inex
hauMtlhle energy of spirit He crossed
the room' quickly to where Edith sat
by the weteru window snd kissed ber
hand with a One deference. '
"What baa happened?" ahe asked,
looking up at blm. "Something baa
come of all the mystery of theae lust
few day a. 1 It a atory?"
"Yea." aald he; "a love Btory about
the prvttlet girl that ever lived and
the tuplilett man that ever died and
didn't know It till one day he waked
op and aaw that he was dead and came
to life again. The occaalon of thla mir
acle was a conversation with an ex
cellent friend who for the dead alive
man's good suggested ao expedition to
the wilds of Manchuria, where, I am
told, there Is a war la progress. In
stantly the awakened Individual per
ceived that there was fighting nearer
home In which he bad an Intimate con
cern. In the midst of the battle be saw
the prettiest girl aforesaid desperately
threatened and aurrounded by- foes.
Now, which battle waa his, think you?
"It didn't take him long to decide,
and be began to look to hla weapons.
In bla right hand there was a pen-s
good weapon In Its way, but too alow
for thl emergency. Bo he reached up
Into the air aud aelsed an Idea which
bad the form and potency of a sharp
aword. It bad been within his reach
and dimly perceived for many months,
but he had been too sluggish to grasp
It Armed therewith, be hewed bis
way to the citadel of a powerful ma
gician who sat by a barrel of bright
gold, with which be worked his won
der. Thla sword for a share of that
gold." cried the Invader, but the magi
cian uttered a cold 'Ha, ha!'
"Thrice and four times the man re
turned to the attack, and each time tlx
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find them." '
"1 dare not." ahe murmured, trem
bling. "A gentleman connected with an ex
pre compiiuy." aald be calmly, "will
call for your baggage and your moth
er's tomorrow a1out this hour."
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