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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1905)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEX 9, 1905. THE MORNING ASTOMAN. ASTOBIA. OIIEGON. 9 M I 'tt-M-tH'M Hi44HtOM4 VII 1444444444441 4444 1 ! BY LONG DISTANCE By Jimrt Howard, Co night, 1905, by T. C. Eaitment. Ml t 44 M M4H 4 t HUi e f 11 tilt M HI IH 4 44r ?', yon a", aoma on lis t stsy at komO ram the role ovt the wire, "ml I teippbotiiHl lwtle Hryan that I would nut coin uutll tomorrow." "I'm aorry," answered JJituM HoU Ud'I. "TtMr waa amptlaug 1 particu larly wanted to aay to you." WHIT prorokliiifly. J "Canuot I coma out?" Nor Tlito wltn a tittle ahrlfk. -It would nut I prtMr. You ft, I am tuilri'ly aluiie." "Kvt n tbe Mrvanta ifoiia outf ha d- IHSIIttal. Knht Allen fa Itttl laufh. "I forgot to tell you. The cook and the Oral girl want tin strike thla sflcruuoii. Thry thought 1 could not get along without them, and I H thetn go, juat to atiow there that ! could. Th-n the coachman got drunk, ami I had to dls ralM him." ."Why can't you go to Mra. t'arter'a for the night r ha enggrstcd. "Dirre'a an awful lot of money In th aafe," ah anawervd. "I've got to atny here and look after It Tou M-e, father will need It tomorrow and won't bar flm to draw It when ha gvta bacr W" "Ileee you any nteana of prole tlonT he asked. "I'va got that revolver I uaed In ramp laat summer," aha laughed. 1 f-oeaa I ran uaa that If burglar coma." "I'm glad of that." he began, "but I wUh"- Tftere cam orer the wire a sure aton of wild ahrli-ka, the aound of tieary fall, a ahot, more alirleka, a sec ond rraab and than alienee. Frantically ha ahouted Into the trana tnlttrr, but no anawer came, nor could he hear a aound. II dashed the re relwr ujwn the hook and rustm across the room, tearing off th house root be bad been wearing over bta evening clothe en In hla terror and dnpatr hi mind bad acted quickly, and he deter ! buotla. wrra ax mtimxt rim- SIMB aUHlKX, DBOPPf D TU TUB PLOOB. ruined to go oat to Create (Iff. Th Al ien bad a handsome country bouia on the ahor of tb lak. It waa only ten Billm from th city, and Holland knew that be could make It In an automobile jnlker than be could telcphou to th station five mllea beyond and have po lice help at-nt. A twenty four horaeiower touring car waa In the stable at the rear of th honor, with the tauka all filled In an tlctpntlon of an early run In the morn ing. He waa glad now that he bud acen to It that tbo car waa ready to go out. In lea than Ave tuluutc be bnd donned fur, a leather cap and gog gle uml wnn teiirlng along th boule vard n rapidly in bo dared. Two mill out the city line wn panned, and he threw the lever over to tbo highest notch and with a tremendous spurt the hlg cur shot aheud. It wua known thnt Mr. Allen fre quently kept Inrgo mi ins of money In the bouiie, and the tfWhnrgcd conch man iiiut bnvn known that there win uioney In the aafe that night. The do jnetl were out of tho way; It would L an eay matter to one fumlllar with th hjUKo to fore an entrance and overjiowcr tho weak girl. ruder hla breath he prayed thnt be nilxht not bo too Into, but hi feara Lad hold of him, and In aplte of the rapid rush through tbo cold night the peiHplratlon atom! out upon bU fore s' liend. He bad hoped to aee ber nt the Ilryain' party tbut evening, anil It waa the announcement that alio would not lie there that had led hi in to call up Enid on hla early return from the dinner which bad preceded the dance. He thought aa be rushed along that La would have asked ber to bo hla wife that evening. Now be wondered If be would find bar lying mortally wounded apon the floor, nad aho ahot the burglar abe would have anawered. Tb ahot must have been meant for her. In lei than twenty minute he had covered the ten mile and atoppod tb car before the big gate of the park la which the Allen house aat. It wonld bo better, be argued, to gain access to the boua quietly. rosslb!" tb amsslu bad not yet left tb place. It would take soma time to fore opa tl e Hufe. There were llgbta In aeveral of tl room downstair, and at the rear b found door unlocked and aoftly en tered. Hi telephone, be knew, waa In the hall on th aecond floor, and thither be directed hi atepa. but a be panned the library he aaw through tlie opcu dour a man stooping over the aiife, apparently at work on th com bination. I Wore be could make aprlng tb figure started up, and Herald found hlniNcIf looking down the barrel of a dnlnty revolver-th very weapon he remembered having aeeu Knld u th rummer In-fore In camp at Indian In land, the one ah bad told blm ah would uae for ber protection. Thla man munt hav taken It from ber body. I'umlmlful of th consequence, b made a leap and caught at tb band holding the weapon. There waa a flaah, a report and a light blow on th arm. Then cam a ntlnglng actuation In tb right arm, and Junt aa the blood running down the aleev reddened tb hand tb bur glar, with an entirely feminine ehrlek, droped to the floor. The aoft hat fell off. and great msss e of dark brown balr, releaaed from confinement, framed Enld'a fac. Tber waa water and aplrlta on th table, and. haatlly tying hla handkerchief about bla arm, Gerald knelt beald the limp Ogur and forced aom brandy between ber clinched lip. In a moment ah opened ber eye, regarding blm dreamily. "What are you doing here?" ah aiked. Then, a It all cam back to ber, "Hav I killed your "Junt a little flcnh wound," be anld reaaaurlngly. "Ifa nothing aerloua. ' Hut how do you come to b In thin giitne? I thought they had killed you." "It wa a mouse," abe confened nhamcfacedly. "I waa talking to you and a great Mg moua ran acroaa tb floor toward tne. I threw tb tidepbon book at It and brok a van, but It only ran toward m. 1 Jumped on cbalr and tired my revolver at It I waa ao ecared I did not know what I waa do ing" "Hot the cranh right afterward V h anked. "I fell off the chair and atruck my bead against a corner. It atunned me for awhile, and when I could get back to th telephone you had gone." "Hut bow about the clothe r "Why, I thought ther might be men banging around, ao I put on father old coat and hat and went out on the porch ao that If ther wer burglar about they would think It waa a man." Hhw opened tb coat to ahow tb dainty houn gown beneath, and la iplt of the burning of bla arm h bad to amlle. "Then you cam In and mle tonk me for a burglarT' he laughed. That cap looked Ilk a mak," ah aald defennlvely. i never thought of Unit," be ei claimed, "and you bad your coat collar turned up ao that It looked Ilk a dla gule. Well, yon'v captured me, al though I'm no burglar, and you've got to keep me now." 8he looked tenderly up from the arm nhe waa dreaalng. "Forever," ahe whis pered. Italea A ). A rector living In Ireland had an an pleanantne with the eaaiitry la re gard to the payment of tithe, and It happened thereafter that when be or any of bla family appeared abroad they were received with crlea of "Mad dog! Mad dog!" and other ahout equal ly emphatic and unpleasant. The dean and bla family were aluo anluted lb like manner ltecnune they lunlnted up on vlnltlng the proxcrllied citizen, and thU gave rlno one day to a cui'loun Incl dent. Anntey, a poet popular In Dublin and well known there- h the tran lator of tlocthe' 'i'nuHt," drove from I.lmerlck lo 1 nihll!i In the car of the denn to niaki the latter a abort vlalt. llie ununl nhoutln followed, but. Mn allghtly deaf, the poet beard only the crle nnd not the word of threatening and ahiHc. At dluuer be ald to bU hont, with n ImmiuIiu counteiinnce: "Mr. lean. I never knew I wii an well knowu down beie. Faroe surely travel farther than we think. I aa aure you that nearly the whole way from Limerick I waa loudly cheered by the iKviple." A Mndrnt I'hllaathroplnf. ScrogKltiM. the millionaire utago driv er who found n university In John t'rl Lloyd' Mory "ScroBitln," aayn, when he gives the uioney for the achool: "I wants It lo be. romcmltered that I ain't a iloln thla fer glory. There ain't no ghry ter 1110 In nothln' but drlvln the gulch ataKccoach. I don't want 110 name of Scro,ln, neither, atuek on to UJn hill unlveiHlty. I ain't a-glvln' thin money fer mh-Ii an ol)Je-t aa thnt. 8croglim ain't plncheil 110 wldder nor orj'han an' he hain't broke up no mnu'a buNluean fer ter git rich. He ain't ashuuied of nothln' be bes done an' thar ain't uo rcaaon ter give thla money In order ter atop people talkln' bout bla tneanneea, er ter buy bla way Inter heaven. I'm goin bark ter aUgo coactln'." rreqaeaOr- "Do you punlah your little boy for asking quentlonar "Only when be auk question I cant anawer." -Houston Toat DIAMOND CUTTING. tb fIUfcr. "The bulnea of diamond cutting," Mid a cutter of preetoua atone to nporter, "baa changed. Tb old Idea of Imbedding tb aton In melted lead and then allowing tb lead to harden, leaving only one facet of the diamond expoaed for pollaliliig, la don away wltb. Tb wbole proce la thla: "W flrat take the diamond In It rough atat. We And In all Itrazlllan diamond alz aliarp point, the atone being In tb form of a cube. We flmt determine tb bent way to cut the dia mond by examining It for flaw and deciding which way we will b able to reduce the atou to the largt ponnlbl perfect alze and at the name time cut nut all the Imperfcctlona or aa many of them a poaalhle. "The only thing which will cut a dia mond Is another diamond, ao one dla motid Imbedded In bard cement la uned to rut tb rough aton Into a fairly symmetrical shape for polishing. The table or top part of the diamond la cut tb aide of the diamond down to about two-sevenths of tbe depth ar cot snd then for th remainder of tbe atone Jt la tapered off to th small point called tb rnlet Tb rulet la supposed to be directly In tb center of tb tabl. and by looking Into a diamond It looka aa though a little bole wer cut down the tuUldl. "When the diamond has been cut Into thla rough shape It la about aa black aa charcoal. Thla la caused by the aura atoa from tbe diamond which la used to cut It Then It Is up to the polisher. Hla work la nearly always the same. Except In tbe rareat of case he take tb stone and polishes on It fifty -all facets In addition to tb tabl and culet, making fifty-eight facet all told on every atoue. "He usee bolder which grasps and locka tbe diamond securely at any con venient angle, and then he present the exposed surface to a faat revolving wheel on which ar diamond dust and oil That la bla entire work-to put on In regular sequence the fifty -six facets and tben to pollnu to a nicety these fifty-six sides and the table and culet. Wbeu be complete bla Job the dla-! mond la ready for tbe market Impreg nable to weuther, to acid, to damage, except aa It may be cut by another dia mond. "Tbe Invention of the diamond bold era with a lock claap baa done away with tbe melted lead a a holder except In the case of the very smallest stoues." -New York Herald. 0 gQSQ Of Pnoumonio on tard There is no case on re cord of a cold resulting in Pneumonia, or other seri ous lung trouble, after Sa4 His Llf. This story Is told, according to th Boston Herald, at the expense of the late General Wllmon W, Blackmar: General Blackmar waa attending a camp when be waa approached by a seedy looking man, who greeted blm profusely. Tbe general ahrugged bla shoulders and turned away, with the remark that they wer not acquainted. "But general," aald th stranger, "don't you remember how you aaved my llf at the battl of tb Wilder neaar General Blackmar at one became Interested and be called group of comrades over to listen, aaylng: "I aaved this msn's life one. How waa It don, old comrade F "It waa thla way," waa th response "W were on a hill and th enemy ad vanccd steadily toward our Intrench menta. A veritable ball of Are swept our position. Suddenly you turned" here tbe auditor were absorbed And excited "and fan, and I ran after yon I think that if you hadn't ahown tbe example I would bar been killed that day." Tk Fraeh Paaaat Wmaa. She Judges a picture with both binds on ber hips, and when disapproval ap pears In her eye one tremble for th picture. When ah la actually bored, she strides acroaa th floor to an open window, puts her elbows on Its balcony rail, lays her leathery chin on her leathery hands, crossee ber Bturdy legs, and In thla street loafer attitude refreshes her mind. Her flt Is ca pable of a Hlcdge hammer blow. Her huxlmnd, yeoman though be is, would hardly be a match for her. He knows It and Is vlnlhly proud of It I have seen Whltechapel hag rouse their shriveled, bbated selves to flirhf like fiends, but she, If once she were roused, would fight like a gl. it) fact, she Is a lniaJem type of the plow woumn of mythology. If Joan of Arc bud ben a peasant of tbls type there would have lcu no mystery about her military prowess. She Is a ninscu line woman In the best seue. Up ptocott's Magaslne. mm mi 1IM had been taken. It stops the cough and heals the lungs and pre vents serious results from a cold. 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