MONDAY, HAY , 1900.
THE, MORNING AST0IUAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. I
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MaJorCrofoofsOld
Landlady Visits Him
Makei llrrnelf it Nome nd Forcei
iHillcinetit of an Old
! Claim.
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r",tpyrllii.HV.,by Mi Chirs, Phillips A Co.J
AJOIt ritolOOT, urn ml promo
ter iiml generally ImrU up
I;. Ml, Mil Mitt lit K III lllll OlllcS
nt 10 o'clock the other fore
noon iiml (Miiiilciiiiit w hut hud become
of nil Hit' niicl.cr In town, when the
ilimr nni.'iiv nM'iit'il nml ii uomtin en
torcl. 'I'lic li.njor lunl forgotten to lock
Urn iloor. uinl he (imc n start of sur
print' nml turned pule, The woman ml
vmiri'il lulu h riMtiii, rciuovcil her lion
uct nml rliiiik mid rnit down, There
M'iiN Inil Utile tiro In the stove, mid the
room was chilly. After sitting for it
moment die row tip nml dumped Into
the Move the hod of eonl w hich the Mia
fir M
"wju. a tirrt.K i iiwn nut Ivm win hack !
tOUB OOUU tll'I.NIOK I
Jor Imd Just Imriiiwed of the tthocmak
r upstair iiml which he niemit to Inst
him a w hole week.
"t.rvst heiiveiiH, hut whiit lire you do
log?'' he shouted nt her as be Haw
black mitt Muring him In the fuct.
Hlie turned from the stove and tat
dowu and mild:
"Major, I have comi; visiting, and I
want to Ik comfortable. Voti remrin
her uic, of course?"
To do '.he major Justice, he didn't
It had lifcn five yrurs since he uw her,
II iM-cn-d nt her fur awhile, and then
a smile of recognition came to hi fsee
and ho exclaimed;
"It can't he. and yet It must m my
old landludy, Mr. IMIIshuryr
"Just so." she replied. as.sjjc took
her Knitting out of a hag aud began to
knit.
"Hut lot tn suuke hand," aald tho
major at ha roue up ami offered lila.
"Why, my dear, tleur woman, 1 sup
posed you went under the sod long ago.
I can't think It possible Unit I see you
her alive."
"Never iiiliut tho ha ml shake, major.
Htiako linmla with yourself If you feel
like shaking, You should hnvo bad a
better lire thla .' lurnlnic. How la the
deadheat business?"
"Ah, I see wluit you are driving at.
and I om chid you culled and gave me
a chance to cxplulu. Mia. I'lllsbury
my dear old landlady-when I left your
bourdlng house n few mouths ago I
waa owing you about a dollar, I be
lleve,"
"When you left my hoarding bouae,
over four year ngo, you owed me aev
euteen dollars," she corrected,
(aria Ilia Jollrla.
"Over four year ago mid aoventeeu
dollurn! It tloiMti't ai'cin possible, und
yet I will titko your word for It, Ilow
time IIIcm! Ilow the exact amount of
our deliti escnpeit us! Well, well, well,
hut I rim rejoiced to ace you once more
and In the flesh. You must hitve recov
ered from your iittmk of the amoll
pox?" "I never bin! nit uttm k."
"Whit t J Whn t! My tleur aoul of
goodness, you don't ti ll lite Hint you ra
ta ped ecot tree?"
The wommi In t j ! n - , Imt nuulo no reply-
"Why, my tleiir," Mild tin mnjor n
he walked about, "the ulitht I left your
hoarding hotiae I w told tlutt you
nud aeveml of t.'ie Ito.trdera were In
lied w ith the tire Ml epidemic mid had
no allow to tret well. A it mutter of
fact, wim' ordered by it red headed
pollri-iiuin in prick my trunk mid go."
"I'.ut j mi tllilu't puck our trunk and
'tike It n Ion-,'. It wait it dollar trunk. I
found It licit tiny, with two old shirts
lu It. You wi nt at i.iMiiUht, mid you
went by way of the tillej window."
"I could tlli'ptttc you, my dear old
Cimrdlmi uni:-l, but I rdiall not do ho.
It I barely gisllili! Hint I did leave by
way of the aid'y ::td iie;lci-ted to take
my trunk nlonjf, The mimllpox uewa
nuturttlly put me In a panic. Three
day later when on my way to tho
IioUko to rlu-t the bell and wk after
you I waa t'-M by tin- peanut man on
tliv corner that you were dead und
burled. Shall 1 any that teara filled my
cyeaaa I heard bit wordx? Shall I any
that I never slept for an hour that
lilKht'f Shall I suy"
"1 don't think I would:" Interrupted
the womnu hm atte auioothed at the
stocking she waa knitting.
"Had I known whom to aeud vbe $17
to," aald the major aa he tried to work
a quaver Into lila tonea, "of rourae It
would have been aent. I ahould have
eetit at leaat f 100 alove the debt Ton
were kind to me, Mra. I'lllaburjr, when
I needed klndncaa, und I never forget
my frlenda. However, let the past lie
the paat. You are lie re now, and I can
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liow my gratitude. Will little check
for S50Q win back your good opinion T
lira. Plllabury Indulged In a hearty
laugb.
Ilea the Lmugk mm Him.
"But aUy. Instead of a check for
I.VW, atippoae I give you the secretary
ship of a new company I have Juat pro
moted. It la called the (Jreat Ameri
can Folding lied company and starts
out with capital of $3,000,000 and or
ders from the czar of ltuaala and half
ft dozen kings and emperors. The old
faahloned folding bed had a trick of
folding up at night and catching tha
sleeper and breaking bis back. Our
bed never folds up except In the day
time, and human life Is therefore aafe.
The secretaryship will pay you $300 ft
year, and you will hare so little to do
at tho office that you can run your
boarding bouae as well. When I waa
hard up and could not see my way
clear you trusted me. Instesd of
hounding me for ray bosrd and mak
ing things worse all around you let
my Indebtedneas drift along and show
ed that you felt for me. I never can
forget It Take the secretaryship, Mrs.
Plllabury, In payment of the bread you
cast on the waters."
Mrs. Plllabury simply grinned as she
worked away at ber knitting.
"My dear woman, what's the mat
ter?" fihe grinned a little harder.
"Too can't possibly distrust my In
tentions, my dear woman? Hlnce I
came Into my patrimony I have taken
the greatest pleasure In paying off my
little Indebtedness In other duys. If
you are not satisfied with $500 In place
of $17, wby"-
"We shall wont some more coal pret
ty soon, major," observed the caller.
"What do you mean by that?"
"It lan't 11 o'clock yet. I expect to
be here all day and perhaps for two
or three days."
"Good Urd!"
"That Is, I ahull stny until I get tny
money."
"But I have offered you the secre
taryship of the Great American Fold
ing Bed company, positively guaran
teed not to fold up and break any one'a
back between sunaet and sunrise."
Mra. Plllabury grluned several grins,
lie fnmra lo Time.
"But aa you don't seem Inclined to
take It," continued the major, "and as
I wunt to (jet the debt off my hands at
once I will go out and Ixirrow the
money."
He walked to the door, but It would
not open. The woman had locked It
nd put the key In her pocket. He
looked around at ber, and she smiled
benevolently.
"I can't raise $17 to save my neck,"
he Anally said.
"I know It," she replied, "and so I
am going to offer to take $7 and call It
square."
The major sat down and counted up.
lie had 40 cents over the amount, but
not another cent In slKbt for two
weeks. He looked appeallngly at Mrs.
Plllabury.
"Seven or I sit tight here for a
week!" she said.
"My dear, dear old landlady, whom 1
thought dead"
Vut It out. major!"
He did. He handed over the $7, and
aho put on her hat and clonk, bundled
up her knitting and unlocked the door
and grinned a farewell.
"By thunder!" gasped the promoter
as he stood and surveyed the open
door.
Then ho rushed to the stove and
threw open tho door to save all the
beat be could and snt down in his of
fice chair and once more exclaimed:
"By thunder!" M. QUAD.
War It'a So.
Slmklns Windham seems to think be
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Tlmklns Well, bo's not to blame.
Slmklns-Not to blame!
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