THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1900.
Purely
Personal
By ETHLL FRAY
Copyright, IWB. by Homer !prai:u 5
Stetaon rend tho advertisement for a
second time. It was seldom thnt li
read the personal column, usually
plunging fttralglit Into the financial
news, but this morning Podds had
chatted with him until he was almost
at bis destination, and his eye fell Idly
upon the column.
"Will the gentleman who saved th
life of a youug woman ut Central
aqua re yesterday afternoon please
nend hla address to Grateful, box 512?"
lie closed his eyes and with mental
Tldlon he could see it all agnln-the
automobile, the trolley car which pre
ented escape and. above all, th
piquaut little face lying limp against
his shoulder. For 0 moment be wtt
tempted to answer the advertisement.
Twice during the day he (venned a
note to "Grateful." but each time he
tore it up in disgust. It seemed a
pretty poor trick to be seuding his ad
dress that he might be thanked. lie
would like to look into those blue eye
again wheu they were not dilated wltb
terror, but he must w ait for some othei
opportunity.
The next morning the advertisement
was repeated. He knew, because he
turned to the columu the first thing.
He smiled grimly as he thought of tin
temptation of the day before. They
could advertise until doomsday, but
they would get no answer from him.
It was almost with apprehension that
he looked the third day, but his mild
curiosity was changed to indignation.
This time the persoual read:
"Will the gentleman who saved the
life of a young woman at Central
square Monday afternoon kindly re
turn her watch, and no questions will
be asked? Grateful, x ."12."
This, then, was why she had adver
tised for his address. She believed
that during the excitement he had rob
bed her of her watch. And all the
dreams he had dreamed in the past
two days of those blue eyes brimming
with gratitude looking Into his were
but idle visions! He was sorry he had
Men the advertisement He probably
never would tee the girl, but it had
been pleasant to believe that he had
saved her.
He hoped now that tie would never
see her again. Several times in the
course of the past year he had en
countered her upon the street, and
from the very first he had been inter
ested. He was not exactly In love, be
told himself, but very near It Now
be would have to dodge if be saw her;
be would have to slip Into some store
or across the street. It would be in
tolerable. He cut out the advertise
ment and placed it in his pocketbook.
As soon as the morning mail was
disposed of he drew toward him a let
ter head and wrote rapidly. Several
sheets were destroyed before he finally
decided that the letter would do, and
before he slipped It into the envelope
be regarded It for a third time.
"Mr. Robert Hardy Stetson." it ran,
"begs to assure 'Grateful' that she Is
in error concerning the disappearance
of her watch. Mr. Stetson would sug
gest that 'Grateful' make application
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fo the police. He Is ready to giro
them aniplo proof as to his honesty
and standing."
The tiny business card lu the corner
would give the address, and he flatter
ed himself that the note would sen'
Its purpose. It was given a boy to take
to the newspaper ofllce, and the rest of
the day Stetson divided his time
mourning his dead roinnu.ee and won
dering what the girl would say when
she read the letter. He fluttered him
self that It was dignified and eminent
ly calculated to reiulud her of her
transgression.
Possibly could be have seen the re
cipient wheu she glanced over the
formal Unas he would have boau sur
prised, for, with ber face wreathed In
miles, she nodded at the clerk.
"You needn't put It lu again," aha
aid. "Thank you, very much."
Stetson scowled at the pale tinted
note on his desk the following mom
log. The girl could have no JustJflca
don for ber suspicions, certainly none
"I THOUGHT TOC MIGHT CALL THIS AKTER
NOON," SHE SAID.
that he would accept It was Imperti
nent of ber to make answer to him.
For ten minutes he turned It over und
over before he slit the cover and drew
forth the luclosure. He stared for a
moment dumfounded at the opening
lines, which ran: I
"Miss Alice Everton Woodrow beg I
to thank Robert Hardy Stetson for
bis somewhat tardy answer to her ad
vertisement. She begs to assure Mr.
Stetson that she does not believe blm ta
be a thief. His unwillingness to an
swer the earlier advertisement led to
the suggestion on the part of the clerk
In the advertisement office that the
amended form of iK'rsoual would be
more likely to bring forth an answer.
If Mr. Stetson will be good enough to
call at i.'15 Auburn avenue he will nut
only receive the grateful thanks of
Miss Woodrow. but of her father, whe
would le glad to meet the son of his
old schoolmate."
Stetson looked at his watch. He could
not in decency call much before 4.
It was only 10 now. There would
be no use in trying to work when every
letter was but a picture of a pair ol
blue eyes set in a pieplant face and
framed In golden bair.
He had been trapped, but he was
glad of it. He was especially glad tc
know that she was willing to take
such pains to find bim. It showed that
she really did care and Justified hie
earlier opinion of her.
He wished that he could announce P
general half holiday in the office, bul
since this was not possible without ex
planation he could at least take out
himself.
He was uptown at 11 and spent the
rest of the time In pacing his room
and deciding upon the important item
of a necktie. He could scarcely wait
until it was time to start and set out
afoot that he might at least kill time
that way.
The servant showed him into the li
brary instead of the drawing room.
Miss Woodrow sprang from her easy
chair by the open tire as he was an
nounced and came toward him.
"I thought you might call this after
noon," she said as lie took her hand,
"so 1 told James to bring you in here.
I am so glad you have come. '
'So am I," said Stetson promptly,
"though 1 did not come to be tha.iked."
"To meet father," she suggested de
niurely. "I am afraid lie will not be
In until li."
"I don't miml waiting," said Stetson
obligingly "Jiat is, unless I inconven
ience you.'-
"I shall be glad to have you wait,"
she said 1 cerely, "but please may I
not thank y ,n't"
"Rescues are sometimes their own
reward," he smiled. "It was not very
much of a rescue, anyway. I prob
ably should not have noticed your pre
dicament only"
"Only?" she questioned, seeing that
he was not going to continue.
"Only well, for a long time I have
been wondering who you were. You
see, I've seen you very often and"
He paused again.
"So you have noticed me, too?" she
said wonderingly. "How funny!"
"You mean that you have that you
did" He was distressingly confused.
"I have noticed you often," she ad
mitted frankly. "You seemed so dif
ferent from so many of the men I
know that 1 often wondered who you
were."
"Then it was not altogether because
oXJour cratltude that you advertised?"
he urged. Shu colored", but would not
confess, though as she wag bidding him
good by a couple of hours later he held
her hand a tritle longer than Is per
in It ted.
"Won't you say that It was not alto
gether through gratitude that you put
In that personal?" he urged.
The blue eye fell before the glow lu
the ardent brown ones. "Perhaps not
altogether," she whispered, "but that Is
very purely personal."
Rlrana; "Taa."
Tea Is not always the fragrant bever
age which cheers but docs not luebrl
ate, and the name has curious appllca
Hon. Ginger tea was once a most pop
ular beverage. Cowslip and othei
flowers and herbs, luclmllug camomile,
thyme, marjoram, balm and mint, hav
been used. Histories have made us fn
miliar with the substitutes for tei
which our Revolutionary graudmothen
used after the tea from the Kast India
company's ships was poured Into Hos
ton harbor. Tea made from the leave
of ribwort, strawberry plants and cur
rant bushes, sage, thorougbwort am)
other herbs wa9 drunk. So called "lib
erty tea" was made from the leaves ol
four leaved loose strife, while Hyperlot
tea, according to n valuable chronieU
of the time, was made from raspberry
leaves and was said by patriots to hi
very delicate and most excellent. Thi
beverage may have tasted so to th
patriotic palates, but many a colonlai
dame must have longed If she had al
lowed herself for the fragrant Hysot
which she bad been accustomed to en
Joy.
The Light of the Moon.
The moon is a mirror which reflect!
the sunlight to us. An examination of
moonlight with the spectroscope shows,
of course, the same spectrum as that
of sunlight. The quality of the reflec
tion Is Indicated in the announcement
that It would take no fewer than CIS.
000 full moons to supply to us an
amount of light equal to that which wr
get from the sun. and there Is only sky
room for. say. T.Vhmi of them. The In
Cllnation of the moon's orbit to the
horizon accounts for the harvest and
the hunter's moon, which occur when
the tipping is slightest, thus permitting
the moon to rise about the ve time
for several successive evenings. The
moon often appears inu-h enlarged
wheu on the horizon, but this Is caused
by the refractive feature of the air
about the horizon and the natural tend
ency to compare it with terrestrial ob
Jeets. An Appreciative Man
Was Mrs. Duzzit'i Hubbj
1 DEC LAKE," complained Mrs. Iu
I tit, "I shall certainly have to pun-
ish the chlldreu."
"What have they lieeu tip to now?"
asks Mr. Du.zit.
"They have simply upset my sewing
room. Nothing is where it should be.
Needles, spools of thread, scissors,
darning balls and everything have beeu
poked away Into the most unexpected
corners. I had to search ail afternoon
to find a card of buttons. It is perfect
ly exasperating!"
"My dear, the children didn't do that
1 dld'it."
"You? What possessed you?"
"I thought I was doing you a kind
Hess. After you straightened up the
papers and books In my desk so beau
tifully I thought it was no more than
right that I should return the compli
ment by putting your sewing room Id
similar shape."
Yea or So.
"My good woman," said the learned
Judge, "you must give an answer In
the fewest possible words of which
you are capable to the plain and sim
ple question whether when you were
crossing the street with the baby on
your arm and the motor car was com
ing dowu on the right side and the dog
cart was trying to pass the motor car
you saw the plaintiff between the car
riage and the dogcart or the motor car
and the dogcart or whether and wheu
you saw him at all and whether or not
near the carriage, dogcart and motor
car or either or any two and which of
them respectively or how It was." II
lustrated Bits.
How It Happened.
"80 you are a hermit, eh? Well If
you don't mind, kindly tell me how you
came to adopt such an undercrowded
and nonremuneratlve profession."
"Well, you see, my auto broke down
near here, and rather than endure the
gibes and Joshes of the triumphant
farmers of the neighborhood I took the
machine to pieces, carried them to this
cave and have remained here ever since
trying to put them together again.
Looks a trifle like rain off to the north
east, doesn't It?" Woman's Home
Companion.
LAUNDRIE8.
The Troy Laundry
Tha only white labor laundry In th
elty. Does tha boat work at reasonable
prices and Is in every way worthy of
your patronage.
10th and DUANE Sta., Phone 1991.
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everything. Astoria Commision 4 Auc
tion Co., 305 Commercial street
FOR SALE-ONE SLIGHTLY USED
Estey organ; worth $125; for ale
cheap. A. Poutola, 1470 Grand avenue,
Astoria. Ore. 5 31 -3t.
FOR SALE -MISCELLANEOUS LOT
of wire cable new and second hand,
any length, pipe of any description and
size, machinery to suit anybody writ
for prices on anything; metal scrap Iron
and all kind of junk and machinery
bought and sold. Adress VI. Barde A
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Inquire at Astorian office.
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ASTORIA, OREGON.
NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS.
CHIEF QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE,
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., May 23,
1906. Sealed proposals, in triplicate,
will be received at this offke until 11
o'clock a. m., June 10, 1906, and then
publicly opened, for the construction of
post exchange and bowling alley at
Fort Columbia, WaBh. Full information
will be furnished on application at this
office, and at the office of the Quarter
master, Fort Columbia, Wash. The
U. S. reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all bids or any part there
of. Envelope containing proposals
should be indorsed: "Proposals for
gymnasium and bowling alley at Fort
Columbia, Wash.," and addressed to the
Chief Quartermaster, Vancouver Bar
racks, Washington.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
ceived at the office of the Light House
Engineer, Portland, Ore., until 2 o'clock
p. m., June 29, 1000, and then opened
for furnishing miscellaneous articles for
the Light House Establishment for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, com-
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prising: hardware; pipe, fitting, etc.;
paints, oils, eU.; and lumber, In ac
cordance with spi'clflcatloru copies of
which with blank proposal and other
information, may be hud upon applica
tion to Lieut Col. S. W. RiM-lir, Corp
of Engineers, U. S. A.. Engineer.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE
of the Supervising Architect, Wash
ington, I). C, May 5, llKMJ.-Sealed pio
posaln will be received at this office
until 3 o'clock p. ni. on the 11th Jay of
June, 11)00, and then opened, for the
construction of a gangway at the
Columbia River Quarantine Station, As
toria. Oregon, in accordance with draw
ings and specification, copiet of which
may be had at this ofllce or at the
office of the Custodian of the Columbia
River Quarantine Station, Astoria. Ore
gon, at tho discretion of the Supervis
ing Architect
JAMES KNOX TAYLOR,
Supervising Architect
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
RESTAURANTS.
FIRST-CLASS MEAL
for 15c; nice cake, coffee, pie, or
doughnuts, 5c, at U. S. Restaur
ant. 434 Bond St
Mon Fong'
Restaurant
Noodles and
Chop Suey.
MEALS OF ALL KINDS
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
74 EIGHTH STREET
BEST 15 CENT MEAL.
You can always find the best
16-cent meal in the city at the
Rising Sun Restaurant.
612 OommercialSt.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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DR. RHODA C. HICKS
OSTEOPATH
Office Manse), Bid. Phone Black 2066
671 Commercial St., Astoria, Ore.
DR. KATHYRN RUETER
Osteopahio Physician
Phone Red 2101 Hours : 0 to 12 and 1 to 6
3rd floor Bee Hive Bldg., Coml.St
DENTISTS.
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DENTIST.
524 Commercial Bt Astoria Oreson.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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Attorney-st-Law,
(ii'tioritl Practitioner. Notary Public.
Room 33 I'lmnc Main 2051.
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HOUSE MOVERS.
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pvinlty of house moving, carpenters,
contractors, general jobbing; prompt at
tention to all orders. Corner Tenth and
Dunne clrei-tn.
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I Carries the Finest Line of
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k Liquors
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and
Cigars
I CALL AND SEE US
THE SAVOY
Popular Concert Hall.
Good music All are welcome. Cor
ner Seventh and Astor.
New La Tosca
a3 ASTOR STREET.
I. N. VANCIL & CO,
CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS.
Furnished Rooms, Day or Night
LOGGERS' HOME.
ASTORIA,
OREGON.
Eagle Concert Hall
320 Astor St.
The leading amusement house.
P. A. PETERSON, Prop.
Agency for Edison Phonographs and
Gold Moulded Records.
WOOD YARDS.
WOOD! WOOD! WCOD!
Cord wood, mill wood, box wood, any
kind of wood (t lowest pricea. Kelly,
tho transfer man. Thone aigx Main,
Barn on Twelfth, opposite opera
house.
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