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FRIDAY, JUNE 39, 1906. THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 8 scssesQ TELEGRAPHY of THE SOUL By EDITH M. DOANG Cowrlulit, IWKl, ! I. C. Kontmnut 'Extrii! Kxlru!" Tlu hIuIII cry if it nnwalioy outside broko Mliai'iily on tho bIIimh-o of tin wtirin, Niuilll room, "HorrlMn (Haunter! Wrwlc of ttio Iltiitliul! Twenty ioito killed! ICx tru! Kxlrnl" Tim trlrl lieforo tlio Are Htnrtcri nerv ously. HIio waa mlv, it ml lier tyu vere In 11ml dark with exellemeiit. Flu llHtcni'it lulfiitly till thu liiMt faint aoninl tiled nwiiy; then iwclmiilrully wlio NiiMHiihi'il t icii iiml reread thu lilt of yellow iuir In her limut: "Limited wreeked; eanijied unhurt; will 1m with you tomorrow, John ItroiiNim," tin ti'li'K'i'Miii nuul. With 11 little ihnhIoiiiiI( cry of relief ami Joy lm preyed tint crumpled yel low IIIC'NKCIIKIT to IllT Up. All the mxt day him listened anxious ly for hi Hut,', nud yet wlies hit finally "OMB DllsUDKlL Til I NO WAS CUKKiTKO VI' imi vou." came, tall, hrond shouldered, crossing U room to her with ft quick, enay stride, aim could flu J uo word for tin wild man of Joy that euvelopud her, but stood motionless, holding out her baud to him In tho dim, flrellt Mom. "Martha, Martha!" ho auld mislead lly, ifrasplnjj the slender, outstretched baud tlk'htly in his own. And when alio did not speak "Martha, have I nmdo a mistake? Do you want ma to stay? Tell 1110 tin truth." "Yea, yen!" alio answered tremulous ly, U-nvliiK her hand In hla In her tu mult of delight, 'i-oh, enn you not see It 7" "Yea," ho an Id gravely; "I kuow." "I never meant that other," alio went on, breaking Into low, uervoua laugh ter. "I knew even when I aald It that I didn't. Tlienyesterdiiy-oh!"-tho clasp of her alender Angers tightened 011 IiIh -"I don't know what I ahould have dono If you had" She atopped abruptly and, with a heavy Hhudder, hurst Into teara In tho atroiiK, tender clasp of hla arm. 801110 time afterward alio allpped away from him and dropped Into tho deep leather ehalr drawn up In frout of tho fireplace. A llttlo sigh escaped her. Hho motioned him to a neighbor ' lug chair, but gravely and not with her accuHtouied guyety. "Too far off. I can do tho aubjeet Justice, only at close range," he object ed. Btundlng 011 the hearth rug, he mulled down at her. She wan looking atralght before her, wide eyed and motionless, atnrlug Into the dancing Humes. Ho regarded her seimhlngly and as If im pelled to the question becuuso of her extreme stillness. "Of what me you thinking?" ho asked. Kho turned to him. drawing her breath quickly. The logs In tho flre placo (lamed up In midden brilliance, and for the first time sliu noticed hla ,pnllor nnd the dark circles under hlu eyes. Ills luce, too, wna graver than Its wont In Hplto of Its great content. "I hnvo forgotten how hard It wan for you, too," Martha said, with quick contrition. "Do you know, Hobert" alio ant up suddenly, her eyes dark with horror "I thought I was there with you. I heard tlio shrieks. I snw tho red glaro of the Humes. I felt tlio train nwiiy nnd Jar us the ours nlieiul crushed Into the engine. Oh!" She broke oil with 11 long, shuddering breath. "Itobert," hIio said solemnly, "I did lee It. I was on that trn In !" lie looked nt her strangely, then jested himself on tho arm of tho big leather chnlr nnd, slipping hla arm around her, drew her gently toward him. "It was yoRterday," she went on In a choked voice, nervously clasping and nnclasplng Ids hand. "I was sitting here, nnd I kept thinking and thinking of you, nnd then suddouly I saw you. You were sitting In a car smoking and laughing nnd talking, and nil the while lomo dreadful thing was creeping up Viesldo you closing in around you and pou would not see. With all my might 1 eaiioa to you to roms away, ana al most that anmn Instnnt enmo a terrific olt anil tint horrible grinding sound of freshing car. I tried to cloao my eyes to tha blinding glare of tho spreading flumes, and then-1 wna here again Just altting hero beforo the fire at home." A aob ahook her, nnd ho drew her cloaer. Then alio went on again, nerv ously, In a half auiothered voice, a llt tlo pause between each sentence, "Tho d renin haunted me, Then your telegram ciime, Itoberf'-aho changed her position somewhat and regarded Uliu earnestly "I did not dream It. I aw It. Tail mo that you bellovo I did Dot drenm It." He nodded, regarding her gravely. "Hut how could I see It when I wo hero In this room all the time?" she went on, with n little laugh. Then her nerves, already strained to tho break Ing point, gave way, and her slender body quivered with heavy sobs. The clasp of Ids nrms reassured tier, Ho drew her bend to his shoulder, nnd they snt In alienee In the fust darken Ing room, lighted only by tho flames leaping In and out between tho heavy logs. Ills voice, Intense mid hushed, wni the first to break the silence, "I was In the front part of the train hi the smoking car," he said gravely. "1 had finished one clgtir mid was about to take another. Indeed, the cigar case was In my lutiiil, and I was Just about to offer it to my companion when I looked up and an w you. Then you were, standing Just Inside the door at the end of the car, I remember you standing there, ao I must have aeon your whole figure, but all that I noticed were your eyes-Intense, com pelting, electric with some message- fustencd on mine with a look of pas alomite, ngonl.lug nppcul. "I do not remember that I wna aur prised. My only thought wna that you wanted me. Aa I went down tho nlsle toward you, you opened the door and passed swiftly Into the car beyond, your eyes, with their compelling np peal, still fastened on mine. 80 in this fashion, in a sort of trance, I followed you from car to car till wo stood In the observation car at tho end of the train. "Then 1 came to my senses. I start ed to call you, to cry out, and Just nt that moment," he went on, hla voice tenso with emotion, "the train struck an open switch, and tho englno left tho rolls and plowed Into tlio ground, tearing up tho track for yarda." Martha preaaed cloaer to hla aide, and he bent and touched hla llpa to her forehead. Tlio logs In the fireplace burned low, and the room grew dim and vague and mynrerimia in tho uncertain light. "Tho two eara followed the engine tho amoklng car and one other Jam med Into It and were crushed, the fire from tho engine aettlng them ablaze. Moat of the occupants wero either kill ed or aeverely Injured. There were aome alight injuries to the passengers In all of the other cars except the last." Ilia voice waa heavy with emotion. "Every one In tho observation car," be anld unstendlly, "escaped unhurt." A Mm ! la lour Throx. Did you kuow that the throat baa a brain of Its own? I suppose few peo ple are ownro of it, but It's a fact There Is a small ganglion which exer cises direct control of the muscles of tho throat nud nets as Its brain. Of eourso it Is subservient to tho gcnulno brain, but nt J?o same times does a good dual of Independent thinking for Itself. It Is very timid and auspicious of nny strange objects that come near the throat. For this reuson It la very difficult for a physician to operate on tho throat. Heforo anything can lie dono in this direction It is neceaaary for tho operator to gain the confidence of the little bruin that dominates It. It frequently takes weoka boforo this con fidence can bo secured, and until It is secured it la Impossible to perform any operation. Woe to the ninn who at tempts rough treatment to tho throat beforo gaining the llttlo brain's confi dence! His ojteratlons will be resented with violent paroxysms, first of the throut, thou of tlio diaphragm, and if tho operator atlll persists the patient will 1m thrown Into convulsions. Still more curious Is tho fact that this little brain has n memory, and If once fright ened In this way It is almost Impossible to ever gain Its confidence, no matter how gentlo tho oporator may be. renrson's Weekly. Ants Live on Lice, In their migrations from plant to plant the lice are often aided by their foster mothers, the nnts, for mnny spo cles are carefully cared for and guard od by tho ever diligent ants. A pecul iar sweetish liquid called "honeydow" Is secreted by tho aphides of which the ants nro extremoly fond. To securo tills they herd tho aphides, much ns if they wero llttlo green cattlo. Fre quently an ant may be seeu tapping nn aphis with her antennae, upon which a drop of the honeydow Is exuded and quickly lapped. Thus tho ants nro probably entirely responsible for car rying the young aphides which affect the strawberry roots In Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and elsewhere from tlio follago down to the roots and for carrying them from plant to plant as the plants wither from their Injury. The melon louse Is similarly carried by the ants from hill to bill. But most re markable of all is the case of the corn root aphis, which lays Its eggs In ants' nests In the fall, where they are care fully guarded all winter, and In the spring the young aphides are carried by the nnts to tho roots of their favor ite food plants. E. D. Sanderson In Garden Magazine. Unknown Friends. 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