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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1906)
8 VponHim By OHIO B. SENCA tovvrtyM, m, iiu B, ft Pitmlli Squire Hurt looked the young fellow vr keenly. , "Mml" giving his jmtlgy hand to the -lnl of tho limit, thin out) extended In grwutliitf, "Uuljili Itccd, eh? Aud what do you dot Foot bull, I suppose, llko the rest of throw donkeys!" , HcimI liuih'lit'd good hiiinwmlly. ' "No, Mr, Hurt, I wouldn't wtuml the Kliotit of n cliiinco lit n nihil, I'm oil Uio track team.", : "IIu'h tho champion opi'iiilor, pupa" luturooKi'd Klmlo ciiucrly. "He won five poliil for tlm blue In tho InturcolliRliito ctnitwtt!" I lor father frowuvd nt her enthusl num. mid Hood's thin, brown fuee col ored. "You oiiKlit to run," grumhlod tho Ktjitlrc, contlniili!g hU examination of tho young fellow; "you'r" luillt Ilka groylioiiiid or n tfrnhopri" Itixil, outwardly lit ease, flinched lu wnrdly under tho squire's kcou ncrutl rty, HI compart with Hie pretty ICUlo would ho null and void without her fa ther's consent, ond ho felt Unit III fltb Ictlc .carver . van o detriment lu the ) of tho older urn n. Ho was not at all m-oiirngid by the remarks that fol lowed. "I don't, U-llwve lu It," Irascibly. "Hoys go to collcjto to study, or ought to, ond they umko a huliu flf some kind uf foolish piny. If Ihuse football fellowii," pointing to tho threw other young men who were hi duuKiiter' giienu for the uprlug vacation, "bad to work one Imlf as biird sawhig wood or plowing, they'd think ihey were terrt tily abused," Koine one railed Elsie, nnd she bur rled nwny, giving a pleading iflnnce nt Ler lover which hf Interpreted an win iwllng hint to patience. ' s " "And ni for running," continued tbe quire, with Increasing eholer, for he, too, hnd Meen tho pleading gliiuro, "an for ruiiiitng, why should a niau of ordl- THIS A STIHSAK OF ULl'K IMHRKD BT HI. unry courage care to excel an a runner T Ituuulug Is hii accoinpllsbmcut for cow ards!" ' Tho blood rushed to the dark face, but Rood spoke quietly and cour teously. . . "There are thing to run for aa well an. thlnga to run from, Mr. Hurt, and I hope I'd not bo lacking If a teat of courage came to me." i it waif a merry party that roamed ever tho fields and through the woods searching for the earliest spring flow era; that rode and drove and snug and danced. Young Heed aud his fair hostess car rlud heavy hearts that made gayety an effort and laughtor a mockery. The squire had refUMod to sanction their en gugeincnt. to listen to any suggestion or to make any promises for tho fu ture. "I'll wait," ho said grimly, "until you have shown that you can do something besides run!" , , ; ... ., Apparently oblivious to the sports of the guests lit Hart's Holm, the squire bud kept a keen eye on them all. Ha rather admired tho dogged pertluaclty with which Heed took his dully run of throe or four miles over tho country roads. IIo smiled grimly when he saw the young follow start out as if for a walk wearing a long ralucoat over his running togs. : f , "Doesn't moan to give any unneces sary offenso to tho 'crewel parlent,' " chuckled the squlro appreciatively, "but Intends to have bis own way Just the funic. ' "' ' " "It'll bo vnthor qulot nnd loueiy nt tho ioiihc tomorrow," soliloquized tho squire as ho drove along, (milling the fresh, door nir of the bright spring morning. "Tho lads nnd lassies all go today. I wish I hadn't been quite so sharp with Elslo nnd that young fellow. He seems a flno, manly chap. But what on earth does be wnnt to run for?" end ing Irritably. "Hollo, Bnrtlett, what's tho matter with your horse?" lie had reached, tho , top of a long, steep hill, nnd overtaken a neighbor with n heavy loud of rock. "Stopped on a stone that rolled, nnd gone as lnme as a lazy man's excuses," Bartlctt, answered chara'ctetliticnjlv. "Suppose t hitch In my' euTii and take the load down for you," suggested tbe aqulrn, "It's alt lovel after we past my hen. Yv ran lead youn dowat (lit itUI, Hetty Itiirtlett, and bold on tight," playfully addressing the Uttli girl perched on tho at "My horse are frisky, you know,", !,-.' Durtlott hud locked the wagon wheels preparatory to making tho descent, but a the squire lifted the tongue for tbe other homes to be hitched In tho lock chain snapped and broke and the heav ily loaded wagon started down the bill, lie shouted to Iliirtlett, who, ham pered by (fie four homos, lost his bend and only bnwlod, "Whoa, Hart, whoa I" Hart held on to tho tonguo and braced bnclt with all bis strength, but despite bis effort the wugou went fly lug down the bill like an engine on down grade, ' "Hold ou tight, Hetty." the aqulre managed to scream. ' . ' He knew that If lie dropped tbe tonguo tho wagon would be tipped over Instantly and that there would be smalt chance Indeed for the life of tbe child; so be too "held on tight" and ran as If fleeing from death. , "Go on, horsy," cried Hetty, In great Itleej "go faster!" , Tho sqtilroouldu't spurs breath now even to groan, t The heavy wagon, with a ton of rock behind him, crashed and roared, bounced over tho rough places In the road, struck Are from cut stones, and the man ran till bis legs seemed merely rugs fluttering In a fierce wind. Almost at tbe foot! If only be could bold out a few seconds morel Aud then be tried to close bis eyesfor there, crossing the road, directly In tbe path from which he dared not diverge, wae a little scarlet clad figure drawing a child's cart! Itobby-bls own little Hobby! He tried to pray, be tried again to close bis eyes, aud then a streak of blue dashed by blm, the scarlet spot was caught up and rushed to safety! He jumped Instinctively when be reached tho little cart, and It was crushed to pieces under the thundering wheels. He bad rosdied tho level. He could feel tbe slackening of the terrific speed, but be still ran ou, miles It seemed to blm now, before be could stop the de mon that was forcing blm onward. "flo on, horsy! Oldd up!" cried the Insatiate Hetty as the squire dropped limp to the ground. "You can be my borsy now," she remarked cotnpla cently to the first of the young men who reached the aide of the exhausted squire,, .. .. . They quickly Improvised a stretcher from the bluukets and carried the un conscious man to the bouse. , Ue opened bis eyes after awhile and looked auxlously about blm. f f Hobby's all tight," said soma one quickly,, "and the little glrl-and-and, I guess, everybody. "Ralph I" gssped tbe squire. "Here I am, Mr. Hart." bending over him. : : .. "I am glad you can run." faintly. "80 am I, Mr. Hart," feelingly. "I feared you were going to run over me, though." "We'll have to concede you to be the champion sprinter!" cried one of tbe other men, "That was a pretty long dash, sure enough!" , . ' ' "Ralph must yield tbe palm to you, squire," added another Jovially. Tho squire shook bis bend feebly. "He he 'achieved' It," ho whispered. bis eyes on Ralph's flue face, "but It- It was"- He sighed wearily. "It was 'thrust upon you,' you mean, squire," umlerstandlngly. Tbe squire smiled grimly In acqul esconce. Cromwrira Barlal fUca. Tho thirty acres of this great ceme tery (Abney Park) Include tbe alte of another large old bouse and Its grounds, Fleetwood House, once tbe resldenco of General Fleetwood and bis wife, who was Bridget, the dough tor of Oliver Cromwell. This sight Is to the right of the avenuo, and there one summer Any, among older aud plainer tombstones than those of tbe Abney, or opposite, side, I saw men mowing tbo loug grass and presently came up on a mound Inclosed with an Iron rail. The mound Itself was covered with Ivy, but trimmed so that one could rend on a red granite slab the words, "This mound was a favorite retirement of the late Isaac Watts, D.J)." Tra dltlon says he loved that mound be cause from It he could see the open country. It Is now bummed In by bouses, but tho mound Is still solitary, Another tradition tolls of a rumor cur rent soon after Cromwell's death to the effect that tho Protector's body was not In the coffin that was bbrled with regal pomp In tbe abbey, but hnd been secretly ; brought down to bis daughter's house nnd laid to rest where now Is tho mound. Chrlstlnn World. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Experience Is a great teacher. So Is a real estnto boom. 1 ' Tbe more a man knows the less be admits to knowing. All of us can't be in tho snme boat. If we were, we'd sink it. Lot the other fellow bnve his way as long ns ho only wnuts to tnlk. Elections nnd miUTln;?es ore Just alike. There Is notliln;,' the inv.uliilutf will not promise beforehand. If you nro goln,? to f;,lve both bir rels, do It liken man give tlio:u to the victim's face and uot behind bin buck. Nothing makes n nj.v.i ;u!;e so Hi natured ns to be expected to be tfr.i to tal for something that does r.ot pbase him. K : - , , : There is a great denl suld nbor.t love at first sight; oof much 'said about this hatred at first offense, which U moro sure. Atchison Globe. Bowser Fife Fid Screens t Oj SSrSBBMSSS-St 4 'jy, Cook Tell of the Desperate Strug gle! He , Underwent In ' thi Work, if'! ; ii S,;f . SURPRISE FOR HIS WIFE Before He Was Through It Had Be come Necessary to Turn In a Fire Alarm jfCopyrlrht, MM, by C. H. 8uUllffe.J HE other evening 1 beard Mrs. Howsor saying to Mr. Itowser that it wns time to put up fly ? screens nnd asking blm If he wouldn't send up a curpeuter to do tin work. "Not on your life!" he exclaimed In reply, , "There uro twelve windows ond twelve fly screens to fit them. A car penter would he about six days, at an expense of $3 a day, putting them up while I can do tho work in one hour." "Hut when you put tlmra up last yen; you got mud and broke a clothesborst at tho back door." "Never! You aro thinking of somi other man and some other bouse. Nev er got mud and never broke a dottier borse. In a day or two I shall put the screens up myself and save tho $ 18." Mrs. Howscr said no more. I think she was Inteudliig to get a man to do the work and pay blm out of ber own pocket, but the next afternoon while she was out shopping Mr. Howscr ALL OF A BCDDOf TUB HOCBB SHOOK. came home. It was at about 3 o'clock, and when I looked surprised he ex plained: "It's nil rlj:ht, Snrau. Business isn't driving Just now, and I'm home to put those screens up. They are up In the storeroom, I suppose?" "Yes, sir, but they need to be dusted off. I am Iroulug today nnd can't help you." SorprUe For Mrs, D. "Never mind the dusting. The style this summer Is to have fly screens look ns ancient ns possible. Mrs. Bowser out, eh? Well. I'll hustle the screens up nud give her a surprise." He was into bis old clothes nnd bring bur the screens down In ten minutes. If ench screen bad ever been marked for a certain window the mnrks had been painted out, and Mr. Bowser had to go by guesswork. He began with the parlor windows first. I beard blm knocking nnd bauglng nnd pounding awny for a long time, nnd then be cnlled from tho bend of the basement stairs: : "Sarah, I wnnt you for a moment." When I got up, there he stood In a drnmntlc attitude pointing to one of the windows with outstretched nrm, and the red wns coming nnd going In bis face nnd neck. "Do you see It?" he hoarsely whls pored as he still pointed. "I see that the screen Is short for the window, sir." "Yes, you see It is nil of bIx Inches too short. Why? Answer mo why." "Because you've got tho wrong screen for the wlmtow." i "Because cither you or Mrs. Bowser has sowed six Inches off the top to bnlllo me! Iion't tell me thnt n l!y screen can shrink; six Inches In a season or that window frames can lengthcr, tho same distance. By John, but" , Found Right Screen. ; I pulled tho screen out of the win dow and niter n moment found the right one nnd replaced It nnd returned to my work without a word. IIo look ed after me, nnd I hoard him mum bling under his breath. Ho got the other screen in nfter n good deal of banging, nnd then he started to lit those In the buck parlor. I kuew that tho screens he had doNvn would never fit, but It wasn't my business to butt In. lie moved the chairs around nnd banned at tho sashes, and nil of a sud den tho house shook. I ran upstairs to find him on the tloor with one of bis feet through the wire Rcrcen, IIo was thnt dazed that be let me help blm up. but no sooner was ho on his feet than be shouted out:' : "By the seveuteou pipers, but I'll bnvo gore for this. Woman" '1 nm not Mrs. Bowser, sir," I said ns he tried to kick the screen off Id? lesr. Hut you helped ber to put op this JobtoassasKlnnteme." "No one bus tried to assassinate you. You must lisve stumbled and gone oown, can't you ten mat uioee screens are for the back bedrooms up stairs?'! He sat down, breathing bard and glowering at me, and I ran up and got tbe right screens nud fitted them in ft llffy. He felt ashamed of bis display of temper and started In to tell me that he didn't believe I wns In tbe conspir acy to saw bis log off, but I did not stop to listen to tbo whole of It. A few minutes later I heard blm going up stairs, putting each foot down as Ir stamping o!t snow, and then all was quiet for ten minutes, I then felt It ft duty I owe 1 to .Mrs. Bowser to go ur and rescue blm. He bad torn dow.i curtains nud pole ' from one of t!K front windows and moved both be.! and bureau In bis efforts to lit tht kitchen door to a window not half It size. He was lklug around for some living thlutf to pour out the vials of bis wrath ou when he caught sight ol me and burst out with: "1 was Juwt about to call you. Do you deny that you have gone and tacked a n extra piece on to this scrcca In order to spite me?" i Seeded Sew Pair of Ere. "Haven't y u got eyes In your bead'" I asked. "If I had n brother ten yenw old who couldn't tell the difference be tween a mreen door and a window screen I'd get a pair of glass eyes fen blm."' -:' -'-- "Are yon claiming that that Is a screen door?" he whooped. "Of course It Is. Isu't It two feet toe long for the window? Isn't there pan els to It? Ixn't there a bundle o:i It; I'm only n ior girl. sir. with a re! beaded mother ond. a fellow with r. glass eye for a be:m. but I enn te'.l na elephant frim n uioukp." "I'll Ih banned if you ain't rit," be said, with a snlle. nfter tak!r.g i long look at the ibor. "1 st:ppo.- I must have l thinking about trad lug the house and bt for fl chlckif farm. You nccJu't mention the Inci dent to Mrs. Bowser. Thuuks for o::: Ing tip. I nm sure 1 can manage tin others." As I went downstairs I left b::r. whistling ws:y nnd f"i'!lug better. He got the screens Into the windows nfter half an bwr's wo'U strain out i- his trying to make them fit bottom l nn. and then be 'came down t. the kitchen with the srreeu door. lie hud recovered r.!l U'. i. : 'Ity s::.l ' c celt, and ho d!da't chid upsetting the clotbwhorp fl"' ! I'.rr r".l the c"i'j.i thronidi. I wntcliel blm ns he stood the dojr u;. 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