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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1906)
8 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER U, New Arrivals We Have Just Received a Large Line of JARDINIERE The Celebrated Mat Grun in Latest Shapes A. V. ALLEN, WHERE ALL PEOPLE GO FOR BARGAINS Sole Agents for Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. BY RIGHT OF LOVE miuiU. one-story town dotting Olo voiilnlo county, ovor which llio doc tors practice sprawled, Old farmer White, his legs In faded blue overall twisted about a kog of nulla, wns ornamenting the pint form I'OiiKrtdiiliitUttiH tlrsl, Isn't It, Jm',"" "IVte'a been UaKliiK?" Hlloy play fully xltippt'tl (lie man's shoulder. Thi'ft followed a K0,,,'',l xtniiK of bantoi'liiK plotimiiitrica, then In n llttlo drift the doctor aald Hciiliilly: In front of Watson's na the doctor's, "So thla imcy wits In mind a week 4 . 1TOTHER grease spot on your LI coat, John, naughty boy!" She had followed him out on- to "the porch to aay good-by, and her work-worn hand lifted to the lapel of the "boy's" shabby coat showed the more fragile In the glare of the summer sun. "A lady in a glass house shouldn't throw stones at the birds!" He play- fully strod her furthered leg-ke a ZZJZ oi-muuon sleeve. "Dont they wear nn.M. a ",,cu lull grass grass along the drive! You'll have a runaway if you're not careful." The doctor laughed as she had In tended and springing down the steps in exaggerated alarm, threw a vocif erous "Whoa!" before his quick stride along the drive. Molly Beauty, a nankeen steed with a blurred white star on her forehead, made as though shaking off the sound them floppy over the wrist V She laughed. fringing the pike. The dOCtOr felt tho nt anuin This Isn't the cheap the mm', hn ,. a .u. nimsv tirtnr th.t m k. nr.. . . " me Th. t,,m.riV v, " "-""" I ny-net tickling her left ear, Molly B. I conscious of the doctor's nbsent-mln - . v iuBii,uiieu iia IIS mnfr ni. a Oi t u . " biuu at a ouiion buRy drew up his face a blurred pacth In the shadow of hla large aim hat except for the prominent outline of hla gold-ilinmed "specs" and the Important feature of tho short, stub by pipe that nlwnys hung from a cor ner of hla mouth. "Holloa. Pete!" "Mellon, yourself, (Doc!" White screwed himself from the keg. hla legs untwisting to ao great a length that one suspected knots having been tied to make so low a aeat possible. Tho doctor leaned out of the buggy. peeping In through tho open door to a laughing group of men lolling over a counter. "Say. rote," he called, "ask Joe M- ley to come out hero a moment, will you? I wnnt to apeak to him." "Sure!" waa the ready answer, but Instead of entering the atore he sham bled down tho steps and approached the buggy, giving a low chuckle with the same shuffling quality as his walk. "Watson's hauling lumber," he an nounced, "so Rlley'a left cock of the walk. Heard the newa about him Doer Pete puffed the question out slowly with rising rings of smoke from the pipe.. Ifortfrn shook his head impatient at delay. "Had a windfall. Brother dead In California. Left Joe 2.000 dollars. Ain't that what you call luckr The chuckle shuffled through hla speech, punctuating It with dashes. "It were n't paid In till to-dny but Joe knew it was a-comlng a week or more ago. He'a celebrating now by treating the boys to drinks. I took tobarry In atead. Whisky's kind of prostratln'. Now tobnecy " He atopped suddenly siyie or making no wear-out to It And what does an old woman like me care about the modern caper of sleeves!" his coat. Settled In the creaking buggy Nor- j ton gave a gentle chirrup, and the It was one of the little fictions of!?' uprick,n up her ear8 and h" their poverty that the son was sup- 1 " T san a 8 trot' pu,rs of dust posed to be careless, the mother in-'T "S UP about her hoofs " oke different about clothes. ', tnm the hot plke that Bttched be- Her hand slipped down to a grasp ! whlte sam be,ween ia of his fingers-the tapering, sensitive! d'"f r"W f the ,ree,ess' -r-flngers of the physician tanned the cop-' C flelds ln a country ,pread ut ner-brown of a field law.--. I wide and flat w,thou' nipple of a Tou've a Ured look, John. Tou had. n't ought to have sat up with thej The doctor held the lines listlessly. Judge three nights running last week." ' The Smlth baby was teething he His glance eluded her gaze, fearful! : mignt nav'e to lance her gums. Tom that she might question the anxiety ! mjr Petersn, who had personally ln that had sprung Into his eyes as he ! vestlatd the mystery of the forbld felt the Irregular flutter of her hot I den fruit ln tne form ' Kreen apples, little hand. I was on the road to recovery and new "Promise me," he answered, "that , m,scnef- Even the Judge no longer you won't fuss over the fire this warm ! needed the ministrations of a doctor morning." j a much as those of a nurse. There 'Td like to know how I'm to help it? were no crltical cases to scatter his! An Irritability alien to the gentleness thoughts that swarmed about the an- of her nature sharpened her voice on- j xiety of ,lls own horne. til It cut to the quick. "There're1 His little mother, was breaklne on a gase covering up tne retreat or his "tobaccy" hobby In the shuffling chuckle and n puffing cloud of smoke. The doctor snt silent, a shining light In his eyes. He wns not a praying mnn. but there had been crises In his professional life when his heart up lifted to the Supreme Mystery In word of praise unspoken by his shy lips. And now he felt that a power outside himself, above, beyond himself, had laid a divine gift In the outstretched hand of his necessity. Riley had known of his legacy at their meeting that had been the meaning then of definite purpose In his eye when he asked the doctor to wait.. Norton's thoughts smll"d Indulgent ly at Joe's silence over his prospects un til the dramatic ringing up of the cur tain, and The laughter trailed from the shop to the sidewalk, and Joe Riley stalked pompously toward the buggy, the "boys' In his triumphant wake. "Well, Doc." said Riley with bols """"""""tii iviuunp.-it " a" ms iauit, accusel i I.. ni, n, . ,.i ... Tne doctor laughed. "I guess Its uuing mem, sne went on Impatient-, ms morula thoughts In their last ly ireeing ner nana. "Dinner don't taut together he had jromi.ed his cook itself, and there are all those' father to take care of her. And It had blackberries that you brought home . come to only this! Like all sensitive yesterday. I suppose I'm to feed them natures he measured his actions by to the pigs 'stead of making them up their result, not their motive blamed into Jam "She stopped, flushelasham-' himself for the renunciation of per ed. "Don't you mind a word Tm sonal opportunity and ambition for the saying, John. I guess the hot wea-; sake of the same little mother with ther"s heated my temper. Besides," j her pleading cry that her boy would she sighed, "I haven't slept good , not leave her in her lonliness. Had he nights, and when you're so: t of pe-' only dared selfflshness then, Insisted tered out little botherations that you that she should tear loose the clinging never use to notice get on your nerves. Look at Molly B.; she's dragged the buggy down to the gate, nibbling the For Kidney r TVUli Beware vvvvvwvwww and Bladder Troubles; BELIEVES m 24 Hours ALL URINARY DISCHARGES Etch Cap- namcMT V y of counterfeit! Tor tale II 'l-irirliti. '0W Do You Realize That you need shoes for the rainy season that has now made Its ap pearance. Just Arrived for MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN .FALL 8TYLE8, 8MART DE8IGN8. That please the eye, lend comfort to the feet and give perfect durability. THE BEST MADE DR. A. REID'S CUSHIONED 8HOE8 Feet don't ache or tire. .Investigate the quality and be convinced OUR SPECIALTY" LINE of Logger's Shoes Guarantees Satis faction to the Wearer but a Leader of All. None Better S. A. G1MRE 543 Bond Street, Opposite Fischer Bros. love for the old home for his new one In the strange, dreaded city, by now he could have kept her In ease and luxury. Ousts of air hot as the breath of a desert swirled the dust about the creaking buggy. Across a field of stubble a crow cawed, and In a ragged patch of shade, In a nearby pasture a cow moved thirstily. Norton's forehead puckered In -a cal culating twist. Although the drought had made money "tight" among his farming clientele he could manage to borrow a hundred or two to send her to the "shore" for the complete rest and change that would alone be her salvation, but there was his mother's Indomitable will to be reckoned with! Her alert knowledge of his affairs pre vented kindly deception and he knew that no power on earth could persuade her to spend a borrowed penny on her self. The pucker deepened, he was searching for hidden possibilities a mong his . uncollectable, uncollected bills. Then, even ln that worried mo ment the doctor smiled. He had re membered Joe Riley's three hundred dollars. As the months had plied themselves up Into years after Joe's operation, this promised bonanza had been the I pet dreanr-castle built by the doctor and his mother In their twilight talks; the family Joke of the saner break fast hour. And yet only last week When the doctor had broached the sub- j.iti iu jue anew mere naa seemed a definite purpose in the latter's eye as he begged Norton to wait u til the first of the coming month. The first of September why that was today! Of course nothing would come of it but his despair clutched at even a straw of hope, and flicking Molly B. with his whip he hastened toward the toll-gate, passing under Its lifted white arm Into Centerville, one of the little I ALL 01 BODY Eruptions Appeared on Chest, and Face and Neck Were All Broken Out Scales and Crusts Formed Iowa Lady Has Great Faith in Cuticura Remedies for Skin Diseases, ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE BY CUTICURA I had an eruption appear on my chest and body and extend upwards and downwards, so that my neck and face were all broken out; also my arms and the lower limbs as fur as the knees. I. at first thought it was prickly heat. But soon scales or trusts formed where the breaking out was. Instead of going to a physician, I purchased a complete treatment of the Cuticura Remedies, in which I had great faith, and all was satisfactory. A year or two later the eruption appeared again, only a little lower; but before it had time to spread I procured another supply of the Cuti cura Remedies, and continued their use until the cure was complete. It is now five years since the last attack, and have not seen any signs of a return. I have taken about three bottles of the Cuticura Resolvent, and do not know how much of the Soap or Ointment, as I always keep them with me; probably one half dozen of each. "I decided to give the Cuticura Rem edies a trial after I had seen the results of their treatment of eczema on an infant belonging to one of our neigh bors. The parent took the child to the nearest physician, but his treatment did no good. So they procured the Cuticura Remedies and cured her with them. When they began using Cuticura Rem edies her face was terribly disfigured with sores, but she was entirely cured, for I saw the same child at the age of five years, and her mother told me the eczema had never broken out since. I have more faith in Cuticura Remedies for skin diseases than anything I know of. I am, respectfully yours, Emma E. Wilson, Lisoomb, Iowa, Oct. 1, 1905." Complete External and Internal Treatment for fery I jiumor, irom riniitiei to ncrofula, Tntm jmnnry to akb, conaiHtliig of Ciillt'iiraHoap, Mr., Ointment, AOu., Jteaolr ent, M)c. (Inform of Chocolate Coated Pill, Ifc V" v'l f IU), may lie liail of all ilnjgKiiUn. A alngleaet oflen cures. Totter Iruir. ii Cliem. Corp., Hole Prop., iloaton, Alan, tat Mallwli'j', "JJow to Care lor Kkiu, Scalp, mil UiU" ngo, Joe, when you iiskod to wiilt to sttll that llttlo business affair of ours'" Ullcy lifted one foot to the buggy step nnd bent over to tie u drugging shon-strlng. "Yes, Hoc, I hud '.lie le gacy In mind nil right." Norton's smile held the radliiiice of sunshine after n storm. "The money couldn't have come In mure handy, Joe, That little mother of initio Is nil worn out. Now I shall take your $300 and send her to the shore for its long n time us I can coax her to slay," "Vou ain't m frying your chicken before you've cittchud It. be you, DooT" "I don't quite understand?" The doctor's mind fumbled for the point of humor In Joe's Joke. "If tt man had n thoiouKblnvd given him unexpected ho keeps him for his own riding, don't her' Joe withdrew hl foot, and stood at the curb, his arms broadly folded ni'itm the be- strlpvd shirt bosom with the nmc tnyst stuus. "Alnt fool enough to hitch the filly up to his delivery wag on, even If one of his team has gone a bit lame, is heT" He khvo a wag Klsh wink first at Pete on his right. then at the three old cronies hiinicInK on his words a few steps to the left "This hi slooK, bobtalled fortune ain't no hack horse to haul n load of debts. She's to be ridden for sport s.?" "Come Joe." snld the ductor quietly, "quit your fooling. I'm in dead ear nest.". "So am I." Norton's ey' biased. "Joe Itlley, I Kivo you fair warningI'll put up with no nonsense! You'll pay me that $300 or 111 have the law on you. "And I the laugh on yu. Mm; Nor ton!" cried Joe mimicking the doc tor's tone. "Your bill was outlawed yesterday I hnd that In mind, too, when I nsked you to give m another week!" For nn Infant the doctor sat mo tionless, then he threw tho line out of his hands and Jumped from the biigy. Dashing off his coat and toss Ing it on the sidewalk, he cried: "The bill's outlawed, Is it? Hy heaven we'll settle It without the law then!" The astonished Itlley slunk back from Norton's threatening rit. "You are making ii pretty good bluff. I ," he laughed derisively, "Hut It don't cut any Ice with me!" You bookish men ain't got the ginger to light, and " A blow from Norton's dm stung a crimson trnll down Riley's left cheek. With a cry of rage Joe sprang ujMm his antagonist. out of hurrying clouds of dust up and down the pike men came running. "Homelhlng was doing" In front of Watson's In the Meld tho plow was left In the furrow; In the butcher hop the cleaver Hung ijown upon the chopping block! They lined llti along the walk; they huddled In watching clusters in the road, shoulder pressed to shmiMjer, hemming. In the fight, pressing closer and closer when Norton and Riley locked In n desperate grapple; draw ing back In wavering lines hh the two men's lists forced a widened cir cle of combat. Riley's tall burly form, hi beefy arms bared to tho elbow, the coarse cunning of his face accentuated by contrast Norton's slender figure nnd the refinement of his features, but the doctor's fists whipped out In re lentless blows. There wns no time for explanations, and the crowd wns not one of fine discriminations, but for the past fen years Doc Norton had como into In timate touch wdth their llve and hearts, and they championed him to a mnn, "Oo It Doc! Steady there! That's the boy Doc!" were cries given In an ascending scale of enthusiasm. Riley's great bulk was now a wall of self defense, now a battering ram of danger against his foe, But Nor ton's stnylng power, his habit of Ig noring fatigue, nches and pain In the performance of a physician's duties, had stored the strength of resistance In every fiber of his being, while his alertness both of mind and body, gained ln telling force when brought Into play with Riley's lumbering clum siness. The blow upon Joe's left cheek no lorjger showed his whole face was a purplish) crimson, drops) of ' sweat trickled form his forehead, his breath coming and going pantlngly. "Come Joe, -give In," cried Norton. "Let's call It a finish." Never!" yelled back Riley. With a new spurt of fury the fight continued. Suddenly Joe staggered, tiirow up his arms, reeling to one side. On the InHtatt Norton 'dropped! the attack, standing off guard. In a flash Joe swung down his arms, gave a lunge forward, a devilish gleam ln his wick ed eyes. A moment more and Norton, tricked second time, would have been trip ped up and thrown to the ground, but i that moment nn Intuitive Hcnso of tnger made him Hprlng asldo be fore Riley's outstretched fingers could snatch at his ankles, Riley, clutching at the air, lost his The Foard & Stokes Hardware hk: Succeuofi to Tot'i h 8tokt C HEADQUARTERS FOR Ranges, Stoves, Tinware, Crockery. Granlteware, Glassware, Iron and Steel Tool! and Ship Chandlery, JJeiaquirWn (or Hirdwim, AMUSEMENTS. STARTHEATEB P. GKVURTZ, Manager HE NELLIE ANDREWS CO raiiUri us "THE BOHEMIAN GIRL" One of the Rarest Singing reductions iu the West NEXT WEEK-MARGARET FISHER CO. EXTRA THIS WEEK COMEDY MOVING PICTURES Popular Prices; 15c, 25c and 35c box office open. 7:45; custaihgoes up AT sharp. S.stt can be mo ured bf Tattphot Main 3821 for all performance. Bex e open from i until 4 p. m. dally., ASTORIA THEATRE It. E. 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