MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
IUNDAY, DtCEMBIR !3, 1905.
"
MISS
EXPERIENCE
Ilk
(Continued from Psire 11.)
"Tou believe the baby would
that?" she naked.
Dorothea dropped her hand into her
poctttt In an Instant fifty cents In
liver was dipped Into the small P'm
Too take It," she said "That'll just
pay for It"
"Why exclaimed the boy. his eyes
growing rounder as he jrad at her,
you must be Santa Claus' daughter.
"Oh. no." Dorothea rejoined. "I may
be in disguise, but I'm not that."
The child studied her, speechless
with amusement.
"Where are they to be sontT
"I want "em myself." the boy an- j
swered quickly.
"What Is your name and address?"
she Inquired.
"George Dewey Bowker. number
thousand "leven, Foundry Street." he
replied, naming a thoroughfare In a
poor and outlying part of the town.
"Very well. Mr. George Dewey Bow
ker, answered Dorothea gleefully, "we
shall see."
As he turned she slipped the collec
tion of pennies, live-cent pieces and
dimes he had given her back into his
pocket
: The morning wore on. The time
seemed endless. Dorothea was in ex
cellent training. Much riding and
golfing had put her In perfect condi
tion. Still the constant standing was
wearying; the constant turmoil a
great strain. As the moments dragged
he saw that the girls became paler,
more nervous and more Irritable. Miss
McCloskey"s voice sounded even with
greater bitterness. The directions of
the manager were given with even
greater harshness. The light glared;
the voices rose and fell; the heat in
creased. She, who had never had such
a thing In her life, detected the te
' ginning of a headache felt her eyes
aching, her temples throbbing. She
was hungry, too, and a strange faint
ness was coming over her. What the
time was she did not know. She had
given up counting1.
"Oh," murmured Number 105 as she
and Dorothea stood for a moment to
gether. "What is Itr
"My head is swimming." the girl
confided. Tve got to go," she went on
plaintively, as she staggered toward
the head of the department
He frowned down on her.
"Please, sir," she said, " I don't feel
well. I'd like to get home."
"If you leave now, he replied abrupt
ly, "you leave for good."
- Number 105, as Dorothea saw, drew
back as if she had been struck. As
the dignitary moved away the middle
aged floor-walker drew near. j
"Here," he said In a low tone to the
sufferer, "you go and lay down Inthe
cloak-room. I won't say anything.
Only show up here every half hour so
you won't be missed."
Dorothea directed a grateful glance
at the man.
"Come," she said to Number 105.
"Ain't Mr. Wilbur considerate! stam
mered the girl. "An' with all his beln'
here ten year? they'd turn him off If
they knew. Disclplto n:ust be kept
up. they say. Him with a mortgage
on his little home."
Almost supporting her. Dorothea
helped her, the other showing the way.
Into a dark clothes-hung cellar they
came.' The girl threw herself wearily
on the floor.
"But,"' cried Dorothea, horrified,
"you can't lie there."
'Let me be," answered Pearl Clark
wearily as she closed her eyes. A
little cash girl stole up and looked on
fcr a moment. She stripped oft her
apron and thrust it under the head of
the recumbent figure.
"I got another," she explained.
"Wh;.)L ftt ;)ur npme?" Dorothea
asked quickly.
"Linda Kraszewski."
"Bless you child." said Dorothea,
seizing her and kissing her.
"What's that for?" demanded the
amazed urchin, standing off defiantly.
"Because you are good to her."
"G'way," the otner answered; "stop
kiddin' me."
Back into the pandemonium of the
store Dorothea hurried.
"Absent without permission," growl
ed the manager, who observed her hur
rying up.
"1 " she began, trembling In spite
of herself.
"No excuses," he ordered perempto
rily. "Tou know the fine."
Hot with suppressed fury, D&othea
tok her place behind the counter. Her
mouth was firmly set now. Her eyes
fairly blazed. She was seeing behind
the scenes of life as she had never had
seen before. The seamy side of the
world which had always prewnted
Itself to her as a glittering, luxurious
.spectacle was very different from what
she had supposed. A strange mixture
she was finding of good and had, of
cruelty and kindness. The bad more
often the result of Ignorance than any
thing else; the cruelty most frequent
ly arising from the rulings of every
day usage. Reality had laid Its
touch upon her, and the sensation was
numbing. With hard fingers pressing
open her eyes she envisaged the fact
with a directness thdt made her eye-
school In country " I. . , , , i . .
Mr. Wilbur's mortmw 1.400.00 II -u L ' ' II
balls ache. The huge shop became
a mask a vanity fair, a whtted sep
ulchre. The bright colors Jrrd. The
effort aftvr cheerfulness and gayely
became a cruel sham. Lively music,
playing somewhere In the distance,
smote her ears as a horrid Jangle.
What was Christmas the "Merry
Christmas'' confronting bar every
where when there was such toll and
suffering? Was all a mummery? Had
she been In a fool's paradise existing
In a day dream? With clearer vision
she saw things differently now. Could
she ever be happy happy again?
Could Christmas be merry for her?
And yet She thought of the real
kindness of the masterful Miss Me-
Closkey with the heavy wave of hair
and the gold tooth; she remembered
the thoughtfulness of the old floor
walker to Number 105 now gnlnlng a
little rest on the hard boards; she
recalled the act of the little cash girl.
There. was something still. Humani
ty was ; not altogether heartless, the
world not utterly bad
She looked before her, so lost In
thought that she did not see. Still
mechanically, he noted what was hap
pening. A thin-faced thin-lipped
woman In a large plumed hat stood
making a purchase. In her hand was
a purse. She laid It on the counter.
A brush of her sleeve brought It noise
lessly and unnoticed to the floor. In
attentively, Dorothea, watched her mov
away. A cash girl darted forward.
She picked up the leather case and ran
after the woman.
"Here!" Dorothea heard the small
messenger say, "youjve lost your pock
etbook."
The woman turned impatiently. She
seised the proffered object Her fin
gers plosed upon It Without a word
she moved on. Suddenly she stopped.
Dorothea Idly watched her as she
turned the clasp and peered Into the
portmonnale.
Dorothea observed that she turned
pale, then red with fury. "I-I !"
she cried In a loud tone 'Tve been
robbed!" . , '
The vigor of the announcement and
the nature of It caused an Instant
hush.
"What Is It madam?" demanded the
floor-walker, hurrying up. .
"I had ten dollars In this purse."
she exclaimed In a declamatory voice
that rang through the place. "I
dropped It I opened It Just now to
get a list. The monrjj la gone!
That little girl there had the pocket,
book and gave It to me. She has ta
ken the bills!"
The child started as the denouncing
finger was pointed at her. Her Hps
trembled In fright) She began to cry,
"See!" said the woman spitefully.
"Tou see she knows she did It."
Dorothea stepped forward as If fas
cinated. The accused, as she discov
ered at once, was Linda Krazewskl.
Tm very sorry," said the floor
walker. "There must be some mis
take." "I tell you there Isn't any," raged
the woman.
A stout ordinary-looking man came
softly but swiftly forward.
"I am one of the house detectives,"
he announced. "What Is It?"
"I demand that little thief shall be
arrested." a
"I haven't got it I didn't take It!"
almost shrieked the child.
"Keep still." ordered the detective
taking her firmly by the shoulder.
"I dldn t touch It," the cah girl
sobbed In terror.
She did," replied the woman. "She
had the purse. The money was there.
It isn't now," she finbshed triumphant
iy.
A crowd had gathered. Shop 'people
and purchasers were pressing up.
The actors stood In the midst of the
lstening and staring throng.
"Don't arrest me! pleaded the girl,
too frenzied with fear to defend her
self. 'T)on't put me In Jail!"
Dorothea stepped out in the small,
open space where the others stood.
"I think there Is some error," she
announced In a clear but unsteady
voice.
"What do you know about It?" cried
the woman wheeling upon her,
"I happened to be watching all the
time," Dorothea continued more even-.
iy. (
."The girl did not take It, for I
should have seen It If she had."
"And you expect us to take your
word for that?" the now Infuriated
female raged.
"Nothing but a shop girl! I've no
doubt you are as bad as she. How do
I know that you are not a confeder
ate? I ask," she said, turning to the
detective, "that you search this person
too."
For an instant Dorothea was silent.
The Imputation, the accusation was
so sudden, so amazing, so Incredible,
that she was struck dumb. She could
not believe her senses. She could not
trust her ears. Then the tension brolw
A private of the line asking speech
with he Commander would not have
caused more sensation,
' "Are you batty, girl?" asked the de
tective at length.
"I think," said Dorothea, looking at
him, "that the proprietor will see me."
Her words, her manner, had art In
stant effec upon the man accustomed
to watch people narrowly. His hnnd
fell from the chllds arm. The en
raged woman. herself somewhat dis
concerted by the sudden nnd amusing
dnmand. held silence.
,
"Jack." said Miss Dorothea Kings
lake, with great solemnity, "I haven't
got much of a Christmas present for
you this year."
They stood together In the wide li
brary, brightened with the big. red
ribboned wreaths and garland A
great cluster of violets on the table
gave their perfume. Afar off In the
Urge house a clock chimed. Outside
perfect winter's morning of Christ
perfect winter's mornlna ofChilst
mas morning, when all Is fresher nnd
ll.83J.00?
Less -
Net loss IUHTI?
"Really," she continued, "as a prac;
Heal venture, the result can hardly be
called brilliant"
"Dorothy, " he spoke.
"Hut but" she sobbed suddenly"!
have learned so much, And you don't
mind mid having morT
"Yes," he said gently, a h bent a
little closer.
She turned to look at Mm then
averted her eyes.
"Ye,' 'he sold, "because I want more
h most I want you, Can't you
give me that Christmas present?"
"Yes." she whispered. "Jack-Jack!
Merry Christmas! Only there are more
thnn ourselves. We. must remember
others. I've learned that from my
present"
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. k ,ii , croup and whooping cough. It al-
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gentle soothing calm.
"That Is the reason that
send It to you last night. Christmas 1
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Th absurdity of the situation struck
her. She laughed softly to herself.
"I should like," she said, speaking
no longer as Number 523 but as Miss
Dorothea Klngslake, "to see the owner
of this establishment."
If she had planned a coup de thea
tre she could not have found anything
more successful. Her culm words fell
on the silence with startling ' effect.
For an instant no one stirred. Then
all stared In an immobility of amuse
ment. Then some one giggled, A
ripple of amusement ran through the
crowd. A sailor of the forecastle re
questing a private conversation with
the Admiral of the Fleet could not
have created greater consternation.
wanted to explain.'
She held out to htm a shenf of three
curved spraya of llllles of the valley.
Bound with a sprig of maidenhair
fern, they formed a boutonnlere.
"They wore all I could get for the
money."
As she observed his. sudden look
of surprise, sho laughed and answered
quickly:
"Oh, let me tell you. Tve got so
much to say. I wanted to give you
something entirely different from ever
before from anybody else. Some
thing which would be a surprise:
Something which would have more
character. Z could not think of a thing
At last I had an Inspiration. I would
earn the money myself for a present,
"Tou made the money for this' he
exclaimed.
"Tes." she answered. "It's all that
I could make. Isn't It absurd? Isn't
It pitiful and humiliating? Sit down."
He sank beside her on the long,
leather covered divan. Bending for
ward aha txran her narration. At
first a smile curved his lips. But a
more serious one suceeded It.
"When I asked to speak to the head
of the business." she narrated, "you
should have seen the commotlon.If 1
had been demanding an audience with
the Grand Mogul the disturbance
could not have been more. They
thought I was mad. However, I Just
whispered my iame to the detective.
Ha stared at me for a moment. Then
something seemed to make him believe
me. He was a very Intelligent man.
All right, miss, he said Til see about
It.' The proprietor did receive me at
once, and a more nervous, embarrassed
little person you never beheld. And
.apologetic? He couldn't understand
how I got there or how I came. He
appeared to regard it a'i a case of en
tertaining angels unawares. Anyway,
he listened to all that I had to say."
"You may be pleased to know that
Miss McCloskey Is now the head of
the toy department, and that Mr. Wil
bur, the floor-walker, has been pro
moted to take charge of the Exchange
Desk, ... I never had such fun.
Going back to the manager to get my
pay was an experience I would not
have missed for the world. He was
not willing to give me anything atfirnt.
However, a mysterious tip from head
quarters made him hurry to put In my
hand what he said was coming to me.
At -three dollars a week for the time
I had been working I should receive
exstctly thirty cents, plus five per cent,
commission on my salos to Mr. Oeorge
Dewey Bowker. However, there was
a ten cent fine for my being absent
without permission, so 1 was only en
titled to twenty-four cents. With the
Influence emanating from the office, ho
wanted to remit the fine. I was very
haughty about it. I would only con
sent to take what was my due.
There I stood with twenty-four cents
with which o buy a present for you.
. . . The lilies of the valley were
the only thing I could get for the sum.
I hope you like my splendid gift"
Like U, lie mild. "I like St better
than any that I ever had in all my
life. I prize It more. I am prouder
of K."
"Of course," she continued, "from
a strictly business point of view, I do
not suppose that I even earned the
twenty-four cents, I certainly did not
come out ahead, I've inada tap my
books and balanced them this way,"
She held out a piece of paper to him.
He did not take It, but'he glanced at
the sheet over her shoulder. He read:
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