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SUNDAY, April 21, 1907, THE MORNING ASTOIilAN, ASTOR IA, OREGON. i J THE CONQUEST 4 CANAAN By BOOTH TARK1NGTON, Auiliur of "Cherry," "Moni!ur niuilr." El. ' ' ) COPYRIGHT, 1909. BY HARPER O BROTH BR CHAiTKn IX. V any cho of Ouuht eomwtilnft till uinleslrulil conspleuotWM'ss soiiutl d faintly In Joe's mliiil, it was si- (wired ftsoons. Caiman had not forgotteu litiu. Fur from It, mo fur Mint 1 It began pulutliiii IiIiii out to qtraiiBors ou the street tlio very day of lit re turn. Ill course of Billon, likewise that of till friends, permitted blm llttl obscurity, and wuio ilia rumors of bit Anally obtaining lodtflug it Heaver ltoArti aud of tli celebration of bl In- tullatlon ttitr were presently con firmed hu stood In th llmo light In deed. Metililstopbelos uiwiirunK through tlte trnp door. Th wtilcoinliig festivities bid not been to discreetly conducted to ac cord with tlio general polity of lleavr DMcb, An unfortwnat Incident caused th arrest of on of lb celebrator and tit ambulnuclDg to the hospital of an other on th homeward way, th emu- 'Ail liroenaittiim lu niurt tirlnirlna la J lh wbol nftulr a publicity devoutly ( unsought for. Mr. Happy Fear (sucb w ui uruiiuhi iiumv ui um iiiiiinovu1 d gentleman) Iiml to boar a great amount of harsh criticism for Injuring a companion wlitilu the city limit aft ar dayllglit and fot falling to observe tbat throe polUtMuvu wur not too dls . tnnt from tho arena of operation to engage therein. "Happy. If bo bud It lu mind to barm blm," mid the rod U-i Med man to Mr. Far upou th latter return to aoele ty. "why dldu't ye do II out hero at tit beach r "IJorsus." rvtu.ut'J the Indiscreet, "ho didn't any what ho wan goln' to aay till w g it In town." Extraordluury probing on the part of the prosecutor bad developed at the trial that tbo obnoxious speech bad re ferred to the guest of the evening. Tho aMaulled party, one "Nbvllle" Cory. wa not of Canaan, but a bit of driftwood Imply touching hor for the moment at Ik-aver (teach, aud-atrange la tlil world-bo bad been Introduced to the cotorle of Mike' I'lace by Hap py Fear himself, who bad enjoyed brief acquaintance wltb blm on a day when both bad chanced to travel In cognito by the sum freight. Natural ly Happy bad felt roepoiiilble for tbe proper behavior of bU protegewas. lu fact, botiud to enforce It; addition ally, Happy bad once been saved from a term of Imprisonment (at a time when It would have Imh-u more than ordinarily Inconvenient! by help add advice from Joe. and be waa not on to forgot. Therefore ha, waa grieved to observe that hi owu guest aeetued to be somewhat Ji-nloua of tbe hero of tbe occnalon and disposed to look cold ly upon blm. The stranger, however, conttmted himself wltb Innuendo (mere eipresslons of tbe face and oth er maimer of thing for which on could not tiiirv!y lay baud upon hint) until audi time at bo and his sponsor bad come to Main street In the clear dawn on their way to Hap py's apartment, n variable abode. It may be that tbe stranger perceived what Happy did not th three bluo coat In tho perspective. At all vcutx, be now put Into word of sim ple strength the unfavorable concep tion he had formed of Joe. Tbe re sult waa niedlaevally Immediate, and the period of Mr. Cory's convalescence lu the hospital was almost half that of hi. innfliAi riatmitlnn In th mimtt lail. When Happy lV:.r bad siffered, with a g'.vo ami tnlu simplicity of pa- tlence, his allotment of month In durance and whs released and aent Into the Miv.'M ti:id umiblne once more, be kne-v tli.it hi Orst duty lay In the direct I :i of n general apology to Joe. But the young man waa no lon ger at Beaver llcui li; tho red beaded proprietor dwelt nlone there aud, rs celvlug Happy with corn and pity, directed blm to retrace bl footsteps to the town. "Ye must have been In tbe black hoi ef Incarceration Indeed If ye haven't heard that Mr. Louden ho hi law of fice on the square and bit llvlu' room behind the office. It's In tbat little brick bulldtn' straight acrost from the sheriff's door o' the jail. Te've been neighbors thlt long time. A bard tlm tl boy bad persuadln' any on to rent to blm, but by pnyln double the price be got a pluce at last. He'a a practlc ln' lawyer now, and all the boys and girls of our acquaintance go to blm with their troubles. To'll see him with a murdor case to try before long as sure as ye'ra not worth yer salt! But I expect ye can still call blm by his nam of Joe, all the samel" It was a bleak and meager little of fice Into wblcb Mr. Four ushered him- , self to offor bit amends. The cracked plaster of the walls was bare, save for dust There were no shelves. Tbe ,fat , brown volumes, most of them fairly i new, were piled In regular columns upon a cheap pine table. There was but one window, small pnned and stmdeless. An Innor door of tbls snd chamber stood hnlf ajar, permitting the visitor unreserved acquaintance with the domestic economy of the ten ant, for It disclosed a second room, ismallcr than the office and depeudent Ujnn the window of the lutter for air and light. Itrlilml n canvas camp cut, dimly vNllilc In tho obscurity of tbe Inner npiirtmcnt,. tod a siuull gas stove surmounted by a stewpnu, from which prnjwied the bundle of a big tin spouti, so Hint It needed no ghoul from the dend to whlnper (but Joseph Louden, attorney at law, did bis own cooking. Indeed, be looked It! Upon the threcboM of the second room repwd a minll. worn, light brown tuI brub of n dog. so cosmo politan In nucetry that hi specie wn almost a undeterminable a the cart Iron dogs of tl I'lke iimiiHi-m, n greetod Mr. Fenr honpltiibly, having been so lately an offcast of tho street himself that hi adoption Jmd taught him to lme only bl old tremnr, not bis hopefulness. At the sninn time Joe rose qulr-k!,' from the deul table, where be had been working, with one bund In bit hair, the other spluttering Ink from bad pen, "Good for you. Happy!" he cried cheerfully. "I hoped you'd ciimo to see me today. I've been thinking about a job for you," "I don't waut a Job. nohow!" said Mr, Fear, gdug to the door. "I don't want to work. There's plenty ways fer m to git along without that. Hut I'll aay one thing more. In't yon worry about glttln' law practice, Mike soys you're goln' to git all you want, and If there ain't no other way, why. a few of us'll go out aud make some fer ye!" These prophede and promise, over which Joe chuckled at Orst, wltb bit bead rocked- to one side, grew very soon, to bis uumscment, to wear a u pematural similarity to actual fulfill ment. Hi friends brought blm their own fr inU sticli in b id sinned itgulust tbe laws of ('miian, thoe uuder the bin of tlu sheriff. Hume who bsd struck lu aneer, thooe who bad stolen at night. t!)oe who owed uud could not pay, thoe whj lived by the dice, and to bis other titles to notoriety vest added that of defender of tbe por and wicked. He found bl bands full. especially after whining bis flrst Im portant esse, on whlib occasion fa uiisti thought tbe jury mad and waa lu- dlgnnnt wltb the puzxlt-d judge, who could not see just buw It bad bappeued. Jo did u t stop at that. He kept on winning cnscs.clearlng tbe Innocent and llghtoulng the burdens of the guilty. Ho becamv the most dungeroua at torney for the (U-fi'iiHs lu Canaan. Ills bonoruble brethnm, acc-ptlng the pop ulur view of b!m, held blm In personal contempt, hut fenred him profesKlon ally, ft ho proved tbat be knew more law than Uiey thought existed. Nor could any trick blm, falling wblcb ' many tcmjiers were lost, but never j Joe's. Ills practice was not all crlml- j nat, aa shown by the peevish outburst of the eminent Buckolew (tbe squire's , nephew, esteemed tbe foremost lawyer I In Canaan), "Before long there won't i I) any un trying to foreclose a uiort-; gage or collect a note unless this shy ster gets btmself In jail!" Tbe wrath of Judge Martin I'lke was august tber waa a kind of sublimity In Ha Immenaenes on a day when It befell that tbe shyster stood betwixt blm and money. That wat a monstrous task-to stand between thes two and separate them, to bold back the band of Martin rik from what It bad reached out to grasp. it was In tb matter of some tax titles wblcb tbe magnate bad acquired, and In court Jo treated tbe case wltb sucb horrifying simplicity that It seemed al most credible that tb great man had counted upon the Ignorance and be- totteduest of Joe's client, a hard drink ing, disreputable old farmer, to get bis land away from him without pnylus for It. Now, as every one knew sucb a thing to be ludicrously Impossible, It was at one noised abroad lu Canuan tbat Joe had helped to swindle JuiIkc Pike out of a large sum of money It wat notorious tbat tbe ahystcr could bambootle court and Jury wltb bis tricks, and It waa felt that Joe Lou den wna getting Into very deep wa ters Indeed. This waa serious. If tbe young man did not look out be might find himself In the penitentiary. Joe did not move Into a larger of- lice; be remained In tbe little room with Its on window and Its due view of the Jail. Hit clients worn uearly all poor, and ninny of hit foot quite literally nominal. Tatters mm rags came up tho narrow stairway to his door tutlers aud rugs and pitiful flnorles; the bleared, the sodden, tli. flaunting and rouged, tho furllve ttnU wary,' some In rags, some lu tug am. some the sorriest In velvet gowns, With these, the distressed, the wrou? doora, the drunken, the dirty and t'io very poor, bis work lay and his days aud nights were spoil. When Joe went nbjut tho streets lm waa made ,to feel his condition by the elaborate avoldauce, yet furtive m tent Ion, of every respectable person U met, and when he eamo home to b h small rooms and shut the door boh'.M blm be was as one who Inn 1 c I. hissed aud shamed In public and n: i. to bury bis hot face lu his pllbw, l.t potted bis mongrel extravagantly (veil he might) and would sit with him i i bis rooms at ulght holding lorn; co. vcme wltb blm, the two alo:iu toci erf" The dog wa not his Only con ttditut. There came to be another, a mot aud more frequent partner to their conversations, at last a familiar spirit. This third cam from a brown Jug which J w kept ou a shelf In bit bedroom, a vessel too frequeutly re iilKiilhhcd, When the day's work wa done he hut himself up, drank aloue uud drnnk hard. Hometlme wbeu the Jug ran low and the night was late be would go out for a walk with bl dog and would awake In his room tbe next morning not remembering where he bad gone or how he had come homo. Once, after such a lapse of memory, he woke amnr.cd to find himself at Beaver Beach, whither, he learned from the rml hcurdod man, Happy Feur bad brought him, having found him wandering dazedly lu a Held near by. These lapses grew more frequent until there occurred that which wa one of the strange !ilngs of bit life. It wa a June night, a little more than two years after bis return to Caiman, and the Tocsin bud that day announced the, approaching marriage of Kugene llnntry and bit employer's daughter, Joe at nothing during Die day and went through bl work clumsi ly, visiting the Iwdroom shelf at Inter vals. At 10 Ip the evening he went out to have the Jt'g refllbd, but from the moment be left bis door and the fresh air struck bis face he bad no clear knowledge of what he did or of what went on about blm until be woke In bis bed the next morning. And yet, whatever little part of th soul of blm remained that ulght still ondulled, not uumhed, but alive, waa In some strange manner lifted out of It paltt toward a atrange delight lilt body wa an automaton, bl mind In bondage, yet (her wa a atlll small consciousness In blm wblcb knew thst lu his wandering something Incredible and unexpected was bappculng. What this was he did not know, could not "7 don't wan', a M. nohow' sold Jfc. fair. ee, though b's eyes were open, could not have tolt himself any more than a baby could cll why It luitghs, but II eeemed something so beautiful and wonderful that tho night became a night Of perf'imc, Its breezes bearing tbe music of baps and violins, whlla nightingales slug from tbo maples that bordered the Streets of Canaan. (To be continued) Herman Wise The Boys Outfitter. Whooping Cough, I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy In my family In cases of whooping cough, and want to tell you that It la the best medicine I have ever us'ed. W. F. Gaston, Posco, Ga, Thla remedy is as ft and sure. For tale by Frank Hart and Leading Druggists. BOY$ Snappy Clothing' J U s T IN IN THE CITY CHURCHES. First Congrsgstlenal. Morning service at 11 o'clock, Sub ject! "An Uphill Journey." livening ser vie at 7:30, (Subject: "Life's Chances. HurKJny school at 12:20, Y. P. ft. C. K. at 8:30, p. m. There will be no mid week meeting next WednesJsy, as tlx Suitor win im in Portland. All are olcotne at all the services of this church, C. E. Moorehouse, I'tn V. pat tor. First Baptist. rtev. L. W. Hllcy, President of Mc Mlnnvllle College will preach morning and evening. The Bunday school and meeting of the young people will be held at the usual hours. All friend of the church are cordially Invited to the services. First Prssbyterlsn. Morning worship 11 o'clock, Babbath school 12:16, T. P. 8. C. E., :S0. Even Ing service 7:30. The pastor will proach at both service. All ar invited, W. 8. Gilbert, pastor. Norwegisn-Lutheran. At the First Norwegian Lutheran Bynod church corner of 29th A Grand Ave., service tomorrow morning at 10:45 and In the evening at S o'clock, Sunday school at : 30 a. m. Theo., P. Nette, pastor. First Methodist. Pong service at First Methodist Church, on Sunday evening, April 21, 107. Opening Voluntary Anthem, Hark, nark, My Soul, Cbolr. Hymn Prayer. Anthem, "While the Bridegroom Tar rled. Ladles Quartette. Scripture Lesson, t Announcements-Offertory. Solo-From Mendelsohm'a "Songs Without Words." Mr. Nello Johnson. Psalm and Gloria. Anthem "Aa It Began To Dawn," Choir. Hymn Anthem "Dream of Paradise," Cbolr Hymn Benediction Grscs Episeopal. Morning service today at 11 o'clock, SunJay achool at noon. Evening serv ice will be omitted. First Lutheran. Gustaf E. Rydqulst. pastor. Morn Ing service at 10:45; evening service alwaystln English at 7:30. Theme, TheSoy of the Sorrowing Disciples.' Sunday school snd service In English at tho German Lutheran church at 2 and 3 o'clock, respectively, theme, "Contradictions In Life," A cordial Invitation la extended to alb Bsptist Church. There will be no special service at the Baptist church as was expected. Pastor Riley was obliged to cancel his engagement on account of urgent mat tors st home. Consequently the rogu lar morning sen-ice will be held at U o'clock. Sunday school and meeting of young people at usual hours. No evening service. Norwegian-Danish, The Norwegian and Danish M. E. church, corner Thirty-seventh anJ iDuana, Sunday school at 10 o'clock; preaching by the pastor at 11 a. . m. and 8 p. m.: Thursday evening prayer mnetlnc. Everybody' Welcome. E GJerdlng, pastor. City Warrants- City Treasurer Dealey paid out yes terday on city warrants a sum In the neighborhood of $2000. EUREKAI Yet, I Have Fodnd it at Last Found whatT Why that Chamber Iain's Salve cures Ectema and all man ner of Itching of the skin. I have been a lcted for many yeara with a skin disease. I had to get up three or four times every night and wash with cold water to allay the terrible ltchtng, but since using this salve In December, 190S, the Itching has stopped and has not troubled me. Elder John T. Ong ley, Rootvllle, P. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Y) SPICES, oc COFFEEJEA DAIO0P0VDER, FlX70nL10EXTRXTS! AhdurtPtriiy, finest Flavor, Grtafosf Sf rer.rh. fc&soro.b! Price. CL05SET&DZYER5 f PORTLAND, CEEQ ON. f Women Avoid Operations When a woman aofferlng' from female trouble Is told that an oper ation la necessary, it, of course, frlffhten her. Tbe very tbougbt of the hospital, the operating table and the knife atrlkca terror to her heart. It la quite true that these troub le may reach a stage where an ope ration la tbe only resource, but a great many women bare been cored by Lydla, E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound after an operation ha been decided upon at the only cure. Tbe strongest and most grateful statements possible to mak coin from women who by taking1 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound mad from native root and herbs, have escaped serious operations, a evidenced by Miss Bos Moore'scase, of 307 W. MthSt. N.Y. She write:- Dtar Mrs. Plnkham:-"Lydia E. Pinkhem'e Vegetable Compound ha cured me of th very worst form of female tronbl and I wish to express to yon my deepest gratitad. I suffered Intensely for two years so that I wa nnabl to attend to my dntiea and waa a bnrden to my family. I doctored and doctored with only temporary relief and constantly objecting to an operation which 1 waa advised to undergo. I decided to try Lydia, E. Plnkbam'a Vegetable Compound; it cored me of the terribl tronbl and I am new In better health than I have been for many years." Thla and other such cases should encowss-e every woman to try Ly dlaE. Ptnkham'a Vegetable Com pound before she submit to an operation. Mrs. Plnkham'a Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering from any form of female weakness ar Invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mas. From th symptom given, the tronbl may be located and th quickest and surest way of recovery advised. H. a PARKER, Proprietor. E. P. PARKER, Manager. PARKER HOUSE EUROPEAN PLAN. First Claaa In Every RsspteL Fre Coach to the Hous. Bar and Billiard Boom. Good Cback Restaurant. Astoria, Oregon ltHMWMMMMttWWMH4vMWMMMH BIG REDUCTIONS Wall Paper 30 PER CENT OFF On account of the large new spring stock coming and X to make room m our store we offer ou per cent off for the next few days. Buy your wall paper now while it is cheap. Eastern Painting & Commercial ASTORIA IRON WORKS JOHN-FOX, Pres. F L BISHOP. 6ecretar Designers and Mantfactarers ot :THE LATENT IMPROVED! ' ' Canning: Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers Complete Cannery CORRESPONDENCE 'SOLICITED; I THE TRENTON First-Class Liquors and Cigars 602 Commercial Street. Corner Commercial and 14th. Astoria, Oregon. THE C. F. WISE. Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors Merchant Lnncb From and Cigars . 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p jn. Hot Lunch at all Hours 5 Cent Corner Eleventh and Commercial ASTORIA I. 0. A. BOWLBY, President. 0. I. PETERSON, Vioe-Presidsnt Astoria Savings Bank Capitol Paid In 1100,008. Surplus and Transacts a General Banking Business. 8 Tenth Street, ROSE MOORE v. -I 1 .lLJV..', . Good Sample Room on Ground Floor for ComznarcUI Men. Decorating Company! 8tret, nsae Eighth. INelson Troyvr, Vioe-Pres. and Snpt. ASTORIA 8AVINGS BANK. Treat Outfits Furnished. - Foot of Fourth Street. G EM ' OKEGOB (RANK PATTON, Cashier. J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier, Undivided Fronts 165,000. . Interest Paid on Time uepoa)ts A STOMA, OREGON. MISS