SUNDAY, April 21, 1907,
THE MORNING ASTOIilAN, ASTOR IA, OREGON.
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CONQUEST 4 CANAAN
By BOOTH TARK1NGTON,
Auiliur of "Cherry," "Moni!ur niuilr." El. '
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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'
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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,
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THE
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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.
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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.
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OKEGOB
(RANK PATTON, Cashier.
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier,
Undivided Fronts 165,000.
. Interest Paid on Time uepoa)ts
A STOMA, OREGON.
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