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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1907)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1907. THE MORNING ASTOIilflTT, ASTORIA. OREGON. Vinston'sYorli Bf HONOR WILLSIB. Oopf'sat, MOT, by M. M. Cunningham. ; t Tb ran wu jot lining behind the bluff vrben Darrel strolled out on to jCh veranda of tbe bungalow. ' On the iMt shore the Mississippi was 11111 park and gray with nlgbt shadows, but (trward the dim lino of Sllnneeota tbt ivrster wit liquid, crlinnon, Darrel, a fine, strong figure In his jbothlng trunks, shivered as bo panaod ito look at the fanllkr beauty of the igreat river. Then ho took a breath jtbat awe! led his deep chest and plung d with great bound down the bluff ,ido to tbo river far beneath, Whoa be ir turned, red and dripping, Jltn, hi darky factotum, was totting the break 'fast table on tbe veranda, and In a abort time Darrel wae drinking hla cof fee nul Jooklog out at tbo tender iprlng green of tbe midstream islands. 1 It waa for over a year now that bo jbad piqued the curiosity of tbe "nn itlvea" by living alone on tbe bluff aide. 4 Two Isolated facta, however, known S, A. A.fl- - i. , M A n a .. ' a 1 no gowntim, bccqudiou un an uia ec centricities.; Darrel waa a writer and ' New Yorkor. Tbey called, blin early. ISTbey could not know that be was merely readjusting bis lifelong theory of married happiness. Tbsy oonld not 'know tbat he waa merely lighting to C cover hla old time buoyancy tbat bad ft hlin tbat spring morning when llKabetb bad told hlin tbat she waa going to devote her life not to him, but tober"art" . . Darrel sighed, then rose abruptly, ' "Jim," be said, "Mr. Winston may .come today, so yon bad better watch Ibe bend sharply about noon." J "Yeasah." i "And yon may as well fix op tbe truest room this morning. Jim looked around at the simple fur tttbthlngs of the porch and living room critically. Jim had served Darrel'a fa Ntber and bad privileges. 1 "Am Mr. Winston very particular, air Darrel smiled. "I don't know, Jim. She publishers are aendlng hlin out to st Illustrations for iny book. This sax bat ui auourox roa a moment, j (Will have to do." And be swung down V Itbe bluff aide to tbe little pier where j Vas tied a string of canoes and skiffs. . JHe Jumped l&tova canoe, and waa off j 1 flown tbe river with beautiful long I jetrokes of the paddle that told of many Jbours spent on the water. In fact, ft I Was from the hours tment on this rtvor ) ; that Darrel'a book had grown. He bad ( written' It In a fervor of enthusiasm lover . the winders of .the . Mississippi, itnd tbe pubjlshers bad reodvod It joy ifnlly. Darrel bad found a new field. Tbe noon train drew slowly up to the atation platform, and Darrel turnod away -in disappointment But om Pas' enger. Blighted, and that waa lu ijnnn. lie glanced bode once more to ; make sure that be woe not mistaken.' mien, he halted.. .There was something ijvery, familiar about tbe slender, well itbe far end of the platform. , Suddenly (the girl moved toward him. , , ; "Oh, Horace 1" she cried. " ."Yes,! Elizabeth,',', ho replied quietly 'as If, they bad not parted over a year 'ago.1' , " ' ' "Well, aren't you glad to see me?" brightly. "And what are you going. to jflo with me?" ' I ' "I iflon't know," said Darrel to both (Questions. "What brotight you here, .Elizabeth?" " " The girl looked Into hla face, with her candid blue. eye, full of wonder. . "Why. Horace, didn't they send you sivord that I was coming?" ' " 'They ?' ' Who , are . .'they r " Dar nel's fingers were trembling a little. "Mrl Tompkins,' your publisher." Darrel sat down, heavily, on a truck, (then arose. .."They wrote me that they (were irolnir to send Winston." You- s i tyou know my old prejudice, Elizabeth." 1 1 j Elisabeth's beautiful mouth twitched, i , ftnd her eyes twinkled. "You have al jfways said that a 'woman could do only fpretty work; that she could put.no i j Strength Into her sketches. Come, Ilor. ! aco; you are not ..very, hospitable; are ;' your';. 11 x I p-fet'H. ' , Darrel was hlmwlf again instantly. . "Yoa see, I could have put up Winston. ' !l!3LI am, f-olnjr ty take you to Mrs. r l! rfrndyi who will be glad' to have a "paying guest.'," That afternoon Elizabeth sat in tbi eanoe facing Darrel. Jn her lap wae a ketch book, Darrel bad said aothlng more concerning feminine artistic abil ity. He was struggling with the old disappointment and with the old love tbat, as If tbe intervening years bad been for. nothing, had returned with redoubled force at tbe sight of Eliza beth's beauty. She was so dainty, so merry, so winsome, that Darrel had never been able to consider her for her art seriously, Bhe was a thing to be adored and protected and slaved for. The toll of a profession was ridiculous considered with Elbsabetb. " - - She sat looking at him in an Insert! table sort of way, : "You must take me to the. places yon want sketched first, Horace, so that 1 won't get confused by seeing too much else." ' Tbey paddled slowly up to the foot of Gray Eagle. Darrel held tbe canoe against tbe current and looked up at the magnificent bluff side, whose great face waa deep and cool 'with pines. Tbe Mississippi bluffs were new to Elisabeth. She sat In silence for a mo ment, looking at the grandeur of river and shore. . Then she began to sketch rapidly. All the brilliant spring after noon they paddled about in sllqnco for tbe most part Elisabeth slipped her sketches as rapidly as tbey were fin ished Into her portfolio, and Darrel did not ask to see them. He was grateful to Elisabeth that the did not rhapso dise over the scenery. Words were in adequate and Idle here. At last the girl, with a tired little sigh, slipped the last sketch into her portfolio. "Now, if you will come back to supper with me we will talk them over," she said. " Tbey sat on Mrs. Brady's porch Just before sunset; and Elisabeth laid one of ber sketches In Darrel'a bands. He gave a little start of surprise, now had she done It? The Mississippi, calm. swift and deep, In all its potency of notion; then for miles bluff after bluff, r?f!ns; Into, wstrjr, stern, forbfdtfnir, Jet lovely the tenderness of tbe brae sky, the softness of ragged clouds. "Elizabeth," aald Darrel, and his voice trembled a little, "1 did not know that you could do this. This Is better than Winston's best work." Elizabeth looked anxiously Into his face. "Do you think tbat?" she said. Darrel again studied tbe sketch. "It la wonderful," he said. "You have told more In these few strong brush stroke than I have In my whole book. Elisa beth," wistfully,-' "how could you nn- derstandso well?" Elisabeth clasped her hands softly In her lap. "Ob, but you see I ve read tbe book and reread It, so I was pre pared to see all tbat you did. Tbe book was as as , fine and . strong , as you are, Horace." The man rose snd walked back and forth. "Elisabeth, can you ever for give me for being such a fool as to be little your work? Why, do you know. I admire Winston's work so much that I was In the seventh' heaven when I found that I could get hlra to do my Illustrating, and your work Is far and away better than his." He turned toward the girl abruptly., "Elisabeth, why did you comer ; ("Decnufle"-Uie girl looked up at urn bravely-"I wanted to see you again, and" She paused. ' ' "And 7" suggested Darrel. . "And when you asked for Winston I was glad to come. I always sign my work Winston. It Is my middle name, you know." . Darrel dretf ber close to hlra. "But your 'art? " be questioned. "I ! wanted to see ir a woman could," she whispered. " "And a woman always shall," ne said. '"Winston' shall illustrate an my books." - - . ' 1 ;; r ...ii;.'. ,..'v.,. '".'..,-,. , . A Sailer Mads 8ult ; nn the summer day tbat - Captain Collins embarked with bis ten-yenr-old son for a lake trip on a lumber vessel th wMitiier was hot and sultry. The captain had more Important matters than his son's wardrobe on his mind, und young retor, with tbe shortsight edness of excited youth, left home without his Jacket , For two dan the wind blew softly from the south. On the third day it Iwitehed suddenly to the north, bring ing with It a cutting arctic coldness.,,? Mrs. Collins, fingering tbo forgotten Jacket bad visions of xher thinly clad son turned blue with cold or perhaps already stricken with pneumonia. -) : Twowweks later -the travelers re turned, the father, beaming, tbe boy even more radiant In a bulging flatino! garment of curious but ample cut. "You soe," explained Captain Collins, "Petur didn't have etothes enough, so we put In at the nooses port to buy him a coat n But these -was only one stoee and not a ready made garment in the place, 'so I bought three yard of red flannel, and made him a suit" f ktxw . ..vmi im. Oollina. traina not to laugh, "did you got the pattern?" . , fTJeed the 1 boy,": sow . tne captain proudly., "Laid tbe nnnel on jthe deck, spread Ihe boy on bis back; on top and cut all round him with my Jackknlfe. , Then I laid htm on , his rrtotnach and cut out tlse front How be' could you ''make a'1 pattern?" teeth's Companion. 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