THE MORNING ilSTORIAN. --ASTORIA, OREGON.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER a, 1507,
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3 Dan's Business
Course.
Bf JAMES BRUCE.
Copyright, JOT, br Homer Sprague.
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"But that was downright dishonest"
Mid Dan,
"It was businesslike," corrected ThU-
Upe. "Mason should not bare an
swnnced his plans. He bragged about
ttam, and If Bray Jumped in and got
ahead of him it simply shows Bray's
superior business ability." v
, "That is why you prefer Bray as a
aoc-iu-luwr Queried Pan. "Ton want
Mabel to marry a business manager,
at It were."
"That is rather a blunt way of put
ting It," aald ThUllps uneasily. "It
would be better to Bay that Bray's
business Qualifications are a point
strongly in his furor."
"While my lack of them is to my
discredit r
"I'ou do not have the knack of sell
ing your opportunities," said rhlllipa.
"Now, take my case. I know that the
Smelter and Exploration company pur
ls"! TB1XS'," PLEADED TBI P RESIT) EST,
"LET C8 HOT AJBOCE."
poses getting concessions in Borona. I
am going to take a run down there
and get the railroad franchise through
Camar. Camar is on the coast, and
the company will haTe to pay me well
for what will cost me practically noth
ing. That Is business. Ton might en
large your fund of geographical Infor
mation, but It would never occur to
yon to profit by what yon learn."
There's hope yet," said Dan lightly
as he rose, "Meanwhile I am to un
derstand that your consent to my mar
riage with Mabel is refused r
"Withheld," corrected Phillips. He
never gave a definite answer when be
could help It "Perhaps In the fu
ture" Dan nodded. Perhaps in the
future mat uncie mignt tuHs him Ms
heir. .
John Phillips turned to his desk, with
the consciousness of an unpleasant epl
ode cleverly closed. It was not until
the next morning that his eyes were
opened. Mabel had run away. "I
have gone with Dan," ehe wrote.
want a husband, uot a valuable addi
tion to the firm of Phillips & Kent"
Phillips shrugged bis shoulders and
went bis way. Deep in his heart her
desertion hurt, but with several big
operations pending he could not afford
to waste time. He shut his ears to the
talk of his associates, but aa the days
went on and Dan and Mabel did not
appear to ask parental forgiveness his
anxiety grew. He had supposed that
when the honeymoon was over they
would come back. He was almost
tempted to delay his trip to Camar.
But there was no one else In the firm
who spoke Spanish well enough to be
trusted with the negotiations, and so
the Mabel, his luxuriously appointed
yacht, aitpped down the bay and In
due course of time anchored in the
landlocked harbor of Porveda.
It took him two days to gain an audi
ence with the president of the tiny re
public, for there had Just been a revo
lution, and matters were slow in
straightening. out. Alvadora, the new
president, spoke English haltingly, but
English he would speak, and Phillips,
tactful, but impatient, chafed Inwardly
at the delay. He spoke Spanish flu
ently, and In ten minutes he could
have approached the subject had the
president held to bis native tongue, buti
this was precisely what the president
would not do.
"I splk the English. Is it not sor he
cried. "Bonato not one word could he
splk-he who would be presldente. It
is to chlckle. Is it notr
"Another language ' makes another
man," quoted riiilllps from an adver
tising card be had seen in the street
cars. I compliment your excellency."
"My thanks." said Alvadora. "Yon
are mv friend. Is It not so?"
But about this concession." pressed
Phillips. "Of course a railroad would
not pay very much, but we are looking
Into the future, when the road shall
have made Camar great"
"Ah, yea, the railway," said Alvadora
dreamily. "For him yon shall see my
business manager."
"Tour prime minister V suggested
Phillips correct! ngly.
"la it that I splk the English so badr
demanded the president reproachfully.
"Xon. It Is yon who do not under
stand." "But a business manager la not an
agw, Kepumtc in iut.
! have t)eeiniiilrShtvltiy the pres
ident that you wished to ace me In the
matter of some concession," Mid Dnn
as be entered resplendent In white
flannel. "I presume that It hat to do
with the project that we discussed. V
your office not long ago."
"How the devil did you get here?
demanded Phillips blankly.
"Dicky Etem had his yacht at Palm
Beach. He brought us over," explain
ed Dan. "You seemed Irritated that 1
had not Jumped Mason's scheme, so 1
came down here to got In on this rail
road matter'
"And brought Mabel with your
"Mrs. Curtis hopes that you will do
ua the honor of dining with ua this
evening."
"I'll be hanged If I dor stormed
Phillips. "Tills caps the climax. You
steal my daughter and my ideas aud
then calmly invite me to dine with you
aa though nothing had happened.'
"Then do not let us air our private
quarrel," suggested Dan. "You want
concession. Alvadora la pleasantly
impressed by your appreciation of his
English and has Instructed me to be ns
liberal as Is consistent with 'safe
guarding tbe interests of the republic'
"I could have got the concession for
song If you had not interfered,''
WHAT CAME OF
RIFLE PRACTICE.
"but your under
official of state, bnt of commerce," per
sisted Philips.
"My frien'," pleaded tbe president
"let ns not argue. See my business
manager to tbe morning. Look; I shall
send him to yon. YesT"
"Thank you," said Phillips. "But
meanwhile let me show you tbe advan
tage of such a proposition."
Alvadora waved him off. Business
matters were for the business mana
ger. He was the president It was
not well that he should Interfere.
Phillips went away thoroughly dis
gusted, and his bad temper held the
next morning aa he waited at the hotel
for the advent of this mysterious offi
cial, nor did his wrath cool when a
card was brought to him and be read,
"Daniel Carter Curtis, Business Man-
stormed rhlllips,
hand action"
Hold onr said Dan. "You told mo
that was good business. To quote
your own words, Mason had no bust
ness to announce his plans. Neither
had you. I came down bore and found
that Bonato. the then executive, did
not see my scheme, so I helped the
revolutionists along and got the Job
from AlvaSora. I get one-third on all
foreign concessions. I think I'll make
a good thing out of it."
"You overthrew the president?"
gasped Phillips. "It was your work?"
"It was easy," said Dan modestly.
"They had been talking of It before I
came along. I Ju-t helped "era to put
It through. Yon see, Bonato was tn
the way."
"And you Induced Mabel to elope
with you?" ,
"She did not want to marry a man
for his business qualifications alone,"
explained Dnn. "That Interview con
vinced her that yon would not accede
to my request, sa we were married
and started down here for our honey
moon. We rather thought you would
be glad to see how well I bad devel
oped your suggestion."
"I guess I am," said rhlllips weakly.
"You can tell her that I shall be over
tonight and, Dan, I take back all I
said about your capacity for business.
Yon make out a concession on what
yon think is a fair basis, and I'll sign.
I'm getting old. my boy, and I have
had shock enough for one day."
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Two
Years
Established
1875
(Orlitnal.
Colonel Fanning of the United States
cavalry, In command of a district at
the eastern base of the Itocky moun
tains, was wealthy aud desired his
only child, CVrlnno, to marry wealth,
lie dreaded to have her shut up with a
lot of lmpccuulous officers, fearing an
affair with 0110 of them. Ills fears
were realised. Percy King, a light
haired, blue eyed toy fresh from West
Potut made the trouble. But Corlnno
had been brought up to understand
that she must marry wealth and was
prepared to sacrifice her own feelings
and the lieutenant's ns well. She told
him that If he didn't "keep off" she
would be sent east.
The principal occupations of army
officers at solitary stations at that time
were poker and whUtky, King, not
having a taste for either, on being de
prived of the society of his ladylove
and feeling the need of something to
distract his attention, took up target
practice.' Nearly every morning end
evening be could be seen on tbe shoot
ing grounds outside tho fort with a
ride, at times tlrlug at a target and
at times at objects tossed into the air
by bts striker. He found that he had
the especial combination of muscle,
nerve and eye to make a remarkable
shot lie kept lengthening the dis
tance between himself and tbe object
fired at till he discovered that what he
most needed was a longer range rifle.
Then he seut east for the best that
could le purchased, though it took all
his spare funds to pay for It
Oue day a camping party of the
younger people at the fort went up into
the mountains. It was a foolhardy
thing to do, for the Indians bad for
some time shown signs of revolt. King
was the only yonng person left behind.
Instead cf moping In bis quarters be
mouuted his horse and, with his rifle,
set out to to for an antelopo or (up In
the canyu) a goat. He took his striker
with him to carry the game In case be
got any. Failing to find an antelope,
ho went up tho canyon for a goat.
From an eminence he saw down on the
plain a sight that appalled him a body
of Indians galloping toward the mouth
of the canyon. He kuew from the ap
pearance and actions of the red men
that they were ou the warpath. They
were not sufficiently numerous to at
tack the fort, but It occurred to him at
once that they knew of the party In
the mountains and were going for
them. They were between him and
the fort, and a spur of tbe foothills
was between the fort and them.
There came a mighty resolve in King.
He would make a stand in the canyon
alone, while bis striker rode on to the
camp and warned tbe party.
As the striker moved on up the in
cline King descended till he came to a
small natural fortress that commanded
a stretch in the road about a quarter
of a mllo long and at about 800 yards
distance from him. To enter upon this
stretch of road one must come around
a projecting rock. The young officer
bad brought plenty of ammunition,
and bis rifle could be depended upon to
carry the distance. Finding a crevice
In bis miniature fort through which he
could fire without being seen or ex
posed, he knelt behind it and was
ready for the fight
Suddenly an Indian shot out from
behind tbe rock, followed at about
twenty paces by two more. King's
rifle cracked three times In quick suc
cession, and tbe three Indians dropped.
Several more who had come Into view,
seeing that they were ambushed, turn
ed to retrace their steps.
Considerable time elapsed before any
more redskins were seen. King Judged
that tbolr next appearance would be
on one or tbe other side of the canyon
and it would be impossible for them
to get above blm without being seen.
A party of five did attempt to climb
over some fifty yards across a rock,
but King picked off three of them,
and tbe other two rolled back over tbe
face of the rock.
He had scarcely given a gasp of re
lief and was darting his eyes In every
direction when be saw a man Just step
ping out of the foliage on to a ledge
from which he might look right down
into the white man's redoubt Tbe In
dian had grasped the ledge, but King's
rifle cracked again, and tbe climber
fell back. Another, apparently having
approached from a .different quarter,
was making signs from the ledge when
be, too, fell a victim to King's pre
cision. All this occupied more than an hour.
But now King began to feel that the
end was drawing near that the Indian
he had last shot had succeeded In com
municating a knowledge of his weak
ness. He was wrong. Nearly an hour
more passed before he saw Indications
that his enemies had been climbing to
his rear and were surrounding him.
Then suddenly np tbe canyon he heard
shots, which were answered by shots.
The striker bad reached the camping
party, the women and children bad
been hidden and a messenger sent by
a circuitous path to fie fort Then
the men of the party, half a dozen
officers and as many prtvr.tos. coolcs
and strikers, all armed, had ,?one to
King's support They had encountered
the Indians in his roar, but !'.): rel
tklns were only a few who had climb
ed over the rocks for observation, cnl
they were driven back. Then the sup
ports joined King.
The re-enforcemcnt discouraged the
Indians, though they outnumbered the
white men ten to one. m But fortunate
ly they didn't know it They withdrew
suddenly, and all the party reached the
fort safely.
Had the colonel after that cast off
Lieutenant King there would have
been a mutiny of the garrison.
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Sam De Boest, of Fort Stevens, was
visitor in Astoria yeterJay.
George Boss, of Knanpa, is in the
city for a few days.
0. JL Hidden, of Butte, Mont, is at
tiie Northern. He is on a business visit
to this city.
C, M. Finch, who has been visiting
his brother, Dr. Finch, returned to Port
land last night.
,AV. F. McGregor, of the Astoria Box
Company, wa a pattmgrt to Portland
lust night.
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No other remedy or medicinal treat
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The best people attest its curative
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local agents. The fair way in which
Hyomei was sold, to refund the money
unless it gave satisfaction, was the best
proof when it was introduced that It
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ment giving satisfaction, and left it to
the purchasers to be the judge.
Later, when Hyomei was used and
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a treatment Wat absolutely cured
catarrh, no matter how serious or long
standing, the sales rapidly grew and to
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The Tyler.
The Trier still keeps up its reputa
tion. Good liquors and polite attention
will always win, and in pursuance of
this idea Clarence Tyler has made no
change in the quality of his goods, and
Im secured the services of Unci Gene
Lent whose genial personality makes
him popular with the Tyler's patrons.
Everyone knows where tho Tyler is,
Sixth and Bond streets.
COFFEE
The best name for coffee
is one that tells where the
money's to come from, if
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Your grocer returns your money If yon don't
like Schilling's Bit; we pay him.
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The Commercial.
The Commercial still continues to do
good business. The finest grades of
different kinds of refreshments kept at
this well known establishment assures a
continuance of its popularity. The pro
prietor, Otto Sund, is a genial gentle
man, and It well and favorably known in
this city. Drop into the Commercial
when in the neighborhood. It is on Com
mercial street near Eleventh.
New Grocer Store.
Try our own mixture of coffeethe
J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetable.
Babollet A Co. grocers. Phone Mala
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Columbia and Tloser graphophones
and latest records at 424 Commercial
street A. R. Cyrus, tf.
The Palaca Leads.
The Palace restaurant, always la the
lead. Is keeping up its reputation for
catering to the wants of Its patrons.
Now that fall is hers, and winter Is ap
proaching, shell fish sad oysters art la
demand. The Palace Catering Company
right up to the times, has arranged to
have a dally supply of deep sea crabs
furnUhed them and now this toothsome
crustacean cao be had at any time at the
Palace. They are always fresh, as the
demand Is to great for them that none
are allowed to grow stale.
Reduced rstti to Portland and return
for the Portland Horse Show to be held
in Portland, November 7 th, 6th and Oth.
The A. A C has named a rate of one
and one-third fare fop the round-trip.
Tickets will be on sals November 6th,
7th and 8th, and will be good returning
up to ana including November 10th.
The United Swedish-American Broth-
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day, October 2nd, at the Astoria Nation
al Hall. Members and friends cordial!?
Invited. Admission 60 cents. 10 31-3t,
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