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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1907)
'it,' rRIiAY, NOVEMBER at, 1907. 0THE MORNING, ASTOHIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. .IUMMHMMUUMHUHUWUtiaUOnBj - -.s ft 8 It tt tt How It Began l Written (or tba Morning AUorlsn. mtttttttttttttttttttttttwttpttttttttttttttttttttntttttttt V Martha Cumbuton wa l tt 'tis during the nummof under Jtntd name. .Vhu on morn tort tb wrapper from nr Mwspapsr ths noticed this ,n ement: 'fort Elliott, who, bosk on blrts thni'K thousands, U pursuing Jus - Cumbuton wi 6m whom Mr. jtt'l books bad delimited, and ah ibf would moot him. 8b wa stomod to tak Ions walks, aeoonv sd only by big dog, and on ilng while In a gorge, through h Oownfl a motiQtafu torrent h Jenly came uiran a mad sitting on ! looking up Into a trot, A sh sp nd bird flaw out of tb tre. -isn roe and atood uncotsred bo passed. 4 bellort," itit'satd' to bartelf, 1 Bradford Elliott I'd know blm -r by bis printed pictures. a sure as my name la Stevenson," 2 tb man, "that's Bvangellns Gray, vaudeville queen. I've seen ber t oo poster many a to." I s Cumbutpahad no tnlad.to let opportunity pas. Turning, ab 3 in ber sweetest voir: , in you tott nr. bow I will knew od leading; op to tb Mountain 1 when I reach Itr . very welt," eeld Ut. Stevenson )wn most nodulated tones, "but b bsppy to show It to yon if 1 permit me.' It's not far." Cumbuton knew very well that tace was mor tbsn mil it It would gtv her (jolt a 'ill the great bird finder,! so -Tried tb effw. Bh i one Jta'coriTersaaoB on lira. 1 yen looking at a Mrd la a remarked, "as I approached, t make out Its genuaf What bird) I wu looking at Hag upon tb ledge. It lndl-' bear trap." . pose you don't know anything Jrdar ahe said archly. aialy nofV $ A Sometimes It Is eonmlent aln Incog.r 4 . Stevenson stopped and looked ,dy full In the face. How In tb .id did you know thatr he aaksd, Ob, a little bird told me." "A little bird np In a twP "Tea." That I'm up a truer vltM Cumbuton chuckled. "Are yo doing the mountain ta ll. T"n asked, frwa Mies Cam bo ton's turn to look oue. "Why, I suppos I am," heel- 'sgly. for what purpose F 111 me your purpose and ril toll imln."'! , . . .,' IT Oh, I'm a big gun, and If all jeo peoplo about hero should know :o I am they'd overrun me with atten in. Now for your resson." s ??"0n, Fm-I'm trying to scsp an tngagmtntr ., $ Sh chuckled again, and so did br companion. "I supjtosfld,' said Stevenson, "that peopl of your prof melon toufM n gagements." 'Mt profession I Whit Is my profs Bloat"'' " -' .."Treading boards." "Treading boards! Whafs thatr "What do you think my occupation isr ., "lourst Why, you ar an ornitholo gist" r; . Mr. Stsvenson looked at ber Inquir ingly. "Would you mind giving me that word again r "Ornithologist ahe repeated, de light! with bis pretens of Ignorance, lie bad never heard the word In bla Ufa, "Oh, I know-ornltborhynchua, a kind of monkey. I aaw one In me nag srlsonce." Miss Cumbuton laughed and said to herself, "Isn't bs delightful!" At that moment the tete-a-tete wss Interrupted by a party from If Iss Conv baton's hotel, who dragged ber away with them-agalnst ber will-for a walk to tb falls. That evening Stevenson sought ber at ber hotel, and they paased much of the vnlog together, continuing their banter. Neither of them kept tb se cret of the other prominence, and tb next day Stmnaon was requested to glv a lectur on birds, whU Miss Cumbuton wss urged to glv a read ing. Both declined, and botb almul taneonsty left the mountains. They were sstonlsbed to meet at the station. rWby did you tell people I was an aefnr ssked tb lady Indignantly "They won't believe I'm not and bave given me no end of trouble." "Why did you tell them that I was sn-an ornlthorhynchnsr "I didn't" 8ns Isughed In spite of bsrself. ' f "Come," sbe ssld when they war seated In the train, "lef a confess. Why ar yon her Incog. r tv " '..JThsfs a woman's wsy of confess tog. What ar son here forf "Aa I ssld, 1 to cap u engage ment A certain person wants m to marry blm. -! don't wajt to do It" -That's funny. A 'certain woman wants i to marry her. I came to the mountain to got rid of ber." "What a blunder!" "A double blunder!" . ' This wss tb beginning of It The new scquslntances, each of whom was trying to get rid of a lover, seemed tc seek protection In each other's com pany. After awhile a newspaper print ed sa Item that a' breach of promise case against a prominent clubman had been settled out of court Then a re Ilglous paper publlahed another Item stating that Miss Cumbuton bad giv en up the mlsalon field to reform s prominent clubman. FLORENCE NORTON. Morning Astorian SOc per month. THE-GEM C. F. WISE. Prop. 1 . Choice Wines, Liquors Merchant Lunch from ana Cigars 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p on. Bot Lunch at all Boars ! s Cents i Corner Eleventh and Commercial TOEIA OREGOH .ft. Mi tiHKn -we- - (Continued from pse 2) amlnatlons are under way to fill several VA(nti in the coiuular corps end two vsmancles In the corps of student Inter preters In Chilis. John Ball Oeborne, Chief of the Bu reau Of trad relation of the Depart ment of State; U supervising the exam Inatlons In a meanur and he will ooecb the sueoeiaful aeplrsnts In tbs intrica cies of tbelr adopted careers ss soon as tbolr paper, have been marked Mr, Os born. Is stao lecturer on tbs consular service In the College of the Political Sciences of tbs George Washington Uni versity, It l due, perhspi, to this fact that two of the winners in tbs examina tion. lat July were graduates of th University, in spits of tbs fsct that only thirteen men passed and graduate of the leading institution of learning in ths country were In the contest. The position of student Interpreter i aid to be especially sttrsctivs. Candi date for ths office must be between the age af nineteen and twenty-five, for the Department of Stats believes theie public servsnts should be caught young and molded emphatically. The candi date for the consular service mutt not be younger then twenty one or older than fifty year. But to return to the student inter preters. Ths two candidates who win the coveted positions wtfl be sent to Pekln. There, under the eupervition of the American legation, they will study the Chine, language snd customs. When proficient, they will be awarded a posi tion in one of the consulate in ths Flow sry Kingdom, from which they may be promotsd to interpreter snd consul It is a nlcs berth, thst of student inter- cans accept the statement, judging by ths number who sre taking the examin ation. " 1 , ' -. 1 ' The time may yet come when it will not be necetury for student Interpreter to lesve family and friends and practi cally Isolate themselves in far off Pekln to soquixe a working knowledge of the Chine, language. The language of the Celestial Empire may yet be taught In these schools thst sre giving special attention to. supplying mm for the government service. The George Wash ington University, In its courses in law and diplomacy Instruction, in French, German, Spanish snd other language. Why not then. In Chinese t Tbers Is only ons drawback to such a plan st the present time. This I found In ths multiplicity of dialect found In Chins. .Running from Mandar in, or official tongue, the language un dergoes degrees of change through many classes until the speech of the coolie is absolutely unintelligible to the well-bred Chinese' Whils alt the principal diplo- mat to business is carried on, naturally, with the higher officials a knowledge of all the dialects Is desirable, tf the Ameri can consul I to keep abreast of business rivals. So It will be seen that until there Is more universality In the Chinese ton gue, a small army of instructor, would have to be imported, to teach it. ; t IIIIMHUlinMlllimiMMII MUniMIIIII ; How to Get 100 per Gent, on . Your Money Deposit it with the Equitable. "' " . . ' . . .s. , t -.v. ,1. "He gives twice who gives quickct.t' 2. The Equitable has given quickly to beneficiaries under maturing policies upwards of $330,000,000. , 3. 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