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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1907)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER afl, 1907. THE MORNING A ST Oil IAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. a A Gircumstancial Gase The Astorian's Novslet t la TU Chaptiri S; " ,' t- , ... s . ntinttnnttKtinntinnffnifnttnffffnffttnititiiiiffinin CHAPTEIl I. flrnt criminal cnso wai In many rcspwts tho uiost In tcriMtlug in which tnjr pro ! fesulowil services have ever been employed, nut iinrily bocnuse 1 vm young nud exuberantly euthuslas (It;, but for tha additional reason that It prcsi'mtud features which even now, when uiy hair is turning gray, Invest It with t fascination (for uio) peculiar ly Its own." " " ' ' Vho first alleged culprit In wbuM be , liulf 1 ever appeared as Ha advocate was 11 vsluud-lu fact,' my dearest personal frleud. Ut tut conceal bit Identity by giving hliu a name aa dif ferent from bis own aa anything that 1 can Imagines tot me call Win Jack Nrnrborougu. , Jack and I had many points of ayni tnthy, yet there waa between us auf Octant diversity of opinion aud taste lu prevent that monotonous agreement wblcb ao often renders nominal friend- Rhln wcHrlauiii If nut nosltlvelv bnue- fut. In my youngvr dnya 1 waa foudur Of gnyetyjhau could bo expected of an old wan ho walka with a cant. 1'erbnps I waa at time even Incllnod toward reckUwaueae, Jack waa far from being Pharisaical yet bla sounder i-utiiuiuu sense not Infrequently acted a corrective to my caprice by rous Ing my better Judgment Dear old Jack). Mow I wish- But prhp I bad bettor toll tho atory lo my own prosaic way. I bava antd that our tastes wro not In absolute accord; My frtend waa In terested In aevoral branches of re search which seemed to me to ba an utter weariness not only to tha flesh, but to tho Intellect aa well On tha other band, 1 could never Induce him to llateu to the slmpleat lifiil argu ment without yawning. Chief among bla varlout bobbles waa numismatic. Now, although "from my youth up" I hava ever taken a deep (even If not al waya au abiding) Interoat lu colna, It haa centered chiefly in thoae current In my own day and generation aa, for Instance, the American double eagle. Scarborough liked these well enough, too, yet In hla eyes they were but aa droe In comparison with the antiques wblcb ghtddon tho heart aud lighten tha pocket of the collector. I bellevo that bo would have cheerfully parted with bla Inat gold coin of t'iiitod State mining at any time for a bit of cop per aurilcleiitly well authenticated aa a apeclmeu of a rare and extinct Issue. To mo thla jU""rHl tho very acme of frlly, yet 1115' love for my friend forced mo, ao to apeak, to simulate 11 11 tutor ost In bla collection or feign enthusl aim over some newly acquired addi tion thereto, a species of hypocrisy which I reconciled to my conscience by the plea that It waa certainly not harmful, If not poaltlvely amiable. ltut If our tnatea lacked homogene ity, our financial clrcumstsnces pre sented a contrnat no leaa pronounced. Jack, although not poaltlvely rich, was at least well to do, while I found It no easy tank to auataln myself In de cent form until I ahould secure ell euta whoao appreciation of real wdrth might fill my puree. Yet wa shared a ault of living rooma In common and had few, If any, secrets from each other. ,-, j Tbua matters atood with us until 0110 June, now long ago, me wentuer was preternaturally, aud unbearably Ut Tho groas In tho parks was scorched to a yellow almost golden. The rosea drooped and withered and dropped their petals before the pas alonate kuia of a sun whoaa breath bad proved their undoing. Even the tire- nma IIHI11 mmrrnwi caiud to chatter or to quarrel and sat upon tha branches llfelcxs and despondent, seek ing abetter beneath the dust laden leavoa which were beginning to fade and curl aa though shriveling under tha blast of a altnoom. New York waa sweltering under a temperature wblcb would baTO . been Insufferable even in July, and tbe summer exodus bad be gun earlier than usual. "Old map," said Scarborough aa be came Into our sitting room a little after 0 o'clock ona particularly stifling vcntog.i "tul Is a little more than tha average' human organism can stand. What do you say to a move toward 1 sorao latltudi? farther tiorth J I've Just Ward of the vary place, up In the Berkphlro blllaf In Massachu setts. Lot' pack npt and be off early In tha mornlng-puro ,nlr, cool fights, fresh milk and all that sort of thing, you know. Come, man, don't Bit there staring, at. the moon,, but get up as much enthusiasm as you can and maka .up your mind to start,!' . .. ...'.- "I am afraid It's out of tbe question for me, Jack," I answered. "You know that Tettlbono versus Allison"1-- t'To hades with rottlboria, and AlH aon, loo, for that mattorl Why can't you show an occasional glimmer of common seneol real good lassy test will help your mind as much as your body. As for me, I shall not be good for anything until I. got away from this Block Hole.,! They, say there .are some tolerable trout streams and that the woods are charming. iTlion; 3 1, dare say, thero are bucolic beauties to whom you might make yourseit, agreenblo. lu that stolid sort of way you are so fond of affecting. Come, aay yes, and we'll muUe ready at once. Meanwhile VII go nud order a trap to .5 1 U 1 f H tj ..f " catch the I o'clock on tha New na van In tha morning." Hut, notwithstanding the attractive nee of the proponltlou and tho urgency of my friend, I waaolidurato. Thece of 1'ottlbone ' versus Allison waa tba flrat luwault of any real consequence In which 1 bad been retaluad. . 'liters was an Important Interlocutory motion to bo argued the ensuing week, and, besides, I knew that the gravity and intricacy of tho questions Involved In the eutlro Iltliratlon called for persist ant application to atudy on tba part of ao Inexperienced a practitioner aa my self. - ' : " ' "I tell you," said I flnally,' "that It Is Impossthle for mo to get away at pres ent But," I added, "that I uo reason why you shouldn't go and whip tha Berkshire brooks aud play tbe chev aller to the Maaaadiuaetti maldena If you Ilka, rerhapa I may b able to Join you later If you flud this rural parudUe as much of a Utopia aa you aeem Inclined to belluve.".,,, ..... It required no little persuasion on my part to Induce my friend to set off by himself. Yet he finally yielded, aud a tew days thereafter 1 waved my 1 " am aimht W out 0 the qtttntum for we, J two, J untutrca, farewell to him from tho window as be started on a journey whose far reach lug consequences neither of us could forecast. . Ills occasional letters were like him self, frank aud joyously whole hearted. Ho could not conscientiously praise the fishing, but the scenery and surround ings were all that bo could whdi. He was not rationally disposed to exertion, nud the long, lasy afternoons in leafy groves, where, lying supine with no companions save his book and his pipe, he could watch patches of blue sky al ternate with fleecy clouda and fall asleep to the melody of a feathered or chestra and the pianissimo chant of whispering winds, he found to ba hal cyon days. Tbe country girls be did npt consider attractive. They were either too angular or too shapeless, too Intensely Intellectual or too wearisome ly pastoral. He bad made no overtures toward flirtation. Dear old Jack! Well I knew that for blm the whole round earth contained but one woman. When be 'waa with ber be was conscious of nothing but the pervading Influence of her presence When he was alone be lived In recollection and on hope. Had all the womon of New England been a bevy of beauties whose charms rivaled Uiqse of the cloud of nympha that Bought to lend St. Anthony astray, Jack Scarborough's loyal heart would have been steeled to their fasclnatlous. ' Later he began to complain of ennui He proposed to stretch bis limbs by long trumps over the bills and study the rugged type of character ahowed by the shrewd, bronxed Yankee farm er. After bo had started on these strolls bis letters became more inter esting.. At first he found these strolls rather vapid, but be finally discovered in au old plowman a panacea for dull ness,; , Terbapa the clearest light, that I can shed hero on subsequent eveuts may be found in ono of his letters writ ten shortly before bis return. 1 "I have discovered the typo of an odd genus In tho shape of an old farm laborer. Ho la old and grizzled and bent and extremely proud of the fact that be is an Englishman by birth. I find no little entertainment in his com pany. He seems to love tbe soil as though be were x:ousclous of his kin ship to It and not infrequently pauses In bla work to examine and break up the cloth).' When I nek him why be does eo be grows positively mysteri ous and hints darkly at rich 'finds' made by him la the past." ' A few days later he wrote: "I have at length learned the, secret of my farmer friend's deep interest In tbe lumps of dirt Which be turns over. While plowing in his native English shire he unearthed a cracked jar of unique pottery containing a number of -copper and silver coins, together with na gold piece. I have icrsuaUed blm to let me fcave a peep nt them and aa Lrf '.. . H 1 1 mi" wm ft nm nwwsw. I . .... x i. v. .; . 1 4 to meet blm for that purpose tomorrow venlug. You know my bobby. rr- haps I may flud something of real value." , Only a few days after tba receipt of this last letter my friend returned to Now York. It was about half past 10 In tba evening when ha fairly, burst into our rooms, uis abruptness, how aver,, was aaally explained by bla ex uberance of enthusiasm, . lit waa as brown aa a nut from which tha ripen' lag frosts of October have atrlpped Its aromatic busk, yet bla cheeks glowed with the ruddy bus of exercise, and bis eyes fairly sparkled witb excite ment 1 was bard at work upon brief, but I dropped my pen (making a broad splash across tha page) In my eagerness to welcome blm. , A few words of greeting were exchanged, and then Jack dashed into the , subject wblcb was nearest to hla heart "Graham," be said, hla voice fairly aulverlng with emotion, "I've found a veritable treasure, a gold nobie of tba relgu of Edward III. And where do you think I got It? From that old plowman op in Berkshire." . As be spoke be extracted from an In ner pocket of bis purse an Irregularly shaped gold coin with odd devices and III shaped tetters stamped on both face and obverse, and placed it tn my band with a pride and exultation wblcb ware almost boyish. . I failed to s anything about it particularly Interest ing, yet tried to sympathise In bis joy, even although t could in no degree un derstand it To me thla treasure seem ad an exceedingly commonplace affair thin, flat piece of gold, somewhat worn and very poorly stamped, chiefly Interesting as a sort of object lesson Illustrating the stupendous advance made In the science and mechanism of mintage In our own times. "What Is it worth r was my first In quiry. ' . Scarborough laughed. "That's you all over," be cried. "I auppoaa your humdrum profession must cultivate your commercial in- at! nets, for I can remember when con- derations of relative cost and value dot eat much figure in your calcula tions. However, my cynical mentor, let me tell you that this coin Is worth pretty sum-more than fifty ttmee what I paid for It There are very few perfect specimens in existence. But not bluer would tempt me to sell it If I bad bought It tn a speculative way, I abould feel as though I bad taken a mean advantage of the seller, but In asmuch as I purchased It aa a curio and paid what the owner evidently re garded as a good, round price, my con science doesn't trouble me in tbe least Of course," he added, as be tenderly and reverently replaced tho coin In bla purse, "I may have made a mistake. Yet ' I think not Tomorrow I shall compare it with tbe one In tbe library, and then I ahull know beyond doubt And now put on your hat and let'a go and have some supper, for I am well nigh famished." Coontinucd in tomorrow's Antorian. Cured of Bright's Disease. Mr. Robert 0. Burke, EInora, S. Y, writes: "Before I started to uss Foley's Kidney Curs I had to get up from 12 to 20 times a night, and I waa all bloat ed up with dropsy and my ayealght wai so impaired I eould scarcely see one of my family across the room. I had given up bops of living, when a friend recom mended Foley's Kidney Cure. One 60 cent bottle worked wonders and before I had taken the third bottle the dropsy had gone, as well aa all other symp toms of Bright's disease." T. F. Laurbi, Owl Drug Store. CAN'T BE SEPARATED. Seme Astoria People Have Learned Haw to Get Rid of Both. ' IW-kach" and kidney sehc are twin brothers. You cant separate them. And you can't get rid of the back ache until you cure the kidney ache. If the kidneys are well and atrong, the rest of the system la pretty sure to be in vigorous health. ' Doan'a Kidney Pills make strong, healthy kidneys. ; II. J. Young, of 200 1-2 Morrison street, Portland, Ore., says: "I have had no occasion to use any kidney medi cine since ; J mm, and unit is the very reason why I can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills so strongly. : This remedy relieved me at that time of an an noying attack of kidney complaint which had clung to me for quite a while, and had become aggravated by a cold which settled in my back. The relief was apeedy and lasting, and not the alight est trace of a recurrence has appeared during the three years that have elapsed. I am convinced that this is good proof of the value .of Doan'a Kidney Pills." ;',; o . I - Work on the grounds and buildings of the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition is being rushed. Six buildings will soon be well under construction. DR0WJTED WHILE SKATING. 01IICAW), Nov. 28.-A dispatch to tbe Record Herald from Maon City, Iowa, saysi Klla Swift, ed 14 yearn, Merle Mtt ler, 14, and. Frank Hart'elled, 18, were drowned In Little Creek last night. The two girls were skating together, when the Ice broke and they went beneath. Frank Hartfelled attempted their res cue, but was unsuccessful. Tbe bodies of the ttfo girls were recovered and searcher are now dragging the river for that of Hartfelled. Kemp's Balsam' will stop any cough that can be stopped by any medicine and cure coughs that cannot be cured by' any other medicine. It la always the best cough cure, , A Methodist Minister Recommends ;l Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. .We havV'usaof'(hambwUinVCoug1 Remedy in our home for seven years, and it has always proved to be a reliable remedy. We have found that It would do more than the manufacturers claim for it It is especially good for croup and whooping cough; ', .. ; .1 V KEV. JAMES A. LEWIS, ; s : Pastor Milaca, Minn., M. E. Church. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ,is sold by Frank Hart and leading druggists. In the presence of astronomers the people of this planet seldom have 00 c&sloa to swell up with pride. Aa Italian observer states that the new spots on the aun are twelve times tbe site of the earth. A Good Liniment When yon need a good reliable Iinl ment try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It has no superior for sprains and awell lags. A piece of flannel slightly damp ened witb Pain Balm is superior to a plaster for lama back or pains in tbe side or chest It also relieves rneuma- tia pa'iia and makes sleep and rest pos sible. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. , Canada is exacted to appropriate 4100.000 for the Yukon building and ex hibit in addition to tbe amount expended upon the Dominion building and display at the Alaska- Vukoo-Paoifio Expos! tion. Dancing Provea Fatal Many men and women catch colds at dances which terminate in pneumonia and consumption. After exposure, if Foley's Honey and Tar is taken it will break up a cold and no serious results need be feared. Refuse any but the genuine in a yellow package. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. A counterfeiter has been arrested for making half dollars of full weight and fineness, which he was able to do St a profit of nearly one half. The president will feel fortified in his views to hear that tbe pious motto was in eluded In tbe imitation. fane's Family Medicine I a tonic- laxative. It does not depress or weak en, but imparts a feeling of buoyancy and strength that is delightful. At all druggists 25c. A Reliable Remedy for Croup. Mrs. S. Rosenthal, of Turner, Mica, saysi "We have used Chamberlain's Cough Medicine for ourselves and child ren for several years and like It very much. think it is the onlf remedy for croup snd can highly recommend it." For sale by Frank Hart and lead ing dniscists. ;. :-' "v.- ' 1 l 'i'JeMjjl! s 4w f .0 "A si .V w , .6. Ha ceC ALCOHOL 3 Pen cvht smuiaiingmefooaaiu, ProraofcsDittlouXlrfrfui ness and RrarXonutaJ nrjssr' OpiumJorpfuxie torftsenll WOTWARCOTIC. MiiMiksmunm. JlxJem JkhttUb- tMnafXatV p Anerfeef Remedy roTCorsfta- Hon . 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That is the man who needs to be seen by an enlightening EQUITABLE Agent r mm mm Vti- 495 COMMERCIAL ST. ASTORIA, OREGON