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tti THE MORNING ASTORIAN. r STOMA. OREGON. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1M1 I Discord ! Harmony. ... NANCT BREST ... Professor Mau-ier, lost In the gran 4mt of "lannhau8er" rendered by tdmtelf on the piano, failed to hear the ret tap at his studio door. The visitor, ridently realising how tantalizing it Is to atop midway in a feeling of trans port, waited until the last note of Klsal prayer died away, then knocked again and finally, by an energetic rat tle of the doorknob caused the pro fessor to come back to a realization of things mundane, "Ah, I was awaiting you, mademoi selle! I was anxious to hear how you sang so beautifully for monsieur the snanager." Edith Garth threw her music roll on tb piano and walked over to the fire-, place, where the extravagant professor had lighted the gas log. Tre simply disgraced you," she said Miserably, holding the toe of her damp nrimrm tn tin rm. "Perhaps you might ' find a spot allshtlr drr." he suggested. "It's -sllly of me to start off this matte gasp, l never was so mrptwrt In my Uf.'. 1 told htm I dldnt know what vas the matter I'd never had such an avtack before. He said he hnd ofteu had candidates for positions In the choir et so nervous they coulilu't sing nt first and for me to rest a few minutes aud try again. "But I thought how hard I had trlc-d for thai position as soloist and how hard I had studied with you for the last six aiouths, when the people t home had scrimped and saved to keor me here Jn the city, ami I don't know how 1 lost my grli. but great big tears commenrod running down my cheeks', not nice ladylike tears, but the Kro: big splashy kind that you can't vnl low aud that a real ladylike handker chief will cot so;ik up." She had uuug the ladylike haudker chief before the tire to dry, and th. big Motd professor, who looked uiotv like a Xorce sea king thau a French v-Htr of voice, handed It to her. with "Totr arcsr oo aoaw, madkmoisjxle." shoe to the blaze with a despairing in difference to the smell of burned lesiber. "Impossible! Tour voice is most eeautiful, and I had taught you the oratorio until you could render it with closed eyes," the professor expoeru lUed. The girl tat down, hunting vainly for kcr handkerchief. "I don't know what my voice was, tot when I tried to sing for that hor tSA man this afternoon I didn't have any voice of any kind. It wabbled, avoided the tone-did everything and fnally died away in an asthmatic gasp." She found the handkerchief, cad it proved to be too small for the demand, a suspicious limpness indicat fog that it bad previously seen much service. "Ma panvre petite;" The professor gazed at her perplexedly. "I'll make a top of strongest tea, bitter as the English and the Americans could wish for. While we drink it and eat some crackers and a can of the tiniest sar sEnes that I have In the back of the male case you can tell me your de pression." He put the kettle on the alcohol lamp and drew the piano bench in front of the fireplace, spreading a sheet f music for a table cover. The glr: Wed her eyes furtively, and after the outdoor chill her nerves slowly relax ed by the comforting gas log. She watched him with the amused toler ance a woman has for a man's house keeping, and when he brought the "Tannhauser" score to put under the teapot sho forgot her woe long enough for a faint smile, which the professor quickly observed. "Ah, yoa are feeling better even now. and when you have eaten six of the BtUe fish and two of the crackers and ask for a second cbp of this well cook ed tea jw may tell me your story." He arraeged three of the prescribed Bttle fish on a cracker and deftly squeezed some lemon juice over them. "I believe I am equal to three more," she said, selecting an unbroken crack er from the box and holding it while he angled for the sardines. "And now I must te'tl you what a failure I made. When my voice stopped with that asth. way again. The director told me to come again next week and he would hear me that It I could sing In half the whole souled way I cried I ought to make good. You ought to be aaham ed to laugh at me," reproachfully. "I'll never have the courage to go again, and I'll always be afraid to sing In public now. My voice might act that way again, and I wanted so to make my living by singing." He leaned toward her and spoke ear nestly. "You must go again, mademoiselle. In my country we always drive a horse back and make him look at the object that has given him the fright It Is so with this nervous terror of yours, pe tite, it will grow larger day by day until you will be so sensitive you can not do the solos In the church or the concert Will yoa try It again next weekr "I feel that I couldn'tpositively couldn't" she gasped, trembling at the thought of a second fiasco. The professor got his bat and coat to walk down the street with her to her boarding house. "I go with you next week, mademoi selle. I play your accompaniment for yon. You must forget yourself, and when he hears you sing the place as soloist at St John's la yours for the accepting. Monsieur the director will implore you to accept" The next week an elated girl entered the professor's studio. She was not alone. The professor himself threw the roll of music on the piano, with a little whoop of enthusiasm. "Never have you sung so well, and do you not feel glad that the horse that balked was led back to try again?" "I don't mind being called a hone a bit I'm so happy," she exclaimed. "You couldn't offend me even If you called me a donkey. And It's you-you who have done It all. I found out yesterday that you have been teaching me for practically nothing when your other pupils are paying outrageous prices. It was good so good of you," and she held out her bands Impulsively. The professor took them In his, and the blueness of bis eyes sparkled into hers. "It was not goodness, petite it was happiness." He led her to the chair by the fire place and stood looking down at her. "I have been here so long, petite, in a country where I have not the home feeling. There are five years that I have taught, at first to few, then to many, much; yet petite, I have not the home feeling. And your voice I loved first and then you. I wanted to make you succeed so you would not despair and go back to' the country before I had the time to try to make you care. Petite, may I go to your country home tomorrow aud ask the honor of your hand from madam, your mother?" The girl laughed softly. "That is not the American style. If you want to settle in America for life, don't you think It would be well for you to con form to oar customs?" "And will you tell me the best way?" he pleaded. "Suppose you should go not by your self, but with me to see my mother, and then" "Yes, yes, and then, petite?" "You might say, 'I love your daugh ter and and your daughter loves me so she has brought me to see my new mother,' " she said, keeping her gaze on the fire. Ho knelt beside her and turned her face gently toward him. "The beautiful home we'll have and your beautiful voice will be with me always. We go on the early train, the most early trail), to see madam, the new mother, mon ange." 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The loss of leap year will in thousands of years affect the seasons, but I sup pose the mathematicians of the centu ries hence will be so flip In handling figures and making calculations tbat they will have no difficulty In keeping things going correctly. Exchange. Tha Real Tett. Toung Physician-1 o you have luucli trouble In getting your patients to do what you want them to? Old Doctor-Yes, at tluies. especially when I send Id my bills. Detroit Trib une. REASON ENTHRONED. Because meats are so tasty they are consumed in great excess. This leads to stomach troubles, biliousness and constipation. Revise your diet, let reason and not a pampered ap petite control, then take a few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be well again. Try it. For sale at Frank Hart and leading druggists. Astoria Society (Continued from page 4) church parlors on Friday evening, February 21st. 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Perhaps the nearest ap proach to internal surgery that a Chi nese doctor will attempt Is to stand on the patient's body and with bare feet move about on the part afflicted. In dentistry the Chinese have reached the discovery that the nerve Is a worm, and the best method to treat an aching tooth Is to loosen It by driving In wedges In order that the worm idst escape. Chicago Journal. The eighth grade graduation exer cises held in I. O. O. F. Hall on Fri day afternoon were listened to by the large concourse of people present with much pleasure. The teachers of the eighth grade certainly deserve great credit for the success of these HUM. t Sl k MM Vi 1 11 O SPICES, (O BAKING POWDER, FLiWCiiriCiEXmCTS A&olure Purity, fines! Flavor. Crtarejr Sf rer$h. De&Km&bfc friwij CL0SSETGDEYEE5 - PORTLAND, OREGON. Send a copy of the Morning As torian to your friends in the East, exercises. The essays and orations delivered by the 16 (four from Adairs school, and 12 from McClitres build ing) graduates showed them to be thoroughly conversant with the subl jeet in hand which they handled with considerably more than the average degree of originality and intelligence. Miss Ella Karincn's essay on "Our Flag" was well delivered and espec ially meritorious. Clyde Trullinger's paper on "Quarantine Stations". was excellent, in it he gave the history of the quarantine system, also the de rivation and meaning of the word, much to the pleasure of many pres ent who were sadly ignorant on that subject. Miss Kate Shivcly surpass ed herself in her singing of her solo which was enthusiastically applaud ed by the audience. Miss Bess Reed's song was given in her usual charming manner and sweet voice and Miss Hilda Kallunki delighted her hearers with her rendition of the solo as signed to her. Miss Wilma Young gave her piano selection with taste and expression while Miss Gertrude Kearney never played so well. Miss Warren presented the graduates with their diplomas in a well directed speech and Rev. Mr. Owen addressed the class in an able and "spiccy" man ner. The many friends of the gradu ates attested their well wishes and congratulations by bringing quanti ties of beautiful flowers and other mementoes of the happy occasion. Gateway Social Club-Miisei En berg, McCrea, Teterson and Krel bohn and Messrs. A. C. Anderson and J. L Kline were selected to entertain on the evening of February 21st with a whist party to be given in the I. O. O. P. lodge rooms. The steamer General Washington carried a crowd of pleasure seekers' last night to Deep River, Wash., where they attended the third annual I'all at that place. Miss Clara Larsen, Miss Rose Nordstrom and Miss Alma Lawscn were Portland visitors this week. 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