The morning Astorian., February 13, 1908, Page 3, Image 3

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908.
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1TIE MORNING ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA OREGON.
TUB MERCHANTS ACTUAL
LY STAND IN DUMB AMAZE
MENT AT OUR PRICES.
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If You Want to Get Into the Last
KEEP YOUR HANDS ON
YOUR POCKETBOOK,
BUNDLES AND YOUR BABIES
of the Great Bankrupt Sale
Two other merchants will be here in a day or two, and if a price can be agreed upon, our doors will be
closed. The remainder' of the Sanders stock will be invoiced and packed up and this will close the
Greatest Sale in the History of Astoria
Come and Get It While You
Can
THIS MORNING PROM 9 TO IO
.WE WILL PUT ON SALE
ISO LADIES' FINES LATE STYLE SHIRT WAISTS, WORTH UP TO IfXg-y
$3.00, ONLY ONE TO CUSTOMER, CHOICE I V-f C
$0.50, CHOICE
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SO LADIES' 11.00 TO $1.50 WRAPPERS .
WE HAVE LEFT ABOUT 8 OR 10 LADIES' GOOD TAILOR-MADE
SUITS, WORTH UP TO $12.50, CHOICE .
12 TO IS OF THE FINEST TAILOR-MADE SUITS, WORTH UP TO
$30.00, WILL GO FOR ONLY. .
10 LADIES' SPLENDID CLOTH COATS, GOOD STYLE, WORTH
Ur TO VIZ
$1.3
$4.88
$2.98
JjillW hi
FROM ,2 TO 3 WE WILL SELL
GOOD VELVET DRESS BINDING, WORTH 10c, THE YARD C
LADIES' $1.00 TO $1 50 WOOL pXnTS, PER PAIR ........38C
LADIES' $1.50 TO $2.50 FINE WOOL WAISTS, ALL THIS SEA- g W
son's styles, choice .::,,.;;..:..;4yC
NICE PAPER NAPKINS, PER 100.
CHILDREN'S AND MISSES' COATS, WORTH UP TO $5, ONLY....QQc
MEN S J2.50 AND $3.50 FINE WOOL PANTS, ALL MEDIUM SIZES,
CHOICE OF THE LOT.....;.......... . .
98c
WE GOT A GOOD THING
AND ARE WILLI NO TO DI
VIDE UP WITH THE PEOPLE
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Successors to the Horse Department Store
THE GOODS ARE ALL YOURS
AS LONG AS THEY LAST,
BUT "YOU, MUST HURRY"
Dorothy'.
Dime.
By CARL WILLIAMS.
1 Copyrights, IIW. by M. M.CnnnlnhMn.
Grayce looked grim at be threw open
the door and mumbled over the roll of
ruga tint In.v Just wlthlu.
"Another night bas conic, and that
landlord till Uvea hla evil life," ha
called, and from the dimly lighted par
lor came an answering hiiIIT.
Bert Grnvre hung up hla coat on tlio
half shrouded tin truck and colored the
room. The mrulture was awatbed In
nirlnn ami oxivlKlor. and the nlnnn
was covered with old blanket and oth
er aoft wrapping, and trunka and box
en were piled with aoiue attempt at
order along the lure walla and upon
the equally I nre floor.
On top of Uie upturned aoap box n
group of cjiiidlca guttered dlBinnlly.
their feeble rays serving to accentuate
the absence of gna. Denotation the
denotation of mi exodus brooded ov
erywbere, cv;':i upon the face of tuo
woman who nut in, a low rocker besldo
the candles mil vainly niado, pretcnNe
of reading.
Ilcra was a lovable face, framed In
masses of r liver liulr, aud Gruyco's
THB LONG, SLI5NDK.H RAND WAS CLASPED
IN liKIIT'S OWN.
mile softened and grW more tender
aa be ' bent to klsa the still smooth
forehead. V wiiim :-:v -no
'Cheer up, mother mine,", he said
ugblngly. "All la not yet lost, though
the painters remain on strike, 'lomor-
row tne now noma win do paiuieu. y
eaturaay wa anau ue i-uuikmuiwj
tied." t,--'M i
"Are you aura?" demauded Mrs.
Qrayca wlatfully. "If you are, we will
not have the gaa turned on again."
"There are electric Ugbta In the new
borne," be reminded. "You will forget
these nlghta of Egyptian darkness, and
the next time we move we ahall not
order the current turned off until we
are safely out of the bouse,"
"To think that at the last moment,
with all packed and ready to more,
tbla strike should have come up!" aald
Mrs. Grayce, with a groan. "Are you
positive. Bert that the painter yon
have engaged will not be won over by
tuo strikers?"
"Never more certalu of anything in
my life," waa the laughing response.
'The puluter la no lose a ieraou than
your accomplished aon. 1 stopped In
and ordered the paint aent over this
morning. Tomorrow I ahall go and
wield the brush, ao you must wake
and call me early. I must put In a full
day."
Bert passed on to hla own room,
lighting bis way with mutches, and his
mother heaved a algh of relief. For
eight daya they had virtually camped
In the apartment they bad given up.
waiting for their new quarters to be
Quhtbed. The pnekora had done their
work, the man bad come to cut oft the
giil and the moving vans were backed
up to the door when a telephone mes
sago came to the effect that, owing to
a strike of the painters, the new rooms
were not yet ready fop occupancy.
Prom day to day the landlord bad
promTSed that something would be
done at once, but now a full week bad
passed, and hope had commenced to
fall until Bert decided to do the work
himself.
He made an early start, and 8 o'clock
found btm In a suit of Jeans applying
the paint with as skillful a brush ns
though painting were his regular occu
pation. Ho worked rapidly and well
and the rooms had begun to assume a
habitable aspect when he heard the
hall door open aud close and looked
nil, expecting to see the landlord.
Instead ho faced about to encounter
the gaste of a pair, of brown eyes
which seemed to pierce his paint stain
ed jacket and give him nn oddly queer
sensation about the heart. The pos
sessor of the eyes was a fragile slip of
a girl whose pure oval face was oddly
like a picture, by some old master. The
slender form was wholly concealed by
a brown liollund pinafore, and this
was splashed with color. A dab of
blue which had sought a higher resting
place made a Saucy ' beauty patch
asnlnst the dimpling chlUii U i ; ; t,
. "Bo 1 you . have come,? she Said at
length, "I was beginning to think that
vou would be out on strike all winter.
i was promised rnat my noora snoum
Ih shellacked first."
"Tea, but"- began Bert.
"I want no answers," said the girl,
with a stamp of her tiny foot. "I am
to have an exhibition day after to
morrow, and the floors must be done
by then, do you hear?"
"Yes, ma'am," said Bert niockly.
"Then pick up your pall and brush
aud come along." was the quiet com
mand. "If I bad not smelted the paint
In the ball yon would have spent the
day bore, when I need yon so macb
more. Come on, please."
She turned to lead the way as thongh
there was no argument to be made,
and Bert, grinning over the ridiculous
ness of the affair, followed after. lie
saw with pleasure that the other apart
nieut was only across the hall from his
own. It was a much smaller place,
and It did not take Bert long to paint
the floors. The girl stood in the door
way superintending the work, and
Bert was sorry .when at Inst he rose
from his knees and anuounccd the
completion of the Job.
"You will still have time to finish the
other npartmcut," said the girl severe
ly. "Next time do an you are told, and
you will have leas trouble. You know
very well that the agent told you to do
this apartment first Ho promised me
that ho would."
"Ile'll promise anything," began Bert
grimly, but the tiny foot stamped a
warning. The girl did not care to ar
gue the point with a workman, and she
dismissed him with a nod.
"Come In tomorrow and give It n
second cont," she commanded, "Walt
a moment," she added as Bert turned
to go. "Buy yourself a good clgnr,"
Bhe finished aa she handed him a coin.
Bert dropped the dime In his pocket
with a murmured word of thanks and
backed out of the door. Once on the
other side, his embarrassment died
down, and he paused long enough to
ascertain from the card on the door
that It was Dorothy Itemscn who oc
cupied the apartment. That she was
a china decorator he already knew, and
vaguely he remembered having heard
of her skill. . ...
He was tired when he sought his
home that night, but the thought that
be ' would see the girl figaln ou the
morrow gave hlra a feeling that the
day hod been well spent, lie carefully
slipped the dime in a locket which be
wore on. his watch fob and smiled as
ho thought of his "tip."
He painted the . studio floors the
first thing ' next morning and then
turned his attention to hla own apart
ment It was late in the afternoon
when be bad finished and was clean
ing np. There came a ring at the door,
and hjj, opened, it. to confront a young
woman woo raaiaiea com union nuu
penitence.
"I have come to apologize," she said,
blushing redly. "I stopped in to thank
the agent for sending me a painter,
aud be did not know that my floors
bad been done. Then he recalled that
yon were painting your own place and
explained my error."
"It's a very natural one," be said,
with a laugh. "If yon were half as
desperate aa my mother, I should not
blame you for kidnaping me with a
full knowledge of the facta. I am only
gtad that I have been of service to
yu-"y
"You don't know how greatly you
have aided me." she cried. "I can nev
er repay your kindness. I am so aorry
that I was abrupt yesterday. Will yon
pardon mo?"
The long, Blender band was clasped
In Bert's own, and he smiled down
Into the brown eyes that dropped shyly
before his gnze.
Dorothy slipped back Into her own
apartment, nnd Bert, closing his door,
drew the dime she had given him from
bis locket.
"The Job's going to cost you more
than that, little woman," he said as ho
smiled to himself. "It's going to cost
you your heart and hand, and they are
worth millions of dimes."
The Jumping Off Place.
"Consumption had me in its grasp;
and I had almost reached the jumping
off place when I was advised to try
Dr. King's New Discovery; and I
want to say right now, it saved my
life. Improvement began with the
first bottle, and after taking one
dozen bottles I was a well and happy
man again," says George Moore, of
Grimesland, N. C. As a remedy for
coughs and colds and healer of weak,
sore lungs and for preventing pneu-'
monia New Discovery is supreme. :
50c and $1.00 at Charles Rogers tt
Son, druggists. Trial bottle free. )
TEACHER'S EXAMINATIONS.
Notice is hereby given that the County Superintendent of Clatsop
County will hold the regular examination of applicants for state and county
papers at the Court House, as follows: .
FOR STATE PAPERS
Commencing Wednesday. February 12. at 9 o'clock a m
until Saturday, February IS, at 4 p. m. '
Wednesday Penmanshio. history, soellirjcr. nhviV1 rAnMni.. j
ing, psychology.
Thursday Written arithmetic thorv of teach
mg, physics, civil government
Fnday Physiology, geography, composition, alffebra. English ifon.
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Saturday Botany, plane geometry, general history, school law.
FOR COUNTY PAPERS
Commencing Wednesday, February 12; at 9 o'clock a. m, and continu
ing until Friday, February 14, at 4 o'clock p. to, '
Wednesday-Penmanship, history, orthography, reading, physical geo
graphy. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, physi
ology. Friday Geography, school law, civil government, English literature.
EMMA C WARREN,
County Superintendent
Astoria. February I. 1908. 2-2-10t
The Louvre Concert Hall
FIRST CLASS LIQUORS
... AND CIGARS
"7 SEVENTH AND AST02 STREETS. '"T
Rooms in Connection. Vic Lindbeck, Prop.
Sound of wedding bells hardly has
died away when international com
plication are threatened. Gladys and
Szcchcnyi were caught snow-balling!
Probably it is your stomach and not
your heart that causey pain in neigh
borhood of the heart If it is, Lane's
Family Medicine will give relief, 25
cents, at druggists. ,
Hm politics been heard from in the
matter of allowing Leslie M. Shaw to
re-enter its domain?
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THE TRENTON
First-Class Liquors and Cigars
602 Commercial Street ' '
I Corner Commercial and 14th. V , ASTORIA. OREGON
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THE G
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C.F.WISE, Prop.
Choice Wines, Liquors .' . v Merchants Lunch From
. ' and Cigars i f 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m.
Hot Lunch at All Hours. 5 Cents
Comer Eleventh and Commercial
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