THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTOMA, vOAEGON.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1008. '
NorAnyOther
Creature.
By Ina Wright Hanson.
Coprrtfhted, 1907, by&H. Sutcllfts.
Looking up from Ion drawn reverie
before tJtie unfinished plctut on my
cueL I mw Iolanthe beaming at ma
from the doorway.
rooma our aha cried. Tut up your
work and coma with ma Into tha coun
try. I believe you don't even know It
la May day. Dont you remember the
month of May. when the air is so run
of sweetness and lota that even one
anarmg begins to reel an a erection ror
another ahavlngr Come, let us a May
tag go,"-'
-I cant." I answered, v. "I'm up
against It I'm crowded to the wall.
I'm broke." . ,. . ;
Iolanthe laughed-tbe eweetest sound
la this wise old world.
1 bad an Intuition, so, but that
doesnt matter. , This Is my treat Tou
see. Isabel Dory took me to dinner yes
terday, ao I bare enough to take us pic
nicking today. Come, brave knight,
put on thy helmet and hasten."
I hastened. No one could resist Io
lanthe. I took her little covered bas
ket od wa went along the ball and
down the stairs, with mock-doleful
messages following us from our fellow
workers, who were not going out Into
the blosomlng May day world.
"What , car are we going to taker
I asked as wa reached the street
Iolanths blushed dellciously.
"We are not going to take a car. Tou
see, I got so Interested In buying a
scrumptious' lunch that I forgot about
the car, and" - -'
"I see," I said gravely. "And you
dont know how glad I am that w are
to walk. It Is ao much healthier.
Then we wont have to mingle with
the plebeians on a common car. When
rich aristocrats like us"
Iolanthe glanced up at me rather
sharply, I thought It couldn't be that
he knew of course she couldnt know.
No one knew but my uncle's lawyer
and myself, and maybe my uncle. I
wondered if my uncle did know lu
that unknown country he had lately
entered. By and by I should tell Iolan
the that, when the preliminaries Vere
ever, I should hare enough money to
buy her everything she wanted, even
If on this blithe day I had not a pen-
wi atb oca "acBtjMpnocs" mtsch.
uy, and all due to a never known rich
old uncle, now dead. But Iolanthe was
proud, so first I would win her prom
ise win it while she believed me poor
as herself.
Turity and courage and gentleness
and beauty that 'was my Iolanthe.
Mine? Ah, when our May day was
over, should I be calling ber mine?
"Who are you today?' she asked,
stopping to fill ber lungs with the
buoyant air.
We had a habit of playing we were
other folks when we went on these ex
cursionschildish no doubt, but we
were never going to grow old, we said,
so it was best to be children a long
time.
"Why, I am King Cophetua," I an
swered promptly, with a great lnfiat
Ing of my kingly chest and throwing
back of my kingly head as we walk
ed on.
"Her arms across her breast the laid;
8b was more fair than words can say.
In robe and crown the king atept down
To meet and greet her on her way."
"Who are you today, Iolanthe?"
"It's a pretty story," she mused, not
answering my question, "but suppose
It were turned around. Suppose that
It were Queen Cophetua and the beg
gar man. Would be be good and let
ber love him? And would be be will
ing to sit on the throne with her?"
"Oh, that's different!" I said. "Of
course a man could not take favors
from a woman. The beggar man
would have to go out into the world
and win bis fortune. He couldn't take
it from his queen. You know be
couldn't don't you, Iolanthe?"
"No, I don't know anything about
IV she said a bit crossly. But Iolanthe
never could stay cross long enough to
make it pay, so in a moment she was
talking merrily again.
' Presently we reached the spot we
were bound for, a spot of sun and
shade and running water and new
spring flowers. We ate our "scrump
tious" lunch, and then we sang and
talked and had long spells of social
silence, and all the while I was won
dering how I should make her say
"yes" If at first she happened to say
"no."
"I am going to tell you a pretty
story," she ' remarked after one of
these silences. "If s a true one too. I
am Invited and so are you, and youll
go, won't you?" r
Oh. surer I answered recklessly,
"Wherer
"A reception tomorrow evening to
Beet the richest girl you ever saw,
She has to much money she doesnt
know what to do with it all. but folks
have Just found It out She has pre
tended to be poor for reasons. We're
both going because you said you
would," ..; .-
"I would do earthing or go any'
where to please you,- little gtrl," I
answered with so much meaning that
Iolanthe flushed and her dear eyes
wavered before my gas. I don't know
quite how It happened, but suddenly I
had my dream In my arms my unre
sisting, perfect, red lipped dream and
I was .Quite mad with delight
Then presently she cried out that I
must never let anything come between
us.
" 'Nor height nor depth nor any other
creature,' ? I said reverently.
""Nor any other creature,' M, she re
peated after me and made me say It
every little while all the rest of that
wonderful day, and I did not tell her
about my fortune after all. though I
had Intended to. When you come to
think of it money Is a sordid thing to
discuss when two folks are quaffing
nectar and nibbling ambrosia.
The next evening I went to the re
ception and was presented to the lady
of riches. It seemed to me that all the
room hushed Its breath and waited
while we two went through what was
required of us. It seemed to me that I
lived an eon before we were free from
the great eye of the room and In some
place where there were a splash of
water and quiet and heavy perfume of
flowers. There In the dim light she
Blood, Blender as an English laburnum
tree, swaying In her yellow silken robes
toward me. Her hands, weighted with
jewels, were held out to me. Her
mouth that I had kissed was smiling
at mewas saying:
" "Nor any other creature." "
I stood there staring at this wonder
ful new Iolanthe, and all I could think
of and all I said was:
, "Barefooted cam the beggar maid.
Before the king Cophetua!"
Which, considering the clrcum
stances, could hardly hare been more
absurd.
Ioianthe's laugh rang out; then she
came closer to me, and her eyes grew
very grave.
"Dearest" she whispered, "I wss too
rich to be happy, and so I ran away
from everybody and went to work In
the studio. I wanted to accomplish
something. I wanted folks to say. 'She
is a great painter,' not 8ne is the rich
est girl In the country.' Then I found
you, and and I didn't care any more
for fame, because I wanted something
greater, love your love and you said
'Nor any other creature,' you know
you dldr
"And meant It too, my angel!" I ex
claimed, coming out of my trance and
taking her hands In mine. "Tou shall
give me all the money you think I
need, and I will sit on the throne with
you like a good little man." ,
"I am so glad you are going to be
sensible!" she said fervently.
And then I bad to explain to her
why I waa laughing.
FOR SALE ONE-QUARTER OR
one-half interest in a summer re
sort hotel doing a fine business; over
100 rooms and always engaged 'way
ahead.
WESTERN REALTY CO.
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No Use For a Pessimist.
Freddie and his mother were having
a thoroughly satisfactory romp when
a visitor was announced. As one top
ic of conversation after another came
up it developed that the caller was in
an extraordinarily pessimistic frame of
mind and expressed her disapproval in
no measured terms of everything and
everybody under discussion.
This impartial "knocking" disturbed
Freddie's amiable soul mightily, and
be slowly drew nearer and nearer un
til be finally stood before the lady,
with his small face puckered and the
corners of his mouth drawn down.
She stopped In the midst of an "Ob,
a dreadful bore, my dear!" to say:
"Why, Freddie, please do unscrew
your face. I don't like to see little
boys look like that"
Freddie surveyed ber for a moment
and then said trenchantly, but with
an obviously sincere wish for informa
tion: "I guess you don't like most any
thing, do you?" New Tork Times.
A Bad 8hot
A hot beaded Irishman accidentally
Insulted an equally hot headed French
man, who insisted on fighting a duel
with the Hibernian to wipe out the
slight The Irishman suggested that
the two of them should each draw a
card from a pack, and the one who
drew the lowest was to go Into an ad
Joining room and blow his brains out
The Frenchman demurred at first but
finally fell in with the idea, and the
two opponents drew out the cards, one
of which was bound to carry death In
Its wake. The Irishman drew the low
est card, and, with a smile, he charged
his revolver and betook himself off to
a small anteroom to complete the trag
edy. Presently a loud report rang out
and the white faced people ran wildly
to the little anteroom, fully expecting
to see the Irishman a gory corpse. In
stead he came coolly along the passage
to meet them, and as they stared won
derlngly at him he cried:
"Begorra, Oi missed meself !"
A Startling Dish.
Over In Chelsea a schoolteacher was
engaged in her task of teaching a class
of foreign children the English lan
guage. She was trying to make ber
pupils understand the meaning of the
word fright and asked if any one In
the class could give a sentence con
taining the word. . . .,
Quick and confident was the reply of
one little girl: "I have a sentence,
teacher. We bad fright eggs for break
fast this morning." Boston Herald.
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CHARLES H. ABERCROMBIE
Attorney-at-Law
City Attorney Offices: City Hall
JOHN C McCUE
Attorney-at-Law
Deputy District Attorney,
Page Building, Suite 4.
HOWARD M. BROWNELL
Attorney-at-Law
Office with Mr. J. A. Eakln, at 420
Commercal St., Astoria.
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DR. VAUGHAN
Dentist
Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon
DR. W. C. LOQAN
Dentist
Commercial St. Shanahan Btdg.
OSTEOPATHS.
FOR SALE THE STOCK AND
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few miles from Astoria; very clean
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Particulars at
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ONE HUNDRED-ROOM HOTEL
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good opportunity for a first-class
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MONEY TO LOAN.
MONEY TO LOAN ON GOOD
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Money to loan on good security.
Scandinavian-American Savings Bank.
F. I. DUNBAR
307 Astoria Savings Bank Building
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Loans, Bonds, County and City
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Board for Investment Funds
" Insurance
Resident Agent Globe & Rutgers'
Fire Insurance Co., of New York.
ROOM AND BOARD.
Holden House Room and board,
$3.00 per week and up. Corner Ninth
and Duane. 2-7-7t
LAUNDRIES.
Those Pleated Bosom Shirts
The kind known by dressy men in
the summer, are difficult articles to
launder nicely. Unless you know just
how to do it, the front pleats wont
iron down smooth, and the shirt
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MASSAGING. '
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87 W. Bond Street Astoria.
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Our clearing sale runs
, the year through, i ,
BARGAINS AT ANY TIME
467 Commercial Street.
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Osteopath
Office Mansell Bldg. Phone Black 2061
573 Commercial St., Astoria, Ore,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PARTNER WANTED.
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Columbia
Restaurant
3381 Bond St., Cor. 8th and Boaa.
First-Class Meals.
Reasonable Prices.
Our Special Dishes.
Noodles and Chop Suey.
Everything First-class.
YEE YICK, Manager.
TOKIO RESTAURANT.
351 Bond Street.
Oj.posite Ross, Higgins & Co.
Coffee with Pie or Cake 10 Cts.
FIRST-CLASS MEALS
Regular Meals 15 Cts. and Up.
U. S. RESTAURANT.
434 Bond Street
Coffee with Pie or Cake, 10 Cts.
First-Class Meals, 15 Cts.
HOTELS.
NORTHERN HOTEL
Astoria's Newest and Best Hotel.
Eleventh and Duane Streets
Rooms, Single or en Suite, Steam-
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Every Room.
Rates, 50c to $150; Special by
Week. Phone Main 391 L
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H. 3. Parker,
Proprietor.
E. P. Parker,
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PARKER HOUSE
EUROPEAN PLAN
First-class in Every Respect. Free
Coach to the House. Bar and Billiard
Room. Good Check Restaurant Good
Sample Rooms on the Ground Floor
for Commercial Men.
ASTORIA, OREGON. ,
HOTEL PORTLAND
Finest Hotel in the Northwest
PORTLAND, ORE.
European Plan Only.
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WINES AND LIQUORS.
Eagle Concert Hall
(320 Aitor Street)
Rooms for rent by the dajvweek, or
month. Best rates in town.
P. A. PETERSON, Prop.
77 Ninth St., near Bond
Fresh and Salted Fish.
Game and Poultry,
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Imported and Domestic
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P. Bakotitch & Feo, Proprs.
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Night Boat for Portland and
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Leaves Astoria dally eicept Sunday
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Quirk Service Excellent Meals
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Landing Portland Foot Taylor St
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Summer sailing lists and rates now
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Trains marked rnn dally, fTslegraph oilloe
Nos. 26 and 28 run from Astoria to Clatann n.oi. i '
runs from Portland to Astoria and aS&lutFtvSt!int' Ni' 22
Port and to Astoria only. No. 30 rnl irZ AstoriaSo fLfi?.?
wos.,!, ana n runs via t. Stevens. No. 23 , ,,.:; "W.V.'l" i,rcc
- -- -- vmisop ceacn
in Aatnria onH VnrtUnA Ai
connections At Portland, with
wlth KhMl iZiZ11 "ans-contmental lines. At fiohi.
Francisco and Tillamook and'llwaco Railwtv iT."- V'lh stAmaa ot Sa"
and railway. 4 - v KaiIway & Navigatiqn Company's boat
l hrougn tickets sold to and from nil nnint ) iu r .
her particulars apply to P lUs ,n the East Bn Europe. For
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ION, General Agent, 12th and Commercial, Astoria, Or.