SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1908.
. TIIE MORNING ASTORLAN, . AMtHUA. OREGON.
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By FRANK 11. SWEET.
Coprrtiht. HOT, by tank 11 IWHt.
fOV can't always toll what's Id
bundle by tbo look of tb
wrapper."
Tb old man bad found a
Mat upon a fallen tret tbat lay upon
sunny hillside and waa carefully
smoothing and abaplnf a cane be bad
cut near by. II bald It up ai be
poke and let bfat eye run along Its
lengtb aa If to discover Ita Irregular!
Ilea, bat bla gaae wandored Quite be
yond tbe atlck to the valley and river
below, where atood tbe great mill, wltb
Its tall, blackened cblmneya and mass
tvt walla. . .. : ..' , ,-
"No, air, yoo can't alwaya tell by tbe
looks of a bundle wbat's lusldo of It,"
be repeated nor emphatically. "And
If folks would only undersUind It and
stop tryltt' 'twould save a deal of trou
ble. Now tbers's the Dartln'
"DarllnT tbe visitor repeated un
certainly. "Ob, 'UUi't tbe name of any kind of
workman like tb puddler or natter or
sucb; It's Just a name that's bis. We
give it wben be first come bare, twelve
years and more ago, Tblngs bad beeu
goln' pretty bad at tbe mill then-and
stops and bitches of one kind or 'notb
er and times gettln' worse for tbe men
all tbe while.
"Mismanagement moat of It was, or,
leaatwsys, we thought so. Old Kes-wick-be
was tbe ovoraeer here waa
on of tbe shortsighted, savin' kind
tbat would loss a dollar in tryln', to
keep a penny, Ilo'd plncb and screw
and 'conomlte, as ho called It, and let
things go that ought to be 'tended to
till at last some big : break would
sweep off In a day all bis stinginess
bad saved In a year. Then be'd Uiluk
expenses was so blgh that wages ought
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to be cut n little Idwer.
"I don't need to tall you that there
wasn't any love wasted betwoeu him
nud tbe men. Tluy'd got discouraged
and bitter ami sort of reckless-like,
when all of a sudden Keiwlck dropped
down in a dead faint In the mill and
bad to bo carried home. Tbat was the
bcglnnln' of a long sickness that end
ed his work at the mill.
'The rent of the company bought out
his interest, and be went off to Eu
rope. We didn't know who would be
nut to tuko chargo then, but we eort
of hoped 'twould be left In Jim Bryce's
hands. ;i J ;.
I "T'bere wasn't much reason to ex
puct it, of course, but be waa tbe man
we wanted. Naturally after the way
things bad been goln' ws thought one
of ourselves, wbo'd feel soms interest
In his old mate, would be an Improve
ment Then one day down In tbe
mornln' train comes ons of the com
pany, brlngln' wltb hint a young follor
-looked younger than be waa, wltb bis
whits skin, blus eyes and light curly
"wunrwirrwDiorrr' bats ton cunt:
son." hair like a girl's; that kind always
does-tbnt be aaid waa tbe new super
intendent
M 'Superintendent! saya Tom Clark
ion as they passed by where be wa
workln'. That chap never supcrln
tended notbln' heftier than a bandbox
In bis born days.'
"Well be didn't look like it, that's a
fact But the company owned the mill,
you see, and this feller wss one of
their sort and ao Into the place be
goes, fine clo'es, curly bah-, white
bands and all. I b'lleve them white
bands mads ths boys madder than
anything else. They wss strong enough
looktn'. too, but white aa a lady's.
" 'Look st 'em!- ssys Tom. holdln'
up bis own rough, black paws to
show tbe difference. If the company'
bound to give him somctbln' to da
wby don't they buy blm a pretty little
plannor and set blm to playtn' it?
Tbafs all he's fit for. He ought to be
safe at borne, mammy's darlln'.'
"So tbat was tbe name we got to
cnllln' blm, 'the Darlln'.' Not to bla
face, bleaa you, not Them blue eyes
Could turn steel blue now and then
and flash out sharp of a sudden like a
"After awhile we touno mere were
some experiments to be made some
Invention of hls-and that was ono
reason wby be'd come ben, W didn't
like blm any better after we board
that I c tell you, for w thought
the company 'd sink a lot more money
In auch nonsense. 'Twasnl our mon
ey, and bo we hadn't no reason to
grumble, you Bay? Well, there two
Ides to thst. There's two sides to
most things If a body 'II only take the
trouble to look for 'em.
"Did you ever think bow you'd feel
to look down at your bands big,
strong and wlllln', but helpless to pro
vide for them dependlu' on you and
then see a pair of aoft white band
corelossly wastlu' what would be life
to you and your? ,
"That's bow It looked to us. For
times bad been bard with us, and, as
I told you, old Keswick bad always
calculated that the losiea must be
evened no on wsees somehow.
February Off icial Tide Tables
Compiled by the U. S. Government for
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FEBRUARY, 1808.
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"'And this fener. m M oonna mrs
nerer Invented notbln' more useful
then a new tie to bis cravatr says Jim
Bryce. 'He'll fool sway no end of
oonoy, and then either the mill will
have to go down or wages will, and
mine bas got about to ths foot of tbe
ladder now.'
" "Oh, thero'B no doubt we'll go down
unless some of bis experiments blows
blm up. Wish they would!" answers
Tom, only be put It rather uglier than
tbat
"Of course 'twas only talk, bnt the
feelln wss under it and after awhile
from bopln' somothln' would happen
tb boys went a little further and got
to plannln' bow to make It happen.
"I ain't goln' to tell much about any
plot I took car not to know much
about It for fear I'd run across some
thin' I'd feel bound to bender, and 1
didn't wont to bender notbln', that's
tb fsct Only there wss no murder
nor notbln' like that In It; tbe men
wasn't tbat ktnd-leastways, most of
'em wasn't
"No, we ain't a-goln' to hurt mam
my'a darlln' Mesa bis pretty little
heart!-not 'less be gits In the way
when be'd better be out of it' says
Tom, with a grin. But If the play
thing he's so tickled over Jest flies to
flinders some day and the noise scares
him so that be gives up and runs borne
If II be the beat thing for blm and all
the rest of us.'
"Seemed like nobody doubted be'd be
easy scared, and so the whlsperln' and
black looks and secret meetln's went
on.
"One day In aummer a box waa
brought Into the room where we work
ed. I shall always remember that
day, Just how everything looked. It
bsd been a bright warm mornln', but
about noon It clouded up slowly, and
every breath of wind died away. Not
a leaf moved on tbe trees.
"Inside the mill everything looked
darker and gloomier than usual in that
queer gray light Great piles of cast
ln'8 throwed black shadows over tbe
slippery floor; the long iron shafts was
like hungry arms forever reachln'
down and drawln' back empty, and
from under the brick archway ths
round door of tbe furnace seemed glar
ln' out like a big red eye.
"Nothln" seemed to go that day the
way folks bad calculated, , That mis
er'ble little box had no sooner been set
down In the room than somebody call
ed: Hist! Look out!' And there was
Boss Darlln', com In back from bis din
ner at an onarthly hour when he's
never been known to come: before.
He had a rose stuck in his buttonhole
end .'looked, like a dancln' master goln'
to a party,' as I heard Bob mutter aa
be slipped the box out of sight under
a pile of stuff at the end of the room:
They couldn't carry out .their plan
men, so mere' wasn't notbin' left fur
'em but to hide it
"The boas looked round kind of
smllln' and pleasant-like. He'd got
tbat model be was busy with about
into workln' order, and be was wonder
ful pleased over it And what did be
do that day but have it brought into
our room, because the weather bavin'
turned gloomy-like there was better
light by a big window there. So there
be stayed, f ussln' over it Just as If be
wss on guard. . ,;
"Then it began to thunder, and there
waa a sudden dash of rain, ao that Jim
Bryce's little girl who bad come down
with bis lunch basket wouldn't go
home. Jim was a pieceworker and al
ways ssld be could do twice as much
work in an afternoon If be had a
anack 'bout 3 o'clock.
"Jim looked sort of uneasy now and
then when little Jinny d get off to the
back port of the room anyways nigh
where that box was. But be couldn't
aay notbln', and maybe there wasn't
any dinger, only I waa sure he didn't
like her round there and wss glad
wben she wandered off into the room
beyond-a storeroom, where she was
let stay sometimes while she waited
for her father's basket
"Tbe storm grew heavier Instead of
lighter till we could hardly see to
work. All at once there was a bllndln'
flash of light and a crash as If the
whole earth was tearin' to pieces, and
we all started and tumbled in every
direction. The minute we could get
our senses and look round we found
tbat the whole end of the room was
blowed off and a gully plowed way
down to the foundations like as If a
bombshell bad tore through. . '
"Beyond that ragged openln' the
great brick wall was still standln', but
we could see that it was 'sway In' and
wavln Just ready to fall. I've never
seen anything look' so awful as that
tremblln' wall did, for over on tbe
other side of It run another bulldin'
where the flnlsbln' rooms waa and all
bands at work.
"I B'pose the same thought struck us
all at once tbat the only hope for 'em
was a peal of the bell that would send
'em all flyln' to the entrance at the far
end of the bulldin'. 'Twos in the old
days, you see? before the new part of
the mill was built or we had any
Rlarra connection with all the roras.
There was only the big bell, and tb
rope to it was danglln' beside tbe tot
twin' wall.
"You can't tell about such tblngs a
quick as they are in bappenln'.
"The belli' says somebody, but
there wasn't a chance to say any more,
tor the boss sprang past us with Just a
word or two, short and quick, as be
pushed us right and left .
"'Back. men. backl That is my
place. Yon hive rammec-
"In a minute be was lespln' down
over tbe piles of rubbish, and almost
before we was sure what be was aim
in' for be bad reached the place, and
the white bands, strong and steady,
had hold of the rope and waa makln'
the old bell shout danger If ever a
bell did.
"We hardly stirred or breathed while
we watched him, till be started toward
as again. Then a long. . shlverin
breath ran round the crowd.
"I b'llevehe'd have made it to get
out then if It hadn't been for little Jin
ny Bryce. That youngster was nat
urally scared nigh to dead at toe up
roar, and. Instead of stayin where she
was safe, what does sbe do but come
creepln' out of tbe storeroom it was
off to tbe right yon understand, and
considerable tore up, like ours and
try to make her way oyer tb rains to
ber father.
"The boss heard ber cry, turned back
Uke a flash and, catcnln' her in his
arms, began to climb over the rubbish
piles again.
" Catch her!' he called the minute be
was near enough and tossed her over
Into ber father's arms. But the move
ment made him lose his footln', and,
though a dozen of us had our hands
stretched out to catch blm, be slipped
and rolled back down among the dirt
and stones.
"I s'pose It hadn't needed but the
least llttlo Jar or, maybe, it wasn't the
Jar at all but anyway, the next min
ute there was a crash, and the stout
est of us Bhut our eyes to keep out tbe
Bight The wall was down, and be
was under it
"He was the only man about the mill
that was hurt-badly, that is. Of
course a few was struck with flyln'
stones and hurt in the crowd.'1 But
they'd got out alive, and the one that
had saved 'em wis buried under the
ruins. : - i .' -
"That was a queer night I don't re
member when or bow the storm stop
ped, but I shall always remember what
a clear, starry night It was and bow
tbe fires thst was kindled to light the
workers flamed and danced, while the
shadows lay black in the corners of
the mill. ' ,
"How we worked at that pile of
brick and mortar, one set tuklu' the
place of another as soon as they was
tired and as many workln' at once as
the space would allow.
"Once goiu back to the mill to rest
a bit I found Jim Bryce and Tom
Clarkson a-carryln' that model that
boss had been workln' over back into
the office, where it would be safe, and
they was Hftln' It as tender as If 'twas
a baby, and the tears runnln' over
Jim's brown face all tbe while.
"'I'd give anything if I could Jest
git back to tnis mornur igu.
Jim, with a groan. To think
"But be couldn't finish sarin' It and
it was best not Most folks thought It
wss the lighmin' that bad done all the
damage, and the rest of us didn't know
but tbe iigbtnin' might V don It all
and that not beln' sure ws the only
comfortln' thing about It
"No, he wasn't killed, after alL
Darlln' wasn't Tbe piles of rubbish
he bad fallen between mostly saved
blm from beln' crushed. Everybody
thought be was dead, and, even after
we found blm alive, it seemed for a
long time ss If be couldn't live. But
be come round again at last and got
beck to the mill to finish up his in
vention. ' '" ''
"It was a success too. Yes, sir, that's
what built up these mills the way they
are now the most flourlshln ones is
this part of the country and brought
better times to every one workln' bt
'em. That was what be was Simla
for all tbe time, only we didn't know
It and that was wby be come here.
"That's bis bouse over there, tbe big
one on tbe hillside. He brought his
wife here when he married and set
tled down among his mill folks.
"Should think be'd be considerable
Used np by such an accident? Well,
sir, I don't .s'pose anybody can go
through that sort of thing and come
out Jest exactly as Chey was when
they went into it Bi t if you happen
to meet Boss Darlln' and don't think!
he's good lookln' now. why, this valley,
wouldn't be a healthy place for yon t
mention it In."
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