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SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1901
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THE MORNING ASTOIilAN. ASTORIA; OREGON ;
fier JW
perspective
Br LULU JOHNSON.
OopyrtgbUd, 1001, by B. 0. I'krwils.
. Aboard the liner (he last goodbys
wera being altl. Some of tin mora
Cautious among tbo bourn atnyera bad
already gathered at tba end , of the
pier to wave farewells cut abort on
tba dock through tbo fear of being
varrlod off, and others were trooping
down tba gangplank. ,
t,Now aud thou a couple of cablu
atewarda ruabod op tba gangway bear
log tba steamer trunk and parcels of
eome belated arrival, and from tha
pier tba ahnrp exhaust of tba donkey
angluM punctuated tba farewell as
tbo busy drama colled and uucolled
tba ropoa by which tba lait of tba bold
luggaga wua being rushed to tba cav
ernous depths of tba buga ship.
Duay little tuga puffed about tha pod
of tho plor to aaalat In turning tba
buga bulk of tho steamer, aud a man
to a rowboat pncldlod about tba Btern
to ba on band In caaa of an accident.
,To Nolla Wyna tba acana waa dadd-
adly novel. Only tba aay before ana
bad arrlvod In Now York from Der
Ui I ana noma ror ma purpose oi an
barking, and lor tba flrat time aba bad
realised what a steamer really waa.
Now aba could scarcely ballava tbat
presently tbla great black raaaal would
lip down tba bay and ao out to tba
broad ocean beyond tha eight of land.
For time aim waa ahaorbed In watch
ing tba crowds, but tba vary presence
of tbla crush of humanity presently
began to weigh upon ber aplrits.
It bad been bard to ralst Aba funda
to eend ber abroad, ao none of tba
family bad bean able to accompany
bar to New York. Hha bad no ac
quaintances In tha city, and aba waa
absolutely alone In tbla mob of leave
taker. There was no one to aland on
tba adga of tha phr and wave farewell,
no one to give her a friendly farewell
kUa. She wn even mora alone tbau
the Httla crowd of returning aiulgranta
huddled on the lower dock forward.
. Dark In t'rtvllle It had seemed
great thing to ba going to I'arla to
Ba iuhuixp TowAnn nan a bhb ar
l'CAUKP.
atudy niUHlc. Now that tha venture
waa fairly under way only pride pro-
vented Nolla from turning back. The
blgnem of tha city and tho vaatucaa of
tba aea miule her feel how email and
utterly liiHlgulflcant abe waa. She
wanted to lay ber head on her moth
ar'a aboulder and be petted Into con
tontment again.
Quietly ahc "moved from the port to
tbo starboard Klilo of tho ship, where
aha could watch the loading of a cargo
steamer from a lighter. Bho tried to
forgot thnt on tho port aide were men
and women who were to bo her asso
ciates for a few days saying good by to
tbelr frlcndfi, while aha fought back
the tears of loneaoracnoss.
Then slowly tho big ship began to
slip out of ber berth, tho bonrso whls-
tlea sounding an nlurm to tho truffle of
tbo harbor. Now they wore In mid
etrenm, and one of the tugs had pressed
her none usalnst tho towering bluok
aide of tbo ship and begun to pant and
labor as slowly tba stern was pushed
upstream, while tho slater tug forced
the bow In the direction of the Nar
rows. 1 . i1.
. Then tho engluee took on a more
steady beat, and the nolso of the shout
ing on the pier grew falntor until It
could no longer be beard. The voyage
waa begun. , 1(
.. Nolla waited on, deck until the last
faint trace of land dlsnppearod; then
abe stumbled, with tear .blinded eyos
through the narrow gangways lo the
little cabin wblch she occuplod alone.
She threw herself upon the cushioned
eat tbat formed one side of the nar
row compartment and gave herself op
to her grief. .
;. Oven as a child ber dream had been
a musical career, and ahe bnd saved to
ward this end. nor parents, too, had
pinched and denied themselves that her
mbttlon might fie gratinea, ana now
that she was at last on her way to
Parla loneliness beat down ambition
and ahe could only sob miserably as
she thought of tha loved ones she was
leaving behind. ,
The departure with no kindly word
of farewell bad been the last droD In
tier cap of anhapplness. gad now toe
tould aae tba familiar railroad station
it Crow villa, with tta fallow, hadilkt
structure and unsheltered platform,
and bar friends standing there to ware
tha last farewoll, It bad been to at .
furent from tbo boat a few hours be
fore, and aba wished herself back With
ber parents and tha girls and Harry
Temple, . ' f
Bha could still sea Temple'e hurt look
when ba received ber gentle "No" to
bis proposal , Jfs had always sought to
oppose bor career, contending that she
would be far happier In bar own noma
than as a choir alnger or platform star,
Bho bad hated blm for bis apparent
disbelief In bar powers, and bar refusal
had been promptly given. She was
sura that If be asked ber now sbe
would gladly abandon bar career and
go back to CroasvUle with blm, but
Harry was with tba rest or the dear
one nearly thousand miles away.
There waa a gentle tapping on tba
door, and she arose to admit the stew
ardess.,, :. . f t - v
rTbera'a a gentleman who would Ilka
to saa you on dock," she said, with a
touch of aceeut "Ha Is M. Temple,
and ba asks tbat ba may bare tba
pleasure of your society."
Temple!" gasped Nella. "A tall
manr . ....
"With a light mustache and aucb
handsome gray eyas," assented tha stew
ardess, mindful of tba genorous tip and
scenting a romance. "Ha la on tba po.t
slda of tha upper deck. Permit ma to
assist mademoiselle with bar toilet"
Without waiting for reply tba woman
bathed tha girl's swollen eyelids and
removed traces of tears from ber
c beaks, smoothing the hair and re
freshing the crumpled bows on tba bat,
which bad been tossed Into tho berth
with never a thought of the ribbon.
Nella emerged from the gangway to
And Temple pacing tba deck Impatient
ly. Ha harried toward ber as sbe ap
peared and led ber to a cosy comer,
where two steamer chairs ware placed
close together.
"I am content that yon are hare.
That is enough for ma," aba aald abyly.
"Bat bow did you ever get herer
"Neit train after yon left," waa tha
prompt response. "My chum at col
lege, Jack Itarkwrlgbt, Is representing
his father's business In Paris, aud
whan you prepared to coma I wrote
asking btm If bo could And a place for
ma. I got an anawer by cable to coma
atpnee."
'And you never let ma knowf' abe
aald reproachfully. Temple smiled.
"I bad an Idea." he said softly, "that
perhaps It would be better to wait until
afar we had left port If a loneaome
work sailing alone and"
"Ton ware right," aald Nella. "It has
shown ma many things in a new light.
Porhapa If you were to ask a certain
question over again" '
'I do ask tho question over again.
ba declared earnestly. "I shall never
cease asking that question until your
snswer Is Ye,' "
"It Is 'yes now," she said ahyly. "I
sea life more clearly, and lore la better
than a career, after all."
"Aud beaveu'a blending ou the new
perspective," he aald fervently as bis
band clasped hers In tbo early dusk
tbat waa settling down upon the sea.
THE EVIL MONK
Tha Story, ol t Climb Up In
the Alpi.
KNOWN ALSO AS THECAPUCINE
I Shall Never Forget my First Sight
of tha Face of tha Monk A Face
Hideous, Sardonic, Devilish and
Cowled Like a Christian Monk.
in the depths beneath us, our pro
gress seemed only a source of malig
nant mirth, It was as if something
tragic about to take place mutt short
ly be the occasion for an explosion
of evil laughter. At length, after a
rather difficult ice traverse at the top
of the couloir, we ; found ourselves
on the first plateau above the lower
buttress of the mountain, and my first
test was safely over. I felt triumph
ant; and here, as if in 'question, I
turned once more to survey the haunt
ing, (ace. There it stood, grim and
hideout; and yet surely there was
some change! The villainous mouth
seemed, somehow, to have lost some
thing of its firmness. The face seem
ed, as it were, shrunken like that of a
strong man after an illness. The
cruel grin was there, but the coarse
brutality of the lips seemed to be
slightly softened away. The face was
wicked still, but the power for evil
in it seemed partly faded out of it
like the light from the hollow sockets
of his eyes. I could scarcely tear
myself away, so absorbed was I in the
subtle change which I beheld.
"Looks a bit chippy, the old boy,
this morning," said Murry cheerily.
"Come In, let's get to the next cou
loir." ' And so we started once more, tak
ing a turn to the right which hid the
Monk from view. A long smooth I
snow slope now lay before us, lead-' CSmmA
ing straight up to the summit of the, I 1151
first or lower peak, and we set for
ward with eager steps. What now
occupied my mind was the thought of
J that last arete the narrow ridge,
some hundred yards long, connecting
the peak we were ascending with the
rtifyfiAi ni Ls KssvntiI A f Anas timet T
MMMMMM M
Wh.n It Hurt
A Germs n surgeon In the Franco
Prunslnn war had occasion to lance an
almocss for a poor follow, and, ns the
sore was otmtlnntc, It becamo neces
sary to use the kulfo twice. The oera
tlon was not a very painful one, but
the patient declared that it bad nearly
killed him, and when a third resort to
tho lancet was proposed ba protested
that ho could never go through the op
eration alive.
Tho surgeon promised to make it easy
for blm and, calling up a few of tho
loungers, ordered one of them to bold
bis huuds close over the patient's eyes
and two others to grnNp his bands
firmly.
"Thla arrangement" explained the
doctor, "Is said to prevent pain In such
an operation. Now, He perfectly quiet,
nnd when I soy 'Now!' prepare your
self." The surgeon at once began quietly
with his work and In a short time had
completed tho operation without the
least trouble, tho patient lying as quiet
ss though In sleep.
When all was done the aurgeon laid
aside the knife and aald, "Now!" Such
a roar camo from tho Hps of the sick
man as seldom is heard from any hu
man being. lie struggled to free him
self, yelling, "Oh. doctor, you're killing
met"
Shouts of langhter Boon drowned his
cries, and bo wna told that the opera
tion had been all over before tho signal
was given. It was a good Joke, but it
Is doubtful If the poor follow could
ever bo made to believe that he did not
feel actunl pnln Immediately after that
fatal "Now!"
Even now, at home in safe and
placid England, the dreadful face of
the Monk sometimes appears before
my mind. And even now it exer
cises on my spirits a sobering, if no
longer terrifying influence. For it
brings with it an acurate sense of all
that is eternally cruel and irrevocable
and malign in the natural forces of
the world. There is something in the
malignant grin upon his heavy, beard
ed, lips, in the unwavering stare of his
hollow eyes, in the immobility snd
silence of the white world around him,
that is pitiless and contemptuous of
poor human hope and effort.
The Monk, known also at the Cap
ucinc, a snow-clad mountain in the
Bernina range of the Alps, in the En
gadine, derives its name from the
fact that its whole surface, from peak
to base, facing the Roseg glacier, pre
sents the shape and appearance of a
gigantic human face, the features of had amost noped it might not g0
which are prcsentea tuu-ironi ana are an(j D0Wi wnen 8t cngth we reached
surmounted by a monk's cowl. the summit of the peak and saw what
I shall never forget my first sight ; 8ctuaiy lay before us, my heart al
of the face of the Monk. It wat on a most gt00a 8tii. NeVer had I seen
clear and lovely July night-an En-anything so stupendous, so awful!
gadine summer night in all its crisp At no great distance in front of us
moonlit beauty. From the deep win-; ,here roge abruptly an exquisitely
dowt of the Kronenhof I was gazing ( 5hapc(i an(j 80mewhat slender summit."
up the Roseg Valley to the great am-, jt wa4 somewhat loftier than that on
phitheatre of mountains, so majestic ' whjch we 8toodi and was joined t0 it
in their distant snow-covered soli- by a jong( sharp ridge slishtly jag
tudes, their outlines clear-cut against ' gcd with rock Thig ridge( atter ,
a sky sparkling with stars. jevei course which began some con-
Suddenly, amid that scene of mar-' jacrable distance beneath the sum
velout beauty, a face sprang as it were ' mit 0f the p-jk which we had reached
into my field of vision-a face hideous ' cuJved sharply up the peak beyond,
sardonic, devilish and cowled like a ' niaking a sharp dark line right up to
Christian monk. Often as I must the very summjt. From this ridge
have gazed In that direction, I had there sloped away, with terrible steep
never grasped that likeness before. ' nesSi on the left, tremendous fields of
Never again did I fail to see in it the snow and jCCi ri-gnt down thousands
one outstanding, dominating feature of feett on ,0 ,he Tchinerva Glacier
of that side of the Bcrnina range. ' and the base of the Bcrnine. On the
I was a young climber then; it was, ' right o the ridge the rock was sheer
therefore, not unnatural that when, ! )rccipice, bare of snow and showing
with Murray, I set out to climb .the a chasra 0( naked stone. It
Pi Roseg-my first big snow moun-, wa8 evident that only on the ex-tain-the
natural awe which such reg- ,reroe edge 0 thjs rdge wis any f00t.
ions cannot fail to inspire was mingl- ng t0 be found. I looked at Murray,
ed in my imagination with the sense j who sm;ied appreciate. I, for my
of the existance of a hidden force,, im-,part contjnued to gaze in silence at
passively hostile and relentlessly ; ,he terrific gpectacie before me. There
cruel, which had to be fought against . thc( was the last arete-the arete of
and overcome. J which I had dreamed. How infinite-
One o'clock on a starry night injiy more imposing, more terrifying
August found us and our two guides than anythjng j, had imagined! Could
descending by the aid of two candle j do it? yfhe vile, dersivc face of the
lanterns the steep rocks leading from Monk floated once more in a vision
the Mortcl hut to the Roseg glacier. ! bcfore my mind. and thei)i canjng t0
Nevcr shall I forget that first weird ' gcthcr alI my orceSi determined to
experience of traversing icefalls by j leet his evij eyes steadily and brave
candle light the blackness of the ' hinl( j turned t0 where he stood,
crevasses, the eccentric movement of , And loI what did j behold? Away,
writhing shadows on the tee. Still , far beneath us, lay the dreadful Monk
less shall I forget the haunting sense a mere buddled heap of rock and
of the evil presence of the Monk, I snow Where was the cruel grin, the
faintly discernible on our right, whose ' animal mouth with ,he suggestion of
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domain we were invading. Then I
remember that quite suddenly, be
hold! it was day, glorious and cloud
less. We had wakened, as it were,
in the very heart of a shining world
of ice. This is one of the great mom
ents of a climb. It is an experience
reserved solely for those who climb.
It is the thought of this particular
divine moment even more than the
evil mirth? Where the fixed and ter
rible stare of the hollow eyes? Dis
torted out of all recognition, his feat
ures sprawled foolishly about his face.
Even now mcthought I caught some
thing of the glint of hatred, but of
hatred foiled and helpless. The
Monk had become ridiculous. It was
as if a great weight had suddenly been
lifted from my soul as if a dark
triumph of the conquest of a peak haJ been broken. The joy of
which calls the climber onck again
and again to the mountains. Then,
at length, we reached the first couloir.
The blows of Andre's ice 'ax, the tinkle-tinkle
of the falling chips of ice
as they streamed down past our feet,
now began, the remainder of us stand
ing fdly in the steps and advancing
slowly one step higher whenever a
fresh step had been cut in the steep
slope of ice.. Occasionally the pace
would be hastened on a patch of
hardened snow, in which steps could
be simply kicked, but on the whole
there was rather more hard ice than
we had bargained for, and the waits
after each step grew monotonously
long. v,.f - -'t '' .; . '
During all this time our backs had
been to the Monk, and only once, as
we stood in the ice steps, had I turned
with an effort to steal a glance in his
direction, There was a sort of shud
dering fascination in the sight. How
action, the merriment which comes
encountered, filled my whole being.
The blood hummed gaily in my ears.
The immediate prospect of travers
ing that dizzy edge of ice and rock
thrilled me like a passion. The Monk
was beaten! I had conquered by sim
ply pressing on I
"Come on, old chap," cried Murray.
"Come and eat your grub at 6nce.
What do you think of the arete?"
"Lovely," said I. "We shall be at
the ton in half an hour." And we
were. 'John Sanderson.
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eighty will be evening and twenty
at matinees. Popular priced perfor
mances will be given on Saturday
evenings, but their number will be
limited to twelve or fourteen.
, The annual meeting of the Conreid
Metropolitan Opera Company which
was to have been held yesterday has
been postponed until April 3.
The season of ,1908-09 will cover a
truly brutal he lookedt.As we crept period of 20 weeks, beginning Monday
slowly up the steep slope, and as the evening Nov. 6. During that time 100
floor of the glacier gradually receded performances will be given of which
RARE PRESENCE OF MIND.
CHICAGO, Mar. 20. Rare pres
ence of mind of James Berney, an
altar boy of the Roman Catholic
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, and
the dicipline taught by school fire
drills prevented a fire panic and pro
bable loss of I fe in the crowded
church yesterday. The lad is 14 years
of age and it was his duty to light the
candles before the altar. A
Young Birney climbed up the nar
row stairway and just had succeeded
in lighting one of the candles when
his white surplice fluttered directly
into the flame. v
The surplice immediately took fire
and several cries of "fire" "fire", "fire!
came from the congregation. Real
izing the danger of inciting a panic
as well as making a mis-step which
might topple him over the altar, the
boy stood perfectly still on the steps
while the surplice blazed itself out
Several men ran forward and extin
quished the burning flames and car
ried the lad down. The whole con
gregation after the first cry of . "fire"
seemed hypnotized by the boy's quiet
immobility and a panic with a con
sequent rush for the doors was
avoided.
When taken into the vestry room it
was found that Berney has escaped
burns almost miraculously.