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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1908)
RIDAY, MARCH 21, 1903. THE MORNING ASTOR IAN. ASTORIA OREGO N. ills WPifipi Y LULU JOHNSON. OopfritfbUd, 1901, by Homer 0pratra, in i iniiiii miminii I.. The portor smiled chocrlngIy,aB,Mirl am emerged from ber berth nod made" her way down the aisle toward " (b dressing room. ';'Oood mawulnV' be "observed as' fie prang to take her bag. "Tbla ycr'a hore bad day, Th' dlnln cab '11 bo on In ba'f id hour." ?' ',; ' Ho aurrendored bar bag at tbo door of tbo dressing room and returned to bis work. There were few bertha left to moke up, and Miriam bad been toe '.Another woman and half a doieu fnen conatltutod the passenger Hat on the through car, ao when Miriam re turned to her berth It was all In ordor. The car, too,, was' deserted, as th drat call for breakfast had summoned all - I "I'M lOBl OHL10ID TO MEJUUtH." THAT CUAP her fellow passengers to the diner, glad of any break. In the monotony of travel." "'" ': : ; " Miriam followed the others, rejoic ing In tbo conductor's assurance that In the evening ahe would eat her sup per on Arm laud, for at nightfall they were due at Sohofleld, the little station where Miriam Bradley was to change for the slow stagocoacb that would car ry ber to Muddy Bend and ber new Held of labor. ' She waa glad that there remained but ten hours of train travel. It bad proved tiresome trip, though back home she had looked forward with eagerness to the Journey. Onco ahe bad run down from ber Vermont homo to Boston, and there had been short visits to nearby smaller cities, but aho bad never traveled so far and naturally bad anticipated much pleasure In the novelty. But, after all, she had found tbo long Journey disappointing. The long, bare stretches of prairie were a novelty at fefct to this girl brought up In the heart of the Green mountains, but they be cameNntermtaable, and now her eyes hungered for the sight of ber native hills. -:! ; . . : Under the driving rain the sodden plain looked more dreary than It had the day before. - She tried to fix her thoughts on a book, but the letters danced before ber eyes, and she caught herself looking through the car win dow and wondering if, there were no hills at all in this dreary expanse. Back homo there must be snow on the ground, and the boys and girls were duobtless enjoying the coasting, while the evenings would call out the big bobs, and her own crowd would take their part In the fun. Vaguely he wondered if these children of the plains ever, knew the delights of the long, swift journey down, the glitter ing white incline, and she sighed for the little valley she had always known as home. v. Yet she thought sternly that she had done the one possible thing. The field In the east was already overcrowded with teachers, and she bad heard that only In the great and growing west did a newcomer have a chance for ad vancement !vAnd teaching it must be or marriage : with Jhnmf Meeker. Even sow, with hundreds of miles be tween them, she could feel ber face flush as she recalled bow he had asked her to marry him that she might have a home and hU protection. g He had meant well, no doubt; and ever since they had gone to school to gether he bad shown his manly pref erence for her, but be had put It rawly that evening,-to say tbe "least With ber nerves still stinging from the shock; of discovering that her entire heritage had gone down with the- local bank, his proposal, so awkwardly worded, had been the final, straw. Indignantly she reminded Mrijj thaf he hod not spoken until her need of Support made bis of tevjfig with pity,'' and she wanted not pu$T but love, from the man she mar- jfW r ft-, It had all seemed very dignified, al most heroic at the time, but now, with the vastness of the unbroken prairies settling down upon her Hko & black shadow, her heart somehow bad room only for his answering-plea-that be could tw to fee his irlfa while a was a struggling lawyer and she tbj onlySlr of tbj onfursblo Bradley As the day passed and she was bur rled i through tbo flat, dismal country both bei reason and her heart rose lu rebellion, and when the call for lunch eon was sounded nervousness had done US wprki Wio WBiited nothing to eat The porter had seen Just this brand of bomeslcUueas' kfdre, and be asked pormUsIon to bring some tun and toiiHt, at least; to licr section. Abashed by th tears t but; ciime to her eyes at his friendly suggestion, he sought another tftr and the conductor. Then this klnd lypfllclal tsut down beside his tired yoUng passenger and tried to makecon vernation. They were Just posMlng a section bouxp with Its few surround lug i buildings and tiny scboolliouw!, Near the latter was an Improvised "siido.w , ; "That's tbo way the prairie children make hills," ho sHld, little dreaming that ho was touching a very raw spot In his companion's heart. "They pile up the snow Industriously, pour water on It Just before sundown, and in th morning it Is a Jolly fine slide." ' After that Miriam watched' for the manufactured hills. 1 The pitiful sub stitute for tbo sport of her girlhood somehow made her feel more dcttpor atoly than ever the mighty chasm six was cutting between her old life and her new. " ' '' ' And when she was not watching for "bills" she was trying to drown the recollection of a certain tender, plead ing voice In tho Incessant, Insistent song of the revolving wheels beneath her. . . . It was an actual relief when Bchofleld was reached and she stood on the nar row strip of platform In front of the station. She peered through the dusk In a vain search for some break In the level stretch of plain.' A man In rough, heavy clothing came' forward ' bash fully. i - "You Miss Bradley, for over to Mud dy Bendr be asked, with hat awk wardly uplifted. Miriam merely nodded. "Well, I'm on the school board,", be said In some embarrassment "I como over a-purpose to see you and mebbe save you tho long stage ride." - "That was very kind of you," said Miriam, trying to be cordial. "But I was fully resigned to the stage." "Oh, I don't mean that," said the man, with growing nervousness. "But, you see, there's been some mistake I don't know as you'd call It that either -but something happened unexpected lace wo wrote yon. Kate ntggtns, our old teacher, was all right. We liked her well enough, but our doc said she'd have to go south for her throat When she got as fur as St Louis a doctor there said it wasn't her throat at all, and be fixed ber up. And, being as Kate was all satisfactory and she wants to stay well, wo were won dering If we couldn't make some ar rangement with you to ! get another school round here somewhere, or we'd pay your fare back and give you what ever you thought was right You see, wo don't feel like going back on Kate"- "Certatnly not,'' replied Miriam, with such warmth that the brawny westerner, as he said afterward, was "plum locoed" for a few seconds. "I think you should pay my fare both ways, and then we will call It square. I could not have stayed very long any how. You see, I am to be married soon. May I scud a telegram before 1 go to tho hotel?" Her interested host followed ber Into the station, protesting that the school board must put her up at the hotel un til the Overland passed through in the early morning, eastbound. And so ho beard the telegram which the op erator read aloud for verification: James Meeker, Wellington, Vt: Am returning at once to where there are hills and homes. MIRIAM. "I'm sure obliged to that chap Meek er, whoever he may be," the westerner mused as he led the way across the rain soaked road to tho hotel. "I won der what she meant about the hll!s?" But, being courteous, he did not ask, and Miriam did not offer an explana tion. She was content to think that within twelve hours the Overland Lim ited would be scurrying her across the detested plains toward the happiness which she had so foolishly fled. ,; Prof. H. A. Howell, of Havana, Cuba, Recommends Chamberlain's JT r Cough Remedy. "As long ago as I can remember my mother was a faithful user and friend of Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy,, but never in my life have I real ized its true value until now," writes Prof. II. A. Howell, of Howell's American School, Havana, Cuba. "On the night of February 3rd our baby was taken sick with a very severe cold, the next day was worse and the following night his condition was desperate. He could not lie down and it was necessary to have him in the arms every rnomentrEven hen his breathing was difficult, I did not thinK he would live until morning. At last I thought of my mother's remedy, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which we gave, and it afforded prompt re lief,: anl fiovf,) three days later, he has fully recovered! Under the cir cumstances I would not hesitate a moment in saying that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and thst only, slaved the life of our dear little boy." For sale by Frank Hart and leading drug gists. , ' .; ' " 4 ' it ,v,v, ,if:;;., ,. , Avtai I have won my bet and am now domesticated In the house of the old Countess ron Bcrtbelm as governess for her ? orphan "grandchildren, 'The hot was this: Half a dozen of us girls, all daughters of nobles, were speaking of tho kindness of heart of the aged countess. During the chat I offered to bet Laura von C. that I would get a Job from tbo old lady by simply ask ing for oue. ' Laura said: "You ought to bo ashamed of yourself-you, ono of the wealthiest girls in' Dresden to take ber money!" However, tbo bet 'was madea sealskin coat against a dlfli mond ring. I put on somo old clothes, went to tbo countess, told ber a pitiful story anti was engaged as nurse. Find ing that I was educated, she promoted me to be governess. u' v - ' '-'April 6. I have found It easier to win the bet than to get away from here. What ex cuse can I give tho dear old lady for ono day accepting a position given In kindness alouo and throwing It up tbo next? I don't mind staying here a bit My duties give mo occupation, the chil dren are dear little things, and the countess' Is all loveliness. ' They say many daughters of wealthy people in America are nowaday accepting posi tions (n order that tbey may find an object At any rate, I am in no hurry to get away. , . . 1 , April IS. I am still with tho countess. : I have not been so contented since-1 left school. But ono thing troubles me. Every day tbo children must drive cut In tho air, and I muot go with them. I do not like to confess It oven to my self, but I have such singular feelings toward Hans. Great heavens,' can I be falling in love with a coachman? He never addresses mo except when I address him. Then he talks delight fully, lie hss been to America and tells me many things of that remark able people. He says he's going back there to make his fortune. It frightens mo to feel as I do about bis going so far away from me. :,. ' May 2. It la a month today since I came hero. I made a great mistake In com ing and a greater mistake in not going away at once. I am dally becoming more deeply Involved Just think of It with a coachman. Yesterday be pass ed tbo gulf that separate us and told mo that he loved me. What shall I do? I can't stay here, and I can't bring my self to go away. I feel all tho while a burning ehame. True, I told Hans that If be presumed again I would tell tbo countess ' and he would be dis charged, but this was only my weakness.- I should have left tho house Im mediately. - MaylO. Hans yesterday met me In the gar den. Ho waa coming from the stables and I from tho bouse. Ho asked me to go to a rustic bench, as he bad something very Important to say to me. Weak creature that I was, I consented. He poured out his love in such a pas sionate torrent that ho took me quite S my feet What did I do but ad mit that I loved him, though I told him that the difference In our stations must keep 'us forever apart Oh, the weak ness of a woman's pride when love cornea! May 15. A letter from Laura today saying that aho is ready to pay the bet she had lost and asking what In the world la keeping me here. I have replied that I lovo every one here ao well that I can't tear myself away. Horror of horrors! Am I rash enough, weak enough, silly enough, to let It come out that there is a case of the real lovo and the object ia Hans, the coachman? - !" '''. " May 22. Something very remarkable has happened. I am going home at once. When the countess paid me my wages I felt so funny. She told me that I have suited her exactly and she would recommend me for any position for which I might apply. But when tbo dear old lady added a considerable sum to what she had agreed to pay I felt my cheeks grow hot, and I shed a few tears. . I must make a note of what has brought about my leaving her service. This morning I went into her boudoir suddenly without being announced. Sho was not there, but some one was there whom I did not expect to find. It was Hans, the coachman. My astonishment would not have been so great had he not been dressed like a gentleman and was lounging in an easy chair reading a newspaper. On seeing my surprise he smiled. - "Fraulcln," he said, "I am in your power. You may take revenge if you like for my presumption. If ycu report mo to tho government I shall be held for military Bervlce. !l live in America, where I have a profitable btislnessVI I am the countess' youngest; son and have been obliged to niakj my own career. Desiring to see my dear old mother, I have come incog, that I may not have to spend several yiras here in tho army. The only real coachman's duty I have performed has been to drive you and my nephews and nieces, who do not know tbrt I am their uncle." ; -5 What did I do? Wbit did I say? I have no remembrance of either. ' I rec ollect waking as from a dream to find myself clasped in bis arms. Never has there bqen such , transition of feeling with me, Foriffeeks I had suffered torture to be suddenly not only relieved from it, but kIvi an exquisite happi ness, a happhn's.1 that promises to en dure wlh ' 11 'es.' IhU !p&7: ifiTc'l. 1 tin ' i 1 1 . v at at th '9 A Few Reasons why you should Burn 4 C C C C Coal: First Because it costs you only about half what you are now paying for coaL Second. Because it is helping to develop a home industry instead of developing coal mines in Australia. It is free from soot, Third. Because it will give absolute satisfaction wherever used, burns freely, gives a good heat and lasts welL Fourth. 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