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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1908)
miTPCIliAV T1TT V PI 1MD THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. t A t AMatterofJ Business. B.r A rfAof Venmor. OwrlBht, JM. 1V 0, II, nictmrti- Ml, - ' 'IS will gu tn Iletmlow lUwU III In summer," nit Id my wlfsi "Wo will cotix John t Kit w ith "un, There me always u trcf.it many nice girl there. Hud who know what nwiy lwi-tt '" John I uiy wife's hruttjor. He Im ii quiet, rdlrtug young aiao and very lniHliftil, ; Hi doe uot cure for girl. At k'ltM he nay lip ilmnn't. - ; ..My 'wife fiinl ber mother thought Joint ought lo imtrry Ihtuunv lie wan thirty mid received a snlury of t'2M H y i'U r, They throw hint lit blm for yenr or two. uml Hint tli'y cnuiu out Into the tiiiii uml argued with him. Hut John wtlil In' vn very comforta bly ultuiitiit In Imihelor U in ter. My wife showed leu tfiiltiilMiiNiu over the nmiter. I think xhe fenced uhn would end. iim youim (lien who keen aloof from .vimiiiu indie, ami oii- ciuonuy imn t uiiuerxtniiu me game, comiimniv un. nr iiiiirryiiiu Home en- . , . .. ....... . .,1 ,.. ... nreiy iuiimwhiiih' Hrmiii, rruiiuuijt sue not the HeiiHlmv tent h plot, In niolloii merely to liuiinir her uioiher. Nobody who knew John and looked at the nit untlon In iiuythluu it'iriiohlng an un binned way timid liuatrlne that he would bo In iiuy danger nt lleimlmv, For my own unit. I knew thai lie would take a dip eotinileiitlouly every day. spend the rent of hi time In untidy nook reddidit the nix best selling nov el and return to the city witpout Jinv- One of the Essential of tbe happy hornet of to-day !a vast fund of Information at to the bt method of promoting health and bappine and right living and knowledge of ths world' beit product. Product of actual excellence and reasonable claim truthfully presented and which have attained to world-wide acceptance through the approval of the Well-informed of the World; not of Indi vidual only, but of the many who have id nappy lacuity or tciecung and obtain ing the best the world afford. One of the product of that claaa, of known component parts, an Ethical remedy, approved by physician and com mended by the Well-informed of the World a a valuable and wholesome family laxative is the well-known Syrup of Fig and Elixir of Senna. To get it beneficial effect alwaya buy the genuine, manu factured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for tale by all leading druggiit. Ing Incrwfsed by o fu'uclf It lngl one the number of hi acquaintance. When I made that calculation I had never heard of tbe Cub tie girl, I law her flint on tie evening we arrived. fSlie-woi sitting at tbe end of tbe botel pluzza, and John wn vented near ber. They were engaged lo conversation, I felt it my duty to And out wbo tbe girl wa. 1 didn't Intend to let my In nocent young brother-in-law fall Into tbt clutcbe of a dc-Mltcnlng woman, f found that the we a daughter of Tom Castle of Chicago, wbo bad been a millionaire, hut, owing to an ambltlou attempt to' corner tbe pork ' market, wn one uo longer; alto I learned that, betide being remarkably pretty, the wat cultured, rollned and educated. At the Drt opportunity I atked Jobn how be had become acquainted with ber, tie didn't teem to know, lie hadn't trade any advances, be aold, and he wa dure tbo bndn't They bad Just happened to meet Then be be gan talking about affinities and tome other rot,, and I taw the dlteote bad attacked hlni. "Now. tee here," ald I. ... "You don't know anything about girl. If you did. loan took ax oab ahd mures on. you would aeo that abe'a juat flirting with you." But It did no good to warn blm. Be Insisted that tbe wa tbe nicest girl wbo ever hnpiM-ued and that the would at oan commit murder at trifle with a 'llgblful period and to discuss bands In man' affections'. ! general. Well, among other tbluzs. the "Very well," wild I. "It mutt be j girl knew all about bund, and she aouie time, and It may at well bo now, ; would spend an hour at a time dls eusisiiiK wiiu mm me career ,oi aid she would be Just delighted to do to. John bad never rowed a boat, but of course that didn't matter. Jobn braced an oar agalntt tbe pier and puttied off. The Impetu tent the boot perbnpt fifteen feet out Then, with an nlr of determination, he grasp ed the oart. He let one of them fall lightly into the water and pulled very hard. Tbe remit wa that be lifted the oar Juat above the girl' ear and turned bait a pint of water down the back of her nock. Sue -smiled.' but ber smile teemed to luck spontaneity, tie took n fling at tho other oar and deposited another half plut iu ber lap. These little Irregularities mado him nervous and embumtMMcd, to that at the next ttroko be iuIhwk! the water altogether, and tho onr twung around and ttruck her on the tide of the bead with great force. About this time be lost bis bal ance, fell backward and wa about to disappear Id the briny depths when tbe girl opportunely graped bit feet and restored blm to equilibrium. Then she tlfnmt ber sleeve above her elbows, Kclzod the oart and rowed tbo boat to tbe pier, .After that adventure I felt pretty sure tbe girl bad conceived a real lik ing for John. Of course i hadn't tbe remotest Idea why. I Imagined that after the boating Incident tbe girl would cease ber effort to. make Jobn happy. She didn't, so 1 knew it was no mere flirtation. Tbe more I taw of tbo Castle girl the better I liked ber. She wa very ver satile and correspondingly popular. She played golf and tennis, rode a bi cycle, understood sailing a yacht and was quite at borne as a chauffeur. Then, ugnlu. ber stock of miscellaneous Information was truly wonderful. Senator Hluuklnt was at the hotel tbut tiimmer. lie' Is for tariff revision. The girl dlm-nnned reciprocity end tbe reduction of duties with 'him. She tnid tho thought the Dlnglcy tariff act tbe most inliultous piece of legislation that bad ever tarnlabed a statute book. After Blenkhw went away ex-Governor Wbltniyer ran down for a week. Whit uiyer is a Ktand patter. So was the CiiKtle glrl-tlmt week. She said only an enemy of bis country would con sider lowering a duty on anything. This show wbut an adaptable, com panionable 'girl the wat. She could dlM-uts any mau't bobby Intelligently, whether It happened to be amateur photography, postage stamp. or golf. Now, John' bobby wat military bnndt. Before bo moved to the city he waa solo cornetlst In the Beaming ton brass baud. Ho enjoyed an envia ble reputation In that part of tbe state. It relieved bis mind a great deal to In dulge In reminiscences of that de- sidetrack. She was sure ho wouldn't say that she bad done anything to en courage him. John Hod loyally and said she bad not . "I knew you didn't care for me," said bo, "but I couldn't help telling you, all this.. I'm a fool. That what I am, a"- ":' , "Ob, no!" Interrupted the girl. "1 think you're really a very sensible fel low. Why, you should have beard Cbarlle-rbut of course I mustn't tell." Then tbe held out her band to Jobn, bestowed a look of deep sympathy upon blm and said sbo was very, very lorry for blm. .John told me the whole atory. He ttill felt that ho had bad a fair deal. I didn't, ond I made aeverai unkind remarks about tho Castle girl. Probably she inferred from my man tier when we met next morning that John bad told me whst had occurred the previous evening and that I thought be bad Just cause for com plaint, whatever bis view of it might be. At any rate, she came over to tbe corner of tbe dining room where I was standing just before my departure and began conversation. "I suppose be bat told you all about It," tbe tald. "He bat," said I. . "Perhaps you think I flirted with blm," she went on. .. "I do." sold I. v " "I didn't mean any barm," said she. "Girl never do." tald I. "If an exceptional case," said she. "Can you keep a secret?' "As well us the next man and better than any woman," said I. She looked about ber a trifle fear fully as though she bad an Idea wbs;t slie was about to say might be over beard. "Suppose we go out on the piazza," she said. We bad the greater part of tbe piaz ea to ourselves. I tried to remain In dignant at her, but I made an otter failure of It. She bad a trick -of smil ing at you and acting as though she regarded you In tbe light of a big brother In whom she could safely con fide that was Irresistible. . "You see." she said, "papa was quite wealthy ouee. but he took a plunge In tbe market and lost It all. He's In the while you nre young and have a strong constitution." Tbe Castle girl wa certainly very nice to John when you take Into con sideration what a clumsy, awkward fellow he was and how unkindly na ture hud dealt with him touching bis face. She played croquet with blm all the next forenoon, and In the after noon, when he asked her If she would like to, go out rowing with blm, she ocL All our wines and li quors are guaran teed under the Pure Food Law. AMERICAN IMPORTING CO, , 589 Commercial Street Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AGENT! Barbour and Finlayton Salmon Twin and Netting McCormick Harvesting Machine Oliver Chilled Plough , Malthoid Roofing . 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He even fell into the rhyming habit, and be would sit on the bote) piazza long after senstble people were In bed, dreaming of heroic deeds. Although he did uot say so di rectly, I know from chance remarks be made that he rather hoped tbe Castle girl would go beyond her depth some time while bathing so that be could save her life. Toward the end of the first week John and tbe girl chanced to be In tbe turf at the same time. John is a splendid swimmer, His style of twlm- mlng is what youths In country places call dog puddle. When I first saw John that morning be was swimming valiantly toward the diving float, which is anchored a short distance from shore. After be had taken about a dozen strokes he became tired. Ha tired quite easily. So he stopped swimming and stood on the bottom. He, had made a slight miscal culation ns to the flepth, and the wa ter reached above bis eyes. He began to' shout that he was drowning and begged piteously for help. The Castle g'.rl heard him, and so did three or four others, who started to aid him. The Castle girl called them back. She swam out to him and towed him Into shallow water. , John explained that there was a pe culiar undercurrent in that place which just wound around a fellow's legs like a rope and held him fast - Of course even the most powerful , swimmer would suocumb to It. We were leaving Henslow on Satur day morning. Friday afternoon John told me he had made up his mind to propose to the Castle girl. He wanted my advice as to the best style to adopt. Some doubt existed lu his mind as to whether it would be wisest to use blunt brevity, metaphor or carefully stated but plain and businesslike ar gument. He uIbo desired my opinion as to the result I advised In favor of the plain, common sense style. In tho evening John found an op portunity to unbosom himself. . He tpld her bow domestic his tastes were, how he longed to settle down, what bis salary was and bow much the president of his bank thought of him and ended by asking her to take, a .matrimonial chance with him. ' The girl said It had never occurred to her that John thought of her In that way. She said If she had so much ns suspected that h$was traveling In that direction she would have set a switch open for blm and landed hlsi safolv on "I FELT I Mt'BT DO SOMETHING." real estate business now. That's the final refuge, you know the last stop ping place on tbe route to the alms-house-the real estate business or per haps canvassing for life insurance. "I felt I must do something. Papa didn't wish it, but I insisted. Still I didn't know what to do. I bad never studied shorthand, and I bated tne thought of being a telephone operator. One day a frleud of mine who knew my perplexity said to me: 'Why don't you go somewhere as a social enter tainer? Eleanor Brackett has done grandly nt it. '"And what might' a social enter tainer be?" said I. ' 'Why.' she said, 'at summer hotels. you know, there are apt to be people who are reserved and unsocial and others who form cliques. The result Is tUat a great many guests go away dls satisfied and say the place Is dull and the people who frequent It disagree able, and of course that damages the hotel proprietor's chance of heavy pat ronage the next season. ' The social en tertainer circulates about among the guests, breaks up cliques, pulls the clammy and retiring people out of their corners and pushes them Into conver sation . and keeps things generally mixed up and lively. " 'It looks like n rather large order. said I. '"It is,' said she. "but you can All it. You get the best of everything at the hotel and a good salary besides, ; Elea nor has turned down half a dozen g:xd offers for this summer. She can find you an opportunity, and after a season or two you'll do awfully well.' "I spoke to Eleanor about It. and she told me the proprietor" of thi Look away House at Henslow Heneh had one of these posftious open. I wrote tti him, and he said 1 could come ou uml try It and If I did well 1 'should ! compensated accordingly. lie's a very practical mam. and hedoesn't pay foi the purely Imaginative. The evening I arrived he pointed out your brother-iu law.''. ... , " '.He's lust come down, her.' said SHE'S A QUEEN DEVELOP THt BUST SHE'S A SIREN is an expression that always heard at tight of a well . developed woman. If yon arc flat cheated, with BUST undeveloped, scrawny neck, : thin, lean arms the above remark will never be applied to you. "SIREN" wafer will make you beautiful, bewitching. They DE VELOP THE BUST in a few week from 3 to 6 inches and produce a fine firm, voluptuou bosom. They fill out the hollow place. Make the arm handsome rA well modeled and the neck and shoulder hapely and of perfect contour. 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This later train does not go via Fort Stevens. SATURDAY SEASIDE SPECIAL leaves PORTLAND at 2c20 P. M:, arriving at ASTORIA at 5:10 P. M, and SEASIDE at 5:55 P. M. RETURNING, leaves SEASIDE Sunday evening at 6:30 P. M, leaves ASTORIA at 7:15 P. M, arriving at Portland at 10:20 P. M. G. B. JOHNSON, General Agent. John Fox, Pres. F. L. Bishop, Sec Astoria Savings Bank, Treaa. Nelson Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Supt ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS t UP ItlZ LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilcis COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. . Foot of Fourth Street THE TRENTON First-Class Liquors and Cigars 602 Commercial Street' Corner Commercial and 14th. . ASTORIA, OREGON Mlfll H 1 1 1 1 II II 1 1 tutu Mil 1 1 IMliMIMIM he. 'Start Iu on faltxi. I don't know .'anything nbqut him. but be looks like a fair subject for n test. If you can draw him out of his shell and get him to dance about and spend his money foolishly, as a young man should, I'll employ you regularly.' , : "So I Just did the best I could to give Mr. Slmpkins a good time.. I never once thought of flirting with him, and I didn't dream he was taking things so seriously. I did so want to make good." v ''Well, you've certainly dona it," said I. "I do feel sorry for Mr. Slmpklnsi; tnougn. win ue reany taKe it verj hard, do you think? Those quiet chaps often have it the worst, you know. Why, I remember Harry, but of course I mustn't tell." s I detected Just the slightest naughty lowering of her eyelid. "He said he'd never be the same man again," she said. I thought of several idiotic Incident in John's past life. !'I hope he won't." sail I.