WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
THE MORNING ASTOBIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
v I waiting ror
I The Verdict
I Bjr T. W. WYNDHAM. X
Q Copyright, I IK, by T, W, Wyndlwim, A
Copyright, I IK, by T. W, Wyndhnm.
T1II0 ormolu clock on tbo mantel
piece ticked monotonously, The
llttlu regular Mound ticgnn to
Slin n tun ,lor f"'n1"' B,u
von thought that tier finger imthnii.
leilljr drummed the air upon lior kuoe.
It wn some Inane tuno of the hour.
IU rhythm fltted In excellently with
the ticking of tbe clock, and both Jnn
fled In her brain with Irritating per
sistence. Everv detail of the room bad stump
ed Itself upon her mind during them,
minutes the bud int thereminutes
ws It or botirs since the great doctor
bad said to her In a voice that had
truck hr as strangely gentle:
"Wllj you kindly wait In the waiting
room, Mra. Alnslle, while Dr. Bryant
and I talk over mat torn r
8be had attractnd many curloua and
admiring glance from other men and
Women who waited In the big, gloomy
rooui. One little, sbsbhlly dressed wo
man wbo eat In tbe corner wstched tier
almost enviously. The shahhy wo
man' ohservaut eye noted tbe other'
fair loveliness, bur eiqulsite drew, the
atmosphere of earn and luiury and
comfort that surrounded ber, tbe at
mosphere of one who baa always been
cared for and sheltered, upon whom
no rough wind have ever blown, and
tbe ababby woman wondered what bad
brought thin pretty, beautifully dressed
little person Into the doctor watting
room. The thought flashed through
tier mind that It wa probably acme
funded ailment for which ahe bad
come. It wa ImpoMlble to Bssoolute
tbe idea of sickness or pain with that
Jovely fare, those amart garment.
How much longer, aba wondered, did
these doctors Intend to keep ber In
this dreary room while they discussed
her case?
hurrlodly turulng tbe pages, siting at
nolutely nothing. "And his fare looked
so kind and-so-sorry." Her thoughts
ran on till ber heart qulekDil It beat
again, "If nonsense to be nervoue,"
(hu told, herself. "I shall try to rend
and forget."
Mm resolutely took up a magazine
and read a page slowly and carefully,
then rend It over again with equal
care, but ahe found herself spelling
each word In turn, and the sense of
tbo phrases did not penetrate liito her
brain.
Nobody con take In tbe meaning of
story, she thought, wbuu people
whisper, and ber glance fell, upon a
stout widow who sut opposite whisper
ing In tbe ear of girl beside ber.
Tbo little lady watched the widow's
head bob up and down a her word
became more and more emphatic. Hlie
noticed how dusty tbe crape wa upon
ber rellt ''AflfJ that's tbe worst of
crape," she said to iiersolf. "Tbe least
thing makes It took ababby, f always
tell Robert 1 won't wear crape when
I'm a widow!"
are not afraid of-of-an
Hut there la no operation
sure'' you
operation.
that we can do"
Again she was conscious of a little
movement on the part of tbe silent
man by tbe window, and ahe watched
with a curious sort of fascination how,
tbe pattern of tbe dancing leave oat
Ide was repeated In dancing sun
beams upon tbe carpet within. -"No
operation?" site asked. "Bur
Then ber eyes went back to Dr.
James' face.
"But la continued, after that
queer little pause, "then It Is not sell
ing a nair. TThat a pluckf soul! My
ooa, wnat a plucky soul!" ,
Looking from the window of tbe alt
ting room, the shabby woman saw tbe
little lady shake hand smilingly wltb
her doctor and drive away. And tbe
shabby woman said to fierself, "Flow
young and happy she Is, wltb all ber
life Ix'fore ber-and such a happy lifer
But the shabby woman never knew
what the verdict hod been which tbe
little lady had waited for so long!
HE LIKES AMERICA
ou at all. I suriDoser
Dr. James lifted his bend quickly, resident Of Penman Republic I
and their eyes met
80 profound n pity lay In Jhcm that
he drew back a trifle. Iter own eye
never faltered, only the band that beld
her handkerchief clutched It so tightly
that It waa almost pain.
"I have never bad a border thing to
do tban thla, Mrs. Alnslle," Dr. James
aid. "You must prepare for a great
bock very great shock, We cannot
operate because an operation would be
A iniHe flickered over ber face, and J J2i .bS.Hh rwtn Is so serious
Her case!
me snaony woman in tne comer,
watching her, thought eurlously how
happy ahe must be to smile like that
t nothing, Half an hour now!
Half nn hour for two clever doctors
to discuss one tiny lump which looked
like almost nothing! How she and
Bobert would laugh presently over the
elowness of these medical men! But
if they kept her much longer she would
be late for lunch, and then Itobert
would be In a flurry ami wonder wbnt
bad become of ber.
Ob, why were they not quicker?
Time dragged woefully. There wos
something aggravating about that tire
some clock on tbe mantelpiece with Its
persistent voire, and the pair .of can
dlesticks exactly alike that flunked It
ana uie iwo vases mat were such a
precise match annoyed ber. A wild
desire seized ber to set them all
crooked I
Then she waa tired of looking at that
hldeons allver creation on the side
board. Rhe wa certain It must be a
testimonial! And what an ugly one to
be saddled with for the rest of one's
natural life! She remembered with
what dismay she and Robert bad re
ceived some ghastly old family plate
rrom a rich uncle and how thankfully
they had relegated It to a little used
a one that"
"It will kill me, do yon mean?" she
aid, and the color flushed over ber
It was funny to think that they could
talk about ber easel Why, she bad al
ways been tbe Incarnation of health.
' Everybody had always aald ahe was so
strong and well. It waa too ridiculous
that she should be sitting In a doctor's
waiting room, and she herself would
naturally never have dreamed of con
sulting the great specialist at all If
ber own doctor's fare bad not grown
0 absurdly grave when ahe had gone
to hint yesterday about tbe lltttle lump
which anuoyed her. Personally she
thought be hud made rather an unnec
essary fun, in fact, she bad told Dr.
Uryant as much to bis face-bad, In
deed, asked blra why he could not sim
ply cut the tiling away then and there
and have done wltb It
Twenty minutes!
How could It possibly take those
two doctors twenty minutes to dlscuns
her simple case? Why, she bad con
sidered It no simple a matter that she
' room, Robert saying laughingly that it
would come In aa an heirloom for tbelr
grandchildren! .
A vision of herself as a white haired
old lady made her smile again. She al
ways intended to grow old gracefully
when tbe time for growing old came!
But it was a very, very long way off,
and sho and Itobert bad only -been
married six short months they had
yeara and years of sunny life in front
of them before-
Tbe door oiened.
"Mrs. AIiihIIo." said a trim parlor
maid, and the little lady rose and fol
lowed ber.
And all at once her heart gave that
frightened leop again, but ahe wa
smiling when she entered the great
doctor , room.
Both doetors were standing, and a
queer feeling came over ber as she
aaw their faeea-that they watched her
pitiruiiy-as ir-oa If she were that
prisoner at the bar one of them was
1 i '
AW TBI LADI SUA II BIKDfl WITH BIB
1 DOCTOR.
had not even told her husband about just going to put on the black cap.
It or tbat she was to come and see
Dr. James, the famous specialist this
morning!
Robert was always In such an agony
If her little flutter ached that she had
refrained from mentioning the lump to
him at all, and he knew nothing of her
visit to Dr. Uryant yesterday, much
f!
n fiiiffliiinn i biniiii ii- 1
'I
ill Wca
It was a whimsical Idea, nor Blanco
fell almost Involuntarily upon Dr.
James' gray hoad, and she smiled
again.
Dr. Bryant leaned against the man
telpiece. It struck ber that he kept bla eyes
averted. She wondered vaguely why
he did so. Possibly bo bad made some
little mistake In diagnosis and was
rather vexed about it
"Will you sit down. Mrs. AlnHlee?"
Dr. James voice broke In upon her
thoughts.
Sho sat down In the big armchair
where she had sat Just now-all those
mlnutes-or was It hours ago?-when
she bud first come Into the room today
with Dr. Bryant.
Dr. James seated himself at the table
facing ber.
This room waa brighter than the
other where sho had waited so long.
The sun came Into It, and little patches
of light danced upon the carpet and
upon the table that was strewn with
letters and upon the great man's kind,
quiet face.
Outside the window there was ac
tually a tree. It was April, and tbe
leaves wore beginning to grow green
and waved gently to and fro In the
soft spring air. . , .
Her eyes left the dancing leaves out
side and came back to the faces of the
two silent men. She realized that thev
"I buai.Ii thy to i.kau ai '
less about the
Why, hor dear, loving, fussy old Ito'b- wfm- ftrn"lf lulfet-
... ..... V I "Wall " fillA aaf.l In A nni
vvi, me aearest nubby tu the world,
would think she wa going to die nt
the very least if ho knew she was sit
ting in Dr. Edward James' room wait
ing the verdict!
"Waiting for the verdict!"
Something lu tho words framed by
her own mind sent a quick little shiver
through her for which sho could not
account, and a vision rose before her
of n prisoner waiting at tho bar and
wondering wondering, perhaps, wheth
er the Judge would presently put on
the black cap or not. Ah, well, it must
be terrible to be In such a position.
She was only waiting-waiting for
what? ,
A sudden recollection crossed her
mind of the great doctor's quiet, re
stnlncil voice that had held In some
thing which she had nt the moment
not quite understood. It flashed upon
hor now nil at once that It was pity.
But why pity?
Her heart gave a frightened leap.
She picked up' nn Illustrated paper
from the table before, hor and began
Well," she said In a gay little voice.
"what Is the verdict? You"- The
words died on her lips. She could not
have said why, only something in Dr.
Jnmes' face gave her a curious sense
of suffocation.
"Mrs. Alnslle," he said gently, so
gently that a sudden longing to cry
assailed her, "I nm afraid we have not
very good news to give you." He
paused, and the sudden longing to cry
left her.
Some Instinct Inherited from her Rev
olutionary ancestors made her draw
herself up In her chair dud look the
old man sqrarely In the face.
It was he. not her, who winced a lit
tle as sho said quietly:
"Is it a very serious operation, then?
Don't mind telling me. I am not
afraid."
She was dimly conscious that Dr.
Bryant turned . quickly away from
where he stood and moved toward the
window and that the silence following
her words seemed weighty with mean
ing. ,
"No," Dr4 Jnmes. said slowly, "I am
face, but she sat perfectly still, her
eyes never leaving bis.
"Yes," be answered so gently that
he almost smiled at him, "that is
what I mean."
"And-how many year will It take?"
he asked, and she noticed bow still
her own voice was, bow ber heart that
had bounded widely a second before
wa now beating quickly, "or will It
perhaps be a shorter time?"
She could almost have sworn that tbe
gray eyea watching her grew dim. She
realized that the figure by tbe window
seemed to be rigid in it stillness.
"It will be a shorter time tban that."
The great doctor's voice trembled.
She waa so very pretty so very
young and pretty and falr-and so
beautifully dressed. It was absurd to
think of her clothes at auch a moment,
but It would have been easier to tell
her If she bad worn a shabby gown!
It flashed Into his mind tbat U was
like killing a butterfly tbat wa danc
ing in tbe sunlight and yet
"A shorter timer She interrupted
hla thoughts.
He leaned forward and laid his band
upon her arm.
"Yes," he said. "I know you will
face It bravely." His voice broke
again.- "I do not thlnk-lt will bo
more than a week and we can do
nothing."
The silence In the room was like
something tangible, made more em
phatic by the chirping of tbe sparrows
in tbe tree w ithout and the rumble of
tho busy New York streets.
It was the little lady herself who
broke tho silence.
"Thot was a hard thing for you to
tell me." she snld gently. Then she
glanced down at her own clinched
hands. "Do you know," she went on,
and a queer little smile flitted across
her face, "1 have torn my handker
chief into ribbons while I sat here.
But but it won't matter now will it
if It Is only to be a week?"
There was no answer from either of
her listeners. Words were impossible
to them. Only5 a great admiration
dawned In Dr. James' eyes as he look
ed into the bright, resolute ones that
faced him.
"Thank you very much for breaking
it to me so so gently," she said in
tnat smootn, even tone tbat never
trembled or changed. "It is a very
great surprise. A a week you say?"
The great man bowed bis head. Ob
viously he could not trust himself to
speak.
"How strange!" she sold. "Next week
there is a big ball and I am going I
mean I was going my dress will come
home and I How strange!"
Dr. Bryant turned abruptly from tho
window. She Baw that his eyes were
full of tears.
"It is so hard quite to realize," she
went on, "that things will go on Just
the same and I not be here" She
paused, glancing out at the gieea tree
uud the sunlight.
"But I ought not to take up your
time." She rose and turned courteous
ly to Dr. James. "You have other peo
ple to see, and I hope I hope you will
not have another verdict to give like
mine"
For the first time her voice shook a
little, but her eyes were still steady.
"Will you have a cab called for me,
Dr. Bryant? I should like to go
straight home."
She walked from the great man's
room with head erect end unfaltering
Steps, and, watching her. he said soft
ly to himself: "It Is the women who jjo
up to the caution's mouth without turn-
In New York.
NEW YORK, July 14-Gcn Andre.
Avclino Coccren, commander of the
Peruvian army in the war with Chile,
twice president of the republic, leader
of the constitutional party and at
present minuter to Italy, is resting a
few dayi in New York on his wav
irom Lima to Rome where he will re
sume hi official duties. He declared
that Peru is in a pacific condition and
destined to win worldly progress in
emulation of America.
General Caceresis a venerable man
of 78 years, and for more than half a
century has been one of the conspicu
ous figures in South American affairs.
Despite his age, he still hag the bear
ing of a soldier and appears as vigor
ous and alert mentallv ax when h
was proclaimed president at the end
of the Chilean war in 1881. He was
president in 1S91. He is regarded as
the foremost patriot of the country
and every honor in its gift is his.
Speaking through an interpreter he
said be wished to express the kindly
feeling .ill Peruvians have for this
country.
mere arc many great opportun
ities 111 our country for Americans
he said, "and especially for those who
have capital to invest. Peruvians
like the Americans seem to under
siana uieir temperament. We seem
to be in tunc with the keen energetic
fearless way Americans 'go about
things, and I predict that in the fu
ture our countries will come much
closer to each other."
MADE HER WHITE SLAVE
Awful Fate Of St Louis Girl
Chicago Chinatown.
In
CHICAGO. July 14-Kidnapped by
a band of Chinamen in the heart of
Chicago and held as a white slave
in some secluded den of Chinatown
this is believed by the police to have
been the fate of Edna Koblentz, 19
years olJ, of St. Louis.
Miss Koblentz, who is a member of
the Young Women's Christian As
sociation, was-lured to Chicago by
letters from a young man who prom
ised to marry her. She came to Chic
aga by last Wednesday to meet her
supposed sweetheart.
The address of her pretended suitor
was given as 293 Clark Street. This
is in the center of Chinatown.
Miss Koblentz disappeared Thurs
day while in the union station with
Mrs. Alice Barr, a missionary. A well
dressed Chinaman was seen following
the two women in the depot.
The girl said she had mailed the
I check for her trunk to her sweetheart.
Two Chinamen called for the trunk
last night. They were arrested. One
gave thft name of Sing Lee. He de
clared another Chinaman, whom heJ
did not know, had given him the
check with instructions to haul the
trunk to the express office and hold it
until called for. The express man's
companion claimed to know .nothing
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of babies now dying of diarraheaf dis
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babies under one year of age, show
that in the six weeks from June 1,
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1907 is SO per cent for Manhattan and
The Bronz; 80 per cent for Brooklyn
133 per cent for Queens, SS per cent.
for Richmond and 66 per cent for all
boroughs.
The statement also shows that for
the last six weeks, diarraheal diseases
caused 763 out of 1,924 deaths.
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