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tTHE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1903,
Taking Advantage
of Leap Year.
Br ANNE HEILNAN.
Copyrighted, 1908, by Associated
Literary Firm.
Dort Wright bad practically mas
tered tbe difficult art of being poor
when fate preseuted her whimsically
with abundance. While she was still
wondering what she was going to do
with It all some relatives swooped
down upon her and whisked her off to
Newport for the season.
About two months later Miss Wright
returned from an elaborate function
Tery late one night, or, rather, very
early one morning.
Bidding her aunt and cousins good
Bight, she wearily ascended the stairs
to her room, her shimmering ball dress
Billowing gracefully around her slender
figure. One hour later she walked
briskly down the same stairs attired in
natty linen traveling suit and carry
ing! small satchel.
I am going away for a visit," she
informed the astonished butler as he
nlocked the front door at her com
mand. "Tou'll find a small trunk,
locked and strapped, in my room.
Tlease send It to this address," hand
ing tbe man a card and a bill of gener-
M jUWj
few imJd jQf
"l SHALL KEVEU OO BACK,' SHI 8AID
Ki-iOLUTELT.
oos denomination. "Xo, thanks, I can
carry this grip myself. Then she
made her way to the depot
Tbe labors of the day were ended.
Mrs. Watson and several of her board
ers were out on the front porch in rest
ful enjoyment of the "cool o tbe even
in'. "Tea, Miss Wright's cuttin a wide
swath, accordin' to the papers," the
landlady was declaiming to the little
milliner, a new boarder. "Today's
Clarion said as how a furrin noble
man appeared to be gettin' the Inside
track. That's why he's lookin more
moped than usual tonight," pointing
through the open window at a solitary
man in the shabby sitting room, his
head leaning wearily on his hand, an
unopened paper on his knee. i
"He ain't been the same man since
thi left," continued Mrs. Watson in a j
lowered voice. "In love- 'with her? :
Land sakes, I should say he was! Ev- j
ery one could see h except Miss .
Wright. Why didn't he up and tell j
her? Why, child, they were both too !
poor! Miss Wright didn't make no i
more'n her own keep, an' Mr. Lang- j
don has a mother an' sister to support '
back in Ohio. An' when Miss Wright's j
nncle died an' left her all that prop'uty j
of course that put her out'n his reach I
for good. He's too proud a man to live
on his wife's money. It's a dreadful
pity, though, for if ever two people ,
were cut out for each other" Just i
then she turned her head and saw ;
Dora Wright walking up (he path. i
"For the land sakes alive!" ejaculat- '
ed Mrs. Watson. "This ain't never
you! How glad I am to see you. an'
how well you're lookin'!" ;
Considerable time was consumed in
congratulations and explanations. Then !
Mrs. Watson hurried upstairs to see
about a room for her unexpected guest,
and Dora went into the parlor and
seated herself beside Mr. Langdon.
"Have you missed me, Robert?" she
asked.
"Missed you?" echoed Langdon. Ue
thought how intensely he had missed
her. How, during the two months of
her absence, he had longed for the
sound of her voice, the merry laugh in
her eyes!
"It's like a dream to have you sit
ting beside me, Dora. ' I don't under
stand it. For the first time in years
you had got comfortably away from
the everlasting grind and were free to
spend your time as you liked, yet here
you are back again in the hot, dusty
city in the middle of August. Now,
Dora, what's the reason?"
"Well, one of the reasons is that this
talk about money making you free Is
ail nonsense. Money made me a slave
for two months. Instead Of doing what
I wanted I had to do what anybody
else wanted. .
"I had to be outdoors when I was
cold and Indoors when I was hot. 1
kad to sit through two hour dinners
every nlghf and eatf things t detested.
I had to dance when I waa tired and
listen to poor music and go Into ecsta
sies over execrable: singing when I
was sleepy and my head ached. I had
to ride In automobiles nnd go yachting.
A yacht always makes me sick, end
you know what I think of automo
biles."
Mr. Langdon did not seem properly
Impressed, so Dora continued In au
aggrieved voice:
"I spent hours racing around with
golf sticks when I'd much rather sit
down quietly, with an agreeable book.
It's very well to do what you dislike
If you're accomplishing anything, but
all this activity was accomplishing
nothing except spoiling my temper
and making me thin. But you haven't
said yet that you were glad to see me,
Robert"
j Langdon's look of adoration seemed
to be nothing more than she expected.
"Yes, Dora, 1 am glad," he said sim
ply. "I thought you had forgotten
me. I didn't blame you," he continued
hastily as she made a dissenting ges
ture. "I was glad to think that at last
you were enjoying what your beauty
and your nature entitled you to and
that your brave conduct In adversity
was being properly rewarded. But
why did you come back here, Dora!
Why did you come back to this dreary
manufacturing town when you had the
whole world to choose from?"
Dora looked Intently at him while he
was speaking. She noted the streaks
of gray in his well kept hair, the sad
droop of the patient mouth, the many
lines around his tired eyes.
"For more reasons than ore. I knew
you needed looking after, Robert I
knew you were lonely and workinir
hard In order to forget I knew you
were tired and that your eyes were
used up. I knew you felt the heat
more thnn ever and wouldn't take any
refreshing trolley rides out Into the
breezy country or go on any cozy little
picnics without your old friend. Now
I'm going to Inveigle you out every
afternoon, and we'll read our favorite
authors In the evenlugs, Just as we
used to before I became an heiress."
Langdon drew a deep breath and
looked longingly at the girl, who ap
peared to be unconscious of having
said anything nnusnal.
"I was tired." be raid. His eves and
voice were perilously near tears, the
porch was deserted, and he laid his
hand gently on hers. "But In the fu
ture the knowledge that you thought
of me and came back to cheer me np
will keep me from fatigue and every
other ill. But you must return to your
relatives. If you don't like Newport,
there are other places. Travel, Dora,
and get tbe good of the money that
came to you la(e, but thank God, not
too late."
1 Dora regarded him with an amused
tenderness.
"You don't know me half as well as
I know yon, Robert I have no inten
tion of going back to the relatives who
ignored my very existence until Un
cle Timothy left me a fortune. And I
don't want to spend my money In
travel at present I came to the place
j I like, and here I'm going to stay."
j Langdon leaned suddenly toward
j Dora. His pale face flushed, and bis
j hands trembled, but he pulled himself
! up again resolutely,
i "I'm right though, Dora. In spite of
, your heavenly kindness it can't be the
jsame as it was when we were both
j poor. My dear girl, don't you see that
it is different?"
I Dora smiled tenderly at him.
j "Certainly I see that it's different,
j because now I have the means to pro
j vide luxuriously for the old mother
j and delicate sister and to keep up a
I house for us both.'-'
Langdon was shaking visibly.
"Dora, it will not do. Your husband
must be. a more brilliant man than this
old friend, though he can never be a
more faithful. He must be of your own
age and your own financial standing.
You make it hard, dear one, but you
must go back tomorrow."
"I shall never go back," she said
resolutely. "And I shall never have n
husband, Robert, unless It is this un
selfish old friend."
Langdon raised his hand to his tired
eyes to hide a rush of happy tears.
"Do you mean"- he stammered.
"Yes," answered Dora gayly; "I
mean this as a proposal. It's leap year,
yon know."
to leave tttul hud reached 'the door
when the clerk called after htm.
"Look hero, stranger: Take one of
these small Mis for your cow, and
you won't have half as much bother
(hiding her, for wlien you hear tbe bell
rou will always know that she can't
Se far off."
He bought the bell. Judge,
ROADLESS AMERICA
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
HELP WANTED
WANTED TWO MESSENGER
boys. Apply Western Union. 7-4-tf
WANTED-A HOUSE GIRL: $25
per month. Enquire at Hocfler'i.
From the maledictions scattered Tu t vivr: : 1 'v
broadcast m the mire of roadies anrni i,, ,. , " ,
. . , . . .... .,i Becral housework; four in fanny;
America by despairing bicyclists tif- l- . . .
. . . , . i"" wjMiiiiK yr ironing must oe good
ZTS17V bT ?"? k' waCJ 5' Apply office of
.... 4 '.the Morning Astorian. M6-3t
Carter tn the Technical World M.ion.
PROFESSIONAL CARPI.
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
CHARLES H. ABERCROMBIE
Attorney-t-Lw
City Attorney Offices: City Hall
zine. No gift of prophecy is now re-, GIRL WANTED AT BAY VIEW
quired to forsee a time when these Hotel for general house work.
hopes will have so far materialized.,-.,- - TA,
that a team, if it is a good one, will,".00 STARTS A FINE LOCAL
be able to haul an empty wagon overlusin". d''y Profits $5 to $10; par
the gumbo road of the Mississippi Ia" fr";.Wnte.,0-d'y
.,.11-.. ;.. c...:.. i .i.- ....:. x. 'i i-0- u" Moines, iar
vnuvjr ,ii epi nig, uiiu wtc iuuui; mid
ways of the
buoyed that
south will be so well
light draught automo-
FOS SALS.
biles may navigate them in compara- FOR SALE A 100-PIECE SET OF
uvc saieiy. navnami tinna, in perfect condi-
From everv nart of the country tion. cheat). Inmn'rn t h frfV.
comes the same encouraging news. 'Ford studio. 7-15-tf
Sixteen states now have highway
commissions that are trying in vari
ous ways to supply the greatest need
of the nation, which is good roads.
At one extreme is New York, which.
in 1905, voted to expend fifty million J
dollars in building roads. Under the!
plan adopted the state will build and
JOHN C McCUE
Attcrney-at-Law
Deputy District Attorney.
Page Building Suite 4.
UNDIXTAIIM.
J. A, GIL HA 1(1 11 A CO.,
UiHlertAker and Kiuhnlmer.
Experienced Lady Assistant
Wliwi Desired,
HOWARD M. BROWNELL
Attonty-at-Lw
Office with Mr. J. A. Eakin. at 420
Comraercal St, Astoria.
FIRST-CLASS DENSMORE TYPE
writer, at half price; also light driv
ing team, buggy and harness; to
gether or separately. C. E. Barney,
with Warren Packing Co.. Astoria.
FOB SUIT.
FOR KENT-TWO NICELY FUR
nished rooms with gas and water,
corner 11th and Bond. 7-12-6t
FOR RENT FURNISHED AND
unfurnished rooms; electric light
and water. 454 Bond cor. 10th. 30-tf.
maintain 3,332 miles connecting the FOR RENT FURNISHED
principal cities, and pay onehalf the; houekeeping and single rooms. 677
cost of 4,700 miles of local roads to Exchange street. 7-12-6t
be built by the counties.
At the other extreme, is Iowa, the
third state in the Union in extent of
road mileage, where the use of the'
public highways is so vast that if
teams enough could be assembled to
do in one day all the travelling done
in the state in a year the' line would
reach once and a half around the
earth, which dotes out an annual ap
propriation of $5,000 to defray the
expenses of the state college faculty
while acting in the capacity of high
way commission. With this intro
duction the author writes of what is
being done and what can be done to
transform roadless America, and the
article is illustrated with fine photo
graphs.
MISCELLANEOUS.
OSTEOPATH!
DR. RHODA C. HICKS
Osteopath
Office Mansell Bldg. Phone Black 2065
53 Commercial St. Astoria, Ore.
DENTISTS
DR. VAUOHAN
Dentist
Pythian Building, Aitoria, Oregon
DR. W. C LOOAN
Dentist
Commercial St. Shanahin Bids.
WANTED-
HORSE;
Q- J Without Wifit,
in ill
BEES AT WORK
Three hundred billion bees made
enough honey last year to fill a train
of cars enough to reach from New
York to Buffalo. At the low whole
sale rate of ten cents a pound it was
worth $25,000,000, and if the 700,000
bee keepers of the country had work
ed as industriously and skillfully as
did the bees the weight of the output
i would have been three times as great
as the value $75,000,000.
Not only did the little workers con
tribute that vast supply of a pure and
delicious food product to the nation
but as they made it they treated it
antiseptically with formic acid thus
preventing impurities or decay,
weight about 1250 pounds; not over CQp 11T AMn rrtM1,D-.,.
8 vears old: must b r,d dri,r ,nA C0R 11TH AND COMMERCIAL
gentle, also city broke,
torian office.
Address As-
6-9-tf.
HOUSE MOVERS.
Office hours 8:30 A. M. to
8: P. M. Sunday 10:00. to
12:00.
Phone Number Main 3901.
FREDR1CKSON BROS.-We make
a specialty of house moving:, car
penters, contractors, general jobbing;
rJSVT Cor1 Painless Eitr&ctioos - 5oc
Corner Commercial and 11th
a
LOST AND FOUND.
Sts. over Danzicer srnrr
LUsi A 9j-INCH MESH NET,
marked F. N., near Sand Island. mTTaTM,tcsa YrnnnmAn..
The finder will h, r,.H if rm""woa iliftJUUIUttX.
turned to the Union Cannery.
.Ul ..i-Ull-UI.
VETERINARY COLLEGE.
SAN FRANCISCO VETERINARY
College; next session begins Sept.
15th. Dr. C. Keane, Pres., 1818 Mar
ket street. Catalogue free.
Call Promptly Attended Day
or Night.
Tfttton lldg. 12th mid DuaueHU
AHTOltlA. OKE.OOX
Phone Malu 211)
MEDICAL.
Uaprt.aU4
SuooMMt'ef , !
1. 1 ill WO
TBI GKU;
CBIKUI DOCT09
Who Is kiowa
.throtliIiont the UniU.1
;:. oo aeceuat or
wonderful rtrTM.
Ko potoooa or drug uaec. Be furm
te to eur atUrrh. thma. tun
throat troubU, rbeutnttlam, BmouMaaa,
stomach. Urn and kidney, fiotale tm
plalnti and all ohronla Umum.
success im B0MI TXEATXZirr.
If you cannot eill write for
blank and circular, Ineloilng 4 eaU la
stamp.
TBE a CIE W0 MZDICIKI CO.
l2i Flrat St., Oorwr Uorrtem,
PORTLAND. OBECOIf. '
Pleeee mention tbe AntorUa.
PLUMBERS.
.1.1111
PLUMBER
Heating Contractor, Tinner
-AND
Sheet Iron Worker
LL WORK GUARANTEED '
421 Bond Street
MASSAGE.
OLGA KANTONEN, FINNISH
masseuse and steam baths, room 6,
Pythian Bldg., Commercial St., As-
RESTAURANTS,
Of posite Ross, Higgina & Co.
Coffee with Pie or Cake 10 Ctt.
FIRST-CLASS MEALS
Regular Meala IS Cta. and Up.
U. S. RESTAURANT
434 Bond Street
PROPOSALS.
In one year the bee hives sent to ! torian. Ore
. . . .
market a product worth nearly as
u Wit, I'UI 'J VlVSJSf llll VV, UIIII.3 I j 1 , . 1. ,
as much as the buckwheat crop; $6,-'NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
000.000 ereater than the rve croo and I that the undersigned will receive
nearly $9,000,000 greater than the ricc:bi(ls at nis offi in the City of Hood
crop. All of the rice and buckwheat ' Klver' OreK0n. P to July 15th, in-
erown on an amrreirated area of 2 - c uslve- for transcribing and indexing
nn , , . . . all records of Wasco County in anv
iuj square rnucs am not reacn to a . . .
tU , c u u ,-, om iway affeting. real estate situated in
the vni 1A rf t ii a hriitr hw E15:i 90 . .
v..w v . ...v , v..,. H00( K)Ver County) aU transcripts
To appreciate these results one't0 be typewritten in record books to
must necessarily strive also to ap- be furnished by Hood River County
preciate the number of insects at Bids should specify the amount per
work. That is rather difficult for folio of one hundred words
three hundred billion stretches a long transcribing and indexing said
Coffee with Pie or Cake, 10 Cta.
Firtt-Claae Meale, IS Ctt.
FISH MARKET.
Seattle
I
ntBt
way bevond intelligent human mm- ord3 separately. A bond in the sum
orehpn.iion. Tli hmmn min.i .Wcn'f of tnree thousand dollars will be re-
ri, ii ;n quired to insure the faithful perform
, ' " ""'I ance.of the contract. The right is
7. leuni.- reserved to reject any or all bids.
77 Ninth St., near Bond
Fresh and Salted Fish.
Game and Pnnlirtr
for Groceries, Produce andFrnit
iuijjuucu tiuu iomestic
Uoods.
P. Bakotitch & Feo, Proprs.
fMne Red 2183
Youncc & Baker
PLUMBERS
TINNERS
Steam and Gas Fitting
All Work Guaranteed. 126 Eighth
Street, opp. Post Office. Phone Main
4061.
LAUNDRIES.
Those Pleated Bosom Shirts
The kind known by dressy men ia
the summer, are difficult article
launder nicely. Unless vou kno ln.
how to do it, the front pleats won't
iron down smooth, and the shirt
front will look mussv. Our M.-
Press Ironer irons them without
rolling or stretching, Try it.
TROY LAUNDRY,
Tenth and Duane. Phone Miln 1001
Logical.
The man wearing a "deaf and dumb"
placard stood before the judge.
"Your honor," he said, "I do not
wish to take undue technical advan
tage. I do not claim to be without
hearing or speech. The words 'deaf
nnd dumb,' without qualification, are
words and nothing more. Supposing
I had woni a number on a tag? Would
that have made me guilty of asserting
myself a dog or an automobile?
"Moreover, your honor, a man may
be deaf aud dumb constructively!
That's my status during business
hours."
"Your reasoning Is excellent," re
sponded the court, "and, though I sond
you to jail for thirty days, you are not
to lie deprived of the right to consider
yourself constructively free." Phila
delphia Ledger.
Subscribe to the Morning Astorian.
He Bo-jght the Bell.
"Got any cow bells?" inquired a
country looking man of a clerk In a
hardware store.
"Yes. sir. Step this way." replied
the young man.
The farmer picked up the largest he
'ould find and said, "Have you no
larger than this?"
"No. sir. The largest ones are ali
sold."
The farmer, on hearing this, turned
TUB Star
I pipe
is erecting a plant at
PORTLAND, OREGON
for the manufacture of their
world famous
PORTABLE WELL
DEALING MACHINES
for -vater, oil, gas, etc., etc,
A moderate amount of
money will start you in
a profitable business.
STAR PORTABLE
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have been proved by
Competitive Tests to bo
The Best In The World:
For full particulars regard
ing well drilling machines,
tools, supplies, etc., write to
THE STAR DRILLING MACHINE CO.
PORTLAND, OREGON,
or '!
AKRON, OHIO.
A. T. DERBY.
County Judge of Hood River County.
j MISCELLANEOUS.
Smith's Special
Delivery
EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE
Leave Orders at Star Cigar Store.
Phone Black 2383
Res. Phone Red 2276.
Stand Corner 11th an Commercial.
Plate Racks, Wall Pockets,!
Music Racks, Clock Shelves
! Just inbee us
i
! Hildebrand & Gor
Old Bee Hive Bldg.
SCHOOLS AND'COLLEGES
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.
8UUSEB SESSION
P"n Id Biology. Cbumirtr, IdnMtlon. Enitlih
UttbenutiAe, Phydo Full wm oi rArtrnlSS'
f PRCS A gooniu ril t aTS"
business: colleoe
.."-ninuiuri AND TENTH STRUTS
PORTLAND, OREGON
WRITE FOR r.flTAlAr
Th School fhat'PlaCM Tan i n nnM T.iu
You want the best money can buv in fn,wl. plnH,io- i .
pleasures, etc., why not in education?
j EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.
; J.F.NOWLEN
'Real Estate and Employment Office
j 473 Commercial St., Phone
; Have fine list of Astoria and coun-
, try property. All classes of labor
Portland's T.p.Tilinr nnoinnc. rv.n..
oHcrs sch to you and . at no greater cost than an inforinr .,i,nni'
Owners practical teachers More CalU thnn , mi
Teachers actual business men In session the ..,tir- v.., '
Positions guaranteed graduates Catalog "A" tn.
M. WALKER, Pres. ' n a n, .
furnished.
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