The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, July 18, 1908, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1909J raulein By FRANK H. SWEET. Copyright, 1908, by Frank H. Sweet. w J -Ach, no. 'IIEN the two so fouJ lovers were made, quick into fairies' land by the beautlfool white swan," concluded the tale told the children by the little German governess. "It'e a pretty story," said Delia, "but not as nice as the one about the little wooden shoes, Is It, Joe?' "Tee," disagreed Joe, "better. The wooden shoe one chops off in the mid dle and doesn't end." "But it might end some time, mightn't It, frauleln?- Delia question ed earnestly. "Aon, no not until floats back the one shoe that was not more seen by the boy and girl playmates." Frauleln WUma Kraft Vas not lack adaisical Her eyes were a cheerful bine and looked philosophically upon life as she found it; her face was like a round, ptnkiy ripened peach, and her whole some mouth had no pathetic tendencies; her waist was plump enough to dis credit any sug gestion, of plu ins, yet it Beem ed as if the buckle of the belt fitting so trimly around it, creaked faintly about as much as the extra train of a sigh might occasion. "I wish I had been the girl to go paddling barefoot in the rushes in the edge of the lake." Delia looked with discontented eyes upon the fine kid that held in her rebellious toes. "What do yon think became of the shoe that floated away, frauleln?' "Ah, who could say thatr "Well, I wish 1 could see a wooden ahoe I never did," Delia mourned, with a dismally defrauded expression that turned f rauleln's heart to wax. - Tomorrow iss the Saturday's holi day," she reminded. "Come you up to mein brutter's bouse once ask the motterkln there haf I the one little shoe that the girl safed yet" "Goodyr rejoiced Delia. "Mommy won't care. How did yon get the shoe, frauleln ?' "Ask me not some questions and 1 tell you not some fips," said frauleln, laughing and springing suddenly up. "I must now absent me." Going down the granite walk of the Stanhope grounds, Frauleln Wllma passed Miss Aa relia's new mu sic teacher in the shadow of the winged grif fin that snarled above the gate way. He was large, the pro fessor, and rud dy cheeked; hl3 hair, the color of a fresh pine shaving, hung straight to his ears and then curled under; his eyes shone amiably down under big round glasses. Kindly Profess or Yost could scarcely pass by a cow In un friendly silence, much less a little rosy frauleln la the employ of his own patrons. A respectful "Gute efening" in broad, mellow German tones reach ed her sociable souL "Gute efftnlng," she responded, with a quaintly distant courtesy, and went her way, dreaming absently of red clover patches and strong, shapely tree3 and tranquilly flowing water brooks, all because of the ruddy German with bis mellow greeting. Frau Lena Kraft scolded loudly about the prospective invasion of the Stanhope children on the next day. "Scbildren cooming on the Saturday alretty," she protested shrilly. 'They will the cleaning hlnter and some mud MB Ik The wooden shoe. "(Jute efening." dared atormy. Herman, the Blow, tranquil husband and brother, smoked his long stemmed pipe in unconcerned silence through Lena's brawlings, but occasionally tie opened bia mouth briefly and quenched her. "Vat you make, Lena) Let the ohil dren 00010,'' ho said comfortably ou this occasion. And Lena submitted, though with much wasplike scolding and butrin.?. to which Herman pnld as little at'e-:-tlon as fo the rattling of a dry benn pod. The birds among the trees In the quaint old Dutch yard of the Krafts opened their Saturday moruhig rehears-" als unusually early iu response to tl:e sound of Frau Kraft's swishing, splash ing, brooming and mopping begun In the rosy gray dawn, and the fraulelu'a faithfully burnished tinware flashed broken javelins to the rising sun. The good frau was still searching for tin drenched corners and Wilma busy fry ing big round apple butter doughnuts when the young Stanhopes raced n the freshly reddened brick walk edged with blue flag clumps and a fringe of lad's love. A dark presage of tracks, together with Wllma's desertion of the dough nuts to show the children the wooden shoe. set Lena buzzing like a red wasp. When the fat little sabot, with Its odd, curved toe and wide, flat heel, had been returned to the inner circle of Wllma's trunk and Joe and Del la were hover ing dangerously close to the pink knots of the sa c r e d oleander. Lena fell upon frauleln. "Ach, hlmiuel!" she scolded. "The house we must to the schUdren glf yet yess. Some tracks they make ant the blumen break vat you care? Now. yust make on your ponnet once ant make dose schildren home yess." Frauleln found no hardship in com pliance. Better the smell of dew wet eartft than that of boiling lard; more congenial a crisp morning walk be tween strips of spangled grass than the monotonous forming of knobby fried cakes and the tireless refrain of Lena's pungent tongue. The children skipped happily beside their little plump governess along the sleepy bystreet which ran suddenly out into the wide avenue where rose the griffin guarded gate. From the opposite side came Professor lost beaming rosily, his Bieek. pine shaving bued hair gleaming with the vigor of ts recent brushing. "Guten morgen." he greeted r.s the four reached the shadow of the griffin. "Guten morgen," fraulein responded sedately, retreating gently. "Guteby. schildren. I must absent me." The professor's eyes beamed com- mendlngly after the fresh, starchy Li e calico of fraulein's disappearing hpusa wrapper. "Vas 1st the little fraulein's name yet?" he asked the children, who went hoppingbefore him like robins. "WllmtfKraft,"Dellarep!ied. "She's"- "Vas?" The professor was standing stock still on the stone walk with his mouth open. "Vere lif she at, hey?" "In the peaky little house down the next street that looks like mamma's Swiss music box. It's got little bits of window panes, with big red oleanders standing in front And there's candle sticks and blue plates in a long row on the shelf, and frauleln has a wooden shoe in her trunk" "Wooten shoe?" the professor re peated. "Yes, a stumpy little Dutch wooden shoe," Delia babbled on. "She told us a story about it A German boy and a German girl used to play together be side a lake and sail the girl's wooden shoes for boats, and once one shoe floated away, and they couldn't tell where it went. They paddled and pad dled In the edge of the water in their bare feet and HELP WANTED WANTED TWO MESSENGER boy$, Apply Western Union. 7-4-tf WANTED A .HOUSE GIRL; $25 per month, Enquire at HocflerY 7-1-tf U.TED-. GOOD GIRL FOR general housework; four in family; Ami still she was u human little' per son, with warm blood aud an Inher itance of teutlnicut throbbing deep In her sensible bosom. She was glad wheu the upple butter cakes in their knobby rotundity and the sheets of cinnamon sprinkled coTee kuchoa for the Sunday breakfast wre set away, la company with Leua'a feather bed, like loaves of bread, and sho could sit near the greeu paper shaded window in tho sitting room and see the oleanders and darn in peace. Over the plump pink lingers of her Inft hnnit mhn iliva n liti? vnrn atwb nttit set to weavlmt a blue latticework i no hn or ironing; must be good across tho grinning hole, wondering In cook; wages $.'5. Apply at office of a patiently tranquil way if there might the Morning Astorian. 7-17-3t ever bo a loophole of escape for her i from Lena's perpetual driving and ?2.00 STARTS A FINE LOCAL scolding. Her brother Herman had one time glvcu her the practical counsel: "You shouldt get married once." And Otto Boppert, the prosperous bar ber on the next block, stood ready to assist her In carrying out the sugges tion. Frauleln was studying nbont FOR SALE-A 100-PIECE SET OF Otto now. Otto was short but very u -i, r . i- wide. Ills hands were fat and moist ' . 1Iav' !U,d CTh,na: ,n Pfect condi and always smelted of coeoanut oil ,K,n' chP- Inlu,r at thc McCrw soap. His face was red aud glistening, 1'rd studio, 7-lS-tf ma t Via fin.l lnf Inafr luwn .ItmAul fr,ml " 11 mmm the lard kettle. He laughed in a pufTy i 'im'-vwm "nns.uu6 ura- way, which gave the impression that j wmer, i nan price; aiso ugnt onv he was stuffed full of feathers, and he ' ing team, buggy and harness; to never seemed to think about much be- gether or separately. C. E. Barney, sides customers and eatings. Maybo with Warren Packing Co.. Aitorla. some time she would not mind those i . things, but now, Just after meeting FOS SUIT. Professor Yost Again Wllma's belt buckle creaked. F0R RENT - FURNISHED Presently a good round knock at the houekeepmg and single rooms. 677 entry door roared Its way through the Exchange street. 7-12-6t faint spattering sounds from the kltch- FOR RENT-FURNISHED HOUSE en, where Una was scouring the flour ; kccpil, room, Enmiire 224 14th CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PROFESSIONAL CARD). ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW CHARLES H. ABERCROMBIE Attorney-at-Law City Attorney Offices: City Hall business, daily profits $5 to $10; par ticulars free; write today, B. F, Loci Co., Des Moines, la." FOS SALS. JOHN C. McCUE Attuney-at-Law Deputy District Attorney Fige Building Siiie 4 UNDIKTAUBJ. J. A, UIM1AUUII CO., Undertake and ICiiilmhno'rs. xK?rli)e-d Lndy AsslHtunt Wlivii IMrel. .ff HOWARD M. BROWNELL Attorney-at-Law Office with Mr. J. A. Eakin. at 420 Commercal St., Astoria. OSTEOPATHS. street, between Franklin change. and Ex-7-17-6t barrel and slop pall. "Pettlers," thought frauleln, going tranquilly on with her blue weftage as Lena's flat shoes slapped belligerently re,t TWO NICELY FUR- f0iri dr onono.1 sh heard the ' nishe rooms with nt wter' fresh, wholesome voice of the "Guten corner 11th andBond. morgen." "uggsKoose k tne rrauiein Wllma Kraft llf heer yet" "Ach, Jn," Lena's shrill tones re- 7-12-61 FOR RENT-FURNISHED AND unfurnished rooms; electric light and water. 454 Bond cor. 10th. 30-tf. MISCELLANEOUS. weight about 1250 pounds; not over 8 years old; must be good driver and gentle, also city broke. Address As- 6-9-tf, sailed out on a raft to find it. and they could not The girl cried b e c a u s she was afraid her papa would not buy her any more shoes, and she kept the onef shoe to remind wi ho paun flnnpa mfllrp'' Each Saturday it was the good frau's j r what a nlce practice to so scrub and scour andtIme Bne na(1 splash and sluice the cottage that it j PlaJ'lD8 vlth tne was surprising there was a sliver of i 0 y or ber woodwork left about it And Wllma PaI,a aDd mam' was not excused from sharing the ma moved away. hnnootinifi taaka and she never in the face of ! saw hlm !?aIn. the fact that she !but she never for8ot hlm Wny Pr- fessor, where are you running off to.' sponded. "You should valk iu, ouce. And into the sitting room walked Pro fessor Yost, broad, ruddy and smiling cheerfully. He carried a small parcel wrapped In brown paper, which he ,VA VTrrLTri none. nrvwiW sllentlv to unroll. Then he n "vjvjc, held out upon bis broad palm a little wooden shoe. Wllma" he retreated from the pit falls of his acquired English to the old, torian office deep music of the tongue of his fathers "dost thou re member Wendo len Yost thy playmate, the boy who sailed with thee the lit tle wooden shoes upon the lake? Yes? And the OLGA one mue snoe that sailed away DR. RHODA C. HICKS Osteopath Office Manscil Bldg. Phone Black 2065 573 Commercial St. Astoria. Ore. DENTISTS DR. VAUGHAN Dentlat Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon DR. W. C LOGAN Dentist Commercial St. Shanahin Bldg, TEETH Without PaUt. HOUSE MOVERS. FREDRICKSON BROS.-We make a specialty of house moving, car penters, contractors, general jobbing; prompt attention to all orders. Cor ner Tenth and Duane streets. MASSAGE. KANTONEN, FINNISH masseuse and steam baths, room 6, and was lost? py'bian Bldg., Commercial St., As Rnt nn mtio torian. Ore. Q playmate; it was j "It teas not lost." not lost It float ed to the island and caught fast in the reeds, and one day after the girl playmate was gone the boy found it there and tender ly carried it ashore. And the boy kept it for love of his girl playmate the j pretty little wooden shoe. Now, see, my Wllma, if I speak not the truth, for ; hara la thn rrfrl's nnmn rarvwl ntn the little sole-'Wllma Kraff-and the date Leave Orien at Star Cigar Store. the boy found it in the reeds. He carv- Phone Black 2383 ed them so. Hast thou been waiting Res. Phone Red 2276. these years, little Wllma. for thy play-, Stand Corner 11th ani Commercial. mate lover? Let us wait no longer, my beloved. We have found each other." MISCELLANEOUS. Smith's Special Delivery EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE Plate Racks, Wall Pockets, Music Racks, Clock Shelves Just in See us Hildebrand & Gor A Piute Indian Myth. The Piute Indian myth of the sun. moon and stars is as crudely anthropo morphic as can be found In any sav age belief. The moon is the sun's w4a rri.. offl fa aiA til a fh f Mran When be appears the children skedad- UJa -Bee Hive Jjlag. die. They live in terror of him. He eats them when be can catch them. His stomach the only part of him one can see Is stuffed with stars. When he goes to bed the children emerge again from their hiding places in the blue. The moon is fond of ber chil dren, who smile as she moves among them. Every month she goes Into mourning because her cannibal bus band has eaten one of them. Tho Piute Mi . 1 "Vaer paid her board to her brother V LlM" Lena was a thrifty soul and 1 a driving one. "She pay fife to liar efery week?- That make no differ ent," would Le na asseverate. "She will scour the tin ant the coffee kuchen bake ant make tbf socks mended," So -Wllma's opportunity for retro spect or day dream was narrowed to the darning hour, and even tnar Lena's sharp tongue oftentimes ren- "Vat yuu make, Lena?' Weren't you going to give Reelle hc?r music lesson?" The visit of the young Stanhopes and the delayed frying of the doughnuts soured Lena for the day. She scolded Wilma roundly for both happenings and made a clean Job while she was about it by berating her for all the shortcomings she could rake out of the dim past and saddle upon the plump shoulders of her sister-in-law. Patiently the fraulein bore the stings and arrows of her relative's tongue. Lena was much the elder, and Wllma seldom talked back. With serene fore head and blue, unclouded eyes she trot ted about at ber task amid a whirlwind of shrill reproach and blunt sarcasm. In her sturdy German mechanism there Was no Dlaco fnr h.vrirWI nrrB. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. J. F. 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