THE MORNING ASTOHIAK, ASTORIA, OREGON.
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1908.
A Crossed Trail
I
By CLARISSA MACKIE.
Copyrighted, IMS, by Awoclated
. Literary Press. ,
Pink Luscom rode out of the corral
with Black rein and drooping head.
Care sat upon bis broad shoulders and
dulled the genial light lu his gray
eye. Cnmmlngs, seated on the door
tep of the bunk house, hooted de
risively at bla mate.
"Yon look like you was goto' a-court-ln'.
Pink," he grinned.
Luscom turned a scowling brow as
he slapped the rawboned sorrel with a
bronzed hand.
"Drop It!" he growled crustily. ,
The sorrel struck a long, swinging
gait, and presently horse and rider
disappeared beyond a rise of ground,
only to reappear In gradually diminish
ing perspective until suddenly they
vanished altogether.
"What's the matter with Plnkr
asked Rozzy Jones in constrained tones
from within the bunk house. "lie looks
like trouble has got him good and
plenty."
Cnmmlngs clasped his hands about
his knees and rocked to and fro In
an ecstasy of delight
"He's going to see the Wldder Todd."
he chuckled.
Jones rushed to the door with razor
In one hand and a lank cheek lathered
from brow to chin. "The Wldder
Todd!" he gasped. "Why, what's be
goin to see her forr
"He don't know she sent for him
this mornin'," returned Cummings
mirthfully. "1 expect Pink overreached
himself t'other night at the dance. Miss
Hennie Porter, "she wouldn't look at
Pink all the evenln'. She was dancln'
and fllrtin' with a long cheeked, flap
eared jackass, and poor Pink he set up
to the Wldder Todd and courted her
most particular all the evenln' with
one eye on Miss Hennie and you, and
I reckon that he said some serious
thing to the wldder kinder absent
like," "Wldder Todd wouldn't look at Pink
Luscom!" snorted Jones irritably.
"Seems like she looked at him con
siderable t'other night and enjoyed it
sufficient to send for him this morn
to," drawled Cnmmlngs.
Jones disappeared, and there was the
sound of vigorous and renewed scrap
ing of his leathern cheek. Doc Cum-
rr SAT, EOZZT, YOU AIN'T BOBE ABOUT THE
WIDDEK ?"
mings chewed the stem of his pipe re
flectively. Presently he craned a cu
rious head toward the Interior of the
house. "See here, Romeo, if there's
anything I can do to help you just
you sing out. Shall I eat-?h up a hasi
for you?"
"Shut up!" retorted Jones in a stran
gled tone.
"Them there white winged collars is
bad for the voice, Rozzy. You sound
like you was nhokin'. I reckon you'll
wear that baby blue crisscross neck
tie you bought at Widder Todd's store.
I hear that baby blue is Miss Hen
nie's fav'rite color!"
There was no.ivwonse from within.
SHE'S At QUEEN
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and presently Jones, ntttred as gor
geously as Pluk Luscom had been a
half hour ago, strode haughtily past
the man. ou the doorstep aud luta the
corral, where he proceeded to catch a
mount In a trice he came tearing
through the gate on fiery little black
mare, his long legs dangling In close
proximity to the burned grass.
He, too, slret a resentful scowl to
ward the jeering man on the doorstep,
and then he disappeared over the rise
of ground, his dark figure silhouetted
against the copper glory of the even
ing sky.
"There's Wldder Todd a-aettln
great store by Rozzy and as mad as a
wet hen at him. So she's makln' up
to Pink, who's dippy about Miss Heu
nle. Miss Hennie. she's mad at rink,
and so she flirts desperate with Rozzy,
who's made at the widder. And they're
all mad and jenl6us of one another,
and if somebody don't shake 'em up
there's bound to be some more mis
mated marriages In Seven Forks. O
Lordy!" Cuuimlngs filled his pipe and
lounger over to the cook bouse and
Joined a social group about the fire.
Rozzy Jones did not look at the cop
per glory of the sunset. With moody
eyes fixed on the well worn trail, he
uoted reluctantly the diminishing
miles that lay between him and the
crossroads. Here. Instead of purau
Ing his customary course toward tho
town and the domicile of the fascinat
ing widow, he must turn to the light
ind take the cross trail to Porter's.
where Miss Hennie awaited him and
would appear to be disappointed, after
ill, when he did come.
There had been several calls such as
this one was destined to be, and he
frankly confessed to himself that Miss
Hennie bored him. Now, the widow!
Jones swore softly and dug a spurred
heel into the little mare's flank. There
was an onward rush, and he came
upon the crossroads with a scatter of
loose gravel aud flying hoofs.
Seated on the back of a rawboned
sorrel was Pink Luscom. Ills very at
titude suggested Indecision. The sor
rel's head was turned toward the town,
while Pink's gray eyes gazed wistfully
up the cross trail which led to Porter's.
His frown deepened as Jones drew hl3
horse to a standstill and glared aggres
sively at him.
Jones broke the silence at last
" Tears like you'd lost the trail!" be
sneered, beading bis beast up the cross
tralL
Pink winced. A dark red settled
down over his bronzed face.
"I reckon I can find It without any
help from you," he drawled.
"I ain't seen you try In' to do It!"
cried Jones tantalizingly.
"Mebbe I don't want to. The trail to
Seven Forks ain't a bad one."
"Ton don't seem In no hurry to take
It!" snapped Jones.
Luscom's hand sought his hip. "I
reckon we might as well have It out
now," be said calmly. .
"I'd be olum glad to oblige you!"
Jones had whipped out a weapon and j
wheeled his horse about. !
"I'd like to shake first Rozzy," said
Luscom gravely, holding out a big
brown paw.
Jones grasped It eagerly. "We've
been good friends up to now, Pink," he
said regretfully, "and I'm sorry It's
come to this, but wnen two reuers
cross each other's trail, why" He j
paused and looked past his rival to-
ward the town.
Luscom was stating at him furious
ly, and then a strange light broke over
his good looking face.
, l nay, liiM&zy, jruu uiu i cure nuuui
the widder?"
"What do you think?" Jones stared
defiantly at the other man. "Miss Hen
nie, she's all right But she and me
don't set no great store by each other.
She says come, and the widder says
go, so there ain't nothln' for a feller
to do."
Luscom was lighting a cigarette with
trembling fingers,
"There's only one j
thing to do, Rozzy Jones," he said sol
emnly. "Just don't cross my trail, and j
won't eross yours. The wldder, she 1
don't want to talk about nothln' but
Rozzy, while Miss Hennie .and me I
uster hit it off first rate, and I reckon j
if you'll just move aside I'll pike along '
up to Porter's." i
Jones grinned happily as they passed j
one another, and Just as each dlsap-;
peared In a cloud of dust along his j
own particular trail two brown hands j
were waved in friendly farewell. I
DEVELOP
THE
BUST
SHE'SIA SIREN
St New: Yor!t
Whvu ho heard the new Dock Cum
mlngs waved a deprecating hand.
"What else could you expect from
fellers what wore white wing collars
and crisscross baby blue neckties?" he
asked.
All He Lickid.
A pitcher belonging to a professional
baseball club, who thought he was not
getting his share of the Hmollgbt of
publicity, wont one day to the captain
and manager to make his "kick." Ho
ing of a somewhat choleric disposition,
which hiul got him Into trouble more
than once, he spoke with feeling,
"Cap," he said, "you're not giving me
a square deal, aud you know It"
"What's the matter. Bill?"
"You know what's the matter, cap.
I haven't been lu tho box for tbre
weeks. You know 1 can play ball. I've
got every outcurve, Inshoot, upshoot
and drop there Is lu the business. I've
got everything that any other pitcher
has. I can put on speed, and I eno
send "em lu slow. I can get 'em right
over the plate every time I want to.
Haven't I got as good control of the
ball as any fellow you know of?"
"Yes. Bill." said the captain, "you
have. When you get as good control of
your temper as you have of the ball
I'll use you, all right Don't you be un
easy about thnt. Bill."
Bill went away deep In thought ond
It was not very long after that conver
sation that he "got tuto the game"
again. Youth's Companion.
Two Ugly Snskt.
These two snakes, the hamadryad
and the cobra. fnuse the great annual
death roll of India from snake bite,
about 22,000 people last year. One rea
son for this great death roll Is that
Hindoos and Buddhists will not kill
the snakes, as it Is against their reli
gion to take life. The cobra will go
away from you usually, except In the
nesting season, ond then he will attack
you on sight If you disturb him or his
mate. It Is at this time that so ninny
deaths take place among the Malays
and Siamese, as It Is coincident with
the rice planting season, and the peas
ants are busily at work lu the rice
fields. The cobra will bite under wa
ter, and many people are bitten on the
foot or heel while planting rice. Death
usually takes place In an hour or less.
I have known a large buffalo to bo
bitten and die in fifteen minutes, tt
must have been bitten directly In a
vein.
In the Malay peninsula and In Slam
no one ever walks abroad after dark
without a lamp or torch, as It prove
almost sucldal to do so, -Medical Jour
nal.
Up to Data. 1
"now'd you get here, o'd man?"
"In my airship."
"Road good?"
"Cloudy." -Puck.
Leva's Young Drum.
Another case of the bad boy rudely
Interrupting love's young dream. A;
Malate girl and her Romeo sat in close .
proximity on the couch In the draw-
ing room lost to the world. They were
brought back from Eden by her Uttle
brother, who, like many of his kind,
makes It a
wrong time,
practice to butt In at the
He walked into the room,
planted himself In front of the young
"Was you ever tied to a fish liner
"I certainly was not." was the reply.
"trnll" ronnn,l,wl tho hmr "T hiM
pa tell ma last night that you'd make
a good slnker."-Manila Gossip.
At to CuoUtioni.
How many persons can unhesitating
ly name the source of the familiar
quotations? Many a man goes through
life without reading a single play of
Shakespeare, but probably no English
speaking man goes jthrough life with
out quoting him. If he sneers at "a
woman's reason," he quotes Shake
speare; if he refers to "a trick worth
two of that." he quotes Shakespeare
Ignln.
Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer"
Is not a popular work, but one line of
it "Ask me- no questions, and I will
tell you no lies" is known and used by
everybody.
Made Him a Songster.
i Mr. Stubb (In astonishment) Gra-
clous. Maria' That tramp has been
j singing in the back yard for the last
i hour. Mr. Slubb-Yes; John, it is all
my fault. Mr. Stubb-Your fault? Mrs.
Stubb-lndeed It Is. I thought I was
giving him a dish of boiled oatmeal,
and instead of that I boiled up the
bird seed by mistake. Chicago News.
Wisdom Is knowledge, sound Judg
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Kidney Cure will cure. It never dis-'
appoints, T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug"
Store. i
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