TUESDAY, AUGUST 4
.6
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON.
Matchmaker
By MARTHA C. SANFORD.
Copyrighted, 1908. by Associated
Utenry rrvss.
Katherlue opened her eyes with a
tart and looked over the edge of the
hammock. Below her on the green
relvety grass sat a two-year-old baby,
wrinkling up his chubby face and let
ting out little gurgles of laughter.
"Oh, I know your joke, young man,"
the laughed back at him. "You kiss
ed Katha, didn't you, and woke her
opt Now, come here, you rogue, and
I'll pay you back In your own precious
win." ,
Without any pretense of denial or
defense, young Reginald allowed him
elf to be gathered up Into a shape
less, dimpled mass, squeezed, shaken
out and spanked. Suddenly, waiving
the conventionality of announcement
a man Interrupted this glorious game
of retribution. In a flash Reginald
turned state's evidence.
"Man say-kiss Katha," he said,
pointing au accusing finger at the ap
proaching interloper.
"Why, no, Reginald," Katherlne re
monstrated hastily, "man didn't Bay
anything of the kind."
"Kiss Katha-man," transposed Reg
inald, with conviction.
At this Katherlne sat up straight
and forbidding.
"Mr. Kingsley," she began, and her
tone was very chilling, "will you be
good enough to carry Reginald Into
the house and then come back again?
I have something to say to you."
"Sure, Katherlne." asserted Jack
Kingsley, his natural light hearted
ness quite unabashed at the hint of
an impending reprimand. "I'll be
back so soon you'll never miss me,"
When Jack returned Katherlne still
tat in the hammock, her spirits as
visibly crushed as her filmy summer
frock.
"I wouldn't have believed it of you,
Jack," she said disconsolately.
"Believed what Katherlne ?"
"That you'd do what the baby said."
"Kiss you?" he asked bluntly.
"Take such an advantage of me
kiss me when I was asleep," differen
tiated Katherlne Ingenuously.
"But I didn't"
Katherlne looked at him searching-
ir
"But Reginald said"-
"I realize." Interrupted Jack, with
good na tared sarcasm, "that compared
with whatever that two-year-old prodi
gy may aay any words of mine"
"Just the same," broke in Katherlne,
"It wouldn't be the first time that
"WHEN shall we tell THE OTHEBS? " HE
ASKED SOFTLY.
truth has come out of the mouth of
babes."
Jack laughed appreciatively, but
Katherlne maintained an Injured si
lence. "It couldn't have been the baby," she
announced at length, as if thinking
aloud. "lie isn't tall enough. But
I'm determined to find out who it
was."
"What will you do to him," asked
Jack "punish him as you did the
baby?"
Katherine very properly ignored the
suggestion, but Jack was undaunted.
"You're sure it was a man?" he
asked nonchalantly.
"Why, of course it was!" Cashed
Katherlne scornfully. "Who else
would"-
"Exactly," Jack agreed. "Who else
would?"
Katherlne made a desperate effort to
keep' back the tears of vexation and
succeeded to a very commendable de
gree. One or two. however, refused
to be kept within bounds. She made
a quick little dab at them with her
handkerchief, hoping Jack did not no
tice. "Tell me all about it," be urged
sympathetically. "You haven't given
me a very definite idea of what really
happened yet."
"Oh, I w;as asleep in the hammock."
explained Katherine, as if the details
bored her, which they did not, "and
woke up suddenly. Some one had
kissed me. I thought it was the baby
-the villain!"
"Reginald a villain!" exclaimed Jack,
with feigned astonishment.
"You know whom I mean," answer
ed Katherlne. unresponsive to any un
roof In the situation.
"No, really I don't Whom do you
, mean?"
I "The person who kissed me," Katby
erlne replied, blushing over the una
, voidable baldness of the admission.
"Oh!" commented Jack placidly
! "Well, granted it was a man, would
you recogulze It a second time that
i Is, It you had your eyes closed and
the same man kissed you again, could
I you Identify the kiss, do you think?"
I "How perfectly horrid of you to
! suggest such a thing!" accused Kath
erlne. "You don't consider my reel
ings in the least. Just like you bru
tal, cold blooded lawyers. You can't
be human If you try."
In spite of his effort at control the be
rated young attorney burst out laugh
lng. It was a most unfortunate thing
for him to have doue, for Immediately
Katherine buried her face In the ham
mock cushions and began sobbing con
vulsively. Jack watched her perplexedly. She
looked very appealing lu her graceful
slendemess. He could think of only
one thing to doand he did It.
Katherlne was on her feet In an In
stant, her cheeks tear stained and
flushed with Indignation.
"So it was you the first time after
all. Jack Kingsley!" she exclaimed. "I
think you're too contemptible for
words. You're a thief and nnnd you
don't tell the truth, and"-
"Not so fast, not so fast," begged
Jack gently. "I really wasn't the first
one, Katherlne, upon my honor,
but"-
"Well, what in Cupid's name are
you two quarreling about?" called
Bill Ilemlng from the near back
ground. "Can't an unmarried man
pardon me, I should have said an in
eligible man-finJ one undisturbed
spot in this hymyuoal garden? Just
passed two other lovers down the
path who seemed to I a bit out of
tune. It must be the weather."
"I assure you the weather has noth
ing to do with It, Mr. nemlng." nu
swered Katherlne haughtily.
"She's risht. Rill," assented Jack
genially. "The cause of our seeming
disagreement is purely"
"Imaginary," Interrupted Katherlne.
with such manifest alarm that both
men laughed heartily.
But In spite of this little diversion
the ' conversation dragged along apa
thetically, and Bill at length gave up
his attempts to mend the situation.
"Well," he said, yawning ostent
tlously, "guess I'll go in and pin
with the Infant, ne's nearer my levil
than you self absorbed grownups. By
the way. Miss Katherlne, how did yon
like our little joker
"Whose what; little Joker demand
ed Katherine apprehensively.
"Reginald's and mine, of course. We
watched you asleep for awhile; then
we thought It would be great fun to
wake you up. So we kissed yon."
"Mr. Hemlng!" gasped Katherlne.
"You don't mean to say that you"
"Bless you. no, my dear. I Just
helped Reginald."
"But what what did you run away
for?" Katherine pursued inquiringly.
"Oh. that's a little habit of mine.
Miss Katherlne." was Homing's cabal
istic reply as. musing, he walked to
wn r! the house.
"Queer old duffer, isn't he?" com
mented Jack by way of giving Kath
erine time for a bit of mental read
justment. "The rest of the house party call him
Bill the Matchmaker,' " she remarked.
Her manner was wholly Impersonal.
"I don't wonder," Jack assented.
There was an awkward little si
lence. "Jack."
"What Is It, Katherlne?"
"What were you going to tell him
was the cause of our our quarrel?"
I started to say the cause was pure
ly osculatory."
"Jack!"
"Well, wasn't It? Tell me, Kather
ine, were you really awfully angry
with me?"
Katherine nodded. "For two rea
sons." she said, with emphasis, "one
because I thought you had been the
first one who kissed me and that you
had lied about it."
"And the second?"
"Because If you weren't the first I
I was sorry you bad not been, Jack."
For several seconds there was tin
ruflled quiet in the "hymeneal gar
den." Then Jack broke the serenity
with a question.
"When shall we tell the others?" he
asked softly.
"Oh, not for days and days," de
clared Katherine jealously. "It's such
fun to have a secret."
But Inside the house, without wait
ing for authority, a two-year-old baby
was babbling to the admiring group
gathered about him.
"Man say kiss Katha. Kiss Katha
man." And all smfled comprehen
sively. The Girl Graduate.
Did you ever have a girl graduate
from the high school out of your fnm
liy? If so, you know what it Is, but If
you have not you have missed about
all that Is worth anything in life.
There is nothing like it. The happi
ness, the satisfaction, the success thnl;
has come is worth many times the
money and effort put forth. What Is
the finest product of America? Secre
tary Loeb insists it Is rabbits, Carnegie
stands for libraries, Mrs. Hetty Green
considers it ready money, while Secre
tary of Agriculture Wilson crows over
the American hen. They are all wrong.
It's the girl graduate. As Daniel WJ:
ster remarked of Massachusetts: "Gen
tlemen, she needs no apology. There
she stands!" For years father hafs
poured out his monev in burins tier
frocks and laces a lid hats, In plying
Tor her chemistry aud music and chew
lug gum. Mother has spent years of
her life In teaching her morality, truth,
the catechism and tho proper way to
do up her hair. And they feel that
she's worth all the trouble and care
and money she has cost Lawrence
Journal. , sJ,.-uf-n,
WORKED WHILE ASLEEP.
Curious Incident In the Carr of
Novelist Crookstt.
S. R. Crockett the novelist, told a
rather remarkable story or an luclilent
that befell him In his early writing
days, before fame and fortune had
come to him and while he struggled
on for a living. At that time he was
obliged to write for very small sums
Indeed, and among the publications to
which be contributed columns and half
columns was the St. James' Gasetto.
a Londou penny evening newspaper.
One morning the postmau brought to
Mr. Crockett a letter from tho editor
of the St James' Gasette containing
a small check as payuiont for a con
tribution. Mr. Crockett knew that
nothing was due to him, that he had
been paid for all his articles, a ml-remarked
man ho did the check up In
an explanatory note and returned It to
the editor.
Tho next day back came the check
from the editor remarkable man
wlth a note saying It was due. The
St James' Gazette, had published an
article from the pen of Mr. Crockett
which had not been paid for: hence
the check. Again Mr. Crockett-remarkable
man returned the check,
and still the remarkable editor refor
warded It, this time with the article
cut out of the columns of the St
James' Gazette.
Now comes the curious feature of
the Incident. When Mr. Crockett clap
ped eyes on the article, he was aston
ished to "find It one of bis dreams
materialized. One night, going to bed
extra tired, he dreamed that a good
Idea for a St. James' Gazette column
had occurred to hltn: that he then aud
there sat down, wrote It and posted It.
Nexf morning he remembered his
dream and made up his mind some
day to write the article exactly as he
dreamed he had written It, when, to
his astonishment came article aud
check from the newspaper. Few writ
ers earn checks while asleep.
A Good Definition.
A foreign journal says that a small
boy who bad been playing nearly all
day with a newly arrived acquaintance
of the family, a gentleman who bad
nearly reached bis fiftieth year, said to
his father when the gentleman had
gone away:
"When cUl that young man come
again?"
"Young tnan!" exclaimed the father.
"He's older than I am! Will you
please tell, me whnt 'a young mar'
means to you?"
"Why. a young man." answered the
boy "a young man Is one that has a
good time!"
Poor Paps!
"I am not at all certain." said the
father, "that my daughter loves yon
sufficiently to warrant me In intrnt
lng her to your keeping for life."
"Well." replied the young man. "per
haps you haven't had the same advan
tages for observing things that I have."
Very Littla Jar.
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