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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST. 8 Saving Jimmie. By LULU JOHNSON. Oopyrightcd, 1908, by Associated Literary Press. "Paste her on the trademark, Skin ny," urged the captain of the team. And Skinny, otherwise Master James Trcadgear, being ever mindful of ad vice, "pasted" the sphere with such good effect that the ball sailed over the stone wall at the far end of the lot This changed jubilation Into regret, for not even three scores brought in by the borne run offset the fact that Skinny bad knocked a fifty cent ball over the wall Into the coloneTs garden. Billy Sniffen, who had been cajoleu Into lending his new ball to the "big fellows," some of whom were all of twelve years of age, let out a roar at the sudden disappearance of his prop erty- Balls that went over' the high stone barrier which surrounded the property of the peppery Colonel Moulton were regarded as good as lost. None of the boys dared brave the wrath of the re tired officer in search of lost property. Colonel Moulton would have been re garded as an ogre by mediaeval youth. for he stormed and raved at children. The smaller lads firmly believed that be liked to kill children, and when dusk had fallen they hurried past his choose lest he spring out and seize them, i - , Now, at the disappearance of the ball, the outfielders followed the base runners up to the home plate and Joined tn the volley of reproach direct ed toward the unfortunate Skinny. "You told me to paste her," he re minded the scowling captain. "I didn't tell yon to knock her over the wall," was the scornful retort "Poor Billy's mall lick him when he goes home without that ball." 'This was an angle from which the unfortunate William had not hitherto viewed bis loss, and it caused hia grief .to double. "You better skip over the fence and get it," decreed the captain, and the gang shuddered. Like a true despot, the captain could not be Induced to alter his command, and, though he weakened perceptibly as they drew near the fatal wall, he af fected a nonchalance, he did not feel. HD NOTHIXG TO DO WITH IT," CLAHED TiLB COLONEL. DE- and, bending over, he formed his hands into a stirrup, In which the trembling feklnny placed his foot. With a heave the boy shot ui until his lingers grasped the wall, but he 1 - a. ,. ! vuuiu. uui uuiu ami tame luiuuiiilg back, carrying the captain ,to the ground with him. "I can't So it," pleaded Skinny, but the captain was adamant. "You gotter," he insisted, made heartless by a skinned elbow. "Set np there or we'll throw you over." The threat bad its due effect. Skin ny clung shivering to the top of the wall for a moment; then he tumbled over on the other side, and in a mo ment the air was pierced by shrieks of j agony so shrill and terrifying that the ' gang fled incontinently toward thsj Street, with the doughty captain well I In the lead. as tney reached the sidewalk and turned to reconnoiter Skinny's sister Lucy came down the street and paused to regard the boys Inquiringly. "Where Is Jimmie?" she demanded of the captain. , The captain hung his head. "That'B him," he confessed, with n jerk of his thumb in the direction uf the spot whence J!mrnle'3 screams still proceeded. "We boosted .liinmie over the wall to get a ball he lost, and I guess the colo nel's killing him." The entrance to the stone encircled park of the Moulton place was on the other street, and with the gang trail ing after her Lucy ran toward the gate. The boys were there before her, but made way that she might approach ihe dreaded portal. Every one of her ui tendants admired the courage and de termination with which she pressed t'i? button of the electric bell. Her finger was still on the porcohi knob when the gate was thrown opev and a young man. hatless and wlthou: his coat, appeared iu the aperture. IL started back as he perceived the excit ed group. ., "Has any one gone for a doctor?" v cried. ' !i(V'. "I "Is n'phyrfclftn needed Tasked Lucy, with sinking heart. It was worse than rlie had feared. The savage old colonel must have carried his punishment fot trespass to an excess that had resulted tn serious Injury. "Some of you boys run for a doctor, quick," commanded tho young man sharply. "Tho little fellow has a broken leg.' The entire gang raced up the street after the physician, aud Lucy was left alone with the stranger. "May I come In?" she demanded coldly. "It la my brother whom you have Injured." "You will be most welcome," was the courteous reply. "My father's household does not include any wo men, and I was somewhat at a loss to make him comfortable. I am Lieuten ant Faul Moulton," he added by way of introduction. "My father is Colonel Moulton, and I am visiting htm on leave." "I am Lucy Treadgear," announced Lucy in response. "It is my brother. James, whom you have Injured. Moulton stepped aside to permit hct to enter,- and after closing the gate he led the way into the house, where Jimmie lay on a sofa in the library with the white haired old soldier lean ing over him and trying to soothe his fear. "lie seems to be more frightened than hurt," explained the colonel as he gave place to Lucy, "and a broken 1; is no joke at that." ' "No wonder," was the indignant re sponse, "when it is known that you have shot at several boys. It is for tunate that you did no more than break his leg-fortunate for you, I mean," she added in explanation. "Bless your pretty face. I had noth ing to do with It," declared the colonel. 1 "As for the shooting, a few blank car-! tridges and my consequent bad reputa- j tlon have been the salvation of my I fruit trees. This little fellow will tell ! you himself that neither Paul nor I was in the garden when be fell and broke his leg." Lucy looked Inquiringly at Jimmie, who nodded. "The boys pushed me np too. fast," he explained. "I went right on over. And I didn't get the ball," he added in consequentially, "and Billy's ma'll lick him for losing It, and Don Fraser said he'd lick ine if I didn't get it." "IH find it," volunteered the lieuten ant, and be slipped out leaving Lucy with the colonel. "My bark Is worse than my bite," explained .the old colonel, with red dening face. "I had to do something to keep the boys from overrunning my garden, but I did not suppose that the grownups would take my threats seriously. - 1 shall have to make Paul my deputy to clear my reputation." The arrival of the physician Inter rupted the conversation, and present-! ly the colonel himself tenderly carried the boy to the waiting carriage and i insisted tnat rani riae on tne dox with the driver In case he might be needed. It was perhaps only natural that Paul should call frequently to ask after the invalid and that be should select Lucy as his first proselyte in his i missionary work n behalf of his father j runy years m a garrisuu womu ruin the temper of any man," he de-, ciarea, -ana you cannot very wen blame dad for wanting to be let alone when be had the chance. He lores gardening, and the boys were wreck ing his grounds. He simply had to scare them off." "He was very effective In his meth- ods," agreed Lucy, "almost too much!hto nbrary fr)T 3 000 ducatg the prce so. ror a uinuieui i wujipusi.-u mat us really had broken Jlmmie's leg." "I wish that I could make you re alize what a splendid father he Is," said Paul, with enthusiasm. I "I do not remember my father very ; well," said Lucy reminlscently. "He died Just after Jimmie was born. I was only eight." "Let me share mine with you," of fered Paul generously. "Will you. dear?" From a coign of vantage on the far j side of the street the gang watched ! the wedding procession emerge from j the cnurcn ana set up a snout as Jim-; mle, resplendent in white satin coat and knickerbockers, preceded the hap py couple as their page. "Jimmie looks like a stick of can dy," declared the captain contemptu ously, "but he's got an all right sis ter. There ain't many girls that would marry a man Just to save their little brother from a man like Colonel Moul- j for sale except at Shiraz. When Persia ton. He was Just goin' to kill Jimmie j was invaded by the Arabs they took when she rushed In and said if he : back with them to Morocco the grapes would spare Jimmie's life she would 0f the district In Spain they wished marry the lieutenant." ' to naturalize the new fruit, and this The gang looked with awe upon the J they did at a place called Xeres, In brave bride, and Lucy, radiant in her j tended for Shiraz. there being no new happiness, never realized that j sound 'equivalent to 'sh' In Spanish, they were sheering her with such en- There they cultivated the grape a-Bd thusiasm because she had sacrificed j made wine, which now returns to Eu herself to fate to save her little j rope as 'sherry.' that word being a brother. j paraphrase of Shiraz. Shiraz wine Is j very similar in taste to sherry." r Saved by a Glove Button. j . At one of the Monson slate quarries a denlck man stood on the brink of one of the great chasms from which the slate rock is hoisted. His duty was to catch hold of the big hook de pending from the end of the boom as it swung over the bank and attach It to the crate to be sent back into the pit. Standing upon the very edge, he reached out to catch the hook which dangled near him. It was winter, and he wore thick buckskin gloves. The hook slipped from him as he leaned out, but caught into the fastening of the glove. The swing of the great boom took him off his feet in an in stant and carried him out into giddy snace. with his life depending on the -'ove- holding fast. Itis whole weight was hung on that button, ami there was a clear 175 feet of space between him aud the floor of the rock below. Tho moments that passed before the boom could be swung back over the bauk seemed like hours to him, but he got there nt last safe and souud. Lon don Mail. THE CHARM OF ISLANDS. What Is Missed by Those Who Llv. Far From the S. No men of the world are so to be pitied, I think, as those who dwell far from the sea. They shall never know but a piece of life. A plalu, to bo sure. Is very well. It responds .delicately enough to tho humor of the season, changing from green to gold, from gold to dun, from dun to whlto. It has, too, its moods. Its laughters, its melancholies. Its rushlngs of the wind its llllmltablllty of the dark. A hill, thongh. is better that is, a hill that looks across a plain, never one that Is huddled among- Its fellows, for there one is caught like a beetle iu a cup A hill gives one a sense of freedom and a perspective upon the world. It is something to look down on tho par quetry of field and town aud wood and stream, to keep vigil upon the drama woven Invisibly below one's eyes, Aud It has moments a bill; certain nights of stnns, certain bursts of storm, cer tain Iridescent afternoons, when the whole tragedy of autumn is unrolled at one's feet. But above all else in the world give me an Island! There Is your tme nil crocosmos! There you hold In your hand, as It were, the esscuce and epit ome of the universe. Your own earth spreads under your feet Your own sky hangs over your head. Your own sea encircles you. Your own portion of life is meted out to yon day by day. distinct from that of other men. For not the least charm of an Island is Its privacy. An Islet of course, I mean one from which you may catch the glint of water on every side. Other wise your island is no better than a pasture. Whether you be a hermit or whether you have a book of verses underneath the bough and the requi site concomitants or whatever be your personal circumstances, you are yet divided from a hostile or indiffer ent world. You are at liberty to feel and to test your own personality. You are not overborne by tho rush of hu manlty which is the burden of terra firma. Scribbler's Magazine. A CASTELLANE PIRATE. Took 8ultn's Library and Dimanded Ransom For Its Return In 1011 Jean Philip de Castellane was commander of the French man -of war Notre Dame de la Garde. Henry IV. sent him to Morocco to demand of the sultan the release of certain French prisoners. De Castellane car rje(j bis negotiations to a successful conclusion, ana tne sultan as a peace offering sent to the French commander ' twenty Arabian horses for the king. i "Just as the Notre Dame was about to weigh anchor the pretender to the Mo- , ivwpnn thrnni frnlnpd n rliwtslw vlr-tnrv and tQe -u,tan declded t0 flce for h!s fe He engagod passage WlMe,f flml happm nn n...h mrPhnntm,in and tQ De Ca8teIlane he JntruBled ns library, one of tho most extensive col lections of Arabic manuscripts and books in existence. The great Mulay Ahmed was the founder of the library. "Arriving at the place of render vous, Commander de Castellane sent word to the sultan that he could have 0r transportation "The sultan protested that ho had made no such agreement and that be sides he did not nave the money to pay the demand, whereupon De Cas- lelIane gallp( nwav i "lie nau not gone very far when a (great storm overtook the Notre Dame I and drove her, a wreck, upon the Afri can coast at Casablanca, then occu i pled by the king of Spain, who was nt war with Morocco. The Spaniards i seized the library and shinned It to gpajni WU(re !t wna paced ,n a wnst of the Escurlal. What remains of the library can be seen today In an alcove labeled the Arabian collection."-Flor- ence (Italy) Journal. Shiraz, Xeres and Sherry. : Sir Henry Drummond Wolff's knowl : edge of Spain and of Persia is shown jln the following paragraph taken.from his "Rambling Recollections:" "In Persia no wine is manufactured Juvenile Logic. Marie is a very bright kindergarten pupil. She came home to her parents the other day and told them that the kindergarten teacher bad said she will grow up to be a very nice looking young lady If she Is a good girl, but will grow np to be a very ugly woman if she Is a naughty girl. "Is that true, mamma?" asked Marie, and she was Informed that If the teacher said so It was true. Marie then sat still for a while, pondering seriously. "But. mamma." she suddenly burst forth again, "why was the kindergarten teacher no naughty when she was a lit tle glrir-PhlUdelphla Record. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS HELP WANTED WANTED GIRL TO WORK IN printing office. Enqire at Astor ian office. 7-29-tf ros SALE. FOR SALE-A 100-PIECE SET OF Haviland China, in perfect condi tion, cheap. Inquire at the McCrea Ford studio. ' 7-15-tf FOR SALE CHEAP, ONE SCHOL arship in the International Corres pondence School of Scranton. En quire Astorian office. 8-7-tf OLD PAPERS FOR SALE; PER hundred, 25 cents. At Astorian Office 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.! LOST AND FOUND. ' FOUND PAIR GOLD MOUNTED eyeglasses. Apply at Astorian office. 7-30-tf FOUND IN FOARD & STOKES Hall, an umbrella; owner can have same by paying for this ad and prov ing property. 7-31-tf FOUND POCKET CASE CON Enquire at As-7-30-tf taining papers, etc. torian office. REAL ESTATE WANTED. WANTED-TO BUY FARM IN the Nehalem Valley; state price, terms, improvements, location, etc. Address J. H., Astorian. 7-31-tf HOUSE MOVERS. FREDR1CKSON 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. OLGA KANTONEN. FINNISH masseuse and steam baths, room Pythian BIdg., Commercial St., As torian, Ore. NOTICE TO FRUIT DEALERS. ALL GROCERS AND FRUIT dealers of Clatsop county, are hereby warned against selling or ex posing for sale any apples or other fruits that are infested with the larva of the Codling. Moth, or with San Jose scale, as the law will be strict ly enforced. C. S Dow, Fruit In soector. 1 8-4-3t MISCELLANEOUS. MAGAZINE kinds done BINDING OF ALL at the Astorian Office WANTED A SOUND, YOUNG horse; suitable for lady to ride Address "T." care of this office. 7-6 LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS -ALL kinds made by The J. S. Dcllinger Company. WANTED-TO BUY A HORSE weight about 1250 pounds; not over 8 years old; must be good driver and gentle, also city broke. Address As torian office. 6-9-tf. FARM FOR SALE. WILL .SELL MY LEWIS AND Clark farm at 'a bargain, with or without stock, to suit purchaser W. J. Ingalls. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. J. T. NOWLEN Real Estate and Employment Office 473 Commercial St., Phone Have fine list of Astoria and coun try property. All classes of labor furnished. ; Men Past Sixty in Danger. More than half of mankind' over CO years of age suffer from kidney and bladder disorders, usually enlarge ment of prostate glands. This is both painful and dangerous, and Foley's Kidney Cure should be taken at the first sign of danger, as it cor rects irregularities and has cured many old men of this disease. Mr, Rodney Burnett, Rockport, Mo., writes: "I suffered with enlarged prostate gland and kidney trouble for years and after taking two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure, I feel bet ter than I have for twenty years, al though I am now 91 years old." T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. ' Subscribe for the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month, delivered by carrier. PROFESSIONAL CARD. ATTORNEYS.AT-LAW CHARLES II. ABERCROMBIE Attorney-atLw City Attorney Offices: City Hall JOHN C. McCUE, Attofney-at-Law Page Building, Suite 4 HOWARD M. BROWNELL Attorney-at-Law Deputy District Attorney 420 Commercial Street OSTEOPATHS. DR. RHODA C. HICKS Osteopath Office .Vansell BIdg. 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