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.
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