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10 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREO miDAT, AUGUST 2$ BRADLEY'S BUILDING. By ANDREW PHAIL Copyright 4. 1908, by Auoclatad teiury Free. It was a tiny little Island. The rear before Dick Staley hadjthreateued to fome back some day and carry It off in i shoe box. But such as It was It was partem Bradley's own, and be was Im mensely proud ot his possession. Four years earlier, bis physician bad ordered him to spend the summer In be woods to escape an Impending at jck ot "nerves." He bad rented this lttle Island from Its woodsman owner tjad had spent a delightful summer chopping hlsown wood, frying his own bacon and In the Intervals planning the play that had brought him recognition. Els first royalties ,had gone to pay for the little Island, and now. when Bradley pitched his tent early In May, he went to work to build a log but that noma lonn a more permanent camp. Since success had come he was In a position to build a camp as elaborate as any of the electrically lighted, team heated structures which mas queraded as camps in the fashionable olony at the upper end of the lake, bat Bradley would have none of these. As far as possible the camp should be his own handiwork. He even re- balled at the necessity for assistance in raising the loss when the walls reaon d a height above his ability to handle the heavy logs. Be made the island his sanctuary and thing apart from the busy months ot Ci winter season. No one save Staley d ever been Invited to the place, and only the guide who .sometimes came to tee that all was well or leave mall Whan Bradley lacked the time to row down to the little village ever braved he "No Trespass" signs with which he shore bristled. So it happened that Bradley, tramp big over his five acre domain, was ,: astonished to see a canoe on the shore and a girl calmly eating a late inncb ' Under the very sign forbidding a land She was undeniably a pretty girl, with crisp brown curls escaping from ' a tam-o'-shanter and straying over a cheek on which the red showed brave ly through the tan. ' Bradley approved her costume of brown. It was so unlike the frocks of the fashionables, who dressed not for the woods, but for the men in fjmg and with an eye for spectacular affect But -notwithstanding the fact that Bradley approved of the slender, well j bnllt figure he resented the intrusion on his island. He hated the fashionable crowd, and here was one at bis very door, per haps the advance guard of a horde of lion hunters wlio would overrun the gi and gushingly assure him that doted on his plays even while conversation showed that they been more Intent upon the chatter the box than upon the dialogue or the stage. It was this habit of nslng. the boxes for social visits that had first given Bradley his distaste for Society. "It Is too bad that you cannot read," he said, with -what was intended to be cutting sarcasm, .though insensi bly bis voice softened' as he looked into two glorious brown eyes. . "I know what you mean," declared the girl, with a laugh and a meaning glance at the forbidding sign, "but I .Was tired paddling, and when I saw you the ou at work on the hut I knew that owner was not here, and I sup posed that the sign was enforced only when the owner was here. Can you be bribed T Bhe held toward him the well filled Iqncb box with its appetizing sand wiches and dainty cake. "I'm human enough to be hungry," She explained, with a little laugh, "but t nlwnvfl rarrr more thnn T need 1 Bradley looked Into the brown eyes and was lost He accepted a sandwich and sank down on a rock opposite the one on which sbe was sitting. "Who is the horrible man who won't let ns land on this little Eden?" de-; tnanded the girl. -"He's a New York chap," explained Bradley noncommlttally. "He doesn't like tbe people at the upper end of the lake, and he stuck those signs up." "Thereby preventing me from find ing a refuge from the play campers," aid the girl severely. "He should change tbe sign to read, 'No Trespass ing by People Who Do Not Under stand.' There are people even up there who love tbe woods and bate the poor imitation of Newport New port," she added in explanation, "is a fashionable colony down on the Rhode Island shore." - "I've heard of it," assented Bradley, the scene of whose latest comedy bad been laid In that very resort. He was glad that this girl mistook him for a guide. It would be a pity to unde ceive her and place their Impromptu acquaintance upon a coldly formal basis. She chatted of the lake and the woods, and Bradley more than ever admired her when she grew eloquent regarding the beauties of bis beloved lake. It formed a common bond of sympathy. The girl forgot that she was talking to a guide, and Bradley in turn forgot that she was a member of tie bated colony of fashionable folk who were doing their best to make the lake as artificial as themselves. It was a good two hours before bis Visitor sprang up with an exclamation of surprise that sbe should have lin gered so long, and with a little sigh of regret Bradley watched ber paddle jHray, handling the frail canoe at ckv rly as though to the manner born. After that she came frequently and became much Interested in the build lug of the bouse. The heavy logs were all In place now, and only the llghtet work remained. . The girl (Bradley soou knew her to be Miss Nannette Cowdrey) found the completion of the cabin a matter ot absorbing interest It was no better than the huts of the natives save that it was more carefully finished, and ot this Nannette highly approved. 'It seems bo foolish," she observed, "to go in out of the glorious woods and turn on the hot water and dress for dinner In the same frocks we wear In town. I should love to spend a sum mer In a camp like this with only ympathetlc people around me." Sbe sighed to think of the Inipossl blllty of obtaining her wish and then gave her attention to superintending the fabrication of a rustle chair, deep, roomy and redolent of the woods. For a month she was almost a daily visitor. Then one afternoon she came with a frown upon her pretty face, and as Bradley settled himself for chat she drew a slip of printed paper I her tnd regarded him at- tentlvelr MA penny for your thoughts," he of fered when she did not speak. . "i taint tnat yon are noma," was the unexpected answer. "This little Island has been such a haven of rest to me. Now I find -that instead of being a guide, yon are a nasty, cynical DlaytffSbt IMtsJoni" ''Because I writ cynfral plays V . he askeU "I assnre yon that I would rather write tile other kind, but they do not take with the audiences." "I M8te you Because yon deceived me," was the answer in a voice that was close to tears. "I saw this in a magsilne." ' Bradley groaned. In an evil mo ment be had given an Interviewer a glowing description of his island with out betraying its location. It bad been made the basis of an absurd "human Interest" magazine story: A copy must have fallen Into ber bands, nnJ more than ever Bradley was determined to get even with the Imaginative person who bad written the story." "And we cannot be friends," be asked, "just because I am not a guide?" "Because you deceived me," correct ed Nannette. "Ton were just leading me on to talk about the imitation campers so yon could put it into a play." . Not into a play," denied Bradley, "into a romance a private romance, I had hoped. Had I introduced my self as a city man yon never could have come again. I should have raised the barrier of conventionality between us. As it was, yon thought me a guide because I was building my own cabin. With a guide you felt free to come and go as yon pleased. It was only for that reason I did not explain your error." ' , "But now that I know the truth I must come no more," sbe said slowly as she rose to her feet "I am sorry that I have found out" ' She looked longingly about the camp which she had helped to make so com fortable with her suggestions and aid. Then she turned and ran down to the beach, where her light canoe lay upon the sands. Sbe bad already pushed off when he reached the beach, but at bis call sbo checked ber headway. "May I come for you?" be called softly. "May I come for you, Nan nette, and bring yon back to tbe camp that we built for ourselves?" For a moment Nannette paused. "Yes," she called, finally adding, "Come soon," and then the paddle dip ped deep into the water. Lost Arts. Linnaeus, the great botanist pos sessed tbe art of producing pearls by piercing the shells of oysters In a peculiar manner and probably by in serting something in the opening thus formed. The art of making gold artificially was long sought after and Is allowed to have been discovered several times. A Swede who was sentenced to death agreed to reveal the secret to Charles XII. in return for bis life and showed a deposit of gold in one of his cruel- bles. Charles, however, was inexora ble, and the successful alchemist was executed. Tbe art of making unbreakable glass was discovered by a Roman Inventor, who was put to death for his pains by Tiberius lest this discovery should de preciate in value the elaborate gold and silver goblets, gem bestudded, which were then in fashion. The art of mixing unfading colors was known to ancient painters, but invariably eludes the moderns. Prob ably the Ingredients used were not similar. One Use For Chalk. "I read in some paper the other day," the young man said, "of the arrival of a shipload of chalk, and I wondered what under the canopy anybody could want of a shipload of chalk and what they use chalk for anyway. "Going home last night I got half- a dozen little spatters of mud on my shirt bosom and collar, and I'd got to go out again right away, and I really didn't have time to change my apparel, but there were those spatters of mad. " 'Just wait a minute,' sal my room mate, who knows several thing's, and be went to bis chiffonier and got out a piece of ehalk, with which he deftly chalked over those little mud spots so that they didn't show. " 'There,' he said, 'I guess they'll go all right now at night' "And they did. I am still wondering what anybody should want of a ship load of chalk, but I have now discov ered at least one of chalk's uses." CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS HELP WANTED MESSENGER BOYS WITH Bi cycles wanted at the Western Union. 8-22-tf TO LET FURNISHED ROOMS FURNISHED ROOM WITH OR without table board; board $4 per week; roomi reasonable. 276 Bond. 8-25-61 FURNISHED HOUSEKEEPING and single rooms. 677 Exchange 8-27-7t FURNISHED COTTAGE ON 15TH street with piano and sewing ma chine to parties without children, $20 a month rent. Address D. B., As torian. 8-22-tf FOR SALE CHEAP, ONE SCHOL arship in the International Corres pondence School of Scranton. 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