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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."
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