WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9
TIIE MORNING ASTOWAN, ASTORIA, OREGON,
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Sailed In.
By HARRIS INGALL3.
, Copyrlahtoit, (M, b Aooltnd
, l.lmmry Press.
eeeeeee!
"Come on out." pleaded Drnklu.
There In only myself and tho missus
out t'loin. I'll Kunniiiti'o tlint you will
not have to Hpi'iik to any otui else."
Hi'U Ilufoburd puuHMt Irresolutely,
then be turttuU and suited bin pace to
tha shorter steps of hla friend Drakla
txtamed.
"There's tha sensible boy," be aald
approvingly. "I'll M thut you aik me
to have your things sent out la Uit
morn I ng, eo you can atay a weak or
two-tba longnr tba belter."
Hubbard shook hla brad and aaaured
himself tbnt a single night would prob
ably ba enough, It waa only a year
Ince Tom Drakln had married, and
probably bo would be bored by tbelr
Nurd billing aud cooing.
; It waa only' for Tom'a aake that ba
waa coming out for tba night, and only
la AMASIMRHT aKKUKD TO MOBBjkSB
TOM a MKBKIMKKT.
tho fact that there would ba do other
woman there waa hut reason for going
at all rrotwuly Mrs. Drnkln would
loalat that be cotne again and would
prorate him au Introduction to some
friend of bera who would bo Just the
ooe b should marry.
Hubbard waa usd to that
Bcssl Qraudlo'a enthusiastic efforts
to marry him to a coualn of bera bad
aent him currying; off to South Amer
ica. He bad announced that be would
write a book on the flora of the Argen
tine Republic, but hla real reason for
flight waa the fear that Mrs. Orandln
v.ould make good ber threat to marry
him to Helen Wilson In aplte of blm
anlf.
For years Hubbard had lived In fear
Of marriage. He waa not eiactiy a
woman hitter, but au excess of timidity
left blni stammering and afraid In fem
inine presence, and be bad come to
hnve a mortal dread of matrimony-so
great a dretid that more than once be
iutd Cod from aome enthusiastic match
maker loot ho be led, protesting, but
helpless, to the altar.
Hut be was Just back from the South
American trip and hungry for the com
panionship of hla fellows. In that
frnmo of mind he had run across Dra
kin, who bad onco been the geologist
of nn expMi;ion of which be himself
had been ot:in!st
They hud had lunch together, and
Drakln bud urged blm to apood the j
night with him that tbelr talk might
bo continued. I
Drakln lived In a email auburban
town, and Hubbard regarded approv
ingly the nent little cottage they ap
proached, even though a woman In
Homethlnjf fleecy and white stood on
v the porch to welcome thorn. Drakln
had gone Into the telephone booth at
the station to announce their coming
and had emerged from the booth very
red and confused. j
Hubbard boned that hla coming had
not been the cause of the confusion.
Ho knew that there were times when
things in the kitchen went wrong and 1
when visitors were not welcome. Ho
lind suggested as much to Torn, but the I
offer to return to town had been hooted
at. and Tom had laughed Immoderately I
to cover his confusion at the discovery
of bis embarrassment. ,
But there waa no embarrassment hi !
Mrs. Drakln'a face as she made him !
welcome. There was only Interest and
cordial friendship, and Ben was sur
prised to And himself rather envying
lils chum.
Of course Tom had been exception
ally fortunate In finding such a worn-,
an. but us Ben tumbled Into bed some
hours later he told himself that were
there two such women be should like
to marry the other. ... ...
They had sat talUIug until late In the
evening, and when Ben Anally woke
he discovered a note on his dresser, In
which Tom explained that It was neo
ssnry for him to go to the city on
business, but that he would return In
the afternoon and bring with him the
trunk Ben hnd sent to the hotel.
Ben wavered and was lost. He
slowly dressed and went downstairs
to find Mrs, Drakln sitting In tho dln:
lug room waiting for her guest to come
downstairs.
"Tom left Ills apologlcB," she explain
ed as she poured hi in his coffee. "He
bad to rise at such nn unearthly hour
to make the train that we decided to
let you sleep. He will be outoon the
4:10, and In the meantime I am sol
emnly bound to hold you here at all
Imnrds. Tom would never forgive mo
If you should bo gone before lie came
Imek." ' v .
"You couldn't drive me away," de
clared Ben gayly. VI " be welt con-
lent to lt ont on the porch and jtt
think bow lucky I waa to run Into Tom
yesterday afternoon."
"I'll take my sewing out, and wt can
chat as 1 work," suggested Mrs. Dra
kln, and presently .the wore estab
lished on the broad piazza, To bis
surprise Ben found himself chatting
with his hostess as freely as though
she wero a man and not one of the
dread women. ,
Tom came out as be bad promised,
and Ben frowned as lie caught sight of
hla friend perched on the seat of an
express wagon In which was bis trunk.
"Now you've got to stay," suuouncod
Tom. "We shall bold your trunk' Ilk
they do In the hotels If yon , try to
scape us." e
"I think that you would I wise to
ship me and the trunk back to town,"
said Ben seriously, but Drakln booted
down the suggestion, and when Mrs,
Drakln added ber entreaties to Tom'a
he gave In, and the trunk waa taken
up to hla room,
That night when Ben put out the
light be did not Jump Into bed, but long
after the rest of the bouae was quiet
he aat by the open window, looking
acroaa the moonlit Oolda and wonder
ing what he should do.
Of one thing be was certain. He
was In love, and In love with his
friend's wife at that What waa more,
It bad seemed to blm that aa ahe bad
bidden him good night and bad told blm
she was glad that he bad decided
to stay there was something more
than mere friendship In the glance of
the tender blue eyes.
Her band bad lingered for a moment
In his, and aba bad paused by the door
of ber room to look after bltn. The
momory of her smile waa with him
still, and when he at iaat flung him
self upon the bed to fall into troubled
slumber the p.oblera waa still un
solved. .
But with the morning came calmer
sense, As be came Into the breakfast
room there waa no mistaking the soft
flush that came to Mrs. Drakln'a cheek
nor tho look that flashed Into ber eyes
aa abe gave him the morning greeting.
Sick at heart, Ben followed bla host
out on to the plaua, white Mrs. Drakln
. remained behind to see to the disposi
tion of the breakfast, things and give
ber orders for dinner.
"Look here, old man, I've got to be
getting back to town," he began.
"Not on your life," was the emphatic ;
response. "Do you suppose that I took j
all Uiat trouble to lug your trunk out :
yesterday to bare you lug it In today?
Ton are going to atay right here for ,
the next two weeks. By your own con
fession you have nothing else to do,
SBil I Acm't nrnmla in lot vnn vn "
"But 1 must!" cried JJen miserably. '
"I must, old man! I-l'm In love! I
can't help It but I've fallen In love
with your wife. ! must get away be
fore greater harm Is done."
"Lola seems pretty fond of you." It
was only this morning that she waa
saying that she hoped to be able to j
Induce you to stay here while you j
write your new book. I think it would .
be a great scheme. You can put in the
day working on the book and then sit
out on- the plana In the evening and
gather Inspiration for tho next day 'a
work." "i
Ben regarded his friend with horror. !
It must be that he had gone mad, for
now bla face waa contorted with laugh
ter, and be rocked in bis chair. Ben
bad beard of great shocks turning
men's minds, but be bad not believed
that Tom would take hla declaration so 1
much to heart
His amazement seemed to Increase
Tom'a merriment and Ben half rose
to his feet to go Into the bouse. Tom
sprang up and forced blm back into
hla chair.
"It seems a funny sort of thing to
laugh at" be aald chokingly, "but. you
see, Lola la not my wife. I knew that
If I told you the truth and admitted
that there was an unmarried woman
in the house you never could be In
duced to come out . I posted Lola from
me station wnen you were worrying
for fear It was lnconveulent My wife j
la vlBltlng ber younger sister, wbo Is
very ill. That is my sister, Lola, who j
Is keeping bouae for me until Nell gets !
back. S6 sail in, old man, and may j
luck be with you. Where are you go-j
lng?" he added as Ben shook him off j
and made for tbe door. j
"I'm going to sail In," explained Ben ,
as be vanished Into the house. ;
The Judge's Joke.
Henry Keyes of Vermont was a life-
long Democrat Governor Mattacks. I
or Judge Mattacks. waa for a brief
period a Democrat also. After he got
to be a Judge he soon became a Whig.
While holding court at St Johnsbury
be occupied a room at the leading ho-
tel, which, as was usual during court j somo words about not having step:
tflne, was dull. Late' at night Mr. ! very well. In bla heart he didn't can
Keyes arrived and wanted a bed. Tbe j what came of the lawsuit - '
landlord Informed blm that every bed I Ho suddenly wanted to get awn
In the house had two In it except the ! somewhere aud be alone with this tb
one that was occupied by Judge Mat-! greatest trouble that had ever con;
tacks,
"Go up and tell him that Henry
Keyes wants to aleep with him."
The landlord went up, rapped at the
judge'a door and told him his errand.
"Henry Keyes," said the Judge, half
asleep "Henry Keyes of Newbury?
Democrat? Oh, yes; I've bad it once.
Lethlm in."
A Slav of Habit.
"Mr. Butcher," said the patron with
the Infant in her arms, "will you
please weigh my baby?"
"Sure!" responded the busy butcher,
depositing the little human bundle on
his scales. "Just sixteen pounds and a
quarter, Mrs. Riley."
"But," commented the watching par
ent, "your scales register only six
teen pounds."
"You're right, madam," said the
butcher, reddening as he took another
look. Then, turning to the bookkeeper
behind the desk, be called out, "Annie,
take off that quarter of i pound f
Judge,
Johnny
Helps Cupid.
By Abraham R, Croh.
Copyrighted, 1M, ' by Associated
Literary Tress.
This Is the simple narrative of the
great services rendered by Johnny Gay
lord to Dan Cupid. Wbo was Johnny
Gay lord? Why, Johnny Oaylord, cap
tain of the Little Giants baseball team,
of course.
Furthermore, Johnny was the son of
John Gaylord, president of the big Gay
lord-Lorraine Iron company. Also, and
this Is more germane to the present
narrative. Johnny was the small broth
er of Georgette Gaylord.
Georgette Gaylord bad no rival as
the social queen of Reading. Personal
beauty and tact seemed to have united
with the wealth and social position of
ber family to place her on a pedestal.
Marshall N. Joslln was the Junior
member of the firm of Sbsckleton.
Smith &. Joslln, attorneys for the Gay
lord-Lorraine company. He was also
the accepted suitor for the fair band
of Georgette. ,
Never was fate kinder to two young
people. The aky of tbelr future
glowed. i
This tale opens -Kb the gathering
of thick clouds. Marshall Joslln, scion
of a wealthy bouse, graduate of a great
university, brilliant member of a fa
mous law Arm, remarked that evening
to Georgette Gaylord. social queen and
lovely woman:
"If that l the way you feel about it,
there is norhlng for me to do but go."
To which Georgette Gaylord nodded
her head slowly, but with dignity.
Then the young nwn moved to the
hall, calmly put on bis coat took bis
hat. his stlrk and bis gloves and only
broke tbe Intense silence to say In
distant, odd f ounding voice:
"Good err -ling. Miss Gaylord."
And from the depths of the large
nair darkened drawing room cam?
buck In a low, controlled voice:
"Goodby,"
Then he went out and shut the door
behind him. Miss Gaylord did not
move until bla steps bad died awar
down the stone walk that led through
the big yard to the street. Then she
dropped her lovely bead on ber arm
"OH, 10 OB 8 A DEAR LITTLE BROTHER. '
HUB DECLAUKD.
and sobbed, for Georgette Gnylon!
bad behind a thickly curtained conic:
In the depths of ber woman's heart i
very, very warm feeling for Marslm!
Joslln.
Marshall Joslln made bis way bomt
I In fl sort Cif dnfpft rnnrilHnn it In fi-i-..
he shed no tears, but neither did h
'eep a win mat uignt nor eat a tuic
f breakfast the next morning no.
smoke his usual matutinal cigar In tin
offlco. Tfceue things were mere out
ward signs which he succeeded falrl;.
well In concealing,
But there waa an effect upon hi.
brain whlfh he waa powerless to con
coal. Ho and Shackleton, the sen In;
fartner, wero working on a suit which
Involved thousands of dollars for tliol:
ellont, tb big Iron company. Thl;
morning Sbaokleton rralckly noted ttr
brain fag of the junior partner.
"What on earth la the matter wit!
you, boy V. be demanded in bis qoie!
way. "Whore are your wits this moru
Jng?"
Tbe junior partner smiled a slckl
smile, and out of his dry throat cami
upon him. Life without Georgette Ga
lord meant life -Insipid, useless, object
less.
Tho air of the office seemed to stif..
him, and the questioning gaze of th.
senior member of the Arm, looking s.
At and strong on the other side of tb
polished table, tormented him.
"I believe I will take a walk in th
fresh air, if you don't mind." be sal
Anally. "H will clear my brain, pei
Imps, and I will come back better b
to do something."
ne left the office abjectly mlserablr
but relieved to fud himself alone wit
his wretchedness. He remembered no'
that Georgette had spent conslderabl
time recently In the company of a cer
tain dasblnpjpaptaln Mostyn, who wa:
visiting lu Heading. Yes, there mus;
have been something serious behind
that affair in spite of ber assurances to
the contrary. She no longer loved him.
He laughed In bitter contempt of him
self. And right at this crithal point la
where signal service was rendered to
MA
JjLhJ ' I
or
Jun Cupid by Johnny Gaylord, capUlo
of tbe Little Giants baseball team.
Into the consciousness of Marshall
Joslln. wulkinu to clear bis brain, pen
etrated a boy Mb voice pronouncing hie
nutne;
"llello. Mr, Joslln!" ,
"Why, good morning, Johnny. How
are your' suld Joslln,
The question wa merely formal, but
It started Johnny's willing tongue.
"Oh, I'm all right." he chattered. "I
never had anything the matter with
me In my whole life except tbe mumps
and tbe iueosles and tbe whooping
cough. But I think sister's "sick to
day." "What!" cried the young man, hith
erto so phlegmatic. "Sick, did you
sayr
"Oh, I don't think she's very sick."
said Johnny. "1 guess she Isn't very
sick. Say, are you coming out to see
us play tbe Little Sluggers? We're got
a game wltb them Saturday. Say, you
don't want to in Ins It We're going to
put It all over them."
Marshall Josltn's excited gesticula
tions could not stop Johnny when b
was talking baseball until Johnny bad
finished.
"But your sister. Johnny-your sis
ter! You sold sb was sick!" he cried
when at lust be bad au opportunity to
sjfcak.
"Ob, I don't think sha's very sick."
said Johnny. "Only she wasn't down
to bri'uUjHt thl niurulii'. and she gen
erally gets up before I do. And lust
night I heard her hi ber room, and It
sounded as If she wns crying. I was
awfully sorry, because she's about the
best clster a filcr ever b:d. She sav
me the money out of ber own pocket
to organln? t'jo Little Ciants. j save
her au nnunal pass."
The captain of the Little Giants grin
ned as he raised bis eyes to those of
Mr. Joslln. The fnce of that young
man bad ako undergone a remarkable
change, it fairly lieamed with Joy.
"Is there anything else you need for
your club?" he demanded suddenly.
"Well, I want to get uniforms for all
tbe recalfir men." Johnny said seri
ously, "as comi as we get tbe money."
"How much will that taker demand
ed Mr. Marshall Joslln.
"We can get some bully ones for $12
a dozen, but'
The next moment Johnny Gaylord
felt something thrust Into bis band and
saw Marshall Joslln striding down the
street with rapidity. Johnny looked at
what wa In his hand. It was a green
back for more than enough to buy the
V9
Will cure anv case
Ml
beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can
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uniforms.
"Well, 1 wonder what 1 said -to earn
that?" be mused as be carefully stowed
it fa a place of safety.
When Johnny came home at noon a
rolce called him from tbe big, half
darkened drawing room. It was tbe
vole of Miss Georgette, and be hur
ried to her.
"Uok what Mr. Joslln gimme, sis."
he cried as be came toward ber. He
displayed the greenback.
"Johnny Gaylord, what have you
been telling Mr. Joslln?" demanded
Georgette, serious eyes fixed upon him.
"I didn't tell blm anything," averred
the captain of the Little Giants., "We
were just standing on tb street talk
ing, and 1 happened to mention that I
was going to get uniforms for tbe
Little Giants as soon aa I got tbe
money. And then he just stack this
In my hands and rusbed off before 1
could even get a chance to thank blm.
Ob. say, sis. but won't tbe team look
fine In those bine uniforms wltb white
stripes?"
But Georgette did not Join with ber
usual enthusiasm In tbe plans for the
Little Giants.
"Johnny Gaylord," she said solemn
ly, "you told Mr. Joslln something else.
Now, tell me what It was you said."
"Why. tbafa all we talked about
honest." protested Johnny, "except
that I told blm I was well and that you
weren't well because yon didn't come
down to breakfast and I , beard you
crying last night and"
"Johnny!" .
Tbe serious tone of ber voice caused
Johnny to look np In wonder.
"So that is why be came," murmured
Georgette, biting ber lip.
Johnny was beginning to feel very
uncomfortable when suddenly be was
swept Into tbe warm embrace of two
strong arms, and Georgette placed a
kiss right on his pouting lips.
"Oh, you're a dear little brother,"
she declared, bugfrlng blm.
Johnny went away mystified over
tbe two strange events of the day. but
happy in tbe possession of means to
uniform the Little Giants. ,
When Marshall Joslln arrived again
at tbe office he was so cheerful of
spirit and rigorous of mind that Shac
kleton remarked upon it
"Your walk seems to have done you
good, my boy." be said. j
"Made a new man of me, air," de
clared Joslln warmly.
A 8panlsh Ghost Story.) j
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