THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA) OREGON.
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IfllEIR ANONYMOUS j
LETTERS.
By C. . LEWIS.
Copyrighted. 1908, by Aaaociated
J Literary PreM.
Everybody, including themselves,
aid It was a love match between Kit
tj Rayne and Harry Sniedley and that
nch love, trust and confidence were
eldom to be found. It did not all end
with the honeymoon, as a certain cms
tj old bachelor predicted, but when
they had been married a whole year
the dovea were still cooing.
Then one evening Mrs. Sinedley had
lawn party, and as half a dozen
people sat together it was announced
that the writer of an anonymous letter
had succeeded In separating a certain
man and his wife. All expressed their
sorrow and Indignation, but host and
hostess felt called upon to go further.
' The husband who will pay the
slightest attention to an anonymous
letter should be tabooed from associa
tion with all sensible people," was the
bservation of the husband as he
placed his arm around his wife's
waist "No one but a coward writes
those letters, and no one but a cow
ard would act upon them."
"If I should get a hundred anony
mous letters concerning Harry I should
only laugh at them," added the wife
as she kissed him before them all.
Three mornings Inter at his office
Mr. Smedley received a letter. As it
was addressed in the handwriting of a
SOMTHING OCCUBHED TO CHA5GE HIS
PUN.
woman he felt quite a bit of curiosity
about it He opened the envelope to
find it contained an anonymous letter-
no date, no signature, just the words
"Watch your wife and you will dis
cover"
The young husband laughed and
started to tear up the missive. Then
he restrained his hand, and bis laugh
faded to a grin. It was a good joke
to send him such a missive. He would
carry it home at noon and laugh over
It with his little wife.
When the coward picked him out to
receive such a warning he took the
wrong man. He whistled and put the
letter In his pocket and began bis
work. It was funny. It would raise a
laugh. They would show it to their cir
cle, and others would laugh with them.
Five minutes later he was saying to
himself:
"Watch your wife and you will dis
cover" Discover what? he mentally kicked
himself for asking, and yet the query
kept bobbing up. A contemptible cow
ard of a woman wrote that unfinished
sentence and wrote It to make trouble.
If he could . find her. out she should
suffer for it. Discover anything wrong
n the part of his pure hearted little
wife! The idea was villainous.
He put it aside again and again and
felt himself almost as mean as the
writer when it' bobbed up again. The
forenoon was so long that be left the
office half an hour before 12 and start
ed for home. He wanted to show the
letter to his wife and have a laugh
over it, but something occurred to
change his plan.
He was within a block of the house
when a man came out, gave a look up
and down the street and hurried away.
Then, too, as be entered the door bis
wife exclaimed In surprise and almost
demanded to know why he was half an
hour ahead of his time. He kissed her,
but it was a perfunctory kiss. She nes
tled np to him, but he thought he
could feel her trembling.
At 9 o'clock that same morning the
carrier had left a letter for her in a
man's handwriting. She opened it,
thinking that it might be a bill from
the grocer, and the next moment her
merry laugh rang out
"Watch your husband and you will
discover" were Its sole contents.
Watch Harry? Fdr what? Suspect
him of what? It was an anonymous
letter, but it was too funny.- She felt
Bke running out and showing it to the
girl in the kitchen. She would go and
show It to a couple of her friends and
tet them enjoy the laugh with her.
She put on her hat. Then she halted.
The laugh had died away. Could there
be anything in It? Was it possible that
Harry was deceiving her? No, never!
fihe would tear np the letter and never
U't to it. No, ' sue would Hot. Shu
.:! kcop It, and taoy would Ituve tt
o.U lautfii over it ut noou.
she held to this Inut resolve for hail'
.n hour, mul thou the missive wus lild
u nwny, nud she was going about
the house with pale cheeks and com
pressed Hps. At 11 o'clock the door
belt rang, and a traveling clock tluker
tiRked If she had anything In his Hue
to do. He set an obstinate clock, go
lug and collected a quarter for his
skill.
He was the man whom the husband
saw glide furtively away. You will
always read furtlveuess in a dock
tinker's movements If the sua happens
to shine ou him Just right.
So it happened that neither letter
was produced to be laughed over.
There was constraint, and both hus
band and wife felt it They were uo
longer natural in their behavior, and
that very fact aroused suspicious.
"She is deceiving me" and "He Is
deceiving me" were what they were
saying to themselves, and the seed
planted by the anonymous letter writ
er had taken fair root At any mo
ment during the next month had both
letters been produced all would have
been made plain and the situation
would have been cleared up In ten
minutes. But they were not produced.
They were treasured.
The strained relations became pain
ful, but what could either do? They
could not accuse each other on an
anonymous letter. They did a great
deal of thinking, however.
It so happened that both had been
engaged previous to their own engage
ment What did "Watch your wife
and you will discover" mean except
that Kitty's old lover was writing to
her, seeing her secretly, persuading
her that he could never, never love an
other and suggesting an elopement to
a faraway Isle?
The letter carrier was questioned as
to what letters he delivered at the
house. A private detective was paid
$5 a day to search the town for the
old lover. .The boy that mowed the
lawn was Instructed to keep watch on
all life Insurance and sewing machlhe
agents calling at the house, and the
husband began to feel himself a Sher
lock Holmes,
Something was also done on the oth-'
er hand. Night after night as the bus-
band lay sleeping for even Jealous
husbands do sleep a form clad in
white might have been seen 'going
through his pockets In search of dam
aging evidence.
His weekly visits to" his Masonic
lodge had to be verified. If he went
out in the evening to order soap at the
grocery be was followed. Of course he
must in some way be In communica
tion with his old love and have aban
donment or divorce in view. 'Just let
him try It! If he ran away be should
be brought back in chains. If he ap
plied for a divorce she would fight the
case to the last court In the land.
Naturally their set noticed that some-
thing was wrong, strive as the couple i
might before company, but no one
knew Just what was the trouble, and
for once the mutual friend did not In-!
terfere and make matters worse. J
A more miserable couple did not ex- j
1st but no explanations were asked for ;
or yolnnteered. Anything of the sort
vivuau. mitii luacil lUi lul9JUUUU3 t
. i.v.& tv iuiu unau uui
husband '
were watchwords ever be
fore them. Separation, at least, must
have been the ultimate result had not
the Jokers finally decided to show thoir !
hands. One morning as the young bus- -
uauu reaencu uis uesn anotner letter (
In a certain chirography awaited him.
His heart gave a Jump. In this he !
would be told something specific. He
dreaded to open It, and yet he thirsted
for the solution. :
After a hesitation lasting five min
utes the envelope was torn away. The
next moment a bareheaded man, hold
ing a sheet of note paper In his hand,
was running down the street A block
from home he encountered a woman, j
also on the run and also holding an ,
open letter In her hand. I
"Kitty, my darling!"
"Oh, my dear Harry!" !
I Just got this by mail." j
"And I Just (rot this." j
And when they recalled that every '
woman In the block was watching
tnem tbey compared notes. He read: j
iuai duc is imiiig Alien g nair ionic
on her hair!"
And hers: -
-"that your Harry is getting a bald
spot on top of his head!"
And then the doves came back and
cooed and never flew the coop any
more.
An Expert. '
In one of the Interior towns there
lives a farmer who brings butter, eggs
and produce to market, and, being il
literate, also brings with bim his son
to do the "figuring."
The other day the son was ill and
the old man had to venture alone. For
awhile he got along pretty well by
letting his customers do the figuring,
but presently he sold two rolls of but
ter to a woman who could not figure
any better than be.
The farmer was much puzzled, but
being resolved that she should not
know that his early education had been
neglected, he took a scrap of paper
from his pocket and began, ne'put
down a lot of marks on the paper
and then said:
"Let's see; dot's a dot, figure's a fig
ure, two from one and none remains,
with three to carry $1.60, madam,
please." .
She paid over the $1.50, took the
butter home, had it weighed and "fig
ured up" by her daughter, who dis
covered that the price should have
been $2.10 instead of $1.50.-St Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Little dogs start the hare, but great
ones catch it. Italian Troverb.
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FOR RENT.
FURNISHED HOUSE,. 595 FllH
teenth street; call up M. 2311; no
children; $20 per'month. 9-22-tf
EXPERT PIANO TEACHING.
AN EXPERT PIANO TEACHER
will instruct a limited number of
pupils in their own homes; a few
specially reduced term lessons. Ap
ply early to 424 Commercial street.
9-22 6t
HOUSES FOR SALE,
HOW IS THIS FOR A SNAP? A
nice, cozy home; $1600; $800 cash,
balance on easy terms, A. R. John
son, 120 Twelfth. ' 9-9-tf
A BUSINESS INVESTMENT A
28-robm rooming house; centrally
located; well furnished; this rooming
house is making from $60 to $110
clear each month. A. R. Johnson, 120
Twelfth street 9-9-tf
ROOMS FOR RENT.
TWO UNFURNISHED HOUSE
keeping rooms for rent. Apply 584
Commercial street.
FURNISHED HOUSEKEEPING
and single rooms. 677 Exchange
. 9-15-6t
LOTS FOR SALE.
A LOT 50x100 SUITABLE FOR
flats or an apartment house; $3000
A. R. Johnson, 120 Twelfth St. 9-9-tf
COUNTRY PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
20-ACRE TRACT SITUATED ON
the pipe line road; $325. A. R
Johnson, 120 Twelfth street. 9-9-tf
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WANTED TO RENTA STOCK
0, dairv farm for cash or shares
jAddress Lewis & C!ark, R. F. D
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LOST - CHILD'S BRACELET
set with purple stones. Finder
please return to Astorian office and
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office address Warrenton, Herbert
& Poole. 9-17-tf
AT v rHT?AP nvp crHm
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weight about 1250 pounds; not over
1 8 years old; must be good driver and
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Address As-6-9-tf.
WANTED -WE PAY HIGHEST
cash price for second-hand and new
furniture; see us . before you sell.
Zapf Furniture & Hdw. Co. 9-5-26t
MASSAGE.
OLGA KANTONEN, FINNISH
masseuse and steam baths, room 6,
Pythian Bldg., Commercial St., As
torian, Ore.
PROPOSALS.
BIDS REQUESTED FOR TWEN
ty million gallon reservoir. Sealed
proposals for furnishing materials,
and constructing a twenty million
gallon reservoir, in whole, and in sec
tions, will be received until "12
o'clock noon Friday, October 2, 1908,
at office of the Water, Commission,
City HalJ, Astoria Oregon. Plans and
specifications may be seen, and blank
forms of proposals obtained at said
office. Certified check in the sum of
not less than - 10 per cent of the
amount bid on each contract must
accompany bids. Right to reject any
and all bids is reserved. City Water
Commission, by G. W. Lounsberry,
Clerk. ' 9-15-10
HOUSE MOVERS.
FREDRICKSON BROS.-W make
a specialty of house moving, car
penters, contractors, general jobbing;
prompt attention to all orders. Cor
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MAGAZINE BINDING OF ALL
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LOOSE LEAF LEDGERS -ALL
kinds made by The J. S. Dellinger
Company. '
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ATTO RNEYS-AT-LA W
CHARLES H. ABERCROMBIE
Attorney-at-Law
City Attorney Offices: City Hall
JOHN C. McCUE,
Attomey-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 Wanscll Bldg. Phone Black 2065
573 Commercial St.. Astoria, Ore.
DENTISTS
DR. VAUOHAN ,
Dentist
Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon
DR. W. C LOGAN
Dentist
Commercial St Shanahan Bldg.
BUSINESS . DIEEOTOEY.
RESTAURANTS.
TO&K) EESTAUBANT.
351 Bond Street
Opposite Ross, Higgins & Co.
Coffee with Pie or Cake 10 Cts.
FIRST-CLASS MEALS
Regular Meals 15 Cts. and Up.
U. B. RESTAURANT.
434 Bond Street
Coffee with Pie or Cake, 10 Cts.
First-Class Meals, IS Cts.
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Smith's Special
Delivery
EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE
Leave Orders at Star Cigar Store.
Phone Black 2383
Res. Phone Red 2276.
Stand Corner 11th an Commercial
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Eagle Concert Hall
(320 Astor Street)
Rooms for rent by the day, week,,of
month. Bes rates in town.
P. A. PETERSON, Prop.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.
J. T. NOWLEN
Real Estate and Employment Office
473 Commercial St., Phone
Have fine list of Astoria and coun
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furnished.
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Plate Racks, Wall Pockets,
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Just in See us
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Old Bee Hive Bldg.
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PORTLAND, ORE.
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UJIGU
PLUMBER
Heating Contractor, Tinner
AND
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VLL WORK GUARANTEEI
42S Bond Street
Youncc & Baker
PLUMBERS
TINNERS
Steam and Gas Fitting
AH Work Guaranteed. 126 Eichth
Street, opp. Post Office. Phone Msin
4061.
DENTISTS.
We Kill the
Torturing Demon
whose painful and aeonizinir nana
make life intolerable for the sufferer.
It is but a matter of a moment, to si
lence the imp thai causes the pain in
the nerve. Wc practice painless ex
traction and do it carefully. Also the
cleaning and filling of teeth when we
deem them worthy of saving. Our
Our Crown and Bridge work demon
strates our professional skill. - En
trust your teeth to us, and you will
never have cause to complain, either
oi me woric or the charges.
CHICAGO' DENTISTS,
Cor ll.h and Commercial Sts. , . .
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Astoiia, Ore.
O. Box 603.
TRANSPORTATION.
The HKM Line
PASSENGERS : FREIGHT
Steamer Lurline
Night Boat for Portland and
Way Landings.
Leaves Astoria dally eicspt 8 (today
at 7 p.m.
Leaves Portland Da3y Except Sunday
t 7 a. m.
Quick Service Excellent tfeala
Good Bertha
Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf
Landing Portland Foot Taylor 8t
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Phone Main 270
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I carry the best Loggers'
Shoes in town at the low
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My stock of men's and boy's j
shoes is unsurpassed for qu-'
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expenses enable me to sell the
best qualities at lowest prices.
S. A. GIMRE
543 Bond Street
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WE WASH
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Tenth and Duaue
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