SATURDAY, OCT. 17
THE MORNING ASTOIOAN. "ASTORIA. OREGON.
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Tlio Gantlet
And the Mitten.
By Martha Cobb Ssnford.
Cupyrlahtsd, I'M, by Aisoolslsd
Llierury J'ress,
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Muriel stood by the steamer roll,
lulling good by to ft group of imnmur
frocked girls on the wharf. Suddenly
the wind whipped one of the long white
gloves out of nor band she was
waving a Inwt farewell and carried It
down to the deck below. There was a
little ripple of lotigliter from the will
ing girls, nnd Muriel, In order to escape
attention, hurried quickly Into ber
stateroom.
It was n unlucky omen, tho argued
to herself, but quits In raoftiant'ojwltb
tlit losing game "she bad now been
playing for three long, desolate mouth.
Bus took off bar bat, arranged bar
wind blown bnlr and studied herself
critically la the little stateroom mirror.
"I ought to be pnle and Interesting
looking," she sold to the renVtlon that
looked earnestly at Iter, "but I'm only
dlsgtiatlrtgly healthy."
She" 'turned away with a sign, and
then with quick determination opened
the door of her stateroom, placed a
cbalr where she could look out on the
rentleas f water when she felt so In
clined end lgn cutting the leaves of
new Hintftwiiie, ' " ;
Rut the story selected either did not
Interest her or else Interested ber so
personally that she soon forgot the
print Hfore ber eyes and was lost In
Introspection.
TJp till now, the middle of Augu t.
he wfta sure she had presented a very
brave and cheerful front and that none
of tbo girls she had becu visiting sus
pected for a moment the reul state of
her heart. Why bad she broken It off?
That was the question she had to an
wer everywhere. Varied as were the
reasons she gave, they were also all
more or less flippant. ;
"Wby, you see," she explained to one
of her niiist Intimate friends, "Tout and
I had known e' h other since we were
children. Jt was almost prearranged
by our fnmllU' that wo should marry.
We were the end men, as It were, lu
minstrel show that every one was
watching. At last Tom popped the
f7
Til WAN JASSED TUB BBIAB TO MOIUM.
question. I answered It according to
what was expected of mo, and every
body saw the joke except Tom and my
self. When It did dawn on us some
time afterward we laughod and parted
the best of friends."
Now, as Muriel recalled with .what
gtlbness she bud rattled off this bit of
Action, even laughing to herself over
the appurcut humor of it, she blushed
, at her duplicity.
What bud been the real reason, after
for her falling out with Tom? A
difference of opinion, so far as she
could remember, over the relative ad
vantages of spending one's summer In
house "bout or camping out"
She was rather , unpleasantly con
scious that Tom bad been willing to
t split the difference, but that she had
nrgued that If they couldn't eome to a
perfectly harmonious agreement, about
spondlliijf tholr summer theyvery prob
ably would be equally at swords' points
over the" other seasons of the year.
And so at ber request they bad broken
the engagement
Muriel looked out at the billowy wa
ter and for n few momenta was" cori
sclous of tho speed with which the
big steamer was plunging through It
Ity morning It would bring her to the
CllffHlde, where It all happened the
ourtlng ami the quarrel. Would she
be able to be brave and cheerful tinder
such conditions when everything re
minded her of ,
A peal of thunder startled her. They
were speeding Into the midst of a ter
rific storm. Tom had always been
such a dear In a thunderstdrml Muriel
tossod her magazine Into the berth
and hurried down to tho dining room,
whore she would at least have the
comfort of othor people about her. -
'No, not a seat-by the window," she
sti Id to the hend steward who tiHhered
bor In. "I prefer one In the center."
Ilo placed her nt a Httlo round table
with one other woman and tWraon'.
Muriel, absorbed lu her own thoughts,
, absently' took the seat offered and be
can to rend the menu. In the tedious
Interval before her order was served
two of the guests left the table, nnd
eie made -a vtrffarfling and discern
foi'tlntf discovery. ,
sr.t'h'le t'uo thunder and lightning
.increnaed. In severity, and Muriel was
Mm W)
jot only very Mibmnnmif, but very
nervous,
It Wits a relief when dinner was final
ly served, BinMenly, gluncliijf tip, Ma
riol noticed the steward (wilting to tbr
man across fsom her, fie was evl
dently, by his gestures, talking aboul
the bread In the center of the table
Hhe overheard him say, "I thought yoa
were together, so I brought the bread
on ono plate," to which the man smil
ingly replied: "It doesn't waiter. It
will be all right"
For some time neither Muriel nor thi
man opposite ' deigned to taka any
bread. Then suddenly," aa If by odj
Impulse, each reached for the some
roll, and each as suddenly withdrew
empty handed. ;
' Immediately, with very flattering gal
, lantry, the tnun passed the bread tc
Muriel, and she, not to be, outdone In
courtesy, took the "roll of combat"
broke It and offered ber table compan
ion" half." ' ,
An bour or 6 later lu ber state
rooiri' Muriel lay crying ber pretty eyei
out, whether from an overflow of bap
pines or because of regret for ber past
silliness, lbs could . not for the life of
ber batf tola), wbeii she heard a knock
t this stateroom door.
"Who Is Itr she called cautiously.
"Steward, miss, I bars a message
for you," .
Muriel took tho envelops and broke i
It open with haste, her heart thumping
.tumultously as aba read: ; v
IWrtat I kaw prfcll)r wh why 'yen
wouldn't rccognlss m at ths tabls, You
did not want to ctclis pubita eurlostty 01
crltli lum, snd I a(lmlr you tor It. But
how I wanted to hold your tinj tight
whnr 1 hi you trambls st tbs tlfiit
ntngt Hut you wrs uimixmhitbty swwtt
In th way you lot m know that w sri
frtnds scsin and much, muob mors, dai
girl, I hopl
Now that ws bv "broken bread" te
gthpr rsn't ws talk tocother too? It li
full moon tonight, you know. In about
fiflssn mlnutRi 1 sliRtl bs stroUlna sround
ths vppr dock and shall expect to And
you tuck wl awy In a cornsr thers som
whers. Bis wry months sso you gsvt
ms the mil tan, Ilttl MurtnL Come and
now what I hsvn to effer In return.
THE BAMB OLD TOM.
' p. i.-By ths by, I'm on my wy to
Visit with your motbr. fitit and I have
always bean sooa ohums, you know. 1
board you woron't to ba at Cllffalde thli
surnnittr, so I thooiiht prhnps your moth
er might bo, a bit lonesome. Queer site
didn't tell m you wr oomlngl.
It was lucky that Tom bad given
Muriel fifteen full minutes of grace In
which to obliterate somewhat the un
becoming traces of ber tears. She bad
no sooner established herself comfort
ably la a deck chair on the lea side ot
tba pilothouse that Tow appeared Idly
dsagUng by bis side' oris long waits
fSera. ' 'J. V's
Uortst caught it butantly.
Ttlly UfV was ber peetlng. Wrt
4MT ytu' get itr , ,
Ted sfewd smillsf down at ber rsp
aawtt:y. ,
WV, of eeursa, I wai watcblag yeo
rki yea tost It Bersral of us made a
sisWe for It and I got It I knew
Ussa my lack bad fbsaged." . ,
"As4 I thought" Muriel told blmi
amstblag the glove la ber band, nt wis
aa mmi f mlsforraae. Why,-wbsfs
ta Mr ska exclaimed auddenly. "I feel
asanetiJng bard!" ' .:
A ad sba began to Investigate esch
flsger, Tom sat down close beside bet
and watched her with absorbing ad
miration. "Wby, tfa-lt'i my engagement ring!"
gaped Muriel, shaking out the third
linger of tho glove. "Isn't that funny
I hadn't bad it on At All because"
Then as she realized the unpleasant
truth she bad stumbled upon and also
how the ring had really come there she
looked up at Tom and smiled ber adora
tion. - -
"Won't you put It on again, Tom,
deurr she asked with very sweet ho
utility. -.- - ,
A Thoughtful Conduotor.
Ignorance often saves much dlsqule
tudo. Many have beard the story ot
the woman whose first experience lu
railway train ended with an Accident
Thrown from her seat aud shaken up
generally, she nevertheless retained
her equanimity. When asked if she
were frightened she replledr "Fright
cued! ; No. I didn't know but that wai
the way they always stopped." It is tc
be hoped that the trolley passenger in
Mr. Howell's anecdote, Introduced into
"Confessions of A Summer Colonist,"
was possessed of the same trust In the
event Tba conductor, at least preserv
ed bis presence of mind. Says s Mr,
ITowells:
"I bad long expected to see some one
thrown out of the open trolley Car at
some of the short curves.' One day a
wonian waa nqttially hurled from bet
seat into the road.' Luckily she alight
ed on her feet and stood looking About
as If la a dase.
"'Oh, oh!! exclaimed a passenger.
She's left; her, tjmbrcllar
"The conductor promptly threw it
out "
Wby, did that lady wish to got
out? I asked.
"The conductor pondered a moment
before he answered: .,
" 'Well, she'll want her umbrella any-
Ruby Glass.
In his book on '."The World of the
Infinitely Small," rrofessor Orancr of
Berne gives ah' Interesting account ot
ruby glass. Geuulue ruby glass Is ex
pensive, bocmiBa it Is prepared with
gold. It owes Its color to tho presence
throughout Its mass of particles 1 of
gotd too small to be seen with the
microscope. Only the ultra mleroscoie,
which renders Visible objects percepti
ble by means of tholr diffusion of light
is able to show the existence of these
minute particles. 'With the ordinary
microscope the glass appears as a uni
form transparent tnnss, but the ultra
microscope shows that ft is filled with
points of Ifght resembling stars on a
blaoW background. ; These points In
t'.lcate 'he piwencs of the particles of
r )?d to which the color of the glass is
:liitv 1'' ' 'r t ;. ""
A CEYLON PUSUE.
The Land Uiohos Are Worse That ths
Snakes ec Moiquitoe.
It Is tntariy always the ctse that ex
ceedingly beautiful countries are over
run by different kinds of pests. Beau
tiful Ceylon has mosquitoes said to be
the most adroit and audacious in tba
world and snakes and a thousand more
plagues of poor human beings, bat tba
worst of them all is a species of leecb.
The Ceylon land leech is a thin crea
ture about two inches long and very
nimble and flexible. It will craw! op a
man's leg and, traveling underneath
tba clothing, will climb as high aa tba
throat. These leeches do not crawl Ilks
the leeches that Are known to medi
cine, but rear themselves np on their
tails to watch for t)rey and walk off to
attack it with , aniaxing rapidity. Ia
walking tbroogt) Jhe Jangle boat of
them may be seta by the roadsSda,
where they wait to victimise cattle,
norsea, it la said, ara driven Half wild
by tbem, as also are palanquin teams
and coolies, whose bare legs are their
favorite resort, tba mta'i band fcateg
too engaged to poll tbem off. The
leeches may be seen banging round
their ankles, from which tiny trickles
of blood run over tba foot London
Standard. ' ' , t 4
BAT CATCH ErtS.
One af the M ethos's by Whloh They
Make Big Hauls.
"Bat catchers, Ilka bona tamers, try
to make a mystery of their trade," aald
a too keeper.'; ,f ;.'' ' ' '.,
Tie pointed toward tba large gray
rata that played about the comers of
tba carnlvora bouse.
"But they can't mystify ma la any
phase of ths rat question," ba went on.
"Living aa I do, surrounded by an
army of the largest fluent rats, I know
the animals too thoroughly. I could set
up as a successful rat catcher tomor
row. . : .' . .. ,.v
"This is the way the men work.
Tbey go to the infested place lata at
night with a pair of tongs, a powerful
lantern and a lot of bags.
"Tbey wslk softly about la tba dark
nese, and t.Vy make a low, chattering,
whistling nolw, like tills."
At tba sound an tba rats in tba cor
ners of the big room looked at tba
keper Inquiringly. !3t went on: .
, "Tbl!?v ia the stgaal whereby a rat
tells bis, mates that ba has bit on good
feeding. That sound aasde la the dark
gathers rats ss molssees gathers flies.
The fiteW. having made It opens bis
streeg tsera, the mm are dazed by
tbe fight and be picks them up with
his tosgs sod drops then) la bis bag.
"Of eowe flere are ether ways to
cab k rats, bet of the secret tnyftter
oaa m tfols Is tbe boaf-nscbtngc.
' 1 Hsrd Luck.
tTlfe Wbst luck? IIusbsnd-Noue
arwtsver." wife-Were' there no scrv
aats at tbe, Intelligence office? Hus-basd-Tes.
lots of them, but they bad
alt worked for , us bcfore.-Satiirtlny
Sunset -
What Willis Saw.
When Willie saw a peacock for tbe
Otst time b,e snld to his mother: "; .
'Oh. mamma, you should have seen
It! Electric lights all over the ferns
and a turkey underneath f Delineator
Ara You Only Half Alive?
People with kidney trouble ara so
weak and exhausted that they are
only half ahve. Foley" Kidney Rem
edy makes healthy kidneys, restores
lost vitality, and weak, delicate peo
ple are restored to health. Refuse
any but Foley's. T. F. Laurin, Owl
Drug Store.
CONFESSES A CRIME.
Mystery of Dynamite Outrage at
Baker City Explained, Perhaps.
SHERIDAN) Wyo. Oct. Id-Details
of an affidavit said to have been
made by A. S. Burroughs relative to
a dynamite outrage at Baker City,
Oregon, about, two years ago, are
made public today. ,
Burroughs, it is said, swears that
Ed. Mizcner placed a bomb at the
gate of the residence of Sheriff Harry
K. Brown, No. 312 Third street, and
that it exploded as Brown was pass
ing through the gate at 9:30 o'clock
in the evening, killing the officer.
Burroughs, according to the alleged
affidavit, says he was an eye witness
to the crime, and that Mizener was a
member of the Western Federation
of Miners. v ' ' .';. '' .. ,
The Sheriff at Baker City has been
notified by telegram of the alleged
confession and that Burroughs is
held pending instructions from him,
Woman Interrupts Political Speaker
, A well dressed woman interrupted
a political speaker recently by con
tinually cemghing. If she had taken
Foley's Honey and Tar it' would have
cured her cough quickly and expelled
the cbld from her system. The gen
uine Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no opiates and is in a yellow pack
ape.' Refuse substitutes. T. F. Lau
rin, Owl Drug Store. . 1
Foley's Honey and Tar cures
Coughs quickly, strengthens the
lungs and expels colds.- Get the
genuine in' a yellow package, T. F.
Laurin, Owl Drug Store. . J
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iilllS . .
Hie wear and tear of business and the
every-day cares arid worries kit upon
the nerves, and bring; disaster to the
stomach and brain. Nervousnesl
causes loss of sleep and draws heavily
on th vital forces. Increase yotsy
aervous energy by using
whenever the system is weakened by
overwork or worry, and needs to ba
toned and strengthened. Beecham'a
Pills equalize tba circulation, carry o3
the waste materials, help the stomach,
and carry health to tba nerve cells.
Tbey are quick to restore normal con
ditions, enable tbe brain to recover its
poise and unfailingly
dieve
Nerve Strain
gold Everywhere. In eeiee JOe. and 8.
8aved Hia Boy'a Life
"My three year old boy was badly
constipated, had a high fever and
was in an awful condition. I gave
him two dozens ' of Foley's Orino
Laxative and the next morning the
fever wai gone and he was entirely
well. Foley's Orino Lrxative saved
his life." A. Wolktish, Casimer, Wis.
T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
' MORE BLACK HANDS.
MOXESSEN, Oct. 16. - Frank
Cassini, a well-to-do Italian, received
a black hand letter, ordering him to
meet an agent of the society last
night and pay him $500, refusal to be
followed by death. Cassini went to
the meeting place but two policemen
concealed nearby arrested the agent.
Three other Italians tried to rescue
the agent and drew safety revolvers
w hich failed to discharge because the
men did not know how to operate
them. A hand-to-hand fight followed
in which the police won. Six revol
vers, two razors, several stilletos and
brass knuckles were found on the
quartette. ' .
Chinook and Ilwaco.
The launch Hulda I. will leave on
the tide, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, two round trips, for
Chinook. Landing at Lurline dock
for freight and passengers. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, for Ilwaco,
with freight and passengers.
CAPT. JOHN HAAGBLOM.
Oysters.
Bay Center Oyster House, 420
Bond street. Oysters wholesale and
retail. George Saunders, Prop. 9-27-tf
MILLINERY SALE !
Special Sale of
PATTERN
HATS
At the
La Mode
682 Commercial St. ,
1 Vs S h h
Ms
DAINTY CHINA
is a necessity to the careful house
keeper. If your stock is inadequate
you will find this a splendid oppor
tunity 'for supplying your wants. We
have 'an amazingly
FINE COLLECTION
of beautiful China. .Fancy dishes in
exquisite new designs, Tea-pots, Cups
and Saucers, Salad Bowls, Platters,
etc' ' ' -"
We have just received two more
patterns in Decorated Dinner Ware.
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TJnfermcnted Grape Juice
absolutely coti-alcoholic
Concord 5oc quart
Catawba ...6oc quart
Wtlcb's Crape Juice
Nips 10c.
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