THE MORNING AST01UAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, DKCKMMIR 27, 19()8.
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SoU Ewrrwfew. fa Wm 10. mJ IS
FORGOT HER BABY.
Excited Woman Rushe From Burn
ing House With Clothes Only.
NEW YORK. Dec 26,-Mrs. Re
becca Sicgel of East New York be
came go ejicitcd during a fire in her
flat yetterdsy which broke out while
the was bathing her six months old
infant that she seiied a bundle of baby
rlntheL thinking that the child was
tucked safely inside only to find to her
chagrin and horror when she reached
the street lha! the bundle was empty.
A man hearing her screams that the
child wis in the burning building.
rushed a and found the baby seated
contentedly in the bath tube, cooing
happly and splashing the water while
the flames cracked about the room.
The rescuer and baby were unscathed.
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SPORTS ON WAR VESSEL
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-A
Marathon race was the feature of the
Christmas celebration neld yesterday
on board the monitor Wyoming which
is lying in the harbor awaiting to be
christened the Cheyenne on New
Year's eve. Eleven sailors entered
the race, but only two finished the full
course. The huge deck of the monitor
made a track of 130 yards to the la;.
J. H. White, the winner, proved him
self a star in the other contests which
were held during the afternoon.
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"During the summer of 1903 I was
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instep of my foot," says Mr. S.
Pedlar, of Toronto, Ont. "At times
it was so painful I could hardly
walk. Chamberlain's Pain Balm wai j
recommended to me, so I tried
- . ... . .
ana was completely cured Dy one
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all of whom speak highly of it." For
sale by Frank Hart and leading
druggists.
TO CLEAN AUGEAN STABLES.
riTTSBURG, Dec. 26. It is said
that Andrew Carnegie has put up
about $150,000 in order to clean Pitts
burg up morally, following the mu
nicipal bribery scandal. The story told
in the fashionable Dcquesne Club an!
the Pittsburg Club is that the same
men who told Pittsburg conditions to
President Roosevelt also went to An
drew Carnegie and laid an array of
facts before him. The result accord
ing to rumor, was that he authorized
expenditure of $150,000 in the detec
tive work, etc. He is said to take
the same stand that Mr. Spreckels
did in cleaning up San Francisco.
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cH. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store
John ILcssitcr's
Christmas
Present.
By GEORGE II, FICARD,
Copyritht. by a tt F1cnt
II EN AUeu Artuttag died.
which he did suddenly
on bis sixtieth birthday,
everybody wondered what
would become of Janet-pretty, Irre
sponsible Janet, hla young wife. She
bad been Armltage'a wife since her
eighteenth birthday. He had not mad
up hla mind to marry until ht was
put fifty.
Although fee waa sufficiently alert a
to the mala chance in business deal
ings, Aruiltage had not been marked
ly xtccmful la hla ventures. The,
year before hla death he discovered a
promising bed of fire clay on a piece
of land which be owned on tlx out
skirts of the village, and he made up
hia mind to exploit It to hla own ad
vantage. He bad little ready money,
and be mortgaged hla real estate to
the limit to obtain the meant to float
tbe- enterprise. Before it began to
yield an appreciable return he waa
beyond the need of It It waa a prom
ising undertaking-all CrossklU admit
ted it-bnt that did not restrain her
friend from wondering a to the prob
able future of Janet
They had not long to specula te, Tbe
day after the funeral Janet told Tom
Mastcrsou, her father, who waa at
least ten years tbe Junior of her late
husband, that she Intended to devote
a!l l:sr cwrsloe to the development of
the brtrkyard. Tom knew from past
experience tbat it would be fruitless to
object, but he did and In the course f
the argument which followed became
so earnest lu his opposition that be
was led to apply to hla daughter as
epithet agnlnst the use of which the
Scriptures are notably explicit
to not a fool," she dissented
proudly, ""and now that I hare a chance
Tm going to demonstrate the fact"
Janet did demonstrate It and the
way ahe did It was a revelation. Ia
less than two years after the assumed
control of tbe brickmaklng business It
became so profitable that she waa able
to pay off all the Indebtedness. Then
she proceeded to enlarge the plant and
to Improve the quality of her product
Almost before she realized It she bad
a Boost gratifying credit at the village
bank. Owing to tbe superior nature
ot her product tbe demand for Janet's
wares became greater than ahe could
supply. The man whom she employed
as superintendent turned ont to be a
veritable treasure, and under his hon
est and clever management there ex
isted the most perfect harmony be
tween the small army of Italian brick
makers and their capable employer.
Before she was thirty-five Janet had
become tbe village magnate. Prosperi
ty and the outdoor life had done great
things for her. She bad developed Into
a noble woman, freed from tbe trivial
ity which had been a part of her
girlhood and endowed with that com
pleted comeliness which Is never with
in the gnup of the very young. So
she seemed to everybody who knew
her and more especially to John Uossi-
DID YOU, Tfmr 8 HI DEMANDED
ILD0O1CAU.I.
ter, tbe cashier of the village bank,
who bad loved her since the very day
on which be might do so legitimately
and who bad told her so as quickly
thereafter as decency would permit
At the time Rossiter's declaration
bad not impressed Janet profoundly,
nor bad she at any subsequent period
found her persistent admirer more en
grossing than tbe business of brick-
making. Until she should, she assured
herself snd everybody else who
broached the subject, It would be folly
to make any change In her way of liv
ing. She admitted, to herself only,
that John was a man among a thou
sand, and It was not at all disagree
able to bare blm fond of her. She had
demonstrated, however, that she was
abundantly able to look after her own
Interests, and that fact alone should
entitle her to Immunity from such
sentimental petition as that which
John seemed anxious to have her oc
cupy. She liked him well enough, but
Tbe time enme wben Janet believed
that she hated blm. It was the day
when she learned that he had given up
his position at the bunk and had or-
3
"WHI
lc!ed a company for the purpose of
converting the truproek ot t)uke moun
tain lulu gravel for commercial use. ,
At first she refused to credit the story.
It seemed Incredible that any one who
hid been boru wltlilu the shadow ot
! Duke mountain, tUe historic Inuduiark
which made CrosskUl distinguished for
something uobler than the quality of
Its Ore clay, could be guilty ot such
vandalism.
It was true, however, nnd when Ja
net realised fully that John Itosslter
and hla company had actually obtain
ed possession of tbe river side ot tbe
mountain aud were preparing to erect
a stone crushing plant aud to Install
an army of Sicilian diggers at the foot
of tbe beetllug height she was shocked
and Indlguant There was justification
sufficient for her wrath. Leu than
two years previously sue bad bought a
piece of land abutting on the moun
tain and had built thereon a handsome
house In which she had settled herself
comfortably with the assurance that
no uncongenial neighbor could ever
harass her from the mountain side.
That tbe unforeseen was actually Im
minent and. above all that John Res
etter should be Its agent made ber des
perate. She resolved that It ahould not
be.
So she went to him with ber ava
lanche of protests and reproaches. To
her surprise and infinite chagrin she
waa unable to lodge tbem effectively.
He listened with admirable gallantry,
but Janet Arr-iltage realised before she
bad launched a tithe ot her argument
that John Bosslter bad made up his
mud.
"I couldnt nobody could have be
lieved you capable of suchsuch an
awful desecration r ahe declared, with
a manifest intention to put him on tbe
defensive.
"I hated to do it he confessed so
berly. "I really did."
"Why . did you. thenr she demanded
Uloglcally.
"I must have money," he replied sim
ply.
"One needs very little in CrosskUl,'
she said. "You certainly must need It
very much to be tempted to do what
you expect. It must be another case
of life or death."
"Oh. hardly as bad as that.1" He
laughed rather uneasily. Then hla face
sobered aud his voice became lower
and somewhat unsteady. "It might
not seem necessary to another man,
but it does to me. Shall I tell you ail
about It, Janet V
"ao, sbe returned hastily. "I must
decline to have anything to do with
suck a detestable thing."
"Then we must let It go at that," he
aid. with a quick resumption of his
business manner. "Let It stand that I
want money ror precisely tbe same
reasons that Influence the average
man for a steam yacht a house In
Fifth avenue, a castle In to Kiilar-
ney, a"-
Janet did not remain to bear fur
ther. At bay, but still unranqulsned,
she retired and from that day gave
herself np unreservedly to the task of
frustrating the design of the traprock
company. Tbe weight of public sen
timent was with ber, and she manlpu
latcd it in every possible manner that
ber Ingenuity could suggest
Nothing was of the slightest avail
Tbe big crushing machinery came up
tbe river In sections, was unloaded at
tbe foot of the mountain and put to
gether and began at once Its merciless
redaction of the picturesque outcrop
which had been loosened by the mighty
fulmlnations and sharp pickaxes of the
gang of dwarfed and noisy Palerml-
tans that had csmped just without Ja
net's lnclosure.
It was a trying period for Janet Ar
mitage. She was tbe most wretched
woman In CrosskUl when sbe knew
that sbe should have been tbe bappl
est Sbe was tbe prey of contending
emotions. It almost crushed ber to be
brought face to face with the knowl
edge that the power to make ber su
premely unhappy had been delegated
to any one, and It grieved atd humili
ated ber inexpressibly that the person
delegated should have been John Bos
slter. Most exasperating of all was the
tardy conviction unwelcome, yet un
mistakablethat the man Who had
brought her to this extremity of dis
comfort was dearer to ber than life
Itself.
All this came borne to her with tre
mendous significance as sbe sat alone
at her dinner on Christmas day. Ev
erything seemed strangely unreal. Tbe
season itself was as unlike tbe typical
holiday time as It well could be. Thus
far there bad not lodged a single snow
flake on tbe hemlocks to herald tbe ap
proach of winter. Tbe air was soft
and balmy, and there was a hazy lull
In It that suggested a belated Indian
summer. Tbe unreasonableness of the
weather was positively disquieting. It
was Impossible to fit the Christmas
essentials into the scene.
"Open the windows, Beppo wide
open!" sbe called out to a half grown
boy who stood looking In on ber from
the veranda outside, "If positively
tlfUug." Beppo was a swarthy Sicil
ian lad whom she had rescued from
tbe mountain gong and befriended and
who was repaying ber for ber protec
tion with a devotion that was almost
tragic in Its earnestness.
Beppo threw open the unhitched door
windows and stood In one of tbem In
an attitude of rapt admiration. There
was nothing at all reserved about Bep
po. His effusiveness was a thing to
be dreaded aud repressed. Standing
framed In tbe tail window, he seemed
to Janet to be especially out of place
and melodramatic. It Irritated ber to
see blm standing there, so suggestive
of an opera chorus or a trumpery Ne
apolitan figurine. It was all very well,
she told herself, to bare him about
wben he was a starved and helpless
waif left to shift for himself, but now
really sbe must send hlrt down to
the yards to see If anything could be
made of blm.
TUeu she saw John Itosslter coining
along the river roml on his way up
the mountain. If It hint aiiuoyed her
t see how Strong and handsome lU?p
po was growing It whs even more dis
turbing to discover that her itreh eue
my bud lost something of his old time
erectile of figure and IlKhluesa of
step, She wen fun-led that ho was
I'Hiklug wuiii ii ml thitt be wns less
(articular In his personal appearance
than usual. As lie passed the house
he saw Juliet and mined bis hut po
tltely. She bowed frigidly In return
and called out sharply to Uepuo;
"Close those windowsl It's fright
fully chilly to here!"
Beppo closed them, himself on the
tuslde. He advanced slowly, with tbe
most theatric and unnatural progres
sion, now aud then bait turning to
shake his clinched fist In the direction
h? lav;;:-
t BAV COilB TO OVtTM
auaoirr
of the tnst receding figure of the man
who was beginning to ascend the
mountain.
No uiorel Nevalr more!" be hissed
mysteriously.
Jauet was speechless with astonish
ment. She wns famllhir with the lad's
heroics, but really this was somcthlug
out of the ordinary. '
"Dls ulght-a." coutynued Beppo In a
slblllaut whisper, "he mus'-a die!"
"Now, what do you meanr Janet
deumuded sternly, with the evident
Intention of getting at the bottom of
tbe matter. "Sit right down la that
chair aud tell me without any more
nonsense."
For a reply Beppo drew bis band
across bis throat aud gurgled sugges
tively. Janet was begiunlng to be seriously
alarmed.. She knew that the young
ster was' emotional to tbe verge of ab
surdity and that be was not to be de
pended upou lu an emergency. She
bad discovered that he had a passion
for exaggeration, but It seemed to ber
that there must be something real
about this.
"Beppo," sbe commanded In a tone
that left no alternative, "do as I tell
you."'
Thus brought to terms, tbe young
Sicilian wbbipered a tale of contem
plated assamluatlon and robbery that
would have been a veritable boon to
one of the operatic maestri of the last
generation. Three men of the moun
tain gang, be declared, bad plotted to
murder and rob John Bosslter on that
very Christmas night knowing that
be would bit alone In bis office on tbe
mountain. Beppo gave nil the details
of tbe dastardly business with the
most Ingenuous expllcltness and seem
ed to expect Janet to share his enthu
siasm over the removal of her euemy.
Janet did not stop to sift tbe mat
ter. It was sufficient for ber that the
man she loved was threatened by a
danger whleh sbe might avert She
did not hesitate a moment Distrust-
lug Beppo, sbe feigned satisfaction at
the prospect of so soon being rid of
ber euemy ond sent the boy to tbe vil
lage on an errand. As soon as be wa
out of sight she left ber bouse and be
gan to ascend the mountain a quickly
a she could.
Half an hour later she stood at the
open door of Bosslter' csbln and face
to face wltb Its occupant
Manet." he asked ber doubtlngly,
'are you actually bere?"
les," she returned breathlessly and
without looking at him at all. "I bare
come to offer you a Christmas gift."
He looked at ber amazedly, but did
not (peak.
"I have come to offer you your life."
"I don't understand: really I do not
Janet," be said helplessly.
Then sbe told blm Beppo's story.
He heard It to the end without a
word of comment. When she bad fin
ished he sighed long and deeply.
"I am disappointed," be said, with a
curious little quaver in his voire. "I
am disappointed In my C'hrlftmas pres
ent. I bopedI thought perhaps it
might be something better."
"What Is better tlmn-life?"
"You are-far better." he defnred
audaciously.
Janet knew that t.'ie lot!,? conflV
was ended, nnd the kno ir'M'jre 1 1 f
the weight from her ItrHrt.
"If you really- believe iniytliiiic o'
that sort, Jolm"- shebegao.
"I forgot to tell yon that there Isn't
i word of truth In yonr precious Bep
po's story," John said as thoy were de
scending the niouiitnlu. "Why, the
very men be named are lu tbe village
lockup at the present moment too
much holiday, you know. I saw them
as I came up from the train. They are
all good workmen, and In the morning
I shall go down and pay their fine
snd get them out of llrsbo."
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