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THE MOKNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. UNDAV. JANUARY 4, IMS. A Romance of The Year's End tCopfrlMht, Ittt, by Amartean l'ri Aaso- CMttvn.j i nt you bud been able to look Into U Henry Clifford 'i room upon cer tain tvtiilug m If they wort cent set on a lnge and h an ac tor, ton would bar tald to youwtlf, "What la Hit matter with thl follow r II wa tua-aged tn packing hi bt longing In apmodlo burst of hurry, and ofiiti ha would sUnd atock atlll and trt hi teeth vary hard and pull . hlniielf together tu tha manner of a man who fltflil agnluat a protrat!iig Wihw or racking pain. Vou would lava felt aura that ha waa forcing bin Mlf through thla task, which muat b dona within a very brief Unit, for fat ktpt looking at bla watch, and tha tight of It alwaya trained to inert bla duHre aud bla hurry. Now, tbt fact art that thert wa sot tbaalthlii young man lottn miles' radiua, that bt auffartd no pbyalval pain whattvtr and that h had a tu perflulty of Unit for what bt waa do ing. It wat tbt tvtnlng of friday, Dc. 81, aud Clifford waa to leavt bit room on tbt following Wednesday and tall on Thursday. Meauwbllt b" bad tearctly anything to do tacept tht rtuitlnder of bla packing, a ftw houra' work In all. Takt toother look at tht man, and , I will lr ,m Into lha aarreL You will obwrv that ha la a atrong, rug ged, macullnt creature, Hh a baud oui but tontewbat atom countouanct, kn gray tyM, plenty of noaa and a Brio jaw-au attractlvt follow, not un atnlabl. but vtry bard to mova. n la to eprt tn atoul work, especially brldat building, and bla tppearanet Dta hi calling. Thla la what bad happened to him: Id tha early part of tli preceding turn nr ba mad tht acquaintance of Ml Dorothy Leland at her fatber'a coun try bouat on tht north abort, and ba bad fallen tn lovt with bar. i lit addressed blnwelf to Dorothy' father, who admired tha young mao extremely and willingly gava him leave to try hi fortune. Then, with a ten of baaard that might bavt para lysed a weaker man, with cold fear In tht marrow of bt bom and a con turning Art In hi blood, but outwardly aa steady a Iron, ba offered bla band and heart to Dorothy. ' , Tbt girl bad seen tht coming, and yet tht wa mrprUed. , It waa too toon, -got wa aluioat angry with Clifford, at If bo bad been guilty of a ' rudene. II had apolled the fun. Tbt aenat of Justice In mnn la re placed In woman by the punishing In stinct A true woman will puulah tvtn an Inanlmatt object If It burta ber. If you bavt teen a little girl aturablt on tbt tUtrt and then atand and make Sl wag lonciNa oiMHBtr thuouoh tun TASK facet at tha ttnlr carpet you bavt tbt material for a conslderablt know! edge of tbt tex. Only out clrcumataoca saved Clifford from a direct refusal that bt thowed In bla avowal tho capacity for doing precisely what bt had thua far con tplcuoualy neglected. Ht roully did In troduct tbt aubject, and for half an hour be waa a wooer, apeaklng of noth ing In particular, but with a thrill Jmagea of beauty rose unsought to hla lipa, aurprlslng and exciting bia own heart: he annff a sort of wordlcs tons to ber, and all tha meaning waa lu hla eyes, What be anld waa mere fancy, mere picture, a direct emotional ap neal. and If bo bad gone on HUo that for half an hour, more bt might bavt won an acceptance. But auaueniy bin Intellect awoke and felt itself nogloct d. it intruded awkwardly where It bad no buslnesa, and It wrecked the tcene. He began to apeak straight out mtlonftllv about marriage and his status In 'the world and all the cold conventionalities Thirty mlnutea at : least these nmttere should have been poetponed, but Clifford did not know Dorothy waa furioua-aa ahe herself would have expressed It! nor wrath when he beenn to anenk ordinary, col orloss words out of tho dictionary wat fliroctly proportionate to the pleasure ahe had hud lu the bird song prelude; but, of course, she couldn't tell him to go back and do It over ajjaln, He ahould have known It; he must be pun : lghcd. - " "' ' ' ' 1 '"' '.-"' "No," she auld, rising. "No, I cannot listen.' That la your answer?" aald he. "I have not answered you at all," aald Dorothy. "I am not prepared for either question or answer. Let ua not apeak of It." "I havt spoken," aald lie tadly, "If yon havt not answered, I can only wait" "Yea," iht aald, "wait Wt bavt been Woods. Let nt go on at before. Hut you must not apeak to me of thla." "Tbt question must remain," bt said, with a touch of flrmne. "It would not bt right, it would not bt boneat to Ignortlt" ; "Let It bt'to," tald aht, "and I will answer" -' "Whenl" "Within tht year," aald aba, and looked for blin to plead for much briefer time, but bt aald gravely? "Within thla yearf And tht ao twtred, "Vet." , Hit abeurd fellow accepted the term aa If hit honor wert tn pledge for their fulfillment. . They met a friend thereafter, aud Clifford waa often vtry charming and lovablt, but bit lip wert tealvd. There wert timet when Dorothy could bara beaten blin. Ut waa twart tn bla fooliau way of ber dlaplttaurt, aud b read bla doom In It Tbt day pasted, and abt gavt him no aoawer, and of course bt didn't ak ber for It lit didu't know tnough. II relied upon ber promt (tht Idiots to aiuwtr blm within tbt year, and now It wa half pat 10 on tht tveutug of the slt of utcemner, tod tbt bad not answered! lit could not bllve that tht would bt falsa to ber promise, but ht bad long tlnct ceaaed to bavt tha tmallest bopt of any favorablt word. Within tbt last mouth bt had aeen her rarely; within tht Inst week bt bad decided that he would go away. lit bad re turned hi position with tu brldg company and wa considering eeveral offer of work lu the fur pant of tht enrth. Au agent of the British gov ernment had offered blm especial lu diiecmentt to go to rrotorln for t year, aud lie viewed the proposlUon favora bly bevauNt the place waa to remote, lie hud. tu fact, accepted, with tht tin gle proviso tlmt be should b permitted to change hit uilud at any moment within the year. Several time during that lest tvtn lng bo bad resolved to telephou to Hlr Jainu Knowlton, the Eugllah ry reseuutlvt In thl negotiation, that be wight consider tht matter settled, and theu bt bad clung to tbt dwindling possibility that Dorothy might yet commuulcat with blm. At half oast 10 bt bad a foolish Idea. I'ertiHD Dorothy bad teut tome word aud bt bad not received It Would it bt a breach of bla word to ask heri Ua aat with hla bead in bla banda and debated tbt question, and at hurt, like a dull, dUboiieat schoolboy who know th auawer of tbt problem ana inapea bla figuring to fit It, Clifford shaped bla reasoulng to suit bla desire and dragged himself to the telephone. Dorothy did not glvt blm any tune to tak her anything; tbt bad her own way with tht conversation. "What art you doing r abt asked. "Nothing? You're all alontT Well, that won't do at all on New Year's tve. Coma right over hero. Father la enter talnlug a ftw aedate graybtarda, and no out It tntertalnlng me. If I baa dreamed that you ware disengaged I tbould bavt tummoued you." That wat very fricudly-far, far too much so. A young lady who felt ber tehf bouDd to autwer a young man' offer of marriage within an hour aud a half would hardly addreaa blm in a atyla to unconstrained. Tht Inevitable luforence wat that Dorothy conaidered the pwtter aettlcd already, the "no" tacitly given and understood, tna love enlaodo at an end. . It It aald that a poet baa died young lu every one of ua. lit wat not quite dead In Clifford, and ht waa a really able bard. Dorothy had beard him ting once; ahe wa now to bear him ting again, and In most moving at rain. Cltfford't mood waa Weal for tht per formance, and hla theme, tho exile's farewell, bat always been a favorite. Moreover, be bad the advantage of un veiling t complete turprlao, and Doro thy listened with a feeling of greet grief and losa that did not lack an ele ment of pleasure. Clifford aald not a word about her nart in thl uuheaval of hla life. The cause of hla expatriation aeemed to Ua with tht goda, like tht issues or ureea traaedv. thouch the king or England and soma othor curt lily potentates dig nified tlit tale with their presence and could not escape the feminine eye. Thert waa no auggcstlon of reproach or btttorneaa, but there wat an under tone of almplo, unaffected broken boartedues deeply touching. "I think it waa nnklnd to go ao tar In this," aald she, "without a word to mo. I would have tiled to dissuade you. Ia it even now too later' Clifford glanced at the clock. "I have atlll ton mlnutoa," anld ho. "If Blr Jamea does not hear from me before midnight I am pledged, honor and bond, to go." "And why midnight J It la a atrauga hour." "Can you not guess?" . "What!" she cried, aa If surprised. "You wero waltlug for my answer, and you did not tell me?" "TeU you, Dorothy?" be echoed, "How could I tell you? I had prom isod you not to speak" "Oh, man, will you never learn worn en? I have waited for you in pale wrath walled for you wecka and months." ! : ' . '; "Dorothy!" he gasped. "It le not possible. Is thls-ls this your answer?" "Where ia that man?" ahe asked. "Sir James?" "Yes." .rv.' .. '". i "At the Army aud Navy club. He will wait there till midnight. On the stroke of 12 our bargain is closed." "WtW. 100 WATf TO MB?" , "Call blm up) Tell blm yon art not going." - Bit tllpped away from blm and led tht way to tht telepbono. Ht ctlltd tha number. lutermluablt atconda paaaed. "Ilusy." aald eeutral. lit waited out mlnutt by bit watch and called agalu. "lluny." Another mlnutt and another, Tht aama au- swer. ibeu auddeniy Dotn nt ana ant fell into a listening attitude, looking Into each other'a eye. From outside the bouse, from tht river that tur round the city, thert camt a great and growing drone of whlatlea, tbt greeting to the new year. "My watch la ilow," tald he. "I am too late." Ha hung op tbe receiver of tht tele phone and turned toward Dorptby. He wat very pale. "1 ehnit bt gone a year," bt tab! "Will you wait for me?" "No," aba anawered. "I will go with you. Th Bad Spot An Irishman one day wat told to put up a lguboard on which wert tbt word, "To Motorlstt-Thl HUI It Dangeroua." Away weut Mike with tha algnboara and placed It at tbe bottom of a very ateep hill. A few day Imt tits em ployer weut to ee bow tl: id waa put up and, finding it at the Lvttom or tht bill, eought and found Mikt. "You blooming fool!" bt cried, "wny didu't yon put tbat algn in tht right placer "Shurt and ain't Itr aaked Uika. "Don't all tbe accidenta happen at tha bottom r-Harper'a Weekly. Craiy ta Bxpeot It . nardunn8av. old fellow, lend tot B hundred, will vou? Rlizw A. hundred what? Hacduppe A. hundred doJlara, I Riggs-on, atop your joking. Harduppt (earnestly)-Joklng? I waa navar mora aerloua In niv Ufa. Tax broke. Rlggs-My dear man, you're not broke; you're cracked I uatnouo Standard and Times. Not Dealgned For Levert. ne-I am sure Cupid had nothing to do with the alphabet. She What give you that impression? He If ht had been doing it bo would bavt placed U and I much nearer tacb other. St I.ouls Republic. ' The Purt Food Law. S.rrrtxrv Wilson sav. "One of the objects of the law is to inform the consumer of the prcscence ot certain harmful drugs m medicines. ine law requires that the amount of chlo roform, opium, morphine, and other habit forming drugs be stated on the liK..I nf rn-h hnttlc The manufac turers of Chamberlains cough remedy imv alwjiv elnimcd that their reme dy did not contain any of these drugs, and the truth of this claim ia now fully proven, aa no mention of them. ia made on tlie laDci. i nis remeay is not only one of the safest, but one of the best in use for coughs and colds. Its value has been proven beyond question during 'lie many years it nas been in general use. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. HARMONY IN YOUR NEW HOME Color blending of Furniture, Draperies, Carpets, Woodwork, Walls, make home life happier. Our ei;pert decorative specialist will visit your city soon, Without obli gating you he will discuss the fur nishings for your new home. Write lor pMculu, . J. G. Mack k Co. , Furniture and Carpets PORTLAND, OREGON Sitigb Rooms Furnishid Taittfulfy nns: in TWENTY WORDS OR LESS, ONE WEEK THE MORNING ASTORIAN WANT ADVERTISEMENTS Are Read Every Morning by 10,000 People. Tbt Want Columnt of THE MORNINQ ASTORIAN art con sulted evary morning by hundreds of persons in search of real estate bargain, Artklta of sale, lost or found and people looking for em ployment Rate: Twenty worda or lest .three timet, 25 cents; six timet, 50 cent; on month, $200. HELP WANTED. WANTED - A GOOD BOY TO work in printing office. Apply As torian office. , WANTEDGIRL. APPLY TROY Laundry. n WANTED -WAITRESS AT THE Hotel Irving. SITUATION WANTED. JANITOR WORK WANTED BY A caoablt and experienced man, wnn excellent references. Address "H. V cart Astorian office. . FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS AM WILLING TO SELL MY 1-2 and 1-32 karat diamond for $75 cash. Frank Thorndyke, Budget of fice. IK TWO FINE HOUNDS; MALE and female; aix month eld; $50. Addres 814 Grand avenue. CITT REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE BUSINESS BLOCK; the Waldorf, Kinney and Gribler, corner Eigth and Astor, two lots, 100x110; boost 100x110, 40 rooma cp atairt; 1 hall 40x100. J. F. Nowlen, 473 Commercial, 10-4-tf FOR SALE ONE LOT, SALOON on Astor atreet; coxy corner; a loon fixtures; 7 furnished rooms; price, $8500. J. F. Nowlen, 473 Commercial. 10-4-tf FOR SALE ONE HOUSE, TWO story, $5250; one house, one-tory, $2250, or both for $7000; property adjoina SE. cor. 34th and Franklin. Apply to J. F. Nowlen. u J. Ft. NOWLEN, REAL ESTATE and Employment Office, 473 Com mercial St. Phone : Hare fine list of Astoria and country property. AU clasea of labor furnished. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE-RANCH AT SVEN- sen. 25 acres: 8-room house; good barn and out buildinga and orchard; partially improved; $3000, Apply J. F. Nowlen. ; FOR SALE-1571 ACRES LAND, aection 4, township 5, range 6, on Nehalem River, two and one-half million feet of timber, 35 acres cul tivated; price $6000. J. F. NOwlen, 473 Commercial street 10-4-tf RESTAURANTS. U. S. RESTAURANT, 434 BOND street. Coffee with pie Tr cake, 10 centa; first-tlass meals, 15 cents. TOKIO RESTAURANT, 351 Bond street, opposite Ross, Higgins & Co.; coffee with pie or cake, 10 cents; first-class meala; regular meals 15 centa and up. HOUSE MOVERS. FREDR1CKSON BROS.-We make SDecialty of house moving, car penters, contractors, general jobbing; prompt attention to all orders. Cor ner Tenth and Duane streets. - BATH HOUSES. BATHS-TURKISH AND RUS- sian, at the natatorium of George Hill, 217 Astor St.; rational prices; absolute cleanliness; private rooms; separate service for ladiea; rheuma tism and skin diseases treated with perfect auccesa. 10-25-tf WANTED TO BUY. WANTED WE PAY HIGHEST cash price for second-hand and new furniture; see us before you sell. Zajf Furniture & Hardware Co. ua AUCTION AND COMMISSION MARTIN OLSEN, AUCTION AND Commission House. Furniture re pairing, upholstering, carpet laying, etc.; just opened up in Welch Block, Fifteenth street, between Commercial and Bond. Give me a trial. Your W LOST AND FOUND. LOSTA MONEY ' OF KEYS. Finder kindly return to Astorian office and receive reward. FOR RENT-ROOMS. FOR RENT, FURNISHED HOUSE keeping and single room. 677 Ex change atreet. FOR RENT-TWO NICELY FUR- nisbed rooms in private family. In quire 621 Exchange street. FOR RENT, FURNISHED HOUSE keeping rooms; electric lights and all modern conveniences. 454 Bond corner Tenth. MEETING NOTICES. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' meeting The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Astoria Elec tric Company will be held at the office of the company in the City of Astoria, Oregon, on Monday, the 4tb day of January, 1909, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the puropse of electing a board of directors, to aerve during the ensuing year .and for the transaction of any other business which may lawfully come before the meeting. CN. HUGGINS, ' Secretary. Astoria, Or, Dec. 19, 1908. MISCELLANEOUS. NOTICE -BIDS WILL BE RE- ceived until Tuesday, January 5, 1909. for burying the county paupers for he year 1909; bida to be filed with the County Clerk; court reserving the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the County Court J. C Clinton, County Clerk. NOTICE BIDS WILL RE RE- ceived until Tuesday, January 5, 1909, for furnishing meals to prisoners in the County Jail for the year 1909; bids to be filed with the County Clerk; court reserving the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the County Court J. C. Clinton, County Court NOTICE"-BIDS WILL BE RE- ceived by the County Court nntil Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1909, for publishing County Court proceedings and pub lishng legal notices as authorized by the Court or issued from the other County officers; bids to be filed with the County Clerk; court reserving the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the County Court J. C Clinton, County Clerk. - NOTICE BIDS WILL BE RE ceived by the County Court nntil Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1909, for furnishing and delivering oil and supplies for the following County Draw Bridges: Young' Bay, Lewis & Clark Nos. 1 and 2, and Walluski for the year 1909; bids to be filed with the County Clerk; court reserving the right to reject any or ill bids. By order of - , llinton, the fbunty Court. J. C Clinton, County Clerk. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. MISCELLANEOUS. Plate Racks, Wall Pockets, Music Racks Clock Shelves Justin See us s Hildebrand & Gor Old Bee Hive Bldg. TRANSPORTATION. The'K" Un Steamer - Lurline Night Eoat for Portland and Way Landings. Leave Astoria daily except Sunday ' . Hi p. m. Leaves Portland Daily Except Sua&ay at 7 a. J. Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf Landing Portland Foot Taylor St J. J. DAY, Agent Phone Main 279a ant Ads FIFTY CENTS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE PROFESSIONAL CARDi. attorneysXt-law GUSTAF A. HEMPLE Attorncy-tfLaw Suite 9-10 Odd Fellows' Building Tenth and Commercial Streets JOHN C McCUE, ATTORNEY AT Law. Page Building, Suite 4. HOWARD M. BROWNELL, AT torney at Law, Deputy District Attorney. 420 Commercial Street. DENTISTS DR. F. VAUCHAN, DENTIST, Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon. DR. JW. C 10GAN, . DENTIST, Commercial Street, Shanahan Bldg. OSTEOPATHS. DR; RHODA C JHICKS. OSTEO- path. Office: Mansell Bldg., Phone Black 2065. 573 Commercial Street NURSES. PRACTICAL : NURSE, EXTEN aive experience, will take charge of moat any kind of nursing; con finement case preferred; terms rea sonable. Mrs. Chat. Lind, 408 35th street, Astoria. SWEDISH MASSAGING. TYRA KOHLANDER, ROYAL graduate in Swedish movements, physical culture and massage;, office, 545 Franklin avt, second flat; hours: 9-11 v. nf 2-5 p. m, or Central Drug Store, Telephone Main 2181. FURNITURE WANTED. WE BUY, SELL OR EXCHANGE anything in the house furnishing line; let u call and give yon figure on your second-hand furniture. M Nelson Furniture Co, 504 Bond next to N. P. Express office. . . TRANSFER COMPANY. Smith's Special Delivery EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE Leave Orders at Star Cigar Store. Phone Black 2383 Ret. Phone Red 2276 Stanu Corner 11th an Commercial Jim in. Japanese Goods We extend a cordial' in vitation to vou to call and examine our line of Japanese Goods. Suitable tor Amas gifts at cheap prices. HOT OR' COLD Golden Vest Tea Just Right I CLOSSET & DEVERS, PORTLAND, ORE. I carry the best Loggers' Shoes in town at the low est prices. - My stock of men's and boy's shoes is unsurpassed for qua lity. Close buying and low expenses enable me to sell tbe best qualities at lowest prices. S. A. GIMRE 543 Bond Stree To -Dav 0 MEDICAL. Unprecedented Successes of ti i i n caress Docrca Who it knows throughout th 1 United States M J account of hit woav derful cures. No poisons or drnjt need. He guarantees to curt catarrh, asthma, lung and throat trouble, rheumatism, nervousness, stomach, liver and kidney, female complaint, and all chronic diseases. SUCCESSFUL BOMS - TS2ATMZ3?. If yon cannot call write for symp toms blank and circular, Inclosing 4 cent in stamps. TVS C CMC WO KKDICUl C9. 162 First St., Corner Morrison PORTLAND, OREGON Please mention the Astorian. uniriARY BISCHAR6ES BELIEVED VX Each Can- .""N nil bcariMIDY) totantfetmlerftUt, LL DBCMIMTS ; in . PLUMBERS. - aiiiiii PLUMBER Heating Contrictar, Tinser AND i Sheet Iron Worker , VLL WORK GUARANTEED 425 Bond Street DENTISTS. la0tM9a!h?VJtM If you need any bridgework to be really well done, come here and he sure about it The excellence of our dental work in this vicinity has won us many past friends, because our patrons have discovered we are ex perts and excel in every department of dental practice. We make a prac tice of painless extraction and supply the best of teeth, either on plates or bridgework. TEETH Painless extraction 50c Silver fillings .....50c to $1.00 Gold fillings $1-50 up 22-K. gold crown .............. .?5.00 Bridgework , j . .$5.00 Best plate made $10 All nervous people and those that are affected with a weak heart can have their work done with no pain and danger. CHICAGO PAINLESS DENTISTS, Over Danzigers , , Phone Main 3091 Office hours: 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. m ; Sunday, 10 a. m.-12 m. Lady attend ant. , Swedish and Norwegian inter preter. LAUNDRIES. NOT THE ONLY ONE We want it well known that we don't compete with our fellow citi zen, the "Chinee." . Our methods bear comparison with his to his disadvantage. Havt your laundry work done by the light of day. Your clothes will ho pure, clean and satisfactory, if done here. TROY LAUNDRY Tenth and Duane Phone Main 1991 . : U5DIHTAXEE3. J. A. GILBAUGU & CO., Undertakers aM Eiulniluier Experienced Lady Assistant Wbeit Desired. Calls Promptly Attended Day ",t ' ? or Night. Tatton Bdg. 12th and DuaueSts ASTOItTA. OltEtlOV Phone Maiu Mill WW i 1 Hte"ZiAi I Vt lift MH an 4 ry b , aasiaHatAf'