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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1897)
r THE DAILY ASTOKIAN, SUNDAY MOI5NIXG, (HTORER 10, 18l7. OUR BOYS THE PRETTY GOLD rp A Story Of A Young Girl's Inordinate Love Of Fincrv. When Aunt Marian cume to visit the Bells. In their pretty villas home, both Muriel and her sister Flv) were In a flut ter of delssht. Aunt Marian waa I'nelei Fred'i wife and they had never seen her before. At first they felt somewhat shy. for she waa very stylish and pretty, but thnir ahyneoa aoon wore off, for thej found her very kind-heartej and amlahle. She dellrhteil the lrls with her lively w&ya and her gvxal companionship, and one of their treat pleasures was to to to her room and rase at all the pretty things aha hwd to show them her rich. dainty drawee and haits, her fans and pars-sola, her laoea and her jewelry. This last was what Muriel llkexl test to see, Par she had weakness for triik eta, and Aunt Marian had such beautiful thlngw eparklmis daroomJ rings, a pearl brooch, and opal pin, a hair-dagger set with turquoise. cold neck-chain, with a heart-shaped locket, and many others. But what Muriel admired roost waa a (old beaoleX. This waa of dainty workmanship, with slender chaeed links and a Uttle padlock set with a tnonogrun In pearls. "I vmluo this more than anything else I have, I think." said Aunt Marian, as she sat with her Jewel-box on her lap and Muriel and Flo on the floor beside hr. "Not bo much because of its beauty of value, but because father gave It to me the lt Christmas 1 spent at home, and he died soon afterwards. I would cot lc It for anything: In the world, end I seldom wear it." She had clasped ft on her wr.st as she spoke, and Muriel's eyes lingered on It wistfully. What 'wouM ahe not have Riven for a. bracelet like that, she thought. I am Dot sure that Aunt Marian's dis play of dresses and pretty things was Just the beat thing for Muriel, although Aunt M&rbui herself had no thoiujhj beyond giving' her young friends a pleas ure: she did not dream that It might Induce certain little demons of envy and discontent to creep in to their heart It did not hurt Do in the least, for she waa a sensible. Intelligent, contented girl. who enjoyed looking at pretty things for their own sake, and never thought oi feeling covetous or discontented on ac count of them. But Muriel was very dif ferent Bhe was a pretty, brown-eyed gin of fifteen, and ahe wanted a great many she did not, and could not. and perhaps ought not to, have Before Aunt Marian's adven sne nac beeo fairly well contented with her own simple, pretty gowns and hois, and the little pin and brooch that were her only Jewelry But her simple finery seemed very poor and insignificant bsde Aun Marian's city splendor Flo coud put on her ntw gingham ani walk serenely down the street with Aun Marian In her summer silk, and enjoy herself thoroughly; but Muriel could not. Foolish? Tes. of course she was foolish. It is always fooish and maybe wicked, as well, to let thoughts about our ciothes or envy of someone else's, interfere wf.h our own comfort and happiness. Muritl thought entirely too much about ihut bracelet cf Aunt Martin's, anc tighd whenevtr she thought of it If only she had one like that! How the girls at school would envy her. When Muriel went Into Aunt .ji room with fresh towels the next day- she found herself alone. Aunt Marian's jewel-casket lay open on the dressing table, and there. In Its box, on a be of perfumed pink cotton, lay the dilnry thing itself. Muriel picked R up a little doubtfully and fastened ft on she bid a prety wrist and the bracelet became It. "Oh, I do wish it were mine." she said despondently. "I've always wanted a bracelet so much and chains are all the rage now. I might as well wish for the moon, though, as for one like this. It must have cost a great deal." She unlocked It mil put It back with a sigh; but fhe did not leave with It her dlscorrti-nted longing: she earrli-d that with her wherever she went, and Bh. slipped in to pec-p at the bracelet a great many times, when Aunt Marian was out, forgetting that the first s;nce . r, road to temptation is a very gradual cne. One day Muriel received a note from Clara Howard inviting her to a birthiy party the following evening. Flo was not Invited as she was not in Clara's class at school, but he did not feel dis appointed over it, for she and Aunt Mar- Ian had planned a drive to the city the next day, to visit Aunt Isabel, and they Intended to remain over night Muriel was in a flutter of expectant delight She enjoyed parties, and Clara Howard's were always delightful, for Clara's farther was rich and denied her nothing. She was sure of having a good time and she bad a pretty new dress, to wear to it; besides, her father gave her a new pair of slippers, and brother Charlie brought her the very prettiest aflver belt-buckle Imaginable. Muriel dressed alone that night, miss ing Flo's skill, and aid not a little; but very pretty, Indeed, she looked when she finished her simple toilet and snepped back with a bit of pardonable vanity to mile ait her radiant reflection. But it take a good deal to satlsry some people, and Muriel was not satis fied. She wanted a bracelet; all the girls at the party would have one, and she felt decldedy ill-used because she could not have one, too. Then Muriel thought of teh gold-linked bracelet in Aunt Mar ian's box. Oh, If she could only wear that to Clara Howard's birth day party How the girls would envy her! When people allow such Ideas to take possession of the4r minds, they very often get Into trouble. Muriel should hive resolutely bunched such thought tui she did not. Instead, the foolish girl went Into Aunt Martan's room and looked long. AND GIRLS Insly at thr little heap of shining 1lnk lyln on the pink cotton. "I'm ura tt wouM not hurt to war It Just tonight," she mnrmurvl. ,-I daresay ; if Aunt Marian wpr. hore she wouM lot me If I Ak1 her. 1M be Just as cure ful as poMlhle, And nobody nevil ever know. I'J i'ut It rlKht back In tho hox la-henewe 1 em. h.vm. 1 Iri..,- ,.,!,,:'" """"" 1 ' " "'' raee. wouldn't allow it If she knew, but I'm sure It's no a bit of harm" which las speech was a pretty certain slcn th; Uhere was hsrm In it. Muriel knew very well that she wa doing a wrong thing, but she refused t look the ugly thing In the face, and she hurriedly took the bracelet from It pink neet ami cfceJ it on tier arm The little padlock f;istenel with a spring but could be unlocked only with tho little gold key lying beside It In the box. . It isn't a single hit of harm," Mvrlt rped. as the n.lmlid the effect But nevertheless, she flushed very guiltily, ten minutes later. In her ow room, and quickly shoved the brworlc up out of sight under the lace frill of her sleeve when her mother came in to li.suoct her. Half an hour afterwards ahe was the center of a group of laughing girls In Clara Howard's dressing-room. Her gold link bracelet was noticed and pourcvd on immeiiAtely by the keen-eyed bevy buss of admiration and questioning arose. "Oh. Muriel, where did you get such a perfectly lovely thing?' was the burden of the chorus, but Muriel only smiled mysteriourly and refused to My any thing about It Each of the girls prl vately concluded that Muriel's Aunt must have given it t her and envied her In But Muriel felt very U at ease and honestly wished that the gold-link brace let was safe at home In Aunt Martan's jewel-box. In lh first place; she had ndt a minute's peace of mind since she left home lest It should slip oft her arm and be kwt Then suppose Aunt Marian should come back that night, after all, ani miss it be fore Muriel got home? When Alurt' came to think It over she could not be certain that Aunt Marian and Flo had really deckled to stay away that night They had only talked about It. This worried her. And, moreover, under all these surfr bubbles of discomfort was the secret conviction that she had done a very mean thing, something that Aunt Marian and her mo:ner and F'.o would terribly disapprove. juunea naira tne very' sight of the goM-link bracelet before the evening was over, ir sne could only have taken it off she wouJl, but the Mttle gold key was at home. She was heartily glad when the time came to go home, for her head ached and she thought joyfully, that she would soon be able to restore the hated bracelet to Its place; and the thought made her icej so much brtter that for the first ime during the evening she forgot about It In the laughing excitement of the dressing-room while the girls were search- nig for their warps. She went home with a party of her claretrattee and, her spirits rising amid 11 the laughter and chatter, she did not once thir.k of her unlucky adornment until she found herself In her own room. Then when she had flung off her wraps impatiently and turned up the gas. t was to find the braoelet gone. For a moment Muriel stared at her arm in a sort of hurror. It could not be! It was too dreadful to be true! The bracelet had been on her arm in Clara's ire.lng-rxm the hist thing before She put on her wraps. And now it was gone. When she realized It she gave a Httle moan of despair. Muriel did not sleep much that night. you may be sure, and she cried a great deal, which did not help matters at all She was up and dressed early, and out before breakfast Eagerly she scanned the pavement, until she reached the How. ard house, and explained the cause of her unseasonable appearance. Clara was not up, but Mrs. Howard listened to Muriel's distracted tale with concern. A thorough search of the dress ing-room wns fruitless. Muriel hunted desperately and the maids were Ques tioned, but none of them had seen It They looked through all the rooms and he hall m vain, and then Mrs. Howard hook hfT head In disappointment. "You must have lost it In the street, Muriel." she said; and Muriel, with fast- iropping tears, admitted the likelihood of this and hurried home In despair. Her absence had not been noticed, and she slipped up siairs to her room. No body called her, supposing her to be tired after the party, and 1t was there Flo found her when she and Aunt Marian came home. "Why, Muriel, what In the world is the matter?" exclaimed Flo, as her sister lifted her flushed, tear-sulned face from the pillow. "Flo," sobbed Muriel, "shut the door nd come here. I have something to tell ou. Oh, Flo, I'm in such a scrape; and there's no getting out of It I am so glad you have come home. What will Vunt Marian think of me?" And then she sobbed out her remorse ful confession. Flo listened In pitying horror. "Oh, Muriel, you don't mean to y that you took Aunt Martan's bracelet to wear to the party wit hoot asking her!" "Tee, I did. I know it was not right Flo, but I would not stop to think, and I waa crazy to wear It And now It's lost, and what shall I do? I will confess to Aunt Marian right after dinner; It will e awfully humiliating, but I deserve to be humiliated. I feel crushed to the very earth. I have been vaiii and silly and deserve It alL" After dinner Muriel went resolutely to Aunt Marian's room. Aunt Marian was reading by her window, and she looked up with a smile at her pretty niece. Evidently she had not missed the brace let . "We!l, dear, come and tell me about jyour party. Did you have a nice time " not a bit. Aunt Marian. I had a horrid time, because 1 fild something wrong before I went I am very sorry acd ashamed, and I have come to con fess." And confess she did with a trembling voice and a good deal of choking. Aunt Mnriiin list'ntvl In ntlenoe. Then he gently vlrrw the slrl to her nml klmoil her. "IVnt cry. Muriel; I'm not coins to ooM you. Vf iMurne you lhl wron -ml I'm sorry alxmt the hmeelet -lut II oiut't be helped now. If you hml nskel me. my Jiiir, I would have lent It to you." "Oh, mint, how it.vd nt ' v i UKht to iclve mo a rol sooMltln. I am so ashamed of myselfl. but my rieiit anen won't restore your briu'ilei." "Muriel," exiled Ho outside I he d.or. "Oh. Muriel," she whispered easei'ly. : jtvh latter appeared, "here l a note from let 1" lnM of It." Muriel tor open the envelope vvi.li nervvus lw.te; out fell a little heap ,ii gold links and n idtvk. l'Ki cumin n Joyously, "Vh;;t dois the note s.iy ."' "It Is from t'litr.i." s.ild Miiikl. "She picked It up last niht alter we were wi and put It It her own Jewel-box for afety. She was asbvp when 1 vvus tli.t ou know, and so eouM not tell inc." Muriel went tuck to Aunt Marian. "Oh. aunt, hero it Is safe and sound. I am so thankful and rellevvd. AnTl truly I'll never feel tempted to do such a thing again. I know what It makes a person fee) like, and I am sure I have learned a wholesome lesson." "I think you haw, dr," was all Aunt M:ui:vn said. And .' was right; Muriel was cured of one folly, and she set herself reso luteiy to work to root out the rest. When her birthday came. Aunt Marian gave her a pretty plna golden pansy with a pearl In the center. Muriel thanked her, and said: "I'll wear It as reminder, and whenever 1 feel tempted to envy anyone, or 1o fret over what I can't hve, or to do any thing that my conj-clence do not ap prove of, I'M look at It and remember the gold-link bracelet." GONE FOREVKK. The rosy boughs tossed to the sky; There, as I passed along, A girl's voice pusxlonite and high Rang out In sudden son?. Across the darkening street it e lnie. Young, throbbliar. sad of fall; 4 I think old Homer heard the sn-.; By soma lulned Smyr.i.t mr. Thereafter, with my memories few. That song was a sooth thing: Tet went I hack no :.-.': I knew That it was gone with spring. Uttle Woodford Kwse. SEASIDE. Mr. Logan visited Astoria on Wednes. day last Fred Lelnenweber spent Thursday on the beich. Prospects are good for rather a quiet winter here. J. H. Johannsen has moved into his new cottage. The thermometer registered ?S In the shade on Tuessay last Prof. Mc Clure reports good progress with his school. Mr. Logan has sold his mill to th.- Seaside Lumber Co. F. Spittle visited Seaside during the week on legal business. Mrs. F. E. Piles is now occupying the A. E. Butterfleld cottage. Mrs. F. A. Fisher and son Earl spent a few days at her cottage. Services were hekl on Sunday last by the Rev. Mr. Dunlap of Warrenton. The Logan mill is running and several carloads of lumber have been shipped. Mrs. W. K. Smith of Portland was a guest at McOulre's during the week. Mrs. Johannsen and children spent Wednesday with her mother In Astoria. Salmon are plentiful and Messrs. Grimes and Coffman are catching a good many. Mr. Alex Gilbert and wife spent a few- days In their new house during the week. Judge T. A. McBride visited this place aguin last Sunday and took home with him a fine string of trout. A girt was born to th wife of Barber Chas. Cole on Wednesday last. Mother and child are doing well. Mr. R B. Stoner, with his engine Is again on duty after a week's repair to the engine In the car shop. John Kopp spent Wednesday and Thurs day on the 'ii. He 1 mrikirte exi - slve Improvements to his cottage. Mrs. S. McDonald of Portland was here on Tuesday last looking after her new cottage which Is now being built R. L. Jeffrey Is Kill here working like trooper putting his elegant summer home In shape and beautifying the grounds. W. H. Morrow and family and Mr. B. Packard and wife returned to Portand after a two week's stay at the Morgan cottage. Messrs. Bohnhard, Houseman, Warner and Duncan left on horseback for a trip to Tillamook. Mrs. C. C. Babbldge has been appointed Wells. Fargo agent, vice F. E. Warner, resigned. Her office Is at her residence opposite Mrs. F. E. Austin's. Sunday school Is held every Sunday afternoon under the able leadership of Mr. T. B. Newman, who, with his wife, are again with us this winter. The weather during the forepart of the week was finer than any time during the summer. The roads are hard and w e have no dust anywhere. Everything looks green and refreshing. Our summer tsltors will some day learn that the fall Is tho best season nd will slay a month later. roat excitement vas caused on Thurs. day afternoon lt by the appearance of a ship's boat with two men In It In the breakers. A three-nwtsled schooner was seen lying off the beach and some said, flying a signal of distress, which after ward proved to be not so. All Hnislde turned out to help Itie l-ont through the breakers, but l! landed towards Tila. tnook head, with no one near. I'pon ar rival Ihero It was learned that It va the schooner l'raiui". t'aicaisi .ndci-oM l: da.vs from San I'rancU.-o for Neli.u lent. Tho IVVO sallois reported that IN iiptaln couM not find the What. to. never having been llieie. and hav lii.t no chart, and asked when' it vv is The n, ,-. essarv Information vva Klven and the sailors started out throuth the brek-ii on their return to the schooner, whi ', disappeared alnxit s! o'clock, ev!d nf having picked np the men. KAK KENTON Mr. Thomeia ralburn has returned from Reweburv. Mrs. C. M. Cuthlrth was a visitor down this way last week. Mr. W. S. Hanlle has moved into the Erlekson cot tag, for the winter. Messrs. Duncan, Housman and F. K. Warner are abeent at Tillamook. Dr. W. F. Truden has !ecidv.l Is open up an office In Portland, tnl "l mev, his fam ly to that city shortly. George and Fred Warr'a l fv far I'o't. land las' Monday, whers a-y tll 'etra n for the winter atitendlig school. The Tribune reports the sale by II V L. Uvan of his Klk Creek property ! John Kopp, E. C. Hughe and F. S,it. tie. Mr. J. W. Berg, fonnrly Ii employ of P. K. Warren, went to rir ;.inl list week, where he will take a ennis in the Holmes Business collet1 The Misses Aehs.i and Palsy lV.i-i stwrted for Neh.il.m ..tat Thursday for a ten day's visit. They will make the trip on horseWk lvh going and reiutn. Ing. Mrs. P. J. Colton, formerly of Astoria, has rented the Harrison hoii ' an.1 will conduct a first class boarding home, something that has ten freitlv nee led here. The billiard and so.': drrk ' room which is to be run in connection w'th the Warrengom Independent rhib was thrown opr to the pubbi last Wedm day evening. Mr. D. K. Warren has Just finishes! planking the street ttwen the railroad and the row or stores north of it. It Is a great Improvement to that part of th town. 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